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It is becoming increasingly clear that the principles of restorative justice can be used, as the editors say, outside the formal criminal justice system, and this book bears witness to that. Half is about criminal justice, and half about other applications in schools and elsewhere. The contributors reflect the book's origins among a group at Fresno Pacific University in California, but other chapters come from Bulgaria, Canada, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
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Melendez said the increased cases of elder self-neglect are one sign of widespread angst among seniors over the deteriorating economy and fear about what the future holds.
This fear of the future is aggravated by recent budget cuts in California affecting senior services and programs. Many elders are living a retirement a lot broker than they planned, and they don't know where to turn for help. Melendez said her organization is one of many that try to help seniors find resources, however it is harder as programs are cut.
The California Budget – "Nothing to Celebrate"
After a protracted battle, California state legislators approved a state budget on July 24, 2009, to address the state's $26 billion debt. The negotiated bipartisan budget cut billions of dollars from local governments, education and social services.
That included reductions in programs affecting low-income seniors, such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), MediCal, In Home Support Services and Adult Day Health Centers.
Initially, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recommended eliminating many programs in his May budget. The legislature, though, decided to cut programs, some drastically, but not completely zero out vital programs.
Subsequently, the governor used his line-item veto authority to slash an additional $489 million in cuts.
The governor "blue-penciled" all state funding for Community Based Service Programs in 2009-10. Some the services now denied funds to operate are:
· Alzheimer's Day Care Resource Centers, specialized daytime programs for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias;
· The Brown Bag Program, which provided surplus and donated edible fruits, vegetables and other food to low income individuals ages 60 and older;
· Respite Purchase of Services, enabling caregivers for frail elders or functionally impaired adult to get relief time away from the constant stress of care;
· Senior Companion programs, in which older volunteers assist their impaired or terminally ill peers with a range of in-home assistance aimed at helping them remain at homes or in community settings (and out of institutions) for as long as possible.
After signing his revised $84.6 billion budget plan for the coming year, the governor stated, "These are ugly cuts" and "nothing to celebrate," but, "we cannot afford the programs we used to be able to afford even two years ago."
And he announced that he had increased the governor's discretionary fund to a half-billion dollars—about the amount of his line item cuts—for use in future emergencies and did so without raising taxes.
"It starts with Downsizing"
You see them at the supermarket, lingering over the selections in the bread aisle, or going thorough the marked down items at the back of the store. At the register, they carefully count out change to pay for three to five items. Were you to follow them home you might find empty refrigerators and cupboards.
"It starts with downsizing," Melendez said. "We are seeing seniors and their caregiver families look for less expensive housing options. Seniors in assisted living retirement communities are having to find less expensive housing options because they have lost savings. Some move from a two-bedroom to a one-bedroom, others are moving in with relatives and others are placed in nursing homes by family members."
Seniors are being affected by the same economic perils facing all Americans. They have lost funds in the stock market and equity in their homes. Melendez observed, "The difference is elders don't have the 10, 15 or 20 years it will take to rebuild their finances."
She added, "This is causing great depression among those who thought they did everything right. They're now looking closely at every expense and are cutting out all but the essentials. Depression is high among this age group."
Some are suffering from too much credit card debt. A recent study shows credit card balances for low-and-middle income seniors soared by 26 percent in the past four years.
The report, by the policy group Demos, suggests that older adults, accustomed to cashing out home equity to pay bills, are finding themselves in the same predicament as younger borrowers because of falling real estate values, shrinking portfolios and rising energy costs.
With family members also strapped for cash, seniors are turning to credit to pay their bills as well as to relatives for help. Also, elders tend to have higher health care costs than younger borrowers. The Demos study says widening gaps between health care costs and insurance coverage are likely forcing some seniors to pay for medical expenses with credit cards. Maria Diaz knows many families who have used credit to pay the bills. She says people are barely holding on in her Riverside-area neighborhood, an enclave of working class Latino, African-American and white families. She sees families doubling up in small houses to make ends meet. Diaz, who shares a house with her mother, age 88, and a grown son, said budget cuts will take a toll on her family.
"Through In Home Supportive Services I pay a local woman to watch my mother, but she makes almost as much as I do, so much of my salary goes to her."
She added, because of the new budget, her hourly rates are being cut and my mom's SSI payments are shrinking. We all are struggling, but I know we have it better than some in this neighborhood."
Riverside County, where Diaz lives, has the eighth-highest foreclosure rate in the United States. According to RealtyTrac, Riverside County is second in the state in foreclosure volume. One in 17 households is slipping into some stage of foreclosure during the first six months of the year. San Bernardino County was fourth, with one in 19 households in default.
According to a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, foreclosures were far more common last year among black mortgage holders. The report states, "African American borrowers were 3.3 times as likely as white borrowers to be in foreclosure, whereas Latino and Asian borrowers were 2.5 and 1.6 times respectively more likely to be in foreclosure as white borrowers."
Unemployment in both Riverside and San Bernardino Counties is near 13%. Among African-Americans and Latinos it is higher, by some estimates 17-19%. While younger seniors with jobs are putting off retirement, a number of adults 65-plus are trying to re-enter the tough labor market to help make ends meet.
Jackie Melendez believes the situation for seniors in the Inland area will continue to deteriorate, at least until the economy turns around. "These are people who never before needed help with housing, transportation, or food. Where will we send them?"
