Live Music Can Take Many Forms and Have Many Fans - Artipot

A live music performance is presented to an audience and can be known by many names. A single musician or a small number of independent musicians performing in a small venue is occasionally called recital. This is typical of music schools, where students will, one at a time, perform their best pieces for friends and family. Small ensembles, like quartets, quintets, and octets will frequently perform in recital halls, as well. Larger musical ensembles, such as choirs, orchestras, and community bands may perform in venues such as municipal auditoriums or churches with facilities large enough to accommodate the group. Other venues include nightclubs, concert halls, amphitheatres, entertainment centers, parks, and sports stadiums, depending on the size of the group presenting the live music. Concert is an all-inclusive name for music presentations in front of an audience.

The musical genre may dictate the 'look' of the live concert. The venue and the individual performers also have an impact on the presentation. For instance, an opera or symphonic concert may be attended by an audience dressed in formal wear, such as tuxedos and evening gowns. At a symphonic concert, the orchestra is frequently dressed in formal wear, as well. A rock concert, conversely, may have performers or band and the audience dressed casually in denim wear, shirts, and casual shoes. Live music performed in a nightclub atmosphere may have an audience dressed in fancy clothing.

Many live music presentations in large venues are theatrical in nature, with elaborate stage lighting and special effects such as laser light shows, pyrotechnics, and theatrical smoke or fog. Stage sets that include prerecorded video or image magnification systems are common at these concerts. Other special effects at popular music concerts may include prerecorded accompaniment, special musical instrumentation, or audio enhancement of the singer's voice. Backup dancers and singers often wear impressive costumes that compliment the main performer's apparel. The headline performer may be costumed in a flamboyant style that makes them immediately recognizable.

Live music is commonly the main theme of a festival. Many musical genres have festivals celebrating a particular genre, for instance, a jazz festival. These festivals generally take place over many days and include many live music performers and groups. Most of these festivals are held in outdoor venues, such as large parks or fairgrounds.

It is becoming more common for live music to be presented in a venue one might not traditionally expect. Symphonies and orchestras present outdoor concerts in parks and amphitheaters during the summer. Genre-specific festivals may be found a cruise ship. A marching band might perform in tandem with a rock band in an arena. Well-known classical music artists have been found giving impromptu concerts in train and airline terminals, or on busy street corners.

Buskers or street musicians present a different form of live music. While busking is not confined to music, many musicians perform in public places for gratuities. These street musicians are common throughout the world. Dating back to antiquity, street musicians have performed in every major culture. Gratuities received for presenting live music on the street may have been the artist's only income. Before recorded music, a busker's only road to fame and fortune was performance and discovery on the street.

Today, concerts and other live music presentations charge money in the form of admission tickets. Depending on the artist or group, tickets can be very expensive, but still sell out quickly. It is not uncommon for a wildly popular band to sell all the tickets in a matter of hours. The revenue from these ticket sales is divided between the artist or band, the show's producers, the venue, and the organizers. Historically, the ticket sale was a musician's primary revenue source. Recorded music and videos contribute to an artist's income in modern times.

Attending a live music event is a popular choice for an evening of entertainment. Such an evening may start with dinner and drinks then proceed to the concert venue. Some of the larger venues offer refreshments, alcoholic and other beverages, and snacks. After the concert, attendees may go on to enjoy more live music at a nightclub or dance club.

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Pactiv to add manufacturing jobs in Mooresville

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Food-packaging manufacturer Pactiv plans to invest more than $9 million to expand its facilities in Mooresville and Kinston, adding about 77 Jobs. Illinois-based Pactiv already employs about 850 workers in North Carolina, according to a news release from N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory's office. The company's products include custom and stock foam, plastic, aluminum, pressed-paperboard and molded-fiber packaging used by grocers, restaurants and other food-service businesses. "North Carolina has a proud manufacturing? ...

