Markets Are Everywhere in Münster!
One of the best things about living in Germany are the open weekly markets in each town where you can buy fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, cheese, candy, flowers, spices, jams and much more. One of the great aspects of these markets is that most of the goods come from local and nearby farms, so everything is super fresh and tasty, even though it's slightly more expensive than buying food in the store. The difference of freshness and flavor is worth the premium.
It took us a while to figure out when Hiltrup's weekly markets were. In Borken, there were markets on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, but they were super small (in the winter, sometimes only 1 or 2 booths were open). Hiltrup only has Friday markets, but they're packed with tons of vendors and you can easily get everything you need and much more in this one place. Last Friday I bought about 6 pounds (2.5 kilos) of fresh fruit - all of which was consumed by Tuesday.
Münster's main market is on Saturday's at the Dom Platz - a large open area in front of one the huge cathedrals in town. This is really a "big event" compared to the smaller weekly markets and it seems like the entire city population makes it was to the market on Saturdays. It stays open until around 3, but about an hour before closing the vendors start dropping their prices. Last weekend we heard multiple vendors shouting things like "Peppers - 50 cents!" and "Two bundles of flowers - 5 Euros!" and really competing with each other for the lowest prices to get rid of their merchandise.
Münster's main Saturday market is also a great place to get lunch and hang out. Bryan always goes for the fried fish since he knows I'll never make fish at home.
Bryan is about 4-5 people back in line waiting for his fish.
This was taken as the market was closing down. Earlier in the day, it was a sea of people shoulder to shoulder.
We've also discovered that during the spring/summer months in Münster, they have several "Flohmarkts"which translates directly to "Flea Market" in English, and is excellent antique and bargain hunting. Most towns have periodic Flohmarkts and Trödelmarkts (junk markets), but Münster's is particularly large and contains an impressive variety of goods.
Retro chairs, cool green trunk or gross ancient pram?
The Flohmarkt is set up in front the Schloss (castle), so it's quite picturesque.
We never realized when we moved to this apartment in Münster how valuable our balcony would be. We had a balcony in Borken, but it was off Dylan's room and we kept the door blocked most of the time to prohibit him from going out there alone. But here, our balcony is off our dining room / kitchen so Bryan and I are finding ourselves out there quite a bit, especially after Dylan goes to bed. We have a great view of Hiltrup's church and we get gorgeous sunsets, which this time of year is around 10:30 at night.
Because of our proximity on Hiltrup's main retail thoroughfare - Marktallee - we also find ourselves on the city's main parade route, so we see quite a bit of activity from the balcony. On Friday night, Hiltrup had its annual Bike Race "Rund um die Marktallee" which consisted of smaller races for young kids (Yes, Dylan will be entering next year in the 3-5 year old age bracket - their race is only 100 meters long) and "seniors" (which insultingly is for people 35 years and older - since when is a 35 year old a senior?), and the main event for "elite cyclists" - 88 laps around our 1kilometer block.
The premise of the elite race - 88 laps around something roughly the same size as a gym track - seemed kind of odd to us, but they've been doing it now for 24 years so I guess it's a mainstay in town. We had a blast cheering on the races from our 5th floor balcony, and of course, Bryan got to heckle the one or two racers who inevitably blew a huge lead in the seniors race and came in nearly dead last. He reveled in his bellowing from our balcony in a southern accent, "You gonna get got." It took every ounce of his self control to not say anything as this biker packed his car after the race right in front of us. This is my husband.
The elite race unfortunately didn't make it through all 88 laps due to a huge thunder and lightning storm that came through right around lap #60. We were pretty astonished at how quickly the entire town scrammed once the rain came, and we have no clue who won the race.
Also this weekend was Hiltrup's Schützenfest - an annual summer festival that pretty much every town in Germany celebrates with varying pomp and circumstance. Hiltrup's Schützenfest seems like a hyper-local activity that doesn't have much social impact on us Auslanders (foreigners), BUT on Sunday afternoon their parade went right past our balcony, which was entertaining.
Horses are always exciting for a 3 year old to see.
After this weekend, Dylan is expecting bike races and parades to go by every day.
We've also discovered that we're on Hiltrup's Karenval Parade Route, which is super exciting because we really loooove Karenval season. We'll see if anyone has a good enough throwing-arm to toss candy and beads all the way up to our balcony.
We are reminded each day living in Münster about the history of the city. Whether we think of of Charlemagene's missionary named Frisian Liudger, who founded the city in 793 while we wait for the bus at Ludgeriplatz or when we're reminded of the last remaining Anabaptists in 1535 who were slaughtered with their corpses hanging in cages in the tower of St. Lamperti's steeple, we see history all around us. Last Saturday, as Dylan and I were trying to make our way to my office, we learned that history is also under us.
Ludgeriplatz ring - scariest place to ride your bike through in the whole city.
Hiltrup-Münster Bahnhof - not suited for thousands of stranded passengers.
We waited an hour for the next trains to come, but once the time came, those too were cancelled. At this point, we were approaching pandemonium on the Hiltrup train station platform. I have never seen so much confusion in one place. The buses were running, but they were packed with stranded travellers trying to get to downtown Münster. We decided to head back home.
I explained to Dana when we got home early what happened and she did the logical thing…she Googled what was going on. Within seconds she said, " There was a bomb earlier this morning and the whole main train station in Münster is closed." That explained it, but what kind of bomb scare was it?
