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you've got style | house of dagmar basic instinct
Black and white is always something that appeals to us.
Especially this beautiful campaign Basic instinct from House of Dagmar
House of dagmar is a swedish fashion company and run jointly by tree sisters.
All with notable background within Swedish and international fashion industry
We say it often but we just love the scandinavian style,
it's unconventional and sophisticated.
Photography - Tobias Lundkvist
Styling - Linn Hägglund
You've got style
december give away month: vipp part 2
It's time for the 3rd give away of this month..
On this 2nd sunday of Advent, we've got the second give away of the amazing brand Vipp.
And we have to tell you,
last week we were invited by Vipp, to visit their flagship store in Copenhagen.
We had a wonderful day and we got to know Vipp a little better..
we are even more in love with the brand.
More about this trip later on the blog, now it's time for the give away.
We are giving away the trivets of Vipp.
What do you have to do?
Answer to the underneath question by mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
Everyone who participate, will automatically sign up for the April & May and Vipp newsletter.
Of course you can leave a comment why you would like to win the trivets,
but don't leave the answer in the comment :)
Everyone who participate, will automatically sign up for the April & May and Vipp newsletter.
Of course you can leave a comment why you would like to win the trivets,
but don't leave the answer in the comment :)
Here a little bit about the design of the trivets:
'The inspiration for the design came from toothed wheels characterized by their fit and solid materials. The result is two fitted wheels in durable materials providing a functional kitchen tool with clear references to other products in our portfolio.' - Morten Bo Jensen, Chief Designer at Vipp.
Multiple choice:
The trivets are...
1] lasercut in 3 mm solid stainless steel
2] stamped out in a 5 mm aluminium plate
3] welded from a zinc plate
have a cozy saturday
Let's have a cozy saturday, with lots of winter accessories.
Since we were in Copenhagen last week, I really got in the winter mood,
trying to make our home as much warm and cozy as possible,
with lots of candles and reindeer skins.
Want some Christmas inspiration for you home? Check our XMAS section in the shop..
Enjoy your weekend..!
xoxo Vivian
See all the images by Martin Guggisberg at Dwell
Christmas table
Do you remember our Christmas shopping night at Intratuin a few weeks ago?
We had so much fun looking at the collection and choosing our favorites.
Intratuin is a Dutch garden centre with a very large collection of Christmas items
in 4 different style groups.
There really is something for everyone because of this large range and variety.
We loved the neutral and wooden items with a little touch of gold.
But you should always look at products in a different way when you go shopping.
We also selected a range of little houses and animals that we would maybe
not have selected in the first place.
We have painted them gold and now they are perfectly fitting into our Christmas table setting.
Choose your materials and colors and bring together your favorite items
to create your own little Christmas story.
For the table cloth we have used the X shape on a candle holder as a stamp.
Use the large wooden stars as coasters, drop some little golden star confetti
and you have the perfect base for a great Christmas table.
We hope you will be inspired by our use of these Christmas products.
Look in a different way when you are searching for items and you will get the perfect result.
Next week we will show you part two of our Christmas table.
If you are still looking for decorations you should really check out
the collection at Intratuin and get yourself into the Cristmas mood.
All products from Intratuin
time for candles
It's the time of the year that you can light a candle all day long..
Over at the shop Studiodewinkel.nl you can find a lot of candle holders.
Our favorites have we shown above.. we love the use of materials in these beautiful objects.
Have a wonderful day.. with beautiful lights...
december give away month: menu
Today it's time for the 2nd give away of this month..
As you may already know, we love the brand Menu, especially now they have changed
their brand identity, which looks great and fits their products perfectly.
Luckily, I think, the people over at Menu like us as well.. and they would love to treat
you readers to some of their new products.
So we are giving away 2 sets of POV wall candle holders in light grey.
What do you have to do?
- Leave a comment on this post, why you would like to win.
- Like MENU on facebook.
xoxo April and May & Menu
PS. You can still enter the Vipp give away until sunday...
the white retreat
An all white studio apartment in Barcelona, who would not want that?
Colombo and Serboli Architecture were commissioned to create a clean and quiet space.
The owner of the apartment wants an open space, furnished with
a few carefully selected objects.
The space contains a combined living room and bedroom, with a small kitchenette and
badroom on one side that can be hidden away behind a sliding door and folding panel,
how awesome is that?
The tiled walls in the kitchen is our favorite, because the space is so white and tight,
it's nice that the kitchen stands out in a subtle way.
you've got style | Lauren Manoogian
This is a small peek in the AW13 lookbook of Lauren Manoogian.
Lauren studied textile design at Rhode Island of Design. First she started her jewelry line
and later she began a knitwear collection which consists of scarves and tops.
We really love this sophisticated and super soft knitwear.
Also the jewelry gives it a interesting contrast and makes the clothes even more powerful.
The colors used are so easy to combine with all of your clothes.
Almost everything is made on a organically base.
Especially this scarves is definitely on our wish list.
you've got style
Photographer - Darroch Putnam
december give way month: vipp
* This give away is closed *
It's the December 1st, the first sunday of Advent...
We love this time of the year: candle lights in your home, good food with family and friends,
and.. Christmas presents :)
We are happy to announce that we have 8 (!!! ) give aways this month, with 4 give aways from
one of our favorite brands Vipp.
Vipp is to us just perfect simplicity, pure design.. Just how we expect Danish design to be.
And it's also a very old company, which started on a Sunday in 1931.
Because of our love for Vipp and because of the great people over at Vipp,
we got the have these give aways.. Starting with a beautiful salt & pepper set.
