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Breandán Breathnach's 'Folk Music and Dances of Ireland'

Growing up on Long Island with two Irish-American parents was not a particularly Irish experience. Carmel Quinn records played on our stereo and were appreciated by all. My father regularly annoyed my mother by listening to bagpipe music. The truth was that my parents were American Irish who had lost contact with most of their musical heritage. They appreciated The Clancy Brothers wearing their Irish sweaters on the Ed Sullivan show, but that was about as Irish as they got.

Review of Breandán Breathnach -- Folk Music and Dances of Ireland -- Cork, Ireland, 1996 (originally 1971). Ossian, publisher, trade paperback, 152 pp. with musical examples

Somewhat later, in the early 1980s, I was induced to attend a concert of The Chieftains at Carnegie Hall. The friends who convinced me had the Chieftains LPs and had made cassette tapes of them. What I heard on their homemade tapes made me happy to chip in for a ticket and take the train to NYC for the concert.

Of course, I was astonished at the unbelievable flow of music emanating from the stage. The first tune amazed me with its combination of rhythmic drive and melodic invention. When I had a chance, I glanced over at the audience. It was a uniquely Chieftains audience, including many members of religious orders -- both men and women -- as well as many obviously Irish people. All were happily lost in the pleasure of a Chieftains concert.

Derek Bell stands out in my memory for his superb musicianship combined with his quirky personality. He was the quintessence of the eccentric musician. When he waved his handkerchief at someone praising his playing, it was a defining moment. Paddy Moloney on pipes and recorder played superbly as usual -- as did the rest of the band.

When The Chieftains played "Bonaparte's Retreat," I was rapt. Silence reigned at Carnegie Hall as they played. Ever since that concert, I have been an avid fan of Irish music. And that is why I picked up a copy of the 1996 book "Folk Music and Dances of Ireland."

The author, a lifelong civil servant, was a piper, and the book therefore focuses on instrumental music. It includes many musical examples and covers roughly from 1700 to present. He makes the point that while music was clearly part of ancient Ireland and is mentioned in many medieval accounts of Ireland, most of the melodies played today cannot be dated much older than 1700. The traditional dances seem to date from the same era.

He points out that most melodies are in the keys of G or D with A being common. He briefly explains the scales/modes that are used in creating Irish tunes.

They possibly date from a modal (pre chord era) -- generally considered to be dated 1600 or so. The ancient national poems by authors like Fionn were all written to be sung -- probably by bards accompanied by harps. Breathnach's knowledge of melodies, derived from his pipe playing, enable him to properly analyze these melodies and point out that they are not pentatonic, as many English folk melodies are.

Breathnach shines in his personal knowledge of the musical practices of the early 20th century, gleaned from his lifelong collecting of Irish melodies. He knows both the later English / Irish Gaelic era and the preceding Irish / Gaelic era well. He spoke and read the Irish language, which was a sine qua non for writing this book. Because the book was written in 1971, none of the contemporary Irish revival groups we're familiar with from the radio show Ceol na nGael like the Chieftains, the Pogues or Planxty, are mentioned. This is a book that will teach its readers much about the roots of traditional Irish music.It is officially out of print but 15 copies of the PB  are currently available on Amazon.

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Tags: Folk Music, Folklore, Traditional Irish Music

Comment by Fran Reddy on May 17, 2016 at 9:22am

Great personable review James, thanks.

Comment by Kate Hennesey on May 23, 2016 at 5:44pm

This looks like a wonderful resource! I had a similar experience growing up without any direct contact with Irish traditional music and dance, but through Irish dance classes (my daughter was part of the "Riverdance" generation in the 90s), discovered a whole new wonderful world that is now a big part of my life (adult dancer and teacher). I love reading about the dance and music roots.

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The odds were stacked against the premiers with the Lightning’s form, experience and talent outclassing them throughout the season.

Yet in a true David versus Goliath battle, the Swifts stunned a packed Brisbane Entertainment Centre overrunning the Sunshine Coast for the first time in 2019.

A fast and furious NSW attack wasted no time banking several goals, setting up their dominant performance.

Up the defensive end, goal keeper Sarah Klau played a standout game of her career, finishing with a mammoth 11 gains.

Consequently, the Lightning struggled to push forward, with their players often appearing disconnected.

Despite a stellar year from Sunshine Coast centre Laura Langman, she was unable to match the fiery performance of opponent Paige Hadley.

“We came out all year and said that we could do this and here we are,” Hadley said post-match.

“To do it today when no one thought we could do it is pretty special.

“We never lost sight of what our goal was.”

The Lightning attempted to claw at the lead several times, however they failed to shift the momentum and effectively string goals together.

Meanwhile in her last game as coach, Noeline Taurua attempted to fire up her side, desperate to clinch a Lightning three-peat.

Yet, they were unable to break down the Swift’s confidence with several key players missing their usual finesse.

Star goal attack Stephanie Wood scored just four goals, whilst Phumza Maweni often lacked her defensive flare.

Whilst Karla Pretorius and Laura Scherian desperately attempted to reassert the Lightning back into the game, their efforts were stifled by a determined opposition.

The significance of the momentous NSW victory was palpable, with an emotional Samantha Wallace in tears as she accepted her ‘Player of the Match’ award, following a spectacular performance.

After a challenging year plagued by injuries to key players, the NSW Swifts were not meant to win the 2019 grand final.

However, Briony Akle implored her side to play with heart and belief, a game plan which inevitably stood up.

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My Global Food Challenge

Costa Rica (2)

Lime Chicken Linguine with Cilantro Cream Sauce and Roasted Zucchini (Costa Rica)

“My husband made this for dinner last night, I don’t know where he got the recipe, but man….it was like eating in a 5 star restaurant! Don’t let all the steps and ingredients scare you off, this recipe is for the entire meal! The flavor reminded me of being in Costa Rica 🙂 Prep time is marinating time”

For the Chicken
1/4 cup lime juice
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
1 tablespoon olive oil

For the Pasta
1 (8 ounce) packages linguine
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
8 cherry tomatoes, quartered

For the Zucchini
1 large zucchini, quartered lengthwise
1 tablespoon olive oil

For the Cilantro Lime Cream Sauce
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup white wine
1/4 cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 bunch green onion, thinly sliced

Whisk together 1/4 cup lime juice, garlic powder, cumin, salt, and pepper in a large bowl; add the chicken breasts. Cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours, turning the chicken occasionally.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the cilantro and garlic, cook and stir 1 minute. Pour in the wine, chicken broth, and 2 tablespoons lime juice, and return to a simmer. Transfer the mixture to a blender and blend until smooth. Return the mixture to the sauce pan and stir in the cream and green onions; bring to a boil and remove from heat.

Preheat an oven to 425 degrees.

Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the linguine, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 11 minutes.

Drain well and transfer linguine to a large mixing bowl; add 2 tablespoons olive oil, the Parmesan cheese, and the quartered cherry tomatoes; toss until the pasta is evenly coated in oil.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the chicken breasts, turning once, until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Meanwhile, lie the zucchini on a baking sheet and coat with 1 tablespoon olive oil with a pastry brush. Place zucchini on middle rack in the oven, and bake, turning every 5 minutes, until nicely browned, 15 to 20 minutes.

