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Entrepreneur Joel Gascoigne tweeted a quote from Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher yesterday. The quote describes Kelleher's views on the pursuit of market share vs. profitability. I think he's hit the nail right on the head.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
The Dark Side of Board of Director Mentoring Relationships
Joann Lublin wrote a Wall Street Journal article this week titled, "Boards Try Buddy System to Get Newcomers Up to Speed." Lublin describes how some boards have assigned mentors to new directors, so that experienced board members can help newcomers assimilate to the culture of the group. Lublin offers the example of Carol Martz mentoring new director Amy Chang at Cisco Systems. She explains,
More boards are pairing new members like Ms. Chang with seasoned mentors like Ms. Bartz as they scramble to improve their oversight of management in the face of intensified investor scrutiny. Board buddies can help newcomers figure out the boardroom's cultural norms, power brokers—and even the right place to sit. Mentors make sure "you don't come in as a bull in a china shop," observes Steven R. Walker, managing director of the board services group at the National Association of Corporate Directors.
I certainly understand the importance of helping new directors learn the ropes when joining a board. These mentoring relationships certainly appear to have a good intent. However, I do have some worries about such systems. What if the mentors provide the wrong message? What if they encourage newcomers to refrain from challenging the status quo, expressing dissent, or asking the tough questions. In the article, Martz acutally encourages Chang not to apologize for asking a challenging question. However, some directors might provide very different advice. They might promote norms that include conflict avoidance and deference to management. Long-time directors might protect the harmony of the group, and in doing, send a signal that speaking up is not welcome. Rocking the boat might not be the right strategy during your first board meeting. However, discouraging people from ever rocking the boat might also be a very dysfunctional dimension of some of these mentoring conversations.
Monday, September 18, 2017
Curiosity Affects the Brain, Enhances Learning
Several years ago, Daisy Yuhas wrote an interesting article about new neuroscience research regarding curiosity and leanring. I came across the article today, and I thought it was worth sharing the key lessons. Yuhas explains the findings from a study about how intellectual curiosity affects the brain and shapes learning.
Neuroscientist Charan Ranganath and his fellow researchers asked 19 participants to review more than 100 questions, rating each in terms of how curious they were about the answer. Next, each subject revisited 112 of the questions—half of which strongly intrigued them whereas the rest they found uninteresting—while the researchers scanned their brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
During the scanning session participants would view a question then wait 14 seconds and view a photograph of a face totally unrelated to the trivia before seeing the answer. Afterward the researchers tested participants to see how well they could recall and retain both the trivia answers and the faces they had seen.
Ranganath and his colleagues discovered that greater interest in a question would predict not only better memory for the answer but also for the unrelated face that had preceded it. A follow-up test one day later found the same results—people could better remember a face if it had been preceded by an intriguing question. Somehow curiosity could prepare the brain for learning and long-term memory more broadly.
To me personally, the implications are quite profound. As a professor, I should strive to tap into and stimulate a person's intellectual curiosity about a particular subject. If I can do that successfully, they may learn more effectively. Similarly, we can leverage these findings as we think about how we train workers in our organizations. If workers approach a new task with curiosity, then perhaps they will learn the required skills more effectively.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Scott Galloway's "Amazon Clinic"
For those intrigued by my post yesterday regarding Amazon and possible future acquisition targets, you should take a look at NYU Professor Scott Galloway's talk titled "Amazon Clinic." He presents some fascinating and startling data on the state of retail in the United States, including the dramatic overbuilding of malls in past decades and the steep decline in foot traffic over the past few years.
Bryant Alumni Reception in Minneapolis
Several days prior to running the Twin Cities Marathon, I'll be hosting a reception for Bryant alumni in Minneapolis along with Robin Warde, Director of Alumni Engagement at Bryant. The event will take place at 4 Bells in Minneapolis on Thursday, September 28th. Hope to see many alumni, including former students, at this event. For more information, click here.
Andrew Curtis Podcast
If you are interested, Andrew Curtis interviewed me for a recent episode of his podcast. You can access it via iTunes here.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Will Amazon Buy Nordstrom Next?
Back on May 11th, NYU Professor Scott Galloway appeared on Kara Swisher's Recode Decode podcast. During that conversation, he predicted that Amazon would acquire Whole Foods. One month later, Jeff Bezos made his move. Amazon purchased the organic supermarket retailer for $14 billion. Yesterday, Professor Galloway appeared on Swisher's podcast again. This time, he predicted that luxury retailer Nordstrom might be Amazon's next big acquisition target. He explained, "It would be cheap, it's in Seattle, they're operationally very sound, it's a great company and they're [Amazon is] trying to establish relationships with high-end brands, which they have been unable to do. Nordstrom has those and a lot of credibility, and a lot of wealthy households have a Nordstrom credit card."
Like many brick and mortar retailers, Nordstrom has experienced a sales slowdown as mall traffic has declined. In fact, news reports in June indicated that the Nordstrom family was considering taking the company private. Earlier this week, the company announced that it was opening a test store next month called Nordstrom Local. The Wall Street Journal explained the concept:
Nordstrom Local, scheduled to open Oct. 3 in West Hollywood, Calif., will span 3,000 square feet, far less than the 140,000 square feet of one of Nordstrom's standard department stores. It will contain eight dressing rooms, where shoppers can try on clothes and accessories, though the store won't stock them. Instead, personal stylists will retrieve goods from nine Nordstrom locations in Los Angeles, or through its website. The stylists can also pull together looks for shoppers through a "style board" app.
Is this acquisition a real possibility? I can certainly see Professor Galloway's logic. However, as he notes in the podcast, the company is led by the Nordstrom family. Indeed, the firm's ownership structure could be a formidable obstacle. The Nordstrom family owns roughly 1/3 of the company, and family members continue to lead the retailer. Amazon would find it very difficult to acquire the company without the family's consent. However, Galloway's comments do make you wonder whether other retailers might be acquisition targets. As Amazon contemplates opening a second headquarters with up to potentially 50,000 employees, it's clear that Bezos' ambitions know no limits. Could a luxury apparel retailer be next? Nieman Marcus, anyone? They have been struggling. They announced an exploration of strategic alternatives several months ago. Perhaps they might be a target. They are not as operationally sound as Nordstrom's, and they have considerably more debt, but perhaps it's a more attainable target.
Monday, September 11, 2017
Three Ways Leaders Can Build Trust
I was asked a very important question today during a presentation to a group of senior finance executives from a wide array of Fortune 500 companies. One person asked, "How does a leader build trust? What are the most important and effective ways to do so?" I offered three suggestions.
1. Acknowledge your own mistakes. Be transparent about those situations in which you stumbled, and talk about how you learned from those incidents. They will come to trust you and be willing to come forward to talk about their concerns and failures if you acknowledge ways in which you struggled during your career.
