the marvelous music of cleveland orchestra. now to a man whose curiosity defined his life and lead to an extraordinary career -- robert "believe it or not" ripply traveled the globe seeking out strange people and strange places -- robert "believe it or not" ripley. the result still influences reality tv today. the author of the book "the curious man" spoke to us about what he found. >> this is robert l. ripley starting another believe it or not expedition in search of the strange, curious, and unbelievable. >> i think his interest in the strangeness of the world started with his childhood. he was born relatively poor in northern california. he was kind of strange-looking kid, pretty shy. i think that sense of being a little bit of an outcast and an oddball developed in in this curiosity about other oddballs and other strange people and eventually other strange places. this is a big story about an important american figure and it has never been told, and that was shocking to me, that no one had ever really fully told this guy's l

the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going kn song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece no matter where we are. >> good afternoon. welcome to our regular rules committee meeting for thursday, may 16th, 2013. i am supervisor norman yee and i will be chairing the meeting. to my right is supervisor london breed and shortly supervisor malia cohen will be joining us. the clerk today is linda wong. the committee would also like to acknowledge the sta

the most challenging of all. string orchestrak. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece no matter where we are. come and experience lafayette park and enjoy the people, picnic and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take an afternoon stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peacefu

the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece no matter where we are. >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco county, transportation authority, my name is john avalos, the chair of the transportation authority, the clerk of the board is erica chang and we are brought to you by the sfgtv staff, madam clerk, could you call the roll? >> roll call, avalos? >> present. >> breed?

msk(music) >> the bay area knows the orchestra. you maybe take things for granted a little bit. that is simply not the case will go on the road. the audiences go crazy. they don't see vitality like this on stage. we are capable of conveying joy when we play. msk(music) >> any performance that we do, that a program, that will be something on the program that you haven't heard before. string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire.

what he hated about it was it was not in tune with other members of the orchestra and consequently, sounded awful, as he put it. but he wrote for it, and he wrote very well for it. theobald boehm, back in 1850, came up with what we call the modern-day flute key system, but we seem to try and improve on what's been done for 140 years. (finley) flute production has changed dramatically-- mostly through mechanical and technological improvements digitally. and a lot of the machining has changed dramatically, more specifically through tolerances of one thousandths of an inch, which is the thickness of a cigarette paper. and if it's off that much, flutists can hear it. we have machinery. we have computerized machinery. we essentially work with metal. we're metal workers. we melt it, we machine it, we cut it-- there's all kinds of things that we do to metal here, and to do most of those functions, you need tools and equipment. (greer) technology is the science of what if. i think of it as something that we can't do without because our minds are curious, and something that if we did without it, we'

the orchestras that have the capacity to do a lot of oversight and accounting they have a infrastructure and i'll use this as an example. this has nothing to do with the efficiency of the department. young folks are is a infrastructure in place that makes it easier for them to have a team in place and actually provides the services necessary to make sure their managing the programs well. as a program like the herein community center is spending every dollar on the kids their serving. i baffles me that the program it that impacts the most challenging part of our community i can go on and on. i'm looking forward this is a budget as a whole. we're looking at approving next year's budget at the same time, you allocated for a 3 year budget grant program with those kinds of changes how significant their it's going to be a tough challenge to figure out how we deal with this in the coming months. i know the city is going to have some tough challenges people think that because theirs additional money coming theirs more to allocate. i wouldn't mind the cuts so much but clearly from the in addition

this is the vegetable orchestra of vienna playing a concert in madrid. they are using real vegetables as instruments. the orchestra bangs on huge pumpkins and whistles into carrots to play jazz, class calculate, and electronic music. >> that looked like a pepper. >> and then you can have dinner. >> next at 5:00 ap, east bay police discover a sophisticated credit card skimmer used at local gas stations. >> i love baseball, where else can you get this, some fans at a major league baseball game are calling the first pitch "the biggest >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> this is a friday morning at 5:00 a.m., we thank you for joining us. >> got the weekend ahead, how is the weather going to be? we will check with mike nicco. >> good morning, everyone. we will start with live doppler 7 hd. no need to worry about grabbing an umbrella or having patience on the road as far as the weather. we dry. that is good news. we will talk about what is going on as far as this afternoon looking down to downtown san jose you can see a beautiful sky