So, what do you have to do to win this salt & pepper set from Vipp?
Answer to the underneath question by mail to email@example.com
Everyone who participate, will automatically sign up for the April & May and Vipp newsletter.
Of course you can leave a comment why you would like to win the salt & pepper set,
but don't leave the answer in the comment :)
Everyone who participate, will automatically sign up for the April & May and Vipp newsletter.
Of course you can leave a comment why you would like to win the salt & pepper set,
but don't leave the answer in the comment :)
So.. 'In the design process, Vipp often perceive a product as a tool, which will be used to produce
or achieve something. A tool that should preferably have a long lifetime. The Vipp salt and pepper mill is designed based on this line of thinking. As a result of strong materials, a ceramic grinder and particular focus on the sound experience, it is a tool that highlights the experience of quality every single time is used' - Morten Bo Jensen, Chief Designer at Vipp.
Multiple choice:
In 2012 Vipp launched upscaled it's collection with a new product matching the original bin,
which product?
1] a toilet
2] a kitchen
3] a shower cabinet
Find here a hint for the correct answer..
We hope that you like to start of our give away month..
April and May & Vipp
cheers to a happy saturday
Monday we will be going for a two-day trip to Copenhagen,
where we will be meeting a lot of people and creating beautiful things at the Vipp flagship store. Looking forward to it!
Just want to wish you a great weekend..
And taking the opportunity to stand still with all the beautiful things we are doing at the moment...
With love for my dear friend and partner in crime Jantine.
xoxo Vivian
Print Studio Sjoesjoe
april and may hearts
Our 2 last two weeks on Instagram..
With lots of tea in the studio, hints of gold and party-feelings.
We have been busy shooting ZARA, Christmas images for the shop,
Christmas shopping for the Intratuin project, some secret meetings..
and of course quality time with our family and friends.
Keep on following us at Instagram..
With love,
Christmas shopping at Intratuin
Are you already getting in the Christmas mood? It is almost december so yes we are...
Last week we went to a great pre-Christmas shopping event at Dutch garden centre Intratuin.
Together with fellow bloggers Vosgesparis, Interiorator and Yvestown
we had a great evening with lots of Christmas products, inspiration and fun.
We have made a selection of our favorite Christmas products
and next week we will show how we use these items to create a Christmas setting.
We have transformed some of the products and hope you will be inspired to create your own
Christmas sphere with products you might never have considered buying in the first place.
And of course we would love to show you the little movie that was made
during this great evening.
We hope this brings a little bit of Christmas to you already.
soft white
Familiarly, quiet & bright, these 3 words were the main requirements for this apartment.
And we think it worked out so well.
This apartment is located in a popular area in Wiesbaden.
Studio Oink creates concepts for houses and many more.
The atmosphere is lightful with a subtle addition of natural elements like old furniture
and natural materials.
A lot off the furniture are specially designed for this apartment so they can make optimal
use of the rooms.
The combination of old and new gives your home always a kind of character
and thats what we love about this apartment.
article - thisispaper
zara mini lookbook: It's magic
We are very proud to show you the 4th ZARA mini lookbook.
With Holidays coming these clothes are perfect for your little ones.
For this lookbook we have created a magic kind of feeling with a
little bit of party spirit in our minds. It is always such fun creating the images
and working with the cutest clothes and little shoes...
Take a look at the complete lookbook here. We hope you enjoy it!
images ZARA | styling APRIL AND MAY | photography JAMES STOKES


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Ask the Expert!
Dr. Pete
Dear Dr. Pete: How can we do B2B research? We have a consumer panel, right? -H. B. Pencil Dear H. B.: You ask a very good question. As we all know, B2B research is about contacting people because of what they do rather than who they are. Traditionally, this has meant calling companies and asking for the relevant person. This approach is quite expensive and time—consuming—after all, haven't we all got better things to do at work than answer questions? Of course when the person asking you what you've been up to recently is your boss, the above doesn't apply. Anyway—what do you suppose happens to all those working people after 5:30? That's right. They go home and become consumers just like you and me. At this point, they are keen to have someone ask them questions—if only to get away from the kids. So it becomes cheaper and quicker to interview working people outside the home. There is a theoretical advantage to conducting B2B work outside the workplace. Imagine we wanted to interview secretaries. We could buy a list of companies and telephone the switchboard and say, "Can I speak to a secretary please?" Yes," the operator would reply, "we have hundreds. Whom do you want?" "Uhhh, dunno." In sampling terms, we would have a non-equal probability sample. Each company has an equal probability of selection. If you are a secretary working for a large company, however, you personally have a low probability of being selected, while if you are the only secretary you have a higher probability of being selected. So the resulting sample is not necessarily representative of all secretaries. Imagine now that we wait until after 5:30. All the secretaries line up outside work and we sample every nth—now we have an equal probability sample. This is the same as using a consumer panel. All you need to do to get a representative sample of secretaries is select a large representative N and invite only those people within the N who are secretaries. Be careful not just to pull off any old secretary from the panel. Remember, the panel itself is biased in terms of age. We can't set quotas on age and gender of secretaries because we don't know these statistics. Consequently, for common job types, interviewing off a consumer panel is a better methodology than interviewing at work. Unfortunately, researchers are much more interested in interviewing executive job types like IT Directors and MDs. In this instance we run into practical issues. Such people are rich, time poor and (usually) averse to market research. Why then would such people join a consumer MR panel? And are those that do join typical of all IT Directors? At this point it starts to make sense to build a specialist panel. We recruit IT Directors, for example, to be in a special panel with some suitable reward, in return for which they undertake surveys for us during their non-working hours. We get the research, they don't get bothered during the work day and they don't get asked about soap powder and other ephemera-simple! All we need to do is find a suitable sample source and the right reward...hey, maybe that's not so simple after all. The third issue with which we need to contend is when the researcher is interested in getting the views of the company. In this instance, the people themselves are pretty much irrelevant. It is because they occupy a particular position in a particular company that we want to interview them. Here the advantage of the consumer panel becomes its disadvantage. Staying with the secretaries, let's say now we only want to interview one secretary per company. The company that employs many secretaries has a higher probability of selection and there is a probability of duplication. The company that only employs one has a lower chance of selection. Our sample may not be representative of all companies. We can set quotas on company size, type and maybe location, but these statistics are incredibly difficult to find. Questions then to ask when thinking about B2B research are:
Good luck!