2. Avoid engaging in the charade of consultation (a phrase coined by my friend and best-selling author Michael Watkins). In other words, if you have already made up your mind about a decision, don't engage the team in a lengthy analysis and dialogue, all the while steering them to your preordained decision. You're wasting their time and insulting their intelligence. They recognize that the decision has already been made, and their trust in you will erode if you engage in this charade.
3. As Teddy Roosevelt once said, ""People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." In other words, they won't trust you simply because of your competence. You have to show them that you care about them as individuals. If they believe that, then they will trust and follow you.
Picking the Right Job for You Based on an Interesting Interview Question
Christa Quarles, CEO of OpenTable, described her favorite job interview question recently in an interview with CNBC. She likes to ask candidates: "What part of this role do you love and you can't stop doing? And what part do you hate doing?" Quarles knows the most important facets of the role she is trying to fill. If someone loves those critical facets of the job, then Quarles feels comfortable with that candidate. In short, she wants to make sure that the candidate's passion matches the needs and demands of this particular role.
However, the second part of the question is important as well. What do you hate? As she says, everyone has certain work that is less desirable to them. Quarles goes on to ask the candidates how they will manage those aspects of the job... work that must be done, but understandably, may not be the type of activity about which the candidate is passionate.
I'm struck by this question, because I think every job seeker should ask themselves this question during the search process. The candidate should be trying to understand the job description and the demands of the role, and they should be asking themselves if they will be excited about enough of that activity to make the work meaningful and fulfilling to them. The candidate also has to think about the negative aspects of the job and whether they can handle that work without becoming frustrated or disengaged. No one wants to work diligently to land a job that they will, for the most part, hate doing.
Friday, September 08, 2017
Do You Find Your Calling or Craft It?
I listened to an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast in which Shankar Vedantam interviewed Yale Professor Amy Wrzesniewski. The episode focuses on the notion of finding your calling. When it comes to choosing a job or profession, many people advocate finding your passion. According to this line of thinking, if you search long and hard, you can discover your vocation or calling, and as a result, you will find your work meaningful. If you do meaningful work, then you will be happier, more engaged, and more productive. What's the problem with that line of thinking? Well, what if you spend a great deal of time pondering your future, and you cannot discern your calling? What if you simply aren't sure? Many young people become incredibly frustrated because they simply aren't sure what their calling is. They don't know how to find it.
Professor Wrzesniewski has a different point of view, one that bears serious consideration. She has studied how people find meaning in their work. Wrzesniewski argues that some people engage in a practice she calls "job crafting." On the podcast, she explains her study of workers who cleaned the halls and rooms at a hospital. When asked to describe their job, some workers talked strictly about the responsibilities listed in the job description. In contrast, others defined their job differently. They talked about how they engaged with doctors, nurses, patients, and the patients' families. They viewed their job as involving responsibilities beyond those mandated by their supervisors. According to Wrzesniewski, these workers had "crafted" their job in a way that felt much more meaningful to them. They were part of the process of caring for these patients, not simply the person responsible for washing the floors or taking out the trash.
Wrzesniewski argues that we can all engage in the job crafting process. In so doing, we can make meaning in our work. We don't necessary find meaning only by searching our soul to discover our calling. We can also find meaning by shaping how we define the job we do, the roles we play in an organization, and the constituents with whom we interact. Wrzesniewski argues that job crafting often involves thinking how we interact with others at our organization. We often find meaning in those relationships and in how we serve various constituents.
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The Dixon Dispatch The Weekly News Release of Larry Dixon & the Miller Lite Dragster Former Brainerd Top Fuel Champ Larry Dixon Doesn't Feel Any Pressure Heading Into This Weekend's Colonel's Nationals BRAINERD, MINN. (Aug. 13) - Larry Dixon...
The Dixon Dispatch
The Weekly News Release of Larry Dixon & the Miller Lite Dragster
Former Brainerd Top Fuel Champ Larry Dixon Doesn't Feel Any Pressure Heading Into This Weekend's Colonel's Nationals
BRAINERD, MINN. (Aug. 13) - Larry Dixon drove Don Prudhomme's Miller Lite Dragster to the Top Fuel crown at Brainerd International Raceway two years ago when he beat Eddie Hill in the final round. That was a season that saw Dixon win just twice (Brainerd, Houston) and never in a position to make a serious run at the Winston Championship.
The 2001 NHRA Winston Drag Racing season is the converse of two years ago as Dixon comes into this weekend's 20th Annual Colonel's Truck Accessories Nationals (Aug. 17-19) sitting second in the points race for the 10th consecutive week. He has tallied three wins already this year (Gainesville, Columbus, Denver) after reaching five final rounds and has never been more than 80 points (four rounds) out of first, including one week at the top spot following his semifinal finish at Bristol, Tenn.
But Dixon does not feel that his consistent Miller Lite Team has any advantages coming back to a tricky drag strip like B.I.R.
"Next to Sears Point (Sonoma), Brainerd has the shortest amount of concrete on its track compared to any other track we race in the country," said Dixon. "If it's hot out this weekend, the cars will have no chance to get up enough speed to run really fast. If we get cool weather, then things should tighten up and the racing will be pretty good. Ideally for us, we would like to see concrete run as far as they would let us - the entire 1,320 feet."
"As far as having any kind of advantage at a track like Brainerd where I have won before, well, the only thing that gives you is good memories," said Dixon. "Every time we race at a new track, we have to prove ourselves week in and week out. That's the difference between NHRA and Winston Cup. There are no provisionals so if you want to win, you had better go out there and earn it."
Dixon, crew chief Dick LaHaie and the Snake Racing bunch definitely have earned their lofty status as one of the elite Top Fuel teams this season.
They have maintained their position in the standings throughout the year based on outstanding performance that has seen Dixon post a No. 3 average qualifying position, reach the semis at 12 out of 16 races and stretch Top Fuel's longest opening round winning streak to 17, dating back to last season's O'Reilly Fall Nationals in Houston (Oct. 29, 2000).
In spite of his successful season to date, Dixon has not let the pressure that often accompanies a driver in the hunt for a series championship get the better of him.
"I am having the greatest time right now, in fact this is my best season ever," said Dixon. "As far as the performance of the car and winning races goes, this is a great time. I can't let the pressure build up and start worrying about the points because it can't do any good. I just try to go out, win rounds and win races. If you do that, then you'll wind up number one at the end of the year."
"It's just like asking an NFL team right now how they feel about winning the Super Bowl," said Dixon. "We are working on a course to be in contention for the championship at the end of the season. We can't worry about our Super Bowl right now. We can't do anything right now except worry about Brainerd." <pre> Larry Dixon's Career Results in Brainerd
Year Event Qual. Finish & Winning Driver 1995 Champion Ntls. No. 3 First round- E. Hill 1996 Champion Ntls. No. 5 Semifinals-E. Hill 1997 Champion Ntls. No. 5 Second round-E. Hill 1998 Northstar Ntls. No. 10 Semifinals-M. Dunn 1999 Colonel's Ntls. No. 4 WON-E. Hill 2000 Colonel's Ntls. No. 10 Second round-D. Kalitta
2001 NHRA Winston Top Fuel Point Standings
1. Kenny Bernstein 1370 n/a 2. LARRY DIXON 1294 76 out 3. Gary Scelzi 1096 274 out 4. Doug Kalitta 1079 291 out 5. Mike Dunn 1043 327 out 6. Darrell Russell 997 373 out 7. Doug Herbert 880 490 out 8. Tony Schumacher 830 540 out 9. David Grubnic 705 665 out 10. Rhonda Hartman 568 802 out
Larry Dixon Appearance & Racing Schedule
Below is the tentative schedule for Larry Dixon for this weekend's Colonel's Truck Accessories Nationals.