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The United States adopted targeted killing as an essential tactic to pursue those responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency have employed the controversial practice with more frequency in recent years, both as part of combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as in counterterrorism efforts in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Since assuming office in 2009, Barack Obama's administration has escalated targeted killings, primarily through an increase in unmanned drone strikes on al-Qaeda and the Taliban, but also through an expansion of U.S. Special Operations kill/capture missions. The successful killing of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. Navy SEAL raid in May 2011 and the September 2011 drone strike on Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Yemeni cleric and AQAP propagandist, are prime examples of this trend. The White House points to these outcomes as victories, but critics condemn the lethal tactic on moral, legal, and political grounds.
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According to a UN special report on the subject, targeted killings are premeditated acts of lethal force employed by states in times of peace or during armed conflict to eliminate specific individuals outside their custody. "Targeted killing" is not a term distinctly defined under international law, but gained currency in 2000 after Israel made public a policy of targeting alleged terrorists in the Palestinian territories. The particular act of lethal force, usually undertaken by a nation's intelligence or armed services, can vary widely--from cruise missiles to drone strikes to special operations raids. The primary focus of U.S. targeted killings, particularly through drone strikes, has been on the al-Qaeda and Taliban leadership networks in Afghanistan and the remote tribal regions of Pakistan. However, U.S. operations are continuing to expand in countries such as Somalia and Yemen.
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A talented young singer who died suddenly just days before she was due to audition for The X-Factor dreamed of becoming a professional performer, her parents have revealed.
Bethany Durose, 17, tragically died after she accidentally overdosed on the insulin she was taking to control her type one diabetes.
And at an inquest into her tragic death held this week, her parents Michael and Patricia told how she had been having singing lessons since an early age in order to achieve her musical ambitions.
Mum Patricia said: "She played clarinet to grade five and piano to grade four, but it was the singing that she really loved and wanted to pursue.
"She was having lessons with a professional opera singer and had achieved grade seven and was working towards her grade eight. She had a really excellent voice and was looking forward to seeing where her audition for The X-Factor was going to take her."
Bethany, known to friends and family as Beth, was a member of the West Cumberland Choral Society's junior choir and headlined a number of shows at her school, West Lakes Academy in Egremont.
She had been allocated a timeslot for The X-Factor auditions in Manchester on March 26 last year and planned to perform Eva Cassidy's Somewhere Over The Rainbow for the judges, including Take That star Gary Barlow and music guru Louis Walsh.
But tragedy struck the previous weekend when Beth was found unconscious at her home in Holmrook. She was rushed to the West Cumberland Hospital with extremely low blood sugar levels which had caused significant brain damage and died two days later, on March 21.
Coroner David Roberts, presiding over Monday's hearing, ruled that Beth's death was an accident, after hearing evidence that she had struggled with her diabetes throughout her teenage years.
Mr and Mrs Durose revealed that their daughter "hated" the fact that she had the condition and was occasionally not as disciplined as she needed to be when it came to medicating herself.
Following Mr Roberts' verdict, Anna Morton, the director of NHS Diabetes, offered support for other young people with the condition.
She said: "Diabetes is for life. People with diabetes need both clinical and emotional support to help them manage the everyday aspects of their condition.
"The daily need for people with type one (insulin dependent) diabetes to monitor their blood sugar and give multiple, carefully-calculated insulin injections can be difficult at any age, but is particularly challenging for young people.
"That is why NHS Diabetes has established regional networks.
"It is also why NHS Diabetes is working with the National Clinical Director for Diabetes to help improve the care of young people with diabetes moving from paediatric to adult services."
Anyone who would like more information and advice is asked to visit www.diabetes.nhs.uk.
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Sheet Timers A Thing of the Past?
According to The Animation Guild, over all employment is up, but: "the rising tide hasn't lifted all boats. The steady expansion of digital storyboarding, par example has meant more board artists can build animatics at their desks. And as animatics have proliferated and grown more elaborate, studios have cut back on timing directors".
Sheet Timers obsolete? I didn't see that one coming!
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Well, with more and more manual duties being digitally automated and/or consolidated into other processes (and positions), it's not very surprising.
Now would perhaps be a good time to re-train or expand some existing skill-sets . . .
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been going on for a while. A lot less time to do a lot more work.. for the same pay.
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In 1992 I was getting quotes for a production I was planning and part of that involved ink and paint services and camera. At the time there were businesses in Burbank dedicated specifically for shooting animation. Huge, multi-plane cameras that took up entire rooms and could handle six levels of animation at once.
Then the following year, I heard of digital animation production software for sale at a place on Magnolia Blvd in Burbank. I went to check it out and there was this little 486 PC, the model just before the introduction of the Pentiums, that could do ink and paint and camera with 100 levels of animation at a price that dwarfed what it would cost for either of those services traditionally, and at a higher quality as well.
It was at that moment that I saw the future of animation production. I told as many people as would care to listen to me about it and most of the time, it went right over their heads or they simply didn't care. It was desktop animation production, and artists would be producing animation at home in a corner of their living room or den or studio or wherever. It was the liberation of the production process, making it accessible to artists at a level where it never was before, and I knew that things would never be the same.
The lesson I learned from that early experience is that when a new technology emerges, embrace it. Be among the first to delve into it, explore it, utilize it, and you'll always be ahead of the curve or at the very least, riding the wave of change to your advantage.
Nothing stays the same, nothing is stagnant, in our industry, everything is fluid. When change is on the horizon, adapt to it. The trend towards the integration of every aspect of animation production into a seamless creative stream will continue until the only thing that matters is the filmmaker himself or herself. We're seeing this even in 3D animation, as I've been told by people in the know working at the highest level of feature animation production.
Even live action directors will be able to come into animation with virtually no training or experience in the medium and be able to make a film from the utilities and assets available to them through these new technologies.
