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Confidence In Yourself And Your Art!
Hi guys! Chance Raspberry, Simpsons Animator here with my pals Larry Whitaker (Tiny Toons) and Luis Escobar (The Simpsons). We've started a limited series of podcast meet-ups called The Corner Booth, specifically for animation fans, artists, and enthusiasts like YOU!
The goal of our debut podcast here is to encourage and hopefully inspire the creation of a stronger, more graciously confident group of artists (now and in the future).
PODCAST #1: Confidence In Yourself And Your Art!
If you missed our first meet-up on Dec 13th, 2012...FEAR NOT! You can opt in to be notified about our next one, listen to all our FREE podcasts, and stay up to date on what's going on behind the scenes of the animation industry by checking out our official website @ TheCornerBooth.net! PODCAST #2: Looney Tunes - Then & Now COMING SOON!!!
Thanks and Happy New Year, everyone!!!
~ The Corner Booth
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Awesome, Chance! So inspired by what you're accomplishing! Much continued success to you!!!
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That's a great idea and an excellent first conversation. We've talked about the subject before at length and I'm glad to see you guys addressing topics that you won't find too many in the biz addressing.
Plus you recorded this at the Coral Cafe!
Nice job Chance and thanks to you, Larry and Luis for doing this. Looking forward to seeing how this develops. Good luck!
You're on AN's homepage for this date.
Dedicated article here.
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A suggestion I have for The Corner Booth.
You're off to a good start subject wise with a topic that can distinguish the series. The thing I'd like to see, in addition to perhaps some of the safer and more lighthearted topics that you'll be showcasing such as Looney Tunes, is a focus on some of the more pressing issues we face as a community.
There's plenty of talking heads out there in the animation world who play it safe. With the obvious exception of AN of course. And for good reason. This community can turn on you as we've seen with the Animation Guild, Cartoonbrew, and a few other pockets here and there. You have an opportunity to do something unique, and that is to push the envelope and really ask some serious questions and discuss groundbreaking subjects that others would avoid.
I challenge The Corner Booth to challenge the community with topics of discussion that aren't just feel good. I'll be happy to help in this regard and participate if I know that you guys are going to be doing something in addition to retrospective looks at the past that we get from animation historians as warped as some of them may be.
See that! There ya go! A perfect subject for The Corner Booth!
Animation Historians - The good, the bad, and the dreadful.
This is something that the community needs. Everything is too safe and comfortable. There's no challenge. No leadership...
There ya go! Another subject with potential! Animation Leadership - What is it and does it even exist?
I'm excited about what you and your compadres are doing Chance. Make the most of it and good luck!
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I thought about this and realized that if you guys went too far with bringing up topics that the community would find too uncomfortable, they may do to you what they've done to others who hold a mirror up to ourselves. You run the risk.
Let's say you discuss a topic such as...
Why did only 21% of the union artists in the biz bother to vote on their own contract in August 2012?
Would you fare better with safe, feel good subjects? Or would you get a bigger following with subjects that deal with the reality of things? Fantasy or reality?
Someone like me would have nothing to lose. I'm far along the independent road and it wouldn't make a difference. But this is something to consider on your part.
Maybe if you did it in a lighthearted easy going manner it might work better and wouldn't be perceived as an attack.
In any case, looking forward to what's next.
Thanks, guys!
Hey hey, fellas!!
Thanks so much for commenting and sharing your thoughts on The Corner Booth! Also, thanks for featuring the thread on AN's homepage, Charles. I like your ideas and equally look forward to seeing how the project unfolds. To you and all those who enjoyed this first podcast, our NEW one just hit the web!
You can check it out on AN here or at the official Corner Booth website. The topic of discussion is Looney Tunes: Then & Now.
Best to you both (and your projects), Charles and Snake, and to all of you here on AN. Keep creating!
~ Chance
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Hey Charles, thanks for the feedback and suggestions. We're trying to avoid going negative in our podcasts. We won't sugar coat the industry but we're not going to attack it either. We also won't be getting into animation politics. It's too easy, once your inside, to forget why you got into the industry to begin with.
We want to ATTRACT people not repel.
If you listen to any "animation fan" podcasts, you remember and hear all the GOOD things about the industry that are STILL true.
That said, topics of discussion in The Corner Booth are going to be dictated by what our audience WANTS to hear not what WE think they should hear.
If someone want us to talk about the Union, we will. If someone asks us about animation leadership, we will. But we won't be doing it just because we think it's important. It's possible we will talk about those things simply because YOU brought them up and you want to hear us talk about it. We will always attempt to take a positive, no blaming, what are the solutions, position. We're trying to empower people, not demoralize.
But again, we will answer questions from the listeners, and make them topics.
The next podcast will be about marketing yourself as an artist. Someone asked us our advice on how to best do it. It's recorded and all it needs is editing.
All this being said, not all animation podcasts play it safe. I highly recommend you go listen to my pal Raul Aguirre Jr's podcast Man vs. Art. He fearlessly speaks his mind about what he likes and doesn't in animation and art with a satirical VERY edgy slant.
Here's an episode he did on: Man vs. Art Episode 69! Developing animation for TV vs. Creating your own animated short.(http://manvsart.com/man-vs-art-episode-69-developing-animation-for-tv-vs-creating-your-own-animated-short/)
You may like his style and what he has to say. You MAY even want to contact him and discuss stuff on his podcast that might blow people away. He's audience is already conditioned to hear controversial stuff.
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Hey Luis, welcome to AN and thanks for checking in. I saw a couple of your videos and liked what you had to say. Good luck with the Corner Booth. I think what you guys are doing is great.
