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Kincardine Estate History

A brief account by Andrew Bradford

Formed out of much larger estates in 1710 Kincardine Estate was bought by my great-grandmother in the 1880s, although her family had previously been associated with the area for many centuries. Since then the property passed through the female line, hence my rather un-Scottish surname.

The estate covers some 3,000 acres and, roughly speaking, the land cover is:

Forest - commercial
1,500 acres
Forest - amenity
200 acres
Agriculture - tenanted
600 acres
Agriculture - in-hand
400 acres
Rough Ground, muir etc.
250 acres
Buildings, roads etc.
50 acres

The land ranges from elevations of 290 - 850 feet above sea level on ground which was heavily swept by ice between 2,500 and 5,000 feet thick only 11,000 years ago. Its amazing how it recovers if you wait a while. The estate runs a number of enterprises briefly described below.

Forestry: In these latitudes timber grows slowly and reaches maturity, for saw-milling purposes, at between 55 and 100 years depending on species. A violent storm completely devastated the woodlands here in 1953 and most of the forest area was replanted with 1,250,000 trees in the 20 years following that disaster.

The large trees in the policy grounds around the castle survived the storm and are older. There are some fine examples of beech, oak, ash and sycamore and also some North American species such as Douglas and Noble Firs. The tallest Douglas Firs, planted only 75 years ago, are now 150' tall and growing strongly.

Our timber produce faces international competition from Canada, the Baltic States and Russia and the returns from growing timber are small once the planting, harvesting and transport costs are taken into account.

Some time ago we started a timber harvesting and marketing co-operative with our neighboring estates and this now handles over 40,000 tons of timber per annum.

Recently the use of timber for biomass has influenced influence timber prices and this provides the heat for Kincardine Castle.

Agriculture: Our farmland is not high quality land. The estate provides land, buildings and farmhouses for 6 small tenant farms. These are very modest enterprises. It would be far more efficient to amalgamate them into one large unit, but tenancy law rightly prevents us from doing this.

We farm about 400 acres ourselves.

Agriculture is heavily dependent upon support from the Common Agricultural Policy. It will be interesting over the next few years to see how reforms of the CAP will take effect.

Fishing: The River Dee forms our southern boundary and the estate owns salmon fishing rights on the north bank. Atlantic Salmon enter the Dee from the sea all year round and swim upriver to spawn in November. Adult salmon stay in the river as adults for up to 12 months and during this time they don’t feed. The young hatch in the spring and take between two and four years to grow large enough to migrate to sea.

The proportion of Atlantic Salmon that return from sea to breed in Scotland's rivers has declined in recent years. There are numerous theories as to why this might be and they include the effects of global warming on the sea temperature, poaching and predation by the huge seal population now resident in UK waters. On the Dee we are making strenuous efforts to turn things around. Commercial netting in the Dee Fishery District was bought out and all rod caught fish are being released. The fish conservation strategy started in 1995 and continues. It takes 6 years for the offspring of one generation of salmon to return as adults, and it is interesting to note some catch statistics from Kincardine Beat

  • 2001 - best season since 1989
  • 2004 - best season since 1988
  • 2009 - best season since 1986
  • 2011 - best season since 1980
  • Since 2000, the average catch has risen by over 160%.

Salmon fishing is an important local industry sustaining some 400 full-time equivalent jobs in Royal Deeside alone. In Scotland rod fishing brings in more money than does golf. More info...

Shooting: The estate woodlands host a variety of game birds. Many of the smaller woods were planted to produce driven pheasants. In recent years Kincardine Estate has produced some fine driven pheasant shooting. We have leased our shooting to a local syndicate. Shooting parties can, of course, stay in the house and shoot as we can rent shooting on neighbouring estates. More info...

Housing: The estate owns 70 houses. A few of these are tenant farm or employee’s houses but the bulk of them are rented as residential dwelling houses. Our rental policy seeks to support the local community. If all our houses were rented at the open market rent many local families would not be able to afford to live here. We therefore set rents, often well below market levels, to support local needs. Despite forgoing a very considerable quantity of rent in this manner housing is the estate’s biggest enterprise. Currently government bias against the private rented sector prevents us doing more to help those who need housing.

Property: The estate also rents 4 shops and a number of workshops and land for other commercial enterprises. We also have a quarry for granite which is used in repairing roads. It produces around 100,000 tons of rock a year.

Kincardine Castle: Kincardine Castle was built in 1894 to replace a rather more sensibly sized house which existed on the same site. Since 1985 we have used the castle for commercial purposes and it is also used on several occasions a year for charitable fund raising purposes. Kincardine Castle remains a family home and it is this which gives it that special homely ambience so appreciated by all our guests.

Property Maintenance: All our property requires managing and maintaining and we do a great deal ourselves with a small team of talented and dedicated staff. In many cases we provide the following services for our properties: roads, water supply, sewage treatment and ground maintenance as well as meeting the endless needs for repairs.

Summary: Kincardine Estate is a small but varied business. Our land is of high scenic and environmental value and parts of it, and many of the buildings and much of the land are recognised by national designation as being of special quality. Nicky and I have dedicated our lives to it and I hope you will agree that it is a glorious place. We are delighted to share it with you.

Andrew Bradford


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Daughter Arrested For Murder After Pottsboro Woman Beaten To Death

GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Some residents near Pottsboro are resting a little easier tonight, after deputies say they caught the woman who beat a senior citizen in her own home this winter, causing fatal injuries.

Investigators say the suspect became emotional this week and tried to swim into a pond to retrieve a hammer they believe she used to kill her own mother, and we've learned the motive may have been money.
Seven months since her mother's death, the crime was weighing on Shelia Mae Wolfe, 53, of Pottsboro, investigators said.

"We made an arrest yesterday as a result of this investigation," says Sheriff's Office Sgt. David Russell.

According to court documents, Wolfe invited a deputy over to her home Monday, where she was holding her head in her hands amd questioning whether she'd killed her mother.

Later, she called again. Russell found her at a friend's pond about 1 mile from the crime scene, with a knife and a bible, according to investigators.

She allegedly said she had thrown a sledgehammer in the water -- the one she "got out of Mama's bedroom," and she remembered her mother "gurgling blood."

When she tried to jump in the water, deputies say they restrained and arrested her.

 "She was arrested at the residence. Her residence had changed since then," says Russell.

Investigators say Denison Fire Department divers later located the hammer in the pond off Flowing Wells Road.

The autopsy showed Marlene Cannon, 70, had multiple fractures on the left side of her head and had been strangled, documents show.

Cannon was found in her bed with her head bloodied at the home at the intersection of Flowing Wells and Scott Hill Road on Dec. 16.

Investigators say Wolfe was also burning something in trash barrels that night, which they were told was unusual because it's not something she normally did.

"Any time we have a criminal act of this magnitude, to trace all the evidence and to eliminate what is not right and focus on what is, it just takes a while to do that, to cover all the bases," says Russell.

 "I just hope that they prove that it was her and that Marlene can rest now, you know, because she was a good woman," says victim's friend Connie Waggoner.

Documents show investigators were told Cannon might not support her daughter financially and that Wolfe was scared Cannon would outlive her and spend all of her inheritance. One friend isn't surprised.

 "Just the way that they were together," says Waggoner.

 "At first, yes I was, I was really surprised at first. If she done it that's what we gotta find out is if she done it," says victim's friend Doug Pape.

Wolfe was arraigned Wednesday and the bond was set at $1 million.  Documents show wolfe has previously been arrested on charges including arson, assault, and DWI. The two lived together up until Cannon's death, and deputies say Wolfe has recently been living nearby.

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GRAYSON COUNTY -- According the Grayson County Sheriff's Office, an arrest has been made in connection with the brutal murder of a Pottsboro woman.

Marlene Cannon, 70, was found severely beaten at a home on Scott Hill and Flowing Wells Road on December 16, 2013. She was flown to Medical City in Plano in critical condition and died as a result of her injuries.

