Public Congress

This video footage was obtained during an incident when a campaign staffer for Congressman Allen Bod illegally entered private property belonging to his opponent Al Lawson. In the video, the trespasser because he was told to do so by Congressman Allen Boyd’s campaign. The video footage was taken by the trespasser, an employee of Congressman Allen Boyd. Subtitles were added by the Al Lawson for Congress campaign. The video footage, absent subtitles, was filed with the Tallahassee Police Department and exists in the public domain. Paid for by Al Lawson for Congress

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Test sequence of two badly animated characters, EEK & LEEK. This test has them at home watching TV.

Note: This and my other works barely qualify as animation, but my interests have always been more on the audio (Foley) side of things anyway. Infusing vintage public domain footage (some by real animators) hopefully helps to alleviate the eyesore of my animation techniques.

Credits: I also hope to help bring awareness and support for the many valuable resources out there on the Internet. The Internet was once called the “Information Highway”, and in some respects it still reflects that designation if you search for it. The following deserve your interest and support.

The Internet Archive
www.archive.org
The greatest public archive housed on the Internet with thousands of audio recordings, images and film footage ranging from vintage to modern works. Remember those old films they showed in school? You can watch them here again. Movie drive-in ads, VJ loops, animations and a whole lot more. Some resources are public domain, and some are variably licensed.

Wikimedia Commons
www.commons.wikimedia.org
Also housing a huge amount of images and audio recordings. Great resource for images both public domain and licensed.

The Library of Congress
http://catalog.loc.gov/
If you don’t mind vintage B&W resources, this is a great site. Spend hours here looking at downloadable historical images, documents, and film footage. Audio recordings are also available. Most of what’s here is public domain.

Audacity
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity
I could spend lots of money for multi-track audio recording software but Audacity does the trick, and best of all its free! Many of the bells and whistles most programs have, and good enough to make demos with.

MonkeyJam
http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.com/monkeyjam/
If you just need to compile and convert still-frame images into AVI video animation files, this free small program will do the job.

Support these and other valuable web sites.

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Obama tells Jon Kyl that Obama refuses to secure the USA’s southern border with Mexico for political reasons.

Unbelievable statements coming from President Of The United States as relayed to the American people through Arizona Senator Jon Kyl.

Commentary on this important security issue from Conservative New Media.

Read more about this story:

“Obama tells Kyl in private Oval Office meeting: I won’t secure border b/c then Republicans will have no reason to support ‘comprehensive immigration reform.’”
http://bit.ly/91J3kb

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Photo Credit:

Description: Jon Kyl, member of the United States Senate.
Date: Unknown
Source: http://bit.ly/chSlTp
Secondary Source: “Jon Kyl, official 109th Congress photo.jpg” Wikimedia Commons http://bit.ly/cq7c3A
Author: US Congress
Permission: This photo is in the public domain

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http://transparencycaucus.org/

Transparency Made Easy: How to Make the Government More Open and Accountable.

Harlan Yu, a member of the Transparency Advisory Committee, speaks about the barriers to accessing public court records. Yu is the creator of RECAP, a Firefox plugin that gives free and easy public access to PACER, the federal court record database.

On June 22, 2010, the Advisory Committee on Transparency, a project of the Sunlight Foundation, met with congressional staffers for a focused conversation on issues related to contractor performance oversight, access to federal court records, and online access to Congressional Ethics Information.

We invite your ideas, comments, and expressions of interest for future meetings at act(at)sunlightfoundation.com

Panelists:
*Daniel Schuman, Director, Advisory Committee on Transparency, Policy Council for the Sunlight Foundation, and Moderator
*Scott Amery, General Council, Project on Government Oversight
*Harlan Yu, Center for Information Technology, Princeton University

For more information, please visit http://transparencycaucus.org/

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I thought I’d share this with all my friends again. In 2008 my friend Jackie sang the song “Coat of Many Colors” which struck me with idea to make the video. All depression era photos are from the Library of Congress and are Public Domain, and the CNN video and audio clips are used pursuant to Title 17 U.S. Code on the basis of educational value.

Please visit Jackie, if you haven’t already
http://www.youtube.com/karaokewoman4life

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I am new to YouTube, and, as such, I don’t know how to create a video. Therefore, I am uploading a copy of a video I got from YouTube member, “NakedEmperorNews.” I hope you don’t mind; I’m not trying to violate copyright, as this is a spare “backup copy” file copy for personal, educational, non-profit purposes to save the nation. (As an aside, I just realized that this is a public hearing which is probably in the public domain, and not able to be copyrighted, but I still give credit to the source herein and am of the undersanding that the owner wanted this passed on.) I converted it from FLV to AVI, and I am converting it back to FLV upon upload, so it may lose some resolution integrity. Sincerely, Gordon Wayne Watts, Lakeland, Florida, USA

Related news coverage -this is good, trust me:

* http://www.GordonWayneWatts.com/HealthCareQuestionTooHard.html

or

* http://www.GordonWatts.com/HealthCareQuestionTooHard.html

PS: Look for news coverage by reporter, Debra J.M. Smith of Informing Christians:

http://www.DebraJMSmith.com

http://www.InformingChristians.com

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President Obama calls on Congress to continue to support education reform, including inspiring students to excel in math and science, revitalizing the community college system and making college more affordable. January 27, 2010. (Public Domain)

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[We are experiencing audio sync issues on YouTube; this speech can be viewed properly at Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/6524151]

White House Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle took questions in a live online chat via Yahoo! News and Twitter the day after the Presidents Address to Congress. September 10, 2009. (Public Domain)

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In a Tv interview the Chairman of the Federal Reserve BANK Admits that the FED is ABOVE the LAW and ANSWERS to NO ONE!!

No ONE can OVER RULE the FED.
Not even the PRESIDENT of the United States.

Get it?

The FED is an independant Agency, Not Part of the Federal Government, yet it retains the name “federal” in its name.

Could it be to mislead all of the simple minded idiots?

The government takes orders from the banking cartels, not the other way around.

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We should recall former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Blinders statement, The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth (PBS Nightly Business Report, 1994) and thus be astute enough to realize that the often hollow words of Central Bankers serve as a contrary indicator of the truth.

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May 25, 2010, U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on House Administration Hearing Room

Access to legal materials in the United States is difficult and expensive. This session explores a number of initiatives underway to broaden access to the law of the land, making it easier for public interest groups, new commercial startups, law schools, and researchers to access the raw materials of our democracy. Hosted by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Congressman Dan Lungren, this session features a number of people active in the field of broadening access to the law, both from within government and from outside.

Location: Committee on House Administration Hearing Room, Room 1310,
Longworth House Office Building
Date and Time: May 25, 2010, 10AM-11AM

Speakers:

Honorable Zoe Lofgren, Vice Chairwoman, Committee on House Administration

Honorable Dan Lungren, Ranking Member, Committee on House Administration

Efforts Within Government To Increase Access to Legal Materials
Roberta L. Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress

The Importance of Access to Legal Materials
Eugene B. Meyer, President, the Federalist Society

Legal Materials and Our System of Law
Roger Skalbeck, In-Coming Chair, Copyright Committee, American
Association of Law Libraries

The Law.Gov Dialogue in our Law Schools
Carl Malamud, President, Public.Resource.Org

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