I've been working AN for 14 years next month and one of the things that I'm continually amazed at is how animation artists take any kind of honest, objective and sometimes harsh yet constructive analysis as an attack. That's a huge part of the problem with this community. You have to walk on eggshells all the time. It's ridiculous. I want to be in a community of strong artists who aren't afraid to at least have an open discussion. Like the guys I remember when I first came into this business. Artists were rugged. Now they apologize for their portfolios and behave like fanboys.
It's not an attack against the community to suggest we look in a mirror and face who we are and where we're going.
How is it an attack to call out to artists to unify for over a decade and a half?
Being positive and encouraging is always the way to go at all times. But ya gotta diagnose a dysfunction before it can get better and the next generation of artists should know what's up with stuff.
The Corner Booth is showing leadership. I say push the envelope with core reality based let's take a look at ourselves and do a better job kind of topics guys.
The future of animation is forming up in very advantageous ways for content creators. This is the most exciting time in the industry that I can ever think of. Compares to the Boom of the 90s only this boom among artists who can operate independently at some level in their career. Artists are making more money with crowdfunding than working at a job. There's never been a trend in animation like what we're seeing now. It's a great time to position yourself for the new era we're entering into.
Good luck and keep it happening!
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I think I TOTALLY understand where you're coming from.
I'm going to write what I THINK you're saying using my words. Your saying you want artists to wake up and leverage their own talents and power and not be slaves to the industry and the studios. Right?
If this is what you mean, then I'm with you.
BUT using the term "fanboy," as derogatory, isn't helping. I'm a HUGE fanboy. This is what got me into drawing to begin with. I'm a nerd AND a geek and I'm PROUD of it.
Second, using the term "rugged" as if it equates to being courageous, is also not helping. I'm NOT rugged, but I'm taking risks, other more "rugged" guys are not. It requires brains, strategy and fearlessness to get ahead. Like Steve Rogers in Captain America when he was a scrawny wimp who got beat up a lot but kept getting up anyway.
There's a difference between criticism and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. One makes you think and improve, the other just pisses people off and they stop listening.
This is the type of conversations I had with people at the Union party last week. I simply asked the people who I talked to, who were looking for work, why they were looking for work rather than creating work? Why where they looking for someone to give them something that they could give themselves? When they asked what I meant and how to do it, I told them.
I pointed them to the sources that would help them start thinking. I didn't attack the animation industry. I didn't attack the studios. I didn't attack the system, nor the producers.
The system makes money. It's the purpose of the system. We work in the system to make money too.
They pay us what we're worth. If we were worth more, they would pay us more. But no one ever bothers to make themselves worth more. We are one trick ponies. All we do is draw. We don't know how to make money off our own drawings. If someone ELSE does, they DESERVE it because we're to lazy to figure it out.
You don't make money producing something, you make money SELLING it. That's why the people who are good at selling have more money than the creative people. Yet selling is an learnable skill and artists don't bother learning it. Who's fault is that? Not the studios.
There's a reason they treat us like a commodity. We haven't shown them any reason for them to think otherwise.
And complaining doesn't increase our value in anyway.
If we learn MORE than just drawing. If artists learn to leverage their assets and make money off them, THEN we bring value to the market place. Then there's no question what we're worth.
There's no way to fix, complacency. BUT if someone is desperate enough for a solution, THEN they may be open to new and different types of actions.
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I can dig a lot of whats being said. It is about focusing on yourself and expanding your value. I think Charles and AN basically has always said that so I'm kinda confused by the tone of your reply to Charles...do you think he's complaining? What he's talking about isn't constructive? Do you think Charles pointing out the corruption in the industry leadership and the monopolies he sees that hurts the prosperity of employees, is a negative tone? An attack? Considering how he's always followed up with how to work around it. I mean, he was introducing ideas a decade ago that people are just catching onto now.
I mean, don't take my tone wrong here. I'm just confused. For the record, since we don't know each other, I'm independent and have worked for the big studios. My experience is pretty vast and varied.I know the game in LA pretty well. So I can TOTALLY dig where you're coming from when you say theres options to make work and economies outside of looking for jobs...but most people just want jobs.
Do they have no value? Are they not worth it? as you say. because they haven't shown they are worth it? The way I look at it, if you're working then you're worth it...why would these companies do you a favor hiring you if you are not? And if there is corruption or incompetence in the leadership of those who establish pay scales for the average employee or establish the rules of the employee playing field is it negative to point it out?
I know I gotta rep. Might even be considered one of those complainers or as GregB calls me, a bitchfest. or sumtin like that. hahahaha...but I'm not trying to pick a fight.
I dig much of what you say, but was confused to some of the tone. One hand sounds really self empowering but then says stuff about how artists aren't worth it unless they do more..maybe I read it wrong.
Again, I come from the school of since I've always wanted it done a certain way then I had to work harder then the people collecting pay checks...but man, if I broke down and became an employee I would want to feel like I'm worth what I need to sustain...I mean, the dudes selling it don't learn to draw, are they worth more cuz they know how to sell??...I've done both, so I know the value of the balance.
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SNAKEBITE, I'm glad you called me out. I was wondering how I was coming across and until someone responded, there was not way of me knowing.
Okay, so let me clarify. Yes there's corruption and abuse in the management of some companies. There's also a ton of lazy artists. So there's bad in both ends. Neither side is impeccable here.
I also ABSOLUTELY believe that Charles has been ahead of the curve. He's had it right from the start.
SO, what am I saying?
I haven't seen or talked to Charles in about a decade so I can't actually speak to what he's currently saying or how he's saying it. I was replying to what I was THINKING he was saying in his post. If I'm saying what Charles usually say too, then I have no disagreement. I was also replying to some of the terminology he was using.
I understand some people just want a job. I also don't think there isn't value in the work they do. I wouldn't use the phrase, "do you the favor hiring you." YOU working for them SHOULD be the favor. BUT that's the problem.