Come to find out, a thousand pound bomb from World War II was discovered during construction under the platform that I arrive on every day. They had to evacuate the entire train station and the nearby surrounding area. Because it was a rare bomb with a highly sensitive detonator, it took the bomb squad nearly all day to diffuse it. The Münster train station has been under construction for as long as we can remember (a much needed upgrade adding escalators and elevators to reach the platforms), it seems pretty miraculous that the whole place hadn't blown up with this massive bomb just sitting there for presumably 70 years.
These Summer Seminar weeks are good German practice, as pretty much all of the conversations are German. If I was speaking one on one with somebody, there was still a pretty good chance we were speaking German. I was encouraged that I could actually understand a good portion of the presentations this time around. The worst part about catching most, but not all of a conversation is that you can't add any comments. You basically sit there and try to focus on understanding. By the time a thought comes and you formulate the thought in German, the topic has moved on and you start the process all over again. I am typically not the 'quiet guy' in the group, but I usually don't say much in a German conversation.
The North Sea in June was not exactly Siesta Key, Florida, but the weather ended up relatively nice. Relatively means it was 60 degrees F (15 C) and sunny, which meant we were able to get a tan. I had no idea 18 months ago, living in hot and sticky Florida, that I would be able to sit in the sun in 60 degree weather. My blood has thickened.
Speaking of German speaking, it is not as far along as I would like. Somehow, Dana's German has gotten much better and she is really good at understanding. She has gotten a lot of telephone speaking practice from speaking with Dylan's Kindergarten and making various Doctors appointments for her and Dylan. Hopefully, we will have time this fall to get enrolled in a course that could take our German skills up a notch.
As bleak as our recent blog posts have been, the last couple of weeks have been really nice. We feel much more settled (hot water and a kitchen help) in our new place and have seen that the people here in Münster are actually really nice, if a little unapproachable. Maybe it was because of our high stress level, but I actually thought that it was illegal to smile in Münster because I never saw anyone smile. I imagined that if a police officer caught me giving a stranger a polite nod and smile, I would get a 20 euro ticket. Maybe there is a 'mind your own business' law or something. Anyway, over the last couple of weeks, it doesn't appear that way.
This past weekend, we went on Saturday to the community pool (freibad.) Community pools here in Germany are much more than that. This freibad has 5 different swimming pools including a kiddie pool where we hung out (it's the only place where it is acceptable for a 7 month pregnant Dana to rock a bikini and not get strange looks, although she did get a few disapproving glances from older German women), a large water slide, and a playground. There is a minimal entrance fee and it is only a 10 minute (15 with Dana) bike ride there.
Yup, he's wearing a speedo.
If you look closely you can see a big smile on his face coming down the slide.
Lots of laughs for the big splash at the bottom.
Dylan was definitely the only 3 year old (or person with Swimmies on) to be brave enough to go down this massive water slide.
On Sunday, Dylan and I went to the local golf course to practice on the driving range. We have been there pretty much even weekend since moving here and we haven't been banned yet. We normally hit a bucket of balls on the driving range and practice on the putting green. Dylan loves to practice and is becoming better and better with his little clubs. I somehow got my 8 iron, pitching wedge, and putter in my luggage when we came home from Christmas, so I get to work on my short game. It takes us 10 minutes to get there by bike and it is usually the highlight of the weekend.
In addition to playing golf, Dylan's favorite thing to do with 'Daddy' is to go to my office on the weekend. He loves taking the train into the city and taking the elevator to my office. He is normally occupied for 2-3 hours watching videos, which is wonderful for me because I get to put in some extra work and nice for Dana because she gets some time alone. Two weekends ago, I bought Dylan some ice cream on our way to my office. Dylan insisted on getting the flavor that was called 'Mozart', which looked like chocolate. I ordered the ice cream cone and the ice cream scooper (the person working there) said something about if this was for a child (kind). He was holding a cone in his hand, so I thought he was asking me if it I wanted a kids cone. I said no, a normal cone would be okay. He shrugged his shoulders and gave me the cone.
Fast forward 10 minutes later and Dylan is really enjoying his ice cream cone. This is usually the time he asks me help him clean up the drips. He handed me the cone and I proceeded on cleaning up his mess. After two licks, this ice cream tasted different than most. In fact, this tasted like liquor! I had bought my three year old ice cream that had alcohol in it. Suddenly, I realized what the ice cream store worker was trying to tell me. Oops. Reason #792 I feel unfit to be a Dad.
Our kitchen was finally delivered and installed last week, a full 6 weeks after buying the kitchen. Over the last two months, we have a totally new Top 5 Worst Customer Service Experiences list, as our top 5 Worst Experiences have been completely replaced by new ones.
The kitchen debacle was by far our worst customer service experience ever (even worse than trying to cancel our AT&T plans when we moved here), even though our service expectations were very low from the beginning. The store that we bought our kitchen from, Poco, uses Daniela Katzenberger as their spokesperson. This would be the American equivalent of Kendra Wilkinson from the Girls Next Door. So ... not the highest end product.
On May 8, we bought one of the store's floor models in order to save some money and get our kitchen sooner than if we have purchased a non-floor model. This way they assured us that by the end of the month at the latest our kitchen would be ready to be delivered, which was perfect since we were moving at the end of the month. We needed to order a new countertop, however, because the sink was on the wrong side for where our water pipes were, but the salesperson told us it take "a week or two" to order and we could have our kitchen delivered soon afterward. After two weeks, we followed up and learned that the "factory was busy" and it would take "a couple more weeks" before it arrived. In America, we would have cancelled our order and found another kitchen somewhere else. Unfortunately, we stayed with it.