-Dr. Pete

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In 1912, a ragtag orchestra of 32 musicians made its debut in a Fort Worth church. Many of the assembled players had been culled from the saloons and theaters of Hell's Half Acre, the still-thriving district of ill repute in what was then a dusty prairie town.
A century later, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has 65 full-time and eight part-time members -- musicians from 17 countries and five continents, many of them graduates of the world's finest music schools and conservatories. Since it opened in 1998, the majestic Bass Performance Hall downtown has been the symphony's permanent home. Its conductor is the dashing, talented and internationally sought-after Miguel Harth-Bedoya.On a winter night in 2008, Harth-Bedoya's orchestra made a triumphant debut at Carnegie Hall, earning thunderous ovations from a near-sellout crowd and rave reviews from New York critics. After nearly a century, the FWSO was being mentioned among the top tier of American orchestras, such as those in New York, Boston, Chicago and Cleveland.And, at home, it was being held up as the crown jewel of a thriving local arts community, an example to other arts groups both artistically and financially.But today, as the company commemorates its centennial, the FWSO's artistic dreams are often overshadowed by less romantic matters -- filling seats, wiping away deficits and fighting for relevance in an ever-shifting marketplace.The same year that began with Carnegie Hall magic ended with a historic economic downturn, touching off the most trying four years in the FWSO's modern era. The symphony lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, virtually overnight. That led to bitter labor negotiations in 2010, which ended when musicians reluctantly agreed to a whopping 13 percent pay cut.Longtime FWSO President Ann Koonsman, who retired last year, admits that nobody saw it coming."I think Carnegie Hall made us feel ... bulletproof," she said. "But the reality is, we were all vulnerable to the economic downturn."Sitting across the table from musicians in the 2010 negotiations, she said, she began to fear for the FWSO's future."Well, you know, there were those deep, dark moments when fear would take over and eyes get big and you hear bumps in the dark and you think, 'Oh, gosh. We're ruined. We'll never pull through,'" Koonsman said recently. "But, in reality, this orchestra has been going for a hundred years. We'll have our ups and we'll have our downs. But because we're timeless in what we offer, I think we'll never be obsolete."In 2011, Amy Adkins succeeded Koonsman. In the symphony offices a few weeks ago, she chuckled when asked to describe her tenure so far."Stressful, challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, painful."Today, the company still operates slightly in the red, but the worst seems over, at least for now. Over the summer, musicians quietly agreed to another contract that did not call for further pay cuts. By most accounts, no matter the level of strife offstage, the quality of the music never suffered. But after the difficult years, stresses clearly linger among musicians and management both."In retrospect, we all feel like we've lost some momentum that we had from Carnegie Hall," said veteran horn player Sterling Proctor, who was part of the difficult labor negotiations of the past two years."We didn't know how to ride that wave and take advantage of that. We're still optimistic. Yes, things are blunted, but that doesn't mean you can't water the stone, whet the knife and sharpen it back up."Struggle, then optimismIt is some consolation that the FWSO appears to have negotiated the hard times more successfully than many of its national brethren.The list is long and growing of major American orchestras -- Atlanta, Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Minnesota among them -- that have suffered strikes, lockouts or other forms of financial crisis. The 2008 downturn is largely to blame. The stock market crash gutted endowments and often prompted major donors to back off on their giving.But American orchestras are also bucking cultural trends that have cut deeply into classical music audiences.No longer is there a piano in nearly every American home. It has been generations since families gathered around the radio to listen to symphony music or the opera. When public school districts sought to slash their budgets, funds for music education and student orchestras were often the first to go."There has been a tremendous shift in cultural tastes and behavior, and exposure to this art form has diminished tremendously," said Judith Kurnick, a vice president with the League of American Orchestras. "The really big issue is, How do orchestras fit in 21st-century America?"If you look at it from a larger perspective, managers and boards and unions need to figure out how to work together for that future. Unfortunately, this is a process that doesn't always happen."For all the recent pain, that does not seem to be the case in Fort Worth. Last year, the FWSO brought in consultants, led by arts management guru Michael Kaiser, for a thorough analysis of symphony operations.Kaiser's group eventually came up with a list of specific recommendations, such as bringing in more big-name guest artists to help raise the symphony's profile and doing a better job of marketing the charismatic Harth-Bedoya.But the overall message of Kaiser, the head of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., seemed to be that there is no room in this cultural environment for management and musicians to take sides."He came in and energized our board and our musicians," Adkins said. "We sat down and talked about our issues and we did it in a very candid way. We said, 'We're not going to be defensive.' I heard a lot of things that hurt my feelings plenty, and I'm sure it was the other way around."But that was so important to us to have it all on the table and come up with solutions together."That is one reason the symphony can often be found playing in elementary school gymnasiums. Or why musicians are in the Bass Hall lobby, mingling with patrons before concerts. Or why Harth-Bedoya has taken it upon himself to try to introduce symphony music to those who have never heard it, offering