Date & Time Location Wed, 8/15 600-800p Mall of America rotunda autograph signing, Minneapolis, 763-760-0615
Thur, 8/16 700-800p Pickle Factory, Main St, Nisswa 800-900p Zorba's on Main St, Lake Shore
Fri, 8/17 330-630p Qualifying sessions #1 & #2 Sat, 8/18 130-430p Qualifying sessions #3 & #4
Sun, 8/19 1100a Eliminations begin
NHRA on Television This Weekend
Date & Time (ET) Network Coverage Aug. 18, 800-1000p ESPN Qualifying Aug. 19, 500-700p ESPN 2 Eliminations
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What Choices Do We Really Have?
Posted by Silvia TIC
"I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
People's "choices" are completely dependent and attached to their circumstances. We have been sold the ridiculous idea that we have "control" and we are the "owners of our choices and our future". This goes hand-by-hand with the idea that says we are "the chosen" (species, culture, group…) and with the idea of individualism and self-sufficiency, as if we could make decisions with no impact on others or being affected by others…
I have been reading articles, listening to presentations and talking to many people in my role as a career counsellor: how do people transition from enslaving, abusive, unsustainable or just plain boring job that steals their health, dreams, energy and even their human rights and pollutes the environment or perpetuates a system that makes other species and/or human beings being enslave, abused, etc.?
That is something not only I want to do myself (not that my job is like that, but it would be much better if I could dedicate more of my time to do other, more fulfilling, necessary activities, some much better aligned with my values)…this is something I want to dedicate enough time to help others to achieve: beyond overwhelming paperwork, policies and guidelines, one-on-one or in groups of really committed people.
What bothers me is that all these courses, articles and speakers I check in order to help with this task come from the assumption that all people have equal choices in front of them. That everybody's right is to dream and go for it; that the only thing people need to do is to set a goal, plan, put more effort and have priorities and then things will happen…but nothing is farther from truth.
These assumptions and blindness towards reality create the opposite they are intended: they create resistance, guilt, and feelings of being inappropriate and less than others (the "successful ones")
Most people in the world work not to fulfill somebody else's dreams or to pay for luxuries: most people in the world work because they have no other choice: they have no access to land, tools or resources, many don't have access to real education (and those who do, may have access to a boxed education that prepares them for a "career" but never for a self-reliant life where they can really support themselves and their loved ones). Our society has stripped people from the right even a cockroach has (and nothing wrong with cockroaches): the right to settle in a piece of land, build a shelter and get their own food, either by hunting, gathering or practicing horticulture…
It is easy to say that we don't need jobs or that we should leave our jobs and become self-sufficient. The challenge remains: how do you live, eat, cover yourself and support a family then?
Personal financial advisors make similar assumptions: they constantly remind us that we should brown bag our lunches (seriously?), that we shouldn't spend that much money in signature coffee everyday (who does?) and that we should make a budget and stop going out for dinner every week…
People who are seriously in debt may (some) have over-consumption issues (i.e. buying stuff they don't need, buying houses bigger than what is necessary, unsustainable lifestyles and behaviours)…but there are many out there who are in debt because they are paid way below what they deserve, or because things are truly expensive, or because they had to max out their credit cards to pay for an education, support a family member or pay for medical bills…
On the other hand, I have seen people who are "looking for a job" or trying to open their own business but they don't follow any of the advices that are freely provided to them through websites, seminars, books, workshops and personal coaching…
And yes, there are those who have no idea what a budget is or how to live within their means…
My point is, we have much more people enslaved (bad jobs, unemployment or debt) not because they are unskilled, lazy, crazy or stupid. We have this situation because long time ago somebody came and said "this is my land, my tool, my resource" and put a price on it. We have this problem because somebody, sometime after, came with the "brilliant" idea of creating things that can't be repaired or break faster than they should, the idea of credit and the idea of producing all far from communities: this forced both communities and individuals to work so they can pay the ones who have the key to those resources, tools, land and products and services.
Nobody longer has the skills and means to completely support themselves, we need others to exchange goods and services, give and receive love and support.
Those who are young, healthy and were raised in middle-class families, wealthy countries, have more chances to become "self-reliant" (as opposed to self-sufficient).
Those who have disposable income are the only ones able to pay off debts and cut on expenses.
Next time somebody comes to you and tries to trick you into feeling guilty or inappropriate, check what they do and waht is their agenda.
Because the only choice we have is to change as a society, not only to reduce consumption, pay off debt and create or find better ways to use our time while supporting our needs, but to free everyone else from that type of slavery, not by making them feel stupid or guilty, but making them aware of what the matrix is made of, and helping them to cut the strings…
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!"
~ Bob Marley
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About Silvia TICWelcome to these exercises inside the dimensions of what we are: we are what we dream and think and feel, but we are also the different characters we perform, not just the roles (mother, wife, friend), but those things we call "occupations" or "earning a life". More than anything, we are part of a giant ecosystem and all what we do connects and impacts others (people, animals, plants, air, water...)
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Friday, October 02, 2015
"Half Way Out", a new mural by 2501 in Manhattan
Our buddy 2501 is currently in North America where he was invited for to paint a piece for the "Not A Crime" Campaign.
The Milan-based street artist was given the opportunity to work on a super big wall in the heart of Manhattan. The result is as usual with 2501, beautiful and features some of his signature line-based imagery. The piece is entitled "Half Way Out".
Continue reading for more detailed images on this piece of work and if you are in the area, you'll be able to find it on 24th st and Lexington ave.
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Music of the Spheres, for soprano, chorus, orchestra and distant orchestra, BVN 128
Endens Tid (The End of Time), BVN 243
Fra Dybet (From the Deep), BVN 414
Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano), Hetna Regitze Bruun (mezzo-soprano), Johan Reuter (baritone) & Peter Lodahl (tenor)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra & Danish National Concert Choir, Thomas Dausgaard
Music of the Spheres is a symphonic work of great complexity, calling for a large orchestra, organ and choir, a supporting (distant) orchestra including a soprano voice, and a further piano on which the strings are played directly rather than via the keys.
For this new and important recording, Dausgaard couples Music of the Spheres with two later works by Langgaard - The Time of the End and From the Deep - bringing an overview to the composer's music over a period of 35 years.
Thomas Dausgaard and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra will be performing the UK premiere of Music of the Spheres at this year's Proms on 11th August.
