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The Corporate Implications of Longer Lives
Publicada en marzo 6, 2017 mayo 2, 2017 smartinezh
Article published in MIT Sloan Review, in 1/3/2017.
People are living longer and working longer — but few organizations have come to grips with the opportunities and challenges that greater longevity brings.
Across the world, people today are living longer. Whether it is in the United States, China, or Rwanda, average human life expectancy has increased over the past few decades. If life expectancy continues to grow at the rate of two to three years every decade, as it has done over the last 150 years, then a child born in Japan in 2007 will have a more than 50% chance of living past the age of 107. Under the same assumptions, children born in that year in most of the advanced economies will have similar odds of living past their 100th birthday.1
There is growing awareness that increasing longevity will have major implications for how people manage their work lives and careers. Rising life expectancy means the level of savings required to provide a reasonable income for retirement at age 65 is becoming increasingly infeasible for most people.2 We predict that, given the average level of savings in advanced economies, many people currently in their mid-40s are likely to need to work into their early to mid-70s; many currently in their 20s (many of whom could live to be over 100) will be working into their late 70s, and even into their 80s.
Across the world, people are becoming more conscious of their lengthening working lives — but frustrated by their working context. Our research suggests that while people know they will have to restructure their lives and careers, corporations are unprepared. (See "About the Research.") Indeed, corporations have been somewhat inconsistent in their reaction to greater longevity. On the one hand, many executives are excited about the possibilities of tapping into the estimated $15 trillion of spending power of people over 603; on the other hand, few have taken full account of the opportunities and challenges longevity brings to their own workforces.
Most companies, especially those operating in the advanced economies, still view life in terms of three stages: full-time education, full-time employment, and then a "hard stop" retirement around the age of 65. This is the life structure that emerged in advanced economies in the 20th century and continues to underpin much thinking about the workforce. Although this structure worked when life expectancy was 70, it cannot be stretched to support a healthy 100-year life.
Individual Experimentation
In response to the pressures resulting from longer working lives, individuals are starting to experiment with new stages of life and creating different career structures. The pressures are having particularly significant effects on three age groups: people approaching retirement age, those currently in their 40s, and those just entering the workforce.
People Approaching Retirement
One of the first age groups to test traditional corporate policies are those currently in their 60s. For many of them, the idea of a traditional "hard stop" retirement at age 65 is under real pressure. As they think about the rest of their lives, they are beginning to look for ways to be productive for longer. Currently, one in five Americans over the age of 65 (and one in 12 over 75) still works, and these proportions continue to rise. Some of those working longer are continuing in their existing jobs; others are taking on roles that involve different skills or offer a better work-life balance. An increasingly popular option is to become an entrepreneur; indeed, in the United States, people starting a business today are more likely to be over 55 than under 34.4
People in Their 40s
For people in their mid-40s, there is a growing realization that retirement isn't a hard and fast turning point. Indeed, some are beginning to recognize that they could have another 30 or more years of work ahead of them and are figuring out how to make the most of those years. Navigating this extended period successfully will require maintaining skills, remaining enthusiastic, maintaining physical well-being, and creating a good work-life balance. Many are considering what they need to do to upgrade their skills to continue on their current trajectory or wondering whether now is the time to switch to a new career and a new stage of life.
People Entering the Workforce
The generation just entering the workforce has the longest expected lifespan in history, perhaps 10 to 15 years beyond that of the generation approaching retirement. In contrast to older workers, many younger workers are aware that their working lives are apt to involve many different jobs in a variety of sectors. A long and shifting career will force them to create a sense of coherence with their values and preferences, and to adapt and develop new skills and interests.
Members of this group are beginning to focus on options, which become more valuable as the time horizon over which they can be exercised becomes longer. As a result, the age range at which a number of traditional markers of full adult independence and commitment take place — such as getting married, having children, and buying a home — has been extended. In addition, as can be witnessed in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, and London's East End, many in this group are embracing a new form of entrepreneurship that combines work, leisure, and creative space, and that includes a focus on experimenting, learning new skills, and building a distinctive professional identity.
The Importance of Intangible Assets
A primary focus during the traditional work-oriented stage of life has been financial matters: earnings, retirement savings, and home ownership. However, as life extends and careers become longer, different types of assets take on new importance. For a 40-year-old man or woman, extending the second stage of life by working more years will enhance his or her financial assets and may secure a reasonable retirement income.5 But what impact does working longer have on other types of assets that are needed to support a good life? We term the other types of assets "intangibles," and we group them into three categories:
The first category is productive assets: the individual's skills, knowledge, reputation, and professional networks. It is these productive assets that will enable a 40-year-old to find interesting work during a career that spans several more decades.
The second category consists of what we call vitality assets, which include strong mental and physical health, a good work-life balance, and powerful regenerative relationships. Having such assets will enable people approaching the traditional retirement age to continue working.
The final category, which we believe will become increasingly important, is what we call transformational assets, which involve self-knowledge and the types of diverse networks that support personal change and transitions.
Intangible assets are critical for enabling a long working life. At any point in time, people will need to be either actively building or maintaining these assets, or they will depreciate. (See "Key Assets for a Multistage Life.")
Key Assets for a Multistage Life
In a multistage life, intangible personal assets that enable productivity, vitality, and career transformations are as essential as financial assets.
The challenge for longer working lives is how to build and maintain intangible assets over a career of 50 or 60 years. Already, by the end of a traditional three-stage 40-year career, the skills and knowledge built at the beginning are substantially eroded. With advances in artificial intelligence, it's hard to imagine skills and knowledge lasting multiple decades.
Similarly, extending one's working life could result in a sharp deterioration of vitality assets such as health and happiness. Measures of well-being and life satisfaction tend to reach their lowest level during the second, employment-focused stage of life and then increase.6 Therefore, although working longer will build the financial assets to support greater longevity, it could risk depleting crucial intangible assets.
What is the alternative? Inevitably, people want to balance their investments in tangible and intangible assets by committing time to both. This will mean committing time to work in order to generate tangible assets. But it will also mean prioritizing activities to stay healthy, maintain friendships, and learn new skills. Those starting their careers may later want to have time out of the workforce to explore, or to move later into a company after a period of self-employment. Those in their 40s may need to take time out of the workforce to make significant investments in learning new skills to maintain momentum, and those who don't plan to (or don't want to) stop working at 65 will want to develop a portfolio of options.
These different paths will require individuals to make substantial commitments of time to develop intangible assets. One obvious approach is to add new life stages that prioritize such investment. It will not be the first time that new life stages have been introduced. Increasing longevity in developed countries during the 20th century led to the emergence of two stages that had not been previously recognized: the teenage years7 and retirement.8 It follows that longevity gains may lead to the development of further additional stages. Rather than a three-stage life, we expect to see a multistage life, along with a larger number of transitions. (See "Creating a Multistage Life.")
Creating a Multistage Life
A traditional three-stage life consists of a sequence of education, work, and retirement. But longer lives create opportunities for new stages to emerge and for each individual to create his or her own unique sequence of stages.
