Trains and train gardens

Trains and train gardens

November 15, 2008

I have always liked trains – and train gardens… I was delighted to find that The Gunpowder Chronicle has list of Train Gardens and Train Shows for the 2008 Holiday Season.

20080325 Westminster Trains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YTFOoVL-jc



20081115 Trains and train gardens

20080704 v2 Patriotic ver. Carroll Co. MD 4th of July Fireworks

Carroll County Maryland 4th of July Fireworks

Version 2 – The patriotic music mix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOirB-LabSI



By Kevin Dayhoff

July 4th, 2008

www.kevindayhoff.net

Music Credits:
1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)
National Emblem March (Bagley)
Washington Post March (Sousa)
Stars and Stripes Forever March (Sousa)

Also see: 20080704 v1 Techno ver Carroll Co MD 4th of July Fireworks

20080704 v2 Patriotic ver. Carroll Co. MD 4th of July Fireworks

20080704 v1 Techno ver. Carroll Co. MD 4th of July Fireworks

Carroll County Maryland 4th of July Fireworks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbzGTz3Z5s

Version 1 – The Techno-electronica mix



By Kevin Dayhoff

http://www.youtube.com/kevindayhoff

July 4th, 2008

www.kevindayhoff.net

19410701 first TV Ad and 1961 TV commercial promotion - Television Tape

First TV Ad and 1961 Television commercial promotion - Television Tape

Most of my readers know that I am a big fan of the art of videos, advertising and television commercials. It was on this date – July 1, 1941 that what is believed to be the first television commercial aired in the United States.

It was right before a baseball between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies on July 1, 1941, the first television advertisement was broadcast in the United States.

At exactly 2:29 in the afternoon, the New York City NBC affiliate, WNBT, aired a 20-second spot for the Bulova Watch Company. Bulova paid $9 for the ad. According to a Bulova history account, the ad simply displayed a Bulova watch over a map of the U.S., with a voiceover of the company's slogan “America runs on Bulova time!” http://www.bulova.com/about/history.aspx

Then there was the matter of promoting – television advertising…

According to an article, “Inside Production,” written by Walter Schoenknecht on January 8, 2007 for “TV Technology” magazine, this video is a copy of a “sales pitch [John Vrba] recorded in 1961 while he was Sales Manager at Los Angeles’ KTTV.”

19610000 Television Tape

The link for “Inside Production” is here, http://www.televisiontape.tv/Story.html, and the article is a comprehensive - must read for folks who, like me, enjoy the art of advertizing, especially TV advertizing.

We owe Mr. Schoenknecht a great debt of gratitude for finding and saving this historic material. He wrote that he had “…found a box of cast-off 16mm films while I was a Communication Arts student decades ago…”

This video has something for everyone from techno-geeks, folks who study the science and art of advertising to historians to aficionados of early television.

Please enjoy – and thanks again to Mr. Schoenknecht.

Kevin Dayhoff
www.kevindayhoff.net

television advertising history technology sales

19410701 first TV Ad and 1961 TV commercial promotion - Television Tape

20080417 Mikulski slams White House on lack of DOJ COPS funding

Mikulski slams White House on lack of DOJ COPS funding

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on April 16, 2008, Maryland Democrat Senator Barbara Mikulski gave White House budget director Jim Nussle a piece of her mind over the Bush administration’s lack of funding for Department of Justice domestic law enforcement programs… Hat TIP: “Think Progress” and “Amanda.”

20080416 Mikulski slams White House over DOJ COPS funding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uxZHgRSo24



[Postscript: By way of the wonders of technology – the visual and the audio are not well synched. And perhaps that is prophetic – as upset as Senator Mikulski is in this clip. Listen to the words – smile at the out of synch technology…]

Related: 20080528 Bush cuts aid to US cops by David Lightman; 20080416 Mikulski slams White House over DOJ COPS funding; 20080623 What is Community Policing?