"It's not great music, but it is startling for many of the effects it employs, using a huge orchestra with enormous restraint in a frieze-like construction juxtaposing mundane Romantic rhetoric with the textural and spatial ideas that attracted Ligeti's attention." The Guardian, 5th August 2010 ***
"Langgaard worked with texture and colour, and the forms he used are static or repetitive rather than organic. Yet, for me, there's a disquieting naivety about this piece. Thomas Dausgaard and his fine forces are undeniably ardent champions." Sunday Times, 5th September 2010 ***
"Dausgaard draw[s] every subtlety from a score whose often hushed dynamic level does not preclude a wealth of textual and motivic detail" International Record Review, September 2010
"Amazing, sometimes banal but never dull." BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 *****
"Dausgaard's interpretation, brought vividly to this year's Proms to much acclaim, accentuates the textural subtleties of the score in a vibrant recording that achieves amazing quietude...[From the Abyss] rounds out this superbly played and recorded disc splendidly. Highly recommended." Gramophone Magazine, November 2010
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Johan Reuter (Johann Friedrich Struensee), Gert Henning-Jensen (King Christian VII), Elisabeth Jansson (Queen Caroline Mathilde), Sten Byriel (Ove Høegh-Guldberg), Djina Mai-Mai (Bootee-Caterine) & Gitta-Maria Sjøberg (Queen Dowager Juliane Marie)
Royal Danish Opera Choir & Royal Danish Orchestra, Bo Holten
Based on the bestselling novel by P.O. Enquist
Bo Holten's new opera The Visit of the Royal Physician, based on the best-selling novel by Per Olov Enquist, was a great success with both audience and critics after its premiere in 2009.
The opera is set in the 1770s, one of the most dramatic periods in Danish history, and is a story of tragic love, intrigue and a lust for power.
It tells the story of the young, idealistic doctor Struensee who dreams of creating a new and better world. He is given the chance to put his ideas into practice when, almost by coincidence, he becomes royal physician to the insane King Christian VII. Soon he is also the lover of the young Queen Caroline Mathilde. The result is a disaster for all those involved.
The performance was recorded at the Copenhagen Opera and is conducted by the composer.
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Bonus material: Interviews with Bo Holten, Eva Sommestad Holten, Johan Reuter, Elisabeth Jansson, Gert Henning-Jensen
"Holten has gone to great length to achieve diversity of style without shallow opportunism and, more practically, to ensure that the voices are not swamped...Most striking of all, to me, is Struensee's monologue near the end of Act 1, where he senses his mission, and the music superbly articulates the mixture of noble intent and unease...Holten has produced a serious, thought-provoking drama and as such it is not to be missed." Gramophone Magazine, December 2011
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John Tomlinson (The Minotaur), Johan Reuter (Theseus), Christine Rice (Ariadne), Andrew Watts (Snake Priestess), Philip Langridge (Hiereus), Amanda Echalaz (Ker), Rebecca Bottone, Pumeza Matshikiza, Wendy Dawn Thompson, Christopher Ainslie, Tim Mead (Innocents)
The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Stephen Langridge (stage director)
This world premiere of a gripping new work by composer Harrison Birtwistle and librettist David Harsent, commissioned by The Royal Opera, brings the monstrous, Greek mythological character to the stage. John Tomlinson stars as the Minotaur, part man, part beast, trapped in his labyrinth and constrained by his bloodthirsty role there, longs to discover his true identity and his own voice. Athens must pay a blood sacrifice to Crete and among the innocents is Theseus, who has come to challenge the violent Minotaur, but who also attracts the attention of Ariadne, half-sister and keeper of the monster; it is with her help he succeeds. Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House.
'Thanks to a superb cast and impeccable playing under Antonio Pappano, the evening is a glittering success. …what Birtwistle has done is give us one opera inside another. The outer one is strident and earthbound; the inner one – ending with the Minotaur's Caliban-like dying aria – burns with visionary fire.' The Independent
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"This opera, premiered at the Royal Opera last April, seems to me to be a masterpiece, of the kind that one feels the greatness of before one has a complete understanding of it. …the Minotaur is a terrifying and pained figure. This performance is the climax of John Tomlinson's career, in a part written with his huge, gravelly voice in mind. The other compelling figure is Ariadne... Christine Rice, bearing the weight of exposition and of suffering, uses her wonderfully rich mezzo to stunning effect." BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 *****
"The filming reinforces the strengths of Stephen Langridge's tightly controlled, potently expressive production in an economical yet atmospheric setting, with the whole ensemble totally engaged in the drama's dark enterprise. Repeated hearings underline that, in the end, this tragedy is the more convincing for the way its turn towards pathos does not involve any false consolation." Gramophone Magazine, January 2009
"Birtwistle's latest large-scale music drama, written for Covent Garden, is a quite different experience on DVD: what might have been planned by composer and stage director to be witnessed from a distance is shown in unsparing close-up.
But this seething, monumental reinvention of one of the most disquieting Greek myths – with a pithy libretto by David Harsent – is neither betrayed nor diminished by this excellent film.
Only in its final stages does the opera's focus shift decisively to the doomed Minotaur from the scheming Ariadne, and the drama's most essential point is that this Ariadne – as different from Strauss's as Birtwistle's Orpheus is different from Gluck's – is in her own way as much of a monster as the half-man/half-bull. These demanding roles are projected with maximum musical eloquence by Christine Rice and Sir John Tomlinson, no doubt because – as Rice makes clear in the absorbing 30-minute documentary that accompanies the performance – what is demanding is also intensely rewarding to singers prepared to commit themselves to a steep learning curve. Equal commitment is evident in Johan Reuter's Theseus, the conventions of heroic posturing given new depth and relevance in text, music and vocal acting alike.
We see little of Antonio Pappano and his orchestra, but the excellent sound never lets us escape the inexorable magnetism of the instrumental continuum." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010
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Johan Reuter (baritone)
Copenhagen String Quartet
Danish world famous baritone Johan Reuter is here singing Schubert "Winterreise" in a sensational version accompanied by string quartet. Cellist of The Copenhagen String Quartet, Richard Krug, arranged the piano part and text and music never sounded better together. With his intelligent approach and deep sense of musicality Johan Reuter is probably releasing the best Winterreise ever caught in the studio.
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Marlis Petersen (Lulu), Susan Graham (Countess Geschwitz), Daniel Brenna (Alwa), Paul Groves (Painter/African Prince), Johan Reuter (Dr Schon/Jack the Ripper), Franz Grundheber (Schigolch), Julian Close (Theatre Manager/Banker), Elizabeth DeShong (Wardrobe-Mistress/Page/Schoolboy), Alan Oke (Prince/Manservant/Marquis)
Metropolitan Opera, Lothar Koenigs
Alban Berg's monumental opera Lulu, which he left unfinished when he died in 1935, had its posthumous premiere in its incomplete version in 1937, with the three-act version that has become standard premiering in 1979. The opera tells the tragic story of a young woman who, as a victim of a harsh society, torments a series of men by whom she is objectified, desired, abused, and eventually killed.