Tension Points
As traditional life patterns become less relevant to many people's needs, individuals will want to pursue working lives that are more flexible and multistaged. However, this desire for flexibility will clash with current corporate practices and processes. Specifically, we anticipate three tension points, involving: (1) people's desire for personalization; (2) their interest in flexibility; and (3) their desire not to be pigeonholed on the basis of age.
People want personalization; corporations want conformity. Employees increasingly want to decide for themselves which intangible assets they invest in, how much they invest, and how to sequence the various life stages. So, the first tension point is likely to involve how those choices align with their employers' interests.
Although it is understandable that employees will want to make their own choices, corporate policy and practice are largely based on assumptions that similar age cohorts are engaged in similar types of activities and work during the same stages of life. Those leaving full-time education are typically in their late teens and 20s; those taking time off tend to do it as young parents in their 20s and 30s; those retiring do so in their mid-60s. From a corporate human resources perspective, age has been a reliable predictor of likely aspirations and motivations.
In a three-stage life, there has been one main sequence: education, work, and then retirement. In a multistage life, there are a variety of ways to arrange the stages. As a consequence, the link between age and stage breaks down.
People want flexibility; corporations want standardization. In the course of our research, we asked MBA students and executives to narrate their possible future working lives, the stages they would incorporate, and the sequence they would use. We were struck by the variety of these descriptions, with the many different ways of leading a working life presenting a mosaic of possibilities.9 What this variety reveals is that in a multistage life, even those within the same age cohort will be engaged in different stages at any given time. Moreover, some of the anticipated stages — for example, exploring new work options, becoming self-employed, founding a business, and building a portfolio of activities that may include both paid and unpaid work — will include periods of time outside the enterprise.
The desire for variety and flexibility will conflict with corporate preferences for standardized working times and operating procedures that have dominated organizational practices since the Industrial Revolution. The traditional structures, of course, have the advantage of simplicity and cost-effectiveness, and they facilitate standardized working careers with conventional entry, promotion, and exit points. In addition, these structures reduce the amount of unfairness that can occur when individual employees negotiate deals that aren't available to others. Standardization reduces the possibility of setting new precedents that must be extended to a broader group of employees or even to everyone.
People want to be age-agnostic; corporations want age markers. Over the years, corporations have played an influential role in separating the young from the old. In many industries, retirement has had an important purpose; it provides companies with a way to ease workers out of physically demanding jobs in a nonconfrontational manner. Traditional job titles reinforced age divisions, with job titles referring to "junior" and "senior" roles. Age plays an important role in a linear career path, and both implicitly and explicitly, it has a huge influence in recruitment, promotion, and salary setting.
Given that people are living longer, many want opportunities to contribute throughout their long working lives. Careers have many different stages, each with different aims and different needs. How people sequence the stages will be based on their own motivations, preferences, and financial requirements — not just their age. In other words, they don't want their age to be the only factor determining who they are or what they want. If age and stage are no longer so intertwined, this will inevitably lead to more cross-generational activities. For example, one could be an undergraduate at 20, 40, or 60, or a senior manager at 30, 50, or 70.
Easing the Tensions
We expect the pressure building from these tensions to grow in the years ahead. Without changes in corporate policies, employees will struggle to build working lives that have resilience over an extended period of time and that support healthy and prosperous longevity. In response, companies need to initiate a top-to-bottom redesign of their human resource practices and processes. The redesign should be composed of two parts: a shift toward intangible assets, and a move toward a multistage approach to careers.
A Shift to Intangible Assets
In a three-stage life, the core of the employee-employer relationship was tangible assets. Corporations found that the best way to recruit and retain workers was to offer a promise of tiered earnings based on promotion and length of service, along with the prospect of a pension to finance retirement. However, for many employees, this dominant role of tangible assets has been waning in recent years. In many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, corporate pension schemes are decreasing dramatically both in number and coverage. But the changing roles of the different kinds of assets are not just about the reduced attractiveness of the tangible assets companies offer. In a long multistage life, securing long-lasting intangible assets becomes as critical as securing strong financial assets. As a consequence, in a multistage life, the relationship between the corporation and the employee can no longer be simply mediated by tangible assets.
Monitoring Intangibles
The capacity and opportunity to build a much wider range of assets are essential factors to a longer working life. The challenge is to bring these assets into the corporate narrative, and acknowledging and measuring intangible assets is an important first step. At Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., a large IT service, consulting, and business solutions firm headquartered in Mumbai, India, there is a focus on understanding and calibrating productive intangible assets such as knowledge and skill acquisition. Across the company, an internal digital platform called Knome enables the firm's 380,000 employees to track their skill development, use online training to boost and broaden their skills, and build their reputation through virtual badges earned for skills.10 The credentials are then used to assess the development of productivity assets across the whole organization.
Cultivating Lifelong Learning
As working lives become longer, the need for lifelong learning will increase. As working lives become multistaged and the sequence of those stages becomes more customized, individuals will take an interest in skills with value that extends beyond the current employer and sector. This will weaken the one-size-fits-all approach to learning and development. Instead, there will be a growing need for more decentralized and flexible approaches to learning, curated more by individuals than by employers. Skills and knowledge that are portable and externally accredited will be particularly valuable. Longevity will force a shift in responsibility for lifelong learning toward the individual. Organizations such as City Lit, which was founded in 1919 to provide adult education in London, will likely see a new spurt of growth.
Supporting Employees' Transformational Skills
The capacity for individuals to transform will become an ever more valuable asset as employees work longer and make more transitions in their careers. Those most likely to make successful transitions will be those with self-insight and with diverse networks that provide alternative experiences and role models. There is much that organizations can do to support this — such as encouraging employees to regularly reexamine their own goals and skills, and helping them develop dynamic and diverse networks.
Tata Consultancy Services' internal digital platform, for example, gathers data on an individual's advice network, in terms of who the person is giving advice to and receiving it from. Using this data, employees can gain insights into whether they are building or depleting the strength of their professional social networks within the company by assessing the extent to which these networks are becoming more homogenous or more diverse. The aggregate data is also used to influence corporate policy on encouraging cross-functional and cross-business networks.11
Bringing Variety to Employment
Longer lifespans will affect how long employees remain at a company in many ways. As careers extend in response to longevity, it is fair to assume that the percentage of workers who will spend their entire career with one organization will decline. Even so, many people may increase the number of years they remain at a particular company. The challenge companies will face with longer tenure is to maintain the productivity enhancement that comes from stability and continuity while also creating space for people to develop the capacity to transform. Simply increasing tenure has its challenges. People can become stale and bored; moreover, organizations run the risk of generating frustration when people aren't able to advance.
There are a number of ways to mitigate this tension. One is for employees to stay in the job but reshape it by adding new tasks and skills. Employers, for their part, can help people transfer their skills to other areas or stimulate the development of new skills. Another option is to offer employees sabbaticals and longer breaks to help them recharge. Such flexibility can enable companies to retain promising younger workers while incentivizing older workers to invest in their transformational assets and prepare for multistage careers.
