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15 October 2013 at 4.05pm | 5 Comments
Writing in the programme book, opera scholar Christopher Wintle examines Les Vêpres siciliennes's sumptuous score, and discusses Verdi's treatment of the conventions of French grand opera.
In 1852–3, Giuseppe Verdi collaborated with Eugène Scribe on his first bespoke work for the Paris Opéra, an opera he conceived in five acts with the traditional ballet. Verdi welcomed the partnership with the enthusiasm of a young man making off with his father's mistress for it was Scribe who had written librettos for the towering father-figure Meyerbeer; and it was Meyerbeer whom Verdi, like Wagner, had a lifelong ambition to emulate if not surpass.
So what did he do? First, for the public, political aspects of the piece Verdi exploited to the full the Opéra's choral and instrumental forces – notably its agile wind and brass. He composed an elaborate formal overture that treated contrasting themes from the opera symphonically, something he had recently avoided.
For the choruses generally, Verdi followed Gluck's recommendation of 1770 that rival forces should have distinctive music. At the end of Act II, the Sicilians dance a tarantella, during which the French soldiers abscond with the Sicilian women (reminiscent of the Rape of the Sabines – the opera's key image). Not only does Verdi float distinct music for the rival forces over the whirling dance, but draws it to a spectacular climax: after a stunned silence, the Sicilians give voice to their shame in the anapaest (rat-a-tat) rhythms that conventionally signify mortal threat but in Les Vêpres also stand for profound shock. After another climax, a delicate barcarolle is heard from across the waters: the French are ferrying Sicilian women to Montfort's ball. As this song unfolds, the Sicilians resume their menacing rhythms, ready - like Etna - to erupt. Whereas in Act III of Les Huguenots Meyerbeer had likewise combined the music of celebration and dissidence, Verdi is more effective in isolating and sustaining the sounds of rival factions.
Yet the opera's building-blocks are structural units, not choruses. These Verdi described (disparagingly) as the typical progression of aria, duet and finale so evident in Acts II, III and IV; and still latent in Acts I and V. Certainly, they include familiar things: the triumphalist drinking song (as in La traviata); the dramatically pertinent stage song (for Hélène, as in Raimbaut's first-act ballad in Robert le diable); the controlling presence of (for Hélène) a dead brother, and, even more importantly (for Henri) a dead mother – as in Stiffelio, Rigoletto and Simon Boccanegra; and the violent disruption of ceremony and festivity (as in the last two acts of Le Prophète). Yet the arias, duets and small ensembles contain the work's best music, with, for Verdi, newly flexible and focussed lines, French aria-types (mixed-mode couplets), and a readiness to push back rapid Italianate exit music (cabaletta) with scenes that close with dramatic recitative (scena).
But what of the ensembles? Only twice do the protagonists join forces, though with remarkable effect. In Act IV, Procida launches a lament for his unliberated Sicily after Montfort has openly revealed that Henri is his child; Montfort joins in by relishing his lethal power; the newly defiant Henri lines up with Procida; and Hélène bids farewell to Sicily in an ethereal melody. It is an intimate quartet that replicates the conflicts polarized in the big choruses; it also a worthy match for the sublime Act III quartet from Rigoletto.
The full article by Christopher Wintle is in the programme book that accompanies Les Vêpres siciliennes. It is available in the theatre at performance times and from the ROH Shop.
Les Vêpres siciliennes runs from 12 October – 4 November 2017. It is a co-production with The Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen


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Live Review: Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson at the Wells Fargo Center
The rare treat of seeing Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson last night in their first-ever concert together wasn't one easily passed up. Not by the sold-out crowd; not by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, who ambled in with trademark cowboy hat and cane; and not by—brace yourselves, folks—Cher, who sat in the sixth row.
What in the world was Cher doing at a Merle Haggard / Kris Kristofferson show in Santa Rosa? We may never know. What's for sure is that she, along with fans that capped the night with an epic five-minute standing ovation, witnessed two bona fide heroes of country music give a performance at turns tender, humorous, poignant, insightful, and above all, intimate.
Let's just hope Cher wasn't the woman who yelled out for "Me & Bobby McGee" a few songs after Kristofferson had already played it.
The 1,400-capacity Wells Fargo Center has a historic knack for achieving a living room-like atmosphere for acoustic music. They did it with the Landmine Free World concert in 1999 with Steve Earle, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Patti Griffith and Bruce Cockburn; they did it with the two Elvis Costello / Steve Nieve concerts they've hosted; they did it with the Texas songwriter night in 2005 with Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Guy Clark and Joe Ely; and they did it last night by closing the stage curtain and presenting Haggard and Kristofferson front and center.
When Merle Haggard played at the Center last year, electric, he drew a shitkickin', Copenhagen-dippin', cheap perfume-wearin' crowd. This tour was different. Instead of a parking lot scene with greasy dudes in Suicidal Tendencies T-shirts smoking joints, it welcomed wine tour limousines and sixty-somethings gingerly stepping out of Oldsmobiles. The performance itself suited the new audience: pensive, slow, and mortal.
"If there's a Hall of Fame for heroes in heaven, this man's definitely on his way," said Kristofferson, introducing Haggard after opening the show with "Shipwrecked in the Eighties." Added Haggard, fresh from successful lung cancer surgery: "Between the two of us there's about 150 years of experience here."
Those expecting a "Storytellers"-type show, with Haggard and Kristofferson sitting down with acoustic guitars and swapping tales about the Army (Kristofferson), prison (Haggard), Louisiana oil rigs (Kristofferson) or stealing Buck Owens' wife (Haggard) got something far better: a run-down of the two giants' greatest songs backed by an elegant, semi-acoustic version of Haggard's band, the Strangers. (Turns out Haggard must have won the battle.) As for storytelling, most of the night's commentary got squeezed between lines of the songs themselves.
Kristofferson, during "Nobody Wins": "George Bush and Dick Cheney were singin' this song in the shower together."
Haggard, during "Sing Me Back Home": "This goes out to all the ex-convicts. It's every convict's dream to be an ex-convict."
Kristofferson, during "Best of All Possible Worlds": "Did you know that here in the USA, the land of the free, we got more people behind bars than any other country on the planet? That's right, boy. We're #1."
Haggard, during "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down": "I feel like a stripper without a G-string!"
Yes, the two were very funny together, but also incredibly warm, and wise. It's not uncommon for former hellraisers entering life's twilight, particularly in country music, to embrace a life-lesson empathy. When I spoke with Kristofferson last year, he elaborated: "There is a freedom in accepting the fact that there is a difference at this end of the road," he told me. "I've watched a lot of my friends and heroes, like Johnny Cash and Waylon, I've watched 'em slip and fall. And be gone. And it's gonna happen to all of us. So I think the acceptance of it gives you a freedom to be less critical of yourself when you make mistakes, and to not be so hard on others."
