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The title of the piece is inspired by my experience of riding a long-tail boat in Thailand, known as Ruea Hang Yao in the Thai language. This type of boat is native to most Southeast Asian countries and especially famous in Thailand where long-tail boats are now often used to transport local passengers and tourists. Compared to the motion and movement of a long-tail boat while moving, the music appears to fast-forward, glide, swerve and sometimes float freely, playing with the unexpected. The comparison could portray the excitement of riding a long-tail boat that runs fast on the undulating water and never knows what comes next. Even though I did not include any musical elements that give a sense of "Asian flavor", the challenge of the piece is to provoke the feelings between agitation and relaxation one could have with this kind of unique ride.
The Dream
is a piece adapted from my suite for chamber orchestra, "Chao Chun." This movement describes the Chinese moon goddess as disembodied through a dream; Chao Chun is suspended in time while her spirit seeks to return home. While seeking to create a language that combined both East Asian and Western musical influences, I emphasized rhythmic freedom and melodic range. I never wanted the melody to feel restricted in any sense, yet I also wanted it to be clear that the melody undergoes a transformation during the piece. This transformation is especially clear in the last iteration of the theme. In the beginning, it carries clear Asian influence through its pentatonic harmonies, intervallic leaps of fourths and fifths, and dotted rhythms. However, the melody here is interspersed with harmonies and intervals outside Asian influence. Eventually, this conflict emerges into something pure and revelatory.
Variazioni su un canto popolare cinese
This piece is based on a Chinese popular song ("The old fisher"), in which is described an old fisher in the act of fishing at sunset, and the surrounding landscape: some fishing-boats coming in and out the harbour and the gentle movement of the waves (Variation 1), a vivacious song coming from afar every now and then (Variation 2), the flight of the seagulls (Variation 3), the solitary harbour and the sentiment of solitude given by the solitude of the old fisher (the main theme of the Chinese popular song, quoted at the end of the piece). The chant itself is based on a pentatonic scale: for the composition of the Variations, a method of contrapunctal projections has been employed. I have met this beautiful chant, falling in love with it, by rehearsing it in a voice-piano version with a Chinese student, a few years ago at the Milano's Conservatoire.
is a style of the Korean traditional music. Sanjo means 'scattered melodies'. Sanjo is originally written to demonstrate the virtuosity or techniques of Korean traditional instruments. Sanjo has not fixed musical forms, but more like an improvisation or a free form. Mostly, Sanjo involves a solo instrument accompanied by Janggu, the Korean traditional 2-headed drum. The main concept for the composition is 'scattered melodies' with abundant use of grace notes and ornamentations derived from the dazzling beauties of Korean traditional folk songs. Also this composition reflects one of the uniqueness of Korean traditional folk music; the movement that seems to be mobile yet still and seems to be still yet mobile as such as the thinking of movement within stillness. Sanjo integrates Western melodic and harmonic language with Eastern sense of movement in adapting these qualities to a more contemporary sound-world.
Toward the Other Shore
In Mahayana Buddhism, the six paramitas (generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, meditation, and knowledge) are six kinds of virtuous practice required for serving others and achieving enlightenment. In Sanskrit, paramita means "that which has reached the other shore". Through the practice of the six paramitas, one can cross over from the shore of this world (the shore of suffering), to the shore of enlightenment. This concept of transcendence and "going beyond" served as the inspiration for Toward the Other Shore. In this composition, long and expansive melodic phrases breathe one into the next, coupled with throbbing left-hand pizzicato. The metamorphosis of left-hand pizzicato over the course of the work is balanced with the on-going timbre variation and motivic development of the melody heard at the beginning of the piece. In the final section, the opening melody is further transformed, culminating in a dramatic contrapuntal stretto.
Twelve Signs
is based on the Chinese Zodiac. In the Zodiac, the twelve animal signs represent twelve different types of personalities. The zodiac begins with the sign of the Rat, followed by the Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Boar. The twelve animals can also be classified into four trines based on thematic similarities. The first trine, the Rat, Dragon and Monkey, are described as extroverted, dynamic, and passionate. The second trine, the Ox, Snake, and Rooster, are described as philosophical, patient and meditative. The third trine, the Tiger, Horse, and Dog, are described as rash, impulsive, and idealistic. The fourth trine, the Rabbit, Sheep, and Pig, are described as intuitive, calm and sensible. The piece contains twelve movements and depicts the different characteristics of each sign. It also incorporates various timbres and techniques which correspond to the five elements of the Chinese Astrology.
Joy Rising
is a five-movement work for solo violin dealing with the concept of five types of chi, or wu xing, central to all elements of Chinese thought, including philosophy, music, science, medicine, astrology, and feng shui. The sequencing of the elements in this particular order (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water) represents a creative or enhancing cycle. Each element can be seen as a necessity for the next. In Joy Rising, there are internal connections among the movements. "Wood" begins the cycle with various extended techniques to allow the woodiness of the violin to resonate as the musical gesture grows organically. "Fire" contrasts the mood with a driving movement as flames burn. In "Earth" there is a sense of duality – as man and nature occupy a shared space, two musical lines intertwine. After a brief pizzicato interlude, "Metal" continues with a shiny sheen to its florid movement, while "Water" is still and contemplative. Joy Rising was commissioned by and written for Kia-Hui Tan.


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By Mike Pound
According to a story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Starbucks will post calorie counts on its menu boards and food tags beginning Tuesday.
Many big-name food chains have done the same thing, but in my mind Starbucks isn't a food chain, it's a coffee chain.
But maybe I'm the only one who thinks Starbucks is a coffee chain.
Whenever I walk into a Starbucks and the nice person behind the counter asks me what I want, I say: "Black coffee."
When I do, everyone in the place looks at me as if I had asked for liver.
The nice person behind the counter always looks sort of disappointed. A person who makes coffee at Starbucks is not call a "coffee maker" but is called a "barista," which is Italian for bartender. I know that doesn't make any sense at all.
What I'm saying here is that the baristas at Starbucks take coffee making seriously, and when someone like me asks for just a black coffee, they get offended.
"That's a job for one of the intern baristas," they think to themselves.
I've been drinking black coffee for as long as I can remember, and in all those years I've never wondered how many calories are in a cup. I just assumed that since coffee is made by mixing coffee beans and water, the calorie hit is pretty low.