Acknowledging the Needs of Dual-Career Families
Not all intangible assets are centered on supporting careers. Vitality assets stress family and friendships. As more households address the financial tensions associated with funding longer lives by ensuring that both partners work outside the home, the nature of families is changing. Deloitte, the global professional services firm, saw this firsthand when it studied the evolving family structure of its employees. The company discovered that the traditional structure of a male partner supported by a stay-at-home spouse applied to a minority of its people.12 Instead, many employees were in dual-career households and were often the parents of young children. Realizing that a career track with a steady upward trajectory was not appropriate for all circumstances, Deloitte encouraged employees to build their own career "lattice" where they could change pace (accelerate or decelerate), workload (full or reduced working hours), work location (office or home), and role (project or support).13
Creating Time Flexibility
Investments of time are crucial to building intangible assets — whether related to skills and knowledge, health and fitness, or families and relationships. To invest time, employees need a degree of control over their working practices — that is, when, where, and how they work.
Flexible working was championed by companies including British Telecom more than two decades ago, with an aim of learning whether employees who had more flexible work arrangements tended to be more productive and less likely to leave.14 Since then, many initiatives have supported flexible working, and the current push to reduce office costs promises to bring more opportunities to work from home and to work flexible hours.
As common as flexible work schedules have become, long breaks are not typical in the business world. Currently, very few companies offer sabbaticals. There is no doubt that when more people work into their 70s or 80s, longer breaks will be seen as attractive. Some companies with demanding work schedules, such as consulting firms, are attempting to respond by allowing eligible employees to take four- or eight-week sabbaticals, in addition to vacation time, to pursue personal interests and passions.15
Taking a Multistage Approach
As people increasingly opt for a customized, multistage approach to their lives and careers, companies will need to rethink their personnel practices to attract the best employees. This will involve three major changes:
1. Revamping Recruiting
In the traditional three-stage life, corporate recruitment practices are primarily geared toward recent graduates. The danger is that as careers become increasingly multistaged, companies that focus exclusively on this narrow age band fail to identify other talent, such as young people who used their 20s to explore other fields; people in their 30s and 40s who managed small businesses or startups; and experienced people in their 60s and 70s who could mentor and inspire young workers.
Many of the most visible projects to reengage with mid-career candidates have emphasized mothers returning to the workforce; major companies involved in such initiatives range from Goldman Sachs to General Motors to UBS.16 More broadly, corporations are seeking to broaden their talent pool with mid-career hires. For example, for some years Fujitsu Ltd., the Japanese technology company, has recruited a wide range of experienced people, including actors, poets, physicians, and architects, to boost its innovative capabilities.17
In the traditional recruitment model, candidates with gaps in their work experience (for whatever reason) have been viewed with suspicion by corporate recruiters. But as nonlinear careers become more common, we expect people with unconventional experiences to become less unusual — and perhaps even to be viewed as a desirable resource.
The need to diversify sources of recruiting will arise not just from the emergence of multistage careers but also because of an anticipated decline in new workers entering the workforce. In the United States, for example, the number of workers aged between 16 and 24 is expected to decline by 10% in the coming decade, a time when baby boomers are moving into retirement.18 This will inevitably result in more competition for talent and highlight the growing demand for workers from nontraditional sources and ages.
2. Rethinking Age-Related Stereotypes
In a three-stage life, age and stage are inextricably intertwined, and it was appropriate for corporate policies to use age as shorthand for roles and aspirations. But it is not appropriate when the model moves to multiple stages. Of all the policies we have studied, age stereotypes and attitudes regarding older workers are the area where action is needed most immediately.
Too often, companies view older people as a liability rather than an asset. It's time to rethink what it means to be over 60 and how business can tap into the experience and wisdom older employees offer. The motivation for change is a simple one: Longevity means people are living longer and staying healthier for longer. In addition to older individuals being healthier and fitter than previous generations, growing automation is boosting older workers' productivity.19 The result is that the current generation of older workers is able to be more productive than past generations, and advances in technological augmentation will boost their productivity still further.
The early adopters celebrating the experience and wisdom of the over-60s are often found in the retail sector, selling to older customers, or in sectors such as engineering, where there is a dearth of younger talent. For example, at B&Q PLC, a home improvement and home gardening supply retailer based in Chandler's Ford, England, more than one quarter of the company's workforce is over 50.20 Among other things, the company considers older workers more experienced with do-it-yourself home projects and more empathic with homeowners. BMW AG has redesigned factory space around the needs of an older workforce.21 At Vita Needle Co., a manufacturer of stainless steel tubing and fabricated parts based in Needham, Massachusetts, about half of the employees are aged 75 or older.22
3. Redesigning Retirement
Key to better utilization of older workers will be fundamental changes in retirement practices. Retirement is already being substantially transformed. In many countries, the effective retirement age is rising as more people over 70 are working. Yet while there are some signs of coordinated social change in retirement, it is still the case that most organizations deal with retirement on a case-by-case basis. As a result, many workers in their 50s have little clarity about their employer's policies regarding flexible retirement dates or flexible working after retirement from a full-time job. We think there's an opportunity to think more broadly about retirement — in particular, whether it makes sense to have a hard stop or to make the transition more gradual.
The first step will be setting expectations properly. People need to know in advance what their options will be and, if they wish to stay in full-time employment, what they have to do to make their preferred option happen. They also need to know the circumstances under which they can delay retirement and the different options that exist in terms of time (for example, hours per week), responsibilities, and salary. A corporate policy built on cherry-picking individuals the company wants to retain is unlikely to be successful over the long term, and it is likely to be limited by anti-ageism legislation.
Companies will need to specify the type of flexibility they are prepared to offer. At a minimum, they may want to provide an option for people to stay in their roles and extend their tenure for a few years after retirement. However, this is not without its challenges. Among other things, extending the careers of those near retirement age may block promotions for younger workers rising in the organization.
Another challenge is confronting the role age currently plays in determining pay. Older workers currently tend to earn more than younger workers, since salaries rise with promotions and tenure. Questioning the link between age and salary opens up possibilities for nonlinear career moves, enabling older workers who want to work longer to shift with dignity to lower-paying positions that offer the benefits of lesser time demands and less responsibility. It also addresses one of the major reasons for inflexibility in corporate retirement policies: Companies often seek to retire older workers in order to reduce their payroll, since the ratio of cost to productivity for highly paid older workers can be unappealing. It is important for companies to create options that recognize that, for some older employees, salary may have plateaued — or they may want to consider accepting lower pay in return for greater flexibility in a multistage career.
The Longevity Challenge
There is a rapidly growing realization that technology will fundamentally transform jobs, the nature of the tasks performed, and the structure of companies. Less attention has been paid to longevity, which may produce equally profound changes. At the heart of the challenge of the transformations associated with longevity is the traditional three-stage life. Not only has this been the dominant career narrative for nearly a century, but it has also led corporations to focus on linear career models that emphasize the accumulation of financial assets. In the next few decades, we believe there will be a fundamental rethinking of these traditional models. This will begin with individual employees experimenting and pushing the boundaries, eventually leading to new and more flexible policies of recruitment, retention, learning, training, compensation, and retirement. The transitional phase will be a time of anxiety and frustration. Corporations that are able to move rapidly in transforming their policies will gain from employees who are more engaged and productive.