free tickets, person by person.After four years of struggle, a sense of cautious optimism is emerging.Much of that springs not only from the symphony's efforts but also from the unique nature of Fort Worth itself, a small city with an unusual abundance of culture -- art museums, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, its own ballet and opera companies, the performance hall and a top-flight symphony."To me, it's like an oasis," said Veda Kaplinsky, head of the piano department at the Juilliard School in New York. "It's very different in character than any other city I know in Texas, including Dallas and Houston. People in Fort Worth have a tremendous amount of local pride. Culture is very important to them, and they work to promote that culture."People talk about the orchestras in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Cleveland -- the size of those cities and the pool of fundraising they can draw from, and the size of audiences they draw. Then think about the size of Fort Worth and its proximity to Dallas, which also has an orchestra. What Fort Worth has been able to achieve has been remarkable."'Welcome to yournew home'In 1972, a young music professor from North Texas State University was hired as the FWSO's new conductor. John Giordano would become the father of the modern symphony and, by the time he retired in 2000, a Fort Worth institution himself.He inherited an orchestra that played six or eight concerts a year, had an annual budget of $80,000 and employed no full-time musicians. Within a few years, Giordano had hired 35 players for a small ensemble, or chamber orchestra, that quickly established a national reputation for excellence.The FWSO became a fixture in smaller communities, playing everywhere from Killeen to Ozona, and in 1983 undertook a wildly successful trip to China that generated international headlines.Soon after his arrival in Fort Worth, Giordano also became close friends with Ed Bass, part of the local family of billionaires. For the next two decades, Giordano would bend the ear of Bass, his parents and brothers, or anyone who would listen.His message: The symphony desperately needed a better place to perform.At the time, the FWSO's home was the Tarrant County Convention Center Theater, whose acoustics could best be described as abysmal."The other place was so bad, we could not play pianissimo," Giordano remembered. "The sound of the air conditioning and the heating was so loud, I mean it was audible. How could you play softly? Even onstage, the people in the back of the first violin section couldn't hear the people in the front."Most now agree that Giordano's lobbying and influence were crucial to the creation of Bass Hall, acclaimed as one of the finest venues of its kind in the world. Small wonder that the conductor and his musicians remember the first notes they played in their first rehearsal in the new palace."He [Giordano] had crusaded for more than 20 years, and he was a little uptight that day," said longtime keyboardist Shields-Collins Bray. "But I remember it very well. He said to us, 'Welcome to your new home.' We were all sort of open-mouthed, looking out at the hall and what a beautiful thing it was."Then, they lifted their instruments."All of a sudden there was a bloom on the strings," Giordano remembered. "Everybody could hear everybody else. All of a sudden, my goodness, we had an orchestra. I'm not really exaggerating. I've always said that the first day anybody has heard the Fort Worth Symphony was the first concert we did in Bass Hall."The hall's 1998 opening marked the beginning of a golden decade for the FWSO. After Giordano's retirement, the symphony hired young Harth-Bedoya. A Peru native and Juilliard graduate, Harth-Bedoya was a conductor of undeniable star quality.While continuing to work as a sought-after guest conductor around the world, he also committed to raising his young family in Fort Worth.By most accounts, the chemistry between Harth-Bedoya and his new orchestra was instantaneous. Harth-Bedoya's mandate also included expanding the FWSO, and for each new position, he could choose from hundreds of applicants, many from the finest music schools around the globe. By the mid-2000s, the ensemble had reached its full complement of 65 full-time players.Among the newcomers was Michael Shih, the first violinist, or concertmaster."When I first came here, it was only Miguel's second year," said Shih, another Juilliard alum. "We were getting better and better, not just from season to season but from concert to concert. There was a lot of buzz about the whole institution."That led to the January night in 2008. Hundreds of supporters made the trip from Texas for the FWSO's Carnegie Hall debut, but the visitors made up just a fraction of the crowd in the nearly sold-out hall.On the program were Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and the world premiere of a piece for cello. By the final note, the musicians knew they had delivered one of their finest performances, and the crowd reaction was overwhelming."We even played an encore," Harth-Bedoya said. "People kept applauding. They didn't leave. Most of the time in New York, as soon as the concert is over, people are running to get to their cars or the subway. ... It was the equivalent of our Olympics because it only happens once."A New York Times review of the performance ran beneath the headline "Texas Ensemble Plants Flag in New York.""The Tchaikovsky was first rate," Times critic Anthony Tommasini wrote. "The concert was a milestone for the orchestra. Yet what Mr. Harth-Bedoya and his players are accomplishing at home matters a lot more."Some Fort Worth musicians can still recite parts of that review, word for word.Then the world changed.'We want to be musicians'Through it all, Koonsman said, she tried to keep the musicians informed about the repeated body blows inflicted on the FWSO, beginning in 2008.The symphony lost $360,000 when Texas Ballet Theater canceled its contract and opted to use recorded music. The FWSO endowment was decimated by the stock market crash. Funding from the city was cut by $150,000. Bass Hall rent spiked. Support from major donors and foundations declined.Nonetheless, Koonsman said, the musicians were shocked in 2010 when the FWSO proposed slashing their pay from 52 