Today, the sheriff's office said it executed an arrest warrant for murder on Shelia Mae Wolfe, the daughter of Marlene Cannon in reference to her murder.

The sheriff's office said the case is still being investigated.

Wolfe's bond was set at $1 million.

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APPLE SPRINGS, TX (KTRE) - Low attendance due to the flu has forced Apple Springs ISD to close all campuses until Dec. 14.

Superintendent Gregg Spivey said about 40 children did not come to school today. Less than 200 are enrolled in the school.

Spivey said seven of the cases are confirmed H1N1 flu and nine are of the seasonal flu.

He said attendance was below 50 percent today at the elementary school, which is for third through sixth grade.

Apple Springs ISD is located about 18 miles west of Lufkin, off Highway 94 West on FM 2501 with an enrollment of about 185 students.

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Graveside services for Kenny Lynn Davis, 32, of Huntington will be held Friday, March 21, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in the Whitehouse Cemetery with Brother Keith Woolf officiating.

Mr. Davis was born June 26, 1975 in Lufkin, Texas to Donna (McClendon) and Roger Davis, and died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at his residence.

Mr. Davis had resided in Huntington most of his life. He was a press operator for Citation Texas Foundries, and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Mr. Davis was saved 20 years ago, and attended the Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Donna and Robert Earl Ellington of Huntington; father, Roger Davis of LaMarque; brother, Mike Davis and April Tullos of Huntington; stepbrother, Clay Ellington of Huntington; stepsister and brother-in-law, Angela and Jason Rice of Ohio; grandparents, Ellen (Davis) Curry, Bobbie McClendon, and E.W. and Naomi Ellington, all of Lufkin; uncles and aunts, Ricky and Cheryl Davis of Lufkin and Vandy and Pattie Sowell of San Augustine; and a number of cousins, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Dewey K. Davis and R.H. "Buddy" McClendon.

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Ankara - Anatolian Civilizations Museum

History of Buildings

The Anatolian Civilizations Museum is in two Ottoman buildings located near Ankara Castle, in the Atpazarı district of Ankara. One of the buildings is Mahmut Paşa Bedesteni and the other one is Kurşunlu Han.

Bedesteni was built by Mahmut Paşa, one of prime ministers (vezirs) of Mehmet the Conqueror during 1464-1471. The building does not have any inscription. It is recorded in the sources that pure Angora garments were distributed here. The design of the building is of the classical type. There are 10 domes covering a rectangle designed to enclose the location, and there are 102 shops facing each other.

According to the historical records and registry books, Kurşunlu Han was built as a foundation to finance Mehmet Paşa's (Mehmet the Conqueror's vezir) alms giving in Üsküdar, Istanbul. It does not have an inscription. During the repairs of 1946, coins of the Murat II period were discovered. The findings indicate that the Han [inn, caravansary] existed in the 15th century. The Han has the typical design of the Ottoman Period Hans. There is a courtyard and an arcade in the middle and they are surrounded by two-storey rooms. There are 28 rooms on the ground floor and 30 rooms on the first floor. The rooms have furnaces. There is a barn with an "L" type on the ground floor in the west and south directions of the rooms. There are 11 shops on the north side of the Han, 9 shops on the east side and 4 shops facing each other within the garden. The inn (Han) was built by Mehmet Pasha and in 1467 Mehmet Pasha was promoted to Prime Minister (head vezir). The vaulted bazaar was built upon the orders by Mahmut Pasha who kept his position until 1470. He had his mosque, soup kitchen and madrasa in Üsküdar and his body is buried there.

These two buildings constituting the museum today were abandoned after the fire in 1881.

The History of the Museum

The first museum in Ankara was established by Mübarek Galip Bey, the Directorate of Culture, in 1921, in the section of the Castle of Ankara called Akkale. In addition to this museum, artefacts from the Augustus Temple and the Byzantine Baths were also collected. Upon the recommendation of Atatürk and from the view of establishing the "Eti Museum" in the centre, the Hittite artefacts from the region were sent to Ankara, and therefore, a larger museum was needed. The Director of Culture at that time, Hamiz Zübeyr Koşay, and the Minister of Education, Saffet Arıkan, recommended that the Mahmut Paşa Bazaar and the Inn be repaired and converted into a museum. This recommendation was accepted and the restoration continued from 1938 to 1968. Upon the completion of the bazaar repairs, where the domed structure is, a committee chaired by the German archaeologist H.G.Guterbock arranged the museum in 1940. In 1943, while the repairs of the building were still under progress, the middle section was opened for visitors. The repair projects of this part were carried out by the architect Macit Kural and upon the tender the repair work was performed by the architect Zühtü Bey. In 1948 the museum administration left Akkale as a storage house, and the museum was in four rooms of the Kurşunlu Han the repairs of which were completed. The restoration and exhibition projects of the part around the domed structure were prepared and applied by the architect İhsan Kıygı. Five shops were left in their original form but the walls between the shops were destroyed, and thus a large location was provided for exhibition. The museum building reached its present structure in 1968. The Kurşunlu Han has research rooms, a library, a conference hall, a laboratory and workshops. It has been used as an administration building, and the Mahmut Pasha Vaulted Bazaar has been used as an exhibition hall.

The Anatolian Civilizations Museum, being among exceptional museums with its unique collection, has Anatolian archaeological artefacts and artefacts from the Palaeolithic Age to the present.

Anatolian Civilizations Museum

Anatolian Civilizations Museum reaching the present time with its historical buildings and its deeply rooted history was elected as the first "Museum of the Year" in Switzerland on April 19, 1997.

Palaeolithic Age (....8000): The Age is represented by the remains discovered in the Antalya Karain Cave. The people of Palaeolithic Age were hunting and collecting communities living in caves. The stone and bone tools of the people of that Age are exhibited.

Neolithic Age (8000-5500) : During this age food production began and first settlements were established by the communities of this age. The artefacts of the age were discovered in two important centres of the age, namely Çatalhöyük and Hacılar and are exhibited in the museum. The remains include the mother goddess sculptures, stamps, earthenware containers, agricultural tools made of bone.

Calcolithic (Copper-Stone) Age (B.C. 5500-3000): In addition to stone tools, copper was processed and used in daily life during this age, and rich remains dating from this Age which were discovered in Hacılar, Canhasan, Tilkitepe, Alacahöyük and Alişar are exhibited in the museum.

Old Bronze Age (B.C. 3000-1950): The people living in Anatolia in the beginning of the 3rd millennium B.C. added tin and alloy to copper and invented bronze. They also worked all metals of the age with casting and hammering techniques. Valuable metals, magnificent death presents discovered from royal tombs of Alacahöyük, ruins from Hasanoğlan, Mahmatlar, Eskiyapar, Horoztepe, Karaoğlan, Merzifon, Etiyokuşu, Ahlatlıbel, Karayavşan, Bolu, Beycesultan Semahöyük, and Karaz-Tilki Hill constitute the rich Old Bronze Age and are exhibited in the museum.

Hittites (B.C. 1750-1200): The first political union in Anatolia in the 2nd millennium was established by the Hittites in the Kızılırmak basin. The capital city was Boğazköy (Hattuşaş) and other important centres were İnandık, Eskiyapar, Alacahöyük, Alişar, and Ferzant. Embossed bull figure containers, earthenware artefacts, tablets of government archives, seals in the name of the king can be seen.

Phrygian (B.C. 1200-700) : The Phrygians immigrated from the Balkans in the 1200s and acquired control over Anatolia, their centre was Gordion. The works of art discovered in Gordion and its ruins are the best examples of the Phrygians and are exhibited in the museum.

Urartu (B.C. 1200-600) : The Urartu civilisation reached an advanced architecture and mining technology in centres like Altıntepe, Adilcevaz, Kayalıdere, Patnos, Van, Çavuştepe and lived during the same period as the Phrygians.

Late Hittites (B.C. 1200-700): Upon end of the Hittite Empire, some Hittite communities established province states in south and south-east Anatolia, and the Late Hittites Principalities Period ensued. Malatya-Aslantepe, Kargamış, Sakçagözü are some important Late Hittites settlements.
Our collections including Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Period artefacts from the 1st millennium, made of gold, silver, glass, marble, and bronze and coins represent exceptional cultural assets.