Return Cilantro Cream sauce to the stovetop and re-heat.

Lie the zucchini pieces side by side on a serving platter; lie the chicken breasts on the zucchini; pour the cilantro cream sauce over the chicken. Serve with the pasta on the side.

If there is some extra sauce, toss it into the pasta — it’s delicious!

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Cuisine:  Costa Rican

Main Ingredient:  Chicken

Hearts of Palm Parmesan Salad (Costa Rica)

“This is a Costa Rican salad that I enjoy very much. Use fresh shaved Parmesan not prepared grated.”

1 (14 ounce) cans hearts of palm, drained & rinsed
2 medium tomatoes, seeded & chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 green onions, chopped ( use white & green parts)
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper ( Use fresh cracked pepper)
2 ounces parmesan cheese, freshly shaved
2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped

Cut the hearts of palm into 1/2″ wide pieces.  Combine all but the parmesan ingredients in a large bowl.

Toss and allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes allowing the flavors to blend.  Serve with shavings of parmesan on top of the salad.

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Cuisine:  Costa Rican

Main Ingredient:  Salad

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Monthly Archives: October 2018

Two Must See Documentaries About The Appalachian Trail (And One Book)

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The white blaze of the AT

I had the opportunity this morning to watch two excellent documentaries on the Appalachian Trail. The first, White Blaze-Stories From Appalachian Trail, was filled with interviews of thru hikers explaining not only why they decided to hike the AT, but also had it had changed them.

This documentary features M.J. Eberhart, also known on trail as the “Nimblewill Nomad.” His insight and  and wisdom is second to none as he has been hiking for more years than most people have been alive. His hiking accomplishments are many, and to me the most amazing is that at the age of 60 he hiked from the Florida Keys to the far North of Quebec. That is an astounding 4,400 miles!

He is also the author of Ten Million Steps: Nimblewill Nomad’s Epic 10-Month Trek from the Florida Keys to Quebec. I have read this and it is one of the best written hiking books out there. He is one awesome dude! I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants a detailed look at long distance hiking.

The second documentary took a little different path than the first. One group of people that thru hikers will encounter on their hike are “Trail Angels.” Trail Angels are folks that take time out of their lives to provide assistance to thru hikers. Often times in the form of a cooler left on the side of a trail, they can be filled with soda, snacks, beer and candy bars. Trail Magic can also be rides into towns, meals that are bought for you or even a free place to stay for the night.

This documentary featured “Apple,” a 30 year veteran of IBM who decided that in retirement he would spend his time providing Trail Magic to thru hikers.  He sets up a 12 person tent that includes a stove, food and drink. For many at the start of a thru hike, something like this can be a life saver as the weather can be incredibly unpredictable with night temperatures in the 30’s to mid 40’s. He goes into some detail as to why he does this and the cinematography is just outstanding.

Here is the You Tube link:

Happy Hiking!!!

New Blog!!!!

From October 2nd through October 11th I posted several essays that had a distinct lean to the political right. After receiving some feedback from followers, I made a decision not to post anything political on The Zen Hiker to keep it just about hiking, the outdoors, photography and other things that I enjoy.

Over the course of the last couple of days I have started a new blog with the title Right On!, which I will solely dedicate to my political rants. I am writing this to let you know that if you were among those who did enjoy reading those types of posts you can now go to the new blog. If you didn’t enjoy them, I get it and won’t put them on The Zen Hiker.

With that said, if you are so inclined, please go to Right On! at the web address below and follow me there!!!!

I am still constructing the blog so please bear with me on how it currently looks!

The Clouds

You see some pretty amazing things when you are sitting in your Jeep waiting for your daughter’s hockey practice to finish. Today, I was looking at the clouds while a nice tasty Eyes played in the background on the Grateful Dead channel and of course I started taking some photos. This is the result. What happens tomorrow?? More rain!

The Road To Recovery

My road to a full recovery…

It has now been 108 days since I slid on that damn rock and fractured my ankle. As those of you have sustained an injury like this know, the road to recovery is pretty long and much to my surprise, very difficult. First it was learning how to hobble with the walker without a cast. Then re-learning the whole thing with the cast and taking a shower on a chair with the cast (that’s a whole other story!) And finally PT and walking with a cane and then walking without a cane again.

Each stage came with its own set of frustrations and difficulties. I had plenty of days where I firmly believed that I would not be hiking for many, many months. The constant pain and long days of sitting around with my dog, cat and rabbit sometimes proved to be more detrimental than I would like to admit. Actually, having the animals around did make things more entertaining.

So what’s happening now? I have been riding my stationary bike with the thought that I will be able to go for a hike, albeit a short one, on the first day of November. Of course that all depends on my recovery continuing on the same path it has been for weeks now. I have also been stretching every day for at least 15-20 minutes just to try and stay limber in anticipation of that first hike. Never underestimate the power of stretching! Even though I have always stretched before and after hikes, the extra time really has made a difference. I am a now a believer!

Do I expect that first hike to be a great one? Or even a good one? Probably not. With that said, it will just be nice to get back out into the woods. More on that later.

Happy Hiking!!!

Thank You Ozark Mountain Hiker & MZ!!!

For those who read my blog you may have noticed an incredibly drastic change in my posts over the course of the last couple of weeks. When I started this blog I said that I would use it to share my love of the outdoors and especially hiking. Through my photography, posts and sometimes cringe worthy poetry I have pretty much kept myself to that promise.

Since I have not been able to hike since my surgery, I have had a great deal more free time to peruse the news and pay much more attention to what is going on nationally than I normally would. Now that’s not saying that I ignored politics before my injury, but I have just been spending a great deal more since I can’t blog about imaginary hikes.

Yesterday I received this comment from Ozark Mountain Hiker after my most recent political rant:

I miss your outdoor-related posts. Completely respect your right to express political thinking, but wonder if this is the best platform. Maybe another blog for politics and this one back to hiking?

I read that last night and spent some time on his blog checking out his photos and reading the great descriptions of his hikes. It got me to thinking that I really miss being to get out into the woods! I miss the smell of the woods, the light rain as it falls off of the leaves and the sound of my boots hitting the earth. I miss the camaraderie of greeting fellow hikers and the small talk of what is coming up on the trail.

But what I miss the most is the actual planning of my hikes. Taking out my maps and thinking about the type of hike I want to do. Long? Short? Easy? Hard? A hike packed with views or traveling through the forest? A short drive from home or a long one? If the forecast is for rain, do I still go?

Even after my decision is made, I have to figure out what to bring on the hike. I can’t explain why that makes me happy, but I love it!

So until I can figure out how to better convey my political rants, I am going to stop posting them on this blog. I am going to return to just making this about the outdoors, hiking, my photos and the other stuff that I used to post

Before I end this post, however, I do owe a huge thanks to Ozark Mountain Hiker (Jim Warnock (trail name – Tater) for putting things into perspective for me and making me realize that there is a time and a place for everything. Thank you sir!!!!