weeks a year to 42."There was no way they could have been shocked," Koonsman said. "We had so many opportunities to share our situation with them. But you know how we all deny what we don't want to hear. I think we were in a state of denial."They had an artistic triumph. They went out and delivered, and they had acclaim from the music industry that they were as good as any orchestra," Koonsman continued. "But that doesn't pay the bills."Proctor, part of the musicians' negotiating team, said he had expected artistic momentum to trump economic struggles. Musicians wondered whether management exaggerated the depth of the crisis and why donors with deep pockets could not step into the breach."Since Bass Hall was built, and since Miguel Harth-Bedoya was brought in, there had been a lot of big changes in the orchestra, an influx of money and support and enthusiasm," Proctor said. "Everyone was stunned and everyone was in sort of a shock."Koonsman made it clear that the major donors were about tapped out. The negotiations went on for months and took a noticeable toll on the symphony president, who joined the FWSO in 1980. Koonsman's name, like Giordano's, had over the years become synonymous with the orchestra."It was incredibly difficult for me, you're right," she said."I had been on the ground floor of building it to what it had become. But we also had to be prudent. ... [Negotiations] went on and on through the whole summer and early fall, countless meetings, exhausting meetings. There was a lot of frustration on both sides. Everybody found a trench and hid in it before we finally had to say, 'This is it.'"The final management offer was 45 weeks of pay. The musicians reluctantly agreed."That was very painful in the short run," said Bray, the keyboardist. "Then, we look around and we see the experience of other places, where they are having these huge struggles right now, all these places that actually stopped working. That didn't happen here."Mostly what it speaks to is: What the hell else are we going to do?" he said. "We want to be musicians, so it's not as if there are a lot of other options."'This is really cool'When Michael Kaiser arrived from Washington in 2011, he convened a meeting of FWSO musicians, management and board members to deliver a blunt message."He said, 'In this room, for this process, everyone is equal. Everyone has a voice,'" Proctor remembered. "You could tell that there were some people who were thinking, 'Well, we're supposed to be in charge.'"But he was very frank and he was very quick to point out that people don't like him but they like his results."Kaiser's greatest contribution might have been his role in restoring common purpose among management, board members and musicians, all of whom felt battered by the fiscal crisis and contract talks."The biggest single positive contribution that it made was healing," Adkins said.So, as the FWSO begins its second century, there is some residual weariness and worry, but a spirit of collaborative energy also seems to permeate the institution.Symphony management tackles its challenges with an unusual degree of transparency.In a series of recent interviews, Adkins often answered the toughest questions before they were asked. Kaiser's blunt critique was posted for all to see on the FWSO website. (Read it in full at star-telegram.com.)For their part, FWSO musicians are everywhere. Of their 200 concerts a year, most take place at locations other than Bass Hall -- in school gymnasiums or churches, where the players reach out to new audiences.To be sure, this is not your grandfather's symphony. For instance, the FWSO has played live accompaniment to a screening of The Wizard of Oz and for a video game on the big screen.More traditionally, there are no plans for a return to Carnegie Hall, for a European tour or for new recordings.Ambitions for broader artistic recognition have been put on hold.Management and musicians have instead joined forces in a fight closer to home, a battle for their art. They evangelize for the timelessness of classical music, arguing that it is not just the province of vanishing generations or the cultural elite."It's just getting them to darken the door for the first time," Adkins said of finding a new audience. "We're working on that from multiple angles. For first-time goers, it can be a little intimidating. They don't know what to wear. They're not sure how to act. They think, 'I don't know anything about classical music.' Once you dispel that, it's going to be easier to move on to that next step."They're going to be hooked," she said. "That's what we've found. I think that it is a transcendent experience in that great hall."Or in the crowded cafeteria of an elementary school in south Fort Worth. On a recent day, five members of the FWSO horn section visited Clarke Elementary, and 4-year-old Cruz Huichapan Morales happily played air trombone through most of the hourlong program."I want one of those," the boy said afterward.A few weeks later, in a slightly more regal setting, J.D. and Amanda Via sipped drinks during a Bass Hall intermission.They had just listened to young violinist Karen Gomyo perform a Beethoven concerto with the symphony.They were enthralled by the visual intensity of symphonic music, by the spectacle of so many players, working in unison onstage.That night, J.D. was dressed in jeans and boots, a country-Western guy who had never been to a classical concert."It's no Metallica," he joked. "But this is really cool. I'd definitely come back."As the FWSO enters its second century, that endorsement probably means more than a rave review in The New York Times.Tim Madigan, 817-390-7544Twitter: @tsmadiganHave more to add? News tip? Tell us


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Suzuki was among over 400 nominees considered by Consulting magazine. She was nominated by Carl Smith, EY Americas Advisory People Leader, who was honored by the publication for his leadership in 2013.
As the IT Transformation Practice leader for the Southwest Region of Ernst & Young LLP, Suzuki provides IT advisory services to Fortune 500 companies across a broad range of industries. Prior to joining Ernst & Young LLP, Suzuki led Accenture's US Advanced Systems Delivery Practice, an organization of over 500 technologists focused on technology delivery.