The law of economics 101. Supply and demand. There is a surplus of great artists in the animation industry right now (supply). The demand is minimal (very few jobs). I absolutely do not believe the most "worth it" are the ones with jobs. Although it's slowly getting to that point. Even so, the "worth it" are still not going to make as much money as they could because of the supply of artists companies can draw from. For "people [who] just want jobs" the only leverage they have is experience. And sometimes that's not enough. More leverage than that is needed now a days even for "people [who] just want jobs."
I'm sure since you've said you've been around, you've had experience hiring people to do work for you.
You probably have your own business and have employees. The people who are REALLY bringing value to you, you pay more so you can keep them around. You don't WANT them to go anywhere. They are too valuable. They solve problems faster than you can. They save you time and therefore money. Without them, you couldn't make, nearly as much money.
The artists you work with who simply do the job and can be easily replaced don't get that treatment right? You can replace them easily. Most artists are replaceable. They don't bother to bring anything to make themselves stand out.
Those are the guys that tend to complain the loudest. Rather than think, "what could I do to make myself more valuable?" they just blame the company, the boss, the system,...ANYONE but themselves.
No, it's not negative to point it out. Justice is justice. As long as you're not being lazy about what you contribute either.
In the long run, if you manage to get a higher pay scale for what you do by doing so, it's still not going to help you if you're really bad at managing money, are out of a job, or you are simply mediocre and are ACTUALLY getting paid what your worth.
It's best if you don't even have to worry about it at all by not having to be an employee. It would be "ideal" if you can get paid for WHO you are than WHAT you do.
Like Picasso. Yes, he did great art but his name was worth more than the paintings. He could ask for thousands for a scribble on a napkin because of who he was.
Why quibble over an extra ten dollars an hour when you can make your one minute scribbles worth thousands of dollars?
That's something to strive for.
Am I being super idealistic? HELL yeah!
If you shoot for the Sun, you might still hit the Moon, and that's no small feat.
Honestly though, I really believe that blaming others for your misfortunes is de-powering and I would avoid it.
You can't change the world by pointing fingers at other people and bitching. It's a waste of time and energy.
You CAN look at yourself, see the mistakes you've made and see the flaw in your characters and own up to them. Then decide to change for the better.
As long as the problem is outside yourself you can't do much about it. But if the problem is in you, you can. Then YOU get the power and responsibility to change. Then you can change YOUR world, and in doing so, maybe you can help change the rest of it.
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thanks for the great reply. Like I said, I agree with much of what you said. The sentiment has been echoed here for years.
Yes, I have had a business. Small business. Did what I could. Would of wanted to pay everyone more. And dealt with lazy and proactive people. The laziest was my partner at the time and lazy leadership makes everyone lazy. Usually the pace is set by the people who call themselves leaders....and what sucked is it was harder to motivate others when my own partner wasn't willing to do anything...thats when people started to talk at the water cooler. But I didn't find anyone easy to replace. Good workers is hard to find and like I said when one of the leaders is lazy or corrupt then even the good workers want to move on.
And I was pulling all the extra weight and started to be the loudest voice of criticism. So in that case the hardest worker was bitching the most. It happens believe it or not. hahahaha
I mean if what you're talking about only applies to the lazy bitchers then what about the hard working bitchers? seriously. I find that the hard workers have gripes too and are dismissed...I guess its the mentality that only lazy people bitch.
Picasso napkins weren't worth s*** until he was dead me thinks...but I wasnt around so I could be wrong.
But hey, I strive for the one minute scribbles worth thousands so your model is my model.
But I have had my fortunes and misfortunes. Something, I stress sometimes, those misfortunes are malicious put upon me by others. Ultimately its my responsibility to get out of the situation caused by the misfortune but sometimes people are mean...sometimes industries are mean to their employees.
Charles and AN has always pointed out these types of issues as anecdotes as to why its important to do your own thing. Its the core of this site. But there are those who still just want to be an employee.
But I totally hear ya man. I'm all about solutions for self, taking responsibility for my own actions, blaming myself for my situation...but as a scout I don't find it negative to go ahead of the caravan and coming back saying, hey, there's a bunch of mad crazy dudes monopolizing the water supply. They abuse anyone that tries to drink out of it and even though its a huge water reserve with lots to share they keep it for themselves...and that we should try another path...ya know?
And I would never call you super idealistic...I would call you realistic. Cuz I don't shoot for the sun, I am the sun, the moon and the stars. and so are you. I have all feelings and sometimes anger is good to tell me to stop doing that thing. ya know?
In any case.
"Then YOU get the power and responsibility to change. Then you can change YOUR world, and in doing so, maybe you can help change the rest of it."
Super word to that! Love it. this sums it up right here...but don't forget, changing ones world can also mean pointing out whats wrong with it and whos wrong in it. And I can say that many people can relate to whats wrong. With pointing out the problem, you have the solution.
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"Then YOU get the power and responsibility to change. Then you can change YOUR world, and in doing so, maybe you can help change the rest of it."
I'd like to remix this if you don't mind.
-Then you realize you have the power to evolve yourself and your world. In doing so you become part of the worlds evolution.-
No disrespect intended. I dig what you're sayin...
I just have a personal problem with how certain words are applied. It's probably because I'm crazy or something. I'm ok with that.
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Part of being part of the solution IS pointing out the major problems. Not to say, get caught up in it. I know I have in the past, but it lead me where I am today.
I just randomly came across this Dave Chappelle clip about why he took off to Africa..I think its relevant to this topic...and entertaining as well.
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My brother, I think you and I are speaking the same language.
I don't mind if you changed the way I wrote what I wrote. In fact, you've convinced me of your point about speaking out.
I LOVED what Dave Chappelle said in the video and I'm glad you posted it.
AND the thing that changed my mind was exactly what you did with my words. It's NOT what is said, but HOW it's said.
