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Health matters . . . tired all the time?
PUBLISHED: 12:26 06 October 2015 | UPDATED: 12:26 06 October 2015
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Suffolk GP Dr Matt Piccaver gives his views on the symptoms of fatigue
One of the commonest symptoms I see is fatigue. "I'm tired all the time doctor." My first reaction is to think, "me too".
Fatigue is a frequent feature of many conditions. From a serious case of 'life', to potentially life threatening conditions, feeling fatigued is a common problem. Sometimes it's hard to tell if we might be ill, or just working hard.
The first questions I ask are about lifestyle. How much sleep are you getting? Do you work shifts, or nights? Is your sleep disturbed? Do you snore or stop breathing in your sleep? The latter could be a feature of obstructive sleep apnoea. This can cause you to stop breathing in the night, and can make you very tired the following day.
Fatigue as a stand alone symptom is not usually all that common. Combine it with other symptoms and the cause may become clearer. An underactive thyroid gland can cause us to feel tired, but we may also gain weight. Other features such as coarse hair or skin changes may occur. Sometimes pregnancy might present with nonspecific symptoms such fatigue.
Fatigue accompanied by other symptoms such as low mood, poor concentration or lack of enjoyment might hint at depression.
Fatigue may be present in many short lived conditions such as the common cold, or tonsillitis. In infections such as flu or glandular fever, fatigue can be considerable, and last some time after recovery from the disease.
Aside from mild disease, fatigue can be found in many serious, life threatening conditions. Many cancers, heart conditions or serious neurological problems may include fatigue as one of their symptoms. Fatigue and weight loss often worry me, especially if accompanied by other potential markers of serious illness. Long standing diarrhoea, problems swallowing, or physical weakness may hint at a cancer, or other serious problem.
Fatigue alone is usually not too much to worry about, but if unremitting or prolonged fatigue is well worth discussion with your doctor. If you're concerned, get in touch with your GP. Sometimes reassurance that nothing serious is wrong, and that we're allowed to feel tired, is all that's needed.


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The Ohio State University on April 10, 2019 signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) to launch the Ohio land grant university's first academic research center shared outside the U.S.
The IIT Bombay-Ohio State Frontier Science and Engineering Research Center will be a center for collaborative research shared by Ohio State and IIT Bombay, a world-leading science- and technology-focused public institution in Mumbai.
Through this new center of excellence, professional researchers from across the globe will connect and foster future project collaborations, while students from both institutions conduct collaborative research through a student exchange and scholarship program.
Both institutions have designated spaces on their respective campuses for researchers to work together. At Ohio State, researchers will be based on west campus, in space operated by IMR. At IIT Bombay, researchers' collaboration space will be based at the institute's Nanotechnology Research Center.
"The Frontier Center will make a real impact on society by bringing together leading researchers who are focused on some of the world's most critical challenges in science and technology," said Professor Steven Ringel, Associate Vice President for Research and Executive Director of the Institute for Materials Research (IMR). "By joining in this shared vision with IIT-Bombay, Ohio State has embarked on an innovative pathway to provide its students and faculty with unusual opportunities to globalize Ohio State's impact."
IMR led Ohio State's drive in forming the partnership to accelerate cutting-edge research and innovation, and expand that impact on a global scale.
The research center joins more than 100 Ohio State and IIT Bombay scientists and engineers into a growing collective of researchers. Their expertise includes materials, manufacturing, data analytics, electrical engineering, physics, chemistry and quantum information technologies.
The partnership will enable interdisciplinary faculty research in a myriad of fields, including energy storage, photovoltaics, additive manufacturing, computational materials science and engineering, energy-efficient electronics, Microgrids and power electronics, next-generation photonic devices and circuits, and emergent materials.
"The Ohio State University and IIT Bombay will partner together to create one of our most important inter-university joint research centers," said Professor Devang Khakhar, IIT Bombay Director. "This will benefit both our institutions tremendously, and particularly our research students, as we work together on important science and engineering problems relevant to India as well as USA."
The center also will support the next-generation of scientists and innovators through its doctoral student-based research program.
The center aims to support between 15 and 30 students from both institutions each year, for the next four years, and will grow as externally-supported projects from industry and government agencies become established. Doctoral students will be grouped and co-advised by faculty members from both institutions.
These "center scholars" will spend approximately one semester each year at the partner institution, as members of the partner faculty group. Competitive scholarships will be awarded to aid student costs related to research projects, travel and visitation to the partner institution, living expenses and tuition fees.
IMR faculty members Sanjay Krishna and Siddharth Rajan, world-leaders in infrared imaging and high frequency semiconductor devices, respectively, serve as U.S. faculty center leaders, with Saurabh Lodha of IIT-Bombay, who is an international leader in advanced electronic devices. The Frontier Center leaders will jointly guide the research mission of the Frontier Center.
"This is a great opportunity for two institutions with excellent history of research and innovation to combine their intellectual horsepower and resources to create something that is greater than the sum of parts," said Krishna, George R. Smith Chair in Engineering and professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering. "For me personally, this is great way to bring my birth country and adopted country in a partnership that could transform the lives of students and enrich their learning experience through cross-cultural interactions.
IMR began exploring collaboration possibilities with India-based academic institutions and industrial entities in 2014. This led to consecutive visits to Ohio State by IIT Bombay Director Dr. Devang Khakar and affiliated leadership. The partnership continued to grow as IMR and IITB developed a shared seed grant program through the Materials and Manufacturing for Sustainability focus area of Ohio State's Discovery Themes Initiative, and both hosted bilaternal workshops for several years to enable faculty and student teams to gel.
"The launch of the Frontier Center is the culmination of the groundwork done by both institutions over the past few years. Through the Center, we look forward to the strong, existing interactions being enhanced and leading to high-impact research in the identified areas," said Prof. Swati Patankar, Dean (International Relations), IIT Bombay.
In January 2015, a delegation from Ohio State, including Ringel and President Michael V. Drake, traveled to Mumbai to formalize the burgeoning partnership by signing a memorandum of understanding. This strategic partnership built upon the universities' existing, complementary strengths and assets, with an initial focus on advanced materials and manufacturing, solar energy, semiconductor devices and bioengineering.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, the second IIT to be set up in 1958, is recognized worldwide as a leader in the field of engineering education and research. The Institute was granted the status of 'Institution of Eminence' by the Ministry of Human Resources Development on July 9, 2018. It is reputed for the quality of its faculty and the outstanding caliber of students graduating from its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The Institute has 14 academic departments, 31 centres, two schools and five Interdisciplinary programmes. Over the last five decades, more than 55,000 engineers and scientists have graduated from the Institute. It is served by more than 643 faculty members considered not only amongst the best within the country, but are also highly recognized in the world for achievements in the field of education and research. The Institute is recognized as one of the top centres of academic excellence in the country. Over the years, there has been dynamic and rapid progress at IIT Bombay in both academic and research activities, with a parallel improvement in facilities and infrastructure to match with the best institutions in the world.