Trying to be proactive, we tried to get our delivery and installation appointment set before the countertop arrived. But, for some reason, we could not set up a delivery appointment until the countertop arrived. When the countertop arrived on June 6th, the soonest installation appointment was … June 19th! Dana took that call and I promptly moved Dylan into the bedroom until that call was over.
We proceeded with this horrendous service and our kitchen was installed on Tuesday, the 19th, 6 weeks and 1 day after buying our kitchen. When the kitchen was delivered, we were really surprised that the countertop wasn't even cut! Our installer had to cut it on our balcony. In hindsight, we should have cancelled the countertop order and had it purchased at a different store (same day service). Nevertheless, we have our kitchen installed and vow to never shop again at Poco.
Out of spite, we bought the rest of our furniture on amazon.de. Because we don't have a car here in Münster, we would need to have the furniture delivered. Interestingly enough, we made a huge furniture order on Wednesday night and most of it arrived Friday morning. There is hope for timely service in Germany.


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Wodka Vodka wants to 'Jew you down'
By	6 Degrees No Bacon	 November 22, 2011 2:16 pm
Is Hanukkah a cheap date?
The ADL has issued a statement decrying a billboard for Wodka Vodka. "Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing" was the ad's tagline, which the ADL said was "crude and offensive" and "reinforces anti-Semitic stereotypes."
While I get this is supposed to be a twist on the "Jews are cheap" trope, I don't really think it works here. I was always under the impression that Hanukkah, with its "eight crazy nights" of gifts, was actually the more expensive of the two winter holidays. Hanukkah isn't the cheap mistress in this scenario. Christmas is. Perhaps flipping the tagline would work better. It would certainly get the ADL off Wodka's back.
This billboard is part of a larger advertising campaign by Wodka comparing things that are expensive and cheap. Other ads read, "Escort Quality, Hooker Pricing" and "Hamptons Quality, Newark Pricing."
Corey Booker, why haven't you stepped up to defend your city from associations with cheap vodka?
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История
Баскетбольный клуб в городе Синь был основан в 1955 году. До 1965 года носил название БК Текстилац (KK Tekstilac). В 1965 году был переименован в «БК Алкар». Алкарами называют участников знаменитого фольклорного фестиваля
Синьска алка, проводящегося ежегодно в Сине. В чемпионате Югославии по баскетболу выступал в низших лигах, самым крупным успехом клуба в югославский период стал выход в финал Кубка Югославии по баскетболу в сезоне 1983/1984, где Алкар уступил команде Босна из Сараево.

После восстановления независимости Хорватии и организации национального чемпионата первоначально выступал во второй по силе лиге A2. По итогам сезона 2002—2003 завоевал право выступать в лиге A1. Сезон 2009—2010 провёл в низшей лиге A2, но в этом же году завоевал право вернуться в высший дивизион.

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Результаты в последних по времени сезонах:

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Johann Jebsen
Ordered 25 May 1941
Laid down 17 Oct 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 190)
Launched 16 Jun 1943
Commissioned 28 Jul 1943 Kptlt. Hubert Nordheimer
28 Jul 1943 - 25 May 1944 Kptlt. Hubert Nordheimer
28 Jul 1943 - 31 Dec 1943 5. Flottille (training)
1 Jan 1944 - 25 May 1944 11. Flottille (active service)
Successes 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,920 tons
Sunk on 25 May 1944 in the Norwegian Sea north-west of Trondheim, Norway, in position 65.05N, 07.28E, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (59 Sqn RAF/S). 20 dead and 33 survivors.
Loss position
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Onboard U-990 were the survivors from the sunken U-476. The German patrol vessel V 5901 rescued 51 crew members of both crews (18 from U-476).
Wolfpack operations
U-990 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Werwolf (28 Jan 1944 - 27 Feb 1944)
Orkan (5 Mar 1944 - 10 Mar 1944)
Hammer (10 Mar 1944 - 26 Mar 1944)
Blitz (2 Apr 1944 - 4 Apr 1944)
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Other Comments : We may be relatives.
Your immigrant family information : Husband's family came from Isle of Lewis, Scotland, to Nova Scotia in the early 1800's.
Locations of interest to you : Whycocomagh, Little Narrows, St Annes, Nova Scotia. Not sure of the Quebec connection.
Surnames of interest to you : Matheson, McDonald, McIver, McLeod,McClean.
Your immigrant family information : Family came from the Ile of Lewis, I think. My grandfather was Robert Murray of Scotstown.He was married to Martha Cowan and Had six children. Guy, Ralph,Norman, Helena, Grace and Kate. I am the son of Ralph Murray.
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Other Comments : I have found a number of connections in your trees. I have also spotted missed connections. I have many names on a data base most of whom have a connection to Tolsta.
Your immigrant family information : Ggrandparents Q322 Farquar & Kristy MacDonald, Q356 William & Mary (MacRitchie)MacDonald,Q519 Angus & Ann(MacLeod)MacLean. Ann of the Q572 Donald & Ann(MacDonald) MacLeod family.