Dave critiqued and pointed out problems, yet he did so in a very sincere charitible manner. The things he didn't like, he truly hated, but you didn't feel the hate. He wasn't angry even though those things obviously made him angry.
I think, too often, when a critique of a corrupt system is put forth, it's not the message that is being said that comes through, but the attitude and the emotions of the person who says it. The message gets lost and only the impression of the "HOW" it was said remains.
When Dave said what he said, you couldn't help but listen. He was passionate yet calm. He told you the truth, but he didn't try to smack you with it. It didn't feel like abuse.
So yes, I think it's good to point out the problems. You are completely right. But it's HOW you do it, that makes all the difference.
You rock dude! I'm glad you called me out. We should have lunch sometime.
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yeah man, its the tone. In the age of internet words are translated and read by others, with their tones. I know I have had countless times where the tone in my head was different then how it was read. Could of been my issue with how I construct sentences, but with the internet its easy to get caught up in HOW people read what you write.
I really aught to start to cut videos of myself talking so people hear HOW I say stuff.
In the Dave Chappelle link I even felt like he just scratched the surface. He didn't address stuff as much as he was leading us to think. Although what he did address was VERY affective it still felt like he cut it short....After all, as in the case with the video, Dave was addressing students...and students just have completely different views on the reality of the situation...Although we live in a generation where they don't need to even pay attention to hollywood to make a living, the illusion is still there.
George Carlin was another master who pointed out problems..his "HOW" was extreme but I feel it still touched people.
I think each of us needs to speak our truths. Good, bad...in whatever tone that is true to you. Even if its harsh. I've always appreciated truth speakers...cuz I can't stand HOW people hide the truth. HOW people cover up what they did with happy talk or innuendo.
I mean, you should of dealt with HOW people addressed Charles, myself and AN when they didn't like HOW we talked about the general way of things in this industry. Their HOWS were very malicious and mean.
I think whats under attack is us individuals. The people who build the industry. The foundation. Its hard to keep quite about what one sees when what one sees is injustice.
But like you said, the only way one can truly communicate problems is to present solutions. I have always been inspired by people like Charles solutions. I was fortunate that we became friends in our affinity for solutions.
thanks for being open and having great points!
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Honestly, I have no idea how anyone has treated you, Charles, or AN. I have not been informed. I'll take you at your word that it was not very nice.
From my experience with you guys so far, I'm pretty sure you guys responded with the charity and respect you were not shown.
But speaking of injustice, I don't think this sort of thing is unique to us in our industry. I think it's a big problem in all work forces.
I started a new Topic under the Business forum:
I'm curious what anyone has to say about it.
I'm hoping to start topics like these, in that part of the forum, so we can start helping and empowering each other in creating businesses.
It seems to me that AN is the place to talk about this stuff.
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hahaha, well you give me too much credit. I didn't always respond with good tones...but its all good. I believe in the balance. Sometimes you gotta let people know how you feel...everyone has a breaking point. lol
and you're right. the injustice is not unique to us and our plights. But I know I address these issues on broader terms then JUST the animation industry.
But I'm just one dude. I don't represent AN but I do represent ON AN.
much respect!
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Glad to see the conversation continuing productively. I refrained from replying cuz frankly I felt that pretty much anything I say would be taken as an attack or would have been offensive or something. After years of this it just breaks down to not being worth the time it takes to type a response.
Much more interested in posting about crowdfunding campaigns to tell ya the truth and focusing on the many positives that are going on. Plus spending a lot of time finishing up an ambitious creative project which I'll be launching online soon.
I've been practicing what I've preached and teached for a long long while. Read the Articles That Started This way back in Feb 1999 to get a grounding on what AN is about and where we've come from. AN made history and continues to service our community.
I was looking to offer suggestions as to what the Corner Booth could be focusing on. Subjects that push the envelope. Hope you guys can get into that cuz that's where I'm coming from.
Anyway, good luck with what you're doing. I think it's great. AN is a natural venue for what you're communicating.
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Felt that anything you would say might be taken as an attack?
That's UNPOSSIBLE! Nothing like that could EVER happen on the internet.
I totally get it Charles, no problem.
I think we'll be talking about what you want us to be talking about in our podcast. Just not the way you might expect. You've been at this for so long that you think talking about it is "pushing the envelope." I just find it natural. At this point in time, talking about becoming independent has become the norm.
I think what you hoped for in your articles is in fact coming to pass. By the way, I really liked them. Had I read them when you wrote them though, I don't think I would have been ready to listen. I was in a different head space then.
Have you ever written about who you think are the best examples of good Animation Producers? Examples of guys to emulate? Men who successfully hit the balance of business savvy and artist? I'd be interested in reading that.
There's a long history of great artists who where REALLY lousy business men and producers.
As awesome as crowdfunding is, an artist with no knowledge of money management, is in more danger of jacking himself with it, than producing his art.
Like, if an artist raised, say, $200,000.00 for a project. That would be awesome! It would be exactly what he need. But what if he didn't incorporate before the did so? That would be seen by the government as personal income. They would tax it and take half. He'd end up with only $100,000.00. Plus what percent the crowdfunding site would take.
So then he wouldn't have enough. He needed the other $100,000.00.
If he manages to finish the project anyway. It may not have turned out well as he wanted or promised. He gives it to the audience who paid for it, who's disappointed. And what if the project doesn't go anywhere from there? Everyone loses, and it's all because of a tiny lack of business knowledge.
The artist moves on. Learns from his mistake and does a better job next time. But still, kinda of a waste of time and resources. Something that could have been avoided.
I understand this is hypothetical. Worst case scenario, and well...me thinking negative. BUT any artist can learn some of the business stuff easily enough.
When you talk to artists about crowdfunding, do you bring up this foundational stuff for them to think about so they don't burn themselves?
I think it's important.