Ancient Jewellery is exhibited in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum.


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Who is at the center of your life?

Last year, the Indianapolis Colts won the Super Bowl defeating the Chicago Bears 29-17 in front of millions of people, who watched the game and the presentation of the Vince Lombardi trophy to Coach Tony Dungy. They also heard him publicly declare his faith to a worldwide audience.

I am reminded from the Scriptures what Jesus said about such a public profession of faith in Him, "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32-33, NKJV).

"Coach Dungy's life displays his steadfast belief in God and his submission to God's Word. His story is a guide for basic living and a confession of his belief in Jesus Christ, the Son of God."

Excerpt from the book Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker.

Notice the Lombardi tropy is not at the center of this group circle of prayer. The trophy is not their idol, nor are they worshipping it or the game they play, but they are honoring God and giving thanks to him in everything they have done (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Whether it was intentional or not, this photo demonstrates the priority of Christ in Tony Dungy's life, as well as for those on the team who are Christians too. Jesus Christ is the center of Tony Dungy's life. Not football or the Vince Lombardi trophy, but Jesus Christ and Him alone.

None of us play a professional sport where our performance is on display in front of thousands of people each week, but our lives are on display before others and more importantly before God, where our lives are naked and open before Him to whom we must give account (Hebrews 4:13).

Campus Crusade for Christ uses a Gospel tract titled The Four Spiritual Laws, which is where these two circles come from. These circles above are displayed and a person is asked, where is God in your life right now? Is He seated in His rightful place in your life or is He on the outside of your life and you sit on the throne?

Look back at the picture again of the team in prayer. Forget that Tony Dungy is the head coach of a professional football team. Look at him as a person and ask yourself, is Christ at the center of my life like his? Should it be? Should HE be?

I felt at one time there were things I had so desired to have in my life materially and even financially that I believed would bring more satisfaction and happiness to my life. But now my sentiments echo the apostle Paul, "Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;" (Philippians 3:7-9).

Many people acknowledge that God is outside of their lives and realize that He should be in the center of it, as we humble ourselves to Him by submitting to His will and His Word.

So where is God in your own personal life? If He is on the outside and no change is ever made to repent of your sins while becoming born-again, then Heaven will not be the place for you. Every sinner who remains unforgiven, unrepentant will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

"For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26).

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Hannah said...

Hello Brother -

Beautiful photo! Yes the people of God need to remember and always give thanks for the one who give us true sucess - According to Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success". That is sucess to leave this earth not allowing his word to depart from us. Thank you brother and may He always be on the throne! Grace Hannah

Anonymous said...

Hey Kurt-
Thank you for sharing your blog. Very encouraging. What a reminder to those who loose sight of who He is and where He should be in our lives. The center.
Just as Matthew 6:33 says "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Not that we should be seeking Him for those things, but that if we diligently seek him, He will reward us. What an awesome God we serve.
Thank You- God Bless, Kristi

How True is the Bible?

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September 13, 2007

You never know when it could be your last breath

I just read this incredible story of a young man named Seth, who asked his pastor about the importance of personal evangelism, particularly to his friend Ben.

The blog account of this story is here, "
Heart for the Lost: You never know when it is someone's last moment" and the Salt Lake City news story, with a video interview of Seth can be found here.

Please read and watch this story.

Imagine if either Seth or Ben could have said to their friend who killed Ben, as Stephen said as he was being stoned to death, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." (Acts 7:60, NKJV).

"whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away." James 4:14.

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Have a blessed weekend.

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Angela said...

Thanks Brother, when my parents died it was already established they accepted the Lord but I must say when a trauma happens sometimes with drugs given to alleviate any pain, some people don't even have any conversation, We must prepare in advance!
Brother, please advise how to do a "Blog" & how to get my name on the Evangelism Blog...tks. brother, Angela

How True is the Bible?

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July 22, 2009

"I am married unto you." Jeremiah 3:14

Since I am 30 days away from getting married, today's devotional reading from Charles Spurgeon is very appropriate and so I share it with you.

Christ Jesus is joined unto his people in marriage-union. In love he espoused his Church as a chaste virgin, long before she fell under the yoke of bondage. Full of burning affection he toiled, like Jacob for Rachel, until the whole of her purchase-money had been paid, and now, having sought her by his Spirit, and brought her to know and love him, he awaits the glorious hour when their mutual bliss shall be consummated at the marriage-supper of the Lamb. Not yet hath the glorious Bridegroom presented his betrothed, perfected and complete, before the Majesty of heaven; not yet hath she actually entered upon the enjoyment of her dignities as his wife and queen: she is as yet a wanderer in a world of woe, a dweller in the tents of Kedar; but she is even now the bride, the spouse of Jesus, dear to his heart, precious in his sight, written on his hands, and united with his person. On earth he exercises towards her all the affectionate offices of Husband. He makes rich provision for her wants, pays all her debts, allows her to assume his name, and to share in all his wealth. Nor will he ever act otherwise to her. The word divorce he will never mention, for “He hateth putting away.” Death must sever the conjugal tie between the most loving mortals, but it cannot divide the links of this immortal marriage. In heaven they marry not, but are as the angels of God; yet there is this one marvellous exception to the rule, for in Heaven Christ and his Church shall celebrate their joyous nuptials. This affinity as it is more lasting, so is it more near than earthly wedlock. Let the love of husband be never so pure and fervent, it is but a faint picture of the flame which burns in the heart of Jesus. Passing all human union is that mystical cleaving unto the Church, for which Christ left his Father, and became one flesh with her.

Morning devotional reading written by Charles Spurgeon.

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How True is the Bible?

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Head-on crash in Johnston County injures 3

JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK-- An afternoon accident in Johnston County sends an Ada man to the hospital in critical condition.

Troopers say, just before 4:30pm on US 377 near the City of Pontotoc,
32-year-old, Joey Harris was traveling south, when he struck a pick-up traveling north, head on.

Harris was taken by helicopter to OU Medical Center.

His passenger, Anthony Lattie of Connerville was also flown to Oklahoma City and was last listed in stable condition.

The driver of the pick-up received minor injuries.


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La Biennale di Venezia

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Introduction by

Ivan Fedele

Director of the Music department

The programme of the 61st International Festival of Contemporary Music summarizes and draws its inspiration from all the ideas and planning that from 2012 to 2016, have led to an ever-expanding interpretation of the concept of “contemporary” that seeks to extend the field of investigation and advancement to a wider spectrum of issues and genres of the musical creativity in our time.

As always, the events dedicated to new pieces, research, experimentation and support for new creation will be key, as will the encounters with the great masters and the young artists who are coming into the international spotlight, with promising urgency, for the first time.

 In this area, the Biennale College will repeat its successful experience as a “factory of invention”, in which selected young talents work side by side, in an experience of ideation and production stretched across an entire year, with tutors of international standing.

The purpose is once again to focus attention on the open theme of musical theatre, about which the new generations seem to have a great deal to say.

Three teams have been selected this year, one German and two Italian teams, who will present the one-act works Orpheus moments, La stessa barca and Apnea on the closing weekend of the Festival.

The theme of the Orient will be the leitmotif, the thread that ties together many of the concerts in the programme. A thread that unfurls along the deep furrows of the practices of a still-vibrant tradition that suffuses the creative paths of many of the most representative authors of that ample region of the Asian continent that embraces China, Korea and Japan. Authors whose relationship with the West has been one of frequentation or even of union.

This is true of Tan Dun, a charismatic multitalented figure in the music of our time, who has been awarded this year's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The concert by the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai will present the Italian premiere performances of three compositions by the master: Concerto for Orchestra (from Marco Polo), The Tears of Nature and Secrets of Wind and Birds, conducted by Tan Dun himself.