But, as I have already pointed out, most people don't order black coffee when they go to Starbucks. Instead, they order Caramel Rocky Road Chock-full of Nuts Mocha Strawberry Double Lattes with a swirl of cinnamon.
It begs the question: Are the calorie counts going to be listed as Tall, Grande, Venti or Trenta?
I can never remember which Starbucks size is which. I do know that tall does not mean tall at Starbucks. Tall at Starbucks means small.
I've never understood how Starbucks was able to get away with screwing around with sizes. Years ago, this country soundly rejected the metric system, but when some coffee company completely changed drink size terminology, we all said, "Sure. Whatever."
Except for me.
When I walk into a Starbucks and want a small cup of black coffee, that's what I order. I'm sure the other Starbucks customers laugh at me behind my back, but they would probably do that anyway.
Besides, the last time I checked, this is America. If I want to order a small cup of coffee when I want a small cup, then that's what I'm going to do. Our forefathers didn't cross the Delaware just to let some barista force his or her coffee-naming ways on us. They crossed the Delaware to get to the other side.
To be honest, while I appreciate the fact that some food chains are now posting calorie counts, I'm not sure I understand the gesture. Do they really think I need a calorie count to understand that a half-pound bacon cheeseburger and an order of fries might cause a little weight gain?
I think the reason food chains post calorie counts is to say, "OK, we warned you. It's out of our hands now."
Really, has this conversation ever happened?
"Hey Bubba, this sign here says that these ribs, them tater tots, that coconut pie and that bucket of soda is fattening!"
"What? Why, that fries my taters! I'm never coming to Earl's Country House of Pig 'N Bull again."
I suppose the best thing to do is just watch what I eat myself. I wouldn't want to get too Trenta.
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AFAIK, Frank has always had a ton of students who competed on the national level.
Here's a nice article on 12-year-old U.S. Novice champ Leah Keiser: http://goldenskate.com/articles/2009/052310.shtml
Keiser also has her own official site at: http://leahkeiser.com/
Frank is 71. Can't help but think this might be his last batch of skaters so to speak. After Lysacek, Mirai might be Frank's last international medal hopeful.
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Norman's Transient Guest Room Tax Ordinance was first adopted in 1980 with voters approving an excise tax of four percent. These funds are designated to be used "exclusively for the purpose of encouraging, promoting and fostering the convention and tourism development of the City of Norman," according to city staff notes.
Now, 30 years later, the city council has studied tax rates in other cities and likely will ask voters to approve raising the tax from four percent to five percent. If voters approve the measure on April 2, the new tax will become effective on May 1.
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"(I…)" I scrambled to try to explain but of course before I could talk the tongue had to be put away and…wow. I hadn't expected for the soap to actually taste good. I thought I would taste horrible like it was supposed to then I wouldn't want it any more. Just my luck, now I want more.
"(You have cravings for soap? That is the weirdest thing I have ever heard of,)" he said before laughing. I rinsed off my hands quickly and dried them before starting on breakfast. He was still laughing. Jerk.
"(If you don't stop laughing I won't make enough for you,)" I threatened. He tried unsuccessfully to control himself then ended up just sitting at the table and burying his face in his arms.
"(I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It's not so much what your craving is, but more what I just caught you doing,)" Dan's muffled voice reasoned. Well I can't really blame him for that I guess.
"(Yeah, yeah. Make fun of the pregnant lady. That's smart,)" I said with extreme sarcasm. After a while he calmed down and started on his news paper while I finished breakfast. I laid it out on the table and Dan looked it over appreciatively.
"(Man Hatori is a lucky guy. You've gotten way better at cooking and I remember you were still pretty good before you left,)" Dan said as he took some French toast, then finished loading up his plate with sausage and eggs.
"Hatori, there's food on the table!" I called up the stairs. It's what my mom used to say when it was time to eat and I had started using it with Hatori soon after we were married. Of course, in Japanese instead of English.
"Smells great," Hatori said from the stairs.
"Thanks, and I would hurry before Dan eats it all," I said and turned to look at him. "What were…you…wow." He was in a black suit with a red tie, he looked amazing. Not that he didn't always look amazing of course.
"Do you like it?" he asked with a smile that told me he knew my answer.
"If Dan wasn't here I might try to rip it off you. Uh… what's the occasion?" I asked.
"I thought we would go visit your parents while we were here," he said as he went to sit next to Dan who had stopped eating to stare at him.
"Oh! Yeah I was planning to go today. I guess I should have realized that you'd want to go too," I muttered and sat across from them.
"(What's he all decked out for?)" Dan asked.
"(To meet mom and dad,)" I said.
"(Oh yeah. You see in Japanese culture they seem to have a close bond with the dead. They will go to the person's grave and speak to them as if they are actually there and not just their body. They also set up little shrines in the home. Incense, flowers and the like surrounding the loved ones picture. Which reminds me can I take that picture of mom and dad on their last anniversary?)" I had almost forgotten that Hatori had asked if I wanted to do that long ago.
"(Of course. You wanted to make one of those shine things?)"
"(Actually it was Ha'ri's idea, but I think that would be nice,)" I said and got up "(Plus Hatori has never seen them.)"
"(Oh. I didn't know he hadn't ever seen them.)"
"(Well I didn't bring any pictures with me. It was only supposed to be temporary,)" I laughed as I grabbed the picture to bring back to the table.
"(Yeah we all saw how that turned out,)" he grumbled. I draped myself over Hatori's back and held the picture up in front of his face.
"What do you think of this one?" I asked. He took it and looked at it closely, like he was trying to memorize their faces, which he probably was. "For their last anniversary Dan and I took them to get their picture taken. I remember, I said something that made them laugh and the photographer thought quick enough to hit the button."
"They look so happy. Of course with you around it's hard not to be," he said.
"You are just… adorable," I said and kissed his cheek. "We ended up getting that one because it shows exactly what they are like. They were kind, loving and all around happy people. And they would laugh at the drop of a hat as you can see."
"Then it's absolutely perfect to use. Does Dan want to come with us to the grave?" he asked.
"(Dan you're welcome to come with us if you want,)" I said, stretching my neck back to see around Hatori's head.
"(Well… I don't want to intrude on your moment that's bound to happen, but I'm really curious. I'll have to at least put on a better shirt. He makes me look like a slob.)"