Warmth like that was conveyed on stage last night so often, it sometimes outperformed the fantastic songs. Check the set list below—there were nearly 30 of 'em. The selections played off each other cleverly, as Haggard ran with the torch of Kristofferson's "For the Good Times" and answered, "Are the Good Times Really Over?" Kristofferson pleaded to help him make it through the night; Haggard, up next, just wanted to make it through December.
Yes, it was a considerable union. To see Kristofferson sing backups on Haggard's "Silver Wings" and a reworked verse in "Okie From Muskogee," or to have Haggard play his ranchero-style nylon guitar solos on "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night" was truly exciting. By the end, after the two had finished "Why Me Lord," the standing ovation seemed endless. No one could believe it when five minutes later, the house lights came up.
(Afterward, Cher was quickly escorted behind velvet ropes into a tinted-window SUV. Kristofferson obliged a waiting crowd of about 50 with autographs and gracious conversation, and Haggard stayed put on his bus until it rumbled, slowly lurched forward through the parking lot, and breezed into Highway 101 for the next town.)
Photos by Elizabeth Seward.
Set List:
Shipwrecked in the Eighties
Big City
Silver Wings
Me & Bobby McGee
I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
Folsom Prison Blues
Best of All Possible Worlds
If I Could Only Fly
Mama Tried
Here Comes That Rainbow Again
I Wish I Could Be 30 Again
Rainbow Stew
Help Me Make It Through The Night
If We Make It Through December
Nobody Wins
T.B. Blues
Okie From Muskogee
Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
Back to Earth
Jody and the Kid
The Silver-Tongued Devil and I
Sing Me Back Home
He's a Pilgrim
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
For the Good Times
Are the Good Times Really Over
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
Today I Started Loving You Again
Why Me Lord
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Yeh it is war paint designed to dazzle the batsmen as he runs inOriginally posted by Sunil Havascar
just noticed matt bulbeck wears his make up the same as AD.
they have the clown look going...
If your're refering to my avatar, it's IAN BLACKWELL!!! Matt Bulbeck is much nicer!just noticed matt bulbeck wears his make up the same as AD.
"One day lad, all this will be yours"
"What, the curtains?"
How did we cope without the Duck?
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Originally posted by Neil Pickup
How did we cope without the Duck?
I havent had much experience of the duck, but I suppose we had Yaju and Rik
Did this remind anyone else of the Sri Lankan "catch" in the last World Cup?Originally posted by luckyeddie
Breadcrumb moment - Pedro Collins.
With Lance Klusener roaring along like the Zulu of old, Chris Gayle was swatted right down the throat of the unfortunate Pedro Tyrone Collins. Gleefully pouching the catch, he decided to take more steps backwards than in the title of the average John Buchan novel, straight on to the boundary rope, thus donating a six to the batsman and an exciting finish to the rest of us. Nice one, Pedro.
Difference being that was given for somebizarre reason.
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
Anyone want to join the Society?
Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
I get the feeling that the Duck will make WC03 an even more enjoyable experience than it would have been!
Hi duckie, I see you are finally out the closet Luckyeddie locked youin for the last four months.....good to see you back.
"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it" - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Erm, Rik and Yaju are nothing compared with the Duck!Originally posted by Langeveldt
I havent had much experience of the duck, but I suppose we had Yaju and Rik
Compared to Yaju and the Duck I am nothingOriginally posted by marc71178
Erm, Rik and Yaju are nothing compared with the Duck!
"Age is just a stupid number"
20...that's a rather big number :(:(:(
10 February, Zimbabwe v Namibia, Harare
Riann Walters (Namibia)
Taking advantage of the first 15 over bowling restrictions and chasing a formidable 341 to win, Riann cleverly steered the first ball from Heath Streak straight into the gloves of wicket keeper Tatenda 'Tibbly' Taibu to register the tournaments first golden duck.
DD rating - 6 lilypads
Breadcrumb moment - Andy Flower and Henry Olonga (Zimbabwe)
Both players, wearing black armbands during the whole of the World Cup, have issued a joint statement that they were making a 'silent protest, mourning the death of democracy in Zimbabwe'. As the statement continues, let's hope that your actions .... "may help to restore sanity and dignity to our Nation"
Puts the whole World Cup into perspective, really.
Breadcrumb moment - Andries Johannes (Jan-Berrie) Burger (Namibia)
The beefy Burger, his team in a pickle, deciding that the bowling of the Zimbabwean side is to his taste, grills Streak (surely a typo - should be Steak, really) and Olonga with relish. Unfortunately, with a few notable exceptions (15 from one Heath Streak over) it doesn't last long. He'll be panned for the hoik to midwicket which led to his dismissal.
His brother is a vegetarian
<Luckyeddie> Who's that?
Cranberry Burger
<Luckyeddie> Says who?
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Nigel Clough's Black and White Army, beating Forest away with 10 men
10 February, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Bloemfontein
Nathan Astle (New Zealand)
A total brainstorm from Nathan. Last ball of the first over, the hard-hitting Astle decides to pinch a quick single, playing the ball straight back to bowler Chaminda Vaas. No mistake from the Sri Lankan seamer as he throws down the stumps leaving the batsman with nothing but a well-earned 5-ball duck and a 49-over rest in the pavilion to recuperate. I understand that Bloemfontein Brewery has a fine reputation. Perhaps Nathan had been on a visit during the lunch break.
DD rating - 8 lilypads (the early tournament leader and unlikely to be beaten)
Breadcrumb moment - Pulasthi Gunaratne (Sri Lanka)
Scott Styris, eying the vast expanse of the legside field into which he could smash a long-hop from Aravinda de Silva, decides to wake up Pulasthi Gunaratne who was having a quiet snooze on the deep midwicket boundary. Gunaratne decides to show off his all-round ability, combining a little basketball with football as he flicks the ball from hand to head and just fails to convert a four into six. Styris continues his innings to register his first century in one-day internationals and finishes last man out on 141 with lots of filthy slogging and fours and sixes. New Zealand maintain their 100% record in one-day internationals in South Africa. P 13, L 13.
Breadcrumb moment - Jacob Oram (New Zealand)
'The Daily Telegraph'
With Scott Styris batting like a dream, the following conversation is heard....
<Oram> Hey, Murali. I'm giving you the charge next ball.
<Murali> Why?
<Oram> Nathan's getting the beers in and it's hot out here.
<Murali> OK, Jacob. Let me know when. Are you ready, Kumar?
<Sangakkara> Yup!
<Oram> Now!!
<All> Bye!!!!