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Your immigrant family information : My GGrandmas father was Murdo John "Dell" MacDonald from South Dell, Ness Isle of Lewis. He immagrated to Scotstown, Quebec and started the Dell Post Office. Her Grandfather was Norman Matheson from the Isle of Lewis who died at Marston township, Quebec.
Locations of interest to you : Scotstown, Quebec; Villa Cartier, Quebec; Stramna, Ireland; Marston Township, Quebec; Isle of Lewis.
Locations of interest to you : Bury and Scotstown, Quebec. Bruce Co., Ontario. Granum, Alberta.
Surnames of interest to you : MacLeod, McLeod, Dawson, Parsons, Hunt, Coates, Brown, Olson, Ellis, MacDougall, MacDonald, Stokes and others.
Other Comments : Thank you for this great website, and for the information you have helped me with in the past, Peter. It is all very much appreciated. I would like to exchange info on these families with other researchers.
Other Comments : I enjoyed your site.It brings back memories.
Other Comments : My family (Maciver) come from the Isle of Lewis and some of them did emmigrate to Canada, America and New Zealand. I don't think any of the macivers in your tree are related.
Your immigrant family information : Not of origins of Elger name. Maternal grandmother: Flora Effie MacKay married my grandfather Irving Elger around 1926 and lived in Scotstown, Qc.
Your immigrant family information : MacKay from Lewis on mother's side.
Locations of interest to you : Milan, Scotstown, Stornaway.
Other Comments : Very interesting. I knew Alex Dell during visits to Scotstown in the 1950's. Aline Washburn was most kind to me during visits to Detroit in the 1940's.I am now 68 yrs. old living in Pierrefonds, QC.
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Your immigrant family information : Mathew MacDonald married Eliza Laplante in Free Will Baptist church in Barnston, Quebec. They had fourteen children but most died of TB. Mathew's brothers may have been John, James, Archibald and Robert.
Locations of interest to you : Barnston, Compton, Martinville, Quebec.
Locations of interest to you : Winslow PQ for William A MAcDonald who married Mary Alexander 1854-1919. She from Leeds PQ.
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Q: Sort by matching value in one column I have a query I'm running that get's me almost what I want....
Here's what I'm getting now when running this:
select users.username as spoc, iata.code as site,
        completed.request as SR, truncate(count(tasks.task) *100/24/1,2) as percentage
from completed
join users on users.id = completed.name
join tasks on tasks.id = completed.task
join iata on iata.id = completed.code
group by iata.code
order by users.username;

+-------------------+----------------+
| spoc    | site | SR   | percentage |
+-------------------+------+------+--+
| carmen  | PVD  | 1110 |      58.33 |
| everton | BUD  | 1114 |      120.83 |
| everton | BUS  | 1112 |      110.33 |
| everton | BUS  | 1112 |      110.33 |
| everton | BUS  | 1113 |      110.33 |
| everton | BUS  | 1112 |      110.33 |
| everton | BUS  | 1112 |      110.33 |
| everton | BUD  | 1114 |      120.83 |
| everton | BUD  | 1115 |      120.83 |
| everton | BUD  | 1115 |      45.83 |

The reason some of these values are hitting over 100% is because they repeat tasks under a different SR and it's calculating them all in the COUNT.
What I'm looking for in the query is to COUNT task by unique SR....this way they should never surpass 100%. I hope that makes sense.

A: You shoul use group by for all the column not in aggregation function
 select users.username as spoc, iata.code as site,
    completed.request as SR, truncate(count(tasks.task) *100/24/1,2) as percentage
from completed
join users on users.id = completed.name
join tasks on tasks.id = completed.task
join iata on iata.id = completed.code
group by  users.username, iata.code, completed.request
order by users.username;

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DMC (μmol/L) 10 64.3 ± 4.1 8.5 ± 1.7 23.4 ± 3.4
Rofecoxib (μmol/L) 10 53.4 ± 4.0 10.5 ± 2.8 32.8 ± 0.7
15 52.9 ± 3.2 11.7 ± 2.0 33.6 ± 2.7
NOTE: Control cells received DMSO vehicle. Each tabulated percentage represents the average of three independent experiments.


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Discuss the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development. What role does sustainability play in this relationship? Refer to both theory and examples from the business world to support your discussion. In today's economy, entrepreneurship is an important subject and entrepreneurial abilities have become a pivotal requirement both nationally and globally. However, enterprises that succeed mostly do so as they are capable of change for the better, through innovation. So for an enterprise to be successful innovation is required.
Creativity and innovation is at the heart of the 21st century. For example in the United States alone, more than 16,000 firms operate their own research labs! These successful enterprises and their advancements in innovation as a result lead to a country's economic development. Economic development has become a focus of attention by governments around the world. As the UK Office of Science and Technology (2007) put it, "Innovation is the motor of the modern economy.. " Thus there is no doubt that a connection between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development prevails.
The three factors are complementary because innovation helps any form of entrepreneurship to prosper, thereby increasing its economic value, thus contributing to economic development. This paper will examine this relationship of entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development, and explore the extent of its connection. To begin, it will define these terms, and then connect them accordingly, using economic literature and real life examples for evidence. Secondly, the essay will look at what sustainability is, types f sustainable innovation, whether it's a threat or opportunity for enterprises, and its effect on economic development.