Think Progress:

Mikulski Slams White House: ‘Since You’re Pugnacious, Guess What? I’m Going To Be Pretty Pugnacious, Too’

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/17/mikulski-nussle/

By Amanda on Apr 17th, 2008

The White House has proposed a $108 billion emergency-spending bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Frustrated that U.S. taxpayers continue to pay for the wars while domestic needs go unmet, lawmakers have attempted to attach spending for domestic programs to the bill. But Bush has balked, promising to veto any such bills.

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing yesterday, White House budget director Jim Nussle ironically blasted lawmakers for “sky-is-the-limit mind-set” on the spending bill. One of the most combative moments came when Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) chastised Nussle for his “snarky, scolding, dismissive” responses to the senators and the Bush administration’s attitude toward funding the nation’s law enforcement officers:

Your testimony has been disappointing in both tone and substance. I personally take offense at the snarky, scolding, dismissive way that this testimony represents. And I think it’s inappropriate. […]

This is an ideological commentary, not the testimony of OMB. So since you’re pugnacious, guess what? I’m going to be pretty pugnacious, too, only my pugnaciousness is not going to be directed at the Congress. It’s going to be pugnacious about the people I represent. […]

Number one, let’s go to safety and security. We have funded the surge of Baghdad, but we have not funded the surge of violent crime in Baltimore, Biloxi, or other places. You have zeroed out the COPS program. You have zeroed out the Byrne grant.

Bush has requested $603 million to train Iraqi police. But at the same time, his FY 2009 budget includes a 61 percent cut for state and local law enforcement programs at the Justice Department.

Transcript:

MIKULSKI: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you very much for calling this hearing. I think it’s the essential thing we need to do.

Mr. Nussle, I’ve got to tell you, I’m really disappointed in your testimony. It’s been some time that I have heard the kind of tone that has been expressed by a representative of the Bush administration. Your testimony has been disappointing in both tone and substance.

I personally take offense at the snarky, scolding, dismissive way that this testimony represents. And I think it’s inappropriate.

[…]

This is an ideological commentary, not the testimony of OMB. So since you’re pugnacious, guess what? I’m going to be pretty pugnacious, too, only my pugnaciousness is not going to be directed at the Congress. It’s going to be pugnacious about the people I represent.

So let’s get to it. Pugnacious? You bet. Let’s pick up on what Leahy and Harkin said about the Byrne grant. You want the regular order? I am the regular order. I chair CJS. And what this administration has done here has been outrageous.

Number one, let’s go to safety and security. We have funded the surge of Baghdad, but we have not funded the surge of violent crime in Baltimore, Biloxi, or other places. You have zeroed out the COPS program. You have zeroed out the Byrne grant.

When Shelby and Mikulski tried to do something last year in the regular budget, we were told, Eat $3 billion or face a veto threat. So we foraged and we skimped and we squeezed in to be able to make sure that our bill didn’t get a veto threat, and we came up with $170 million.

You can talk about all your smokestacks and whatever, but you bet there’s smoke. There’s smoke right here and now, and there is frustration from state and local police officers that say they need help. They need help.

And this administration has funded $5 billion over the last couple of years to fund the training of Iraqi police. You bet they need training. But I am telling you, I need the money, Senator Shelby and I need the money to make sure that our local law enforcement, the thin blue line, gets the money that they need to fight violent crime. So I’m going to ask in plain English: If, in fact, we (inaudible) the supplemental, restore the Byrne grants and only the Byrne grants to the needed level of $560 million, will you support it or will we face a veto threat?

NUSSLE: Well, Senator, I can only repeat what the president has said.

MIKULSKI: The president didn’t say anything about this. You think if I went to see the president, he would say, No ?

NUSSLE: Senator, I can only repeat what the president said. And his two priorities that he stated were that the bill stay within the $108.1 billion request and that it support the troops. That’s what he has said on the topic.