***In my haste to convey how I was feeling after I read the comment from Ozark Mountain Hiker, I realized that I should have mentioned someone else as well for hitting me with a dose of reality. I ran into a colleague of mine (after I had originally posted this) who I have known for quite a few years. Several days ago she mentioned the same thing about my blog. She told me now when she sees the political posts she scrolls right through them.

She said the same thing that Ozark Mountain Hiker did. Go back to posting about your hikes! So Meghan, thank you as well for what you told me and for getting my blog back to where it should be!

Oh My…She Stepped In It Again!!!

Once again, Hillary seems to have stepped in her own fecal matter. In an interview yesterday with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, she stated the following:

“You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about.” She goes on to say that, “That’s why I believe, if we are fortunate enough to win back the House and/or the Senate, that’s when civility can start again. But until then, the only thing that the Republicans seem to recognize and respect is strength.”

Huh??? What??? Did I read that right? We’ll be nice if we get the House or the Senate back? What kind of backwards psychotic drivel is that? Even if you believe that, why oh why in the world would you say it out loud? And please, show me a time in the last 9 1/2 years when you have been civil!

Of course this falls right into line with the most recent filth being spewed by Maxine Waters about Republicans that may just happen to be out in public:

“Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”

Of course this nonsense is perfectly acceptable because it is directed at the right. Imagine for a moment that a Republican, any Republican said either of these things. Oh my…the hysterics and  feigned indignation would be the lead story for days. Newscasters would be falling over each other in shock and disbelief that anyone could even think about saying something like that. Oh the horror!!!!

But yet here we are again. Doesn’t Hillary realize that she is last years news? That she is irrelevant? The fact that the word civility even oozed out of her mouth shows you how out of touch and delusional she is.

And what about our friend Maxine? Her call for the left to harass law makers on the right was stupifying to say the least. But the one good thing about Waters is that she doesn’t even make the attempt to hide her special kind of crazy. She lets her freak flag fly!

I am sure that folks on the left that are farther on the fringe than these two will take these words to heart and continue to act in the same irresponsible and childish manner.


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  12. I got an unexpected couple of text messages from my mother today. She sent me a story about President Spencer W. Kimball you've probably never heard of, from a book you've probably never heard of. The book is A Heritage of Faith: A History of the Wards of the Salt Lake Bonneville Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints. According to my mother, this book was only sold to members of that particular stake (but lucky for everyone else, I just found it in PDF form online). It covers the history of the stake from 1976 through 2014 and contains some wonderful stories relevant to our family (my grandmother belongs to this stake, hence the original access to the book). And, as it so happened, this was the stake President Spencer W. Kimball belonged to (yes, even the prophet has a home ward, stake, bishop, etc.). But enough with the details! Let's get to the story. Here's what the book says about a 1982 visit from President Kimball... View the full article
  13. PSA, y'all: Being offended is a choice — but, contrary to what some people seem to believe, that doesn't mean we can say whatever mean thing we want, then accuse other people of being too sensitive. Elder David A. Bednar gave a fabulous talk in October 2006 called "And Nothing Shall Offend Them." In it, he explains that we have free agency and thus, no one can force us to be offended. If someone does something offensive, we certainly choose what to do with the hurt we feel. (For example, Elder Bednar talks about some people who hadn't attended church for years because they were offended by something someone at church had said — so essentially, they were letting someone else's actions control their lives rather than choosing to control their own lives.) But here's the rub: never getting your feelings hurt is really hard, and I honestly don't think Elder Bednar meant to say that if we are upset by someone else's actions or words, we're an out-of-line snowflake. I think what he... View the full article
  14. "We truly are in a battle. The war is real." These were some of Elder Craig C. Christensen's opening lines as he addressed hundreds of Latter-day Saints at the most recent, annual FairMormon conference held in Provo, Utah. Indeed, one need only look online to discover the seemingly numberless company of voices which seek to tear down The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and its members. Considering Satan's incessant attacks against the Church, Elder Christensen offered both encouragement and further suggestions as to how we can stand firm in our faith and diminish his efforts. "Fiery Darts of the Adversary" The Church and its leaders are well aware of the battlefield which exists online, Christensen explained. This is why they work closely with nonauthoritative entities such as FairMormon, Book of Mormon Central, and the More Good Foundation, in an effort to combat the "fiery darts" coming towards us. Websites such as Fair exist not only as apologetics geared towards nonmembers but as a place where faithful members can go when they have sincere... View the full article
  15. Taylor Schumann was shot in the New River Community College shooting in Virginia on April 12th, 2013. In an article for Christianity Today, Schumann states that her relationship with the phrase "thoughts and prayers" is complicated. After her experience, she believes in action after these tragedies. However, she also acknowledges the power of prayer. Often, it is all the average person can do. In this article, she lists specific ways to pray as "one part of our response to gun violence". In the article, Schumann instructs us to pray for all wounds. Bullet wounds affect the mind too, and healing is slow. We should ask the Lord for successful rehabilitation and scientific developments in medicine. Additionally, she instructs us to pray that the shooter's information will not spread and re-traumatize survivors. Related on Third Hour: 25 Ways to Pray To a survivor, the years after a shooting pose many obstacles. These include court cases, physical and emotional setbacks, and financial burdens. Schumann asks us to pray for the survivors to access financial,... View the full article


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June 13, 2017

Episode 98 | The Light is Winning with Zach Hoag

Zach Hoag is one of many people who are noticing declining church attendance in the United States. Unlike many people who see it as a collapse, a loss, or even a death, Zach sees a surprising resurrection happening just below the surface. He calls this post-Christian reality an "apocalypse" in the truest sense of the word: a revealing is happening, and it just might be the best thing to happen to the church.

"Could it be," Hoag writes in his brand new book, The Light is Winning: Why Religion Just might Bring us Back to Life, "that what this apocalypse is revealing is our need not merely to be spiritual or merely to cling to religious ritual but to embrace a spiritually resurrected religion? To inhabit the rooted religious practices that can sustain us over the long haul and bring life to the world?"

I loved my conversation with Zach. He's humble, funny, brilliant, and I sincerely believe he's on to something really rich here. The Light is Winning is a story of death, resurrection, and a brilliant new beginning. It's the story of how the church will resurrect, revive, root down and find true flourishing.

It's the story of letting there be light. You can purchase Zach's insightful new book here.

Music on today's episode is by Matt Moberg (song: Pirate Song)

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Day By Day

(A Flash Fiction Writing Session from The Safe House)

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Day By Day by Eva

This session is about routine. It’s about the boring hard work of daily routine, or about the interesting, the amazing, the pleasurable things that you manage to fit into your day. Or both.

Do you have a daily routine? If every day is different for you, you can still try this session. Just average things out or use yesterday as an example or make things up, imagine the daily routine of another person. It doesn’t matter.

Copy the diagram below into your notebook. At The Safe House, we love squared notebooks, it doesn’t really matter the size. You should use any type or size you like. You could use a cereal packet rectangle, as described in other sessions from The Safe House.