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Jeepers Creepers II
Director : Victor Salva
Screenplay : Victor Salva
MPAA Rating : R
Year of Release : 2003
Stars : Ray Wise (Jack Taggart), Jonathan Breck (The Creeper), Travis Schiffner (Izzy Bohen), Nicki Aycox (Minxie Hayes), Thom Gossom Jr. (Coach Charlie Hannah), Eric Nenninger (Scott Braddock), Tom Tarantini (Coach Dwayne Barnes)
Even in its best moments, Victor Salva's Jeepers Creepers II comes nowhere close to matching the thrilling creepiness of the opening half-hour of the original, 2001's modest hit Jeepers Creepers. That movie worked incredibly well when Salva spent more time suggesting horror rather than directly showing it, and perhaps it is because of the increased budget that Jeepers Creepers II shows us everything and suggests virtually nothing. It's a more direct horror film, and also one that is infinitely more redundant. It has its moments, but by the hour mark you realize that absolutely nothing new is going to happen—it's all retread.
Salva got some of his scariest imagery in the first movie by using the barren, open landscape of middle America, and he sets his sequel in the same amber-hued heartland just a few days later. His monster is once again a largely unexplained batlike, demonic humanoid called "The Creeper" in the credits, except this time we learn that this thing comes out of the earth every 23 years to feed for 23 days. Of course, his diet consists entirely of humans, which he can dismember and use to repair his own body parts (the movie's best gory moment is when he decapitates a teenager and uses the head to repair his own, which was damaged by a well-aimed javelin).
Jeepers Creepers II starts off on a good note in a cornfield where a young boy comes face to face with the Creeper hanging out on a cross with the other scarecrows. The scene works because it goes against horror movie conventions, taking place in the middle of the day in the broiling sunlight in an open field. Unfortunately, most of the rest of the movie takes place in the murky darkness of night on a broken down school bus filled with a group of catty teenagers—all of whom are either basketball players or cheerleaders and none of whom are worth caring about. The lack of care in creating interesting young characters is one area in which Salva gravely missteps where the first movie worked.
One error he replicates almost exactly is the use of unexplainable dreams to deliver narrative information that no one would otherwise know. In the first movie, he used an old psychic, which was a useful, if strained plot device. Here, a cheerleader has dream visions that include a victim from the first movie (Justin Long) explaining what the Creeper is and how long he will be around. Why this particular girl has these visions is never explained, although the visions themselves, which replicate the scary brightness of the movie's opening scene, are some of the movie's most effective moments.
The ultimate problem with Jeepers Creepers II is that there's no sense of discovery. The first movie presented the Creeper as a mystery—at first, it seemed to be a hulking serial killer, and only later was its supernatural dimension revealed. In the sequel, the only thing we learn is about its history of feeding every 23 years, and we find that out through a scroll in the movie's opening seconds. After that, it's just the same thing over and over again, with the Creeper stalking its victims and jumping out of the corner of the frame. Because it becomes so rote so fast, it's never particularly scary or enthralling. The movie as a whole is, in fact, the very definition of unnecessary.
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Location: 2 minutes away from Plaza Mayor, 5 minutes from Puerta del Sol and just 10 minutes from the Royal Palace. Nearby, there are plenty of tapas bars, supermarkets and shops. In 15 minutes you can go to museums such as Museo del Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza and CaixaForum. It's a 5 floor with two bedrooms and nice salon. There is a lift in the building. Within walking distance are also the most important theatres of the city. Just as easy as booking a hotel but with a whole new travel experience, my apartment is fully renovated, furnished and equipped with all the comforts that you enjoy in your normal daily life. My aim is that you, feel welcome and integrated into the wonderful city life. We strive to provide a more cultural enriching experience, that can not be received anywhere else. Equipment: I offer you the amenities you always dreamed of having at a hotel, to make you feel at home. You will find in my accommodations the best equipment: TV' Hi-Fi Internet Oven Ceramic hot plates Microwave Oven Toaster Fresh juice squeezer Kitchen utensils Dishwasher Washer Linen Towels Other free services: Furthermore I offer a range of free services to make your stay more enjoyable: Welcome detail: basket with seasonal fruits, milk, juice and pastries. Cleaning service and ironing once a week (with the possibility of hiring daily) All this in order to make your stay more pleasant.Tarifas y otras condiciones del apartamento en alquiler LATINA AMAZING
Estancia mínima: 30 nochesTarifas (IVA incluido) desde:Precio por noche:120 €Precio por semana:756 €Precio 1 mes:2.225 €Precio 2-6 meses1.900 €/mesOtros cargosCheck-in / Check-out:15 € / 10 €Check-in el Domingo:30 €Check-in después de 20h:30 €
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IN 1956, Kosei-kai was forced to survive a serious trial. On January twenty-fifth of that year, the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun published an article boldly accusing Rissho Kosei-kai of illegally cornering real estate. On February 28, police investigations were conducted at the general business and other departments of Kosei-kai with the result that our name was absolutely cleared of any implication of illegal proceedings. When they learned this, the staff of the Yomiuri Shimbun began attacking other aspects of our organization. For three months, the newspaper stubbornly persisted in printing critical articles that focused public attention on Kosei-kai. They criticized our way of living in accordance with our faith, the management of our organization, the personal lives of our members, and even the private affairs of Myoko Sensei. Throughout this distressing period, our organization resisted passively; but we all felt the need to make the facts known for the sake of the honor of Kosei-kai and of historical truth.
The Kosei-kai Young Adults' Group established a special investigating team, which made thorough research investigations of all the problem points and compiled the results of their study in the "Report of Investigations of News Published by the Yomiuri Shimbun." This report was distributed to the Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs of the lower house of the national Diet of Japan, to the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association, to the Yomiuri Shimbun Company, and to other concerned parties. Its publication finally removed doubt and misgiving on the part of the general public about the probity of Rissho Kosei-kai.