Beyond that, I don’t believe he has — I think the senator is correct — not spoken directly to those issues. But I also believe that the regular appropriations process is the time and the place to deal with those challenges. And…

MIKULSKI: But you eliminated it. You eliminated the COPS program, and you eliminated the Byrne grant program in your regular appropriations request.

So you’re saying, Don’t fund it in the supplemental. The president doesn’t request it in the regular order. And now you’re telling me you can’t accept it in the supplemental because the president didn’t talk about it. And when you sent us the CJS president’s request, it’s not in there for ‘09.

[…]

Mr. Chairman, with your cooperation, I hope that we do and fund it. If we’re talking about a safe and secure America, I want to make sure the streets of the United States of America are safe and secure. And I will work on a bipartisan basis to do it.

BYRD: Senator Murray?

MURRAY: Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for having this hearing.

And, Mr. Nussle, I share the anger, frustration, I guess pugnaciousness of the senator from Maryland. It is extremely disturbing to me that we are getting an emergency supplemental request for Iraq and Afghanistan five-and-a-half years into this war that’s being paid for off the books.

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People Maryland Mikulski – US Sen. Barbara Mikulski

20080417 Mikulski slams White House on lack of DOJ COPS funding

20080619 How my brother-in-law fishes for salmon in Alaska

How my brother-in-law fishes for salmon in Alaska

(It will be Monday all day - see we may as well have a smile...)

20080619 Fishing - the Alaskan way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc786RqjHhg

My wife says that it can’t be her brother because he is so kind and gentle. To which I respond that this is about salmon and catching salmon can more often than not bring out the beast in ya.



Kevin Dayhoff
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20080619 How my brother-in-law fishes for salmon in Alaska

20080619 A message from your local fire department

A message from your local fire department

June 19, 2008 Fire is serious business

20080612 Jim McKay

Jim McKay

Thursday, June 12, 2008 © by Kevin Dayhoff

Author’s note: A shorter version of this column appeared in The Tentacle on June 11, 2008…

I finally got an accompanying YouTube video up. Find it here:

20080607 NBC's Bob Costas pays tribute to Jim McKay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoAatCui6zw

Last Tuesday morning the spotlight of the sports world was focused on the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore as folks came together to pay their last respects to Maryland’s own Jim McKay.

Mr. McKay passed away last Saturday on his horse farm in Monkton, in northern Baltimore County. He was 86 years-old.

For many of us who grew up watching early television, Mr. McKay was one of the first recognizable television celebrities in our lives.

One of the driving forces of television in its infancy was sports programming and many a youngster learned manners, poise, integrity, and speaking skills from Mr. McKay.

Much has been written about the socializing affect television can have on young impressionable minds. Of course, in recent years, much of the conversation has centered on the concern over the terrible impact the manners and behavior and violence displayed on television are having on today’s young children.

We may not have known at the time that we were learning to be gracious ladies and gentleman – but learning social skills is exactly what was happening.

We just thought we were watching sports.

(For many baby-boomers, the example set by folks like Mr. McKay may very well be one of the reasons that we are so disillusioned with Hollywood, television, and sports celebrities of the last decade or so.)

Mr. McKay was always very knowledgeable, well spoken, and gentlemanly as compared with television and sports of today which frequently appears to emphasize empty glitz, pizzazz, and mindless, banal banter over depth, talent, and integrity.

Mr. McKay was born James Kenneth McManus on Sept. 24, 1921 in Philadelphia. His family moved to Baltimore when he was 15 years-old, according to a definitive article written last Sunday by Baltimore Sun reporters David Zurawik, Tom Keyser, and Justin Fenton.

Running nearly 3,000 words in length, it is must reading for anyone who really wants to gain insight into the life and times of Mr. McKay – and why so many of us came to admire him as one of the truly great gentlemen of our time.