Lynda Gratton is a professor of management at London Business School. She tweets @Lyndagratton. Andrew Scott is a professor of economics at London Business School and a fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He tweets @ajslondon1. They are the authors of The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity (Bloomsbury, 2016).
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Family Feud Contestant Mocks Husband's Penis Size, Makes Everyone Uncomfortable
by Jenna Mullins | Wed., Oct. 15, 2014 12:24 PM
Family Feud: Allowing old married couples to reveal intimate details about their personal lives since 1976. It's what has made the show last this long, to be honest.
This time, a contestant named Joyce (of course, her name is Joyce), gave a clue that is possibly the key to her unsatisfying sexual relationship with her husband, Pete. It was so much more than we wanted to know, and yet, we were powerless to stop the flood of info coming from Joyce.
Damn it, Joyce!
So host Steve Harvey presented this question to the two women at the podium: "If you could change one part of your husband's body, what would it be?"
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Off the top of our heads, our answer would have probably been something like: "stomach," "butt," or "biceps." And yeah, our minds went there but we would never have said that out loud on national television. Especially if our husband is ten feet away.
But Joyce went there. She said "his penis." Steve gave her his patented "Oh no, you did not" look, and then she tried to defend herself, saying to him: "You were thinking it!"
Damn it all to hell, Joyce! You are making it WORSE.
Poor Pete.
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That, dear friends, is the face of a man who is laughing on the outside, but is trying to control his urge to kill on the inside.
And in case you were wondering, "penis" was not on the board.
DAMN IT, JOYCE.
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Signature Farm Snapped Up By Elveden Farms
The Duchy of Lancaster has purchased Mallard Hearn Farm, Donington, bringing the total acreage owned by the Duchy in Lincolnshire to 2,580. The land holding and buildings have now been combined with neighbouring Park Farm to create a holding on the eastern estate which will be one of the most productive in the Duchy's portfolio.
The newly extended 1,500-acre farm, which includes temperature controlled storage facilities for 4,000 tonnes of potatoes and 6,000 tonnes of grain, will be occupied by Elveden Farms Ltd.
Elveden Estates is already one of the country's leading fresh food producers, growing over 75,000 tonnes of potatoes, onions, parsnips and carrots per year. This is the company's first investment in Lincolnshire.
Managing Director of Elveden Farms Ltd Michael Douglas said: "Elveden strives to be world class in terms of the quality of produce we offer and we are also totally committed to responsible farming. Moving into Park Farm allows us to continue to grow our combinable crops and root vegetables production and provides us with an operational base in another key location. In addition, the excellent storage facilities on site mean that we can farm and store our produce all year round."
Christopher Sparrow, Head of Rural for the Duchy of Lancaster said: "This extended landholding makes Park Farm a signature holding for the Duchy and adds to our growing portfolio of Grade I and II farmland in Lincolnshire. We are very fortunate to have such a high number of commercially successful tenant businesses in this area and delighted to be able to help those businesses expand into adjoining land wherever possible. Elveden Estates has core values which are closely aligned to those of the Duchy and we welcome them to the Southern Survey."
This is the third significant investment that the Duchy has made in Lincolnshire in the last 12 months.


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March 2012 – Hurley Books – How do you do?
I am currently going through the rather noisy introduction to Led Zeppelin, they were a bit before my time so whilst I've always recognised some of their music I was never a fan. My house now resounds though to Robert Plant screaming and wailing through the floorboards as my eldest has suddenly discovered them.
I was pleased to be able to tell him that if he liked Led Zeppelin he may also like The Who. Apparently someone at school said Zeppellin were a lot like Abba, so it's nice to see that when it come s to music I am at least better informed than one 13 year old. Although if put to the test on current music I imagine they would thrash me.
The funny thing is a few years ago Puff Daddy did the theme music for the film Godzilla and completely lifted Zeppelin's Kashmir beat. At the time, when I pointed this out to Thomas he was full of derision, what did I know about Puff Daddy? Furthermore if there was an old fogies song in there it was Puff Daddy that made it awesome. I reminded him of this conversation the other day but unsurprisingly he had no recollection of it. Mark Twain once wrote "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." This is a regular occurrence in our house.
Music seems to be the preserve of youth but I don't think that's quite fair. Certainly they have more time to listen, discover and create music than someone trying to work 9 -5 and run a house and all the other boring grown up stuff but I don't think we love music any the less. I used to fall in love with a track and then play it 10, 20, 30 times in a row. I still do and I don't think I'm alone in this because my ipod has a little repeat button that means a track can be looped eternally. I'd like to think I'm pretty important in the eyes of Apple but somehow I don't think they've added this piece of software for just one compulsive addict. Lots of us must do it.
In fact I have to say I love my ipod and youtube, suddenly I am surrounded by music again and discovering new stuff and tracking down barely remember tunes. Many's the time that I'll be out walking with Harry, my headphones on and the perfect random song choice comes on. It's not uncommon to spot me break out into a little arm waving samba and two step on top of Carn Grey, and many a seagull has be startled by the bellowing of Nessum Dorma or just me laughing to hear "Running up that Hill" exactly at the moment when I am, indeed, running up that ruddy hill.
Music is something that resonates very, very deeply into our memories, moods and personalities. The power of it is widely known as it is a well-respected form of therapy and it certainly cures me. So if you've got out of the habit of listening to music, stick something on and brighten your day.
Climbing Kilimanjaro for Little Harbour, Childrens Hospice.
As you may remember I started this year determined to do more for myself, have a challenge, get out there and have fun. Now over a rather lovely extended Sunday lunch over at a friend's I told her of my plans and desires. I woke up the following morning wondering how we had drunk so much, how lunch had turned into evening and how had I agreed to climb Mount Kilimanjaro?!
It was hard to believe but yes Lucy and I had decided that we both wanted a challenge and climbing Africa's tallest mountain seemed suitable. In the cold light of day it also seemed barmy but also quite exciting. We knew a few other friends that might want to join in so we put it to them fully expecting hoots of derision and laughter but no. They were just as keen! It did give me pause to wonder if there was some sort of January madness going around that was affecting mothers of boys. Maybe for so long we've watched our children doing mad exciting things and realised that we also wanted a piece of the action.
So we got together and agreed that if we were going to do this then it would be nice if someone else benefited from this other than ourselves. The obvious charity that sprang to mind was The South West Children's Hospice, Little Harbour. We all have children and whilst we have never needed the hospices services, thank God it's there. They're local and they needs support so that was decided. The next thing we all agreed on was that we were going to be self-funded, the charity will not have to pay a penny towards our costs. Every pound we raise will be spent by the charity on themselves.