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- The El Questro Gorge hike – a 10-kilometre hike through a tropical oasis surrounded by the towering red cliffs of the King Leopold Ranges to a crystal clear gorge and waterfall.
- Zebedee hot springs – natural thermal pools shaded by tropical palm trees under the giant red cliffs that are the signature of the Kimberleys.
- Tunnel Creek – a natural 2km cave of great Indigenous Australian meaning as the resting place of Jandamarra, rock art and amazing history to be discovered
- Bell Gorge – huge waterfalls tumble into this giant amphitheater of a gorge with rock jumps and a scenic hike in.
- Saltwater croc watching in the Pentecost River. They can be spotted easily at night with a torch.
- The Imintji community store, with a local art centre run by the Imintji people.
The Gibb River Road
A dusty red corrugated road, the Gibb River Road leads you to true adventure and real remoteness that can be difficult to find these days.
The Kimberleys are truly something to behold; a place of stark contrasts. The deep red of the dirt is reflected in the towering rock of the King Leopold Ranges, which loom over beautiful clear water gorges surrounded by tropical palms. Big silver boab trees stand out amongst the dry scenery and create a truly unforgettable landscape.
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Depending on your style of adventure there are various free camps and roadside stops along the way or there are various campgrounds and stations with amenities. Home Valley Station and El Questro even have a pub!
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- Jerry Cans (petrol is scarce, particularly if you want to explore off-road)
- Camping gear
- Plenty of water (There are a few places to fill up on the road but we always carried 50L)
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- Plenty of non perishable food
- It is good to be quite self-sufficient as there are many amazing spots to camp with no amenities.
- It is a good idea to go with another car and have walkie-talkies for communication, as there is no phone reception.
How To Get There
The Gibb River Road is in North Western Australia, and is the beginning of the Kimberley region. It can be accessed from the south through Derby or through Kunanurra from the north.
It is quite a road trip to get to however it can also be accessed by flying into Broome or Darwin and hiring a 4WD.
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- Croc watching
- Discovering amazing rock art
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Intermediate. It is not overly difficult however it is essential to be well prepared as it is remote.
Distance Covered
The Gibb River Road itself is 660km long, however there are various roads off the side that are waiting to be explored. It can take anywhere from a week to three depending on how much you want to see.
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Balance 008 contains two CDs, as we already are used to from the previous names such as Phil K, James Holden, Anthony Pappa, Chris Fortier etc. It's quite difficult to say what Desyn strived to do with this Balance, since the mixes are flowing under the shape of house classics, deep, techy, funky and progressive. The DJ puts his eclectic and optimistic imprint on this compilation which contains Desyn's difficult to categorize style.
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If you've missed any episodes of "The Vintage Leaf Memories Podcast", I invite you to check out the show. Here's the iTunes link.
Hi Michael.
I remember watching Kaberle during an All-stars shot competition. He either won or came in second. What an amazing and accurate shot he had. Like Kulemin, he didn't use it often enough and we sure complained about it. I remember him saying he always felt his place was behind the blue-line. Nice to know he's still enjoying the game. C.N.
One of those individuals that is easy to root for, C.N.ReplyDelete
My fondest Kaberle memory was when he scored the game winning goal in Game 5 of the 2001 series versus the New Jersey Devils. If my memory serves me correctly, Brodeur clearly had gotten interfered with yet the goal was not waived off.
It was the closest we ever got to beating the Devils during that era (we lost game 6 at home and got smoked in game 7).
Growing up in Montreal, Michael, I had constant debates in the early 2000s with my friends as to whom was the better defenceman: Kaberle or Markov. I never relented -- I campaigned for Kaberle. But Kaberle spending his underwhelming years in Montreal, while Markov was still a top-flight D-man in the NHL destroyed my argument a bit lol.
Kudos, great post.
Antoni Nerestant
I sometimes get those early 2000s playoff series confused, Antoni- we played the Devils, Flyers and Senators so much, it seemed. Wasn't that game 5 Kaberle winner the same series that Domi was tossed for his flagrant act at the end of Game 4? We were in a position to win that series...Delete
Same here. I get confused as well with the Flyers and Devils series. The sens, on the other hand, I have a pretty clear memory of all four playoff series wins (Some of them, I could've believe we won - especially 2002).
As for the Domi elbow on Niedermayer, I am not sure if it was in 2000 or that same series in 2001.
I researched it while writing this post and you are right -- it was in the same series. Your memory is not failing you.
Antoni Nerestant
Thanks Antoni. I hope your leafdiaries site is getting plenty of traffic. It's well worth the visit.Delete
I remember well watching Salming as a kid, although at that age you simply don't have the same ability to analyze a player. I guess I was sold on the notion that he was the "world's finest defenseman", which was said often. Watching some old games replayed on TV, I have noticed that he was quite a bit like Kaberle. Both smooth skating and passing, although not at all physical in their own end. I was always okay with Kaberle that way, maybe because the combination with McCabe seemed to work so well.
I also appreciated Kaberle's class on and off the ice, he was never controversial (I never bought into the "Muskoka Five" bit, that to me was a management problem and not the fault of players with contracts), he just showed up to play every night. It is great to see he is still playing the game he loves, and still at such a high level, even if his best hockey playing years are behind him.
I thought the "Muskoka Five" thing was largely a media invention, too. Like you, I appreciate athletes who earn their salary by simply coming to work every day and doing their job without creating a crisis on a regular basis or drawing attention to themselves. He wore the crest with distinction, in my view. Thanks for chiming in, Pete.Delete
A bit late here, but I felt the same way seeing Kaberle. He's one of those Leafs I'll always think of fondly. His pairing with McCabe, particularly pre-obstruction penalties, was a pleasure to behold. Finesse and strength - the classic duo! And those perfect cross-ice passes setting up McCabe's blueline bombs were a thing of beauty.
I felt Kaberle was never the same after the hit from behind that concussed him, joining an ever-increasing list of players in a similar situation. It was time to trade him when we did, and I was gald when he was able to participate, however minimally, in a Stanley Cup triumph. Definitely one of the Leaf "good guys" in my book.
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HUNTSVILLE – After rising through the ranks of the Huntsville Swim Association all the way to the United States Olympic Trials as an athlete, Dave Kalange rejoins the team as head age group coach.