The Silver Lion for upcoming new talents will be awarded to the young Japanese composer Dai Fujikura, as we listen to the world premiere of his Horn Concerto n.2 on the evening that will feature the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto conducted by Yoichi Sugiyama in a programme that also includes the Italian premiere performances of the Concerto for koto by Malika Kishino and the Concerto for violin by Guo Wenjing, Shèxì.

The Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto will also open the Festival with Inori by Stockhausen, a rarely performed score for the stage and a milestone in the production of the maestro, in which a mime performs a ritual inspired by Japanese spirituality following a meticulously detailed score of gestures. A profound and sincere way of bringing together the contemporary western world and the Oriental tradition.

One of the central concepts of the Zen philosophy (“let go, abandon your prejudices”) inspired the name and mission of the French ensemble Hanatsu Miroir, which works to combine music and images on the basis of extremely free and creative principles. They will perform two concerts: in the first, we will listen to the Italian premiere of Vallée des merveilles by Maurilio Cacciatore, in the second a world premiere by Japanese composer Kenji Sakai.

The monographic concerts dedicated to Korean composer Unsuk Chin (Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble) and to Toshio Osokawa (Takefu Ensemble of Tokyo), along with the recital by percussionist Thierry Miroglio, complete the rich line-up of world and Italian premiere performances.

Another extremely relevant theme is that of the “augmented” instrument and “extended” techniques. This year cellists Michele Marco Rossi, Sévérine Ballon and Arne de Force present different aspects of these techniques in programmes that include many world and Italian premieres, and introduce us into a world that transfigures the familiar sound of an instrument as symbolic of our western tradition as the cello into a universe of new acoustic dimensions and creative approaches, that is breathtakingly new and original. It will all take place in one single day, during which the focus on this theme audience will be presented to the audience, so that it may find its bearings within a multifaceted dimension that offers opportunities for comparison that can help understand and explore the new frontiers in the performing practices of our time.

One of the goals of the Biennale's Music Department is to invite back the young artists from the College who distinguished themselves for their artistic results, as in the case of Alexander Chernyshkov to whom we commissioned a new musical theatre piece in collaboration with Tempo Reale, following the success of his Trascrizione di un errore in 2016. The new work takes place in a "vintage" technological environment that the young Russian composer found extremely stimulating to liberate his original and vital creative vein.

A new feature of last year's Biennale Musica was its introduction of different genres such as jazz, live-sets and ethnic-traditional music.

In the coming edition, the decision was made to further expand the horizons of the 23 Open section with the purpose of highlighting the innovations in language and new soundscapes that even the most market-oriented music can express in its most original and convincing exponents.

This is the case with JoyCut, an Italian band that has toured around the world with its electronic rock, which is both incisive and vibrant at the same time, to vast young audiences, and the duo Musica Nuda with vocalist Petra Magoni and double-bassist Ferruccio Spinetti, who will make their debut on our stage with a new project titled Case, Amori, Universi in which they will also recite the verses of the poet, ethnologist and Orientalist (there is our thread...) Fosco Maraini, all within an extremely refined light-electronic environment.

The live-set this year will feature the cult duo Demdike State (Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker), eclectic artists who cannot be confined within a single genre: oriented towards dystopic techno, dark-ambient or jungle, they also achieve stunning results in their remixes of contemporary music. An event not to be missed.

Finally, jazz is back with the New 4et of jazz legend Enrico Rava, an artist who has always tread down a path of changing languages, blazing the trail for entire generations of young musicians. His concert is inspired by a project he developed last fall in Japan.

With our approach to the 61st International Festival of Contemporary Music, based on a programme that spans the entire horizon of music, we hope to repeat the wonderful experience of last year's edition, in which audiences of every type and inspiration could meet and discover each other as they filled up our venues.

Enjoy the music!

Ivan Fedele

Biennale Musica
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Thursday, 14 December 2017

Lower Hutt City Council and Mediation

This is a short post just to comment on the story in the New Zealand Dominion Post daily paper, about dysfunctional relationships within the elected Council of the Lower Hutt City Council. This council is a principally suburban district adjacent to Wellington, with a relatively small population compared to some. Like many smaller local authorities, they appear to struggle to get good candidates to run for council, and when there, they appear to have some real difficulties with relationships with each other.

It is worth putting a link to the article to explain the background. This is

The problem appears to be that the councillors have very different views on a number of issues including whether council staff should be paid the living wage (rather than the basic minimum wage) and also arguments about getting free meals while attending council meetings. It appears that because of these disputes, the council has had to refer to outside lawyers and considerable expense to obtain opinions about what appear to be fairly trivial matters.

So the councillors decided that they would use Justices of the Peace or lawyers prepared to work for free or at low cost when disputes arose. The point of my post is to wonder why they did not consider using the many highly skilled mediators who practice in Wellington and Lower Hutt. I am quite confident mediators would charge much less than lawyers, but more importantly, they have the skills to resolve the disputes rather than give legal opinions about the rights and wrongs. The suggestion that Justices of the Peace be used shows a basic misunderstanding of the role of a Justice of the Peace, echoed by the National Federation of Justices, who commented among others, that it would be fraught with difficulties.

There are two things we can take home from this story. Unfortunately the first is that there is still not enough knowledge in the community of the role of mediators. Any mediator would have seen this problem and immediately thought they could assist in resolving these disputes. The second is that no one contacted the two professional bodies who qualify mediators, AMINZ and the Resolution Institute, or Fairway Resolution Limited who also provide mediation services for community matters. I don't know if the Council will stumble across my blog, but I would be happy to point them to many of my mediator colleagues who could assist (as could I) in facilitating these issues and even training them to better techniques for dispute resolution on the council.

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House of Futures Talk, Copenhagen, Denmark

This presentation is as it was presented on September 21st, 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark. You can read the notes from the presentation below”with slides where appropriate”or, you can download the full presentation PDF.

My message today is one of hope. It is based on the strength of the human spirit, our survival instinct and our capacity to alter mindsets when faced with imminent danger.

This is not to say I see an easy road ahead. As we look over the world economy and ecosystems today, we see a planet at grave risk. Humanity uses the equivalent of 1.5 planet earths to provide the resources we use and to absorb our waste. To the detriment of future generations, this overstep has been growing at an accelerating pace, causing life-threatening ecological degradation and economic catastrophe beyond normal comprehension. We know this. We see it every day. And we want to stop it. That’s why we’re here.

To get out of this mess, I believe, we need to know how we got into it in the first place. Although some will disagree, I submit it’s not because humanity has become more greedy or immoral, but because we are trapped in mental models of reality that have led us in the wrong direction.

If I can digress a moment: The mindsets that lured us into our present overstep were formed hundreds of years ago when natural resources seemed limitless and capital scarce. Because capital could leverage returns on land and labor, capitalists began to assume that capital took precedence over people and Nature a dangerous thought that still carries influence today because it is so deeply rooted.

Nevertheless, to our credit as an adaptive species, starting nearly a century ago, an alternative worldview began to coalesce that today holds great promise. Its early roots were in complexity theory and ecology, which caused us to think more holistically about the world we live in and how deeply interconnected we are with the rest of life. These notions later became incorporated into systems thinking and modeling and into the ways some leadership companies are organized and managed today.

The companies leading today’s corporate renaissance operate from this holistic worldview. Rather than modeling themselves on mechanical systems a machine-like behavior that emerged from the industrial revolution they mimic living systems. They are acutely aware that their primary assets (people and Nature) are alive. Beyond that they know all value ultimately emanates from life. It is an integrative, harmonic way of thinking that inspires great insight and accomplishments. In this disruptively creative sense it echoes the earlier European renaissance.

To understand the gathering energy of today’s corporate renaissance, and to assess its future potential, I’d like to do three things:

  1. Create a framework for understanding the underlying beliefs and force of the renaissance;
  2. Summarize common attributes of companies leading this change so we, as change agents, can be more aware of their interests; and
  3. Discuss what we can do to accelerate the renaissance in this time of deep economic and ecological crisis.

To historian Thomas Kuhn, what ultimately causes a system to change is the accumulation of anomalies observations that can’t be explained by the prevailing paradigm of beliefs and mindsets.

