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Here's what I think is bad behavior: writing a wrap-up that has only the most peripheral connection to the question. But here's even worse behavior: baseball, our tedious national pastime. So now that the 721-game baseball season is winding down, and the 85 major-league teams are looking ahead to the playoffs, it's the perfect moment to get on that hobbyhorse and ride it around the outfield.
In a typical game (average length, nine hours and 22 minutes) over half the time nothing whatever happens, nor can it: The ball is simply being held by the pitcher. And even when he throws the damn thing, eight of the nine men on the hitting team are lounging in the dugout doing nothing, while on the defensive side nearly everyone spends nearly all the game doing nearly nothing or, more kindly, in anxious anticipation of eventually doing something. The only person constantly involved in the game is the umpire. It is not a good sign when the officials, or for that matter the hotdog vendors, are more intensely engaged in the action than are the players. In hockey or basketball or soccer, most of the players are actually playing most of the time.
When the pitcher eventually puts the ball in play, the frequent result is a ludicrous injury. This is not surprising in a game where the required level of conditioning allows the professional athlete to have a cigarette. In the dugout. During a game. It is not uncommon to see a big-league ballplayer tear up his innards trotting down to first, unimpeded, on a level, raked path, in daylight.
To embrace baseball is to join a cult of rural idiocy: It is a game where people spit. It promotes an ersatz bucolic ideal, giving rise to debates over grass vs. artificial turf, natural vs. unnatural—a defense of the natural from those who refer to the orange goo siphoned onto their stadium nachos as "cheese."
Baseball is family fun (a true oxymoron), as bland as the food in family restaurants or the drama in G-rated movies. Its governing body regards scandal—lust, avarice, gambling, corruption, temptation—i.e., human desire as bad for the game. Everything that makes a novel exciting, everything that makes life interesting, is officially bad for the game.
And might I add: Mayor Giuliani loves it. As do millions of decent, right-thinking Americans.
Bullying (but Consistently Victorious) Answer
Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight was on zero-tolerance probation when he did a series of bad things, including:
- Allegedly physically and verbally abused a student.
- Orally abused a high-ranking university official.
- Instead of staying on campus, as requested, to clear up these charges, he went fishing.
- Flouted the athletic department chain of command.
- Made inflammatory remarks about university officials.
- Refused to participate in certain university events.
Mr. Brand, the university's president, offered Knight a chance to resign. When Knight declined, Brand fired him.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's legislative leaders say they are making steady progress on the state's $26.3 billion budget mess.
Negotiators are scheduled to resume a third day of closed-door meetings Sunday at the Capitol.
Leaders say they're so optimistic that they are even raising the possibility of a deal in the coming week.
They are expected to continue discussing the governor's social service reform proposals.
They also need to sort out public education funding, which is the largest component of general fund spending.
The possibility of a breakthrough comes a week after the state began issuing IOUs to thousands of vendors as a cash-saving move.
State workers are also taking three days off a month without pay in a move that cuts their salaries by 14 percent.
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By Stephanie Ciccarelli
June 24, 2010
The Diversity Panel has received a lot of attention post-VOICE 2010 and rightly so.
Big Llou Johnson was such a gracious host and the conversations during and after the panel were out of this world.
In today's Vox Daily, I'll be sharing what I took from the panel and hope that the exploration of this topic and discussions therein will be illuminating, encouraging and motivational.
In spite of being a late addition to the conference slate, the Diversity Panel was one of the best, brutally honest and most thought-provoking experiences delivered at VOICE 2010. Although the primary focus was on how race affects voice over talent, it was clear that diversity affects us all regardless of color. I'll talk a little bit more about this in a bit.
Diversity panelists included Dave Fennoy (voice of Hulu.com), Vanessa Lanier (Grossman & Jack Talent Agency), John Garry (ABC network voice), Zurek (BET voice) and Saro SolÃs (English and Spanish Trailer / Promo VO).
Also, why don't you hear more:
John Garry is one of the most successful movie trailer and promo voices working today. Though you may not recognize his name, you likely know his voice and his work. Aside from being the network voice of ABC and exceptionally talented, he is insightful and sees working in voice over in a completely different light that takes courage and stamina to accomplish.
When asked about how to work through race issues on a job or audition, John shared, "Just be you and forget about the color of your skin. If you don't pay attention to race it isn't an issue."
Watching John talk, you knew that he was extremely dedicated to his craft and that his desire to stay on top motivated him to exude that confidence and succeed, thereby freeing him from racial barriers that might challenge others in similar situations.
His ambition and pursuit of success reminded me somewhat of how Don LaFontaine observed his role and work in the industry. Similar to Don, John wasn't about to let anyone else take his job on his watch! Something John stressed is that you've got to want it bad enough and be willing to make sacrifices in order to get to where you want to go.
When I said that diversity affects us all, it truly affects us all whether you're voicing or on the other side of the glass. It affects casting directors, agents, producers, engineers, writers, voice talent and others involved in the process.
You might be wondering how it affects people involved in the project.
Consider the following:
The question of "What do you do if someone asks you to sound more black?" came up.
Variations on that question are asked on a regular basis by directors, including the somewhat odd request that a voice actor sound like a 3rd generation Latino American.
This particular request was made of Saro Solis.