Find a comfortable place to sit with a bit of space to spread your kit out. Complete the diagram in any way you choose with regard to your day, or that of your chosen character.

The ‘stimulus’ is the diagram below. You can complete it in any way you choose. Use clouds, arrows, different coloured pens, a ruler! Note significant parts of your day on the diagram – Sleeping, dreaming, eating, travelling, etc.

Obviously, if you have chosen to use another person or character, you should complete the diagram for that person.

The diagram below:

The Diagram Below

This is an exercise in thinking carefully about when things happen. It is also good practice for note taking and then using notes for creativity.

You can use the information you note on the diagram to construct a piece of narrative writing.

Here are a few things you could do with the diagram, if you complete it with enough detail:

  • Write sentences about the day in the third person.
  • If you choose to complete the diagram with information about another person’s routine, write sentences about the day in the first person.
  • Focus on a particular part of the day, break it down even further and write in more detail about the routine of that part of the day.
  • Use past tenses, as if the routine has now changed.
  • You could begin to think about describing feelings about the routine as well.
  • Describe the day as a one-off day, as if it happened yesterday or as if it happened one day last week.
  • Describe the day as a dream for the future.

Word count and process

You could probably fit your day into 250 words, if you really get brutal and edit out a lot of stuff. We would say that between 250 and 500 words is a pretty good target word count for this session.

  • Open up a clean page of your notebook, get together a good selection of pens, pencils, felt pens, a ruler and any other kit you would like to use.
  • Make a version of the diagram and fill it in. You should think about spending about 15 minutes on this. Of course, it depends on how long it takes you to make the base diagram, and how busy your day is, I suppose. But we think about 15 minutes is good.
  • Use the completed diagram to write 250 – 500 words to describe the activities, etc. noted on the diagram. First draft should be pretty much non-stop and take not more than 15 minutes. You’ve got good notes so you don’t have to think too much about what to write. We think it’s a good idea to use your plan when you write like this, but we know not everybody actually does it that way! If you don’t usually use your plan when you write, you could try it for this session. You never know…
  • When you have done this, spend time proof-reading for any spelling, punctuation and grammar problems and check it makes sense. Make sure you would be happy for other people to read it. This should probably take about 15 minutes but it really does depend on your accuracy in the first draft and your ability to spot things that need changing.

nb Look for other Safe House Sessions for ways to proof-read and edit your writing.

If you do all of this in one go, you will have been creating and writing for about 45 minutes in total.

This is the same time span as a half in a football match. You will probably be knackered, if you do it non-stop!

Of course, this isn’t football, this is writing. It’s harder. So, we think you should take breaks if you need them. It’s up to you, though.

Anyway, when you’ve done it, leave it for at least half an hour and then come back and edit it one more time.

What next?

Updike on HabitIf you feel like it, or if you want some ideas about how you can develop what you have written, you could share it by sending it to The Safe House at:

Here at The Safe House we will give you feedback to support you in what you are creating!

Thanks to Eva for the diagrams.

2. A Walk In The Park

(A Flash Fiction Writing Session from The Safe House)

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OK, so this session is all about going inside your mind. The stimulus will be a few simple prompts which may, or may not, be linked. You then go inside your head and imagine the scenario. The aim is to try and get a rhythm going and to get words down. For this reason, you should try to be aware of time as much as you can.

Later, you could look at other Flash Fiction Writing Sessions for ways in which you could put your writing from these prompts together to work on a piece of narrative writing.

We are talking about descriptive writing here so you have to create lots of images of random things like size, physical appearance, colour, texture, smell (!).  Sometimes you might think about describing emotions as well.

If you’re going to write in the third person, you’ll have to use your imagination and think about how your character will perceive the surroundings.

Maybe you could refer to the Flash Fiction Writing Session, Elsie Ethel Court, and describe your surroundings from the point of view of the person you wrote about for this session. You  could also try and use the prompts to help you to imagine how Elsie would have perceived the scenario(s).

Write either notes or full sentences in response to 8 short prompts.

nb: You need to decide whether your character is you or somebody else before you start writing your responses to the prompts!

  1. You are in a park. Describe the park.
  2. You are standing on a path in the park. Describe the path.
  3. You walk along the path. You see animals. Describe the animals. Do they notice you?
  4. You continue along the path and you see, on the floor, a key. Describe the key. Do you pick the key up and take it with you or do you leave the key where it is?
  5. Either way, you continue walking along the path. You come across an obstacle. Something is in your way on the path. What is it? Describe the obstacle. Is it easy or difficult to get past?
  6. Somehow, maybe easily, maybe with great difficulty, you get around or under, or over or through the obstacle and you continue along the path. Somewhere in sight, there is water. Describe the water.
  7. You continue along the path and, in the distance, you see a building. Maybe a house, but not necessarily a house. It’s a building. Describe the building.
  8. You walk along the path to the building. You go inside and sit down. Describe the scene.

Like I said, this is about using your imagination, but it’s a good idea to try and harness your imagination just enough so that you can get it down. That means you need a decent place to sit where you can produce words.

Then, you need to have some kind of way of measuring time because there are a total of 8 prompts and you could easily get a bit disoriented, if you don’t have some kind of structure to the task you are about to engage in.

Think about adjectives, obviously, colours, of course, but also about the senses. Although you probably shouldn’t get too obsessed with what everything smells like! Unless … Well, you need to not get too bogged down. Keep your mind moving and get words down as quickly as you can.

Don’t worry too much about telling a story.

Other Flash Fiction Writing Sessions can help you make what you create here fit into a narrative. Now is the time for sights, sounds and all the rest. Straight out of your head and into written words.

Here are some things to bear in mind:

  • Keep to the time scale described below as much as you can so that things stay quite spontaneous.
  • If you save what you write, you can edit and change stuff easily.
  • If you want to go more slowly, you can adjust the times, of course.
  • You could even get someone you know who can get words down quickly to do the note taking for you and then you can write it up in your own time later. ; )

nb: Look for other Safe House Sessions for ways to proof read and edit your writing.

Word count and process

Don’t worry about word count, but for this session the process should take you about 20 minutes once you’re settled and ready to start.

Have 2 minutes thinking and writing time for each prompt. That makes 16 minutes in total. You could quite easily spend longer, I guess. Or less, I suppose. But this would be my recommendation.

If you give yourself 20 seconds to think before you write anything for each prompt,that would make another 1 minute and 40 seconds. If you keep going that is just under 20 minutes creating and writing time.

Spend another couple of minutes reading what you’ve written and making sure you will be able to understand it later.

Put the pen down. Sit back. Relax. Phew!

What next?

If you feel confident, you can take your notes and you can spend time to put them together into a narrative. Here you need to think about time and tense in order to construct your sentences so that they have proper meaning for your reader. Narratives are often constructed in the past tense. But:

‘Time is the Avenger. Never the Stranger.’

So concentrate when you’re at it and read your stuff loads while you’re writing it.

Look for other  Safe House Sessions for ways to work with time.

If you feel like it, or if you want some ideas about how you can develop what you have written, you could share it by sending it to The Safe House at:

Here at The Safe House we will give you feedback to support you in what you are creating!