"(He always makes everyone look like a slob. And as for the 'moment' thing we are used to having our moments with a room full of people now.)"
"(Ok… but I'm still changing my shirt.)"
(Dan's POV) A/N: Dan can only speak English so…yeah. Nothing is in Japanese lol ;)
We decided to walk, it was such a nice day and it wasn't very far. We stopped by a little flower shop and picked out some nice bouquets before finally reaching the cemetery.
"Ha'ri likes the spot we got for them," Inora informed me. I looked up at the trees that were swaying lazily in the breeze.
"Yeah we got lucky," I said still looking around. My attention was brought suddenly back to the grave as Hatori's deep voice quietly started up. He placed the flowers carefully by each head stone and crouched down in the middle facing them. He continued to talk in a low soothing voice and my curiosity got the better of me. I stepped closer to Inora so I wouldn't disturb him.
"What is he saying?" I whispered.
"H-he," her voice was shaking, she cleared her throat and started again. "He's saying… he knows they watch over us but that he wishes he could have known them in life. He knows that they were wonderful people because they raised two more wonderful people…and… he is also assuring them that he loves me with all of his heart. Oh sorry… will always love me with all of his… heart or strength maybe?"
"Something tells me your translation leaves something to be desired," I muttered.
"Well Japanese doesn't translate very well into English so I was paraphrasing," she laughed. He looked at us questioningly and she explained, to which he gave a smile. I was glad to see that smile on him. The first time I had met him I had seen the way he looked at her. From what little had gotten translated back and forth between us he was the one I liked the most out of all the guys after her, she still doesn't know how many guys I scared away from her. Still… he seemed too serious. Inora was such a lighthearted person I didn't think it would go well after a while.
During the phone call he made, asking for her hand in marriage, I could tell he had lightened up quite a bit. After Eric I was protective of her. Perhaps too protective at times… trying to permanently damage Shigure being one of those times. So to have Hatori come though and fix the only thing I could find wrong with him, well, I was ecstatic.
"I hate to ruin this moment but seeing as you are heading out tonight we should probably head home," I said. Just as I had expected they would, they were having a moment. From the look on Inora's face she was telling him amazing he was, which was deserved.
(Inora's POV)
"I'm sooo tired," I whined Into Hatori's shoulder. "Can't we just go home?"
"We can't, thanks to the plane delay we only have ten minutes before your appointment starts. And we can't reschedule. Dr. Ootori Is the best there is so he's in high demand," he explained. I blushed at the fact that my doctor was going to be a guy. Oh well… when it comes down to the pushing I'm sure the gender of my doctor will be the last thing on my mind.
"Fine wake me up when we get there," I mumbled.
"We are there," he chuckled and helped me out of the car. I drug my feet all the way to the office, I was ridiculously tired. And soar, my back was killing me. He pointed to a chair and I plopped down as he went to talk to the receptionist. My rest was short lived, however as a nurse came out to bring us back.
"Oh you poor dear, you look so tired," she patted my back as I sat on the table.
"Our plane was delayed. There was supposed to be a few hours from the time that we landed until now but…" I trailed off with a huge yawn. She started taking my blood pressure.
"Where were you?" she asked kindly.
"America," I said simply. She asked a few more questions and gave me some water before finishing up her paper work and leaving. I sighed and slumped sideways into Hatori who was just standing next to the table the whole time.
"Be more tired," I said grumpily and he chuckled. I was about to tell him that I was serious when a man with glasses came in. He looked around Hatori's age…was this my doctor? He's so young, how can he be 'the best'?
"Dr. and Mrs. Sohma, it's nice to meet you. I am Dr. Ootori, and I'll be your doctor for the duration of your pregnancy. You are we doing today?" he sounded so… professional.
"Tired," I said. Thankfully that did cause him to look up and smile.
"Of course, that's typical."
"Doesn't make me any less tired," I laughed.
"Very true," he said and chuckled. "Let's get right down to it then shall we?" He proceeded to ask several questions that Hatori answered while I zoned out.
"Are you ready?" Hatori asked after what felt like forever.
"For what?" I asked.
"Now comes the fun part," Dr. Ootori said cheerfully. He had me lay back and spread a lot of blue goo all over my stomach. He wheeled over a monitor, turned it on and put the reader/device thingy to my stomach. I was almost afraid to look at the monitor, would the thing on the screen even look human at this point? I wasn't even really showing yet…
"There it is," Hatori whispered. I just took a moment to drink in his face, it was so full of wonder and love. I finally looked at the screen… and saw pretty much nothing.
"Here's the head" the doc said pointing at a blur. "You can see an arm here," more blur. "And here. You can see the heart beating." He pointed again and I studied the place hard and finally found it. There it was, it's tiny little heart already beating away. My baby. Our baby. In that moment the last remainder of my doubts scattered.
"Well Dr. Sohma it seems like you were correct. You are two months pregnant and I'd say…April 30'Th is the due date. Congratulations, it is as healthy as you could ever hope for. Now I understand you wish to wait until delivery to know the gender? Which is fine because at this point it's too hard to tell anyway," Doc explained. He continued to get technical with Hatori as I just gazed at my baby's heart beating away.
"So unless there are any complications we won't need to see you until delivery?" Hatori asked as the nurse came in and started cleaning me up.
"Precisely," Doc said and pushed his glasses up with his middle and forefinger. "And once again congratulations you two." And with that he walked out of the room.
"He's stuffy," I said and the nurse snorted. I ran my hand over my stomach and beamed at Hatori. He picked up on what I was trying to convey to him and grinned back at me. He could see that I was finally as happy as he was. I'm going to be a mommy.
(A/N): OMG the doctor. I SO could not help myself. Does anyone out there recognize him? Don't worry if you just can't place him I'll tell you at the beginning of the next chapter, which is gonna be FUN! Weird…but fun. Haha. :) Oh and as for all the Japanese culture with the dead: sorry if any of that was wrong. I tried to look it up but the internet was being surprisingly stubborn on not giving me the info I needed. So I just took what Tohru did around her mom's grave and a few other Anime's… yeah.


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It started out as a joke around his brother's office, the suggestion that golfing professional David Canipe go to Haines to work at the brand new Valley of the Eagles Golf Links in the summer of 2006. Everyone knew that Canipe didn't care for cold weather. He even considered the winters in his native North Carolina to be too harsh. But then Canipe began to consider the notion more seriously. "It's only five months," he told himself. "You can do five months standing on your head."