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The term entrepreneurship can take numerous definitions. Simply put, entrepreneurship is the act of an entrepreneur, and that is someone who assumes the risk for and organizes a business project. Economist Richard Cantillon first used the term entrepreneurship in his book Essai Sur La Nature de Commerce en General (1959) where he explains that an entrepreneur is one who buys things at a lower price, and sells them at a higher price, undertaking the risk factor. More recently, Joseph Shumpeter provided a thorough description, where he divided entrepreneurship to two types: allocating and catalytic.
Further, Shumpeter (1934) stressed on the importance of an entrepreneur to be innovative, "Whatever the type, everyone is an entrepreneur only when he actually carries out a new combinations and loses that character as soon as he has built up his business". This leads into the connection of entrepreneurship with innovation. Mintzberg (1983) defined innovation as "the means to break away from established patterns. " Innovation is the creation of something new; and in the business world, it would be for moneymaking benefit. According to Shumpeter, it can be the creation of a new product, opening a new market and so on.
Thus, it can be stated that innovation is required for an enterprise to succeed, so is a factor contributing to the process of entrepreneurship. Innovation can take two forms, incremental or radical. A radical innovation can be stated as a "gap-filler" as economist Harvey Leibenstein (1968) put it, which is a novel creation that fills a "gap" in the market. Radical innovation is a vital for economic development as the problem is missing markets is solved. There we see the connection of innovation with economic development.
Economic development can be defined as a positive progress in an economy, usually through government expenditures to promote the wellbeing of the economy and society as a whole. It can be measured by taking into account a country's standard of living, economic health, environmental sustainability and other factors. According to Harvey Leibenstein in his book The American Economic Review (1968 p77), there is no universally accepted theory of economic development, but there are two important elements that contribute to development, one of which is the "Interaction between the creation of economic capacity and the related creation of demand [.. The entrepreneur is probably the prime mover of the 'capacity creation' part of these elements of the growth process. " In addition, as said in the Hamilton Project (2012), "Innovation has transformed the American economy through the development of automobiles and highways, airplanes, telecommunications, and the internet, all of which have made it progressively easier for businesses to market their products.. " which as a result, help the business enterprises. Thus, it is undeniable that there is strong connection between entrepreneurship, innovation and conomic development, as has been stated in literature time and time again. It can also be proven with the use of real life examples, for instance in the software industry, which today is globally worth $489 billion. Microsoft, "the worldwide leader in software technology", an innovation founded by Bill Gates, had a revenue of $28. 37 billion in the year 2002, and employed more than 50,000 employees in 78 countries as said in Andriopoulos and Dawson's, Managing Change, Creativity & Innovation Textbook (2009 p94).
Microsoft's software is an example of an incremental innovation, and a successful enterprise, which thus became a major contributor to USA's economic development. An example of a radical innovation that majorly contributed to economic development was Henry Fords simple invention of the assembly line method of production in the 1920's. Its application to the production of Ford cars reduced the time to produce the Model T Ford by 68%, thereby increasing efficiency, and reducing its cost by 62%, thereby increasing the demand for the car.
This a result increased employment in America, increased travel around the country, helped all businesses reduce costs, and raised the standard of living of the middle-class American family who could now afford a car, which had once been a luxury. All these factors contributed to of economic development of the US economy, which was booming at the time. Therefore, it can be firmly stated that a strong connection between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development does exist, and that they are often times co-occurring.
A change in one can have an effect on the other; however, they are not dependent upon on another. For example, economic develop does have other factors contributing to it, aside from entrepreneurial gain. Secondly, I believe that entrepreneurships can succeed without innovation. This is where I disagree with Schumpeter's theory of Creative Destruction. In this, Shumpeter claims that an entrepreneur has to do something novel to be successful, however in world of business there have been instances that prove his theory wrong.
For example, in the 1990s's, a team of entrepreneurs from the US implemented a set of multi screen cinemas in Mexico City called Cinemax, which was a well-known and established business model in the US. This was very successful in Mexico City, and the chain of cinemas was sold for $300 million ten years later. This is very entrepreneurial, but not innovative. Therefore I believe that whilst innovation and entrepreneurship go hand in hand, an entrepreneur does not necessarily need to be innovative in his/her thinking to be successful.
Hence, I agree with Schumpeter's theory only to an extent, in that they are strongly related, but disagree with the fact that an entrepreneurship has to be novel in order to be successful and contribute to economic development. Almost all economies today are growing rapidly, China and India for example. Though this is a primary objective of all countries, governments and other environmentally friendly organizations are far more concerned on ensuring that this development occurs without excessive damage to the environment.
The aim is to ensure human needs are met; but also conserved for the needs of the future generations, and as a result conserving the environment. This is also known as sustainable development. According to the Brundtland report (1987), sustainable development is "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. " Sustainability can take many forms, including economic, social and environmental. This essay will look at sustainability in the economic form and understand sustainability from the business point of view.
The implementation of government regulations, such as UK's DEFRA, which look at conserving and protecting the environment, and fine or reprove businesses that do not, may initially seem as a problem for many companies. But in actuality, in can help the businesses and even be an opportunity for innovation. The need to be sustainable has created environmentally friendly inventions, an internal driver of sustainability, boosting economic growth accordingly. Sustainability in business encourages enterprises to cut down on its costs and produce more with less. Companies today reduce, reuse and recycling waste material.