With every passing day, it's no longer enough just to know how to draw or time out a scene. Artists increasingly are being expected and even required to be specialized in technology.
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I agree wholeheartedly Charles. Having been in the animation industry for the last 20 years, I've always known that it's important to keep learning and stay current or else become obsolete. A vast majority of folks my age aren't even on the internet, whereas I spend most of my time and spent most of my career on a computer. But good old fashioned sheet timing is something I can do and do well. I thought long and hard and couldn't conceive a way it could or would go obsolete. I thought it would always be there to fall back on. Well, it found a way. I've been an animator in gaming for the last 5 years and now games are on its butt. So I fell back on timing to find its not there anymore!
Eventhough I try so hard to stay current, obsolescence constantly nips at my heels.
So now I'm at a crossroads. Do I train for good old fashioned storyboarding? Or go the Maya route? Or what is this "change on the horizon" your friends "working in the highest levels of feature animaton production" speek of? Whatever it is, I need to jump on it, or I'm out.
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Also getting certified in Flame or Flare goes a long way towards keeping your skillset relevant!
Still a shortage of Flame artists, what's going on? I can't believe this!
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Dave, from my perspective, it's always advantageous to learn storyboarding. Comparatively speaking, it is much more economical to pick it up than high end production software and especially with your experience with timing, I think you'd be that much more suited for it.
The way I teach the subject, I have my students purchase Gregg Davidson's book, "Storyboard Cinematics Workshop" and I direct them to read it beforehand. That way they have an understanding of the subject prior to beginning with me and we can focus on content straight away. We then access live action scripts and start boarding from there.
When it comes to Maya or other software that deals with digital animation and all things that go with it, I'd say you're better off knowing it than not knowing it if you want to stay up with what's happening in production.
Another word of advice for what it's worth, if it's time to move on to something else in life, then embrace the change. I did it some years ago and moved to the education end of things. It suits me for the kind of person that I am, plus it affords me the opportunity to stay involved with animation even though I'm not working in a production environment.
What I referred to earlier about live action directors being able to use animation production technology has to do with what I was told by someone who's on top of what's happening in feature films. The emerging technology will let directors seamlessly access all of the assets of a film in progress so that he or she would be able to go straight to the cinematic aspect of it and work the scene out from there. It's hard to explain as I'm only able to relate what I was told, but it had to do with a further streamlining of production.
Whatever you choose to do and however your life goes, I wish you all the best. Stay creative and stay happy.
Daily Z
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It never occurred to me that you were ever outside of the production aspect, Charles!
I have a feeling you can get back in anytime you wanted to!
Anyway, not to stray too far from this topic, since I have minimal experience with this situation to start, but I 150% agree with Charles--staying creative and finding ways to make a living from that is paramount.
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Common name: Phylloxera
Scientific name: Order Homoptera, family Phylloxeridae, several species
Size: Adult--1/50"
Identification: Yellowish, aphidlike insects but smaller; identified by the pea-size galls they form to live and reproduce in.
Biology and life cycle: Incomplete metamorphosis. Male and female adults are wingless until the fall of the year, then appear with wings. They mate and deposit eggs to overwinter. Like aphids, they also give birth early in the season.
Habitat: Grape leaves and roots, pecan and other tree leaves.
Feeding habits: Inject an agent into leaves to form galls to live in while they feed on the gall walls.
Feeding habits: In the West very damaging to European variety of grapes. We have had no complaints of them on grapes in Texas. They do get on pecan leaves and are known to bother native varieties, but we are now beginning to find a few on some improved varieties.
Natural control: Casebearer moth larvae and a weevil larvae are often found living in the galls. They feed on the gall wall, which may disturb the very small phylloxera enough to upset their life cycles. We can't pinpoint any specific insects as predators, but every insect has something to keep it in balance. Ladybugs and green lacewings probably help.
Organic control: Horticultural oil and citrus oil products could help, but we really don't recommend any treatment because of damage to beneficial insects.
Insight: Some growers try to control phylloxera with horticultural oil. We don't think it does much good and we know that it kills beneficials, so it's probably a waste of money.


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INDIANAPOLIS – Today Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced that his office will appeal the December 11 ruling of the Indiana Court of Appeals in the Paul Gingerich case to the Indiana Supreme Court. Gingerich is serving a 25-year-sentence after pleading guilty to an adult charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Today's filing of a Petition to Transfer means that the state's highest court will ultimately decide whether to uphold Gingerich's guilty plea and sentence.
The Attorney General's Office represents the prosecution in appellate court. Zoeller today issued this statement:
"Balancing the interests of justice when an offender is so young is extremely difficult. In working with prosecutors, my office is concerned about not setting a precedent that would allow violent offenders to back out of their plea agreements after pleading guilty. Mindful of the deceased victim in this tragic case, we respectfully request the Indiana Supreme Court consider this appeal and make the final determination," Zoeller said.
Gingerich had pleaded guilty to an adult charge of conspiracy to commit murder in the 2010 shooting death of Philip Danner. The Indiana Court of Appeals on December 11 reversed the guilty plea and ordered the case sent back to the Kosciusko County courts; and today was the deadline for the Attorney General to appeal that ruling. The State's Petition to Transfer means the Court of Appeals' order will be stayed and Gingerich remains in Department of Correction custody pending a ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court.
NOTE: Attached is a copy of the State's Petition to Transfer to the Indiana Supreme Court in the case of Paul H. Gingerich v. State of Indiana.