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Anna I thought your avatar looked remarkably like Simon Jones myself. Having said that I haven't seen Ian Blackwell so I'll take your word for it. Maybe they just look alike.
My house is burned down but I can see the sky.
Hadn't thought of the similarity, although there isn't really one.
Obviously not.......:rolleyes:
Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
woops, i just assumed it was matt bulbeck cos of your sig.
I think another breadcrumb moment could have been Fleming at the toss:
a beautiful batting track that will slow up later on adn take some turn.
Bats first, leaves out vettori and decides to try to out pace the sri lankans, and then, when the pitch is really slow let murali, jayasuriya, arnold and de silva have a bowl...
life's a gift thats why they call it the present
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Survivor Tvshow
Outwit, outplay, outlast.
Original title: Survivor: Borneo
Survivor is an American version of the Survivor reality game show, itself derived from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson originally created in 1997 by Charlie Parsons. The series premiered on May 31, 2000, on CBS. It is hosted by television personality Jeff Probst, who is also an executive producer, and also executive produced by Mark Burnett and original creator Charlie Parsons. The show maroons a group of strangers in a desolate locale, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves, while competing in challenges to earn either a reward, or an immunity from expulsion from the game in the next of the successive votes for elimination. While much less common than elimination by vote, medical conditions, such as injury or infection, have eliminated several contestants. The last two or three survivors face a jury composed of the last seven, eight, or nine players voted off. That jury interrogates the final few, and then votes for the winner of the game, the title of Sole Survivor and a million dollar prize. The American version has been very successful. From the 2000–01 through the 2005–06 television seasons its first eleven seasons rated amongst the top ten most watched shows. It is commonly considered the leader of American reality TV because it was the first highly rated and profitable reality show on broadcast television in the USA, and is considered one of the best shows of the 2000s. The series has been nominated for several Emmy Awards, including winning for Outstanding Sound Mixing in 2001, Outstanding Special Class Program in 2002, and was subsequently nominated four times for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program when the category was introduced in 2003. Jeff Probst has won the award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program four consecutive times since the award was introduced in 2008. In 2007, the series was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all-time.
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Danny Gorman said he didn't care about winning a state golf title for himself; he just wanted one for his team.
Well, he got both Saturday.
And Boylan wouldn't have won its second state golf title if Gorman hadn't also won as an individual. Gorman shot even par 71 back-to-back days at Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State in Bloomington. That put Gorman one stroke ahead of Burlington Central's Matt Weber and the Titans (54-over par) one stroke in front of Dunlap at the Class 2A state tourney.
"That shows a lot about Danny; he's a team player first," coach John Canova said in a phone interview. "He puts the other guys in front of him."
And helped put his team in front of every other Class 2A team in the state.
"We relied on Danny very heavily and he came up big for us," Max Alexander said.
So did Alexander. Boylan's No. 3 golfer wasn't happy with his 82 Friday, but he came back with a 75 Saturday that was second only to Gorman among the three teams that brought home state trophies and tied for fifth out of all 110 golfers Saturday.
"I didn't show up (Friday) and I usually do," Alexander said. "I needed to do that for the team."
"We all knew Max would come through," Gorman said. "The way he came back shows his fight. He basically won it for us. It was huge to get a 75 in there."
At one point or another, Boylan could point to all six players and say they were huge. Kyle Slattery (75-79 at state) and Gorman have had their score count in every postseason round, but Alexander, Adam Eckburg, Mike Schmid and Max Marsili have taken turns having their scores count in the top four as Boylan joined its 2002 Class AA team as state champs.
"That's what really makes it a special team," Canova said. "At one time or another, every individual was the reason we are where we're at. They can all say they had a direct hand in getting us here."
None more so than Gorman, the only player to shoot even par Saturday.
"The past two days are the best golf I've ever played under this amount of pressure and stress," Gorman said.
Class 1A
Byron started in sixth and passed three teams, but missed a top-three state trophy by one stroke and second place by three when Nashville, which started in 10th, shot the best score of the day. Joe Hanlin (163 for two days) and Adam Marshall (165) led the Tigers.
"We wanted to make up strokes on the field, but Nashville did the same and came from nowhere," coach Tim Sedam said. "There was a lot of shock value. We're upset a little bit. Knowing we were only one shot away is frustrating."
Stockton shot the second-best score Saturday — seven strokes better than state champ El Paso-Gridley — and finished sixth, two strokes behind Byron. And its lone senior, Trey Timpe, returned to Stockton with the state individual champion's medal around his neck.
Timpe birdied his last two holes to finish 1-over for the day and 1-over for the tournament at Prairie Vista in Bloomington, one stroke ahead of Eureka junior Trevor Gold, who almost caught Timpe by finishing birdie-eagle-birdie-par.
Timpe, who finished two hours earlier, stood with one arm around teammate Zach Lacher and his fingers crossed behind his back as Gold missed a 12-foot birdie putt on 18 that would have forced a playoff.
"I was nervous," Timpe said. "I have to give him a round of applause for finishing the way he did."
Timpe finished 22nd as a sophomore but did not reach state last year.
"When I was a sophomore down here, people were telling me I could eventually be a state champion," Timpe said. "I laughed them off."
No one's laughing now.
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Rumors have been swirling—based on a list of achievements—that Batman: Arkham City will be getting a new story-based add-on that centered on Bat-villain Harley Quinn and The Dark Knight's junior partner Robin. Well, a teaser image released today by the game's official Twitter account seems to point to a future appearance by the Joker's girlfriend.
The shoes in the image look like a match for the footwear Harley wore in her updated Arkham City costume and the character's been known to wield a giant hammer in her various comics and TV appearances, too. Hopefully, an actual announcement—as opposed to more teaser images—comes soon from Warner Brothers Interactive.


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Temporary Raised Bumps On Face All Of A Sudden!that Itches And Mostly Turns Reddish But Goes Away After A While!please Help!
hello friends!
this time i really hope to find some help in figuring out what the cause and of course, the solution to my problem is!
it's been happening for sometime.yes as far as i remember..it's been pretty long.
i get these temporary raised bumps all of a sudden..out of no where.
on my forehead or cheek mostly.
what happens is the place itches.suddenly.
when i check on mirror am sure to find a bump or a raised area which is reddish(mostly!).
i have a habit of putting clingard(clindamycin phosphate or bp - which i use on as spot treatment on my zits these days! previously i used to apply faceclin which i used then. etc)
now what i've noticed is they go away with any problem after sometime.(in fact,i think with or without the ointment or anything topical they would vanish anyway..am pretty sure about this.but i'll check the next time it happens.)