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Sean Penn Embraces Action with The Gunman

Sean Penn stars as a former Special Forces soldier in 'The Gunman,' the actor's first action role.(Photo: StudioCanal)

Story Highlights

• Sean Penn takes on his first action role in his 30-year career
• He plays a former Special Forces soldier who is dragged back into the business
• The film, directed by Pierre Morel, also stars Javier Bardem, Idris Elba and Ray Winstone

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Sean Penn is ready to rumble. The two-time Oscar winner has emerged in fighting form to star in The Gunman, the first action film in his 30-year career.

"I've been telling Sean to make a movie like this for years,'' says Joel Silver, who is producing the film (no release date yet) with Penn and Andrew Rona. "Sean just thought it was time."

Penn, 52, has a slightly different view of his co-producer's terminology when he talks about The Gunman, now shooting in Europe with a cast that includes Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone and British stage actor Mark Rylance.

"Here's the funny thing," Penn says. "Calling it an 'action film' is kind of like calling Meryl Streep a sexy blonde chick. She is. But that really doesn't tell the story of what she is at all.

"I don't separate this in my mind from anything else I have done. It's a very human story that deals with the same things exploited in action films, like warfare."

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Penn stars as Jim Terrier,a former Special Forces soldier and later military contractor who works peacefully for a non-government organization in the Congo. But Terrier gets drawn back into his violent past. Penn, who has devoted himself to humanitarian causes, including Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, says he frequently comes across the type of conflicted character he plays in The Gunman.

"I have seen people in this line of work at work," he says. "That does inform what we're doing here."

He won't say how he prepared for the part, beyond "diet and exercise."

"I find anatomical discussions much more interesting when centered on the female form," Penn says. "So I'll leave it at that."

But he attended a special military training camp in Arizona, mastered close-range fighting and handles many of the stunts.

"Sean's been fervent in having the physique and the mental focus to be able to be this guy," Silver says. "When he commits to something, he really commits."

For Penn it's about getting into the mind-set. "If a character makes leather wallets, it's great to spend some time actually making leather wallets," he says. "It gives actors a confidence of their character's history."

Penn also helped his own cause by encouraging respected actors such as Bardem, Winstone and Elba to come on board.

"Sean can call most anyone in the world and they say 'Ya, I'd like to do that with you,' " Silver says.

Directing is Pierre Morel, who turned Liam Neeson, then 56, into an action star with 2008's Taken. Neeson followed that breakout with action films such as Taken 2 and the upcoming Non-Stop.

So it's little surprise that Silver looks ahead to the potential of what Penn could bring to a thoughtful action vehicle. After seeing him and Bardem shoot scenes in Barcelona, the Lethal Weapon producer was effusive.

"It wouldn't be lying if I said 'Wouldn't it be nice for this to become a franchise?' " Silver says. "But we have to make the first one first, and we have to make it great."

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World markets digest China manufacturing weakness

BEIJING (AP) ? Global stocks swung between gains and losses Monday after China's manufacturing weakened in June amid a credit crunch.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 1.3 percent to 13,852.50 while China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.8 percent to 1,998.24 after spending much of the day in negative territory. Taipei, Seoul and Sydney declined, while Hong Kong was closed for a holiday.

In Europe, Germany's DAX was 0.2 percent higher at 7,975.12 and Paris's CAC-40 rose 0.2 percent to 3,746.27. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.4 percent at 6,266.70.

Wall Street was set to gain with Dow futures up 0.6 percent at 14,914. S&P 500 futures added 0.6 percent to 1,608.70.

Separate reports Monday by HSBC Corp. and a Chinese industry group showed China's manufacturing decelerated in June for a second month.

U.S. and European orders for Chinese goods weakened and Beijing tried to slow rapid credit growth. That effort led to a cash shortage in Chinese credit markets and caused interest rates on loans by banks to other banks to spike.

"The risk is now predominantly on the downside, especially after the recent liquidity squeeze in the interbank market," said IHS economist Xianfang Ren in a report. "The Chinese economy is far from out of the woods yet."