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On this site, you will find information about the research Dr. Stacey Lynn Camp, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Idaho, is conducting at Northern Idaho's Kooskia Internment Camp, a World War II Japanese Internment Camp.
The project began in the summer of 2010, when Dr. Camp and her team of faculty, post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate researchers performed preliminary archaeological research at Kooskia, including geophysical survey, soil resistivity studies, shovel testing, phosphate analysis, and collected macrobotanical soil samples to determine the location, extent, integrity, and contents of historic gardens and personal effects from the camp's internees and employees. The research design of the summer of 2010's research can be found under the "Publications" tab above. The report of this research will be completed in 2013 and available on this website.
For additional information on the history of Kooskia Internment Camp, please click the "About the Project" tab above. On the "Project Updates" tab, you will find our project's blog that details last summer's research as well as ongoing laboratory research.
On Saturday, July 20th, 2013, we will be hosting a free Public Archaeology Day open to interested children and adults. This event will involve children's activities (ages 4 and up), a show and tell of artifacts from the 2013 field season of the Kooskia Internment Camp Archaeological Project, and a meet and greet with archaeologists from the project. Light refreshments will be served at the event. The event will take place at Three Rivers Resort's Rumpus Room in Lowell, Idaho, and will run from 10:30am to 2:30pm. All members of the public are invited to attend!
The field school will run from June 26th through July 24th, 2013. During that time span, we will work in the field during the following dates listed below.
A typical day for a field school student looks like this:
7:00am: Assigned crew loads equipment into vehicles.
7:15am: Staff and student meeting to discuss fieldwork plans for the day and team assignments.
7:45am: Leave for field site.
8am: Arrive at field site, assigned crew unloads and hikes in equipment.
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6pm: Dinner at Three Rivers Resort.
8pm: Possible lecture/reading discussion (usually once a week).
Please note that a more detailed schedule and syllabus will be provided to field school students. Here is a rough summary of our project schedule this summer:
June 26th: Arrive at Three Rivers Resort. Students coming from Moscow can ride with Dr. Camp and her staff in field vans to site. There is parking for students who wish to take their own vehicles to Three Rivers Resort. Student and volunteer orientation will take place at 3:30pm. Please make sure to arrive in time to begin the orientation. Dinner will be provided at the resort at 6pm.
June 27th-July 1st: Begin mapping and excavation work at the field site of the Kooskia Internment Camp.
July 2nd: Optional whitewater rafting trip through Three Rivers Resort's river-rafting outlet. The trip is $80 per person (paid to Three Rivers Resort) and will last the entire day. Rafting trip will leave from Three Rivers Resort in the morning.
July 3rd and 4th: HOLIDAY - no fieldwork.
July 5th-8th: Continue excavation work at the Kooskia Internment Camp.
July 9th and 10th: HOLIDAY - no fieldwork.
July 11th-15th: Continue excavation work at the Kooskia Internment Camp.
July 16th and 17th: HOLIDAY - no fieldwork.
July 18th-22nd: Continue and finish excavation work at the Kooskia Internment Camp.
July 23rd: Vans head back to the University of Idaho. Students are welcome to ride back to Moscow in them. Help is requested to unload artifact boxes and equipment from vans.
July 24th: Help clean and organize equipment and artifacts at the University of Idaho campus in Moscow. Participation is optional.
Our project was recently featured on Spokane TV station KHQ. Click below to watch a short video.
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(Center) Kooskia Internment Camp, north central Idaho, 1943-1945. Photographer unknown. Photo courtesy of the Clearwater National Forest, Lochsa District, Kooskia Ranger Station, Kooskia, Idaho and the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow.
(Right) Kooskia Internment Camp Anniversary Picnic, May 25, 1944. Photographer unknown. Photo courtesy of Mickey Barton and the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow.


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Mika Hakkinen believes it is unlikely that Mercedes will be "competing too much" this season while he feels McLaren will be on "top form"...
Two-time World Champion Mika Hakkinen believes it is unlikely that Mercedes will be "competing too much" this season while he feels McLaren will be on "top form".
Mercedes didn't have the best of times during the first pre-season test at Jerez last week with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton completing only 29 laps between them on the opening two days due to an electrical fault and rear brake failure respectively.
Although they had more success on the final two days by completing almost 300 laps, the general consensus is they still have a long way to go before they can challenge the likes of Red Bull, Ferrari and Mclaren on a regular basis.
"With the first test you never really get a 100 per cent picture of exactly where the performance of the car is," Hakkinen told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"It's a bit too early. I believe at the next test in Barcelona (starting on February 19), that is going to be more interesting to see who is at the top of the list."
He added: "I have a strong feeling McLaren are on top form this year.
"Mercedes were not exactly up to the speed I expected them to be, so I don't see them competing too much this year."
As for the challenge that awaits Hamilton at Mercedes, Hakkinen feels the Britain will get stiff competition from his team-mate Rosberg.
"Lewis has been with McLaren for so many years and I think, for him, it was time to change," he said. "It's just a job to be honest.
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With the advent of amazing online videos, why are we still so compelled to experience live performance (music, sports games, dance)?
A recent online debate held by the New York Times asked the question: "Did YouTube kill Performance Art?". Almost overwhelmingly, the gut reaction from the public was a resounding 'no' - that even with the plethora of online videos from independent uploaders all over the world on platforms like YouTube, and even recorded sports games, dance, and TED Talks, we are still so compelled to watch the 'real' thing live.
What is it about live performance that makes us keep coming back?