Kalange, a former Grissom High School swimming and cross country star, makes his HSA coaching debut Sept. 28-29 at the Fall Classic Meet. He returns to the Huntsville indoor Natatorium with a wealth of knowledge gained from swimming and working with some of Team USA's top mentors.
The 1992 Grissom graduate was a member of four state championships in swimming. He was on the Tigers freshman state championship cross country team in 1988, also winning the individual state title.
"It's very exciting to be back," said Kalange. "I haven't spent much time in Huntsville since I graduated high school. It's so great to see old friends and be back here at the Natatorium where I can't even begin to count the number of hours I've spent here."
The former USA Swimming Junior National champion in the 800 freestyle started swimming at age 4. He joined HSA when he was 9. In 1992, he qualified for the Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships U.S. Olympic Team Selection Meet in Indianapolis, Ind. He's listed as the sixth-place finisher in the 800 meter freestyle finals and he also swam in the mile event at the Olympic Trials.
He still owns the HSA short course record in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 15:28.38 in 1990. Kalange went on to swim for both the University of Georgia and Ashland University. He graduated from Ashland in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education.
"Dave returns to the club with an incredible coaching resume," said HSA Head Coach Matt Webber. "Along the way, he has coached everyone from beginner swimmers to Olympic and world record holders."
In 2009, the American Swimming Coaches Association awarded Kalange with the Certificate of Excellence for the achievement of coaching multiple swimmers to the finals and top three finishes at USA Swimming's National Championships.
Most recently, Kalange served as an aquatics coordinator and masters coach at the Bushy Creek Swim Team in Round Rock, Texas. He is a former head coach of the Circle C Select and Emerge Multisport Triathlon teams in Austin, Texas, and the Clearwater, Fla., Aquatic Team.
He's a former associate head coach of Longhorn Aquatics (Austin) and was also employed by the Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics (Calif.) as head age group coach.
His wife, Sue, is an age group triathlete, and their daughter, Sydney, 8, also enjoys swimming.
"I guess I've pretty much gone coast to coast," Kalange said. "My wife has, too. She grew up in Amelia Island, Florida. Sue was a soccer player, a golfer and a track star in high school. She played college soccer in California at Sonoma State University."
Susan Young, HSA's other new coach, also sports an impressive resume. She has more than 30 years of experience working with all age groups. She's led infant swim lessons, water safety instruction, stroke classes and water aerobics. She also serves as a lifeguard and is an assistant coach with the Redstone swim team in the Rocket City Swim League.
"I spent a lot of my youth living in Africa," Young said. "My father was a veterinarian and we moved there when I was 8 and then moved back to the states when I was age 13. I actually learned to swim in the Indian Ocean. When we moved back to the states, I graduated from Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado."
Young moved to Huntsville six years ago. She also works as a nurse part-time in the Huntsville city school system.
"I feel comfortable helping to teach the beginning swimmers," Young said. "I enjoy getting in the water with them and trying to make them better."
HSA hosts its initial short course meet of the year in the wake of a successful long course season. The team qualified a record number of swimmers for Southeastern Championships in Nashville, where the squad posted 73 percent best times.
Five swimmers placed first in individual events: Kobie Melton, Marybeth Monk, Alison Hu, Sarah Margaret Cimino and Curtis Cooper. The age 11-12 girls and 13-14 boys relays teams also finished first. A dozen team records were broken.
Seven athletes went on to become members of the Southeastern Zone Team for the Age Group Southern Zone Championships in Greenville, S.C. This group included Hu, Melton, Monk, Cimino, Mallory Underwood, John Smith and Zack Harting, who was also selected as a team captain.
Eight HSA team records were set with Harting winning the 100 and 200 butterfly finals. Underwood won the 200 IM. She was second in the 100 free and 200 breaststroke. Cimino was second overall in the 200 fly.
Harting and teammate Jack Calatrello were named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Team.
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Over the past couple of months, I have taken on a commissioned painting which takes an Angel as it's subject. This painting is large: just under 9' high and 6' wide.... large enough that I am painting it on-site. During in-depth interviews with the client and a couple of hundred pages of study on the subject, we came up with a direction and I had some imagery formulated in my head.
Angels, according to Judeo-Christian tradition, are messengers and beings of light. The word "angel" itself comes from the Greek and Hebrew words that mean "messenger". Through my studies, I came up with keywords that helped me characterize some visual qualities of Angels: light, fire and movement. In the Bible they have always been portrayed like men, while our visual heritage through centuries of painting shows them with wings. It is interesting to note that up until the forth century, angels weren't shown with wings, and then the first paintings show them with black or dark wings like birds.
For this painting, the client had a specific vision of an angel in action. One of her keywords for the painting was protection... a warrior angel protecting his charges and taking care of God's business. She was looking for the angel in a specific act... the Angel was going in one direction when suddenly it sees someone that needs help... the moment is of a change of direction in mid flight. This Angel was to have white wings.
The painting process is an interesting one, and working closely with a client on-site poses great opportunities for debate, stimulating conversation, brainstorming, and also opportunity for creative conflict.. After a couple of weeks, we had a discussion about the direction I was taking visually. At this point in the painting, what she was looking at and where I was going seemed to be two different emphases. I am attempting to create a painting of a being of light. Her desire is that I capture the intent of that specific moment. I realized that in this instance, she was reacting to what was on the canvas in front of her, while I was painting what I knew it was going to look like in a month. I could see the end result but she wasn't able to see where I was going.
Moments like this are defining moments in a project, and sometimes a career. She asked me to change what I was doing, and I was going to comply... it is her painting after all, on her wall, and she was paying me to create something for her. I was at a point where I was contemplating rolling up the canvas and starting over on a new one... one that I knew would be beautiful but that wouldn't have the magic I originally saw. I would just take this one back to the gallery and finish it there the way I knew it was 'supposed' to be.
I am fortunate to have a client however, that is sensitive and has seen enough of my work to have faith and trust in the process of the painting and the workings of the Spirit. She called me the next day and asked me to continue with my vision... she would trust that the outcome would be born of the Spirit. It was also an excellent point within the painting process; she was able to clarify for me that the intent of the figure was the key for her, but she realized that her vision would be different from mine.
Below are images of the progression of this canvas. With respect to the light rays, it is probably somewhere between 30% and 50% done... with the layering techniques I use, I expect the figure to be painted, then light painted through, and the figure again repainted. This has already happened a couple of times, and could occur multiple times as the process continues. The layers and light are important elements, and my goal is that as a viewer moves through the room, the reflective properties of the interference and pearlescent paints I am using will change and move with each step, both from within and without the figure. With the layering, the viewer will literally be looking through the glazes, making for depth in the movement of light as well.