((((sorry about the lightning.i took in a trial room.lol.i just had sudden itch and bang!saw these bad ones on the mirror))))
so,i want to know what is it?what's the cause?
how to prevent it?or deal with it..any idea?
do anyone of you face same or similar problem?
please help me with this.it kinda freaks me out becasue inspite of having a healthy lifestyle(as healthy as possible) i've to deal with such things forever.
and now a days i dnt have to go out of my house.i'm always at home.i dont use sunscreen at home.my keep my room sunlit n airy for sometime but then by the afternoon(when hot air rushes in,its summer in india) i shut my windows.that keeps the room cooler.
so it cant be sun rash etc.
also i dont use AC so that should be a problem either.
please help!!
p.s am sorry i cant upload a picture right now for i dint get it now..but nxt time i get them(evn as its just for a while) i'll click one for the post.


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Corridor In The Sky
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Black as Coal as Night
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Blown Over
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Nowhere To Go
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A New Kind of Tension #2
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Macro of a guitar peg
Point Me At The Sky And Let It Fly
The simple aesthetics of everyday architecture.
The Nothing That Is
Savanna Dreams
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Pier 1 on the San Francisco Bay.
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Making it rain is one thing, making it pour is a completely different ball game. While some players are making it rain, these guys make it pour and it's beginning to cause people to drown. Here's my list of ball players that are being paid a little too much.
7. C.C. Sabathia: Pitcher, New York Yankees
Contract details: 8 years/$186,000,000, all guaranteed
Sabathia's contract goes into 2017 with a vesting option as well as a $5 million buy out. It's always a tad scary when a pitcher ages. I'm not calling the 33 yearold "old" by any means, but we can all agree when it comes to sports, 30 is the new 40. He is also suffering a knee injury, which will keep him out until next month.
However that injury will not keep him from performing Yankee-like in the future. The only reason he made this list is because of his age and the fact that his recent weight loss probably hurts him as well since his body is adjusting to the dramatic depletion. But, then again, the Yankees can more than afford this.
6. Trevor Cahill: Pitcher, Arizona Diamondbacks
Contract details: 5 years/$30, 500, 000, all guaranteed
I tend to get a tad nervous when a young arm gets a huge contract. In 2011 with the Oakland A's, Trevor Cahill had a 12-14 record. His ERA accumulated to 4.16 with a 1.43 WHIP. He then traded in green and gold for red and black when he went to the Diamondbacks. This season he has a 1-6 record with a 5.13 ERA. Yikes.
5. Albert Pujols: 1B/DH, Los Angeles Angels
Contract details: 10 years/$240,000,000, all guaranteed
The story around Pujols has been out there for a while now. In a nutshell: he wanted a lot of money, the Halos gave it to him, he wasn't performing well, he got hurt, and now he's showing signs of not being totally terrible. However, he is no Albert Pujols in St. Louis good, but Albert Pujols in Los Angeles really needs to step up to the plate (definitely, pun intended). The 34 year old used to hit above .300 year after year, and now he's sitting at a pathetic .253. He has some home runs, but he really needs to figure something out.
4.Miguel Montero: Catcher, Arizona Diamondbacks
Contract details: 5 years/$60, 000, 000
I realize I have two Diamondbacks on this list, so I may be 86ed out of Arizona in the near future. However, Miguel Montero has yet to have a season where he's hit over .300. He came close in 2009 with a .294 and has made the All-Star roster once, but he does not have a bat like Paul Goldschmidt or Mark Trumbo, alas, the money should have gone elsewhere. Like towards my shopping addiction.
3. Matt Harrison: Pitcher, Texas Rangers
Contract details: 5 years/$55,000,000, all guaranteed.
I'm not saying Matt Harrison is the highest-paid baseball player in the world, but I do believe $10 million/year is a bit steep for a guy who has had more than half of his seasons in the Bigs with an ERA over five. He has made the All-Star roster once, but that's about is as far as his major awards are concerned.
The Rangers obviously have Yu Darvish on their team which makes the team stronger, however Harrison recently suffered nerve irritation which resulted in surgery. He's out for the season, and possibly his career.
2. Josh Hamilton: Outfielder, Los Angeles Angels
Contract details: 5 years/$125 million, all guaranteed
Josh Hamilton is finally Josh Hamilton-like once again. He left Texas for the Halos, and he was not the same player who once rocked the Texas uniform. In 2013, the 33 year old posted a .250 batting average with 21 home runs. Nowhere near his numbers in 2010 when he hit a .359 with 32 home runs. He's fresh back from a thumb injury, and seems to be doing fine, but Mike Trout cannot carry that team Hamilton. That amount of money is a joke.
1. Alex Rodriguez: 3B/New York Yankees
Contract details: 10 years/$275,000,000
Speaking of a "joke," here's a hilarious one; Alex Rodriguez. His resume is impressive however. The multi-time All-Star, Gold Glove, and Silver Slugger Award winner has a lot to say of his career (that is still going on). Still, this season you haven't seen much of him have you? Or any of him at all. That's because he is currently serving a 162 game suspension due to a Biogenisis/PED situation. So while he is sitting on his couch (probably next to a young, gorgeous model) flipping through his Netflix account, he is getting paid. Nothing else to say here.
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Can you remeber the first person that inspired you to be creative?
As a teen I had 3 wonderful people who inspired me to be creative and start this life long journey of creativity.
Firstly my mum, who always gave me freedom to play and nourished all my ideas. Even if they seemed a bit odd at the time.
Secondly was a wonderful craft teacher Shirley who owned a craft shop in the little town I grew up in. (Would love to know how she is these days). She was incredibly patient with teaching children, and gave us endless supplies of lace and hot glue to create whatever too our fancy.
And thirdly was a dear high school friend Ingrid Lee. Man did she have and still does have some serious talent up her sleeve.
I remeber sitting in art class just wanting to paint like her, needless to say I couldnt. I remember begging her for one of her china painted fairy pendants. She must of finally succumbed to my nagging as I was a proud owner of this beautiful pendant.
Over the years, when I opened up my jewellery box, I would always fondly remember Ingrid, and wonder how she was.
Thankfully Facebook has reunited us, and our passion for art has bought us back togeather. I told her I still had her pendant and wanted to do this blog post to say thank you Ingrid for inspiring me, then and even now.
Please check out her wonderful blog Ingrid creates, even her baking is superb..
By the way sorry for not blogging since Halloween, we have moved interstate just before Christmas, and now thats its a new year, plenty of creating lies await..
Take care all, and promise to return with some of my own creations in the not too distant future.


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Just like a marriage that's entered into with every good intention but ends with divorce, partnerships in the health club business often start out with good intentions but sometimes end poorly. However, a miserable end often results because precautions weren't taken — the number one precaution being agreements that deal with the operation of the club and contingencies for changes. These are better known as partnership or operational agreements and buy-sell agreements.