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Costco Shopping List

January 4, 2018

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So for the new year, one of my mini resolutions is to shop smarter. I didn’t formally make this a goal but it’s something I’ve been meanging to do for a while and with the new year upon us it kind of just hit me like a truck. Just do it already!

The resistance comes from doing most of my food shopping at Whole Foods. It’s a lazy man’s approach to food shopping because I know I can get most anything there from specialty items to meats to produce and anything in between without much compromise. Like, I H.A.T.E. the mulit-stop food shop. Nothing gets my goat more than that feeling of wasting time pogoing from one store to the next for organic almond butter here and frozen calui rice there. But one day last year I came out of Whole Foods with three bags of groceries and $300 poorer and I knew I was being had.

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Not to mention this type of food shopping is creating and perpetuating an “us/them” rift in this nation. It’s called the people who can afford to buy healthy real food and those who can’t and it’s not right. Access to real food that is grown organically, without the use of chemical pesticides, toxic fertilizers and genetically modified seed should not be a privilege, it should be a human right. And right now most families in this country either can’t afford to feed their family this way or don’t have access to this quality of food.

And in addition to that, lets talk about access to health via progressive medicine including naturopaths, functional medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic care and anything outside of traditional practice – all of this is an out of pocket expense costing hundreds if not thousands for a single visit. Again, available only to those who can afford it.

The point I’m trying to make is there has to be a better way. I’m not boycotting Whole Foods (Siete wraps and Perfect Bars forever) but 7.99 for 2 cups of organic wild black rice? Bruh.

The answer is to shop local farms and coops. Support local so we fortify our own farmers and local economies. Prove that we care about having clean food by helping the farmer earn a living. These farmers who work tirelessly to cultivate organic fruits and veggies and clean eggs and meats is where it’s at. Buying here creates ground level big change. Have you ever cut open an organic strawberry from the grocery and compared it to an organic strawberry from a local farm? Do it. Check out for an organic farm near you. But in the dead of winter, local options are limited so…

My Growing Family

With two growing boys and a husband to feed, I decided to give Costco a try. I’ve been to BJ’s, Sam’s Club and Costco but I never signed on with any. It just seemed so excessive 5 years ago. Like who needs 8 pounds of cheddar and a barrel of sun dried raisins!? Come to find out, I think I kinda do. So accepting that I am at a new stage in my life, I hit up Costco to see what I could find. This turned out to be pretty much the best and worst day of my life.

Best because I found some really great staples that will probably last us the better part of 1-2 months (rice, raisins, nuts and seeds). The worst because….I left in tears. After learning, shopping and navigating a brand new store the size of Gilette Stadium for two hours with my littles in tow, I got to the check out, had all my finds rung up (to the tune of $350) – ran my Master Card and it was rejected. Costco doesn’t take Master Card!? So with no other option I was forced to abandon my cart and leave. I could say I teared up but I would be lying because I was in full-on ugly cry – trying to hide it from my kids like I was choking back a yawn coupled with the worst case of hay fever.

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But nobody puts baby in a corner and I was determined to get this done. So after driving 1 hour round trip, swapping cards with my hubs, rounding the aisles again, I was back out the door, WITH groceries, this time. All-in, this errand tallying 5 hours. Let’s promise to never to talk about this again.

The Goods

Because quantity is so large at these club stores, I tried to shop for nonperishables or perishables I knew we would fly though like eggs, avocados, bananas etc. Here’s what I picked up and how much everything cost. I will add to this list as discover more.

Also, I know Costco’s inventory varies by location. What are some items you would add here? We can keep a running list in the comments!

Costco Shopping List
  • 2 lbs organic strawberries 9.99
  • 18 oz organic blueberries 9.99
  • 24 organic eggs 6.49
  • 20 GoGo organic applesauce pouches 10.89
  • 2 lbs Golden Platter organic + GF chicken nuggets 10.99
  • Sugarhouse Maple organic chicken sausages 42 links (will freeze half) 13.99
  • 20 oz Wild Alaskan Smoked Sockeye Salmon 18.99
  • 2 lbs organic Hannah Hummus 5.99 (no canola) 5.99
  • 1 liter first cold-pressed organic EVOO 8.69
  • 4 lbs organic raisins 10.89
  • 4.5 lbs organic quinoa 9.49
  • 10 lbs organic brown Basmati rice 11.99
  • 24 oz raw organic pumpkin seeds 7.49
  • 2 lbs Nuts + Berries + Pumpkin Seeds organic trail mix 12.99
  • 2.5 lbs organic figs (smoothies and chorizo skillets) 10.59
  • 20 packs of organic + gluten free Made Good bite packs (great for lunches) 9.99
  • 12 organic Fuji apples 10.99
  • 5 lbs organic baby carrots (this is so big) 5.99
  • 4 organic celery bunches 3.99
  • 20 cooked organic beets 7.99
  • 2 lbs organic whole bean coffee 13.99
  • 16 oz Olivia’s organic fresh spinach 3.99
  • 6 conventional avocados for 6.99
  • 24 oz Chosen Foods Coconut Mayo (I haven’t tried this yet!) 7.99
  • 6 organic bananas 1.79 (!?)
  • 4 lbs organic frozen mango (smoothies) 9.29
  • 4 lbs organic frozen blueberries (smoothies) 15.89
  • 2 lbs organic peeled and cubed butternut squash (for a root soup) 6.49
  • 4 lbs organic frozen brussels (I hope these roast well) 8.99
  • 30 oz Stonewall Kitchen organic blueberry jam 10.69
  • 1 liter conventional avocado oil 8.99
  • Two organic whole chickens 10 lbs total 20.34
  • 3 lbs organic ground turkey in 1 lb packs 19.99
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Hopefully these staples will tide us over for a month (or two!!???) I mean how long will 10 lbs or brown rice last us!? What would you add?

Here are some more posts I’ve done on how to shop discerningly for organics:

By Lisa

Lisa is the founder of This Organic Girl. Passionate about clean beauty, organic eats and nontoxic lifestyle, Lisa writes to create awareness. Conscious consumerism and informed decisions will impact the marketplace, our health and THE WORLD!


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Living with the Wildlife | Part 2

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A bottle of Three Feathers Blanc de Noirs at the lake in Oregon summer 2019

Living with the Wildlife | Part 2 Three Feathers is blessed with an abundance of water. We have two, year-round springs on the property. The main spring fills the man-made two acre lake that is used to irrigate during dry summers. We also use it for recreation after long days of hot work haying or working on the vines. The … Read More

Tasting Notes from Paris with Love

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Tasting notes illustrated by a photographic still life for Three Feathers 2018 Blanc de Noirs.  Photograph by Elise Prudhomme.

Tasting Notes from Paris with Love As revealed in our previous article Smuggled!, Three Feathers wines have been traveling to France for several years now. In the spirit of Pinot Noir grape vines themselves that traveled across the Atlantic in cross-agricultural exchanges between France and the United States, our wines have sallied forth in search of new horizons and new … Read More

Wine Country Thanksgiving with Three Feathers

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Three Feathers Estate & Vineyard is participating in Wine Country Thanksgiving 2019 at Lady Hill Winery.