In his mind, a 3rd generation Latino American doesn't have an Hispanic accent, however, the directors thought the read needed to sound more Spanish. What did Saro do? He simply took a few words in the script and made them slightly more "Spanish" sounding. The crew working on the project loved it and ran with the ad.
Zurek, founder of VoiceOver Universe, mentioned during the panel that voice actors are a product of their environment, citing Larry Davis as a prime example of how someone can grow up among people outside of their own culture and over time develop similarities in how they sound or speak.
Going back to what Saro encountered, if a descendant of immigrants lives among people who have neutral American accents, wouldn't they also be a product of their environment and gradually lose their accent over time through the generations?
While it's possible that their unique voice print may carry traits relating to their cultural heritage that are indicative of a particular region or area of the world, an accent is unlikely to remain to the same degree.
There are many directors that have difficulty giving direction to people of color because they are unsure of how to properly express their needs from a directing perspective. Some directors don't know what to say or in the right words.
The advice here is to not take it personally but to see it as a challenge to rise above. Don't be afraid of asking for clarification, for instance, "What is it that you actually want?"
Many directors call for a "James Earl Jones" or "Morgan Freeman" sound but that isn't necessarily what they want.
Although the direction communicated to you calls for it, the director doesn't mean for you to sound like Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones... if you read between the lines and decode the message, the real direction is to PACE the read out like Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones would.
Pace your read like whoever they are asking you to deliver like yet maintain your own sound and interpretation.
Dave Fennoy made an interesting observation and revealed that since Barack Obama came to power as president of the United States, there has been an increase in the number of black voices being booked to record, particularly for general market voice over work.
Leading up to the election, Big Llou was the voice of the Obama Campaign.
Whether or not US President Obama is the reason for the increase in work requiring African American voice over, it has been noted that things are changing.
As we have come to understand, there are a lot of factors that go into casting and find the right voice for the job. Sometimes this crosses into the realm of the physical appearance and it isn't just people of color who are judged but also those who may be older or younger than they sound, people who don't "look" like their voice, or artists whose height or weight contrasts with their voices.
Finding talent who meet the specs can also be hard to do. Vanessa Lanier said that the hardest voice to pin down is that of the Asian female. Trying to sound like someone who hails from an Asian country or even region within one of those countries is hard.
When I was writing this article, I put out a call to people on our Voices.com Facebook group to hear of any experiences they have had with diversity or if their physical appearance affected how they were treated on the job.
Brad Venable shared, "I know that I've been been passed over for a job because of my headshot, simply because the seeker said that I didn't 'look' like I could do the voice. I mean really? That's why some of us are doing VO rather than stage or on-camera, is to avoid that very stigma!"
Others identified with Brad including Rupa Krishnan who said, "I do not have my picture on my website for the same reason!"
Rose Lamoureux added, "In one of my marketing teleseminars, the subject was raised as to whether voice talent should post their picture on any of their materials, i.e. website, demo CDs, etc. because of exactly what Brad had mentioned. Crazy!"
If this article was of interest to you and you'd like to share your stories, ideas or feelings you are welcome to comment and join the conversation.
Best wishes,
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If you are a voice actor, then act. I think that a general American dialect should be on the resume of every voice actor in the US. That is table stakes. I think you should have a few regional dialects as well.
Ethnic dialects are challenging but fair game for any voice actor than can do them authentically. Mocking or degrading tone should be off-limits. And if a caricature voice is needed, we should stretch and give that one, too. The context will tell you how far to go.
We all want as many roles as we can get. We also know our limits for what work or sound we will record. We have to also say no to requests that we find offensive. The cost to your dignity can not be matched by a payment of any amount.
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March 1, 2011 by Teresa Jacobson
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Home List of Titles An analysis of the competitiveness of high speed rail in the Beijing-Shanghai market
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/212956
- Title
- An analysis of the competitiveness of high speed rail in the Beijing-Shanghai market
- Author(s)
- Gao, Yi; Zhang, Chrystal B.; Bruce, Peter
- Abstract
- The introduction of High Speed Rail (HSR) between Beijing and Shanghai brings a serious challenge to airlines servicing this market. This paper assesses the competitiveness of HSR to air transport from the perspective of customers. Based on the analysis of this study, it can be seen that HSR service is very competitive in the Beijing-Shanghai market. It is believed that if airlines do not significantly improve their on-time performance and further drop airfares in the future, there is great risk for air transport to continually lose its current market share to HSR in the future.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
- Source
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Transportation and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Changchun, China, 16-18 December 2011, Vol. 7(A), pp. 294-297
- Publication year
- 2011
- Keyword(s)
- Air transport; High Speed Rail; Transportation economy
- Publisher
- 9781457717017, 1457717018
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Authorities were on the scene of a single-engine airplane crash near Centennial Airport in Arapahoe County.
Authorities say the single-engine Beechcraft with only pilot William Disser on board crashed during a landing attempt shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday night. The plane ended up in the parking lot of an office building, just northeast of Arapahoe Road and Lima Street, near the airport.
South Metro Fire Rescue spokesman Andy Lyon says Disser walked away from the crash with just minor injuries and declined medical attention.
Lyon says the plan clipped a light pole and three parked cars, but no one on the ground was injured. Authorities are not speculating on a cause, but Disser says the plane lost power. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate tomorrow.
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