In addition, it gives way for invention of environmentally friendly products, such as the Panasonic's Rhythm eShower for water conservation and Toyota's invention of the Prius, an electric car, which would in turn reduce fuel consumption. Toyota even won the title of "Best Global Green Brands 2012" (BusinessWeek, 2012) for the second time in a row. Further, it has resulted in the invention of renewable energy methods such as solar photovoltaic cells and tidal stream generators, a new industry in the market. British company, Lunar Energy has decided to build the worlds first tidal energy farm deep sea, providing energy for 5000 homes.
As a result, creating employment too. The requirement for businesses to be sustainable has created employment, promoted innovation and has even opened up a whole new industry in renewable energy, thereby contributing to economic growth. The contribution sustainable development makes to the economy is clear in the long run, as the economy is sure to sustain in the future as well. The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (2006) explains how there is a negative impact on economic growth if governments and businesses are not environmentally friendly.
Economist Nicholas Stern stated that if we don't act in a sustainable manner, the impacts that occur would cost damage worth of 20% of a country's GDP. Whereas in contrast, investment in greener and more sustainable development today, would only cost 1% of global GDP each year. I believe that while sustainable development may result in some businesses to lose out, overall it opens new industries, encourages innovation and also works in favor of the economy in the long run.
To conclude, It can be stated that sustainability can play an important role in economic development, and can encourage enterprises to innovate environmentally friendly technology, cut costs, and thus be more successful. It also helps a country's economy in the long run as it would not have to heavily spend on the damages caused by global warming. As said by Schumpeter, (1934 p367) "The entrepreneur is the prime mover in economic development and his function is to carry out new combinations. " This is true in the sense that through innovation, enterprises can succeed and contribute to an economy's development.
Thus, it is clear that businesses and innovation have a positive effect on economic development are strongly connected. But again, I do not believe that all enterprises must be innovative to succeed, and that for a new business to open, a current one must be eroded. Therefore in conclusion it can be stated that entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development are complementary in real life, and are at often times co-occurring, but are not dependent on one another. And encouraging businesses to be sustainable will only have a positive impact on the economy, when taking the long run impacts into account.
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Birthday Bashes Abound in the Big Apple: Garrison Keillor at 70 and Barbara Cook at 85
October 25, 2012Victoria Martino
Filed UnderMusic Theater
Barbara Cook as Barbie Hallem in Alfred Hitchcock Presents' 'A Little Sleep' (1957).
October 16, 2012, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Mr. Keillor at 70
with the New York Phiharmonic
Rob Fisher – conductior
Christine DiGiallonardo – vocalist
Richard Dworsky – piano
October 18, 20012, Carnegie Hall
Barbara Cook 85th Birthday Concert
Ted Rosenthal and Lee Musiker – Music Director and Piano
with John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, Susan Graham, Sheldon Harnick, and Josh Groban
It isn't often that two luminaries of the entertainment world publicly mark major milestones in the same week and city. Yet such was the case last week in New York: on Tuesday, Garrison Keillor reflected upon seven decades of life in a special appearance with the New York Philharmonic, and on Thursday, Barbara Cook celebrated her eighty-fifth birthday in Carnegie Hall, exactly one week in anticipation of the actual day.
Keillor, writer, humorist, storyteller and host of the legendary public radio program, "A Prairie Home Companion," celebrated his 70th birthday in August of this year. He described his evening with the New York Philharmonic as "a personal narrative of 70 years of music in a man's head, featuring Brethren hymns, nonsense, rousers, show tunes, blues, ribaldry, Pomp and Circumstance, "My Girl," as well as music by Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Brian Wilson, Ligeti, and Jerry Garcia. Plus: "Hot Bananas Poetry and Piano Ping-Pong." The program contained the same eclectic mix of sacred and profane, high- and low-brow, serious and silly, sentimental and irreverent that has come to be the hallmark of "A Prairie Home Companion," the quintessential postmodern variety show.
Garrison Keillor.
The orchestra was in a festive "pops" mood, with a few of the male principal players in red bow-ties, and the occasional female member decked out in a colorful evening gown. The musicians were donating their services for the concert to benefit the pension fund of the New York Philharmonic, and their relaxed, collegial performance under the baton of musical theatre conductor Rob Fisher reflected this fact, presenting a sharp contrast to the impeccable, disciplined rigor of the subscription concerts from the previous week.
Following Reznicek's rousing overture to "Donna Diana," Keillor, bedecked in a red bow-tie and matching tennis shoes, came out on stage, greeting what he called "an orchestra of distinguished men and glamorous women." He proceeded to commiserate with concertmaster Glenn Dicterow on the subject of his upcoming retirement: "70 is a great age, because it's preceded by so much dread; then, when it comes, it's nothing."
Referring to Dicterow's intention of retiring to LA, Keillor quipped about life after 70 in a city where, "when you don't drive, life ends," and where one spends one's time in a senior center, forced to see people one has been avoiding successfully for decades. In his usual disarming, pseudo-self-deprecatory manner, he recited a limerick composed in honor of the occasion, contrasting the eminent violinist Dicterow with himself, a humble cornpicker from the Midwest who had just "picked a row."
Keillor then set the stage for his "Seven Love Sonnets" by recalling the sonnets that he and his fellow students had to memorize in high school. He lamented the fact that, while the other students were assigned the romantic sonnets of Shakespeare, he was given "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,/I all alone beweep my outcast state." Reflecting on the vagaries of memory as one ages, he noted that, having forgotten mathematics, physics, and all of the other subjects learned in school, this sonnet remained the solitary "monument in the desert" of his education.