The image that I am painting comes from my belief that if we were to see angels as they really were, spiritual beings, they would be a glittering and glorious sight to us that would leave us in awe, or fear and trembling. Since light is made up of all colors, this piece will have to have an array of color/light as well. Painting a subject like this leaves one to contemplate: if Angels are said to be the lowest order of God's created beings, then they are merely a dim reflection of the glory of He who is actually "clothed in light".
Quite a thought to try and get one's brain around.


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It's confirmed: Two new high-definition hard drive-based camcorders are slated for release in Japan in February. The JVC Everio GZ-HD5 and GZ-HD6 will likely replace the GZ-HD7 and will be 40% smaller. The GZ-HD6 will record in 1080i and then upon playback will upscale the footage to 1080p when connected via HDMI. Cool, no?
The GZ-HD5 will come with a 60GB hard drive and cost somewhere around $1,400 or so, while the GZ-HD6 will have 120GB on board and settle closer to $1,600. Both will feature a 10x optical zoom. No word on when they'll hit the states yet.
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Past performances
Chamber music works by Schubert, Schnittke, Kurtag, Schumann, Pesson a.o.
Works by Liza Lim, Lars Petter Hagen, Jon Øivind Ness.
Tre Voci will as ensemble in residence take part in workshops with nu:nord composers in Oslo, Norway
Perfromances at Sound of Mu and Ny Musikk Oslo
Tre Voci Cello Ensemble together with violinist Mira Benjamin and soprano Silje Aker Johnsen, performs new commissions by Canadian, English and Norwegian composers.
07.08. Concert at Ny Musikk Oslo
10.08. Concert at Caféteateret Oslo
14.04. Concert at Sagene Kulturverksted Oslo
16.08 Concert at Limewharf London
Frome Festival, Cooper Hall UK
Duo Stavseng/Christenson plays Schumann, Webern, Janacek, Shostakovich.
Sundvollen, Norway
Terje Nymark - clarinet
Anders Nilsson, Maria Angelica Carlsen - violin
Ida Bryhn - viola
Ravel: Piano trio
Beethoven: String trio Op. 9 nr. 3
Nordheim: Clamavi for solo cello
Penderecki: Clarinet quartet
Svendsen: Octet for strings
Cikada Ensemble
New opera by Henrik Hellstenuis.
Chambermusic by Sciarrino.
Music by Roensholdt, Walshe, Pedersen and Conrad
Spor Festival Århus, Denmark
Tre Voci plays work by William Byrd, J.S. Bach, Cole, Lely.
Somin Roth percussion improv.
Tre Voci performs a mix of renaissance transcriptions and contemporary works for cello trio
Tre Voci performs in Somerset
Music by Byrd, Riddell, Alexander, J.S. Bach
Celebrating our debut cd!
Kulturverket Halmstad, Sweden
Works by:
Janacek, Boulanger, Kodaly, Mankell and Britten
Celebrating our debut cd!
Release concert Järna Kulturhus
Works by:
Mankell, Boulanger, Janacek, Kodaly and Britten
Concert with Migdal Quartet and Mirei Duo in Båstad Chamber Music Festival.
Liv Hilde Klokk - fiolin
Ida Bryhn - bratsj
Kai Remlov - regi
Mozart´s Divertimento in E flat major for string trio
Liv Hilde Klokk - violin
Ida Bryhn - viola
Kai Remlov - regi
Mozart´s Divertimento in E flat major for string trio
Mozart´s letters
Liv Hilde Klokk - fiolin
Ida Bryhn - bratsj
Kai Remlov - regi
Liv Hilde Klokk - fiolin
Ida Bryhn - viola
Mosjøen "Heime hos Ane" 5. februar
Skolekonsert Mosjøen 5. februar
Karin Hellqvist, Odd Hannisdal - violin
Bendik Foss - viola
Works by:
Bach,Haas, Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Cage.
Tre Voci Ensemble and Silje Aker Johnsen, soprano/dancer
Works by Jonathan Cole, Kaspar Johannes Walter, Aperghis, Therese Birkeland Ulvo.
Aldeburgh Parish Church 17th January
Manchester 21st January
Masterclass and concert at RCM 22 January
Limewharf London 24th January
Kings Place London 26th January
Gregor Riddell, cello and electronics
Torun Stavseng, cello and voice
Works by Øyvind Mæland and Eric Egan a.o.
Tre Voci Ensemble :
Gregor Riddell, cello/composer
Colin Alexander, cello/composer
Torun Stavseng, cello
Works by: Riddell, Taylor Brook, Alexander, Ockeghem, Byrd, Lawes a.o.
Lucerne Piano Festival, Switzerland
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A-minor, Op. 56 Scottish
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Conductor: Lawrence Foster
Piano: Evgeny Kissin
Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Jukka-Pekka Saraste - dirigent
Tora Augestad - mezzosopran
Elise Båtnes - fiolin og bratsj
Gonzalo Moreno - klaver
Leif Arne Tangen Pedersen - klarinett
Per Flemström - fløyte
Torun Stavseng - cello
Mozart Divertimento for string trio with Liv Hilde Klokk and Ida Bryhn.
Arbeideren Ålesund
Mellom rød gård: Mozart Divertimento for string trio
Liv Hilde Klokk, fiolin and Ida Bryhn, bratsj
Britten, Janacek and Schumann.
Bishopsgate Institute London
Torun Stavseng - vocals, cello
Gregor Riddell - cello
Simon Roth - percussion
Rob Lewis - electronics
This performance will feature new music for this combination of instruments including arrangments of Nordic songs, atmospheric drone-based electronics, classic 20th century works for solo cello and group improvisations.
Concert in Dublin with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
With Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sara Øvinge, fiolin, Ingvild Spilling, bratsj, Trond Schau, klaver
Ensemble in residency at Nu:Nord composers conference in Oslo with Tre Voci Cello Ensemble.
Recording of Britten sonata, Janacek Pohadka, Saariaho Im Traume a.o. with Anna Christensson in Cooper Hall, Frome, UK.
Re:Sound London with Tre Voci Cello Ensemble.
Japanese Garden, La Paz. Vivaldi Double Concerto with Gregor Riddell and Concerto for two cellos and string orchestra by Gregor Riddell with Orchestra Bolivia Clasica.
Modern solo works for cello including Kurtag, Ligeti, Dutilleux and original compositions with Gregor Riddell-cello and Gustavo Orihuela-violin.
Chamber opera by Cergio Prudencio with Orquesta Experimental de Instrumentos Nativos.
