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Neil Murray (British musician)
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Neil Murray
Philip Neil Murray
(1950-08-27) 27 August 1950 (age 61)
Hard rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion
Musician, songwriter
Bass, piano, trombone, vocals
Colosseum II, Whitesnake, Gary Moore, Gogmagog, Vow Wow, Black Sabbath, Cozy Powell's Hammer, The Brian May Band, Tony Martin, Peter Green Splinter Group, The Michael Schenker Group
Notable instruments
Philip Neil Murray (born 27 August 1950) is a Scottish bass player, best known for his work in Whitesnake[1] and Black Sabbath.[2]
1.1 Early days
1.2 Whitesnake
1.3 Vow Wow
1.4 Black Sabbath
1.5 Michael Schenker Group
2 Discography (as a member of bands)
2.1 With Hanson
2.2 With Colosseum II
2.3 With National Health
2.4 With Whitesnake
2.5 With Gogmagog
2.6 With Vow Wow
2.7 With Black Sabbath
2.8 With The Brian May Band
2.9 With Peter Green Splinter Group
2.10 With The Company of Snakes
2.11 With Empire
2.12 With Rondinelli
2.13 With M³
3 Discography (session / sideman work)
3.1 With Graham Bonnet
3.2 With Cozy Powell
3.3 With Badlands
3.4 With Jon Lord
3.5 With Gary Moore
3.6 With Phenomena
3.7 With Fastway
3.8 With Mona Lisa Overdrive
3.9 With Comic Relief
3.10 With Brian May
3.11 With Micky Moody
3.12 With Queen & Ben Elton
3.13 With Queen + Paul Rodgers
3.14 Michael Schenker Group
4 Other appearances
Originally a drummer, Murray formed his first band with school friends in 1967 (Slap Happy and the Dum-Dums) and his musical tastes were heavily influenced by the mid-1960s 'blues boom' bands and musicians, especially Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce, and later by Motown legend James Jamerson and Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogert & Appice. Murray moved to bass shortly before studying graphic design at the London College of Printing.
During 1973, Neil briefly played in Gilgamesh, a jazz-fusion band led by Alan Gowen. After his departure from Gilgamesh, Murray toured the USA with Junior Hanson, following a recommendation from Jeff Beck's bass player Clive Chaman. Hanson later became a member of Bob Marley & The Wailers under the name Junior Marvin. Neil spent early 1974 supporting the album he recorded with them, Magic Dragon.
Murray's next gig came again through a recommendation from Clive Chaman, touring with Cozy Powell's Hammer in 1974 and 1975. The line-up included Don Airey and Bernie Marsden.
After Cozy Powell decided to fold Hammer, Murray and Airey joined a revamped version of the British jazz rock band Colosseum, named Colosseum II. The band's leader, drummer Jon Hiseman, had evolved the band's sound by eliminating the saxophone in preference for a rockier sound courtesy of Gary Moore's guitar.
The band lasted for one album only (Strange New Flesh, a title thought up by Murray). Strange New Flesh was a little less intellectual than most of the jazz rock coming out of the UK. It did not have the blackness of bands like Weather Report, but offered more accessible melodies and rock power than the more "intellectual" Canterbury fusion scene presented at the time. Following months of touring Europe and the UK, Murray and vocalist Mike Starrs were fired, due to pressure from the record label Bronze, who soon after dropped Colosseum II altogether.
After Colosseum II, in 1976 Neil teamed up again with ex-Gilgamesh keyboardist Alan Gowen in National Health with whom he recorded a self-titled album in 1977. Prior to recording that album, the band played with drummer Bill Bruford of Yes/King Crimson fame, who was followed by ex-Hatfield & the North drummer Pip Pyle. Murray got the chance to work with Bruford again, playing on the rehearsals for Bruford's Feels Good To Me album, standing in for Jeff Berlin who was the actual bassist with the band (the LP cover read 'Thanks to Neil Murray: A bass player when I needed one'). Murray also deputised for Berlin on Bruford's "Old Grey Whistle Test" appearance in 1978.[3] During this performance he sports a long sleeve T-Shirt saying 'More Bass', predating Saturday Night Live's "More Cowbell" by more than 20 years.