That was before he met Beverly Jones. "I was immediately attracted to Beverly. She didn't wear Carhartt's and snow boots and that caught my attention. So I finally got up the nerve to ask her out. Her first response was, 'Well, I am sorry, Dave, but I don't date men from Haines.' I said, 'Well, that don't matter to me. I'm from Orlando, Florida, so what else you got?' I asked her to marry me the second year I was here. We've basically been soul mates ever since."
Despite her initial resistance, Jones was won over by Canipe's southern charm. "Because he is from the South he is more polite. He was very kind, very suave, a lot of fun to be around. Up here, the guys are a little rougher around the edges, and this was so different. And he made dinner for me every night after work."
And so, five months has turned into five years and most days you will find Canipe working alongside Jones at her office supply business, King's Store, on Main Street. They wed in 2007. He still tees up at the Valley of the Eagles on his days off, but only as a customer.
Born in 1953 to a golfing family in High Point, North Carolina, Canipe took up the sport at an early age. His father owned a driving range and Canipe "ate and slept" golf. He credits much of his success to his good early training: his first teacher was PGA Tour legend Raymond Floyd's father. "Good teachers make good students," Canipe says modestly. He must have been a very good student indeed as he made all-American in golf at the University of Georgia and turned professional in 1974.
He was able to support himself on his tournament winnings until he was forty. "When I needed money, I didn't go get a job. I went out and played in a tournament." In 1990 he once made $68,000 from a single tour event with a third-place finish.
Canipe reckons that his best year was 1984 when he qualified for the U.S. Open. He played well enough there to be invited to play at the Provident Classic. "Well, hell, I won it. That was a life changing year for me."
When asked how much money he made over his career, "I made about a million dollars," he answers, pauses, winks, "and spent two million."
The stress of competing at high levels agreed with Canipe. "When you are under an enormous amount of pressure, usually that's a good thing, because you are at the top... That's what you practice for, to be able to compete under that pressure better than you know how. You get adrenaline going [and] your focus is at a premium."
Canipe also enjoyed the travel, although it eventually became wearying. "I spent 30 weeks of the year in a hotel room. That's a lot."
Before he arrived in Haines, Canipe had, as he puts it, hit all the bases in the golf industry, from touring to teaching to officiating. It was because he knew the whole golfing business from top to bottom that Stan Jones brought him up from Florida to help get the Valley of the Eagles Links up and running.
These days Canipe has little to draw on in terms of background as he learns the skills required to run a busy office supplies store. "It's not an easy job," he admits, but he has thrown himself into it with vigor. "King's Store is my new world now. I've kind of reinvented myself as Beverly's right-hand man. I get all the dirty jobs: vacuum the floors, clean the windows, take out the trash, do the laminating, do the faxing, stuff that anyone who is semi-trained can do. I leave all the brainiac work to the [other employees.]"
Jones adds that Canipe "has come a long, long ways. He is very intuitive about business."
The most difficult thing for a former professional golfer to learn about working in a Main Street store? It's not working the computer and the photo booths, although these have been challenging for Canipe; it's the customer service skills. Canipe explains: "When you are playing competitive golf, the people are outside the ropes. But in this store, they are inside the ropes, so that's a little different. You want to be nice to fans, but that is just in passing; here, these people keep coming back. I am unpolished, cranky, cantankerous, moody...You ask me for an opinion, I'll tell you what you don't want to hear."
Jones, however, tells a different story, "He can carry on conversations with the tourists because he has traveled so much. He has a wonderful ability to talk with people. Underneath he has got a soft heart."
More importantly, Canipe provides her the support that she needs to run a business in a tough economic environment. "When I become frustrated, he'll give me a hug. When I have a bad moment, he'll wink at me. He loves me. It makes me step back and take a deep breath and know that it's going to be okay. He lets me be who I am, and I don't try to change him."
Canipe is also still getting used to trading the relatively urban lifestyle of Orlando, Florida for rural Alaska. "It's like moving from a Maserati to a Volkswagon." And he doesn't think he will ever get used to the cold. "I don't like it much," he says tersely. "I don't like shoveling snow. I don't like dealing with ice."
Jones says that she looks forward to eventually selling her business and traveling with Canipe. "He says, 'I'll stay here for as long as it takes.' David has stepped out of his world to be with me, here."
Living in Haines is not all bad though. Canipe was pleasantly surprised to find that he enjoys the vigorous political debates that echo up and down Main Street in Haines. "Politics in small towns is dirty," he concludes, "which makes it kind of fun." Canipe applied to fill the vacated Haines Borough Assembly seat.
In Canipe's opinion, Haines should focus on population growth rather than tourism. "The population of Haines hasn't wavered in decades," Canipe points out. "What would Haines look like with 3,000 people? They are going to play golf. They are going to eat. They are going to need office supplies. [The town] might even have to put in a stoplight. You never know."
Another thing Canipe enjoys about living in Haines? "When you wake up to those mountains every morning, it's not too bad."


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Focusing on the future of digital cameras
Looking into the future can sometimes be a little tough, especially when it comes to looking at what the next top rated digital camera is going to be.
I had a whole bunch of puns about bringing things into focus, and finding the right angle to look into the future. But I'll spare you the pain and just get right into the camera technology that really gives us a snapshot of the future.
Shoot now, focus later
For the most part, once you take a photo, it's set in stone. If you're taking pictures of multiple subjects and get a blurry foreground, or something launches into frame and ruins your focus, you're stuck with that photo. Forever. Or at least until you hit the delete button.
Not so with the Lytro camera. We wrote a bit about it back in January when it won CES 2012′s Last Gadget Standing competition. As a basic refresher, this camera plays with light fields by capturing more information through multiple sensors, then running it through an internal processor so that you can go back and play with the focus of your images. From there, you can upload them to a Lytro gallery, and post what Lytro calls Living Images to your blog, Twitter, Facebook, or other website. Check out the photo below for an idea of how it works (you can click the progression to play with the actual photo).
While it's very cool for online picture sharing, it doesn't translate very well if you're the type who likes to print photos. While there are options for creating JPEGs from these images, they tend to be small when compared to photos taken with other top rated digital cameras (around 5″ x 5″) because most of the information captured in the photos is dedicated to refocusing the light patterns.