The next thing we did was go and meet Mary at the hospice. Now at this point the horrible reality of the situation became clear. These children and their families desperately need the hospice, it is a wonderful place and everything is done to make sure that all in the family are relaxed and taken care of but the truth of the matter is that this is a place for children with a limited life expectancy, generally they are not expected to live into their 20s and often they die much younger. It was a heart breaking tour and we left feeling very moved. However, we also knew beyond any doubt that we had chosen the right charity to support.
With that in place we decided on a date – next February and a training schedule – arduous, building up to gruelling. So far I haven't quite made it to arduous and am still on "quite puffed" but I will get there. We don't have a sponsorship page in place yet but that will come and in the meantime we are planning lots of events and plant stalls and casino nights and cake stands and hoping to raise as much money as we can. If any of you out there know of any companies that would like to get involved and support us then please contact me in the shop (Hurley Books) and we'll chat. So that's me sorted for the year and I am hugely looking forward to it!
So, Mothering Sunday is almost upon us. Traditionally it falls on the 4th Sunday in lent, which this year is on the 18th of March. This Christian festival, which dates back to roman times when it was used to honour the Virgin Mary, is a celebration of motherhood. In later years it became a day for servants to enjoy with their families at a time when the working week was far longer than it is now but, as time went on, the custom began to peter out. Mothering Sunday enjoyed a revival in the 1920's when a lady named Constance Penswick Smith created the mothering Sunday movement. The revival gathered pace during the second world war as American soldiers serving overseas began to observe the traditions of mothering Sunday and it wasn't very long before some bright spark saw the commercial potential. Heavily promoted, Mothering Sunday, or mother's day, became the dream date for every florist and card manufacturer up and down the country.
And so we arrive at the present day. I have two children and I also have a husband who is less than enthusiastic about observing the traditions of this auspicious day. Steve has always felt that he must make the effort, particularly where the boys are concerned. When they were younger they were plonked at the dining room table with crayons and blank paper and told to "make a nice card for mummy". These creations were, of course, lovely and I still have most of them somewhere. As they have grown older Steve has taken them into town, given them a fiver each, and pointed them in the direction of Poundland. Young children always work on the basis that 5 presents are better than one. Steve works on the premise that the boys are choosing the presents so they must be special. Some of the more memorable gifts over the years include a bag of bird seed, a spatula and some rubber gloves. There has also been a lot of chocolate, some of which I've eaten.
This year could be interesting because the boys now get pocket money and Steve, being an ex-financial adviser, is determined that they learn to budget. So, whatever I get this year, will be after their weekly spend on phone top ups, sweets and magazines. I'm not hopeful but, then, I don't mind because whatever they get me will be wonderful. Although their best presents have always be the ones they made themselves. Incidentally, I don't wish to give the impression that my husband stints on his own mothers gift. His parents live in Blandford, Dorset, and there is no Poundland there so he sends his mum flowers every year. I love flowers and am considering a move to Blandofrd myself.
I hope all you Mothers out there have a wonderful day.
It's been a wonderful week as I'm back in the shop. I love listening to people wandering past the puzzle board and arguing the toss. This week it's a nice easy one just in case like me, people still have cobwebs in the attic. It's this "Mr Blue lives in a red bungalow. His kitchen is red, his carpet is red, his windows are red even his dog is red. So what colour are his stairs?" So far most people have got it right and one 8 year old wandered in and told me it was too easy. Mind you just as I was about to go out and change it I heard two men trying to figure it out and not succeeding, so I've left it in place.
I've also had all the locals passing comments over my recent articles, so apologies for the ones that don't feature Meva and no I don't owe Steve an apology! Others have wondered where I've been hiding and wanted to know if I've been hibernating? It's certainly feels like it coming back into the fun and bustle of Mevagisssey but I've actually been working really hard on The Cornish Bookshop for a re-launch of the website. It's been long, boring and frustrating but I know have a fabulous new site that should work with greater ease.
Something new this year in the shop is treats for dogs. I know it's a bit gimmicky but it's a nice gimmick. From time to time we give out stickers and badges and even sweets to well behaved children and one day I was laughing with a dog owner that we let children in so why wouldn't we let dogs in. After all they are vastly better behaved! It was a jokey comment but it got me thinking, we love having dogs in the shop so why not have a little treat for them as well? So now we have a dog bowl full of bonios that have a little scoop bag tied to them as well. After all you can never be too prepared. We've been trialling it this week and so far so good; dogs are thrilled to get a treat and owners are pleased to see their pooches getting a quick pamper.
Lots of the other shops have also been trying out new things although none of us have gone so far as Bon Appetite who stopped being a café and have become a bit of a Glory Hole. Lots of interesting and useful bits and bobs now line their shelves. The antique furniture shop has now moved from her tiny space into David's old place The Loft and now she's got loads of room to spread out and really show of her fabulous wares. My favourite addition to the village though is a marvellous new florist, so there should be some wonderful arrangements in the shop over the coming months. There are a few empty shops which is bonkers given how good trade is in Mevagissey, so I hope we see some more independents coming in soon.


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Covid-19 death count jumps in OC
Last updated 8/11/2020 at 10:02pm
Deaths in Orange County from Covid-19 infections have increased from 5 to 21 in the past month.
"Several of those people have been sick for awhile," County Judge John Gothia said when asked about the recent fatalities.
"Two of the people were a married couple that didn't go to the doctor soon enough. That's the ones we're having trouble with.
"If you have a number of underlying conditions, don't try to wait it out."
Orange County rocketed past the 1,000 mark in confirmed Covid-19 cases last week and is poised to blow past 1,500 total Wednesday.
According to the New York Times Covid-19 data base, Orange County is among the hottest of hot spots in Texas with more than 50 new cases per day per 100,000 people.
Orange County's population is about 84,000.
Joel Ardoin, county emergency management director, said Tuesday that the county now has 1,050 active cases and 1,493 confirmed cases in all.
Of that latter number, 422 have recovered.
On the bright side, he noted that there has been less demand for hospital beds and intensive care units region-wide as Jefferson County hospitals had only 84 Covid patients as of Tuesday.
However, the last official release by the Orange County Emergency Management homepage on Facebook, which was Aug. 6, showed 21 county residents to be hospitalized with seven on ventilators.
Gothia said he thought it would be at least a couple more weeks before any adverse reactions to students restarting school would show up in the county statistics.
But he said it wasn't a matter of it, but when.
"Cases are going up, and I anticipate there will be a rise for schools opening again," he said.
"But it takes three or four weeks from being exposed to getting sick, to being tested and the results to come back."
Ardoin announced that the county has a couple more 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. testing days coming up.
The first is Friday, Aug. 14, at St. Paul's Episcopal in Orange. The second is Thursday, Aug. 20, at the County Convention and Expo Center on FM 1442.
The Covid pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 9,000 Texans since March but the big spike in cases in July is easing.
Texas has seen an average of 7,500 cases per day over the past week, a decrease of 7 percent from the average two weeks earlier.