Teaching cello and chamber music at Bolivia Clásica in La Paz, Bolivia.
With Gregor Riddell and Rob Lewis
Folk songs with electronics


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This year marks the 41st Invasion of the Pines on Fire Island. The annual event showcases hundreds of drag queens as they depart on a ferry in Cherry Grove and descend onto the Pines for a jaw-dropping marathon of extravagant looks as they sashay down the runway.
In honor of this year's special celebration, photographer Susan Kravitz has released a book, Mascara, Mirth and Mayhem: Independence Day on Fire Island, full of photos highlighting one of the summer's most popular events.
See some of the fierce looks from the book below, and to find out more about Susan Kravitz be sure to check out her website.
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text: Sometimes when people see how piggily we eat, they ask "how come you're not 300 pounds?" Well, I'm not exactly skinny. But ok, I'm not 300 pounds. It may seem like we are piggier than we actually are. We eat pretty healthy at home. In fact, since January, we've been on this new eating plan. Mike has lost 12 pounds! I have not. Of course. But I HAVE saved 30% on my grocery bills. Basically we eat a very large but light meal in the early afternoon. Then at night we have something light like soup or a sandwich. Our lunches consist of a big salad, then either some chicken, or eggs/fritatta, or a pizza, or some pasta/lasagne, then some sides like sauteed or steamed veggies/potatoes/beans/cheese, and always fruit. We almost always have a glass of wine, too. A SMALL glass of wine. I'll go into more details about each thing in the future, but for now, here are some pictures of what we've been eating.


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"Power is what pride really enjoys: there is nothing makes a man feel so superior to others as being able to move them about like toy soldiers." ~ C.S. Lewis
Reveln.com, my "freedom" website, launched this week. At the same time, I came across a familiar author from my college days, C.S. Lewis. I recall reveling in the richly written fiction of the Screwtape Letters, the Narnia fantasy series and other Lewis tales and illustrations of power, intrigue, and status seeking.
Note: This post was originally posted in 2009 and updated in 2013 with new references.
Status can feel good. Status is enticing– having staff, followers, peeps, tribes, and office perks feels great. Your hard work pays off in having the perks of an office with a view, or enjoying the spacious "power" of the corner suite. I remember luxuriating in travel to the latest conference to listen to great thoughts and deeds as well as to mix and mingle among the flush of the newest of the new. Networking with others, including leaders with status, is a heady experience. "I can get used to THIS!" Some, in leader roles, do all too well.
Yet status can be an illusion, a veneer, fleeting, a "mask." Two education-based examples: one about spine and integrity of a student defined by the impassioned speech of Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman (PG-13 language) to the "authority" leader:
A second, different reminder is delivered by a little known video featuring the idealism and promise of a liberal arts college education, this one at Clemson:
Both remind us of the basic need to renew our skills in staying grounded in respecting others, rooting out our tendencies toward paternalism often tied to power and status. Building sustainable, personal integrity helps create organizational spine that integrates, is the glue, for positive leadership at all levels of an organization. Power and corruption quotes are not included. You probably already know them.
Finding Forrester, is a movie with a similar point on power rule. It features the attractive Sean Connery taking on the establishment with his own fame through his writing power. Dualing authority figures argue over what is "right action" (see the last post.) This makes for a good movie, and good workplace drama. Sean Connery's character is the brilliant recluse, who models the Al Pacino role in a very similar way. Let me know if you hear applause in this version of right meets might.
Below is a list of signs of organization leadership that form spine and integrity. I've observed these over the years. They include current links to specific examples from the Best of 2009 Leadership Blogs nominees:
- Leaders at the top respect and use each other's unique strengths within the top leadership team, and represent this to those who report to them. Top leaders choose to speak well of each other, they choose to dispel unproductive turf competition, and model a positive "vibe" at the top.
- Leaders within groups and teams at all levels find ways to "gel" with each other to get things done across functions. They model open communication and healthy conflict management.
- Leaders make the invisible visible, and disrupt silence and "withholding" with smart questions.
- Good answers to smart questions by leaders, at all levels, create the "juice" of emotionally intelligent relationships, which empowers innovation, improves access to vision at all levels, and increases productive risk-taking, competitive creativity, and fun.
- Fun? Yes! Here's an example of risk-taking, being the "first follower" with a reluctant follower. Kudos to Thriller and M. Jackson fans. (2013 update: The first follower and dance theme continue here with a classic and sci-fi modern video examples.)
- Layers or boundaries are permeable. The senior leadership "bubble" (isolation) is held in check by developed, on-going, multi-layer communication and robust relationships, beyond a simple breakfast or lunch meeting with the big boss. Authentic connection to talent is cultivated, not just scheduled for an hour or two on an e-calendar. Coaching can help.
- Workloads are manageable. Work/life balance is in tune with productive competition. There's still room for fun, playful, creative thought.
- Data flows. It is not hoarded or "scrubbed" at the top. Transparency is skewed toward trusting staff as adults with difficult information and access, rather than parental controls of what "can be handled." This is the greatest potential of Business Intelligence.
- Emotional displays, possibly tied to tenacious baggage, are learning points and are allowed to dissipate, with patience, rather than being used for gossip fodder.
Is this a pipe-dream? What does your workplace culture convey"? How do the questions on your last culture – climate survey play? Are the questions consistent with a full expression of your organization's espoused values?
The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. ~ Lord Macaulay
Your comments and sharing of nuggets from my posts enrich the learning and show me what posts you find useful. Thanks for visiting! ~ Deb
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We exist to protect and improve the nation's well being and wellbeing, and cut back well being inequalities. Take the following quiz and see you probably have what it takes for a career in public well being. I'm glad as a substitute doing observe, I work on health points, clearly I'll make much less money, but I can help extra folks if I apply my learning in the precise time and means.
In the first session our professor Dr Invoice Bicknell gave a chat in regards to the syllabus and the assignments and then he started speaking in regards to the health discipline's dimensions and the definition of Public Health. Issues facing our public health system and well being companies programs have gotten extra complicated in as we speak's growing communities.
For extra details about working in public well being, please visit our in-depth guide to public well being careers. One may get in to the health care professions like Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Physicians and so forth. Bio-terrorism and epidemics are a critical risk to any society, and public well being nurses with their regular campaigns work to ensure individuals are continually up to date about these points and the right way to sort out them, if and after they come up.
The University of Canberra is dedicated to constructing a powerful and sustainable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and sport industry workforce. A bachelor's degree in public health, drugs, diet and other well being studies is ideal for this place; nonetheless, enterprise, advertising and marketing or communications degrees can be useful.
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In each issue of Distro, Editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news.