Keillor's mastery of programming is so refined and subtle that it may have escaped the notice of the public, but the "outcast" theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet XXIX proved to be the leitmotiv of the entire evening. Part of Keillor's universal appeal is his identification with the Everyman in society, and his reminiscences of the last seven decades poignantly revealed his pervading sense of "not belonging," without ever becoming maudlin.
"Seven Love Sonnets," written by Keillor in collaboration with longtime colleagues Richard Dworsky and Andy Stein, deal with all the varieties of love: "platonic, erotic, and otherwise," as the program stated. Beginning with an existential plea for God's existence ("Lord, please be there"), the cycle of sonnets includes memories of Keillor's high school sweetheart, a romantic lunch followed by a siesta, a crush on Julie Christie, the fantasy of a man waiting at a bus stop about a lovers' tryst high above him in a Manhattan hotel, a rhapsody about 26 nubile women in bikinis poolside at the Hotel Biltmore, and a tender love song/lullaby: "may the angels smile upon you as you take your rest." Dworsky's incidental music to the poetry is alternately humorous and dramatic, punctuating and underscoring the panoply of emotions expressed in the verses.
"Hot Bananas" followed: "a game of poetry/piano/orchestra ping-pong." In this case, orchestral and piano arrangements of judiciously chosen musical excerpts from Debussy, Joplin, Sousa, and other composers accompanied a seemingly random selection of poems by Keillor about myriad subjects: the travails of "post-parents" seeing their children graduate and leave home; Mozart's extravagant living habits, which drove him into debt and forced him to compose ("Thank you, Mozart, for being so prolific/And, by the way, your hair looks terrific."); the indiscretions of exposing the gluteal cleft; cicada courtship ("Cicada love does not involve poetry or song; 'Was it good for you? Good! Well, so long!'"); sex ("I need you, I confess; let us coalesce"); the Episcopal church (a hilarious spoof of "Ain't Misbehavin'"); smoking; human sperm; Billy the Kid; opera; "Dark Skies" (a spoof of "Blue Skies"); newlyweds ("a luminous night at the Broadway Hotel/ Then a lifetime of cold cereal."); and death by electrocution ("In the eulogy, they spoke of love, honor, and ambition; But nobody said, 'Why didn't he call an electrician?'").
Stravinsky's "Circus Polka" opened the second half of the program, reinforcing the burlesque atmosphere with its sophisticated send-up of Schubert's "Marche Militaire No.1." Keillor then returned to the stage with Christine DiGiallonardo, a vocalist who often appears as a guest on "A Prairie Home Companion." Voices melding in a mellifluous harmony, together they crooned their way through "Over & Over & Ever Again," described in the program as "An improvisation with orchestra, singers, and piano of images and musical themes in the mind of a person of a certain age." In other words, as Keillor prefaced the medley of songs and instrumental interludes (ranging from Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Chopin, Haydn and Beethoven to Jerry Garcia), "when history bunches up around you, the water that passes by you is full of music from long, long ago, when you were a child." Ranging from profound to trivial, Keillor's musical reminiscences began with hymns learned in childhood ("Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," "Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam," "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go") and continued with old radio and television jingles ("Texaco," "State Farm," "Coca Cola," "Oscar Mayer," "Winston," "Folgers," "Chevrolet") and popular songs spanning nearly a century ("Just A Song at Twilight," "The Road to Mandalay," "It's You in the Sunrise," "In the Attic of My Life," "All My Love's In Vain"). The songs were interspersed with Keillor's reflections on significant moments of his life (witnessing a river baptism, first love, high school graduation, college, his mother's recent death). Humor and pathos were so skillfully interwoven that one had the sense of laughing through tears. Keillor's "outsider" sensibility came through in nearly every anecdote about his life, and the song that perhaps expressed this sentiment most poignantly was "Blind Man Stood in the Road and Cried," which had several reprises throughout the narrative.
"Over & Over & Ever Again" came full circle, ending where it had begun, with a moving hymn and the childhood memory of being scolded by his father for laughing at a river baptism while the rest of the community was in tears. Hearing Keillor recount the tale, one was struck by the sense that he still smarts to this day from the injustice of the rebuke; the little boy had only laughed because, just at the most solemn moment of the baptism (which happened to be taking place exactly in the spot where a boy had recently drowned), a cow on the opposite riverbank decided suddenly to open its bowels. This anecdote says it all about Garrison Keillor: he has the great humorist's innate gift of noticing the incongruity of the profane in the midst of the sacred, of comedy in the midst of tragedy. At 70, he remains boyishly mischievous and uncannily observant, and his universal appeal is as fresh and timeless as it ever was.
Timeless, too, was the impression that Barbara Cook conveyed to a packed house at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night. Her loyal and adoring fans welcomed her dramatic entrance with a rousing ovation. Glamorously attired in arresting blue and black with sparkling diamonds, the only indication of the former ingénue's age was the cane with which she crossed the stage. Settling into a chair with an air of informality, Cook launched into "Let's Fall in Love," revealing a voice which remarkably has held its own, despite the passage of time.
The classic combination of flute/clarinet/saxophone, bass, drums, and piano that accompanied Ms. Cook was adequate for the occasion, but not remarkable in its performance. The only disappointment of the evening was the banality of the instrumental arrangements, which more than occasionally bordered on kitsch and testified all too clearly to the indiscriminate trivialization of popular music in our time.