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Thank you all for the great comments - I think we all certainly agree that a live performance is far and beyond an 'online' experience, and while YouTube creates a platform for independent expression that can potentially reach the world, nothing can substitute the intimacy of a communal experience taking place within a concert hall, between audience and performer, the performers onstage, and perhaps most importantly, amongst the audience itself. I believe that live performance moves us at a level that goes deeper than words (watch Denis Dutton's talk above), and is a throwback to our most primitive expression - we performed and made music and danced for each other before we had spoken word - and we did all these things to communicate something that would compel us to DO something. The live performance brings back that energy and community around the work of art presented. An interesting point for future exploration might be the biochemistry that takes place in our bloodstream during a communal event like a live concert - does the 'empathy' hormone, oxytocin, shown to rise during bonding and sports games - does that also happen during a live performance? I've certainly found that when I perform for those who may have no background or interest in classical music - the homeless and mentally ill - the same energy takes over a basement on skid row as it does in Disney Hall.
Thank you again for your comments - I wish all of you were in our audiences here in LA! We need more listeners like you!
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Sep 2 2011: Robert, I think part of the reason why live performance is superior is RESOLUTION. technical resolution, i.e. size of image, SD vs. HD vs. IMAX vs. unobstructed center orchestra view; frames per second; quality of sound, lighting and projection if any; and how compressed and artifact-filled the image is all affect EMOTIONAL resolution. Experiment: watch a blobby low-rez clip of a music performance on youtube. Then watch the same thing on DVD, then a Blu-Ray, then LIVE. It's amazing the difference. Compressed video=compressed emotion.
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Sep 2 2011: Fantastic point, Tom - the live performance creates the fewest sensory barriers between the audience and the expression on stage.
Sep 2 2011: And the fewest barriers between each member of the audience in that communal setting.Sep 2 2011: Nothing beats a live performance for me -- the visible energy and passion of audience and performer alike is incomparable. However, live performances can certainly learn a lot from YouTube (etc.). YouTube videos can be viewed virtually anywhere, are virtually costless (excluding internet connection), and have few barriers to the music. Isn't that a truly powerful vision for classical music in the 21st century?
Sep 2 2011: Also, don't forget the "tweener" performances of the LA Phil and the Met at HD simulcast movie theatres...Sep 2 2011: Energy.
Just as someone can walk into your office and immediately you know they are in a bad mood, we gravitate toward someone who is confident and charismatic; that positive energy is infectious.
You can watch the masters of our day and age generally on public television and be moved by their performance, but being in a room full of people, all being affected by the performance is a collective shared experience that I think many of us aren't even consciously aware of at the time.
The same goes for a sports game. I'm not a big fan of sports and don't generally watch it on tv or the internet, but invite me to a live game and I'm there. The tension that strings through fans, the explosion of joy when the favored team scores simply can't be replicated anywhere else.
The inclusion of technology in our daily lives I think will continue to morph our society, but there are still fundamentals which won't easily change and certainly not within our lifetimes. We're social creatures and we need to be around each other and are often rewarded for doing so. The more neuroscience develops the better the question of "why" will be answered, but I'm content for the moment with a simple "because".
Sep 2 2011: well said, Alexis - energy is as infectious on stage as in the audience - but during an event like a classical music concert, where you might not 'get' the music and its context - and are in a way 'forced' to remain quiet, do you still feel the same way?
Sep 2 2011: Very much so, yes. It's still an energy. The tone and feel is just different.Sep 2 2011: As a performer, avid concert goer, and music scholar I have to say that the online video can be a great pedagogical tool as well as a form of entertainment, but it will never supplant the act of physically going to a live performance.
This may be an odd comparison, but a few months ago my husband and I went to a live event of the UFC (mixed martial arts). We have been fans and watch the live event broadcast on pay-per view or cable tv. We are both musicians, so we know what it feels like to perform or see an event live, but had never gone to a live UFC event. Being physically at the arena, seeing two men try to out-wit each other, in the moment, was completely different from watching at the sports bar. The raw energy one feels from the other fans and the actual octagon is intoxicating, and it gives you a high that cannot be experience even if watching the event live over the tv.
This raw energy that drive one to tears when seeing a Puccini opera, or two men beat the crap out of each other, that's what draws us to the live event.
Sep 2 2011: HA! Wow, Marysol - you've inspired me to go see a UFC fight - and certainly, we have our fair share of 'fights' onstage musically during a performance. What a fantastic perspective.Sep 2 2011: A recent talk at TED Global 2011 in Edinburgh by neuroscientist Paul Zak struck me, as he talked about the 'empathy' hormone, oxytocin, which rises during close, emotional human contact, such as in a movie theater or a live sports game. Do you think the same thing happens in a concert hall?
Sep 2 2011: Exactly my point! A significant reason I go to live performances!Sep 2 2011: Participation.
We feel that we are participants when we are at live performances, but not at all with recorded performances. I think this is the biggest difference in the experience. "Yeah, I was there man." ever said that?
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Sep 2 2011: good point, and of course, to 'be there' is always the best. However, would you feel different if there were a live performance streamed over a medium like skype (with near perfect sound, good video, etc?) that made the performance interactive?
Sep 2 2011: That is a good question. I think I would feel more like a participant in a live - streaming than a recording (examples being watching the moon landing on tv, or burning man on ustream), but I think that it would be very low level of participation compared to being at the actual event.