There are times when you need to stay strong, ignore the criticism and do what you know is right. Then, there are some times when the masses are right and listening is the smart thing. With Windows 8, Microsoft made many radical changes, not the least of which being the deletion of the fabled Start button. This week we got our first taste of that operating system's first major update, Windows 8.1, and it includes a number of notable upgrades and improvements. Perhaps the most notable? The return of a Start button. Well, sort of.
It's now called a "Start Tip" as it isn't a proper button, but you can click on it and bring up the tiled Start Screen interface. So, the Start button is back, but not the Start menu. That's fine by me, as I don't think hidden, contextual elements make much sense in a keyboard-and-mouse environment. And the other tweaks are nice, including a far more comprehensive Settings section, a functional lock screen and, finally, the ability to adjust the size of applications that you've snapped to either side of your screen. Maybe in Windows 8.2 we'll get fully resizable windows!


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Owner of famed NYC pizzeria gunned down in suspected mob hit!!! Mafia take-out?
The owner of a famed Brooklyn pizza joint once at the center of a mob war over the theft of a pizza sauce recipe was gunned down in front of his home Thursday night in a targeted hit, the New York Post reports.
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It looks like there could be a possibility of a NEIGHBORHOOD x adidas Originals Iniki Runner drop. In an image teased by Instagram account @icefuckingfire, the handle shares what looks to be a monochrome iteration of the popular Three Stripes silhouette. Upon closer inspection, we see the uppers made of a knit material, the boost soles in two-tone black/white, and the NEIGHBORHOOD logo placed on the signature brand stripes. There's also giant lettering and panels at the heel and the insoles have the collaborative brand print on them.
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The Local Church: A Beautifully Blended Family
For the past few weeks, I've been making The Case For Going to Church. I've been trying to clear up confusion about what the local church is and what it is called by God to do. First and foremost, a local church is supposed to regularly gather for worship (see The Local Church: A God-Glorifying Family). Second, and what we'll focus on today, is that the local church is a beautifully blended family with deeply loving relationships.
Jesus Died For A Blended Family
The gospel is not a story about a local god or even a regional god of a particular tribe, people, or language. The gospel is the story about God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the Ruler of all nations, who loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son…to do what exactly?
The Apostle Paul writes in Eph 2:13-20, "But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ…For through him we both [Jew and Gentile] have access to the Father by one Spirit. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household [family], built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone."
Jesus Christ, God's one and only Son, came into the world, lived, died, and rose again to save people from the power of sin and death. Jesus brought light and life into a world of darkness and death. He did this to unite people from, "from every nation, tribe, people and language." (Rev 7:9)
So ever since, by faith in Jesus, people from all over the world—regardless of ethnicity, culture, or background—are saved and are united into one new, radically inclusive, beautifully blended family/household (v. 19). This is astonishing. What other family, nation, or tribe is like this?? What other religious story is like this?
In Christ, God is uniting diverse people as brothers and sisters for all eternity. So, we do not gather for worship as a crowd or an audience but as a family. And we are not united by our common interests, preferences, or politics (as powerful as those connections may be!) but by Christ alone. A local church is an expression of God's beautifully blended family.
So, how does a local church relate to other churches? As my immediate family belongs to a greater extended family, so a local church belongs to the universal Church. That Holly and I and our three kids don't live, eat, work, and play with our aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins every week doesn't break our relationship. So the fact that our local church (Appleton Gospel Church) doesn't gather every week with all the other Christian churches in the world doesn't break our relationship, either.
Deeply Loving Relationships
Because God is forming a new family in Christ, we must ask, What does this mean for our relationships with other people at church? If we are family members, brothers and sisters with a common Father in heaven, then our relationships must be the same as any healthy family: deeply loving relationships.
What helps form deeply loving relationships?
- Paying attention, listening, and caring
- Inviting someone over for dinner, dessert, or coffee
- Asking how you can pray for someone (and then actually pray!)
- Making a phone call or sending an email, text, or note during the week
- Smiling, being friendly, and initiating a conversation
- Sitting with someone on Sunday
- Sharing your possessions, time, gifts, and money
- Sharing your needs with others (and accepting help)
- Confessing sin, forgiving, and reconciling
- Encouraging and affirming
- Being honest, respectful, and humble
- Bearing one another's burdens
- Speaking the truth in love
- Rejoice with those who rejoice
- Mourn with those who mourn
Now, I know it's not always easy to worship God or spend a good deal of time with people who have different likes/dislikes, preferences, opinions, and politics than you have. People are wired very differently! And it's downright challenging to form deep relationships with certain people.
But in our deference toward others—and the humility, love, grace, and patience that unity in diversity requires—God is greatly glorified. Loving people who are different than you (culturally, ethnically, etc.) is a unique and beautiful glory that is impossible to give God on your own.
This is why being committed to regularly gathering to worship God with your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ is so important. This is why being committed to regularly meeting in a Community Group, men's/women's ministry group, or Bible study that is part of your local church is so important.
This is why it isn't super helpful to jump from one group to another in a church or to sample from a variety of ministries from churches in a region (as wonderful as those experiences might be). There's simply no way to build deeply loving relationships with people you see only a handful of times in a year. Finally, there's no way to replicate deeply loving relationships online. Social media can supplement in-person relationships, but it can never replace them.
People cannot be fully loved from a distance.
So what do we do? Let me leave you with the encouragement of the author of Hebrews:
"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." (Heb 10:24-25, emphasis mine)


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Divorce often means not only confronting the issues between you and your spouse but also the issue of divorce and your faith. If you particular faith community doesn't support divorce, it doesn't mean giving up your faith altogether.
My current guest, Suzy had always found comfort in her faith observing their strict no physical intimacy before marriage philosophy. The marriage turned out to be virtually void of physical and emotional intimacy. In confronting that, and that her faith was opposed to divorce, Suzy had to decide what her faith meant to her. Here's Suzy:
I would say it was like a fundamentalist, very conservative Christian sect. "We're the only ones" kind of thing.
I joined when I was 18 and I was living in Europe, so I came into contact with it in Paris and when I moved to London to model, it was there. It was a really great group in the beginning. It was really fun and lively and less focused on "We're right, everybody's wrong" and more focused on relationships. So, it really started out super positive and so helpful for me coming from a background where my mom's like wacko. It was a great thing and very positive but as I was in it longer, it became more and more dense and more and more negative and just stopped working for me, because I thought, "This is not me at all."
I think it was just a time period where I really needed that and getting out of my marriage made me investigate that, like "Wait a minute? What do I really believe?" In retrospect, I actually didn't believe much of any of it, but I needed it. I needed it. I think religion sometimes can be need-based. Not always. I don't adhere to any of it now but it was a great stepping stone to spirituality.