Nonetheless, the incident had far-reaching repercussions among the members. In the outlying districts of the nation, the shock was so great that the membership dropped from 360,000 households in 1955 to 290,000 households after the Yomiuri incident. In the trying days of 1943 , the members who remained faithful in the face of tribulation were enlightened to the great Truth of the Lotus Sutra. Even many of those who dropped by the wayside gradually returned and learned to withstand hardship. The same kind of thing happened after the Yomiuri incident.
Pressure and attack from established powers inevitably accompany the establishment of new religious movements. But if the religious movement is good and true, its supporters will not shrink from criticism and attack. When confronted with trials, they will burn all the more brightly with the desire for Truth. Hardship and tribulation will become nourishment strengthening the individuals and the organization as a whole. The histories of religions of the past show that this is true, and our own experiences in times of trouble add further proof.
Today our relations with the Yomiuri Shimbun are perfectly amicable. For this reason, it seems a pity to have to rake up old grievances. But it must be done for the sake of the accuracy of the record.
From about 1954, after my wife and children had returned to Tokyo, I noticed something strange in the activities of the upper echelons of Kosei-kai's leaders. An odd mood had been apparent for some time, but it came more vividly to the surface after we had successfully settled the Yomiuri incident. Groups of leaders would gather daily for the devotionals in the meeting room in Myoko Sensei's house. When I would enter the house by the front door, there were people standing in the way to prevent my going into that room. Soon, I began finding the main door locked; only the side door was left open.
When I went to the training hall in the headquarters in the morning, the people in charge of maintaining the registers of posthumous names would suddenly disappear. If I entered the Second Training Hall, the leaders would leave at once. I had no idea what was happening, but I felt lonely and sometimes angry. One memorial day, when I went to perform my half day of duty at the headquarters, I found the training hall empty except for a solitary old woman tending the premises. My inquiry about people's whereabouts was met with the answer that the ceremony had been conducted before a large group on the preceding day. After my own devotionals, I drank tea and chatted with the old woman before going home alone, very sad.
But I accepted this too as part of my religious training. The general membership was unaware that anything was afoot among the senior leaders. Consequently, I was able to smile and teach the Law to them with a light heart.
None of the chapter heads came to discuss the matter with me; they had been told by their superiors that doing so would leave them open to accusations of slandering our faith. By nature, I do not like doubting or analyzing other people. I did not pursue the problem further at the time but simply admitted to myself that, for some reason, I was being ostracized.
Nonetheless, my being shut out from the group was an important matter. I did not know what to do. Reviewing the membership in my mind, I could think of no one who could teach the Law more clearly than - or as clearly as - I. I knew that I had a mission that only I could fulfill. At times, I went so far as to think about withdrawing from the organization and starting all over again. But two considerations stopped me: the humiliation of such an act and the conviction that, without me, Kosei-kai would deviate increasingly from the true path of the Buddha. Regarding the matter as something that must be left up to the Buddha, I resolved to remain calm and to wait.
In August, the intangible gloom assumed concrete form when all the senior leaders and chapter heads presented me with a written document with the following complaint. "Speaking frankly, we consider the compassionate chastisements of Myoko Sensei a contribution to general trust and to our spiritual growth. But we feel that both the words and actions of the president of the organization lack firmness and resolution. Because the things he says and does under the attractive name of broad-mindedness cast shadows on our faith, at present we are unable to trust him."
The words "compassionate chastisement" refer to Myoko Sensei's habit of speaking frankly and severely. This made her frightening to some people. But to those who were devoted to her, the fearsomeness included reliableness and strength and made her indescribably appealing. My personality is very different. I am easygoing and open. These characteristics apparently irritated some of our members.
Flexibility is a characteristic of Buddhism that originated with the founder of the religion. Though Shakyamuni Buddha eagerly sought to lead other people to the Truth, he did not insist that they abandon all previous faith. Indeed, once when a famous man who was a member of the Jain faith heard and believed the teachings of the Buddha and announced his intention of abandoning his old religion for the new one, the Buddha said, "It is not good for a famous man like you to alter his standpoint." When the man nonetheless persisted in adopting the new faith, the Buddha told him, "You must continue to make offerings to the Jain priests as you have in the past." The Buddha put virtually no controls on teachings and left the following words for his disciples: "All phenomena change. You must strive, diligently."
This attitude of flexibility remained with Buddhism, which always tends to include indigenous religions when it spreads into new regions and which alters to suit the needs of the times. Sometimes the inclusiveness of Buddhism has produced an apparent disappearance of Buddhism. But I regard this as indication of tolerance and forbearance. When I say that Buddhism has changed, I do not mean to suggest alteration of basic teachings. Buddhism has altered only its external appearance for the sake of the salvation of the people of a given place and time. The point of this somewhat theoretical digression is to illustrate something about my own personality. My broad view of humanity results from an innate trait that has been reinforced by what I have learned from Buddhism. I do not make sharp judgments of others. People who found trustworthiness in Myoko Sensei's "compassionate chastisements" were likely to look on my approach as vacillating and unreliable. And this caused them to announce lack of faith in me. I believe that this was the major cause, but two contributory factors played an important part in these developments.
First, after the Yomiuri incident, I called together an inquiry committee for the improvement of Rissho Kosei-kai. The body included people from outside our organization. Indeed, there were even some who considered Kosei-kai wicked and advocated that it be disbanded. This caused great shock among many of the senior leaders of the organization. Today I can see that, though I included the outsiders in the spirit of what I called broad-mindedness, the senior leaders of Kosei-kai found my act unforgivable.