"I've opened about 200 facilities as a consultant with a number of different types of partnerships that end up going into war, and [the partners] were friends since grade school," says Bruce Carter, owner of Optimal Fitness Systems International, a consulting company in Florida.
Lisa McGhee and Katherine Coltrin have been friends for more than 15 years. They've worked at many of the same clubs and even roomed together for a while. So, it only seemed natural that when the two of them talked about opening a personal training studio, they decided to do it together.
"We realized that we had the potential to develop the partnership together because of our strengths and weakness," says McGhee. One's area of weakness is the other's area of strength. After three years of planning and talking to bankers, the two opened their club, Back Bay Fitness in Costa Mesa, CA, 13 months ago.
Even though the arrangement has worked out well for both, McGhee cautions friends who want to go into business together to think about it thoroughly before doing so because the friendship will change.
"Our friendship has completely changed," says McGhee. "Our values and the people we want to be allow us to be deep friends, but we don't have the same social friendship that we used to have. It's like a marriage. The husband and wife are both exhausted people but they come home to the same place each day."
McGhee urges people to create a partnership and a buy-sell agreement upfront even while doing the business plan. Carter agrees.
"No matter how well you get along with the person, protect yourself from any changes in the future in emotional states, which happens when money comes into play," says Carter.
Whether you put together a partnership agreement or an operating agreement depends on whether the club is set up as a partnership (in which case you want a partnership agreement) or a limited liability company (in which case you want an operating agreement). In either case, the agreements do basically the same thing: They spell out who makes decisions, what has to be voted on, how the money is distributed and other operational issues.
Whichever way a business is set up, the owners also will want to put in place a buy-sell agreement. This agreement addresses each event that could happen to change the business: death, disability, bankruptcy, divorce and desire of one partner to sell his or her part of the business (which would call for a right of first refusal — allowing the other partner to buy the selling partner's piece of the business before it is offered to anyone else).
Club owners might also want to consider a repurchase agreement, which says that if one partner is no longer actively involved in the operation of the business, then the other partner gets the option to purchase the departing partner's part of the business.
The biggest mistake that club owners make is not setting up these agreements to begin with.
"The biggest mistake I see are the people who come in after they've been together a while," says a California licensed attorney who preferred not to be named. "Either because they don't have one or they have a bad one and want to fix it. If you've had competent counsel in the beginning, it generally goes smoothly."
To put together partnership and buy-sell agreements that work, consider the following:
- Be reasonable and listen to others
Just going through the process of putting together partnership and buy-sell agreements can be stressful. Each partner needs to be sensible about expectations of himself or herself and the other partner(s). Each partner must also know what he or she wants and keep in mind not only what is best for himself or herself, but what is best for the business.
"We listened to other people who had done this and turned to a business lawyer who had done this before," says McGhee. The duo also did their own research and agreed to protect the business upfront because they both wanted it to succeed. Because they were so in sync, McGhee and Coltrin easily agreed upon items in the agreements.
- Determine input and percentage of ownership upfront
The percentage of ownership is key, says Carter. Partners must agree upon what each party is putting into the partnership (including money, effort, time and expertise) and how much ownership that entitles each partner.
"What often happens is you get it worked out and then one of them decides that they don't want to come in as often," says Carter. "They don't want to put in the work they agreed to but they still want their percentage of the money."
Therefore, the agreement should precisely spell out requirements and job descriptions.
"If they don't want to sign that, then you know you have a problem before you get into the agreement," says Carter.
- Consider everything
Death, disability, retirement, loss of interest, poor performance, success. Some of these outcomes are inevitable; some are only possibilities. However, when it comes to partnerships, even the slightest possibility must be dealt with beforehand.
- Get insurance
Each partner should have a life insurance policy that names the other partner(s) as beneficiary, especially if the club has debt.
"It is a survival tool for the business," McGhee says. "It will pay off the debt and the rest goes to the business."
If one of the Back Bay partners dies, the other partner loses the revenue that partner brought in as a personal trainer at the studio plus the surviving partner must hire someone to replace them in their personal trainer role and their management role.
- Consult an attorney
Ideally, each partner would bring his or her own attorney — experienced in business law — into the process to watch out for his or her interest and another attorney would represent the interests of the business itself. However, that often doesn't happen because it is too expensive, the California attorney says. Instead, club owners often hire one unbiased attorney that each partner can agree upon. That attorney will represent the interests of the business and will spell everything out for each partner without advising partners individually about what they should do. A partner who feels he or she needs advice from an attorney on any of the issues presented will have to hire an attorney on his or her own.
Club owners who can afford separate attorneys should ensure that their attorney is pragmatic, not argumentative, says Carter. Otherwise, the lawyer can end up arguing points for the sake of arguing and causing the partnership to end before it begins.
"Don't let lawyers ruin the deal," Carter advises.
- Be willing to pay
The cost to set up a partnership agreement depends on the size of the club and the number of partners. The larger the business and the more partners involved, the more it will cost. A club costing several million dollars could require $3,000 to $4,000 for an agreement. However, it generally runs between $500-$1,500, says Carter.
"The more money and assets, the more things are at risk," says Carter. "Each partner wants to protect their own personal assets when they enter this."
- Be open to modifications
No matter how thorough you may think your agreement is, things change and you should be open to agreement modifications if they are necessary. In fact, an amendment clause should be included in the initial agreements to allow you to modify either agreement when agreed to by a predetermined number of the partners.
"It seems like it's a lot more than you want to consider, but in this legal climate we live in, you need to make a clear effort to spell things out," says Carter.


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Establishing Contact with a Homeowner Prior to a Deed-Grab
Establishing Contact with a Homeowner Prior to a Deed-Grab
When you write feeler letters to homeowners in property tax delinquency, you need to be able to anticipate the kind of calls you will receive. The way you handle these first phone calls from homeowners can determine the outcome of your deed-grab deals.
Some callers tend to be suspicious about how someone who is not an employee of the county could possess information about their tax sale. Others tend to be uneasy about how you located them at a new address. Usually, mentioning that you get all your information out of Internet searches and the public record is enough to assuage all fears. You simply need to tell them that you are a real estate investor who is in the business of picking up unwanted properties and helping homeowners make a little money.
It's always a good idea to start out by educating your callers in the tax sale process, and then showing them how you have something to offer them that the default process doesn't. Here's a more detailed look at how to prepare yourself for most types of callers.
Owners who want some information to begin
If a homeowner first learns about his home making it to a tax sale through an email or postcard that you send out, he'll call you himself. It's usually a good idea to start out by explaining to the caller that he owes massive back taxes on his property, and that the county has a lien that it will shortly sell to a third-party investor.