EVENT ONLY SPECIAL OFFERBUY 3 BOTTLES OF RED and GET 1 BOTTLE OF RED FREE! Friday, November 29 to Sunday, December 1stfrom 11 am to 5 pm EVENT ONLY SPECIAL OFFER on Three Feathers Red WinesBuy 3 bottles of Red Wine and get 1 bottle of Red Wine FREE! * Wine Country Thanksgiving | Willamette Valley Wineries For the first … Read More

Three Feathers Holiday Hostess Gifts – Wrapped and Ready!

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Three Feathers Hostess Gift Bag for the Holidays

Three Feathers Hostess Gift Bags for the Holidays Three Feathers wines make great gifts for the Holidays, especially when they are presented in these simple, sturdy and colorful carrying bags. Visit us during one of our numerous tasting events in November and pick up a bottle or two – Wrapped and Ready! Here is our fabulous November line-up of wine … Read More

Carrot Cake, Parma-style

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Parma Style Carrot Cake - Recipe Giada de Laurentis

Parma-style Carrot Cake by Giada De Laurentiis This fabulously subtle and unique Carrot Cake, Parma-style recipe by Giadi De Laurentiis, makes repeat performances in our family ever since we discovered it on the Food Network. Lightly sweet, not too spicy, well-balanced and zingy with a touch of fennel and lemon zest, this carrot cake can be eaten for breakfast, lunch … Read More

Hungarian Sausage Bake

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Handwritten recipe for the Hungarian Sausage Bake

Hungarian Sausage Bake with a low-carb version This is a lovely family recipe that you can easily make on-the-go, or create from leftovers (such as barbecued sausage links) for a new nourishing meal. Our lighter, low-carb version uses cauliflower instead of potatoes : cauliflower is such a versatile vegetable and marries well in flavor texture with smoky sausage and smooth … Read More


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Tools for the Digital Nomad

How to adapt when your 'office' is anywhere imaginable.

Working from home, shared workspaces, hot-desking; work accommodations have grown increasingly dynamic. Even within offices that provide employees with their own desk, the emerging preference for tertiary spaces had caused companies to rethink the traditional workspace over the past decade.

With this shift comes a new application of office ergonomics. The old school image of a person sitting upright at a Video Display Terminal doesn’t really resonate when an increasing percentage of employees now work primarily from a mobile device. The new image of computer work is someone sitting, standing, leaning, and lounging in different locations around the office and beyond.

Maintaining Good Posture

As the nature of office work evolves, the focus of ergonomics emphasizes the importance of individual body awareness in a range of contexts and environments. Postural alignment requires vigilance, especially when the body isn’t supported by ergonomic equipment. In addition to taking regular breaks, its important to know how to self correct a protracted neck, or forward hunched shoulders. External cues from rest break apps and discreet wearable devices can offer real benefits when most of us lose track of the hours, forgetting to take regular stretch breaks to move. A quick and easy stretching routine that targets major muscle groups is also good to have on-hand throughout the day to release tension and maintain flexibility.

Adapting Your Environment

Whether working from home or from a public space, adapting a few key elements can help support your body. Look for a chair with a seat back for intermittent support. If you anticipate working in the same spot for more than an hour, setting the laptop on a stand and using an external keyboard and mouse is ideal for both seated and standing positions. Using the laptop stand and external devices will help keep your head, neck, forearms and wrists in neutral position.

Keep Your Commute Comfortable

Getting around the city everyday on your own two feet is daunting enough without the added stress of schlepping your gear. Lugging a laptop over your shoulder throws your body alignment off balance. Coupled with the repetitive impact of walking on pavement, bad body mechanics eventually cause discomfort. Travel smart to ease the burden on your joints by carrying a bag that disperses the weight evenly across your body.

Ultimately, ergonomics is all about making your workspace work for you. For more in-depth information on ergonomics, design, and staying healthy at work, an ergonomics consultation is your best bet.

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Diane (Mary Kay Place) spends her days checking in on sick friends, volunteering at her local soup kitchen, and trying valiantly to save her drug-addicted adult son (Jake Lacy) from himself. But beneath her relentless routine of self-sacrifice, Diane is haunted by a past threatening to tear her chaotic world apart. The narrative debut from Kent Jones is a profound, beautifully human portrait of a woman sifting through the wreckage of her life in search of redemption. Original engagement ran Mar 29 - May 2, 2019.

Winner, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Locarno Int'l Film Festival; Nominee, Golden Leopard for Best Film - Locarno; Winner, Directors to Watch - Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival; Winner, Best Cinematography + Best Narrative Feature + Best Screenplay - Tribeca Film Festival