In the next few slides I’ll try to summarize how the anomalies we’re seeing today the ecosystem and financial distress emerged from well-intended visions that were built on false assumptions.

Following that we’ll look at the promise of the renaissance model. And for the sake of clarity, we’ll frame these alternative systems in a metaphor familiar to us all.

To understand the dynamics of a system of human enterprise, such as our global economy, think of an iceberg. What we see at the top is only 10% of its mass. The largest part, as we see here, lies beneath the surface invisible to the naked eye.

The things we see above the surface are quantifiable results things such as GDP, profit, ecological impacts and public health. But most important, as suggested here, are the behaviors, organizational structures, visions, values and beliefs that ultimately produce those results.

Think of it this way. Beliefs frame our concepts of how the world works. Our worldview, in turn, frames our visions of what is possible. Those visions then affect how we organize ourselves and behave in pursuit of our goals. Therefore, the deeper we go towards the beliefs, assumptions and mindsets that govern our behaviors, the greater our potential for effecting transformative change.

The traditional model of the firm is premised on beliefs we now know to be erroneous: that earth’s geological and biological resources are limitless; that perpetual consumption growth is good; that technology is universally beneficial; and that non-living capital assets are worth more than people and Nature, which I describe as living assets.

This distinction between non-living capital and living assets is worth repeating because it frames a fundamental difference between traditionally managed companies and those that mimic life. Traditionalists tend to place a higher value on capital than on people and Nature, while life-mimicking companies do the exact opposite.

In any event, as we move up through this iceberg diagram, we see how widely-shared beliefs inform visions, values, structures, behaviors and results at the tip of the iceberg. And on the next slide we’ll see how these beliefs have led us unwittingly into the unsustainable bubble we’re now trying to escape.

In the far right column of this image we see how the systemic failures we’re experiencing today emanate from systemic stress and the dehumanizing, disconnected structures producing that stress, much of which arises when we put a higher value on non-living capital than we do on life.

This is not the outcome that traditional capitalists envisioned. Their ethos, described by Jeremy Bentham, was the utilitarian ideal of “the greatest good for the greatest number.” This ideal looked to rising living standards later defined as per capita consumption and doing it quickly with machine-like efficiency.

The tragic flaw of this approach, as we now know, is its shortsighted dismissal of social and ecological costs that exist outside the process of commercial value creation costs that mainstream economists call “externalities.” The sheer weight of these external costs is today crippling the world economy and devastating earth’s biological carrying capacity upon which all species depend.

This is not new news. Our most progressive companies saw the approach of this tsunami decades ago and began taking corrective action.

The emerging organic model of the firm couldn’t be more different than the industrial capitalist model. As earlier suggested, companies that mimic life reverse the practices of traditionally managed ones by placing a higher value on living assets than on capital assets. They understand at a basic level that living assets are the source of capital assets and that capital assets can’t function without living ones.

In similar fashion, the value systems of these life-mimicking companies are bio-centric rather than anthropocentric. That is to say they’re concerned with total systemic health the possibilities of long-term ecological and economic wellbeing rather than the quickest shortcuts to GDP growth and profit.

These distinctions are hugely important. They lead us to think more deeply about life, our innate connections to the biospheric web-of-life and our ethical urge to live in harmony with life an urge the eminent Harvard biologist, Edward O. Wilson, calls “biophilia.”

As summarized on this slide, life-mimicking companies seek harmony with the larger web-of-life by becoming more life-like themselves. Their visions are fittingly more positive and inspiring, their structures more synergistic, their behaviors more constructive and their results more sustainably prosperous. Companies that operate this way practice what I call living asset stewardship (LAS).

About 16 years ago, I created a learning lab of these exemplary firms called the Global Living Asset Management Performance (LAMP) Index. Its constituent companies were those I believed to be best-of-breed living asset stewards in their industry/sectors.

As you will see in the next two slides, these LAMP companies became prodigious innovators and creators of value because their life-mimicking qualities inspired employees to work with their hearts as well as their minds.

The secret to success of LAMP companies resides in their spirit, which catalyzes the reinforcing cycle shown on this slide.

Here is how it works. We become inspired when corporate cultures affiliate with our biophilic (life affirming) instincts. In companies that practice living asset stewardship (LAS), we’re more likely to find meaning in what we do. This makes us more eager to learn and more likely to access our higher thinking capacities. Our eagerness for learning and deeper understanding ignites our capacities to innovate. And visionary innovation increases the odds of turning a profit. The cycle repeats as profit reinforces LAS.

It’s important to note here that Global LAMP companies approach LAS with the same professional competence they bring to other critical disciplines such as finance, marketing and product design. And they do this with carefully constructed metric and audit systems, which continually assess the strength of their relationships with employees, customers and other key stakeholders.

The strength of those relationships defines a firm’s relational equity. And this is a critical point: Relational equity is the best leading indicator of financial equity I know.

The chart you see here reflects the value of relational equity through the results of our Global LAMP Index relative to three commonly used peer indices. And it illustrates the effects of compounding consistently advantageous returns.

To grasp the importance of compounding, consider this. The average annual return of the Global LAMP Index over this 15-year period was not quite double the return of its peer indices. However, because it consistently made more in up years and lost less in down years, the compounded result of the LAMP Index was 4 to 5 times better.

Some have asked if this result was the product of frequently changing LAMP Index composition and the answer is no. LAMP results were achieved with less than 1% one-way annual turnover since 2002, when the Index became the research source for my book, Profit For Life. (Results prior to 2002 were on the same 60 companies, which were selected with some benefit of hindsight.)

Also significant, the risk profile of the LAMP Index is comparable to peer global indices a finding that has been validated by the global investment consultancy Northfield Information Services. So what we see here are above average returns achieved with average risk a result that strongly suggests Global LAMP companies are better organized and managed.

To people schooled in traditional economic and investment theory, these results defy logic. Performance advantages, such as those we see here, are supposed to be quickly arbitraged away as the successes of leadership companies are copied.

While I agree that such copying will take place and that the advantages of LAMP companies will eventually be arbitraged away, I doubt that this will happen quickly for one simple reason. What needs to be copied here is not a technology or a manufacturing process, but a corporate culture “¦ and that culture runs counter to conventional practice.

To achieve the requisite cultural shift, traditionally managed companies must dive to the bottom of the iceberg where our beliefs, mindsets and assumptions reside. This takes time especially for companies that are accustomed to command-and-control hierarchies and linear mechanistic reasoning.

Before leaving this slide, I should note that much of the profit growth of LAMP companies is derived from rolling up market share against traditionally managed competitors. This will not go on forever because eventually LAS cultures will prevail everywhere. From that point forward, profit growth must depend upon service and intelligent value added not on using up scarce earth resources.

So, what are we talking about here? If we could define a framework for companies that mimic life, what would it look like?

The broadly shared attributes of life-mimicking companies are easy to understand once you get inside their beliefs and mindsets. Each of the attributes I shall mention in the next slide have been extensively researched and described in books and professional journals. This, however, is likely the first time you will see them presented as a coherent whole.

And that brings me to another important point about life-mimicking companies relative to traditionally managed ones. The defining properties of life are properties of the whole whereas those of machines can be reduced to the sum of their parts. If we want companies to exceed the sum of their parts, to be highly conscious and self-sustaining, they must become more life-like.

Some of you may remember that my first description of LAMP companies’ life-mimicking attributes listed only the first five you see on this slide. Later on I added a sixth one consciousness believing it to be an emergent quality that stems from the original five.

The first attribute you see here concerns networking. Companies that mimic life are organized as radically decentralized networks, much like the organization of our bodies. While they maintain some degree of hierarchy for structure, they localize decision-making just as our sense of touch is localized. They also foster the development of informal collegial networks linking experts within the firm to those outside the firm, including suppliers, universities, key customers and the like. This sensing capacity greatly accelerates knowledge acquisition a huge advantage as we transition from the industrial age into the age of knowledge.