Second, some of the members of the leadership group still considered my wife an obstacle and reacted negatively to her. I have written about this in greater detail earlier. To clear up the issue, the leaders presented me with a contract containing these points:
1. In accordance with the origins and aims of the organization, Myoko Sensei and Mr. Niwano, the president of Kosei-kai, must always act in agreement. 2. Because of the likelihood of internal disturbances, the wife of the president is not allowed to interfere with Kosei-kai affairs. 3. Members of the inquiry committee, both those from Kosei-kai and those from outside the organization, may participate in Kosei-kai activities only with the unanimous approval of all the chapter heads.
Myoko Sensei's signature and personal seal were affixed to the document, which was presented to me for signing and sealing. Turning the first page, I found the signatures and seals of Motoyuki Naganuma and the eleven Kosei-kai directors, including one of my own brothers. In addition, there were the signatures and seals of all one hundred twenty-five Kosei-kai chapter heads. I later learned that many of these people had been handed the sheet of paper and instructed to sign it, even though they did not understand what it was about. But at the time, I could think only that it represented the will of all the leaders. Since I had no reason to object to any one of the three stipulations, I signed and affixed my personal seal.
But the situation was not as straightforward as it appeared on the surface. Somewhat later, Josei Kamomiya, who was educational-research chairman at the time, came to me with the proposal that we designate Myoko Sensei as the originator of Kosei-kai teachings and me as the president. I rejected the proposal on the spot.
Since customarily I only explained to the members the divine revelations she had, Myoko Sensei might seem to have originated doctrines. Her spiritual abilities were undeniable and great; but in terms of teaching, Shakyamuni Buddha was the originator of our organization's teachings. And I was in charge of guiding our members in the way of those teachings. In fact, Myoko Sensei was my pupil in the Law. She did not like instructor's work and often said so. When it was essential for her to lead a class, she and I often worked out her lesson plan together two or three days in advance so that she would find the task easier to accomplish. Under no circumstances was she the originator of our teachings, and I could not permit a mistake on this fundamental point.
But this did not end the matter. A few of the important leaders of the organization, including one of my own brothers, attempted to convince me to go along with the idea. I refused, and perhaps for this reason a movement got under way to set up an independent organization centered on Myoko Sensei. The advocates of this step went so far as to prepare a petition to which they affixed their seals in blood. They bought a villa in Chiba Prefecture for the proposed organization. (I visited it later and found it a fine building with a beautiful view.) Before long, however, Myoko Sensei became ill and was forced to spend all her time in bed. With this, the movement seems to have lost impetus and gradually to have died entirely. I say "seems" because I lack accurate information. At the time, I was ignorant of these activities. I only recently learned who was the leader of the movement. I made no attempt to uncover all the details. I did not regard the movement as something inspired by ill will or ambition. It was pure trust and faith in Myoko Sensei that led these people to take such steps. None of the leaders in the movement were removed from their positions or in any other way punished. The important thing was for Kosei-kai to go on as it had in the past.
Teishiro Okano, a leader in that movement, later joined me on dissemination trips. Once, in Kyushu, he and I shared a room at an inn. In the evening, he told me of a fund of forty million yen that had been set aside for the independent organization and asked what should be done with it. I replied that if the money was the property of Kosei-kai it should be returned to Kosei-kai funds. I concluded by saying, "That should bring the whole matter to a close."
For a moment, Okano seemed surprised, then he vowed to devote himself entirely to dissemination work until his death. Indeed he has made astounding achievements in this field and has become a highly important member of the Kosei-kai organization.
The attempt to form an independent group was important. For the sake of the future, it is necessary to clarify the causes. I have reflected on the aspects of my own personality that contributed to the rift. Equally important is the frame of mind of the people who decided to take such a course. I do not like investigations of this kind and am not good at them. But since it is not impossible that such a situation might arise again, in preparing to write this book, I interviewed people who knew what was happening at the time and reached the following conclusions on the information I gained from them.
As I have said, Myoko Sensei was possessed of outstanding spiritual abilities and, with her combination of the kindness of Kannon and the severity of Fudo Myo-o, had a much more attractive personality than a person devoted to doctrines and rules, like me. From what I have heard, I assume that respect for her and misunderstanding of remarks she made about me led some of the senior leaders to assume erroneously that she was not in favor of my actions. Because of the deep feelings they entertained for her, these leaders took it for granted that opposing me was the right thing to do. Of course, Myoko Sensei herself was in the most embarrassing and difficult position. She could not easily tell them to stop what they were doing, since they were devoted to her and to placing her at the head of a new organization. On the other hand, she could not countenance a new organization that meant turning her back on me, because I had been her friend in the search for religious truth for many years. The dilemma caused her great mental anguish that undermined her health and sent her to bed often.
This incident was another of the flights of steps that we have had to mount. But the price we paid to overcome this obstacle was too high. The illness and death of Myoko Sensei was the greatest trial of my life. It must have been a discipline imposed on me for negligence and pride of which I was not consciously aware.
On the occasion of the completion of a monument on Myoko Sensei's grave, I presented to her memory the contract I had signed. Then I burned it, and the burden of the entire incident disappeared from my mind as the smoke rose into the sky. Nothing remains of that burden to trouble me today.
It is said that rain firms up the ground. After this incident, the high-ranking leaders of Rissho Kosei-kai achieved a unity of purpose that has enabled them to become the foundation stone of the entire organizational edifice.
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AMVapp - Duh! This is the base of everything!
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