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Cast:Mary Kay Place
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text: TY - JOUR T1 - Alliances in Financial Ecosystems: A Source of Organizational Legitimacy for Fintech Startups and Incumbents JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Christopher Svensson A1 - Jakob Udesen A1 - Jane Webb KW - financial ecosystems KW - fintech startups KW - organizational legitimacy KW - relational perspective KW - strategic alliances AB - Financial ecosystems are transforming around new financial technology, or “fintech”. As such ecosystems transform, the basis for being seen as legitimate also changes for all actors. Thus, alliances between actors within financial ecosystems are increasingly formed to help gain, maintain, and repair organizational legitimacy. From interviews with fintech startups in Sweden and with venture capitalist firms investing in fintech startups in Sweden, we explore the intertwined quests for organizational legitimacy in a transforming financial ecosystem. As Swedish fintech startups seek to establish a sense of their legitimacy, simultaneously incumbents seek to maintain and repair their organizational legitimacy. Adopting a legitimacy-based view of strategic alliances, we set out the aspects of organizational legitimacy that incumbents and fintech startups look for in a potential partner and how these aspects meet the legitimacy needs of each partner. We argue that alliances further enhance the organizational legitimacy of both fintech startups and incumbents. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1209 IS - 1 U1 - Chalmers University of Technology Christopher Svensson is a Business Developer and fintech enthusiast working at Minna Technologies, a fintech startup in Sweden. He has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus on Quality and Operations Management, from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He has also studied Economics at the Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law, Sweden. His multidisciplinary background within Technology Management and Economics has shaped Christopher’s particular interest in how technology startups transform and disrupt industries. U2 - Chalmers University of Technology Jakob Udesen is an Associate Business Developer working at Tetra Pak. He holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, with a focus on the Management and Economics of Innovation, from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. A part of his Master’s level studies was carried out at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal. Jakob has a strong interest in how to manage innovation processes to ensure the best financial outcomes, and he has a deep understanding of agile processes as well as classic management approaches. U3 - Chalmers University of Technology Jane Webb is a PhD candidate in Innovation Management and Organizational Behavior at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Her doctoral research draws on a two-year ethnographic study of a partnership of 15 organizations testing and demonstrating electric vehicles and related services “live” in a city. Her interest is in how participants in collaborative innovation successfully nurture a web of goals to keep joint work alive. Jane has previous experience in policy, project, and operations management in the public sector, as well as in design research. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Using Action Research to Organize Technology Transfer in Complex Innovation Contexts JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Armando Machevo Ussivane A1 - Paul Ellwood KW - action research KW - agricultural innovation KW - boundaries KW - international collaboration KW - technology transfer AB - Technology transfer projects increasingly consist of multiple, diverse organizations, with each pursuing their own agenda as well as that of the overarching programme. In this article, we adopt a participatory action research methodology in order to explain and improve the coordination of the autonomous innovation activities within an organizationally complex project. The context of the research involved the transfer of rice production technology from China to Mozambique. The action research identified four categories of boundary within the project that were hindering performance: Intellectual/Land property rights; Public/Private sector logics; Inside/Outside programme; and Collaboration/Competition between programme actors. The process of co-inquiry with stakeholders enabled by the action research allowed programme actors to reach an understanding of others, and it created a new thinking space for mutual problem solving. By these means, the action research process makes a resource of the differences between stakeholders rather than it being seen as a barrier to be compromised through negotiation. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1230 IS - 4 U1 - RBL Armando Machevo Ussivane is the Chairman of RBL, E.P – a Mozambique Government agency in charge of the management of the Baixo Limpopo Irrigation Scheme. The objectives of this scheme are food security and poverty alleviation through improved agricultural productivity. His career includes 18 years of experience in the management of agriculture development projects. His research interests lie within the areas of inter-organizational collaboration including partnerships and technology transfer in cross-cultural agriculture contexts. Armando holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. U2 - University of Liverpool Paul Ellwood is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Liverpool. His research interests are broadly in the area of science-led innovation and include technology transfer, responsible innovation, and the organization of university scientific research groups. His early career included leadership positions in a private science-based industry. Since moving to a university management school, he has become increasingly interested in issues relating to the engagement between academic research and management practice. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Understanding the Role of Rural Entrepreneurs in Telecentre Sustainability: A Comparative Study of the Akshaya and eSeva Projects in India JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Gaurav Mishra A1 - Balakrishnan Unny R KW - developing countries KW - entrepreneurship KW - India KW - services KW - sustainability KW - telecentres AB - In rural areas of India, telecentres provide access to computers and other digital technologies and have been utilized as a delivery channel for various government services. Following a public–private partnership (PPP) model, there is a general belief among policy makers that the revenue from government-to-consumer (G2C) services would be sufficient to cover the village-level entrepreneurs’ cash flow requirements and therefore provide financial sustainability. Also, the literature suggests that telecentres have a large enough market for public-access businesses to be commercially viable. In India, around 100,000 telecentres are being set up to serve 600,000 villages – one telecentre for every six villages – to provide one-window access to government services. In the literature, a lack of government services is often quoted as a reason for telecentre failure. This study, using an exploratory approach, aims to understand the parameters that relate to the sustainability of telecentres across a number of common, government-related services. It is observed that some telecentres perform better than the others even though they have the same number of government-related services. Reasons for such differences are explored and the learnings from this research will benefit the stakeholders who are engaged in providing telecentre-based services in other developing countries. In addition, a theoretical framework is suggested to understand the dynamics between different types of sustainability parameters such as financial, social, staff, technology, and institutional. The findings of this research have policy implications in terms of the way services are designed and delivered through telecentres in developing countries such as India. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1130 IS - 1 U1 - Nirma University Gaurav Mishra is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Management at Nirma University in Ahmedabad, India. Before joining Nirma University, he was associated with the Development Management Institute in Patna and the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology in Gandhinagar as Assistant Professor. He also worked with International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad in the Knowledge Management and Sharing department. He received his PhD from the University of Reading, United Kingdom. His thesis focused on understanding adoption, social Inequality, and development impact with respect to e-government centres in rural India. He also holds an MS degree from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology. U2 - National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Balakrishnan Unny R is currently pursuing his PhD in the area of software project management from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy) in Tamil Nadu, India. He has over 10 years of experience in academia and consulting in the area of IT and risk. He has executed projects in information security, business continuity, IT risk, and IT process improvements. Prof. Balakrishnan also has experience working in projects across multiple domains including financial markets, telecommunications, and IT service provision. He holds an MBA from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, with a specialization in IT and risk management. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Weighing the Pros and Cons of Engaging in Open Innovation JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2016 A1 - André Ullrich A1 - Gergana Vladova KW - benefits KW - entrepreneurship KW - Open innovation KW - open innovation participation KW - risks KW - self-assessment tool KW - SMEs AB - The positive aspects of open innovation projects are widely discussed in innovation management research and practice by means of case studies and best practices. However, enterprises, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) also face miscellaneous challenges in open innovation practice, leading to uncertainty and even renunciation of open innovation project participation. Thus, it is essential for SMEs to find the right balance between possible positive effects and negative consequences – the latter being the less studied “dark sides” of open innovation. However, appropriate methods of finding this balance are still lacking. In this article, we discuss the assessment of open innovation project participation by presenting a weighing and decision process framework as a conceivable solution approach. The framework includes an internal, external, and integrated analysis as well as a recommendation and decision phase. Piece by piece, we investigate the current situation and the innovation goals of the enterprise as an initial point for a decision for or against engaging in open innovation. Furthermore, we discuss the development of a software tool that automatically applies this framework and allows self-assessment by SMEs. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 6 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/980 IS - 4 U1 - University of Potsdam André Ullrich has worked as a Research Assistant and a PhD Candidate at the Chair of Business Informatics with an emphasis on Processes and Systems at the University of Potsdam, Germany, since graduating there with a Diploma in Business Administration in 2011. Currently, his research interests are open innovation processes, employee qualification, the performance capability of indicators for assessing organizations, and change capability research. Furthermore, he continuously moderates creativity workshops regarding turbulences in business environments. He has published several national and international articles in the research areas of change capability, creativity techniques, seasonality’s, and employee qualification. U2 - University of Potsdam Gergana Vladova is a Research Assistant and a PhD Candidate at the Chair of Business Informatics with an emphasis on Processes and Systems at the University of Potsdam, Germany. She holds a Master's degree in International Economic Relations from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a Magister degree from the Freie Universitît Berlin, Germany. She has been working within diverse research projects, and she lectures graduate courses and seminars in the field of knowledge management. Her main fields of research are corporate communication and culture, knowledge management, product counterfeiting, and open innovation management. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Cyber-Resilience: A Strategic Approach for Supply Chain Management JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Luca Urciuoli KW - cross-border trade KW - cyber-resilience KW - ICT KW - IT KW - risk management KW - supply chain management AB - Risk management and resilience strategies in supply chains have an important role in ensuring business continuity and reliability in a cost-efficient manner. Preventing or recovering from disruptions requires access and analysis of large amounts of data. Yet, given the multiple stakeholders, operations, and environmental contexts in which a global supply chain operates, managing risks and resilience becomes a challenging task. For this reason, information and communication technologies (ICT) are being developed to support managers with tailored tools and services to monitor disruptions, enhance instantaneous communication, and facilitate the quick recovery of supply chains. Hence, the objective of this article is to shed light on managerial strategies to improve the resilience of supply chains and thereby to point out how these could be automated by means of innovative ICT systems. In particular, this article concludes by warning about existing challenges to implementing such systems. If these challenges are not correctly addressed by managers, there is a major risk of further jeopardizing supply chains. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/886 IS - 4 U1 - Zaragoza Logistics Center Luca Urciuoli is an Associate Research Professor in the MIT International Logistics Program within the Zaragoza Logistics Center in Spain, where he teaches and performs research in supply chain network design, supply chain risk, and security management. He holds an MSc degree in Industrial Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, and a Doctorate in Transportation Security from the Engineering University of Lund, Sweden. He has been working at the research unit of the Volvo group as a project manager developing on-board transport and telematics services. He also led the research of the Cross-border Research Association in Switzerland and collaborated in several FP7 research and consultancy projects, with a focus on topics such as e-Customs, trade facilitation, supply chain security, waste security, and postal security. He is also an editorial board member for the Journal of Transportation Security, and he has published his research in several scientific and practitioner journals. Contact: lurciuoli@zlc.edu.es ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Risk Management in Crowdsourcing-Based Business Ecosystems JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Suchita Nirosh Kannangara A1 - Peter Uguccioni KW - business ecosystem health KW - business ecosystems KW - crowdsourcing KW - risk management AB - The benefits of crowdsourcing are enabled by open environments where multiple external stakeholders contribute to a firm's outcomes. However, crowdsourcing typically has been examined as a general process and not from the specific perspective of a mechanism for driving value creation and capture within a business ecosystem. In this conceptual article, we highlight this research gap by examining crowdsourcing from a business ecosystem perspective and by identifying the inherent business risks in crowdsourcing-based business ecosystems. We apply the concept of ecosystem health to the crowdsourcing context, in terms of how firms create and capture value, and we examine the methods by which these firms can maximize health by mitigating risk in crowdsourcing-based business ecosystems. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/751 IS - 12 U1 - Carleton University Nirosh Kannangara is a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He holds a BEng in Communications Engineering, also from Carleton University. Nirosh has more than two years of experience designing software in the optical transport communication industry and currently works as a Photonics Software Engineer at Ciena Corporation. U2 - Carleton University Peter Uguccioni is a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa. Peter has more than 20 years of experience in software development and as a manager of technology innovation at a variety of firms in Ottawa. ER -