The second attribute you see here concerns the self-organizing, self-renewing and ultimately self-making “autopoietic” attributes that are unique to life. To achieve these qualities LAMP companies serve the professional growth of employees by a process called servant leadership. Their goal is to increase the capacity of individuals and work teams to spontaneously adapt as market conditions change by making decisions on the front lines. In the most advanced LAMP companies, these autopoietic attributes continually refresh product offers and enable firms to reinvent themselves from within.

The third attribute is frugality. Companies that mimic life are frugal in the ways they manage energy and resources because wastefulness makes them vulnerable to predators or early death. Frugality is a survival instinct common to all species.

The fourth attribute looks to the synergies achieved when we are exposed to diverse sources of information and feedback. To optimize such synergies, life-mimicking companies openly share and exchange information within their market ecosystems. Such transparency invites diverse stakeholder feedback, which greatly increases the firm’s capacity to learn, adapt and innovate. Just as in Nature, LAMP companies derive great strength from their diversity of perspective and experience.

The fifth attribute is a symbiotic mindset. Companies that mimic life give back to the larger living systems that support them a behavior we see in all ecosystems. This sense of higher purpose is typically expressed in their values, visions and missions and in the respect they show to their employees, host communities and Nature. It is a source of great inspiration to employees and creates bonds of trust and loyalty among customers.

Finally, companies that mimic life are highly conscious. This attribute covers a spectrum from their self-image as a living system to their awareness of the larger web-of-life. The consciousness of LAMP companies arises from their earlier noted self-organizing networks, which function much like the brain in assimilating information, and from their symbiotic sense of caring. This duality simulates the heart-brain connection that links our emotions and desire to learn, which activate our higher (quantum) thinking capacities. In the best LAMP companies this heightened awareness becomes so integral to employee thinking that it’s like a second nature.

Once we understand these attributes and how they are interconnected we begin to see companies in a different light. Reflecting back on the earlier iceberg metaphor, we now have a conceptual framework and a vocabulary to understand the renaissance now taking place in corporate management.

The three companies on this slide are interesting because they come from industry sectors with very different economic sensitivities and behaviors and because they come from parts of the world with different cultures. Nevertheless, each one affirms the core message of the Global LAMP Index: that living asset stewardship and respect for life resonate everywhere.

In the next three slides we’ll look at the qualities of life-mimicking companies in pairs in such a way that we cover all six attributes. My purpose here is to focus on important structural elements and how they relate to one another so the whole becomes more than the sum of its parts. For lack of time this can’t be a detailed discussion. But I hope it will create a context that leads to greater understanding.

In Nucor we find a model of decentralization and deep networking a web of networks within networks from the corporate level to individual business units and down into the informal communications among work teams at the mill level. The strength of these networks is defined by the strength of the individuals and trusting relationships that exist within them. (Trust, I might add, is the utility through which information flows.)

A close reading of the Nucor story will show how it reinvented the steel industry in three distinct ways. First, and most important in the company’s mind, it put its workers at the center of its universe rather than on the outer fringes a Copernican revolution of industry practice Nucor put into effect more than 40 years ago. In a second point of departure, Nucor created a decentralized web of mini-mills that reprocess locally sourced recycled steel a radical change from the mammoth integrated mills that dominated the industry for most of the past century. Its third innovation was to become an industry leader in industrial ecology with a vision of closed loop manufacturing an idea that still eludes its primary competitors.

Nucor’s culture is one where mill workers write their own job descriptions, manage their work schedules, teach one another and freely share ideas as they work together. The impetus to excel in each facility comes from within the team and it is so strong that Nucor has become the steel industry’s innovation leader with no R&D department. In fact, the firm’s capacity to learn is such we could call it an idea mill that happens to make steel. And the extraordinary thing is: most of its mill workers have no more than a high school education.

Today Nucor is the largest steelmaker in the US and by far the most productive a radical change from its status at the time of its cultural transformation, when it would not have made the top ten.

Canon, like Nucor, is a highly networked generator of ideas and for decades it’s been the global leader in imaging technologies. I feature it here because of its self-generating energy and symbiotic vision.

Canon’s San-ji spirit is a model of autopoietic self-making and self-organizing corporate energy and it has been a core value since the company’s founding 75 years ago. In essence, San-ji asks employees to be conscious of their roles in the larger web of social and environmental life and to take responsibility for their actions and impacts.

Together with its corporate philosophy of kyosei, which envisions living and working together for the common good, Canon appeals to the spirit of employees. They are asked to imagine a better world and to collaborate in making this happen, setting in motion the reinforcing cycle of learning, innovation and profit that energizes all LAMP companies.

Canon’s long-term vision, summarized in its recent Sustainability Report, gives further definition to its mission. It looks to a balance between social prosperity and environmental sustainability that will be a standard of excellence for the next 100 to 200 years a rare exercise in foresight for any organization.

What we see in this culture is a call to innovate towards a transcendent life-affirming goal in ways that balance individual freedom and responsibility. It’s a powerful mixture because it engages people’s hearts as well as their minds: their longing to create a meaningful legacy for future generations.

Novo is perhaps the best example of LAS I have yet seen. Like a living eco-system, it works to conserve energy and the resources it needs to function. And it does this through an inclusive culture of high ideals and prolific idea sharing.

Last year Novo’s Danish operations became fully converted to renewable enrgy. The extra cost of this conversion was almost entirely offset by energy savings that Novo employees found in their individual workplaces.

Novo accomplished this extraordinary feat because the firm uses all its intellectual resources. With four employees represented on the board, front line knowledge and experience gets blended into strategic thinking and visioning. Employees know what the board is thinking, and vice versa. Further, through regular inclusive dialogue, Novo finds it easier to form a common sense of purpose and to implement strategy.

As a healthcare company with a holistic sense of mission, Novo derives much of its energy from giving employees big intellectual challenges. One such is its concern with bio-ethics an issue that connects its work in human health to the biological health of the planet. Another is its goal of “positive net impact” wherein it seeks to return more value to the earth than it takes in, creating value for its customers.

Novo’s over-arching goal of systemic health is also reflected in its frugal financial management. To honor company commitments to employees, customers, suppliers, host communities and investors, Novo consistently holds more cash than debt on its balance sheet. This cash cushion enables the company to thrive and innovate through difficult times, such as the one we’re now in, while less prepared competitors must cut back in ways that compromise their stakeholder relationships.

Over the 20 years ending September 1, Nucor stock has had a total return from shares and reinvested dividends of 925 percent more than 13 times the return of US Steel, which was formerly the largest steel company in North America.

During this same period Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel formerly the second and third largest steel companies in North America entered bankruptcy in large part because of their inability to compete with Nucor.

Over the past 20 years Canon stock has risen 682% while key competitors Kodak and Xerox either lost value or were marginally profitable. Because of its productivity, Canon today is worth more than 5X Kodak and Xerox combined. This is quite a change from 30 years ago when Canon was smaller than either of these once dominant competitors.

Finally, Novo’s total return to investors over the past 20 years has been more than 3,700% far above industry competitors Eli Lilly and Pfizer. If we were to add the value of the Novozyme and ZymoGenetics spin-offs to these results, I believe Novo Nordisk’s total return to shareholders would have been closer to 6,000%.

These companies, and others in the LAMP Index, are on the leading edge of the emerging corporate renaissance. Rather than trying to dominate and control people and Nature, they are learning how to nurture and affiliate with these living assets.

To paraphrase historian James Carse, LAMP companies are on a learning journey from the finite game of growth for its own sake towards the infinite game of life, where bio-ethics and LAS are central to the enterprise.

This journey, this existential awakening, is not an abstraction. It is real. And the results of its leading exemplars cannot be ignored.

To step back and look at the big picture unfolding before us, we now see why companies that mimic life accrue advantages over their traditionally managed peers.

By placing a higher value on life than on capital in their quest for value, they inspire deep stakeholder loyalty and trust. This feeds back into exceptional employee commitment and innovation, repeat business and referrals from happy customers, patient long-term investors and well-intended advice from other stakeholders.