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Pledging to connect low-income residents with healthy food options, Lt. Governor Sheila Simon presented a grant to Weiss Memorial Hospital for the Uptown Farmers Market, and dedicated a wireless machine that accepts Link, debit and credit cards.
Uptown is one of up to 50 farmers' markets selected this summer by the state for the Illinois Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Wireless Project. The project reimburses markets up to $1,200 for wireless "card-swiping" machines so residents can purchase healthy, locally grown foods using their Link cards. Link cards are loaded with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits formerly known as food stamps.
The federally funded project is expected to double the number of farmer's markets in Illinois that accept Link, making nearly one-third of farmers' markets statewide accessible to low-income residents by the end of 2012. A total of 49 SNAP-certified farmers' markets and direct-marketing farmers accepted Link cards in 2011, up from 15 in 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"One in seven Illinois residents receive food stamp benefits, and nearly all of those dollars are spent on foods imported to Illinois," said Simon, who chairs the Governor's Rural Affairs Council. "Increasing access to locally grown foods means stronger local economies in addition to healthier communities. I am happy to recognize and support the food connections being made here at the Uptown Farmers Market and show what is possible when a community is integrated into the operation of a farmers' market."
The Uptown Farmers Market is open on Thursdays between June 21 and October 25 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. It features between eight and 10 vendors throughout the season and hosts a variety of events including free health screenings and cooking demonstrations. Nearly one-third of weekly sales at the market are from Link users, according to market manager Terry Tuohy.
In its third year of operation, the Uptown Farmers Market and helps serve the nearly 10,000 households that receive SNAP benefits in the neighborhood, Tuohy said. The Rooftop Farm that Weiss also maintains sits atop the parking garage. It features 20 planter boxes and 15 raised beds containing seasonal fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, kale and basil.
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At that time, Sayyid Qutb, a prominent member of the brotherhood, laid down the ideological grounds for the use of jihad, or armed struggle, against the regime in Egypt and beyond. Qutb's writings, in particular his 1964 work Milestones, has provided the intellectual and theological underpinnings for the founders of numerous radical and militant Islamist groups, including al-Qaida. Extremist leaders often channel Qutb to argue that governments not ruled by sharia are apostate, and therefore legitimate targets of jihad.
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Two of Osmond's brothers are deaf, and the family initially began singing in the 1970s to raise money for the brothers' hearing aids. Since then, helping the hearing impaired has been a lifelong mission for the musician, whose son, Justin, is 90 percent deaf yet plays the violin (Justin will perform at the benefit). Money raised at the event will go to the Olive Osmond Perpetual Hearing Fund, named in honor of Merrill Osmond's mother, and it is sponsored by Franklin-based WellCity, a social networking site that focuses on wellness.
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FreeVoteUSA.com - right now it's got a horribly unfocused page which I've been using as a jump-page for the 10 sites I visit, and early attempts at blogging a year ago, but I have an emerging idea that I'm pretty sure could be explosive. This is Web 2.0, ShareShareShare, right? So *Share how you're going to vote*. Ignoring "Dewey Won" sample bias and all that, what if users had a central meeting ground to post "who I plan to vote for as of today". Let's even say "only" 50 million users post the votes. So if some candidate decides to ... hmm... stop being "just a nice old white man" and goes off to pick ... wait for it ... Sarah Palin, then you'd see everyone log on say within a month (they're busy) and suddenly NiceWhiteMan goes from slim margin of 53% to Totally Crushed at getting only 35%, within a month.
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Users get to *Navigate up and down giving their reasons*. Some will just hate Obama and say "Obamacare Sux", but for example some of us here would see a candidate go all SOPA-Happy, and then we'd all update our vote tallies away from that candidate, based on %-of-evil.
Now that's not a Coding Snack, or even a Coding Lunch. That's a Coding Banquet. But get the right team to throw some coding power at it, and THEN we'd be able to talk to each other and rise up like a tidal wave and squash certain stupid proposed bills.
"Dear Senator X. If you pass SOPA, WE WILL BURY YOU and here's the detailed votes to prove it. Nice campaign you had yesterday. Shame if you were to lose your seat, hmm?"
You heard it here first. Sharing 2.0 is I Cat Haz Cheezburger. Sharing 3.0 is "Let's choose who we REALLY want and if we can all talk to each other and pick a THIRD PARTY for the first UNIFIED time in US History, we can throw ALL the bums out!
Sigh... where am I going to get 7 coders for that...
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If you were alive and aware on July 20, 1969, you were probably glued to a television set somewhere on the planet-at home with your family, gazing avidly through a storefront window, or gathered with friends at a community center or vacation cottage. On that day, America and much of the world watched, awestruck, as astronauts landed on the Moon and shared with us a look back at Earth.
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Mark Applebaum: The mad scientist of music
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This isn't about photography, and you may or may not agree with what he has to present, but he begins with a very simple question: "Is it music?" I won't give you the 'answer'.
Mark Applebaum: The mad scientist of music
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The greatest lesson I have ever learned is this...constraints are liberating, because when you know what the realistic limits are, you are free to efficiently concentrate your efforts within those limits and thereby get something done. The results of that have a higher probability of being "interesting" than if one is lost and diluted in some larger exploration of unconstrained space. Which is where the presenter is now, IMHO. If you shoot for the moon, you will never get there, but a few decent photographs a year are a realistic and productive goal.
To my mind "interesting" alone is much less satisfying than "music." I like to hear interesting music, but I would rather not see music stripped of its harmonious beauty on the altar of "interesting." There are plenty of ways to go on interesting and provocative explorations besides tearing up music and the like in silly ways.
OK, I really like the idea of giving musicians free form scores to interpret as they wish. Please note that however vague the score may be it nevertheless establishes constraints that empower the musicians to launch into a performance.
But concertos for florists or hand gestures get tiresome in about 8.5 seconds. One can sit through such performances in the hope that some unexpected and wonderful synergy will emerge, but it rarely does.