Adding to signs that China's Communist leaders are prepared to accept lower growth, President Xi Jinping was quoted Saturday by state media as saying officials shouldn't be judged solely on increasing economic output.

In Australia, where a boom fueled by Chinese demand for iron ore, copper and coal is cooling, Sydney's ASX/S&P 200 lost 1.9 percent to 4,710.30.

"Wage growth and job security in the mining industry is going to be under pressure, and the current status quo is going to change as mining companies adjust to a slower China," Evan Lucas of IG Markets said in a report.

Taiwan's Taiex shed 0.3 percent to 8,036 while South Korea's Kospi fell 0.4 percent to 1,855.73. Singapore, Bangkok and Manila gained while Jakarta and New Zealand declined.

In the United States, the Federal Reserve is trying to calm jittery investors' concerns about the central bank's planned reduction in monthly purchases of financial assets. Those purchases, dubbed quantitative easing, are aimed at stimulating the economy by pushing down market interest rates, and investors worry any pullback could depress growth.

Investors in Japan have been cheered by figures showing industrial production rose 2 percent in May while the consumer price index stopped falling for the first time in seven months. The Bank of Japan is engaged in a massive monetary stimulus to reverse a two-decade-old bout of deflation. On Monday, a survey showed business confidence of major manufacturers turned positive for the first time in nearly two years.

HSBC's monthly purchasing managers' index for China declined to 48.2 points from May's 49.2 on a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 show a contraction. A separate measure by the state-sanctioned China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing declined to 50.1 from May's 50.8.

Benchmark oil for August delivery was up 2 cents at $96.58 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In currency markets, the dollar gained to 99.54 yen from 99.11 yen late Friday. The euro rose to $1.3040 from $1.3013.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/world-markets-digest-china-manufacturing-weakness-081401263.html

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Ariz. wildfire kills 19 firefighters

YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) ? An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in Arizona, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields.

It was the most firefighters killed battling a wildfire in the U.S. in decades.

The lightning-sparked fire, which spread to at least 2,000 acres amid triple-digit temperatures, also destroyed 200 homes and sent hundreds fleeing from Yarnell, a town of about 700 residents about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix. Residents huddled in shelters and bars, watching their homes burn on TV as flames lit up the night sky in the forest above the town.

The disaster Sunday afternoon all but wiped out the 20-member Hotshot fire crew based in nearby Prescott, leaving the city's fire department reeling.

"We grieve for the family. We grieve for the department. We grieve for the city," Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said at a news conference Sunday evening. "We're devastated. We just lost 19 of the finest people you'll ever meet."

The National Fire Protection Association website lists the last wildland fire to kill more firefighters as the 1933 Griffith Park fire of Los Angeles, which killed 29. The most firefighters ? 340 ? were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, according to the website.

Most people had evacuated from the town, and no injuries or other deaths were reported.

Hotshot crews go through specialized training and are often deployed soon after a fire breaks out. Sometimes they hike for miles into the wilderness with chain saws and backpacks filled with heavy gear to build lines of protection between people and fires. They remove brush, trees and anything that might burn in the direction of homes and cities. This crew had worked other wildfires in recent weeks in New Mexico and Arizona.

As a last-ditch effort at survival, Hotshot crew members are trained to dig into the ground and cover themselves with the tent-like shelter made of fire-resistant material, Fraijo said. The hope in that desperate situation is that the fire will burn over them and they will survive.

"It's an extreme measure that's taken under the absolute worst conditions," Fraijo said.

Nineteen fire shelters were deployed, and some of the firefighters were found inside them, while others were outside the shelters, Mike Reichling, Arizona State Forestry Division spokesman, told the Arizona Republic.

Prescott, which is more than 30 miles northeast of Yarnell, is home to one of 110 Hotshot crews in the United States, according to the U.S. Forest Service website. The unit was established in 2002, and the city also has 75 suppression team members.

In 1994, the Storm King Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colo., killed 14 firefighters who were overtaken by a sudden explosion of flames.