The growing systems thinking capacities of life mimicking companies convey another important advantage. Because they are more adept at seeing the diverse interconnects and feedbacks in natural and social systems, and understanding the limits of those systems, they are more skilled at dealing with complexity.

The operating leverage of life-mimicking companies, then, is in their reach to human heart and spirit, which are links to our higher (quantum) thinking capacities.

Now we come to the core question of this conference. What can we do to support this emerging corporate renaissance, to create a sustainable path into the next century?

As systems thinker Dana Meadows once said, “Challenging a paradigm is not part-time work. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it.” In fact, those in power often have a vested interest in resisting change, no matter how beneficial it may be.

So we must be strategic, knowing our leverage resides in shifting beliefs and mental models and in reawakening humanity’s biophilic instincts, which have been wired into our genes for thousands of generations.

People today are hungry for change, desperate for solutions. They are also deeply perplexed by the adverse impacts of an industrial system that once carried such great promise.

Yet, few know the story I’m telling today because it’s foreign to their belief systems and excluded from the evening news. Although some may like the sound of it, most don’t trust that respect for life will work in this hyper-competitive world of industrial capitalism.

I, however, am more optimistic because I can see the important changes taking place beneath the surface of events, at the bottom of our metaphorical iceberg. The mind shifts occurring in this important space have major implications for our future. And these, like returns on the Global LAMP Index, have a way of compounding. Success breeds success.

My principal concern is that defenders of the traditional industrial capitalist system will prevail on governments to keep bailing them out and that this will compound error upon error. That is why it is important that we become proactive in demanding change in our capacities as voters, consumers, employees, investors, educators, systems analysts and the like.

Juxtaposed against the failures of industrial capitalism, demonstrated success stories can change fundamental belief systems. Powerful leverage in those most committed to learning.

In conclusion, I believe brain rich companies have a huge role to play in our economic and ecological future. Within this realm, the most powerful leverage for transformative change resides in companies that mimic life because they are the most open and committed to learning.

We, as change agents, must know how these life-mimicking companies think and operate both in order to work with them and so we can explain to others the sources of their success.

People are attracted to success stories. Success overcomes fear and kindles hope. And in hope resides the possibilities of transformative change so beautifully captured in Canon’s kyosei philosophy, Nucor’s employee-centric culture and Novo’s desire for net positive impact. This is how success compounds.

Although much of my case this morning is built on systemic thinking and bio-mimicry, there is yet a more important catalyst to the change we seek. I believe that impetus resides in our spirit, our love of life, our biophilic instinct because these impel us to look ever deeper into the systems that impact our lives.

It is my hope that we all embrace that spirit, that love, and so become full partners in co-creating and expanding today’s renaissance.

Thank you very much.


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Making Wooden Cut-Outs
Thursday, 17 April 2008

I've made about 25 wood cutouts in the past 2 years.  This year I'll be adding another 30 or so.   Here is what I have found over the years:

Wood Selection

I've used both 15/32 B/C plywood and OSB.  Now that my OSB cutouts have been displayed for several years, I can whole-heartedly recommend it since it is MUCH cheaper than 'real' plywood.  Home Depot In June, 2008 had B/C plywood for $18/sheet, whereas the 15/32 OSB (oriented strand board) which I ended up using was only $5.50/sheet DELIVERED.  That is less than 1/3 the cost.

The only drawback of OSB is that it is a bit weaker then plywood.  When building your cutouts, you may need to leave a bit of extra wood around 'thin' parts and be careful when storing them.

Patterns and Initial Transfer

If you are using patterns, lay them out on the sheet first.  You would be amazed how much wood you can save by turning, and rearranging your patterns.  Don't be afraid to modify them slightly if it means they fit better.  For example,  by reducing the poof-ball on the top of a hat, I was able to turn a pattern 90 degrees and save nearly 1/2 a sheet.

Once you have the patterns arranged, remember where they go, take them off, and put the transfer paper down.  Trace the outside edges only - you'll be painting the whole thing with primer so no need to trace the inside yet.

Since I was using patterns, I used Red Saral Transfer Paper .  This transfer paper works GREAT!  Unfortunately when I first started making cutouts I only bought 2 rolls - enough to cover only 3/4 of a full sheet of plywood.  As I got to the edge, I had to move a row from one side to the other.  It was difficult to not move the pattern while moving the transfer paper.  do yourself a favor and buy 3 rolls and be done with it.  I've used the same 2 rolls for 15+ sheets worth of cutouts, and could use them for another 15.

Try to hold the paper pattern as steady as possible when doing your first trace.  Keeping it steady now means it will line up better later (when tracing the insides).  Don't be shocked later when your pattern misses by an inch or so in places!

For cutting I would NOT use a jig saw.  I used one for my first 2 cutouts and it took FOREVER.  Then I remembered I had a spiral saw.  WOW what a difference!  Not only is it faster, but it gives the cutout a more 'organic' look.  The spiral saw cuts curves MUCH nicer and makes the cutouts more 'home-y'.  I personally use a Roto-Zip spiral saw.  Don't forget extra bits --> The glue in the plywood, coupled with the shear amount of cutting that needs to be done means these bits get dull quickly.  Figure on using 1 bit for every one and one-half sheets of cutouts.  I usually end up buying contractor packs of 20.

Priming (the most important part)

Time to paint!  Buy a good latex primer and prime all sides of your cutouts.  Make sure you prime those edges.  If there is going to be a problem later, THAT'S where it will happen.  I did 2 coats of primer on BOTH sides (and edges).

If you plywood has printing or other factory marks on it, be sure to test your primer to be sure it is going to cover the paint/ink they used.  Some of my plywood had been splattered with black and red paint at the factory.  When I tried to prime them, the spots came through the primer making my cutouts look like they had the measles!  For these sheets, I had to seal the wood with an oil based primer, and then put 2 coats of latex on.

The Second Tracing

Once the primer coats have completely dried, get the pattern back out and try to line it up along the edges.  Do this BEFORE you put the transfer paper underneath.  For all but the smallest patterns, you notice that it won't line up properly.  The idea here is to line it up as best as you can.  You may need to 'split the difference' between 2 parts of the cutout, or 'push the edge' off to one side where it doesn't matter (usually the bottom).  If it's REALLY off, you may need to trace one part first, then re-position the pattern.  Once you get it where you like it, put the transfer paper under and start tracing all the inside lines.

Be careful where you put your hand while tracing.  Some of the cutouts I made were large, and I had to brace myself while leaning over the cutout.  Every place I put my hand, I had a hand-print on the cutout from the transfer paper.  If you don't want to re-paint the white areas, put your hand in a colored spot!

I purchased 9 different colors of of exterior latex paint from Wal-Mart in quart sizes.  In 2006, I believe the price was around $7/qt).  While I bought a good primer, I went cheaper on the paint.  I figure it's only going to be exposed for 6 weeks out of the year, so fading/etc won't be a problem in my lifetime!  I live in FL though where winters are pretty mild, so you may want to consider buying good paint as well.  I have a TON of it left after doing 8 sheets.  The only exceptions were red and green.  I only have about 1/4 of a quart each left.

I did 2 coats of each color, using the pattern's color guide.  I 'custom mixed' small amounts of colors (Pink, Dk Red, Lt Green, Grey, Orange, etc, when needed.  If large areas needed a color I didn't buy, I simply substituted with one that I had on hand.

I ended up painting most of the colored parts with either a 1/4" or 1/2" artist brush.  I tried using larger brushes for larger areas, but the effect simply didn't look as good as it did using the small artist brushes.  Try to stay in the lines, but don't panic if you don't.  Later on, you'll be coming back with a black paint marker to outline everything.  That marker will cover up to a 1/4" boo boo.

At this point you are going to look at your cutout and be disappointed.  You think you are close to done, yet they really don't look good at this point.  Don't fret - once outlined they will look 1000% better.  Trust me on this one.