Still, there's a lot of potential here, especially for the amateur photographer who messes up a shot. While the Living Images are pretty amazing, it will be interesting to see when this tech gets integrated into more standard cameras so you can beef up your actual photo album alongside your digital one.
3D images and panorama dreams
Strictly speaking, 3D photos aren't a new phenomenon. Stereoscopy has been creating the illusion of depth for years. Even panoramic photos have been being created by stitching together multiple frames since almost the first pictures were being taken.
What has changed is how easy it's become to do it. Many of today's top rated digital cameras actually have modes that make creating these types of images as simple as hitting the shutter button and spinning the camera around the area you want the panorama. There are even lenses built specifically for taking this 3D and panoramic photos (heck, there's even one for your iPhone — the Kogeto Dot).
Of course, there's still a downside to this tech (and it's going to be a pretty familiar one) — it's still mostly digital only. While the individual images can be pulled and printed in fairly high quality, since each is its own still, panoramas are fairly hard to show off outside of a website. 3D images from most cameras require a 3D flat screen TV, along with all the limitations that come from it.
Remove unwanted people and things
It's every photographer's worst nightmare. You've got the perfect shot, and suddenly there's something unexpected in the frame. Whether it's a photobomb or just a random object or passerby, your photo is ruined.
Scalado's Remove seeks to change that. By taking multiple pictures over a short time, this software automatically allows you to remove objects and people that you don't want in your shot — as long as it can get a good image of the background.
This particular tech has only very, very recently been released, and it's not clear where you're going to find it. Given the (relative) simplicity of what it's doing, and the success that Scalado has had with its mobile photo gallery app, it's not too much of a stretch to think that it'll be coming to a mobile phone near you soon.
Digital paper saves the day
Most of the stuff that's been making the future of photography look fairly good has been mostly on the digital front. In the age of online galleries and Facebook, that makes sense, but there's a certain amount of traditionalist in me that still wants to see this stuff framed, or preserved in a photo album.
That's where digital paper comes in. While it's still in its infancy, it could be a huge boon to these types of digital only technologies. Imagine looking through a photo album, being able to refocus images (hey, who's that person in the background?), spin impressive panoramas, and even see real time 3D images without the glasses? It's got a certain appeal to it.
Are there any other new pieces of photography tech that you think are cool? Or is there anything you'd like to see? Let us know in the comments.


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Tournament director Dick Shockey said the fact the tournament has returned for its 20th year means the Danville area does a great job.
"The teams always tell us how good the hospitality is in Danville," Shockey said.
Shockey said participating teams will come from New York to Arizona from North Carolina to Nebraska and every place in between.
"It helps put Danville Area Community College on the United States map."
Shockey said they also are expecting 120 four-year coaches to be in attendance to recruit players.
The tournament starts Tuesday and ends with the championship game Saturday night.
In with the new
Whichever day players, fans and coaches step foot inside the Mary Miller Complex, they can expect some shiny new features.
The new features are part of a recently completed $5.2 million renovation project of the Mary Miller Complex, said Mike Cunningham, director of administrative services for DACC. Cunningham said the project was started in 2011 and dedicated in October.
"I think (the renovations) will excite the teams," Shockey said.
This year, the 16 teams coming to the tournament will have access to two new locker rooms and a new training room. The new rooms are part of the new addition on the north side of the building.
When they walk in, fans and participants also might notice the hallways around the gymnasium are a bit brighter.
Cunningham, who heads all building projects at DACC, said renovators just finished replacing the ceilings, floors and lights in the hallways around the gym last month. They also painted the walls.
Also, a highlight for the tournament's VIPs includes the new multi-purpose room, which will serve as the new home for the Bob Kay Hospitality Room.


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Dear Editor,
It seems that so much of the news we read or hear or see is of the tragic side of life around us and overshadows much of the good and heartwarming things people do for others in the community. Thus, I would like to share with the readers a really nice story my Marine son recently shared from the local community.
Micah finished his term with the Marines in December and subsequently volunteered for the Texas State Guard. The Texas State Guard is a volunteer organization of the State of Texas comprised mostly, but not all, of people from all branches of the U.S. military.
They drill one weekend a month and for one week during the summer. Their mission is to be ready to deploy in the event of a natural disaster in Texas and, potentially, surrounding states, providing support to the local government response teams and a certain level of security. As I said, their training time is volunteer and they provide their own gear.
Last weekend, after a morning of drills and training, Micah and members of the QRT squad (about 12 men) he is training with at the National Guard Amory in Mineral Wells went to Mesquite Pit for lunch. They had just sat down and were preparing to order when a young girl, about 10 years old, approached the table and told the colonel she wanted to buy their lunch. She then presented the colonel with a gift certificate for $250. According to Micah, his table was kind of dumbfounded by the offer and the generosity. But the colonel took over expressing their gratitude to the girl and her family, pictures were exchanged, and the family left while they ordered their lunch.
According to Micah, the family looked very "average," like any other family you might observe eating at Mesquite Pit – husband and wife early to mid 30s with two children. But they made an extraordinary impression on a small group of men who volunteer their time to serve their communities. I'm sure this little average family prefers to remain anonymous but they made a very above average impression on that group of soldiers.
On behalf of Micah and the other men at that table, as well as me and the many others of us who also appreciate the willingness men and women like Micah' squad to serve our communities, we all say "thank you" to that little family, their thoughtfulness and their generosity.
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Combustion heaters are among the most dangerous equipment in your home. Indoor air and fire hazards are the main concerns. They are especially more dangerous in single family homes where residents lives in close proximity to the combustion appliances. The use of oil heaters is uniquely challenging as they have more moving parts and subsequently more maintenance and safety issues.
Health and safety is an even greater concern than energy efficiency when it comes to heating systems. The main safety issue is the carbon monoxide content in the air. Carbon monoxide is the by product of incomplete combustion from fossil fuel and oxygen. CO is a colorless, odorless gas that can sicken and if found in large quantities can actually kill a person. Hence, every house should have a CO monitor as a safety precaution. There are other by products as well which include harmful gases such as sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide.
Hence, even installing a CO monitor is not going to tell you that your furnace/boiler or water heater are upto the standards for safety.
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James Robert Frazier, 78, of Oakwood, passed away at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Danville.
Family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at Pape Family Funeral Home, 10 E. Williams St. There will be no burial services.