Harry Partch is another "interesting" and much less verbal musical maverick who managed to stay a little more focused. Worth a google search.
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Excellent - thanks wolfnowl for pointing us to it. TED Talks are always so mind expanding; I always feel energized after watching.
bill t. - you make an excellent point and one I can subscribe to. Certainly Beethoven might be a better "Desert Island" choice than Mark Applebaum.
However, through his talk, Mark Applebaum leads us down a different path and sums it up at the end by changing the question from "Is it music?" to
"Is it interesting?"
without worrying about whether it's music or not. Granted, interesting to some will not be interesting to all (as can be said for all art), but this mind space is a healthy place to be. In other words we need to worry less about fitting a defined paradigm, in our case, "photography" (however one might choose to define it). If we concentrated more on making what we do "interesting", we might just find ourselves in creative places we never thought we would be - and I'm speaking from a decidedly "straight photography" point of view, if you've ever seen my work.
In some respects, we can blame Ansel Adams for this adherence to straight photography. He was always critical of the "pictorialists" who chose not to use the inherent qualities of photography. Straight photography was AA's paradigm - we don't need to make it ours. In fact, if we do, we are, essentially, not artists but copy cats a camp I find myself in far too frequently (but I like it!).
In the first few moments of Applebaum's talk he made the shift from "straight" Beethoven to an improvised "jazz" Beethoven - still musical and very interesting. What he then did was to stretch the concept still further until he is in another paradigm altogether, as a true artist does. Think of what Monet and Picasso did all those decades ago and others have done since to make painting more interesting. They stretched the paradigm of the day into something we now see as being part of the "acceptable" paradigm of visual art. Applebaum is the Picasso of today, in both an auditory and visual sense. What he's doing may not be as accepted today as "music" or even "art" by the general public (just as Picasso was not accepted at first) but give it time and we might just be surprised.
I went through a similar paradigm shift last summer when I occasionally sat in the back seat of the family car on our long drive from Ontario through the western provinces to BC. I wanted to photograph but wanted to make it interesting so came up with the idea of making motion landscapes. I know it's been done before, but, for me it was a revelation. Those of you who are part of the
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But there is a difference between paradigm shifting and simply flailing in the void. Applebaum is looking for a paradigm shift, but as far as I cant tell he's just flailing, and in most cases in ways that aren't even original.
I can help comparing a
Victor Borge routine
with the Applebaum hand gestures. Ok it's a stretch. But Applebaum is merely different whereas Borge is both different and engaging, which is what I want from all art forms no matter how bleeding edge. No boring art, please.
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Re: Mark Applebaum: The mad scientist of music
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Quote from: bill t. on August 04, 2012, 03:29:59 PM
But there is a difference between paradigm shifting and simply flailing in the void. Applebaum is looking for a paradigm shift, but as far as I cant tell he's just flailing, and in most cases in ways that aren't even original.
I can help comparing a
Victor Borge routine
with the Applebaum hand gestures. Ok it's a stretch. But Applebaum is merely different whereas Borge is both different and engaging, which is what I want from all art forms no matter how bleeding edge. No boring art, please.
Everything you are saying about Applebaum, people were saying about Picasso back in his time to the general public, even Picasso was "flailing". No one is asking you to like Applebaum's work or even understand it. The point is, he is not satisfied with the same-old-same-old (which we see in spades in photography). Instead, Applebaum is experimenting with new ways of thinking, hearing, expressing. Like it or not it is
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Whatever. Should mention that Applebaum is in no way bleeding edge, or revolutionary. Everything he showed us goes back to at least the 60's. He's holding up the tail end of experimentations that have mostly disappeared over the far horizon. And Concertos for Orchestra plus Whatever are more numerous than cat pictures.
But honest, I do like some of that genre, provided it's not just interesting, but also engaging. That's my minimum requirement for the consumption of any kind of art. It can't be boring.
Here's a Michel Plourde graphic score and performance from the 80's, which builds on a tradition much older than that.
And more recently Anita Hustas with engaging graphical musical ideas and a very nice explanation, scrub to 2:28 if it seems boring. I think the bottom of the odd instrument is filled with liquid or sand.
OK, can't resist throwing this is in. If anybody has the tiniest glimmer of musical inclination, this page is gonna blow you away. Scroll down and click some of the "Play Instrument" links. It may take a while for the sounds to load completely. The percussion section is possibly the most fun. Most of those instruments were built by Harry Partch in the 50's.
To save some time, you can go directly to this particular Harry Partch instrument simulation. I killed too time on this today.
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Ever since Jim Hendry was fired last summer, most of us assumed that Mike Quade was fired as well, he just didn't know it yet. Perhaps Ricketts gave Quade's pink slip to a spare Molina brother to deliver, so he should get the news sometime this month. A few names have been floated as possible new managers, but it hadn't crossed my mind that we could see a few changes at the other major coaching positions as well. Here's a look at the current coaches and their chances.
Incumbent: Mike Quade
If Cuey wants to stick around, he's going to need to distance himself from The Hendry Way of doing things pretty quickly and make it clear to Epstein and the new Cubs brass that he's open to their new way of business. Our main complaints about Cuey last year were his in-game tactical decision making and his dumb nicknames. As MB has repeatedly pointed out, all managers make dumb mistakes, leave pitchers in too long, etc. etc. so it's tough to judge how bad he really is relative to other managers. One nice thing about the new regime is that they can actually break down his ~200 or so games managing the Cubs and make an informed decision about that (I can't believe I just wrote that sentence). Two things working in Cuey's favor are that he does a decent job of dealing with the Cubs media (in particular how he handled the Silva situation last ST, and Z's first incident. He didn't do a great job with the second, larger Z incident but that kind of took everyone by surprise. Quade also knows the young players in the Cubs org fairly well having coached them previously. Going into 2011 that was regarded as a plus, especially for the young pitchers who were intimidated by Lou's treatment of them. On the flip side, there were a lot of rumblings that Quade did not get along well with the veterans in the clubhouse. The Superfriends will take a look at the whole Quade situation but it's a pretty good bet that he won't be able to escape the shadow of Jim Hendry and will get the axe.