that other people can feel the same way through the essence of the film and the essence of what the orchestra is doing, the power of the human spirit has no limits and music transsends everything. >> almost the time of the year that people have pool parties. brian and nick, first, just a party with the two of them. and they discover something. >> canon ball. >> oh! >> he discovers when you come out of the water, you break the surface, you always look better. >> try it. >> he goes down, comes up, and quite frankly, way more jacked and good looking. >> an eight-pack in one slash. >> they are like let's take this idea to the next level. a dog over here. >> a trick bradsh showed me. >> the dog turns into a sexy gal. >> i had the bright idea, what if the three of us go under the water and come up at the same time. what will happen? will it be too much sexy? >> dangerous. >> it will be worth it. hang on! >> i feel things changing. >> you are going to have to go to our website to find out. >>> a big day for eva, because eva was sent into space. see her journey from l [ female announcer ] safeway pre

the power of mathematics. how does a symphony orchestra play in sync and harmony? e answer is obvious: the group consists of humans who have the capacity to read music, listen to each other, and follow their leader. but what about a group with no leader or sheet music? like a jazz jam session? itstill perform in sync, each performer working off the cues of the others, synchronized via spoken or unspoken communication. what about schools of fish or flocks of birds? how do they know when to turn left, turn right, move higher or lower, perfectly in sync, each adjusting its movements instinctively, somehow highly sensitive to what its neighbors are doing? while the orchestra and marching band work in a premeditated, planned, even calculated order, the flock of birds and school of fish, they move in unison by a phenomenon called "spontaneous biological order." in their collective movement, we see a system of individuals who somehow have managed to synchronize their changes in motion. and through mathematics, we can make sense of this group dynamic using the language of c

regarding 50 four hundred dollars spent on a middle school fare for fay spain, balloons, and the school orchestra. said the money was used for supplies and motivational activities. $2,400 was spent on food for pta meeting, where fried chicken, potato salad, biscay skype -- biscuits, cookies, and soda were served. the expense included dinner, dancing, and entertainment ba local group. auditors noted documentation did not show what the activity was or support the number of people who showed up. $500 was spent on a mother- daughter makeover day. auditors noted makeover day does not fit the requirements of a parental involvement activity to improve student academic achievement. >> swift, decisive action nodaway. this cannot go on any longer. >> auditors noted hundreds of thousas of dollars of personnel costs that were not substantiated. state officials challenge some of the findings in reserve, and on the audit until those issues are resolved. collins, wbal-tv 11 news. thehe search is on for gunman after triple shooting in baltimore. according to investigators, the threat the three victims were waiti

the hip hop orchestra started at university of maryland recently on a dare. it's turned into a lot more, though. take a listen. >> the media says black dudes are rude and violent. why not they show us in school playing a violin okay. >> reporter: seriously, who raps with a viola. university of maryland senior daiched porter, that's who and it's catching on. -- david porter, that's who, and it's catching on. >> someone mentioned a hip hop orchestra. >> reporter: sophomore marcus came up with the idea of the hip hop orchestra. >> man, i -- [indiscernible] >> reporter: moody arranges the music. >> a friend told me to stop making symphonies and make beats. it was just a joke but turned into something real. >> one thing i don't like is taking final exams. >> marcus' idea was, let's just have a rap about stuff we don't line and put the accompaniment with it. >> reporter: what is the day-to- day grind about for a college student? >> the lyrics is about not liking aggressive cops or bad teachers or research papers or parking tickets which is very -- something that's t

. >> just reminded me of the "titanic" and the orchestra playing as the ship went down. >> the outlookturns deadly serious, however, when the ship loses power and begins listing heavily to the side. the captain can no longer control the ship. >> we're floating toward that iceberg. and we actually hit into another iceberg. the iceberg just hit the boat. oh, my gosh. >> at that point the captain issues the order everyone fears. >> so the captain came on to the loudspeaker and said, "this is an emergency, and i am ordering all to abandon ship." complete terror. >> lifeboat number? >> lifeboat number? >> what's our lifeboat number, kaye? we don't know. to think that we were going to be unprotected, that we were going to be in those winds and the rain and the storm and the sea. this is the roughest, coldest, windiest place on the planet. >> lisa and the other passengers pile onto the lifeboats, and the terrifying wait begins. >> the last we'd heard is there were ships ten hours away, and those ice cold frigid waters, time just stood still. you could not think about how cold you were or the

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