Gothia congratulated Kurt Guidry, county maintenance director, Tuesday for the speed with which he and his staff have added safeguards from infectious diseases, using federal CARES funds that had an short expiration date.
Guidry has fashioned sneeze guards for departments dealing with the public, set up kiosks that check visitors' temperature, and stockpiled PPEs (personal protection equipment) for the winter cold and flu season, when a second wave of Covid-19 has been predicted by some.
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The Neligh Development Agency is primarily responsible for overseeing the growth and re-investment into the Neligh area. The Neligh Development Agency acts as the contact point and project management for all Tax Increment Financing projects in Neligh. Neligh has been using TIF to spur redevelopment since 1998, with its first project being the Willows Assisted Living Facility. The Agency was resurrected upon the formation of the Economic Development Board when the City realized that TIF was an integral component to achieving success in growing Neligh.
Neligh's purpose in the use of TIF is to remove blight, stimulate investment in deteriorating areas, and stimulate job creation by encouraging re-development. TIF is a state authorized public funding mechanism for municipalities that helps pay for public improvements associated with redevelopment projects in blighted and substandard areas. Under Nebraska Community Development Law, Neb. Rev. Stat 18-2101 (here-in referred to as the "Act"), municipalities are authorized to designate blighted and substandard areas that contain deteriorating buildings, high unemployment, aged structures, unimproved land, low-income residents, and/or declining population along with other factors as stated in the law. The Act restricts the City of Neligh from declaring more than 50% of the City's corporate boundaries as blighted and substandard.
First, the potential project must be located in the Redevelopment Area as stated by the City of Neligh's Blight and Substandard Study. See map for more details. If the property resides in this area, interested re-developers should contact the Director of the Neligh Development Agency at the information provided below. The property will be assessed at a "base year," or as it existed prior to development. An estimate is made to determine the future assessed value of the property after improvements have been made. The difference between the "base year" and the improved valuation will be called the "tax increment." The redeveloper can have access to the funds generated by the "tax increment" for 15 years or until the TIF indebtedness is paid in full. The "increment" can be used to reduce eligible costs generated by the redevelopment process. Eligible costs will be explained in-depth further on. Property taxes are paid as normal based on the improved valuation. The "base year" taxes are distributed to all taxing authorities. The property tax collected on the tax increment are used to finance bonds issued to pay for redevelopment.
The project must be located in an area declared blighted and substandard by the City Council.
The project must be in conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan and the Redevelopment Plan for the project area.
The developer must demonstrate that the project, as designed, would not be economically feasible with our TIF assistance. This is commonly called the "but for" test, meaning the project would not occur as designed "but for" the availability of TIF funding.
Acquisition and site preparation of redevelopment sites including demolition, grading, environmental remediation and related work prior to construction of the project and costs associated with relocation.
Public improvements associated with a redevelopment project, including the design and construction of public arterial streets, sidewalks, alleys, water, sewer, street lights, the design and construction of public parking; design and installation of public street scape amenities; and the preservation of historic facades.


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Lady Gaga in Talks to Star in Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born Remake
By Taylor Ysteboe | June 17, 2016 | 10:29am
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In the wake of her Golden Globe win for American Horror Story: Hotel, Lady Gaga may now be waltzing onto the silver screen.
The Grammy Award-winning singer is in talks to star in the fourth (!) remake of A Star Is Born, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bradley Cooper will direct the film as well as star in it.
The film—made in 1937, 1954, and 1976—follows an aspiring Hollywood actress who is helped by a fading actor in an attempt to revive both of their careers. Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland and Barbara Streisand have played the leading lady role, while Fredric March, James Mason, and Kris Kristofferson have played the alcoholic actor whose fame is dwindling.
Clint Eastwood was originally attached to direct the latest remake as of 2011. Beyonce was also supposed to take the lead role, but she has since backed out.
Filming of A Star Is Born may begin in February 2017, according to Consequence of Sound.
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6 Surprising Reasons You Can't Lose Weight – AARP
If you're over 50, experts say that your metabolism — as it relates to changes in your physiology, medications you take and muscle loss — may be to blame. But, of course, lifestyle (sitting much, anyone?) factors in, too. Here are the six solvable problems likely standing between you and your slimmer self, according to experts.
1. Your medications are an issue.
Roughly 75 percent of people over 50 take prescription drugs regularly, and the percentage (and number of meds people take) rises steadily with age. While those medications may be necessary, they can mess with your weight. Research shows that 10 to 15 percent of the obesity epidemic is related to drug-induced weight gain. Further, "it's likely that drugs make it harder to lose weight," says Louis Aronne, M.D., director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Weill Cornell Medicine. Weight-gain-promoting drugs run the gamut, from over-the-counter antihistamines that contain diphenhydramine, which increases appetite, to beta blockers, which can slow muscle contractions and thereby slow metabolism, to most selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors prescribed for depression and anxiety. "They initially cause weight loss, but over time they cause weight gain, although we don't have a clue as to why," Aronne says. If you think your medication may be interfering with your weight-loss effort, don't go off the drug; instead, talk with your doctor. "In most cases there are alternatives that don't have an effect on weight," he says.
2. You're losing muscle.
"If you don't make an effort to preserve muscle mass, you lose 3 to 8 percent per decade after age 30," says Kristen Beavers, associate professor in the department of health and exercise science at Wake Forest University. And because muscle burns more calories than fat, your metabolic rate slows and you torch fewer calories, she adds. Age-related hormone loss, in both women and men, accelerates the decline. Complicating matters further, you lose muscle when you shed weight. In some people, as much as 40 percent of their weight loss is from muscle, according to Beavers.
You can slow both age-related and weight-loss-related muscle attrition with a strength-training program. Swedish researchers reported in 2019 that 70-year-olds who did regular resistance training for 10 weeks not only increased lean muscle tissue but also lost body fat. What's more, in a study of 249 overweight people in their 60s and 70s, Beavers and her colleagues found that those who did resistance training along with a weight-loss program lost significantly less muscle than those who paired weight loss with aerobic exercise.
Aim for three days a week of strength training, Beavers suggests. Start with light handheld weights or resistance bands, or a few push-ups and crunches, and gradually add more weight or resistance (or reps) as your strength increases. Bonus: Building healthy muscle tissue creates more mitochondria — the energy-generating structures in your muscle cells — so you may notice you have more energy, and that, in turn, can help you stay active and burn more calories throughout the day, she adds.
3. You're skimping on protein.
As people age they often have more trouble digesting protein, so they eat less of it, and those who are dieting tend to cut back on protein — which is exactly the wrong thing to do, Beavers says. For one thing, protein is a vital building block of healthy muscle tissue. When Beavers and her colleagues studied 96 people in their 60s and 70s who lost weight, they found that eating one gram of protein per kilogram of body weight daily helped participants preserve healthy muscle mass. Plus, the exercise itself was (at least temporarily) satiating, she says.