For the seasoned newspaper reader, one subtle tribute stands out. The AP stylebook now has folks simply referred to by their last name after they are introduced in an article. Unfortunately not many newspapers use a modified AP style that allows a writer to refer to a person by “Mr.” or “Mrs.” or “Dr.” after they are first mentioned.

In the article which appeared in the Baltimore Sun last Sunday, Jim McKay is referred to as “Mr. McKay.” It is one of the first times in recent memory that I can remember such respect for the subject of a Baltimore Sun news story.

As it should be, Mr. McKay began his career as a police reporter for Baltimore’s Western District, in 1946, for The (Baltimore) Evening Sun.

Dan Rodricks proudly pointed out in his column from last Sunday, that “Jim McKay had once been one of us. (So had his wife, Margaret; so had Louis Rukeyser of Wall Street Week, the author William Manchester, CBS reporter David Culhane, to mention a few.)”

Before Mr. McKay joined the paper, he graduated from Loyola High School and Loyola College where he “was sports editor of the college paper and … the public address announcer at basketball games. He was president of his senior class, and president and star of the drama club, which abruptly altered the course of his life,” said the Baltimore Sun.

“After graduating from college, Mr. McKay served 3 1/2 years in the Navy during World War II, mostly on escort duty in the South Atlantic aboard minesweepers.”

In 1947, A. S. Abell Company, the publisher of the Baltimore Sunpapers at the time, started the 11^th television station in the country, WMAR – TV.

Last Sunday’s article noted that Mr. McKay did not understand why he was being recruited for the brand new medium. He was told, “(D)idn't you say you were president of the dramatic society at Loyola College? That's good enough for now.”

The television station began on Oct. 27, 1947 with a live broadcast of “two horse races at Pimlico.” The article noted “the first words heard on television in Baltimore were spoken by Mr. (McManus) McKay: “This is WMAR-TV in Baltimore, operating for test purposes.”

He changed his name in 1950 to Mr. McKay after he was recruited that year to work for CBS - TV. His first program was “The Real McKay.”

Many of us remember Mr. McKay for different reasons. In his long and storied career, he broadcast 25 Kentucky Derbys beginning in 1978.

He was the first host of the “Wide World of Sports” in 1961 and over the next four decades, he introduced many different sports to the American living room other than the traditional fare of baseball, football, or basketball. Many will remember the iconoclastic opening for each episode: “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.”

He reported upon the Olympics for the first time in 1960 and went on to cover a total of 12 Olympics throughout his career.

For many folks, who are not sports enthusiasts; his place in history occurred when he anchored the live coverage, for 16 hours straight, of the terribly tragic 1972 Munich Olympics when 11 Israeli athletes were senselessly murdered by Palestinian terrorists.

History will forever remember Mr. McKay’s concluding remark when the ordeal was over: “When I was a kid, my father used to say our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized. Our worst fears have been realized tonight. They have now said that there were 11 hostages. Two were killed in their rooms this morning -- excuse me, yesterday morning. Nine were killed at the airport. They're all gone.”

He is the only sportscaster to win an Emmy for news coverage - for his reporting at those 1972 Olympics.

In 1968, he was the first sports broadcaster to win an Emmy for sports coverage – his first of 13 Emmys. He received a lifetime achievement award in 1990. In 1995, he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

In a statement released by President George W. Bush, he said: "For a generation of Americans, Jim was more than the much-honored host of Wide World of Sports and ABC's Olympic coverage. He was a talented and eloquent newsman and storyteller whose special gift was his ability to make the viewers at home genuinely care about more than just who won or lost.”

His death marks the end of an era. He leaves behind a legacy of sharing, with several generations, a life known for the thrill of victory.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

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“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams

20080613 MSNBC NBC Tribute to Tim Russert

MSNBC NBC Tribute to Tim Russert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoe8nTdgUfw

June 13, 2008

Tim Russert, “a giant in journalism and in politics” passed away unexpectedly on June 13, 2008 at age 58.