This explanation helps in several ways. To begin, it gives you a chance to make the third-party investor look like the villain of the whole deal. By contrast, you get to emerge looking the part of the friendly professional trying to help. In many cases, setting up a contrast will result in the homeowner doing everything in his power to make sure that the villainous investor doesn't get his home. He will want you to have it, instead.
You can also try to learn about how the homeowner came to fall so far behind on his taxes. The information you collect can tell you about his chances of being able to get money together to pay what's due.
Owners who just want to let the property go
With some owners, it's clear that they simply don't have the money needed to redeem their home. These are the owners that you're looking for. They have no choice but to give up their property. Once they accept this, your job will be to sound surprised, and to wonder out loud if you might get the property instead of the investor, to see if there is anything that you can do with it. You can tell the owner that third-party investors just take the property and walk. There's nothing the owner gets out of it.
If he were to give it to you, though, you'd be able to pay him a couple hundred for signing the paperwork. It's important to make sure that you mention that the money is for their time signing paperwork. If you make it sound like it's for the property, they'll feel insulted.
The owner who wishes to stay on
Some homeowners will ask you if you're willing to buy the property yourself, hang on to it for a few years until they come up with some money, and then sell it back to them. This isn't likely to be a profitable arrangement. It is even illegal in several states. You need to explain to the owner how you aren't set up to finance homes. You can, instead, ask them to consider how if they don't come up with the money, they might let you take over the deed.
Get all the information you can
Every homeowner that you call, you need to be sure to get a few pieces of information. You need their contact number, information about the general state that the property is in, about any judgments, liens or mortgages that the property may be subject to and about whether there are multiple owners to deal with.
There's much more that you need to keep in mind when you speak to homeowners for the first time. The ideas here, though, should be a good start.


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Guest post by Intern Lena Lane!
On April 20th, 2010 an explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oilrig radically changed the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico. It also changed the lives of all those along the coast who saw their shrimp and oyster catch disappear, the wetlands die, and the thick slick of oil causing sickness in their towns.
A mile underwater, around 185 million of gallons of oil began pouring out of the damaged rig, uncovered for 86 days. This disaster killed 11 workers. And, according to the National Wildlife Federation, more than 8,000 birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals were found injured or dead in the six-month period after the spill. Today, there are still concerns about the long-term effects of the sometimes mile-long plumes of oil still deep in the ocean.
Although it has been said that the Gulf of Mexico is recovering the truth is a huge dead zone has formed near the mouth of the Mississippi and the wetlands on the Louisiana coast rapidly shrunk in size by around 2,000 square miles. Health concerns have also arisen from the use of dispersants- chemicals that break up the oil so that it would sink to the bottom of the ocean. High levels of ethylbenzene, a byproduct of using dispersants, have been found in the blood of those near the spill. In fact, a three year-old boy who visited the Gulf Coast had at least three times the normal level of ethylbenzene in his blood, an organic hydrocarbon toxic in large quantities. Other components of the crude oil and dispersants such as benzene and Xylene were found in the blood of those close to the spill. These components are known to be cancer-causing agents. However, most of their long-term effects on human health are still unknown.
Although the BP oil spill has largely disappeared from the media, this tragedy set off a movement that continues to unite people regardless of economic status, ethnicity, and political affiliation. This movement is called Hands Across the Sand.
Individuals in 42 nations across the world will join hands on June 25th this year to take part in a peaceful demonstration supporting the efforts of those who are still cleaning up the BP oil spill as well as condemning the dangerous oil extraction process that caused it. The event is also a means of showing support for a cleaner future and greener energy.
To be a part of this event in Austin, arrive at the Pfluger Bridge on South Lamar Boulevard at 11:30am.
To take part in the Corpus Christi event go to Mcgee Beach on Shoreline Dr. between the Holiday Inn- Emerald Beach and the Seawall.
If you are near South Padre Island please meet at Beach Access No.21. For more information please visit http://www.handsacrossthesand.com/.
Come out and show your support!


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Fans of Beitar Jerusalem shout slogans during a soccer match against Bnei Sakhnin on Sunday amid controversy over Beitar's signing of two Muslim players.
The Beitar Jerusalem club has long been known for its fans' racist chants, but the situation escalated dramatically last month after the team signed Zaur Sadayev and Gabriel Kadiev, two Muslim players from Chechnya.
The most outspoken wave of hate comes from a hardcore section of supporters – known as La Familia -- who see themselves as Beitar's real owners.
"Death to the Arabs," they yell during matches. "Beitar, pure forever," they declare.
Rocks have been thrown at players and, during a recent practice, a fan ran onto the soccer field and tried to attack one of the new Muslim players.
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Beitar Jerusalem's new player Gabriel Kadiev, a Muslim player from Chechnya, (right) is seen in action during the game.
The most shocking incident happened on Feb. 8 when the 76-year-old Beitar clubhouse -- home to the club's trophies -- was burned to the ground. Extremist fans are suspected.
After this, team management and the government decided to take a hard line.
"The police are taking this very seriously," Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said. "People who would burn an office are not fans, they are dangerous criminals."
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Meir Harush, one of the board members of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team, looks over the damage after a fire destroyed the club's history room on Feb. 8. Right-wing extremist fans opposed to a decision by the club owner to sign two Muslim Chechen players are thought to have been responsible.
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Burned soccer club trophies won by Beitar Jerusalem are seen after the fire.
Beitar chairman Itzik Kornfein pledged to hold firm too, according to Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronot.
"We took an important step and we're moving forward. In the end, all the fans will understand that this is a done deal and there's no turning back," he said, referring to the signing of the Muslim players.
"No turning back" took the form of 400 police officers and 200 private security guards sent to secure a Feb. 10 game between Beitar and the Arab-Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin.
Bernat Armangue / AP
Players Zaur Sadayev, center, and Gabriel Kadiev, background, seen after a press conference, have been subjected to abuse from their own fans.
Despite the security, some Beitar fans hurled abuse about Sadayev and Kadiev as well as the Arab team.
When Kadiev entered the game in the 79th minute, fans from La Familia cursed and booed him, but thousands of other supporters cheered him.
Abir Sultan / EPA
An Israeli fan of Beitar Jerusalem soccer team wearing an Israel flag during the game Sunday.
On the other side, fans from Bnei Sakhnin whistled during the Israeli national anthem.
Two Israeli and three Arab fans were arrested and are awaiting indictment for violent actions during the game.
Abir Sultan / EPA
Muslim supporters of the Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin football team cheer after their team scores in Sunday's game.