Berg adapted the libretto from Frank Wedekind's two Lulu plays, Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1904). He wrote the music using the 12-tone style conceived of his teacher, Arnold Schoenberg, but with a nod to Romanticism that makes it unusually accessible for something written by a Schoenberg disciple.
The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Alban Berg's Lulu, directed by accliamed South African visual artist William Kentridge, premiered in 2015 and starred Marlis Petersen in her final performances as Lulu, a role she has made "hers and almost hers alone" (Opera News) in 10 different productions over 18 years.
Kentridge received acclaim for his previous work at the Met directing the company premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's The Nose in 2010. This new Lulu, conducted by Lothar Koenigs, featured Susan Graham as the Countess Geschwitz, Daniel Brenna as Alwa, Paul Groves as The Painter/African Prince, Johan Reuter as Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper, and Franz Grundheber as Schigolch. Lulu's production team included co-director Luc De Wit, set designer Sabine Theunissen, costume designer Greta Goiris, lighting designer Urs Schönebaum, and projection designer Catherine Meyburgh, all of whom also worked on The Nose.
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"Koenigs ensures maximum clarity from the strings and woodwind, especially in the orchestral interludes. It's cool, clever playing that throws unusual focus on the seamy saxophone line that coils itself round each character's description of Lulu. Peterson is tirelessly intelligent and musical…there is luxury support from Susan Graham, Paul Groves and Martin Winkler…it's not a perfect performance. It's not a perfect opera. But altogether it's as fascinating as its heroine" BBC Music Magazine, February 2017 ****
"All the principals are strongly cast. There is as much frisson to Susan Graham's voluptuously sung Countess Geschwitz as there is to Johan Reuter's Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper, oozing power and entitlement from every phrase…conducting, singing, direction: they're all of a piece, working to domesticate Berg's feral beast, and making it the funniest, least absurd and most approachable Lulu on film" Gramophone Magazine, January 2017
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Johan Reuter (Saul), Ann Petersen (Mikal), Morten Staugaard (Samuel), Susanne Resmark (Witch of Endor), Leif Jone Ølberg (Abner), Signe Sneh Schreiber (Abishai), Niels-Jorgen Riis (David), Michael Kristensen (Jonathan)
The Royal Danish Orchestra & The Royal Danish Opera Chorus, Michael Schønwandt
This DVD presents a spectacular new production of Carl Nielsen's dramatic debut opera, Saul & David from 1901 - a production marking the Royal Danish Opera's celebration of the composer's 150th anniversary in 2015.
King Saul, bitterly jealous of young David, who won the favour of the people by defeating the giant Goliath, is staged in a highly original fashion by acclaimed English director and Nielsen enthusiast David Pountney, who updates the Biblical story to our own time, lending it psychological and political undertones.
The performance is conducted by Nielsen expert Michael Schønwandt and presents an array of Denmark's leading singers with Johan Reuter in the demanding role of King Saul, Niels-Jørgen Riis as David and Ann Petersen as his beloved Mikal.
"Johan Reuter is overwhelmingly good in what may be the best role of his life." Opernwelt
"The renowned Nielsen interpreter Michael Schønwandt conducted with great love for the music that never smothered it: drawing warm and polished playing from the orchestra, he gave the impression of really channeling and shaping the music as it pulsed through him" Opera Magazine
Total duration: 2h 12min (132 minutes)
Booklet essays by director David Pountney and Nielsen scholar Knud Ketting
"Michael Schønwandt's expansive conducting conveys its epic scale and lyrical sweep…[Johann Reuter is] excellent here…his stage presence, arrogant yet vulnerable, is compelling. Niels-Jorgen Riis sings and portrays David more ardently than most…[and] Michael Kristensen makes a stronger than usual impression as the put-upon Jonathan…this is a strong performance which works well on screen." BBC Music Magazine ****
"a riveting performance by Johan Reuter in both voice and acted intensity...Pountney's direction and the conducting of Michael Schonwandt help make much of characters who might easily remain sinecures...Orchestra and conductor unroll their home composer's score with richness and dexterity...Hugely recommended." Gramophone Magazine, March 2016
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Johan Reuter (baritone), Jan Philip Schulze (piano), Denise Beck (soprano), Clemens Hund-Göschel (piano)
Ars Nova Copenhagen, Michael Bojesen
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Johan Reuter, Stephen Milling, Niels-Jørgen Riis, Dénise Beck, Anne Margrethe Dahl, Ditte Højgaard Andersen, Guido Paevatalu
Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Michael Schønwandt
Carl Nielsen's vivid comedy opera Maskarade has enjoyed a natural status as Denmark's national opera ever since its first performance at the Royal Danish Opera in 1906.
On this recording, Nielsen expert Michael Schønwandt leads a sparkling cast of today's finest Nielsen singers and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra through the delightful yet stirring comedy plot.
Recorded in the ideal acoustic of DR Koncerthuset, this is the 21st century's first studio recording of Nielsen's much-loved opera, appropriately released to celebrate the Danish composer's 150th anniversary.
"here's a cast (led by Johan Reuter and Niels Jorgen Riis) whose singing brings the comedy to life under the expert baton of Michael Schonwandt. Enjoy two hours of top-notch light music and brush up your Danish in the process." The Times, 17th July 2015 ****
"Nielsen's anniversary invites us to reassess the composer with new recordings, in this case a fourth – and successful – outing on disc for Maskarade...The new performance, like all previous rivals, builds on the strength of home casting at the work's alma mater, the Royal Danish Opera...there's a suitably towering comic monster performance from Stephen Milling." Gramophone Magazine, August 2015
"The mighty bass Stephen Milling catches the ageing paterfamilias Jeronimus's comically fallible humanity likeable…Denise Beck and Ditte Højgaard Andersen as love interests Leonora and her maid Pernille are excellent, as are the many character roles. Michael Schønwandt conducts with great detail and sweep." BBC Music Magazine, September 2015
"When played and sung like this, by a cast, conductor and orchestra who clearly relish every bar, it is hard not to be swept along by the warmth and generosity of spirit of the music...All squeeze the maximum dramatic juice out of what the score gives them; they may be stock comic characters, but the feelings with which Nielsen invests them are real enough." The Guardian, 16th September 2015 ***
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Paul Grindlay (bass-baritone), Katherine Hill (soprano), Matthew White (counter-tenor), John Holloway (violin), Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Manfredo Kraemer (violin), Johan Reuter (bass), Volker Ellenberger (organ), Julia Brown (organ), Wolfgang Rubsam (organ), Craig Cramer (organ), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Marion Newman (mezzo-soprano), Nancy Reynolds (alto), Estaban Cambre (bass), David Nortman (tenor), Jane Archibald (soprano), Michele de Boer (soprano), Anne L'Esperance (soprano), James McLennan (tenor), Giles Tomkins (bass-baritone), Colin Ainsworth (tenor), Christopher Dawes (organ), Christine Stelmacovich (alto), Curtis Streetman (bass), Tracy Smith Bessette (soprano), J. Reilly Lewis (organ), Anna Holbling (violin), Daniela Ruso (harpsichord), Jan Slavik (cello), Quido Holbling (violin), Vladimir Ruso (organ), Lucy van Dael (violin), Bob van Asperen (organ), Francois Fernandez (baroque violin), Glen Wilson (harpsichord), Ludovit Kanta (cello), Anthony Camden (oboe), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (organ)
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Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Rückert-Lieder)
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Joris Derder (baritone), Luc Tooten (cello), Johan Reuter (baritone), Sarah van Mol (soprano) & Hilde Venken (soprano)
Flemish Radio Choir, Bo Holten
Venus' Wheel is a medieval symbolic framework for this collection of choral works by Bo Holten. Himself a renowned conductor, Holten leads the Flemish Radio Choir on a passionate journey through the many facets of love using the whole of musical history as a sounding board for his own contemporary idiom.