I love Buddhism. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist. I love Zen. I think Islam has got some really great parts of it—Judaism. All religions are just super interesting to me, but for me now I think the big process Jesus said, "Don't get divorced. Divorce is bad." I can't remember the verse now and I had to stop and go, "Wait a minute. What do I believe though? Would Jesus want me to stay in this marriage and get really sick and perhaps die? Really?" Investigating that made me go, "I don't think Jesus wants this for me and I don't think my mother would want this. I don't think anybody would want this for me. Why am I doing this? Because of some rule?"
For a while, I shoved the whole thing away, but now I haven't. It's come back to the middle and I feel I'm going to do what works best for me and my own relationship with God, my own walk with God, which has changed enormously.
It's no longer about rules and going to church and all this stuff. It's now about the spirit and the soul and really trusting myself. It's about much deeper things now. It's definitely been a huge process.
I don't see organized religion being for me, but I'm not against it. I know people do that and that's OK. But for me, I don't want that anymore. I've had so much of it, it makes me feel sick. I even went to a New Age church with my girlfriend and I sat there and I thought, "I can't do it. I just can't do it," and they're not even talking about sin. That's not even in their vocabulary and I can't do it.
Faith and God are still important to me. I feel like that's a great thing that divorce does. It makes you really face truth, whatever that truth is for you. I had to face my own demons. I had a ton of fear, a ton of insecurity, very low self-esteem, very hard on myself, which made it very difficult for me to believe in myself and believe that I can do this and that I can be a single parent.
I know women who won't get out of a marriage, because they just don't think that they can do it on their own. Part of me facing God and facing myself was, "Can I do this?" I remember daily going, "Can I do this," and I had to trust that God believed that I could do it and that God was on my side. I had to believe that to do it, because if I thought God was against me, why even try? Those are big hurdles.
The Divorce Coach Says
Just as ending your marriage is an emotional journey, keeping your faith through divorce is also an emotional journey. Quite possibly that journey will bring you closer to your own beliefs rather than those you've accepted over the years because you've never had to challenge them.
You may find your faith community accepting of divorce. You may find it more comfortable to find another community or you may feel that the other benefits you gain from your present community outweigh their position on divorce. It's like politics … very few people embrace a faith's platform 100 percent.
I guess the place to start is knowing what you believe your God would want for you.


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Recently the idea of the "third place†has become popular in ministry circles. I'll try to give a quick definition of the concept here. In the US, we live in three places; home, work, and the third place. There are a variety of expression of the third place; the local coffee shop (think Friends), the corner bar (think Cheers), the local lodge (think The Flintstones). The third place is where people go to socialize. It's the hub location for their "tribe.â€
In ministry circles there have been a lot of conversation about how we should make the church the "third place.†This, theoretically, is a good idea. If people are spending their "third place†time at the church they can connect to the community and grow spiritually.
I'm a little leery of this idea. If I'm spending all my time at home, work, and church, when do I engage with people who aren't Christ-followers? Yes, I know work is a good place to do that. The people there are stuck with me. I will also concede that the workplace is part of our "mission field.†But is it the most effective place to share Christ? I find the conversations that most often turn to spiritual things are not at work. They're at third places with third place people. If the church were to become my third place then when would I have these conversations?
I think maybe the church should be the fourth place. We should carve time out of our schedules to engage at church and in church activities but not let it monopolize our time outside of work and home. Prioritize church but don't make church your third place. Find a place where you can naturally build relationships with people who don't know Christ and use that "third place†time as mission time. Here are a couple of examples:
• Coach soccer (or whatever)
• Study martial arts
• Join a book club
Don't make church your third place. You'll miss way too much of what God is doing outside the walls of the church building. Besides, if the church is people, can the church really be a third place or any place at all?
What are some other third places where you've been able to share Christ and see God working?


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Ian Boswell was going for Gold — Matt Gold — on the Tour of Utah's queen stage
Bontrager-Livestrong's Ian Boswell was riding to honor his friend Matt Gold, who died while skydiving
SNOWBIRD, Utah (VN) — On the race's toughest day, not even a heavy heart could hold down Ian Boswell.
The scrappy American broke free from the clutches of the field about 5km from the Snowbird finish with a fallen friend on his mind. On the day Matt Gold's ashes were spread in these very mountains, Boswell (Bontrager-Livestrong) was riding for Gold, who was killed at age 34 while skydiving just two months ago in Oregon.
"Today, his family came up here with my mom, and they spread his ashes up here, because this is where he lived, and this is where he lived in the wilderness and skied and skydived," said Boswell at the finish, where he finished fourth.
"I rode today for him, and it was super special today for me and my family. It means a lot to do something like that — to have something special to ride for beyond just results. He helped me today."
Gold must have been with Boswell. The 21-year-old from Bend, Oregon, and his teammate Joe Dombrowski attacked Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) near the finish but didn't have enough pavement to reel in BMC's Johann Tschopp, who won the day. Dombrowski finished third.
Boswell, though, could have drug it in last. It didn't matter. On a queen stage that climbed 10,000 feet, his mission was to ride for Gold.
"To ride for him. Whether that meant finishing first or finishing last. Just to give it my all. And I did that today. It's something special," said an emotional Boswell.
Now, Matt Gold's ashes are here in Little Cottonwood Canyon. And so is Ian Boswell's heart.
"I've cried twice before a race. One was at (under 23) Liège–Bastogne–Liège this year," he said. "I was going through some troubles. The other was this morning when I watched a video that I posted of [Gold] and his life and his adventures."
"The Tour of Utah was something special for him and for me," added Boswell, who now sits sixth on the general classification. "He was out here every day cheering me on."


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I was ready to get home. I'd been dozing throughout the flight from JFK to SFO, listening to the background chatter of Channel 9 as a lullaby. Somewhere over Sacramento, the rhythmic flow of controller-issued clearances and pilot confirmations was broken up by a call from our plane:
"NorCal Approach, United three-eighty-nine."
"United three-eighty-nine, NorCal, go."
"NorCal, United three-eighty-nine, we'd like to go ahead and…"
My headphones went silent, Channel 9 shut off.
I didn't think too much of it as we continued our descent, flight attendants walking calmly through the cabin, getting us ready for landing. I had noticed our arrival path was one I was unfamiliar with, but nothing else seemed out of the ordinary… until we turned onto the final approach. In the turn, I noticed the unmistakable glint of firetrucks' rotating red lights, lined up alongside the runway.