Bernat Armangue / AP
Israeli security forces detain Bnei Sakhnin supporters during a game against Beitar Jerusalem on Sunday.
Abir Sultan / EPA
Israeli border police stand guard during the game Sunday.


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Launch and early operations
The Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP) is the period immediately after launch when critical operations are carried out by the Mission Control Team. For Herschel and Planck, this phase began as soon as the first signal was acquired from the launcher, about 36 minutes after launch on 14 May 2009; it lasted for most of 5 days, and included a number of orbit correction manoeuvres.
During LEOP, the satellites were monitored 22 hrs/day using ESA's Deep Space Stations at New Norcia, Australia (primary ground station); Cebreros, Spain; Perth, Australia; Maspalomas, Spain; and Kourou, French Guiana.
The Ariane 5 solid rocket boosters separated from the upper stage of the launcher approximately 2.5 minutes after launch, and the fairing was jettisoned about 4 minutes after launch.
Herschel separated from the upper stage about 26 minutes after launch. After this, the upper stage reoriented itself away from Herschel and ejected the Sylda, a protective cover under which Planck was kept during launch. The upper stage then reoriented to the correct attitude and was spun up, allowing Planck (which must spin at about 1 rpm to conduct its observations) to separate.
Planck had no dedicated engine for trajectory manoeuvres, so the satellite used its thrusters for trajectory corrections.
Right after separation, the thrusters were used for one trajectory correction manoeuvre, and another was conducted about 30 hours after separation. Another follow-up manoeuvre for fine-tuning and two more manoeuvres were executed along the way to L2. The third and last manoeuvre on 2 July inserted Planck into its final orbit around L2.
The cooling phase and commissioning phase ran in parallel. The satellite's detectors reached their lowest temperature of 0.1K above absolute zero in the first week of July. During commissioning, all of the satellite's subsystems (power, thermal control etc.) were turned on and verified as working normally.


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Five questions for Thomas Schmall
Thomas Schmall has headed Volkswagen do Brasil for a good seven years. In 2014, we visited the German manager in São Paulo, where he spoke to us about growth opportunities, Brazilian openness and the patience that German entrepreneurs need in Brazil
A vigorous pat on the shoulder paired with a warm embrace: attend a business meeting in Brazil and you can expect to be greeted with a hug that lasts for minutes. In our video interview Thomas Schmall tells us about this and other idiosyncrasies of Brazilian business life. And of course, he chats about cars: the German manager was in charge of the Brazilian subsidiary of Volkswagen and has an almost unrivalled knowledge of the market.
Last year, more than 3.5 million new cars were registered in Brazil, a figure that far exceeds German registrations. Both Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz have recently invested in new plants. So what sets the market apart from the European one? And what kind of cars do Brasileiros want? One thing's clear: the car design has to be modified. Watch our video to find out how.


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Porter's five forces analysisporter's five forces analysis, porter's five forces analysis example
Porter's five forces analysis is a framework that attempts to analyze the level of competition within an industry and business strategy development It draws upon industrial organization IO economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of an Industry Attractiveness in this context refers to the overall industry profitability An "unattractive" industry is one in which the combination of these five forces acts to drive down overall profitability A very unattractive industry would be one approaching "pure competition", in which available profits for all firms are driven to normal profit This analysis is associated with its principal innovator Michael E Porter of Harvard University
Porter referred to these forces as the micro environment, to contrast it with the more general term macro environment They consist of those forces close to a company that affect its ability to serve its customers and make a profit A change in any of the forces normally requires a business unit to re-assess the marketplace given the overall change in industry information The overall industry attractiveness does not imply that every firm in the industry will return the same profitability Firms are able to apply their core competencies, business model or network to achieve a profit above the industry average A clear example of this is the airline industry As an industry, profitability is low and yet individual companies, by applying unique business models, have been able to make a return in excess of the industry average
Porter's five forces include – three forces from 'horizontal' competition: the threat of substitute products or services, the threat of established rivals, and the threat of new entrants; and two forces from 'vertical' competition: the bargaining power of suppliers and the bargaining power of customers
Porter developed his five forces analysis in reaction to the then-popular SWOT analysis, which he found unrigorous and ad hoc Porter's five forces is based on the structure–conduct–performance paradigm in industrial organizational economics It has been applied to a diverse range of problems, from helping businesses become more profitable to helping governments stabilize industries Other Porter strategic frameworks include the value chain and the generic strategies
- 1 Five forces
- 11 Threat of new entrants
- 12 Threat of substitutes
- 13 Bargaining power of buyers
- 14 Bargaining power of suppliers
- 15 Industry rivalry
- 2 Usage
- 3 Criticisms
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 Further reading
Five forces
Major dimensions
Major thinkers
Frameworks and tools
Threat of new entrants
Profitable markets that yield high returns will attract new firms This results in many new entrants, which eventually will decrease profitability for all firms in the industry Unless the entry of new firms can be blocked by incumbents which in business refers to the largest company in a certain industry, for instance, in telecommunications, the traditional phone company, typically called the "incumbent operator", the abnormal profit rate will trend towards zero perfect competition
The following factors can have an effect on how much of a threat new entrants may pose:
- The existence of barriers to entry patents, rights, etc The most attractive segment is one in which entry barriers are high and exit barriers are low Few new firms can enter and non-performing firms can exit easily
- Government policy
- Capital requirements
- Absolute cost
- Cost disadvantages independent of size
- Economies of scale
- Economies of product differences
- Product differentiation
- Brand equity
- Switching costs or sunk costs
- Expected retaliation
- Access to distribution
- Customer loyalty to established brands
- Industry profitability the more profitable the industry the more attractive it will be to new competitors
- Network effect
Threat of substitutes
The existence of products outside of the realm of the common product boundaries increases the propensity of customers to switch to alternatives For example, tap water might be considered a substitute for Coke, whereas Pepsi is a competitor's similar product Increased marketing for drinking tap water might "shrink the pie" for both Coke and Pepsi, whereas increased Pepsi advertising would likely "grow the pie" increase consumption of all soft drinks, albeit while giving Pepsi a larger slice at Coke's expense Another example is the substitute of a landline phone with a cellular phone
Potential factors:
- Buyer propensity to substitute
- Relative price performance of substitute
- Buyer switching costs
- Perceived level of product differentiation
- Number of substitute products available in the market
- Ease of substitution
- Substandard product
- Quality depreciation
- Availability of close substitute
Bargaining power of buyers