"As an unashamed neo-romantic, Holten responds magnificently to a wider range of love lyrics throughout the album...In terms of pure vocal pleasure, Holten's arrangements of one of Mahler's Rückert-Lieder takes the first prize...Well worth exploring." Gramophone Magazine, May 2013
"The performances under the composer's own direction must surely be definitive. Certainly there need be no reservations on account of the performance standards since the Flemish Radio Choir here shows itself to be a highly accomplished and flexible ensemble. The recorded sound is very good, showing the performances in the best possible light" MusicWeb International, 2nd May 2013
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* 20 pct dlr cut vs yuan has no short-term U.S. jobs impact
* U.S. budget deficit cut would drive up unemployment
GENEVA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - A revaluation of China's currency against the dollar would have little short-term impact on U.S. jobs, but a cut in the U.S. budget deficit could push up unemployment sharply, the International Labour Organisation said on Friday.
The study by the U.N. work agency looked at two of the most pressing issues in U.S. politics ahead of November's mid-term elections -- efforts to force China to revalue its yuan currency to defend jobs in the United States and how fast and how far the budget deficit should be cut after the post-crisis stimulus.
A credible realignment of exchange rates could be part of a process to rebalance the global economy, but a currency realignment on its own was unlikely to suffice, the ILO said in its annual World of Work report. CNY=CFXS
The ILO said a 20 percent nominal depreciation of the dollar against the yuan would actually increase the U.S. unemployment rate by 0.1 percentage points over two years, with a negative impact in the first year offset by some job gains in the second.
China's own unemployment rate would go up by 1.8 percentage points, it said.
Conversely a two percentage point cut in the U.S. fiscal deficit as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) would push the U.S. unemployment rate up by 3.1 percentage points over two years.
The study concludes that the best way to rebalance the global economy is a "rebalancing" of Asian economies, with improved social protection and a 10 percent wage rise.
That would cut the global unemployment rate -- currently about 6.5 percent -- by 0.3 percentage points over two years, against a 1.2 percentage point increase from the U.S. budget cut and a 0.1 percentage point rise from yuan appreciation.
But even Asian rebalancing would only shave 0.1 percentage points off the U.S. unemployment rate, it said.


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School personnel charged with teaching students with exceptional needs at times reduce their expectations in seemingly benevolent ways. The author introduces a term, "benevolent ableism", adapted from "benevolent racism" that assumes that so called "caring" behavior actually leads to repression, dependence, and reduced expectation about one's true potential based on race, along with "ablesim" which leads to "devaluation of disability" resulting in unfair assessment of one's potential based on disability. Hehir (2002) defines "ableism" as the "devaluation of disability" that "results in societal attitudes that uncritically assert that it is better for a child to walk than roll, speak than sign, read print than read Braille, spell independently than use a spell-check, and hang out with nondisabled kids as opposed to other disabled kids". The author offers teacher comments such as "this is my low (academic) group, but they try so hard" or "they may not know much, but they will know how to respect others from this class" as indicative of "benevolent ablesim". This construct inadvertently creates tension for those who love or work with students with disabilities, because it fosters diminished expectation and denies the varied humanity inherent in us all.
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Hyundai is ranked 4th behind Porsche, Jaguar, and Lexus in the 2014 Initial Quality Study put out by JD Power and Associates. "We are thrilled to be ranked amongst such premium automakers," says Mark Medinger, owner of Savannah Hyundai. "Hyundai is quickly becoming a premium brand in the eyes of drivers everywhere." The three vehicles awarded in the study are the 2014 Hyundai Genesis, 2014 Hyundai Accent, and the 2014 Hyundai Elantra.
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Hyundai Motor Company receives an impressive 5 segment awards for the 2014 Hyundai Accent, Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Genesis, Kia Cadenza, and Kia Sportage.
2014 Hyundai Accent. This car took the prize in the Small Car segment of the Initial Quality Study. It may be small, but it packs a lot of oomph. It is ranked amongst the best in overall quality, powertrain, design, features and accessories. Find out more by checking out Savannah Hyundai's inventory.
2014 Hyundai Elantra. This car was awarded the top spot in the Compact Car segment of the Initial Quality Study. "The Elantra has been one of our best-selling cars for years," says Medinger. New options include a 7-inch color touch-screen navigation system, Blue Link connectivity and Assurance Connected Care services, Pandora Internet radio, LED running lights and taillights. See what's on the lot at Savannah Hyundai.
2014 Hyundai Genesis. This car was chosen as the best in the Midsize Premium segment of the study. It competed with the 2014 Lincoln MKS, 2014 BMW 640i Convertible, BMW 650i Coupe, and Lexus GS 350 sedan. The standard features of the Hyundai Genesis include airbag occupancy sensor, automatic air conditioning, 18" aluminum wheels, cruise control, ABS and driveline traction control, electronic stability. Check out Savannah Hyundai' selection of this premium vehicle.
About the JD Power 2014 Initial Quality Study
For 28 years, JD Power and Associates has ranked vehicles based on the first 90 days of ownership. According to the study, "Initial quality is determined by the number of problems experienced per 100 vehicles (PP100), with a lower score reflecting higher quality." Overall, JD Power saw an increase in problems this year over last year. In 2013, the average score was 113 PP100, this year there was a 3% increase to 116 PP100. The increase in problems among all-new vehicles is found mainly in the areas of voice recognition, Bluetooth pairing and audio systems.
According the press release from JD Power, "the 2014 U.S. Initial Quality Study is based on responses from more than 86,000 purchasers and lessees of new 2014 model-year vehicles surveyed after 90 days of ownership. The study is based on a 233-question battery designed to provide manufacturers with information to facilitate the identification of problems and drive product improvement."
About Savannah Hyundai
Savannah Hyundai is Georgia's Flagship Hyundai dealership. It is located at 7011 Abercorn St Savannah, Ga 31406. Savannah Hyundai is open 7 days a week. Stop by today!