For 'outside' outlining (that is, around the edge of the cutout) I used a large black Paint Craft Marker.  They are GREAT (A bit expensive at $6 each, but well worth it).  For the 'inside' black outlines, I used a medium point black paint marker from Elmer's - the glue people.   You local Wal-Mart may stock them in the craft department.  If not, your local craft supply store (Michael's/etc) will definitely have them.

Once everything is outlined, take a step back and admire your work.  Outlining really helps the cutout to stand out.

Some Notes on Sealing....

Some people advocate sealing your cutouts.  I admit to sealing the first ones I made, but since then I've made a second set that wasn't sealed.  Those look just as good as the first ones.  Since you are using exterior grade paint, there shouldn't be a need to seal them.  After all, you don't seal the paint on your house, do you?

Keep in mind that polyurethane will yellow over time.  Minwax Polycrylic may be a better solution - since it won't yellow, but it is very expensive.  In all cases, TEST to make sure your sealer won't take off your paint or outlines.  I had problems with the polycrylic smearing all my outlines.  Switching to a spray-on poly made all the difference.

As I said, I now have 2 different sets of Cutouts.  1 set that has been 'sealed' with Polycrylic, another without.  Result:  I would save my money and NOT seal my cutouts.  There is no noticeable difference between the 2.

To display your cutouts, purchase fence stakes and 1"x2" lumber.  The stakes come in a few different lengths - I like the 3' ones.  These posts have holes to allow you to screw your cutouts to them,  and each has a large flat piece of metal at the bottom which prevents it from twisting in the wind, making your cutout very stable.

Cut a piece of 1"x2" to run the height of your cutout, and secure it with screws to the back.  Be sure to use screws that WONT go all the way through your cutout!   This 1x2 is what you will attach to the fence post.  Don't skip the 1x2!  Yes, you can screw directly into the back of your cutout BUT:  1 - after a few years you'll have may holes in the back of your plywood, weakening it.  2 - the 1x2 gives you some 'play' in getting your cutout straight and level.  3 - If wind/animals/vandals attack your cutout, you'll most likely tear a chunk out of the 1x2 and NOT your hard work.  Most cutouts will only require 1 stake, but feel free to use 2 for larger ones.

Drive the fence post into the ground, being sure to get the flat metal part in the ground.  Then use a screw to attach it to the 1x2 that is on the back of your cutout.  Most cutouts only need 1 screw, but use a second on larger ones.  Don't try to attach the cutout to the stake first and then drive it into the ground.  You'll only weaken the joints, or wack the cutout with the hammer!


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No Distractions

July 17, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s first expressway which is due to open later this month will have curbs on advertising to prevent drivers from being distracted, Road Development Authority chief R W Pemasiri said. “No construction will be permitted within 500 metres of expressway, without permission from the RDA,” Pemasiri said.

“No advertising billboards will be permitted in this area.”

He said there were concerns that advertising may distract drivers, increasing the risk of accidents.

The first section of the expressway to Pinnaduwa in the southern town of Galle from Kottawa, south of the capital Colombo is expected to be open later this month.

It will be Sri Lanka’s first toll road.


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On Sunday, August 20, Lansdale UMC hosted a Community Candlelight Prayer Vigil.  Rev. Dr. Christopher Kurien, Bishop Peggy Johnson, Rev. Michael Johnson, Rev. Lutz, and Rev. Dr. Deborah Darlington helped to preside over the vigil which included prayers, songs and scripture.  The theme was unity between the various cultural groups that make up our country, moral guidance from our leaders and thanks to those who protect us including military and police.
Thanks to all in the community who participated and thanks to Lansdale Police department for keeping the area safe.
You can view the entire vigil here.
Our church was featured in the recent edition of New Spirit
and you can view that article here.


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Four Days And A Life Time

Sometimes it only takes a few days to create a memory for a lifetime. Some memories take a life time and bring us full circle.

30 years ago, two 19 year old girls got on a plane without a thought and flew to Caracas Venezuela. The mission back then, right a wrong; clean up a self made mess and get divorce papers signed. No one knew where we were going or that we were even gone. We just left. The adventures that accrued on that ill-advised trip included winding mountain roads, muddy village streets, illegal passage into international country clubs and sleeping on beaches. This was the stuff of great tales and the cause of much envy for all of the thirty years between then and now. In the end, with divorce papers signed, we returned, triumphant and unharmed, amid vows of a life long friendship. Someday I will retell that story (to Venezuela and Beyond, lessons in world travel).

Thirty years fast forward I find myself on a plane with that same travel companion headed to an island just off the coast of Venezuela. Landing a fifteen minute boat ride from the beach sand where we’d slept 30 years earlier, the mission this time, different. Instead of adventure, its reflect. Instead of conquering a new land, its to have the land and water take us over. Instead of romance, its perspective we seek. Thirty years had given both of us everything we’d hoped for back in our youth and more. Yet no dream is without its challenges and our reflections remind us of how fragile our place in life is. Sometimes joyful and sometimes tragic, this journey serves to remind us that like the waves on the sand, we all tend toward our own disarray. The true journey is our effort to keep it all together.

Aruba is made for keeping it together. It is an island small enough to peddle a bike around. Aruba offers more than just sunny, breezy beaches. With a language (Papiamento) that seems personally crafted for adventure, part Spanish, part English, part Dutch in almost any combination. The resident demeanor is calm and warm, with a slow steady way about the day that permeates every task committed by every worker in every facet of life. The island screams tranquilo. Even the card tables in the casinos take it slow and easy, allowing us to relax and play all night without the overwhelming sense that the table was leaving us behind.

We sat, equidistant from pool and sea. A breeze assuring we wouldn’t sweat. The sun assuring we wouldn’t chill. We sat and I’m not a sitter. It took me almost two hours on that first day to adjust my chair, apply oil, arrange my reading material, clean my sunglasses, test the pool water, test the sea water, find the right drink and assure I had one reach access to everything in my beach bag before I sat back and let my shoulders fall. At that moment, the way of Aruba got under my skin. Time stopped and I found myself in a dreamlike state where my thoughts went to the places dreams go. Conscious in state and unlocked for the thoughts that sought court, I let them flow. My sister in adventure must have been having a similar experience. She was quiet and still. The day passed into night and we moved to dine in the shadow of the lighthouse. It was then that the true purpose of our travels emerged and was willing to become visible. Those fragile things that one should never face alone crept out and we tackled each one with brave candor. That affair, that drinking, that loss, that familial let down poured out on to the table between courses and like in Venezuela thirty years ago, there was nothing to do but face each one as if we were meant to be there with them. We sat locked arm in arm; two sisters hanging on tight to each other for the hard road ahead.

Thirty years ago my friend came with me to help me clean up a mess I’d gotten into. Today, I’d come with her to this place to help her pull the pieces back together and gather the strength to get on the mend.

It will be a while before we know the result of our Caribbean therapy, but if our original adventure together is any indicator, we’re in for a fantastic next thirty year ride. Only this next thirty years, won’t have us waiting for a monumental moment to plan our next great adventure, we’re committed to reaching out when ever the hankering hits and go.


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Marie K._Smith
Marie K. Smith
  • 82 years old
  • Date of birth:  November 26th, 1933
  • Date of passing:  December 23rd, 2015
This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Marie K. Smith, 82, born on November 26th, 1933 and passed away on December 23rd, 2015. We will remember her forever.
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Golden King BBQ Express

I have not visited this little place since I worked at the Tanning Salon in Morley many moon's ago.  Our friend Feisty's little boy dubbed it the "Chop Chop Man" way back when referring to the chopping of duck and pork.  Selection of meats is pretty decent and there is something magical about their ginger dipping sauce. 20120624-213901.jpg


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Law School Discussion

NY Law

NY Law
« on: March 27, 2004, 10:45:03 AM »
Just came back from their open house...they are REALLY nice and helpful, very informative...seems like they are up and coming...that 75% tuition is looking better every day!!!!!

Re: NY Law
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2004, 12:17:37 PM »
I didn't make it to the open house, but I was able to attend an information session last monday.  I agree, they are nice.  The facilities are good, they aren't really posh or anything but who needs that?