He has been a guest in our living room every Sunday since he took over “Meet the Press” in 1991; after having joined NBC News in the Washington bureau in 1984.

So it can easily be understandable that NBC did a must-see and appropriate tribute to one of the more professional – and powerful journalists from inside the beltway bubble.

We hold his friends, family and loved ones in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.

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20080427 Past Carroll County Ag Center Tractor Pulls

Pictures and videos from the 2003, 2004, and 2007 Carroll County Ag Center Tractor Pulls

April 27, 2008

This year’s annual Carroll County Tractor and Truck Pull will be held today, April 27, 2008. Please see: 20080427 Carroll County Tractor and Truck Pull

20080425 Carroll County Ag Center Tractor Pulls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwfcQqUnjlU

Storyboard for video

Carroll County Tractor and Truck Pulls, Carroll County Agriculture Center, www.ccag.biz, Westminster, Maryland 21157

The Carroll County Tractor and Truck Pull has been a popular annual event for many years. In this feature are a few pictures and short videos from the 2003, 2004, and 2007 pulls.

In the 2003 photos, take note of the new Carroll County Danele Shipley Arena under construction.

Yes, that is Maryland State Delegate Paul S. Stull (R) District 4A, Frederick County at the controls of the sled…

Special credit to Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Reba McEntire, and Natalie Cole.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

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E-mail him at: kevindayhoff AT gmail.com

His columns and articles appear in The Tentacle - www.thetentacle.com; Westminster Eagle Opinion; www.thewestminstereagle.com, Winchester Report and The Sunday Carroll Eagle – in the Sunday Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun. Get Westminster Eagle RSS Feed

20080226 The Carroll County Maryland Ag Center Show

The Ag Center Show

Carroll County Maryland Agriculture Center

Westminster, Maryland

February 26, 2008

http://www.carrollcountyagcenter.com/

20080226 The Carroll County Maryland Ag Center Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ickmq4LhpMo

Storyboard for “The Ag Center Show.”

In the evening of February 26, 2008, the Carroll County Maryland Agriculture Center held its annual meeting.

At that meeting, the Ag Center Manager Larry Collins screened the following video of highlights of recent events at the Ag Center.

However, before we get to the video, let’s get acquainted with the Ag Center by way of the web site greeting:

WELCOME to the Carroll County Agriculture Center; the site of the new state-of-the-art Danele Shipley Memorial Arena…

… as well as numerous meeting facilities, function and banquet rooms, outdoor facilities, and much more!

Located in central Carroll County – the Region's finest agriculture country –

- the Agriculture Center and Shipley Arena are perfectly situated to meet our diverse needs…

… and those of our neighbors in Baltimore, Washington D.C., southern Pennsylvania and western Delaware.

Our facilities are designed to host a wide variety of events from livestock and …

… equestrian outings to live music shows and entertainment events to trade shows and exhibits, and fairs and circuses.

The Carroll County Agriculture Center is the permanent home of the nationally known and highly regarded Carroll County 4H & FFA Fair.

The Agriculture Center and Shipley Arena are available to all for exciting events, meetings, and outings YEAR-ROUND!

Visit us soon – we look forward to hosting you or your next event in comfort and style in any one of our facilities.

To book any of our facilities – or inquire about rates, specifications, etc., contact Larry Collins, General Manager at 410-848-6704 or larry AT carrollcountyagcenter DOT com

For more information on the Carroll County Maryland Agricultural Center – go here: http://www.carrollcountyagcenter.com/

Carroll County (Maryland) Agriculture Center

Website: http://www.carrollcountyagcenter.com/

For articles on “Soundtrack” about the Carroll Co. Ag Center

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Carroll%20County%20Maryland%20Agriculture%20Center

*****

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

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E-mail him at: kdayhoff AT carr.org or kevindayhoff AT gmail.com

His columns and articles appear in The Tentacle - www.thetentacle.com; Westminster Eagle Opinion; www.thewestminstereagle.com, Winchester Report and The Sunday Carroll Eagle – in the Sunday Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun. Get Westminster Eagle RSS Feed

“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams

20070418 April 18, 2007 Westminster Road Runners Club Westminster, Maryland Main Street Mile.

April 18, 2007 Westminster Road Runners Club Westminster, Maryland Main Street Mile.