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In hues of blue, village weaves way to the world
Producing the Leu ethnic group's products using traditional, natural methods is bringing fame to the Natural Weaving Dyeing Group from Hongsa district in Xayaboury province as it attracts an increasingly diverse international market.
Regular customers and new fans alike are learning to love the distinct blues drawn from the leaves of the hom tree used to colour cotton in a process called Nin dyeing.
The products made by the group consist of tablecloths, sashes, bags, tea towels and household decorations.
The vibrant hues are not only attracting customers from Laos but further afield from neighbouring Cambodia and Thailand and as far away as Japan, North America and Europe.
Representative of the group, Ms Saengdao Oudomsinh, spoke to this reporter during the recent Lao-Vietnam Trade Fair in Vientiane where she was at the booth promoting her community's products.
She explained that making even a single completed weaved item required both handicraft skills and traditional processing abilities, as well as patience and attention to detail.
She said there was the increasingly diverse range of customers seeking distinctive styles.
Some come seeking silk products which are of the highest quality, and these are certainly available at excellent value (if not cheap) prices.
Others prefer cotton weaved products which are also made with natural dyes and using traditional skills.
Ms Saengdao highlighted the reasonable price of the product range whose sale creates additional income for the group members.
Importantly and proudly for us, Leu traditional weaving products have become famous not only in Laos but also increasingly in international markets, she said.
Ms Saengdao said that she was happy and proud to be joining other women in contributing to preserving the traditional skills and products of the Leu ethnic group while creating extra income for their families.
Primarily employed in agricultural and livestock production, today some 60 out of 160 households in Viengkeo village have joined the Natural Weaving Dyeing Group to produce cotton weaved products as an additional earner in response to high market demand.
Women from the village established the Natural Weaving Dyeing Group in 2010, aimed at promoting Leu traditional weaving by developing products for sale.
The provincial Industry and Commerce Department has supported the group by explaining how to produce good quality products consistently to closely match market demand.
Japanese Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) dispatched by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have also helped to advise on variety of issues such as product matching, markets and quality control in order to allow the community to maximise returns on their efforts. After stringently following the guidelines on product standards and quality management the Natural Weaving Dyeing Group received the certificate of One District One Product' (ODOP) earlier this year.
Ms Saengdao has observed that customers who come to buy products from her group do so because they like the unique and handmade feel.
The group uses only traditional natural processing techniques to manage cotton plantings, cloth spinning and cotton dyeing.
These products are creating fame for clothing from the predominately Leu village of Viengkeo in Hongsa district, and growing their customer base.
Furthermore, Viengkeo village was listed as the very first model cultural village in Xayaboury province which has proved of assistance in promoting ODOP products from this group in the years following.
Viengkeo is located about 100 km from the provincial capital, and it takes about two hours by car from Luang Prabang to the community.
Be sure to drop on and check out their wares if you are in the province, or look out for their items on sale in the capital and other major centres at home and abroad.
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Los Angeles County - Commercial PACE (California)
Last modified on December 17, 2014.
Financial Incentive Program
| California
|Los Angeles County - Commercial PACE
|Incentive Type
|PACE Financing
|Applicable Sector
|Eligible Technologies
|Lighting, Lighting Controls/Sensors, Chillers, Furnaces, Boilers, Heat pumps, Central Air conditioners, Programmable Thermostats, Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls, Windows, Motors, Motor-ASDs/VSDs, Custom/Others pending approval, Solar Water Heat, Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Fuel Cells using Renewable Fuels
|Active Incentive
|Implementing Sector
|Energy Category
| Renewable Energy Incentive Programs, Energy Efficiency Incentive Programs
| http://lapace.org/
|DSIREDatabase of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency[1]
Businesses in Los Angeles County may be eligible for the county's Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program. PACE programs allow businesses to finance energy and water efficiency projects which are repaid through a special assessment on the business's property taxes. The property must be located within Los Angeles County, and within the boundaries of a city that has adopted a resolution to join the County-wide PACE district . The technologies listed above are examples of eligible improvements, but other technologies that are permanently affixed to the property, and have proven energy or water savings, may be eligible on a case-by-case basis. The LA County Commercial PACE Program utilizes an "open market" approach, where property owners may negotiate project-specific terms with the PACE investor of their choice, including banks that holds the first mortgages..
More information is available on the web site above.
Incentive Contact
|Contact Name
| LA PACE Program Administrator
| (877) 785-2237
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CLT20: Neil Broom's special ton blows Perth Scorchers away at Jaipur
Neil Broom's unbeaten on 117 off just 56 balls, only the fifth century in CLT20 history and the third highest individual score, helped Otago Volts score a 62-run win over Perth Scorchers in a Group A game at Jaipur.
Neil Broom, who has had a quiet time in India so far in the Champions League Twenty20 2013 qualifiers and the New Zealand A series before that, chose the right moment to blaze into form and into the record books, leading a 62-run Otago Volts demolition of Perth Scorchers at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday (September 25). (Match highlights | Match Scorecard | Match pics)
Broom batted through the Otago innings after they had been put in by Simon Katich, the Perth captain, and walked off unbeaten on 117 off just 56 balls, only the fifth century in CLT20 history and the third highest individual score. Otago comfortably topped Royal Challengers Bangalore's 215 for 8 in 2011 as the previous highest team score in the CLT20, racking up a massive 242 for 4 against the hapless Perth bowlers who didn't know what hit them when Broom, in the company of Ryan ten Doeschate (66 off 26), cut loose. (It was a special knock, says Neil Broom)
Perth were never in the running for the unlikely target, and could only manage 180 for 6, pushing Otago to six points in Group A alongwith a healthy net run-rate.
Perth had two brief moments in the match, both in Otago's innings, when they looked in the contest. At the start, Joel Paris, bowling in his first Twenty20 match, debuted with a double-wicket maiden in the third over of the match, including the scalp of Brendon McCullum, the Otago captain, out first ball. At 9 for 2 after three overs, Otago were under pressure and there was a spring in the Perth fielders' steps.
However, Derek de Boorder decided on attack as the best form of defence against a bunch of inexperienced players in a 67-run third-wicket stand with Broom, who had looked in good nick from the start.
Boorder (45 off 28) fell victim to his own adventurous batting, bowled through the gate by Adam Voges immediately after having hit a four and a six off the bowler. Voges could have had Doeschate with the first ball of his next over, but Ashton Turner made a mess of a lofted on-drive with Otago 82 for 3 in 11 overs. That brief window gone, the match was headed only Otago's way.
Doeschate's bat seemed to have only a middle, while Broom was picking off boundaries at will. The Perth bowlers lengths went badly awry. Attempted yorkers and slower balls only resulted in a surfeit of full tosses that were dispatched, to go with deliveries in the slot, waiting to be swatted away. Both Doeschate and Broom duly obliged in a manic 128-run stand that came off a mere eight overs - Doeschate reaching his half-century off 21 balls along the way.
Broom, on 87 when the 19th over began with Otago 204 for 4, took Paris apart, reaching his hundred with the second of three sixes on the trot off 51 balls - another CLT20 record.