4. You're eating the wrong foods.
Paleo, keto, low-fat — regardless of the diet plan, it won't be effective if you're not eating nutritious food. If you're on a low-fat regimen that includes low-fat fare like diet soda and white bread, you're going to struggle to lose weight. The same goes for low-carb if you're eating bacon every day, says Christopher Gardner, a nutrition scientist at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. In a yearlong study of low-fat and low-carb diets, Gardner and his colleagues taught all 609 overweight participants, regardless of the plan they were following, how to cut back on added sugar, refined grains and highly processed foods, as well as how to load up on vegetables and nutrient-dense whole foods and to stop eating when they were full. People on both plans lost, on average, about 12 pounds (though some lost as much as 66) and reduced their body fat and waist circumference. "We thought we were going to find ideas for how to personalize diet programs. Instead, we discovered something more basic that works for everyone: Eat high-quality, nutritious foods, and stop eating when you're full."
5. You're not pushing your pace.
Going for a daily walk is great, but if you're moving at a speed that's comfortable (about 3 miles an hour), you're not going to see much benefit in terms of weight loss, which requires a calorie burn rate of 4 miles per hour or faster.
To achieve that, walking coaches suggest varying your pace to include short stretches at a faster stride. "One of the best ways to turn walking into a weight-loss workout is to add speed intervals," says Michele Stanten, a walking coach and author of Walk Off Weight. To do that, just push yourself at the fastest pace you can for 30- or 60- or 120-second intervals, followed by double the time at a normal pace. Continue alternating between fast and slow for 15 to 20 minutes. Easier yet, you can walk briskly for one block and go at your usual pace for two blocks, or walk quickly for one song and slower for two. Brazilian researchers reported in 2019 that interval-training workouts result in shedding more fat and weight than exercising at a steady pace and that these workouts may cause your body to burn more fat after you're done, as well.
6. You're eating too much at night.
Research shows that people who eat after dinner consume an average of 208 more calories than those who don't. "A lot of people are able to control what they eat during the day, but by nighttime they're tired and feel like they deserve a treat," says Kelly Allison, director of the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. "When we shut down at night, there's cognitive fatigue, so we don't have as much resolve to say no to ourselves."
If you stop eating earlier in your day, however, you may experience biological weight-loss benefits, too. Allison and her colleagues recently completed a small, preliminary study in which they compared people who stopped eating at 7 p.m. with those who quit at 11 p.m. Those who stopped eating earlier burned more fat and had lower cholesterol and blood sugar — all of which can be good for weight loss — possibly because our bodies are programmed to process food more effectively during the day, Allison says. Those are good incentives to tell yourself the kitchen is closed after 7. And when you find yourself craving a nighttime snack, take a walk or call a friend.
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Angel Scraps: Wedding photos from long ago and the Blush kit!
Wedding photos from long ago and the Blush kit!
When I saw this paper from Prima I knew I wanted to use it for the photo of Jon waiting for me! It has this coppery distressed sheen to it!
I sprayed some cheesecloth with Lindy's moonshadow mist and added some sequins from the chipboard pack from the elements add on. In a previous kit I received some blue fern chipboard pieces...I inked and embossed them, then added some Imagine Ink autumn glitter.
I also did a bit of random stamping using the Prima Rossibelle Clear Stamps!
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Breaking News: Jeff Jarrett Returning to TNA
By OWW Contributor on January 5, 2017@owwcom
By Lorenzo Tanos:
After weeks of speculation, it can now be said — Jeff Jarrett is returning to TNA Wrestling, a company he helped found in the early 2000s, but had left on less than favorable terms late in 2013.
Back in 2002, Jeff Jarrett was one of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's founders, alongside his father Jerry, and while the company had never come close to toppling WWE's reign as the leading wrestling promotion in the United States, he had helped make it a viable alternative to a lot of fans.
Eleven years later, Jeff left the company on acrimonious terms, unhappy with how then-chair Dixie Carter was running TNA's business. He had chosen to stay silent on the matter for a few months after his departure, but WrestleZone highlighted just how at-odds he was with Carter and TNA management at the time of his resignation.
"What makes the departure seem even more negative is the silence surrounding it. TNA doesn't want Jarrett talking because he will say nothing positive. Something is wrong in Dixieland. There is never any more emotional or genuine words spoken than when a parent realizes their child has gone down the wrong path."
Jeff Jarrett returned to TNA in June 2015 to promote a storyline feud between his former company and his new one, Global Force Wrestling, but had left again in September after selling his minority stake in TNA to Panda Energy, the promotion's then-parent company. Pro Wrestling Torch confirmed this move, adding that it was done as part of an agreement to have Jarrett appear on Impact Wrestling and promote the TNA vs. GFW feud that summer. That had seemingly marked the end of Jeff's relationship with the company he and his father started, but rumors started swirling late last year about Jarrett and TNA being in talks for a potential return to the company.
Now, it looks like the rumors have just been confirmed. A new report from PWInsider has confirmed that Jeff Jarrett is returning to TNA, after what appear to have been productive talks with TNA's new owner Anthem Media. It also appears that he will be present at this week's Impact Wrestling tapings, together with wife and wrestling personality Karen Jarrett.
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Together with Martin Schmitz and Julika Dittmers,Tim John created a fair stand for German automobile manufacturer Opel at the Mondiale l'Automobile in Paris. The project, in cooperation with Hamburg based agency Vitamin E, thematised Electromobility, visualizing the ((closely related)) utopia of a green world.
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For Wempe Tim John developed a mechnically operated Christmas play for the jewelry store's shop window together with Julika Dittmers, Pia Kuhlemann and Martin Schmitz.
In 2014 these theatrical window installations were shown on New York's 5th Avenue. This year the work was displayed in Hamburg at the Jungfernstieg.
With the friendly assistance of Martin Malich and Sebastian Auray in technical assembling and programming.
For the store opening in Düsseldorf/Germany Tim John designed and built these huge window displays together with Julika Dittmers and Martin Schmitz. They designed dream worlds shown as big hats, carried by beautiful women.
You can find a little "making of" video.
For the shop vitrines of the Wempe Store in Beijing Tim John designed and built these moving window displays together with Olivia Chruscinski and Martin Schmitz in 3 month.
After the last picture you can find a little "making of" video.
For the showcases of 11 Hermès boutiques in Germany Tim John designed and built these moving window displays together with Olivia Chruscinski and Martin Schmitz in 3 month.
Together with Martin Schmitz Tim John designed an enormous Quattro cardboard lettering and built this together. Each letter was almost 2 m in size with a depth of 90 cm and made up of 107 hand glued layers of 7mm corrugated cardboard. The graphics resulted from a collaboration with the guys from 2erpack and Pia Kuhlemann. They completed this project in only 3 months, and built 7 letters with Urs Ulbrich and his team within a month.