Media quality does help with the suspension of disbelief, but no matter how high the resolution, you still consciously know that you are not at the actual event.Sep 2 2011: While online, virtual, performances have allowed many to access the arts as never before, a live performance is a irreplaceable "connect". The players, the sounds, sung or spoken, the sights are true to who we are. The computer is a barrier to experiencing the entire effect with all senses.Sep 2 2011: I suppose there's also the phenomenon that the more we pay for something, the more value we tend to give it. So the $100 concert was significantly better than the $2 download.Sep 2 2011: To add to my reply re: the connection I feel to a live performance etc... I don't get that feeling when I go to the movies. So it must have something to do with being in the physical presence of the performers as well. Perhaps the energy they are putting out also connects with the audience (me) and that's what brings us together as one unit flowing with the piece being performed?
Sep 2 2011: I think it's because you have respect for the live performer - that you wouldn't be so inclined to chat to your neighbor or check your cell phone, as you might during a movie - you know that someone has prepared for thousands of hours to present something to you. That's what makes the performance precious.Sep 2 2011: Interesting topic which you can go on and on on for hours but I think the real question here is "what happens when our reality will melt into the reality of the virtual?" Are our emotions only bound to the ground and to metaphysics or they can simply be jump started through a technological advance/ tweak of the brain? An is that (and I hate using this word) moral?
Sep 2 2011: Hi Dino - a good few questions - I do feel sometimes that I can relive my memory of a great performance through a recording - and sometimes, that's all I need to experience the music most fully. The idea of YouTube and online video platforms is simply a representation of the real - so I would say that experiencing music through technology is moral, it's just clouded with noise (see Tom's point above). I think we can absolutely experience art and music through leaps of imagination and technology - and don't always have to be there.Sep 2 2011: what i find most interesting is that the phenomenon of live performance can also be therapeutic to audiences that do not have access to it, or even to YouTube - the same energy that exists in a concert hall also exists when I play for audiences on skid row that suffer from homelessness and mental illness. To actively bring the music to audiences outside the venue reshapes the message of the music itself, and emphasizes the unifying force of a live performance.
Sep 2 2011: This also illustrates the point that "the medium is the message." The place that music is made in can have as much of an impact on the audience as the music itself. I hope that musicians continue to explore how space impacts their performance, and how they can change so much simply by taking their instrument somewhere else.
Sep 2 2011: do also remember that all TED talks are performances - Sarah Kay's talk above is a mixture of amazing performance art through spoken word, alongside her stunning talk. Bobby McFerrin says more through dancing through musical notes than any of the other neuroscientists on that panel...Sep 2 2011: There is also the wabi-sabi of a live performance. It is imperfect, impossible to replicate, and transient. Such things are infinitely more valuable as they define a singular moment in our personal lives. Does one remember the exact time and place she first saw the youtube video? Does he recall who he was with? The weather that day? What she had for dinner just before or what country she was in?
Sep 2 2011: So you're saying there's something special about a live performance that heightens your senses 'in the moment', so to speak. Maybe that's why the whole day might feel special? I can certainly tell you that the performers on stage totally lose track of time. It's amazing when an audience joins us in that feeling.Sep 2 2011: Hi Robert - great timing. I just returned from seeing Philip Glass perform a live, original score to Dracula projected outside on a large screen surrounded by redwoods -- It was AMAZING -- no way could an online video capture or re-create the feeling. Phew!
Sep 2 2011: it's interesting - we just did a performance with Philip Glass at the Hollywood Bowl, but the live performance was accompanied with a film - so in essence, we performed the film score with the movie playing. It was an amazing experience to be on stage with him, but I would have loved to have been amongst the redwoods - wow!
Sep 2 2011: It's amazing how much a live orchestra (or subset; it was Kronos Quartet conducted by Philip Glass) changes Dracula, one of the few sound films without any music. It's thrilling, visceral and fabulous.Sep 2 2011: Live performance gives the performer the genuineness, and the spectator the genuity.
In my opinion the reason behind enjoying the live performance as oppose to a "2D" performance is the fact that your favorite music is being played by your favorite artist at your arms reach (of-course you'd have to topple so many others.:D) but you get the idea. The fact that the sound is coming from something visually correct, something that you can DIRECTLY connect to, something from which even your senses feel the vibration from the sound waves (that are coming from the actual thing) is what makes it all worth it. I might be going too deep, but these are the hidden reasons i believe we still enjoy both classical or other genere music up front compared with best sound system out there.
Its about the depth of what you can feel, compared to what you're willing to settle to. Because we all know, nothing can replace the natural (only attempts).
Sep 2 2011: I agree with your point about vibrations - certainly in classical music without amplification, we find that the quality of recordings still can not come close to the live experience. However, what is most special to me about live performances is the communal quality - that we bind together and unify in the experience of the expression taking place on stage. Great point, Deepak!Sep 2 2011: There are several very powerful aspects of a live performance that are entirely lost without that experience. One which I find most meaningful to me is that the performance is not the only thing I am responding to. With a live performance there is also a live audience! How that audience reacts strongly influences our own experience. When we are holding our breath waiting for the next note, how much more special is it when hundreds of others are doing the same? We respond to each others laughter, sorrow, and joy.
Sep 2 2011: It's an interesting point, Richard - however, to play devil's advocate - I feel that in many classical music settings, the audience feels shuttered off from the experience, as if they are made to feel that they "must" be quiet - and that experience can lead to boredom. What brings energy to rock concerts and games is the atmosphere, the noise, the crowd - do you feel that same energy in a quiet concert hall?
Sep 2 2011: Have you ever heard Itzhak Perlman perform live? The energy in the concert hall was electric! Was everyone excited and involved? I don't feel shuttered off, rather I feel like the hushed silence is like the calm before a storm, or the eye of a hurricane. It is a sign of respect for the audience and the artist. Something that doesn't matter in a recording. You don't get to display your respect and appreciation for someone who you admire and respect.