President Barack Obama called the 19 firefighters heroes and said in a statement that the federal government was assisting state and local officials.

"This is as dark a day as I can remember," Gov. Jan Brewer said in a statement. "It may be days or longer before an investigation reveals how this tragedy occurred, but the essence we already know in our hearts: fighting fires is dangerous work."

Brewer said she would travel to the area on Monday.

As the blaze spread, people started fleeing, including Chuck Overmyer and his wife, Ninabill. They were helping friends leave when the blaze switched directions and moved toward his property. They loaded up what belongings they could, including three dogs and a 1930 model hot rod on a trailer.

As he looked out his rear view mirror he could see embers on the roof of his garage.

"We knew it was gone," he said.

He later gathered at the Arrowhead Bar and Grill in nearby Congress along with locals and watched on TV as he saw the fire destroy his house.

Two hundred firefighters were working on the fire Sunday, and several hundred more were expected to arrive Monday.

The fire has forced the closure of parts of state Route 89. Fire crews had no containment late Sunday.

The Red Cross has opened two shelters in the area ? at Yavapai College in Prescott and at the Wickenburg High School gym.

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Billeaud reported from Phoenix. Associated Press writer Brian Skoloff in Yarnell, Ariz., and Associated Press reporter Martin Di Caro in Washington, D.C., also contributed to this story.

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Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) ? Scorching heat blistered the Southwest on Saturday, where highs between 115 and 120 degrees were expected for parts of Arizona, Nevada and California through the weekend.

Forecasters said temperatures in sunbaked Las Vegas could match the record of 117 degrees Saturday. Phoenix hit 119 degrees by mid-afternoon, breaking the record for June 29 that was set in 1994. And large swaths of California sweltered under extreme heat warnings, which are expected to last into Tuesday night ? and maybe even longer.

Dan Kail was vacationing in Las Vegas when he heard that the temperature at California's Death Valley could approach 130 degrees this weekend. He didn't hesitate to make a trip to the desert location that is typically the hottest place on the planet.

"Coming to Death Valley in the summertime has always been on the top of my bucket list," the 67-year-old Pittsburgh man said. "When I found out it might set a record I rented a car and drove straight over. If it goes above 130 I will have something to brag about."

The forecast called for Death Valley to reach 128 degrees Saturday as part of a heat wave that has caused large parts of the western U.S. to suffer. Death Valley's record high of 134 degrees, set a century ago, stands as the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

A couple hours south in Baker, the temperature was expected to peak at 120 degrees in the road tripper's oasis in the Mojave Desert on Interstate 15. The strip of gas stations and restaurants between Los Angeles and Las Vegas is known by travelers for the giant thermometer that often notes temperatures in the triple digits.

At the Mad Greek restaurant there, a waitress called out orders for "Chocolate shake! Strawberry shake!" while the temperature hovered at 112 degrees during the lunch rush.

Downtown Los Angeles was expected to hit 91 degrees, 7 degrees shy of its record.

To make matters worse in California, National Weather Service meteorologists John Dumas said cooling ocean breezes haven't been traveling far enough inland overnight to fan Southern California's overheated valleys and deserts.

Burbank set a record overnight low with temperatures dipping to 74 degrees overnight, much warmer than the previous record of 68 degrees for Saturday's early hours.

In Northern California, temperatures Saturday were expected to reach the 80s in San Francisco, upper 90s in San Jose and into the triple digits inland, about 20 degrees above typical highs in the Bay area.

Farther north, triple-digit temps were expected in Sacramento on Saturday and Sunday.

Health officials warned people to be extremely careful when venturing outdoors. The risks include not only dehydration and heat stroke but burns from the concrete and asphalt. Dogs can suffer burns and blisters on their paws by walking on hot pavement.

Cooling stations were set up to shelter the homeless and elderly people who can't afford to run their air conditioners. In Phoenix, Joe Arpaio, the famously hard-nosed sheriff who runs a tent jail, planned to distribute ice cream and cold towels to inmates this weekend.