James was born April 8, 1935, in Danville to John and Ethel (Eaton) Frazier.
He attended Danville schools before enlisting in the U.S. Army.
James went on to work in maintenance at Bungee Milling (formerly Lauhoff Grain Company) for more than 33 years, retiring in 2000. He was a member of the former Allied Industrial Workers of America 972 (now Steel Workers), where he was chairman of the bargaining committee for many years. James loved NASCAR, and could restore any truck or car — regardless of how much rust, or how many pieces it was in.
James married Delores Kinney, and she preceded him in death in 2012.
He leaves behind three children, Jeffrey (Teresa) Frazier, James (Dawn) Frazier II and Tamie Ostendorf; nine grandchildren, Jeffrey Wayne Frazier, Emily Frazier, Angelica Frazier, Robert Ostendorf, Derek (Samantha) Ostendorf, Chelsea Ostendorf, Corey Payne, Joel Tyler Frazier, and Blake (Somer) Frazier; five great-grandchildren, Hunter and Jackson Ostendorf, and Landon, Payton, and Westin Frazier; three brothers, Johnny (Lucille) Frazier, Russell "Fuzz" (Cathy) Frazier, and George Frazier; and one sister, Mary (Bruce) Wills. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Delores; a brother, Archie Andrews; and a sister Jennie Hamilton.
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A critical examination of human rights
Museum must decide if stories are positive or negative
It was always accepted that somewhere in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the story of Viola Desmond would be told.
Desmond, a Nova Scotia salon owner, was arrested in 1946 for refusing to leave the main floor of a New Glasgow movie theatre, which was open only to whites. She was fined $20 plus $6 in court costs after being charged with fraud by the Nova Scotia government.
As a black woman, the theatre would only sell her a balcony seat. When she insisted on sitting in a more expensive, whites-only main-floor seat, the government argued she had essentially evaded paying an additional cent of tax on the higher-priced ticket.
Desmond failed in her bid to fight the charge. She eventually left Nova Scotia for Montreal and then New York City, where she died in 1965 at the age of 50.
Barely publicized outside Nova Scotia, Desmond's case is considered one of the seminal racial-segregation stories of the 20th century. Desmond received a posthumous pardon for her crime in 2010. Although that could never erase the racism she faced, the pardon is nonetheless considered a victory by human rights activists.
That Desmond's story will be told in the CMHR is without doubt. However, to this point no one is exactly sure how it will be told. This is an important issue, for it is in the question of "how" that we will see the true nature and purpose of the museum.
This was the question at the heart of recent concerns about political manipulation of CMHR content by the board of trustees and perhaps by the federal government itself. The controversy was kicked off by a letter, written by a museum vice-president, in which it is noted the board of trustees had asked that more "positive, optimistic" Canadian stories be added to one gallery. Critics seized upon those words as evidence the board was manipulating content to be less critical.
Again, it was never clear exactly what that meant; the museum was always designed to feature more shocking or disturbing content in its lower-level galleries, with more uplifting content in the upper levels. So, while visitors may be bombarded with acts of inhumanity at lower levels, they would be inspired by stories of triumph and courage in the higher galleries. However, even with the details of the museum's design taken into account, we still have no firm definition of a "positive" and "negative" human rights story.
For example, is Viola Desmond a "positive" or a "critical" story of the Canadian human rights experience? Is her story relevant because she was a champion of black rights, because of the injustice against her, or because ultimately the government of Nova Scotia admitted that injustice?
The same conundrum arises with other prominent Canadian human rights stories. Is the museum going to document the pain and suffering inflicted on aboriginal people by the residential school system, or focus solely on the federal government's decision to formally apologize and offer compensation?
Too much emphasis on the redress, without documenting the underlying injustice, is a manipulation of content.
Moreover, is celebrating the activists who fought to bring attention to the residential school issue a "positive" story, and if so, is that a bad thing? Tough call.
Ottawa has vehemently denied any attempt to dull the edge of the content, but there is no question the Conservative government has expectations. In an interview at the Free Press News Café this fall, Heritage Minister James Moore discussed the simmering conflict between the museum and some in the Ukrainian community.
There have been allegations the museum will underplay the Holodomor, one of the world's least publicized and studied genocides, in favour of content on the Holocaust, the most publicized and studied atrocity in recorded history. The debate over content has been a long, nasty affair that remains, to this day, unresolved. Moore did not offer an opinion directly on the conflict, but he said the museum must not be divisive.
"The museum is not going to be, cannot be, a source of division for this country. Because taxpayers are not going to pump in $21 million a year if they see it as a perpetual source of division for the people of Winnipeg, the people of Manitoba and the people of Canada. It's not going to be tolerated."
Moore's assertion -- that controversy and divisiveness are separate commodities -- raises questions about whether the museum faces a no-win situation. The CMHR will, in many instances, deal with issues that are irreconcilable. These are the very definition of divisive issues, but the museum vision has always argued confronting these issues in a fair and balanced way furthers the cause of human rights.
No one has suggested a journey of that kind would be non-divisive; only that the journey itself was worth taking.
It has always been acknowledged that all the players involved in oversight of the museum -- management, board and the political masters -- would require a certain resolve to hold firm in the face of the anger and contempt that will flow from some of the content decisions.
If the absence of divisiveness is the only measure of success, then the CMHR is headed to a difficult future.
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While there are a couple of potential pitfalls if you want to learn guitar online that I will mention later, and a couple of disadvantages associated with Jamorama guitar learning software, the product certainly has some pluses. So let's review Jamorama by looking first at…
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Also on the not-so-positive side, you do need to be aware that Jamorama is a download that includes all your online guitar lessons, so in order to access your course when you buy Jamorama you will need to download a lot of material. If your internet connection is very slow this may take you some time – although I am sure you will feel it is worthwhile in the end.
Finally some people might find it a bit strange to take music lessons on your computer, rather than in a classroom. However Jamorama guitar lessons have been around – and improving – since 2003 and over 200,000 students just like you have used Jamorama. So I'm guessing this isn't an issue for most people – especially if you have already decided to use online guitar lessons.
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Through Jamorama guitar lessons you can learn to play guitar online in the comfort of your own home without being up for a small fortune in subscription fees or guitar tuition fees. In fact you can buy all of the Jamorama guitar lessons with the bonuses for less than the cost of a single lesson with any reasonable music teacher!