Sep 2 2011: Absolutely - and we're playing with Itzahk Perlman next week! What an incredible experience to be able to share his energy on stage.Sep 2 2011: I think the "institution" of the orchestra, as well as the performance halls themselves, often create a clear divide between musician and audience. There is a place (literal and figurative) for audience members and musicians, and this often cannot be breached.
While I'll give Richard the point that the hush of an audience is certainly reverent, it is this attitude that has contributed to dividing "orchestral" music from "popular" music, when they used to be one in the same.
Sep 2 2011: I think that there should be a separation! Not all the time, certainly, and I do recognize that distance detracts from developing more intimate relationships between performer and audience. However I like the variety! Sometimes I want to go to a rock concert, other times to a baroque. I like having that choice, I like the different experiences.Sep 2 2011: This is a great point, Daniel - we do, especially in classical music, create a dissociation between the performer and audience. From the very formal attire, the parking, the 'sit down, shut up, turn off your cell phone', and the ticket price itself, I could see that going to a concert hall can simply be a hassle at the very start - and only a devoted listener, or one open to experiencing the event with an open mind, would gladly go through the first steps. More over, classical music is the only genre of music that is totally not mobile - that you MUST come to a concert hall to "experience" our version of musical culture. I'm not sure, in this internet video age, if that is a sustainable way to continue reaching audiences.Sep 2 2011: The rules at a classical concert are rather stilted. i would like the crowd to be able to applaud after a particularly inspired portion of a piece, or at the end of a movement.
Sep 2 2011: they certainly are - and these norms are an old remainder from the German concert-hall age, where you had to be totally quiet during a symphony performance. However, even in Mozart's time, the audience talked, ate, and caroused throughout the performance.Sep 2 2011: There's still a disconnect between seeing something live and watching the raw energy onstage, versus a marketed and pre-cut video that is MADE to look like something. Live performances can give you this incredibly magical feeling in the moment of seeing them.
I remember seeing Maroon 5 perform live and being blown away by the sounds and experience. I went back to my hotel and downloaded their album the same night and was very disappointed. It doesn't capture the energy that performers put into their piece, which I think is truly special and worthy of being seen and felt by fans and listeners.
It's the same reason technology hasn't truly replaced physical relationships and direct face-to-face communication. Being in person and experiencing something for yourself with all your senses is a very different experience from simply watching a video performance.
Sep 2 2011: Corvida, so you're saying that the energy of a live performance is what attracts you?
Sep 2 2011: That's part of it. When simply listening to music, the energy that a singer or songwriter had doesn't always come through clearly in my headphones. You miss a lot of the visual context also. With videos you get the visual context, but it lacks any real depth.
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Sep 2 2011: I totally agree. Live performances can never be replaced by just listening or watching by yourself. For me, if i connect with the music and performers I feel as if I am part of the music etc. I also marvel at the fact that the audience (myself included) are all connected with the same focus for just that one hour or so.
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Sep 2 2011: Now that's the kicker Vicky! Connecting with random people in the audience on music and a performance that you both enjoy. It's a pretty powerful moment and definitely doesn't come from watching music videos with friends.Sep 2 2011: Truthfully, I think that the medium that attracts me, at the least, is the idea of supporting the artist. By going to a live performance, not only do I get to physically support the artist by being there and paying for a ticket, but I get to see him replicate his skill on a live basis. While anyone could have one good live recording, a truly great artist is able to replicate, and enhance his performance with each event. Also, I pay directly to him, which allows him to continually make content. So, in visiting him at a live show, I get the opportunity to support him and hopefully, indirectly inspire him to make more content.
Sep 2 2011: Hi Chris, thanks for your comment. Even more than that, a live performance is a communal event - I feel that a performance is a throwback to our time dancing and eating around a fire. It goes beyond entertainment alone.
Sep 2 2011: It even goes beyond the 'throwback to our time dancing and eating around the fire' . it takes us to an energetic place where we connect as one listening and focusing on music/performance. For that brief moment you loose self and connect to all...
Sep 2 2011: and we lose ourselves on stage as well. It's an indescribably beautiful feeling when you feel the audience sharing in that experience.Sep 2 2011: Hello there! Robert here - looking forward to beginning a conversation about performance art and its relationship to online video. What is it about live performance that keeps us coming back? I think a TED talk most pertinent to this question might be Denis Dutton's talk on the evolution of beauty - performance grabs us a level that goes deeper than words, and is able to move us from our very cores. Could a live performance be filling a need for communal gathering and experience in a social space?


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It's an exciting time for space fanatics everywhere as construction recently began on the world's first commercial space launch pad, Spaceport America. Designed by Foster + Partners, the facility is located in southern New Mexico near the White Sands Missile Range and will serve as a launch site for private space travel. Built into the side of a hill, the Spaceport will meet LEED building standards and includes some high-tech green building strategies including a solar roof, excellent use of thermal mass, and a highly efficient HVAC system.
Virgin Galactic, part of the Virgin Group run by Richard Branson, commissioned the Spaceport from Foster + Partners, and has invested over $300 million to develop the new space launch system. Their plans are to have their first private space launch by 2011. 300 passengers have already signed up for their space flight and paid their $200,000 for the privilege. Additionally, when completed, Spaceport America will serve as the official venue for the X Prize competitions.
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On top of the new construction being über cool and exciting, Spaceport America isn't too far away from famed Roswell, NM, known for the recovery of a UFO. The proximity of the two space sites will help boost interest in southern New Mexico as tourists travel to see the historical spot as well as the future-forward space launch site.