Candidate: Ryne Sandberg
This is certianly the fan favorite to take the job. Even more importantly, reading the tea leaves last year it was also Tom Ricketts's preferred choice as well. Like Quade he spent plenty of time in the Cubs org so he knows many of the young players, and his stature should help him with the media. Two things are often mentioned with regards to Sandberg and I don't think either of them matter very much. One common complaint is that Sandberg is inexperienced, as he's never managed or so much as coached on the big league level. I don't think this is that big of a deal. If Bob Brenly can win a World Series, that tells you how much experience really matters (laughing). One common thing mentioned in Sandberg's favor is that the Red Sox tried to hire him for their AAA manager job after he lost out on the Cubs job. That doesn't tell me much either – it was just a minor league gig. If they wanted him to come in as a bench coach or something I think that would have said more. The only thing that could hold Sandberg back is how willing he is to work with the new front office. It remains to see how much of his whole Let's Play The Game The Right Way HOF speech was fluff and how much of it set forth his managing agenda.
Candidate: Terry Francona
In the aftermath of the Francona resignation and Epstein coming to Chicago there was a lot of wishcasting that Theo's successful manager could come along too. Francona's firing played a role in Epstein choosing to leave the Red Sox, though that probably has more to do with management than Francona himself. If anything the example of Francona could be a good one for Quade. Francona was regarded as a relatively poor manager before coming to Boston, and became a much better one while learning on the job. I think Francona stays out of the dugout for the year while looking for the cure to seventeen stab wounds in the back, courtesy of the Boston front office. Hopefully he lands a color gig somewhere, as he was great replacing McCarver this postseason.
Candidate: Bud Black
Someone (Phil Rogers?) was floating this idea around a few days ago, but I don't think it was anything more than wishcasting. As far as I know, no source from the front office has said anything about Black.
Pitching coach
Incumbent: Mark Riggins
It says a lot about Riggins that I keep typing his name as John Riggins. Must be a result of growing up in the DC area. He's a pretty forgettable guy, and Ricketts has shown with the hiring of Jaramillo that he doesn't have a problem paying for big name coaches. If Quade goes, so does Riggins.
Candidate: Dave Duncan
Now that La Russa is retired I was thinking that Dave Duncan might be a target for the Cubs until Rice Cube pointed out that his family situation should keep him in St. Louis. I wouldn't be surprised if he retires to spend more time with his wife. I wish them all the best.
Candidate: Greg Maddux
Since retiring Maddux has hung around as a Special Assistant to the GM and Executive Vice President of Hitting the Golf Courses. I've always had the vibe that the pitching coach job is there if he ever wants it, and I'm sure they've already offered it to him once or twice. I don't know if hiring Sandberg would make any difference for him, as I never got the vibe that the two of them were friends though anyone who followed the team back then is welcome to correct me. If Maddux does join the team he would be filling the dual roles of pitching coach and Kevin Millar Memorial President of Fart Jokes.
Candidate: Mike Maddux
His name was floating around a few days ago, possibly for the full managerial position, but he's always been a pitching coach. Supposedly he's on Boston's list in their managerial search, along with Dale Sveum (dying laughing). It would be quite entertaining if he became the manager and Greg was the pitching coach. He's currently employed by the Rangers, though I can't find any info about how long his contract runs. Maybe the Cubs can hire him as President of Pitching Operations to try to convince the Rangers that it's a promotion.
Hitting coach
Incumbent: Rudy Jaramillo
This front has been much more quiet – it only crossed my mind because I was thinking about pitching coaches. But I wonder if his job could be in danger. He was a high profile signing in the pre-2010 offseason as the Ricketts family was taking over the team, and since then the team has continued to hack, hack, hack. Given the new front office directive to encourage players to work more counts, it's possible he may be let go. He is on the third year of a 3/2.4 deal. I don't know enough about hitting coaches to know who might replace him. Given his salary and stature he's definitely the most likely member of the staff to stick around, but I would be surprised if the Cubs don't go another way when his contract is up. Zonk will also be happy to see him go, as he always has a horrible time pronouncing his name (laughing).
As far as the other coaches go (bench, bullpen, etc), those guys are pretty much just picked by whoever the manager is so they'll all likely leave with Quade.


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Congratulations go out to the 16 Rush Girls for capturing the Dallas International Girls Cup. Teams from seven different countries competed in this event as well as some of the top ECNL clubs in the United States. The Colorado Rush U12 and U16 girls competed and represented Rush with passion and joy (and quality). The 12's lost a difficult match to Dallas Sting in the quarter-finals after playing some beautiful soccer but they too share a piece of the prize as the support they showed for their club-mates played no small role in the club's championship. And this is what it was: a victory for the 16's and a championship for our club. Rush Soccer went to captains from each team for some Q & A. The answers point to Rush being more than a club…
Below is an interview with Cori Dyke from the U12's and Jordan Dibiasi from the U16's. Following the interview are thoughts shared by U12 coach Jordan Angeli, who is not only a coach but a Colorado Rush alumnus.
Rush Soccer: You guys spent a long soccer week (Tuesday through Sunday) in Dallas, TX at the Dallas International Girls Cup. What was your goal heading into the week?
JD: Our goals heading into the week included winning the tournament, playing quality soccer, and proudly representing our club.
CD: My goal was, as a team, to not only win the tournament, but play the best soccer. Also, I wanted to grow closer as a team off the field. I wanted us to look professional and uphold Rush expectations, such as living out the core values.