By Kevin Dayhoff April 19, 2007 www.kevindayhoff.net

Posted March 23, 2008

I had all but finished the video below, about the April 18^th, 2007 Main Street Mile, some time ago… In the video please notice the quintessential Dave Herlocker moving the race finishers along at the finish line…

Other posts which mention Dr. David Herlocker may be found here: Westminster Road Runners Club or westminster road runners club

His obituary can be found here: 19401030 20080321 David Webb Herlocker

20070418 Westminster Maryland Main Street Mile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16U48TUjSB8

Video Storyboard:

Dave Herlocker and Caroline Babylon keep the finish line moving at the annual Westminster, Maryland Main Street Mile on April 18, 2007. That’s Dave on the left in the blue pants, yellow shirt and green sleeves.

Carroll County Times photographer, Kyle Nosal, runs to get a photo…

Carrie Ann Knauer, Carroll County Times Staff Writer, covering the event…

Her article: “Road runners” appeared in the Thursday, April 19, 2007 edition of the Carroll County Times…

Westminster Police officer Tony Ott (gray shirt - center) kept everything moving smoothly throughout the event…

Kenny Carlisle (L) and Tony Ott

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

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“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams

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Other posts which mention Dr. David Herlocker may be found here: For other posts on running or the Westminster Road Runners Club please click on: Sports Running or Westminster Road Runners Club or Westminster Sidewalks and Trails or westminster road runners club or westminster sidewalks and trails. or westminster annual main street mile or sports running or dave herlocker. The Westminster Road Runners Club web site is here: http://www.carr.org/%7Ewrrc/

20080317 Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin on the vice-presidency and being pregnant

Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin on the vice-presidency and being pregnant

March 17, 2008

Hat Tip: Colonel B5

This post is for my Anchorage brother-in-law… And yes, the East Coast is slowly but surely discovering Alaska Governor Sarah Palin…

20080317 Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin on the vice-presidency

Speculation continues to persist as to whom Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain will choose as a running mate.

One person frequently mentioned in the mix is the popular Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, 44. Many of us feel that she would do a great job as vice-president.

Then in an interview with the Washington Post in late February 2008; “When asked about whether she would consider the number-2 spot in the country -- the vice presidency… Pursing her lips, Palin calls it an ‘impossibility’ this time around, but not altogether out of the question.

Many folks did not pick up on her use of the words “impossibility this time around, but not altogether out of the question.”

In the video, carried by ABC Alaska News http://www.aksuperstation.com/, also notice the quick cameo appearance of former Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich…

And do not overlook her quick take on the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama…

Then, on or about March 6^th, 2008, the matter of the curious words, “impossibility” was explained. Many media outlets carried the news, including the Anchorage Daily News http://www.adn.com/ and ABC Alaska News http://www.aksuperstation.com/; which carried the second half of this video:

“Gov. Sarah Palin dropped a day-ending bombshell. She's pregnant. Palin said Wednesday that she and her husband Todd are expecting their fifth child sometime in mid-May.”

When asked about how this new child would affect her, the Governor said, "This is one of those circumstances that has kinda shifted our way of thinking. It certainly makes me very much more so committed to even wanting to stay in Alaska, you know wanting to raise kids in Alaska and at some point in the future I don't know how far off in the future but in some point maybe there will be other doors open."

We certainly look forward to Governor Palin’s future national leadership; meanwhile congratulations are in order for the impending birth of her fifth child.

For other posts on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and other things – Alaska on “Soundtrack,” please click on: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin , Alaska , Alaska Anchorage , Alaska weather , Alaska Issues

Find other videos on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin here.