The department store of Breuninger was that satisfied with Tim John´s Christmas decorations in the year 2009 that they placed an order in March 2010 to develop a concept for the entire Christmas appearance for all Breuniger stores. Starting with the facade design of the flagship store covering further 100 shop windows belonging to other Breuninger stores, including in store decorations in 10 department stores going as far as shopping bags, Christmas calendars and gift wrapping. Over a period of 9 months Detlef John, did over 1000 drawings. One of the highlights this year is a life size mechanically animated boys' choir on the balcony of the department store, singing Christmas carols on the hour, an eight meter large Advent wreath, as well as 2 interactive children' shop windows showing many small animated figures and objects.
For the Breuninger flagship store, one of the largest privately run chain stores, Tim John designed interactive, motion-adaptive Christmas shop window displays in cooperation with Pia Kuhlemann (graphic design) and Markus der Seriis (mechatronics). The children windows could be set into motion with the help of a crank. Winding of the crank influenced the direction and the speed at which to turn, thus creating various actions and sounds in the shop window. The faster the viewer turned the handle, the faster was the tune and the movements in the shop window. It required a lot of skill to keep the tune at the right pace. Other windows were operated via a touch sensor thus getting a small choreography going.
The event agency Eventlabs assigned Tim John with the task of developing parts of the entire set and location design for the renowned Henri Nannen Award show, which is held annually at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus (German National Theatre) in Hamburg and honours outstanding journalistic achievements. The result: a most playful blend and application of newspapers in black and white.
The event agency Eventlabs assigned Tim John with the task of developing the entire set and location design for the renowned Henri Nannen Award show, which is held annually at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus (German National Theatre) in Hamburg and honours outstanding journalistic achievements. The result: a most playful blend and application of text and ambience, light and shade.
In his studio for scenography Tim John together with Martin Schmitz creates spaces and places of a special kind.
Together with designers, graphic designers, illustrators and mechatronics engineers ideas come to life.
Places and spaces in the best of hands.


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Through years of experience at my clinic and at home, I have realized that lower back pain can be a very horrifying nightmare. But despite the tremendous nature of discomfort and disability it causes, it is my personal theory that you should not consume medicines at the very onset.
There are certain other alternatives too that might cause you relief from this pain or sciatica, like acupuncture, weight loss, massage or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and even chiropractic treatments. If those pain management techniques fail, then only having medicines can be thought of. Lower back pain medication should be based on the cause of your back pain and also the nature of it.
It is of course a fact that medicine will cause pain relief and in some cases even reduce muscle spasms. But the kind of medicine you will have completely depends on whether you have acute lower back pain or its chronic alternative. Since, the nature of these two back pains are completely different from each other, therefore medicines should be resorted to only after a proper diagnosis of the pain.
How are Acute and Chronic Lower Back Pains Different?
Now, how would you find out whether you are suffering from acute or chronic lower back pain? Yes, it is the job of the doctors, but there is no harm if you too have the knowledge of it. The "Journal of Pain" had published that pain intensity, pain location along with sensory and effective variables are different in cases of acute and chronic back pain. They say that these symptoms can also predict if your acute lower back pain will transform into a chronic one.
The researchers at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine have decided upon the fact that the common difference between these two kinds of pain is their duration; on one hand where acute lower back pain lasts for less than six weeks, the chronic pain lasts for around three months. Moreover, the intensity of pain is significantly higher in the chronic case.
Individuals with the former type of discomfort experience unilateral radiating pain; but pain radiating along multiple lines accompanied by a number of syndromes is experienced by those falling under the second category. Patients with acute or sub-acute low back pain who experience discomfort activated by a movement at any distal body sites have poorer chances of developing the pain into a chronic one than those who suffer from more localized pain.
In order to find the correct medication for lower back pain, one must be aware of the causes behind it. It can be lumber strain, osteoporosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia or any kind of nerve or musculoskeletal disorder causing the pain.
Once you have known the root cause and also whether it is acute or chronic, the following medications can be administered after consulting a physician.
The most popular choice of both the patients and the doctors is over-the-counter, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Ibuprofen (Motrin) or naproxens (Aleve) are the medicines that fall under this category. Assistant professor of the department of orthopedic at the David Geffen School of Medicine that is under the University of California, Jae Jung opines that "These are considered milder analgesics, and would be the first tier of treatment".
Medicines which are not non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and are used to cure this pain are Tylenol (acetaminophen) and aspirin. Certain other prescription-only NSAIDs are celecoxib (Celebrex), meloxicam (Mobic), diclofenac (Voltaren), and nabumetone (Relafen). Although these are mild relief medications, yet they are not completely devoid of side effects. Gastrointestinal problems, ulcers, and kidney damage may accompany and acetaminophen may cause liver damage.
These anti-inflammatory medications can also be found in the form of topical creams. Despite the fact that they do not affect the whole body, the risk of getting affected by the side effect of these creams is not less. Capsaicin, menthol, camphor, and eucalyptus oil are used to make topical medicines for pain relief.
These muscle relaxants are particularly useful in case of acute back pain. For example, carisoprodol can significantly reduce back pain and improve function after a few days as gathered by the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 2010 annual meeting. These relaxants however may cause you a little drowsiness.
Like the anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids may also ease up the pain situation and give you freedom from it. They can be incorporated orally or via injection. Their consumption should be done if the NSAIDs and muscle relaxants fail to perform. They might restrict the pain from becoming chronic.
These are very powerful medicines that you may partake to if you are suffering from acute, severe back pain. Intake of these medicines should be limited to only 1 or 2 weeks. There are hardly any chances of getting addicted to this drug.
Even though, there is not much proof in support of it, yet they are sometimes used to treat lower back pain.
To begin with NSAIDs and muscle relaxants are also given to patients with chronic back pain. But in the absence of their positive effects on your health, you may check out the following options.
These are of particular help if the patient is suffering from chronic back pain after multiple surgeries. In fact, almost 70% individuals with back pain problems reach out for this medication. This drug works on the nerve cells to improve the pain condition and also on the pain receptors in the brain. Most people start with the shorter acting versions Vicodin (acetaminophen and hydrocodone) and Tylenol with codeine and may even end up with the stronger version like the morphine. There are, of course, different side effects of using Opioids- drowsiness, constipation or allergic reactions are common amongst them. Lastly, they should not be taken for long; for they may have adverse effects on the pain itself.
These medicines are of primary help in treating pain related depression; they will, however, help in alleviating chronic back pain.
Prescriptions are being created for these injections nowadays, but researches are still going on in order to find out how well they work for this pain.
This is like a shot into the back muscle; although complete evidences in support of its performance have yet not come to the fore front.
You can also opt for a spinal surgery but they should be only considered if you have nerve damage, or a back pain condition that is not healing after a long period of time.
Although primarily used by individuals with acute back pain, Narcotic pain medicines can also be taken by chronic back pain patients. Only difference is that the consumption duration will be extended.
Now, that you have an idea about the kind of medicines that you must undertake in lower back pain, let me tell you this that if you think that lower back pain medication alone will suffice, then you are grossly mistaken. Accompany these medications with exercise. These exercises should focus on the legs, backs and joints so that pain relief is attained sooner. After all, you can have a healthy lifestyle only when you are physically fit.