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If I Should Die Before I Wake

Regular readers of this column are probably tired of hearing about Durham, New Hampshire, a small but not miniscule town that happens to house the University of New Hampshire, a medium-sized state school with a national reputation in a few research areas. Durham is my hometown, it’s where I’m from and where my mother is from. It is no Grover’s Corners, no Lake Wobegone, no Spoon River—although it does have the advantage of existing, and as Saint Anselm taught us more than a little while ago, existence is a greatness-making property. I agree with Anselm when it comes to geography; not so much when applied to “that than which nothing greater can be imagined”—i.e., The Big Joker in the Sky.

I refer to Durham because it’s where I formed my values, where I became an earlier but not completely absorbed part of me. Since I’m adopted, some psychologists might say I may have attachment issues, anxiety about having objects yanked away like a nipple out of a yawling infant or, in my case, not having been breast-fed, a bottle’s nipple. I don’t see it, but I also can’t see a smudge of chocolate on the left side of my chin. (Wipe it off, would you? Thanks.) I’ve spent enough time with psychologists to find most of their theories about me as interesting as tarot readers, though not as exotically dressed.

As it happened, Durham was less than 10 miles from Pease Air Force Base, from where planes took off all day and all night. I don’t know whether I was told Pease’s mission, whether I imagined it, or whether it’s even true, but I believed each of those planes had an atomic bomb in its belly to be flown over Russia. The pilot would wait to see if orders came to open up the undercarriage and end the world. If not, the plane would return to Pease, get gassed up and be flown back by another pilot who’d await orders. In my mind, the same pattern was being followed by Soviet flights over the United States. Lying in bed at night, I’d hear the gentle rumble of the jets and wonder whether I’d get out of my morning’s spelling test by getting incinerated by a Russian atomic bomb dr. I also remember picturing the American and Soviet pilots’ paths crossing each other twice, first as they flew to wait for the end of the world, then as they flew home knowing they were safe for one more day. On their way to bring about nuclear Armageddon, I pictured them waving their fists at each other as they passed, but giving gentle, happy nods on their way back.

I’m too young to have been taught civil defense practices in schools—climbing under desks, avoiding looking at the flash, not grabbing a classmate’s breast in a final flawed attempt to avoid dying a virgin. (That last was not in the curriculum, but must have been on every 13-year-old boy’s mind.) My childhood had no training to avoid death in a nuclear holocaust; instead, I had a silent acceptance that eventually it would come, our luck would run out of gas and we’d all fry together, leaving just cockroaches behind.

Going to sleep to the hum of a nuclear holocaust might not seem all that comforting, but for some reason it was. I’d drift off, knowing everything could disappear before I opened my eyes. Although I stopped saying bedtime prayers when I was five or so, the theological seed of destruction had been firmly planted and taken root:

“Now, I lay me down to sleep.

I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

If I should die before I wake,

I pray the Lord my soul to take.”

If He can find it in the ashes.

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Spada feels inspired to feed the hungry in Episode 8 of Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Comander Shou Ronpou’s Secret.

Space.8: Commander Shou Ronpou’s Secret

Directed by Noboru Takemoto
Written by Nobuhiro Mori

Commander Shou Ronpou plans to attack five Moraimarz all at once.  Lucky and the others as the Kyurangers crush the Moraimarz one after another.  Meanwhile, Naga’s team bears the important task of searching using the Pyxis Kyutama in order to liberate the Earth.  At the same time, Spada witnesses Daikan Meshiubaindaver and others stealing food from people.  Spada can’t ignore hungry people, and he disobeys Shou’s orders to go back and feed them emergency meals.

Sources: TV Asahi, Toei

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Mitsubishi Electric Introduces “Kamen Reito Shun” in New Ad

Mitsubishi runs parody ads for “Kamen Reito Shun”, starring Yoshihiko Aramaki.

Mitsubishi Electric has decided to use tokusatsu as a means to help promote their brand of consumer electronics with the introduction of their parody cool hero, “Kamen Reito Shun.” The “reito” in the name is in reference to the Japanese word for refrigeration or freezing. It is worth noting that although “kamen” or “mask” is used in the name, the hero does not wear any sort of face covering.

The hero displays power and attacks that reflect the characteristics of the refrigerators that Mitsubishi Electric sells, such as being able to store meat at below freezing temperatures without freezing it solid. The hero’s secondary move is named after the refrigerators’ ability to allow ingredients stored within it to be easily cut without having to be defrosted. The finishing blow is in reference to the low temperature the refrigerator is know for maintaining.

Voice actor Ryusei Nakao (Dragon Ball Z‘s Freiza) provides the voice for the monster in the video, Hieeza.

Source: Nijimen Website via Anime News Network

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