*****

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

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His columns and articles appear in The Tentacle - www.thetentacle.com; Westminster Eagle Opinion; www.thewestminstereagle.com, Winchester Report and The Sunday Carroll Eagle – in the Sunday Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun. Get Westminster Eagle RSS Feed

“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams

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20080317 Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin on the vice-presidency and being pregnant

20080114 Danish indietronica artist Tone - Sofie Nielsen releases her new album, "Small Arm of Sea", under a Creative Commons license.

Danish indietronica artist Tone - Sofie Nielsen releases her new album, "Small Arm of Sea", under a Creative Commons license.

Hat Tip: News Grist - Copy our records for your friends, please!

News Grist is carrying a great story about Danish indietronica artist Tone - Sofie Nielsen releases her new album, "Small Arm of Sea", under a Creative Commons license.

The release of the album is causing quite a stir for several reasons, not to overlook that indietronica artist Sofie Nielson is sensational...

However, additionally, according to a January 16, 2008 press release, called to our attention courtesy of News Grist: “Consumers are free to copy and redistribute the album legally – and are encouraged to do so by the record label.”

There (finally) seems to be a growing trend to ditch DRM (Digital "Rights" Management) in favor of new business models and perhaps even new licensing practices in the music industry that are more in tune with the culture and technologies at large (file-sharing, etc.) -- read about Radiohead and their decision to release In Rainbows on a pay-what-you-wish basis -- or free -- download. Of course, these decisions are being initiated by the artists not their labels...

via Henrik Moltke's Blog:

Tone: Please copy my CD (You won' t get in trouble, promise!)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008, posted by Henrik Moltke at 11:03 PM

This is big. On january 21st, the extremely charming Aalborg-based indietronica artist Tone (Sofie Nielsen) releases her new album, "Small Arm of Sea", under a Creative Commons license.

Her label, Urlyd, says Copy our records for your friends, please! and the danish collecting society KODA backs the release, making sure commercial uses are covered by the usual compensation scheme. This is historic, and I am extremely pleased to see this happen for the first time in Denmark.

Oh, and did I mention - Tone's music is GREAT. […]

Tone website and Myspace

20080114 Tv2 Denmark interview with Tone Sofie Nielsen

Opfordring til CD-kopiering 23:10 14-01-2008: Et lille Aalborg-baseret pladeselskab opfordrer direkte til at kopiere deres musik, også den cd, som er lige på trapperne. Link: http://nyhederne-dyn.tv2.dk/video/index.php/nodeId-10020491.html

Silences disruture for Tone's "Work it"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neI_qMFAjOk

[…]

PRESS RELEASE for immediate release

Wednesday, January 16 2008

DANISH LABEL: PLEASE COPY OUR RECORDS FOR ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

Danish label Urlyd announces the release of the world's first Creative Commons-licensed physical music album, backed by Danish copyright collecting agency KODA. Consumers are free to copy and redistribute the album legally – and are encouraged to do so by the record label. "In the past allowing your fans to share your music meant waving goodbye to an important revenue stream for the artist. URLYD is the first label to offer the artist and fan the best of both worlds" say the founders.

We're all familiar with the classic "All Rights Reserved" notice in books, music and film recordings stating that copying is prohibited. Yet today, sharing a musical work is easier than making a phone call. Illegal filesharing of copyrighted works has been a major concern for record labels and publishers since the advent of Napster. "Music wants to be free", computer-savvy teenagers argue. Now an alternative path that is both legal and free is emerging – from the music industry itself - in the shape of a small Danish independent record label, Urlyd which uses the Creative Commons licensing system. On Monday, January 21, 2008, the labels' first release, Small Arm of Sea by female indietronica singer, songwriter and producer Tone, will be available for purchase in Danish record stores. With her abstracts beats, unique voice and hypnotizing lyrics, Tone makes her debut after little more than a year spent lurking in Denmark's musical underground and on MySpace. Printed on the CDs and vinyls are the words "Copy this album for your friends, please!". We really mean this. On the same day the album will be available for download – freely, at no charge and without Digital Rights Management (DRM) – at the record label's website, urlyd.com. Anyone can download it for free or pick up the album in-store.