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Rush Soccer: How did you feel your team's overall performance was?
JD: Overall, I thought we played well. With the little numbers we had at the tournament we were all able to contribute to our team's success. It was a great team effort.
CD: I thought my team's performance was overall pretty good. I thought for the most part we played pretty good soccer and kept the intensity level high. I thought one of the things we could have done better was attack and take more shots.
Rush Soccer: What was the best part about the soccer your team played? Best moment or moments on the field?
JD: During the week we were able to expand our knowledge of the game and try out different formations. We were introduced to a new type of defensive approach. Instead of pressing all over the field we let the other team play in their own half, pushing numbers back to our defensive end. We didn't pressure them until they came into our half. We were also able to keep possession of the ball and play, as Erik calls it, "walk soccer". Over the week we played in several different formations. One of the best moments on the field was Madi G's goal in the semi-final game. Madi G shot the ball around the eighteen with her left foot which soared past the goalie and landed in the upper 90 far post, giving us the winning goal and the opportunity to play in the championship.
CD: The best part about the soccer we played was that we always tried to play Rush soccer and keep the ball. Our best game was the quarterfinal against Sting. We were able to pass around them and keep possession for most of the game. We had some great moments of one touch, small passes. Also, in the game against the Dallas Texans, we had some great passing on the first goal. We passed the ball up the field and were able to get a cross off and then the ball was flicked on for an easy finish.
Rush Soccer: What were the best moments when you were not playing?
JD: Some of the best moments when we weren't playing happened while we were spending time with the 12s. Our team had a lot of fun cheering them on! We also enjoyed seeing them at the hotel and going to dinner with them. We all got little buddies and were able to spend some time with them at dinner and at the hotel.
CD: One of the best moments when we were not playing was going to the 16s final, painting our stomachs to spell out C-O-L-O-R-A-D-O R-U-S-H U-1-6, doing a bunch of Rush cheers, and celebrating their victory with them. Also, earlier in the week, our team had a scavenger hunt in the mall. We split up into four teams and were given a list of clues. We had to find a specific store and either buy something or take a picture.
|16's cheering on the 12's
|12's (with paint) supporting the 16's
Rush Soccer: Both teams (12s and 16s) spent time hanging out at the hotel, at restaurants and at the fields? What was that like?
JD: We really enjoyed getting to spend time with the 12s. The fact that we were able to do so much together showed how the club really is just one big family. We all got buddies and were able to cheer them on when we went to their games and to get to know them better at dinner and at the hotel. We really appreciated their spirit and enthusiasm on the sidelines at our games. We wouldn't have been able to win the tournament without them!
CD: Having the opportunity to spend time with the 16s was very cool. We were able to get to know them better and were each assigned a 'buddy'. They set a great example for us and we really look up to them. I liked how both teams watched each others games and cheered each other on.
Rush Soccer: What do you feel is different about playing at Rush compared to the other clubs you saw in Texas?
JD: I think the style of play that Rush demands of its players sets us apart from the other teams we played. The willingness and commitment to possess the ball and the confidence that the results will come from the soccer we play is extremely unique. The Rush is a family and the support we give one another is also very different compared to the other teams we faced.
CD: One of the things I felt was different was that Rush's style of play is focussed more on short passes and keeping possession. Whereas most of the other clubs in Texas tended to have a more direct style of play. Also, I noticed that we had a better community. There were no other teams cheering for their club teams like we did. Seeing this, I felt proud and happy to be a part of this club.
Rush Soccer: Best memory of the event?
JD: Obviously winning the tournament (with trophy at right) was a highlight of the trip as it was a goal of ours heading into the week. We also had a blast hanging out with the 12's. Cheering on the 12's while they played the Texans and celebrating with them after they won the game was a definite highpoint of the trip.
CD: I had a couple great memories from the event. One of them was playing against the Texans and then celebrating our win afterward. Another great memory was cheering on the 16s in their final. Overall, I enjoyed playing against great competition, hanging out with the 16s, and bonding with my team.
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Thoughts from Jordan Angeli:
There are many things our u12 team will take out of this past week. On the field, we were challenged every game by teams who were more physical than us. As the week progressed, the girls had a better understanding of how to play against a different style of soccer then we see in Colorado and played their best game in the quarter final. The way we performed in the quarters made me so proud! The girls played the best soccer I have seen them play in a while, unfortunately we ended up on the wrong end of the score sheet. Score aside, we played to our strengths and learned a lot in the process.
Not only did the u12s learn a lot on the field, but off the field they got to spend quality time with the u16 team. As an alumni of the club, it made me so proud to see how these girls interacted with each other. The 16s are wonderful role models for the younger girls and took on that role this weekend with flying colors. They sat next to them at dinner and talked with them about their lives and also showed them what it takes to win an elite tournament.
I have always believed we are a part on a very special club and this week proved that to be true. Throughout the tournament, the 12s and 16s would go to each other's games and to cheer each other on (the 12s also got the u14 Texas Rush team to join them for some cheers!). After the 16s won the final, the 12s rushed the field and together they celebrated the clubs victory at midfield with cheers and chants. I was speechless. The joy, unity, and passion the girls shared at that moment was truly something special. This will be a moment I will never forget as a Rush player/coach/alum!


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In addition, he assisted with marketing and media initiatives pertaining to all 19 varsity athletic programs, including advertising and promoting other special events.
Distasio graduated from Springfield College in 2008 with a Bachelor's Degree in Sport Management and a concentration in Business Management. While at Springfield, he was a member of the varsity men's soccer team for four seasons.
As a senior, he completed his final internship at Rentschler Field, home of the UConn Huskies football team. He assisted with all aspects of facility management including operations, while also promoting awareness of events as well as patron management.
He currently resides in Hamden, Conn.