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the concert was Cook's adventuresome spirit in performing an enormous variety of genres, some even out of her comfort zone. Each number, whether a torch song, ballad, upbeat "list" song, patter song, or a tune traditionally sung, as she put it, by "jazzers" and "folk singers" (e.g., the soulful "House of the Rising Sun" and "Bye, Bye, Blackbird") was handled not only with complete understanding and respect for both style and content, but also with the appropriate nuances that it required. Her versatility was remarkable, and she was able to move the audience from laughter to tears and back again with the same embodiment of character and mastery of expression that made her a legend on Broadway. The dramatic lighting effects, which bathed the stage in bright yellow for upbeat songs and dark blue for ballads, were superfluous for creating a sense of mood and atmosphere, as Cook could evoke it effortlessly and much more effectively simply with the colors of her voice.
In between musical numbers, the near-85-year-old showed herself still to be an ingénue at heart, giggling at a piano solo, making silly jokes, and telling anecdotes from her life with a childlike straightforwardness and sense of fun. After a soulful rendition of "Georgia On My Mind," the Atlanta-born-and-raised Cook confessed with a laugh that it was "kind of a lie," as she "couldn't wait to get out of there." She reveled in recounting various humorous titles of singer/songwriter Dan Hicks, such as "If my nose was running, I'd blow it all on you," quipping that she decided not to sing the song after all because the lyrics simply ended, "…but it's not."
"I Got Rhythm," in which Cook indulged in some scat singing (cleverly including a musical quote from "An American in Paris") served as the vehicle to feature instrumental solos from each of the musicians and round out the set. Cook expressed her gratitude to them for their collaboration in the final line of the song, "Who could ask for anything more?" She then rose from her chair to acknowledge the resounding ovation of her ardent audience. When the hubbub subsided, she walked slowly downstage and sang a heartfelt version of "Imagine" without amplification, which functioned as both encore and benediction.
It would have been enough — the perfect ending to a perfect concert, but a number of local celebrities wanted to present a special birthday tribute. John Pizzarelli was the first surprise guest, reading a letter from Mayor Bloomberg, that dubbed Barbara Cook a "living New York landmark." Pizzarelli was then joined by his wife, Jessica Molaskey, in an unremarkable vocal medley, which she introduced (more aptly than she knew) by saying, "Now I know the meaning of the phrase, 'from the sublime to the ridiculous.'"
A much more acceptable musical offering came from Susan Graham, who swept onstage in a flowing orange robe and dramatically told the story of a little girl in the 60s in New Mexico who grew up in front of the hi-fi, listening to "The Music Man." "Yours was the first beautiful voice I heard," she confessed to Cook. She then gave a highly operatic, but nonetheless moving performance of "Till There Was You," emphasizing the final line by pointing a finger at her role model. "When I was a little girl, I wanted to be you when I grew up, and I still do," she admitted.
Barbara Cook was serenaded next by master lyricist and longtime friend, Sheldon Harnick, in a reprise of the song he wrote for her a year ago on the occasion of New York theatre's tribute. In a clever reversal, he set his own lyrics, "I love you," to the tune, "She Loves Me." The near nonagenarian was followed by young idol Josh Groban, who gallantly sang to Cook that nothing would harm her, "Not While I'm Around." A final chorus of "Happy Birthday" from performers and audience alike brought the evening to a close, and a deafening ovation accompanied the great singer offstage.
Postscript: Barbara Cook requested that all of her fans and supporters everywhere remember to "raise a glass" to her health this Thursday, the 25th, which is her actual 85th birthday.
Tagged WithBarbara CookChristine DiGiallonardoGarrison KeillorJessica MolaskeyJohn PizzarelliJosh GrobanLee MusikerNew York PhilharmonicRichard DworskyRob FisherSheldon HarnickSusan GrahamTed Rosenthal
Victoria Martino
Victoria Martino is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University and the University of California. A specialist in interdisciplinary studies, she has academic degrees in art history, literature and music. She has curated numerous international exhibitions, and has published over sixty catalogue essays and scholarly articles in more than six languages on artists and composers, including Wassily Kandinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Jackson Pollock, Richard Pousette-Dart, Sean Scully, Mimmo Paladino, John Baldessari, Josef Capek, and Zoran Music, among many others. An art, music, dance and theater critic, she has been a regular contributor to THE Magazine and various journals in Europe. Ms. Martino has participated in numerous international scholarly symposia and lectured widely. She has taught music, art history, and innovative humanities courses at universities in Australia and the United States. As a violin soloist and chamber musician, she has performed throughout Europe, Australia, Japan, and North America. A specialist in early and contemporary performance practice, Ms. Martino has a broad repertoire spanning six centuries. She is internationally known for her monographic performances ("marathons") of the complete works for violin by various composers, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Schumann. Ms. Martino has presented a number of interdisciplinary programs (lecture-concerts) in conjunction with exhibitions at many international institutions, including the Guggenheim Museums of New York, Bilbao, and Berlin, the National Art Gallery of Victoria (Australia), the National Art Gallery of Ontario (Canada), the National Art Gallery of Slovenia, the Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, the Albertina in Vienna, the J. Paul Getty Museum and MOCA Los Angeles, to name only a few. Since 2004, she has presented an annual subscription lecture-concert series on the interrelationship between music and art throughout history at the Athenaeum Music and Art Library in La Jolla, California.
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