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Here's a picture from Brooklyn Vegan — she pulled in some extra horns, as well as Bon Iver and Bryce D from The National to help out.
Photo: Chris La Putt
At her suggestion, we did a song we'd been writing together, one of about 8 or so. Our collaboration was partly inspired by the Dirty Projectors/Björk thing at Housing Works many months ago that we both attended. We agreed to do something similar there, though there is no timetable. Annie (her real name) has been on tour, on and off, for quite a while, so the collaboration proceeds in fits and starts. It was a good idea of hers to get at least this song up to speed, as it gave us a deadline and allows us to see where problems and musical issues might lie.
Annie also came up with the concept of using a brass ensemble as the core band for these things, which gives us a unifying musical direction and coincidentally will also work nicely in someplace like Housing Works, where the "less in the PA the better" rule applies — the acoustic volume of brass instruments means that if we are careful, the balance in that room could be natural, and mainly the voices will require amplification.
I've done a slew of collaborations over the years — more and more as time goes by, and they are always slightly different from one another, though there are more similarities than differences. One could say that some of the songs co-written with other members of Talking Heads were also collaborations, so the give and take nature of collaborative writing skills got developed early. The Here Lies Love project — due out in a few weeks — was largely a collaboration with Fatboy Slim, and one of the most extensive I've done in while. Not all 22 songs on that project were collaboratively written, but more than half were.
How do these things work? My last record — the Byrne/Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today — was, as far as the process goes, typical in some ways. Brian had a slew of tracks on the shelf, tracks that seemed to want to become songs (as opposed to ambient pieces, or film scores), but he was unhappy with his own attempts at completing them. So, from his point of view, he had nothing much to lose by passing them to me — they were just gathering dust anyway, and unless I did something horrendous (which we agreed he could veto), it was a win-win situation.
I was sent stereo mixes of his musical ideas, which I sometimes left alone, but just as often I slightly restructured them to bring them closer to a song form. However, I never even thought about requesting musical changes in the tracks — key changes, changes in groove or instrumentation. The unwritten game rules in these remote collaborations seem to be to leave the other person's stuff alone as much as you can. Work with what you're given; don't try to imagine it as something other than what it is.
This presents some musical challenges, of course, but the benefits generally outweigh them. The fact that half the musical decision-making has already been done bypasses a lot of waffling and worrying. I didn't have to think about what to do and what direction to take musically — the train had already left the station and my job was to see where it wanted to go. This restriction on one's freedom — that some creative decisions have already been made — turns out to be a great blessing. Complete creative freedom is as much a curse as a boon.
I work in a home studio, which I've carved out of a larger room.
Tidy, eh?
There is no professional sound baffling, but the floors of this industrial building are concrete — and I put industrial carpet down on the floor, and one wall is a kind of sound absorbent sheetrock. Unless a truck backfires or an ambulance goes by it is OK for recording vocals and guitars. There's no room for drums or anything like that… but for writing it is fine. There's a good tube mic for singing, a radio studio mic for the little old guitar amp (woops, you can't see it), and a nice pre amp and compressor.
Serial numbers and security codes for software are pinned to the wall, along with a Tammy Wynette poster. The computer is under the desk. It's a mess, it's not much, but amazingly, some of the vocals I've done here end up being keepers. The vocal I did on the hit version of the song "Lazy" — the collaboration with DJs X-Press 2 — was recorded using a decent mic into a G3 laptop! So clearly pro gear is nice but not super essential. The track they sent me sounded completely different texturally than how it ended up — they stripped it down and made it more "housey" after I sent in my vocal.
With Annie we've worked in a similar fashion to those collaborations, though from both directions. Sometimes (as in the song we did at the Allen Room) she'd give me some instrumental tracks she'd done in Garage Band using brass (and other) samples, and then I'd organize those using the music software Logic, and add some stuff of my own. In the case of this particular song I first added a "virtual" acoustic guitar and some percussion — which cemented the nice herky-jerky brass parts she had recorded. I sent these via email to her for approval. After that (she liked what I had done) I improvised a vocal melody on top — thus far without words. She liked that too.
She sent back some new brass chords and harmonies under one verse section — and that eventually turned into a middle 8 (sometimes called a bridge in the US), and she also sent some melismatic vocal improvisations of her own.
I did some further restructuring and began to write words — written to fit the metric and rise and fall of the vocal melody I'd improvised earlier. Many drafts later we had a song. While I was writing the words, I brought in Tony Finno, who had done arrangements for brass and strings for Here Lies Love and the Big Love score material I did a couple of years back, to do charts for her brass guys — who turned out to be horn guys more than brass guys, but they were flexible enough to cover the parts.
Although writing words to fit an existing vocal melody and meter is what anyone who writes in rhyme does naturally and intuitively, I was encouraged to make the process more explicit when Talking Heads made Remain In Light. I found that, remarkably, solving the puzzle of making words and phrases fit often resulted in words that did in fact have an emotional and sometimes even narrative thread. It may begin as gibberish, but often, if one wants, a "story," in the broadest sense, emerges. Emergent storytelling, one might say.
With other St. Vincent collaborations that are in the works, I have sometimes started the brass parts on my end and then sent them to Annie; I've also sent her words, potential lyrics, that I had written. The latter is unusual, as I don't usually write words in advance, but I wasn't sure what form of collaboration she'd be comfortable with. So far none of those have achieved true song status. It's all still evolving — where these will end up? We don't know — and that's a nice place to be in.
It seems she doesn't like writing words — and she's not alone there. Brian hates it as well. I find it to be the most labor-intensive part of songwriting, but when it works, and it doesn't always, then the song can seem more like something that magically flowed out — something that emerged naturally, rather than something that was made in incremental pieces. But at times words can be a dangerous addition to music — they can pin it down. Words imply that the music is about "that" ("that" being what the words say literally) and nothing else. They can, if not done well, destroy the pleasant ambiguity that is a lot of the reason we love music so much. That inherent ambiguity means that we can psychologically tailor music to our own needs, sensibilities and situations — but words limit that, or they can. There are plenty of beautiful tracks that I can't listen to because they've been "ruined" by bad words — my own and others. So I understand some folks' trepidation, and my own sometime-failures.