The bargaining power of customers is also described as the market of outputs: the ability of customers to put the firm under pressure, which also affects the customer's sensitivity to price changes Firms can take measures to reduce buyer power, such as implementing a loyalty program The buyer power is high if the buyer has many alternatives The buyer power is low if they act independently eg If a large number of customers will act with each other and ask to make prices low the company will have no other choice because of large number of customers pressure
Potential factors:
- Buyer concentration to firm concentration ratio
- Degree of dependency upon existing channels of distribution
- Bargaining leverage, particularly in industries with high fixed costs
- Buyer switching costs relative to firm switching costs
- Buyer information availability
- Force down prices
- Availability of existing substitute products
- Buyer price sensitivity
- Differential advantage uniqueness of industry products
- RFM customer value Analysis
- The total amount of trading
Bargaining power of suppliers
The bargaining power of suppliers is also described as the market of inputs Suppliers of raw materials, components, labor, and services such as expertise to the firm can be a source of power over the firm when there are few substitutes If you are making biscuits and there is only one person who sells flour, you have no alternative but to buy it from them Suppliers may refuse to work with the firm or charge excessively high prices for unique resources
Potential factors are:
- Supplier switching costs relative to firm switching costs
- Degree of differentiation of inputs
- Impact of inputs on cost or differentiation
- Presence of substitute inputs
- Strength of distribution channel
- Supplier concentration to firm concentration ratio
- Employee solidarity eg labor unions
- Supplier competition: the ability to forward vertically integrate and cut out the buyer
Industry rivalry
For most industries the intensity of competitive rivalry is the major determinant of the competitiveness of the industry
Potential factors:
- Sustainable competitive advantage through innovation
- Competition between online and offline companies
- Level of advertising expense
- Powerful competitive strategy
- Firm concentration ratio
- Degree of transparency
Strategy consultants occasionally use Porter's five forces framework when making a qualitative evaluation of a firm's strategic position However, for most consultants, the framework is only a starting point or "checklist" They might use value chain or another type of analysis in conjunction Like all general frameworks, an analysis that uses it to the exclusion of specifics about a particular situation is considered naive
According to Porter, the five forces model should be used at the line-of-business industry level; it is not designed to be used at the industry group or industry sector level An industry is defined at a lower, more basic level: a market in which similar or closely related products and/or services are sold to buyers See industry information A firm that competes in a single industry should develop, at a minimum, one five forces analysis for its industry Porter makes clear that for diversified companies, the first fundamental issue in corporate strategy is the selection of industries lines of business in which the company should compete; and each line of business should develop its own, industry-specific, five forces analysis The average Global 1,000 company competes in approximately 52 industries lines of business
Porter's framework has been challenged by other academics and strategists such as Stewart Neill Similarly, the likes of ABC, Kevin P Coyne and Somu Subramaniam have stated that three dubious assumptions underlie the five forces:
- That buyers, competitors, and suppliers are unrelated and do not interact and collude
- That the source of value is structural advantage creating barriers to entry
- That uncertainty is low, allowing participants in a market to plan for and respond to competitive behavior
An important extension to Porter was found in the work of Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff of Yale School of Management in the mid-1990s Using game theory, they added the concept of complementors also called "the 6th force", helping to explain the reasoning behind strategic alliances Complementors are known as the impact of related products and services already in the market The idea that complementors are the sixth force has often been credited to Andrew Grove, former CEO of Intel Corporation According to most references, the sixth force is government or the public Martyn Richard Jones, whilst consulting at Groupe Bull, developed an augmented 5 forces model in Scotland in 1993 It is based on Porter's model and includes Government national and regional as well as Pressure Groups as the notional 6th force This model was the result of work carried out as part of Groupe Bull's Knowledge Asset Management Organisation initiative
Porter indirectly rebutted the assertions of other forces, by referring to innovation, government, and complementary products and services as "factors" that affect the five forces
It is also perhaps not feasible to evaluate the attractiveness of an industry independent of the resources a firm brings to that industry It is thus argued Wernerfelt 1984 that this theory be coupled with the Resource-Based View RBV in order for the firm to develop a much more sound strategy It provides a simple perspective for accessing and analyzing the competitive strength and position of a corporation, business or organization
See also
- Coopetition
- National Diamond
- Value chain
- Porter's four corners model
- Industry classification
- Nonmarket forces
- Economics of Strategy
- ^ Michael Porter, Nicholas Argyres, Anita M McGahan, "An Interview with Michael Porter", The Academy of Management Executive 16:2:44 at JSTOR
- ^ Michael Simkovic, Competition and Crisis in Mortgage Securitization
- ^ Tang, David 21 October 2014 "Introduction to Strategy Development and Strategy Execution" Flevy Retrieved 2 November 2014
- ^ Kevin P Coyne and Somu Subramaniam, Bringing discipline to strategy, The McKinsey Quarterly, 1996, Number 4, pp 14-25
- ^ Brandenburger, A M, & Nalebuff, B J 1995 The right game: Use game theory to shape strategy Harvard Business Review, 734, 57-71 PDF
- ^ Michael E Porter "The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy", Harvard Business Review, January 2008, p86-104 PDF
- ^ Wernerfelt, B 1984, A resource-based view of the firm, Strategic Management Journal, Vol 5, April–June: pp 171-180 PDF
Further reading
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Porter's Five Forces Model
- Coyne, KP and Sujit Balakrishnan 1996,Bringing discipline to strategy, The McKinsey Quarterly, No4
- Porter, ME March–April 1979 How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy, Harvard Business Review
- Porter, ME 1980 Competitive Strategy, Free Press, New York
- Porter, ME January 2008 The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy, Harvard Business Review
- Ireland, R D, Hoskisson, R, & Hitt, M 2008 Understanding business strategy: Concepts and cases Cengage Learning
- Rainer RK and Turban E 2009, Introduction to Information Systems 2nd edition, Wiley, pp 36–41
- Kotler P 1997, Marketing Management, Prentice-Hall, Inc
- Mintzberg, H, Ahlstrand, B and Lampel J 1998 Strategy Safari, Simon & Schuster
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I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to a community who should be very proud of the commendable support in helping to make the Estherville Public Library what it is today.
On Friday of this week I'm closing the final chapter of 50 years in my library career. The progress through the years including the renovation project completed in 1995 is all a result of the importance the library is in our community. I am retiring with no regrets knowing that the library has increased in size, services and technology all as a result of the endless support from our City, County, State of Iowa programs for libraries including library service areas/districts, Friends of the Library organization, benefactors, and every individual near and far who have done their part for the Estherville Public Library. I'm proud to have been a part of the 108 years of library history.
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In closing I wish to share this quote by an anonymous writer which describes my feelings about my library career. "Life is not about the end of the story when you put down the book with a satisfied sigh. It's about all the chapters in between that make your heart race, bring a smile and make you cry as you work your way deliciously exhausted to the end of where you get to sayThat was a Great Story!"
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