Officials said personnel were added to the Border Patrol's search-and-rescue unit because of the danger to people trying to slip across the Mexican border. At least seven people have been found dead in the last week in Arizona after falling victim to the brutal desert heat.

Temperatures are also expected to soar across Utah and into Wyoming and Idaho, with triple-digit heat forecast for the Boise area. Cities in Washington state that are better known for cool, rainy weather should break the 90s next week.

The heat was so punishing that rangers took up positions at trailheads at Lake Mead in Nevada to persuade people not to hike. Zookeepers in Phoenix hosed down the elephants and fed tigers frozen fish snacks. Dogs were at risk of burning their paws on scorched pavement, and airlines kept close watch on the heat for fear that it could cause flights to be delayed.

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Skoloff reported from Phoenix. Also contributing were Robert Jablon and Shaya Tayefe Mohajer in Los Angeles, Julie Jacobson and Michelle Rindels in Las Vegas, Michelle Price in Salt Lake City, Cristina Silva and Bob Christie in Phoenix, and Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, N.M.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/phoenix-las-vegas-bake-scorching-heat-202602575.html

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Easy and green cleaning tips for floors | Green Home Improvement

Everybody, actually most of us, like living in a clean, conducive environment and as such investing in cleaning products is a very necessary endeavor. However, in our fight against dirt and harmful microbes, we tend to close the line and instead of a sparkling, healthy environment all we achieve is an environment that is groaning from the toxic side-effects of some of the cleaning products we use. With the debate heating up on how to help our planet and make it greener, thus it is useful to invest and implement some green tips in your cleaning process. Depending on the type of floor, green tips tend to vary.

Invest in Maintenance Tips

It might not seem like a straightforward green cleaning tip yes, but in essence it is. Putting good maintenance tips in place for your floor can minimize its frequency for getting dirty thus you clean it less meaning that your chance of using conventional cleaning products is reduced. Some of these include: having walk-off mats at the door entrance, using a vacuum cleaner to vacuum your floor, plan for regular sweeping and for extremists in cleanliness you can put a policy of ?no shoes in the house!?

Invest in Green Cleaning Products

Unlike in the past, getting environmentally-sensitive cleaning products for your floors was a hectic endeavor, but with the rise of companies such as Method, Seventh Generation and Biokleen these floor cleaning products can be gotten at your nearest natural foods store. For those who are unable to invest in such products making homemade cleaners is super easy. All you need for floors is hot water distilled vinegar. For those keen on scents, pepper mint and lemon oil can be added. For wood floors, put a ? cup of vinegar in a gallon of water. Either homemade or bought from a store you are guaranteed of the same cleaning effect as their conventional counterparts.

Damp Mopping

For those with wood floors with a surface finish, the last thing you want is puddles of water in your house. This is because water tends to penetrate wood floors, warping them and in the process damaging them. In this case, use of a damp (not wet!) mop is a good idea. Depending on the amount of dirt on the floor, you can choose the number of times to mop. Finally rinse the floor and dry it thoroughly using a dry towel tied to the end of the mop.

Use Warm Water

For ceramic-tiled floors, a bucket of warm water is all you need. Before cleaning however use a sweep or a vacuum cleaner to get rid of the dust and grit on the floor. Then use a rag or a microfiber to clean your floor. For really dirty floors with grout a hard brush can come in handy.

Hardwood and Vinyl Floors

To give your hardwood floors that sparkling shine, boiling water and several tea bags is all you need. Like all wood floors, don?t soak your floors in water. Instead to the mixture of tea and boiling water, dip a soft cloth, wring it then use it to clean your floor. For vinyl floors, put borax in a bucket of warm water and use it to clean your floor.

Concrete Floors

They are the easiest to clean, as level of care is low. All you need is a detergent that is environmentally-friendly, water and a hard brush to scrub your floor.

Source: http://greenhomeimprovement.com.au/easy-and-green-cleaning-tips-for-floors/

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