Part of what makes words work in a song is how they sound to the ear and feel on the tongue. If they feel right, if the tongue (wooo!), and the mirror neurons of the listener (isn't that part of why we love music and performance — mirror neurons?) are made to feel (neurologically) the delicious appropriateness of the words coming out, then that rightness sometimes trumps literal sense. We "sing" in our minds when we hear and see singing. So the writing of words — the putting them down on paper — is part of songwriting, but the proof of the pudding is in the singing.
With Norm (Fatboy), I sometimes wrote songs over simple drum loops of my own, which he and Tom (Cagedbaby) then replaced with their own funkier and more characterful grooves. Other times Norm sent me basic groove loops — sometimes with some bass or instrument samples mixed in, sometimes not — and I sliced and diced those and wrote melodies and words over them. The songs in that project that I initiated myself tended to be more harmonically complex — to have more chord changes — than the groove-focused ones that Norm sent me. Together they made for a nice variety.
I did another collaboration recently with Yuka Honda and Petra Hayden that I believe Petra will end up singing; a couple with Dirty Projectors for the Dark Was the Night charity record; and one with Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio is in progress. More are lined up on the runway. A writer at Pitchfork critically said I'd collaborate for a bag of Doritos. I do love it, and the results are sometimes surprising, sometimes creatively successful and sometimes even popular ("Lazy" was a huge hit everywhere except the US).
Why collaborate at all? One could conceivably make more money not sharing the profits — if there are any — so why collaborate if one doesn't have to? If one can write alone, why reach out? (Some of the most financially successful songs I've ever written were not collaborations, for example.) And besides, isn't it risky? Suppose you don't get along? Suppose the other person decides to take the thing in some ugly direction?
Well, as I said earlier, one big reason is to restrict one's own freedom in the writing process. There's a joy and relief in being limited, restrained. For starters, to let someone else make half the decisions, or some big part of them, absolves one of the need to explore endless musical possibilities. The result is fewer agonizing decisions in the writing process, and sometimes, faster results.
Another reason to risk it is that others often have ideas outside and beyond what one would come up with oneself. To have one's work responded to by another mind, or to have to stretch one's own creative muscles to accommodate someone else's muse, is a satisfying exercise. It gets us outside of our self-created boxes. When it works, the surprising result produces some kind of endorphin equivalent that is a kind of creative high. Collaborators sometimes rein in one's more obnoxious tendencies too, which is yet another plus.
There are also some more market-oriented, pragmatic arguments for collaboration. If both collaborators are sort of well known, then there is a natural interest among the combined set of music fans. Part of the marketing has been done without having to do any corny PR. Even if the collaborators are not all that well known there is often some curiosity at what friction might result and what sparks might fly.
But one might also ask: Is writing ever NOT collaboration? Doesn't one collaborate with oneself, in a sense? Don't we access different aspects of ourselves, different characters and attitudes and then, when they've had their say, switch hats and take a more distanced and critical view — editing and structuring our other half's outpourings? Isn't the end product sort of the result of two sides collaborating? Surely I'm not the only one who does this?


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The U.S. Postal Service said, "Each of these cars represents the adventurous spirit of the muscle-car era. Fast, powerful, and eye-catching, muscle cars roared their way onto America's roads in the 1960s. Typically equipped with big, powerful engines, the five high-performance vehicles depicted on the stamps represent the era's adventurous spirit."
1969 Dodge Charger Daytona
Designed to dominate the racetrack, the outrageously styled 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona was powered by a standard 440-cubic-inch, 375-horsepower Magnum engine. A limited number of Daytonas came equipped with a 426-cubic-inch Hemi, a race-inspired engine. The car also featured multiple additions designed to boost aerodynamics, including a nearly two-foot tall, rear-mounted wing. Other signature touches included thick body stripes containing the word "DAYTONA." The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona was distinctive and rare; only 503 were produced.
1966 Pontiac GTO
Available as a hardtop, coupe, or convertible, the GTO—which was propelled by a 335-horsepower, V8 engine—could really move. "The Goat," as the GTO was known, ushered in the American muscle-car era in the mid-1960s. In tests, it went from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 6.8 seconds. The distinctive car featured curvy Coke-bottle styling and a split grille. Initially offered simply as an option on the Tempest LeMans, the GTO became its own model in 1966. That model year, sales of the GTO peaked.
1967 Shelby GT-500
Manufacturer and former racecar driver Carroll Shelby's version of the Ford Mustang was powered by a 428-cubic-inch, 355-horsepower Police Interceptor engine. The car also featured a rear spoiler and dealer-installed LeMans stripes as an option. The Shelby GT-500 was both striking and rare; only 2,048 were built. A customized or original version of the 1967 Shelby GT-500 has appeared in contemporary movies and magazines, rekindling American pop culture's fascination with the model.
1970 Chevelle SS
With features like optional twin racing stripes and a black grille, the Chevelle SS looked fierce. The car featured a 396-cubic-inch engine, but an optional 454-cubic-inch engine really gave the model credibility among muscle car enthusiasts. Two versions of the 454 engine were available: the 360-horsepower LS-5 and the 450-horsepower LS-6. For its power, the latter has become legendary among car buffs. Available as a coupe or a convertible, the Chevelle SS featured emblems on the grille and the rear bumper.
1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda
The Hemi 'Cuda, the performance-oriented alter-ego of the standard 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, oozed power. The car's 426-cubic-inch Hemi engine was a 425-horsepower beast. The Hemi 'Cuda was "our angriest, slipperiest-looking body shell wrapped around ol' King Kong hisself," one Plymouth advertisement bellowed. The Hemi 'Cuda's styling was an extension of the car's bold ethos. It was available in several eye-popping color choices, such as Lemon Twist, Lime Light, and Vitamin C. Fewer than 700 Hemi 'Cudas were produced.
Artist Tom Fritz based his artwork on photographs of the cars. Fritz said he used bright-colored oil paints on hardboard to try to "capture the emotive quality of the vehicles."
This Forever Stamp collection, which are made in the USA, marks the third issuance in the America on the Move series. The stamps were designed by art director Carl T. Herrman. The Muscle Cars stamps are being issued as Forever stamps in self-adhesive sheets of 20 (4 of each design). Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce rate. Pre-order sales begin on February 20th.
To purchase these stamps, visit your local post office or go here. No doubt, they're sure to go "fast", so get 'em while you can!
Source: United States Postal Service