"Music connects directly with feelings, things you experience. We believe music in best when shared and this perfectly natural behavior should be encouraged, not criminalized", say the founders of Urlyd, Christian Villum and Sune Petersen. "We cannot tell music lovers how or whether to support the artist, so we give them the choice between donating online, going to a live performance or purchasing the album in-store where it is sold as a limited edition. We believe this positive approach will benefit both artists and consumers.”

Innovative audiovisual album format

Urlyd launches a new audiovisual format combining traditional CD/LP with the DVD format – at regular CD price. In collaboration with Danish VJ and video artist Kristian Ravn-Ellestad, Tone (Sofie Nielsen) unites music and video intro a mesmerizing audiovisual experience – an important element of Tone's live performances.

Creative Commons and KODA

Until recently the use of Creative Commons licenses was incompatible with services provided by collecting societies such as KODA (KODA administers Danish and international copyrights for composers, songwriters and music publishers when their musical works are performed in public). If a singer, musician, publisher, or producer wanted to distribute her work for free online under a Creative Commons license, she was forced to give up the right to receive compensation through royalties collected by the collecting agency. As a consequence, mostly bands without a recording contract and outside of the collective rights management have used the Creative Commons model. "The novelty here is that our artists can collect commercial royalties through the traditional model while fully using the potential of the internet - giving fans the freedom to do what they ultimately do best."

For more information, contact URLYD
Christian Villum - villum@urlyd.com - (+45) 2087 7153 or Skype: christianvillum

(Christian Villum is currently in New York City, available for interviews)

urlyd.com - press photos in high resolution available on urlyd.com/press

For more information about Creative Commons, see http://creativecommons.org

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20080114 WJZ TV: Taneytown votes down immigration resolution

WJZ TV: Taneytown votes down immigration resolution

January 14, 2008

On Monday, January 14, 2008, the Taneytown (Maryland) City Council voted down by a 3 – 2 vote a resolution introduced on December 5, 2007, declaring Taneytown to NOT be a sanctuary city.

WJZ TV, Channel 13 in Baltimore, had the best video coverage.

To find this and other news videos of breaking Maryland news, go to: http://wjz.com/video/

I touched upon the Taneytown immigration debate in my 20080118 Westminster Eagle column: Dr. Martin Luther King's enduring words

20080114 WJZ TV: Taneytown votes down immigration resolution

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Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/

Related on “Soundtrack”: Immigration Reform and Taneytown

20080118 Westminster Eagle column: Dr. Martin Luther King's enduring words

20061125 OMG I want this T Shirt,

20061213 Say it in Broken English,

20061121 WE Giving thanks WE,

20061121 Yikes,

20061121 Hoby Wolf weighs in on Taneytown English First issue,

20061121 Everyone who wants to work is welcome in CC

20061120 Crablaw’s stand-up mea culpa.

20061115 Taneytown, Roger Taney, Raphael Taney, Dred Scott and Tupac Shakur

Often, when I consider the immigration discussions in Taneytown, I think of Marianne Faithfull’s “Say it in Broken English.” (I had the opportunity to see Marianne Faithful in Fells Point – quite a number of years ago and it sounded more like this.)

Related:

Immigration Gumballs

This clip from the longer video, Immigration by the Numbers, features Roy Beck demonstrating the catastrophe of the huge numbers of both legal and illegal immigration by Third World people into the modern nations. He uses standard statistics and simple gumballs to show this disaster in the making.

Video was done by roy beck:

http://www.answers.com/topic/roy-beck

Full video on google:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc...

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