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I think this is one of the few times imo when privatization is a really good idea. Whether we think it's necessary or not, we need to continue to develop new forms of space travel and technology to facilitate it. What the ppl whose only argument is "we have too many problems down here to be worrying about this," they fail to understand the two most important implications of aeronautical research. The first is for national defense… it's bad enough that nasa has to rely on Russia to ferry them to the ISS. If we keep going at this rate, our disadvantage will only grow as they continue to develop new technologies in their space program while we pump the brakes on ours. Is air and space superiority something you really want the Russians to have? It doesn't seem like a good idea for any one country to have, let alone one whom we have a sketchy history with. The second is that with aeronautical research comes a flood of new technologies, most of which are very applicable to us down on earth. For example, if it wasn't for nasa, we wouldn't have the chips that we use for non-invasive biopsies, solar energy, and a whole litany of other things (http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html#Top has a good number of inventions that most of us don't know came from our space program). And if you're one of those ppl that are so skeptical (or cynical imo) that you still don't think that any of the things on this list warrant a larger investment in a privatized space industry, just remember that while you sleep at night, you most likely have nasa to thank for that, too. If you use any type of home security system, chances are they use infrared and laser technology that came out of nasa's research (just look at the adt home security infrared camera page. They even admit that the technology came from nasa!)
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I've been thinking about getting some extra help on some of my larger jobs. I get from time to time. But have no clue on how to bill them out. Do I charge my full hourly rate per helper. Or do I prorate. I mean all they'll be doing is grinding and. Helping with setup / cleanups. It seams I'm stuck with this decision. Any help is appreciated.
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A good helper is worth their weight in gold. On a larger job or construction site, you should express it to your customer as a safety factor and having a helper may help with getting the job finished faster. A helper should start out with getting things set up like hooking up a water hose if needed, uncoiling your leads and finding a power source to plug in your battery packs if you are using cordless power tools. When welding on job sites, its a good idea to have sombody close incase something starts on fire or something can be ground on while the welder is doing his job. I would start at $12 an hour and bring them up to $15 after a few months if they are making your job easier. Plus it always helps to have someone drive you home after a long day.
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Where do i sign up? Ill even weld some
My hourly rate is 80.00 and when a helper goes out on the truck It varies depending on how much he is used, if its a job where he is constantly working I charge 55.00, If he's just holding and helping once in a while after every thing is set up then I only charge 45.00 hr.
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At minimum you should charge what you are paying him per hour X3 ,but it seems we welders are very good at short changing ourselfs,every heard the saying (we cheat the other guys and pass the sayings on to you)seems we are always the other guy,If you have a good employee don't cheat him out of a raise ( or yourself) so you can save your customer a buck.For what its worth.
Forger, I agree, you have to charge at least 3x his hourly rate to pay for work comp insurance and all the time that he's getting paid on the days that we are fixing and maintaining equipment and not making money.
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Think about it like this.....
if your help wasn't there, who would grind, move steel, roll up, etc.... You and at what rate?
Charge the customer for the helpers time the same as yours.
AMC724, If its portable welding, you cant charge the same rate for both men because you have one man and a truck figured at one rate, and then you can charge full rate for the second man but you need to back the truck out of the cost for the second man.
If its in the shop you charge full rate for the journeyman and if the 2nd guy is a helper you need to dicount his rate to the customer.
Plain and simple its a jugling act ( You want the customer to come back ) so you have to adjust accordingly.
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A unique combination of ancient temples, history, traditions, culture and amazing natural beauty make Wonosobo a very worthwhile place to visit. Sight-seeing here includes hot springs, a multi-colored lake, ancient temples and some impressive grand panoramic scenery from the peaks. The fresh air, beautiful greenery and serenity will help relieve your stress . So just relax and enjoy the experience of the many interesting spots around Wonosobo.
The Wonosobo regency has as capital the city of Wonosobo in the Central Java province, and is located about 120 km south west from Semarang. The regency itself lies in the Dieng Plateau. The word "Wonosobo" is derived from the Javanese word "Wanasaba" which in turn comes from the Sanskrit "Vanasabha", literally meaning 'the gathering place in the forest'.
Wonosobo is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Central Java. This area, which is around an hour and a half ride away from the Borobudur temple also has many beautiful spots to visit. Many public facilities are provided here, making Wonosobo a comfortable place for tourists and visitors, such as hotels, homestays, traditional restaurants, banks, money changers, shopping and sport centers. The natural scenery of Wonosobo is absolutely stunning. Here are also many kinds of unique Wonosobo handicrafts that can be bought as souvenirs to take home.
Dieng Plateau is located 26 km. north of the town of Wonosobo and approximately 2000 meters above sea level. The average daytime temperature here is cool, ranging betweem 10-15 degrees Celsius, becoming a good deal colder at night. The temperate weather has led to the unique style of dress of its people.The residents also take advantage of the cool climate to maximize their farms.
Wonosobo is home to the largest vegetable-producing region of Central Java, centered around the Dieng Plateau, located about 26 km north of the town of Wonosobo. Large portions of their land have been converted into fields for growing various vegetables and fruits, with main commodities being potatoes and cabbage. Carica, a type of papaya typical to Dieng, is turned into delicious meals and snacks that are favorites, typical souvenirs of Dieng. Purwaceng, a wild grass that grows here, is made into a nutritious drink to increase male masculinity. Speaking of food, a must try here is the delicious Tempeh Kemul of Dieng and the legendary Mie Ongklok Wonosobo.
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