So far in this series of posts, we've talked sustainable, useful process; we've talked about talking; and we've talked about leveraging those processes and communication strategies to be able to set expectations to improve chances of reasonable outcomes. But sometimes, no matter how much your team tries, things don't quite turn out as planned… and then it's time for the last "-ation" of aviation: remediation.
Failure is Here to Stay
One of emerging trends in the DevOps space is the idea that failure is inevitable. Software, with its reliance on hardware (which, these days, itself is made up of layers of microcode), third-party libraries, and the interplay between our product's own components certainly qualifies as complex. Add the additional hardware and software required to operate at "web-scale," along with the sociological dynamics of development, operations, and management teams, and you have the textbook complex system.
Complex systems, like their simpler siblings, can obviously experience various sorts of failure. What makes them interesting, unlike simpler ones, is that it's not a matter of whether they will experience failures, but a matter of when and to what degree. Sociologist Charles Perrow's seminal work on the topic introduced the term "normal accidents" (in his book by the same name) to hit home this idea that in these sorts of systems, accidents aren't aberrations, but rather the order of the day.
Failure is a Feature; Remediation is the Bug
If we accept that unanticipated failures will occur in the complex systems we develop and operate, it can be easy to throw up our hands and say "Well, let's ignore it; we'll tackle it with an all-hands-on-deck response when it happens." And often, this translates to everyone keeping in the back of their mind that they should expect to be on call all the time. But there are some good lessons we can take from aviation to prepare for these harrowing times that don't involve giving up on quality and keeping your engineers and ops staff on edge.
Incorporate failure responses into normal flows
A required part of each instrument approach in aviation is the "missed approach segment." This is effectively outlining what to do if Plan A–landing–doesn't work out. It describes where to go and, as when we discussed last week, creates expectations for pilots and controllers should they lose two-way, so-called "active" contact. They also provide fast, short-form communication: "Execute the ILS-28-left missed approach" is significantly faster to say than "Climb to 600 feet; climbing right turn to 3,000 feet on a 285 heading, to join the SFO 280 radial; hold, as published, at OLYMM intersection," which is the equivalent statement.
Quick, exacting communication is great, but there's a cultural benefit: pilots are taught to assume that every landing will end in an aborted approach (what's called a go-around in aviation). When you acculturate system operators to expect the unexpected and incorporate "plan B" into regular processes, failure is de-fanged and the initial responses to commonplace error states is not panic, but familiarity and a confidence that comes with knowing what to do next.
Loose coupling is difficult, but preferable
One of the allures of service-oriented architectures is the inherent design principle of loosely-coupled components. Done properly–with sane versioning, managed SLAs, and the required coordination to string the components together into a useful product–they're not cheaper than tightly-coupled systems, but they have proven to be more resilient to the types of unexpected changes and unknown dependencies that induce the failure we encounter in our industry. Perrow describes the dichotomy thusly: "Loosely coupled systems … can incorporate shocks and failures and pressures for change without destabilization. Tightly coupled systems will respond more quickly to these perturbations, but the response may be disastrous."
Emergencies get priority
In aviation, when a pilot declares an emergency, an alternate world of procedures goes into effect. It's fascinating to watch aviation's emergency response, especially from a system-wide perspective. Another often-touted feature of the service-oriented model is that it allows teams to deploy on their own schedule, without being gated by anyone. But should everyone have the freedom to ship when the service is down or degraded, due to a yet-to-be-determined problem? Probably not.
In urgent conditions, even small aircraft can push the big boys out of the way. (I have actually experienced this once while flying; sorry Air Canada!). It's more than common courtesy: it is acknowledgment that the nature of complex systems is such that small/non-critical components can indeed affect big ones, and sometimes, for the benefit of the system, we must gate operations to reduce complexity while in the midst of a failure-condition.
For induced failures, swap out operators
If an engineer has induced a failure within the system, if at all possible, they should communicate their understanding of the situation, and transfer the responsibility of dealing with the incident to someone else. Often times, when errors are induced by operators of complex systems, an effect Perrow calls "incomprehensibility" occurs: the feeling that it's inconceivable that their actions could have caused the results they're seeing. Dealing with the incomprehensibility of the situation involves a tremendous cognitive load, so much so that the person responsible for dealing with the situation may distract themselves, increasing the chance that they'll miss important information that could solve the problem, or worse, cause more errors to compound the failure.
Another reason to swap operators out: Harvard psychologists have started researching a class of human error called "counter-intentional error." It's the phenomena we've all probably experienced where a friend tells us to be careful about something in particular, and we end up doing that exact thing, precisely because we're so focused on not doing it. So when possible, we should relieve those involved in operational failures, not for punitive reasons, but because once in an error state, it's difficult for our brains to break out of that mode while caught up in the moment. It's also good advice for no other reason that a fresh pair of eyes on the problem can be worth a lot.
Healthy postmortems are not a luxury
No-blame, actionable postmortems are becoming a core tenet of DevOps, and there are numerous places to find advice. Two interesting aspects aviation has uncovered: postmortems are not run by the agency responsible for governing air traffic (the Federal Aviation Administration); they're run by the National Transportation Safety Board. The separation of responsibilities results in some interesting findings at times, which the FAA isn't incentivized to discover, and arguably may not have ever found. It's often hard to look in the mirror, so if your organization is big enough, having a separate team gather the postmortem information may be worth it. If not, even having someone from an uninvolved, but related team can be helpful.
Complex system failures, by definition, are never the result of non-hostile actors interacting with the system. So while postmortems can certainly focus on, say, "pilot error," the real answer is always more complex. This is the "five whys" principle in action. Postmortems suffer from what I call the postmortem paradox: they must walk the fine line of being taken seriously enough to produce actionable results to improve organizational and system behavior, but must not be taken so seriously that they are just a witch hunt in disguise.
An Uneventful Incident
When I got home from the airport, I pulled up LiveATC to see if I could discover what happened. Turns out the next words out of the pilot's mouth were, "We'd like to go ahead and declare an emergency"–our plane had suffered an engine shutdown. Since we were already in the descent, the pilot elected to complete the flight, but requested a wide berth from air traffic control, which included an expedited arrival path and "rolling the equipment"–sending out the emergency vehicles. Listening to the back-and-forth reveals a mastery of incident response and (possible) disaster management. There's a subtextual beauty to the exchange, especially when you consider that the majority of the passengers were none the wiser. (And as it played itself out, nor did they need be.)
It's certainly the case that not all normal accidents will turn out this way; but since they're bound to occur no matter what we do, by copying some of the techniques aviation uses, your organization has a higher probability of keeping an incident from blossoming into an accident, responding effectively to whatever your complex system throws at you, and incorporating the lessons learned for the next go-around.