The first over of Perth's chase resulted in two wickets, including Liam Davis out off the first ball, and Ashton Agar, sent in at the top of the order, falling after a four and a six. When Katich was run out off a direct hit to make it 11 for 3 in the second over, the writing was on the wall for Perth.
Hilton Cartwright provided some resistance, batting at No.5 and scoring an unbeaten 54-ball 73, but the main result of his innings was only a reduction in the margin of defeat for Perth.
Before this match, Brad Hogg, who wasn't included in the Perth XI, had indicated this tournament would be a learning curve for a young squad, and on Wednesday, they got a sharp lesson in bowling at the death against rampaging batsmen. The last nine overs of Otago's innings fetched 160 runs, with the least expensive over going for 14. The rare dot ball was the most exciting event, with boundaries commonplace. Faced with such an onslaught, there was only one possible outcome in the match.


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Apr 21 2017 by Michele Stevens
By adding multi-user support, Home, which is powered by Google Assistant, can recognize up to six different users' voices and provide them with information that's specific to them.
Confusing different voices isn't that big of a deal because Google is still pretty skittish about actually doing things to your Google account through the device. Google said those phrases are analyzed by a neural network that can detect certain characteristics of a person's voice in a matter of milliseconds.
Google Home is, for the uninitiated, a smart home speaker similar to the Amazon Echo. There appears to be some sort of training program to teach Google Home your voice print, and from there it's good to go. Anyone who walks into our homes can say, "OK, Google", or "Hey, Alexa" and get access to whatever they want, from upcoming appointments to the kind of music we like, even addressing them by your name. "We're just getting started and we won't be flawless", the statement said. Users on the latest version of the Google Home app should be able to link additional accounts to the Google Home by opening up the app and looking for a card that states "multi-user is available". So, when you ask Google Assistant for help going forward, it'll be able to distinguish your voice from your son's or husband's or daughter's or roommate's and switch to the right account.
Google's personal assistant just got more personal.
Earlier this month, a report suggested, that Google Home would soon support multiple users.
Pakistani PM must appear before new investigative team, court rules
Almeida said the prime minister's main vulnerability was the continuing electricity crisis, which he had been unable to solve. The case date backs to the major leak by Panama-based Mossack Fonseca law firm which named Sharif's daughter and two sons.
BJP Will Try to Come to Power in Odisha in 2019 : Naidu
Gadkari said, during the meeting, Muslim women who are facing difficulties on the issue of triple talaq, was also discussed. The BJP national president said he would spend three days in Kerala as part of the organisational expansion drive.
Apple and Nike are releasing a limited edition Apple Watch Series 2
The NikeLab Innovation x Innovators logo appears on the inside of the Apple Watch NikeLab band, in 38mm and 42mm options. Apple Watch Series 2 has a water resistance rating of 50 meters under ISO standard 22810:2010.
Google has announced that Google Home now supports multiple users.
Google notes that this multi-user support is available only in the USA for now, with the United Kingdom getting the feature in "the coming months".
Google's voice-distinction feature, however, won't prevent unauthorized users from activating the assistant, as long as Home's microphone is turned on.
Hours after the advertisement made the rounds, Google Home stopped responding to the man's voice in the advertisement, asking: "OK Google, tell me about the Whopper burger".
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Teaching EntrepreneurshipPosted by Tim Askew in Blog, Corporate Rain, Entrepreneurship, Teaching, tags: Anita Roddick, Dr. Noam Wasserman, Good Business, Harvard Business School, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, The Body Shop, Victor Hwang, Wall Street Journal
Entrepreneurship is cool these days. It's study is booming in universities. Pardon me if I look askance at the phenomenon.
Teaching entrepreneurship was considered in the WSJ on March 19, 2012 (P. 4, sec. R) in dueling articles titled "Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?" It juxtaposes the thoughts of Dr. Noam Wasserman, Harvard Business School, and Victor Hwang, Silicone Valley venture capitalist. To oversimplify, Wasserman believes you can teach entrepreneurs to use studied evidence to avoid the shoals of common entrepreneurial failure by teaching informed technical processes and preempting historic start-up mistakes. He states, "We can teach founders to use [data] to avoid common hazards." His belief is that an entrepreneur can be taught much like an accountant, an engineer, a doctor, or a lawyer.
Victor Hwang, on the other hand, feels entrepreneurship can't be taught. Mostly because it is simply messy. It requires a lived life and a broad personal experience to deal with wide-ranging problems like the daily unexpected and unprecedented, or the unquantifiable. He also states, "Leading a start-up also demands a deep understanding of people that can only come from real world experience."
For me, Mr. Hwang clearly wins the argument over the teachability of entrepreneurship, despite the hordes of students currently piling into entrepreneurial courses. (For more on this, see my blog of Oct. 17, 2011-"MBAs, Whaling, and Entrepreneurship.") I know very few of my entrepreneurial brothers and sisters that would not agree with Mr. Hwang. But I also believe both he and Dr. Wasserman are arguing penultimates of the entrepreneurial experience.
So how can one prepare for entrepreneurship if it can't be formally taught?
I would say that the entrepreneurial quest is at heart a spiritual quest, even among entrepreneurial atheists. You can and should study everything in that quest: from physics, to poetry, to philosophy, to history, to economics, to biology. Study anything and everything. Except entrepreneurship.
There is a spirit-sucking anomie afoot in the world that bespeaks meaninglessness. The popularity of the idea of entrepreneurship comes from a deep and universal longing to impart real personal meaning to existence. A self-generated business is a way to craft your own meaning, your own truth, your own freedom, and your own rapture of being alive. It is, perhaps, a low-level search for God in a confusing world that God ofttimes seems to have left.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, in his book "Good Business" talks of the importance of "flow (centeredness) to a creative businessman. He states, "At its most fulfilling a career in business involves a series of steps in which one takes on ever greater responsibility, making it possible to experience increasing flow for many years….It is not too far-fetched to suggest that the growth of businesses is in large part the result of their leaders' need to grow as persons." (2003, Viking Peguin, p. 64)
When asked what advice she would give to a young person planning a business, British entrepreneur and founder of The Body Shop, Anita Roddick, says: "Listen, don't even talk about business–don't be controlled by language. Bury it. Talk about a livelihood that you can create for yourself, an honorable livelihood that gives you freedom."
How do you teach that at Harvard? Thank you, Anita.


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Several years ago, I made a trio of sock monkeys just for fun. Since then, they have lived on my desk in my studio. Sometimes they would hide in goofy places for piano students to find and occasionally, they would
Judging NFMC
Last weekend I had a the privilege to serve as a judge for the NFMC piano competition in a nearby town. I always love hearing students perform a polished piece of music. Everyone was very well prepared and it was
Piano Olympics Recap
On Saturday, my friend Adam from Tulsa Piano Lessons and I hosted a Piano Olympics event for our students. It was a great morning and it was fun to see our students coming together to flex their music theory muscles!We