National Health's complex music and the lack of commercial success prompted Murray to investigate other musical avenues planted in the world of bands like Cream, Jeff Beck or John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. After playing with Bernie Marsden in Cozy Powell's Hammer, Murray had played on a couple of tracks on Babe Ruth's album Stealing Home, prior to Marsden joining two members of Deep Purple in Paice, Ashton & Lord.
In late 1977, ex-Deep Purple singer David Coverdale was auditioning drummers for his new band Whitesnake, which featured guitarists Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden. Marsden invited Murray to help out with the process which led to him landing the gig together with drummer Dave Dowle. Deep Purple's Jon Lord joined in the summer of 1978 and, after recording Lovehunter in 1979, Dowle was replaced by Ian Paice.
From 1978 until late 1986, Murray helped make Whitesnake one of the most popular bands in Europe and Japan. He recorded 9 albums (Snakebite, Trouble, Love Hunter, Ready An' Willing, Live In The Heart of The City, Come An' Get It, Saints An' Sinners, Slide It In, and Whitesnake). Murray's melodic basslines, influenced by Jack Bruce, Andy Fraser and even Jaco Pastorius, stand out from the rock bass-playing of the time.
He did numerous tours in the UK, Europe, Japan and played at Reading Festival in 1979 and 1980 and the Monsters Of Rock festival at Castle Donington in 1981. However, tours of the US opening for Jethro Tull in 1980 and Judas Priest in 1981 were not enough to match the band's success elsewhere.
In early 1982, after tense Saints An' Sinners recording sessions, Coverdale decided on a complete shake-up of the band, management, publishing and recording contracts. There was a period of uncertainty as to who would be in the 'new' Whitesnake, though Cozy Powell was definitely coming in to replace Ian Paice. Around this time, Paice and Murray had recorded Gary Moore's Corridors Of Power album, and Paice had decided to join Moore. Murray followed suit, and was replaced by Colin Hodgkinson. Coverdale reshuffled the band as Bernie Marsden departed, replaced by Mel Galley, but Micky Moody and Jon Lord returned to the fold after initial uncertainty.
Soon after his departure, Murray briefly formed an outfit called Badlands (not to be confused with the American band featuring Jake E. Lee) behind Uriah Heep's John Sloman on vocals and future Thin Lizzy's John Sykes on guitars. The band recorded some demos, played London's Marquee Club and shopped for a record deal, unfortunately to no avail. The band's music was hard rock and fitted the gap between a melodic band like Thin Lizzy, a blues influenced outfit like Whitesnake and a more straight-ahead AC/DC.
In 1982, Neil Murray and Ian Paice both joined Gary Moore for a very successful 2 years. Moore was about to become one of the most popular hard rock guitarist of the era. Murry and Paice recorded three albums with Moore: Corridors Of Power, Victims of The Future and Rocking Every Night - Live In Japan.
The period 1979–1982 also saw Murray participating in a number of solo albums from Bernie Marsden, Graham Bonnet, Cozy Powell, Forcefield and Jon Lord, sometimes playing with drummer Simon Phillips, which led in 1981 to Murray playing with a trio of superstars – Jeff Beck, Sting and Eric Clapton – at two of the Secret Policeman's Other Ball series of four concerts at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. This event was filmed and recorded; Murray is to be heard on "Crossroads" with Beck, Clapton and Simon Phillips even though the album sleeve does not contain any individual credits.
In late 1983, Whitesnake went through one of its many line-ups changes. Micky Moody and Colin Hodgkinson were no longer part of the band. They already had recorded a new album Slide It In. At that time, Coverdale hooked up with A&R guru John Kalodner and signed with the powerful major Geffen Records. After failed attempts at hiring Adrian Vandenberg and Mama's Boys' Pat McManus, Coverdale welcomed John Sykes (Tygers of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy) to the band. Sykes brought a lot of fresh ideas, technical ability and an appropriate image to project the band on MTV. Murray was asked back and he and Sykes re-recorded a lot of the guitar and all of the bass parts for Slide It In, resulting in two available vinyl versions: one for Europe featuring Moody and Hodgkinson and a US remix version with Sykes and Murray. The US version was remixed by Keith Olsen (Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Sammy Hagar, Pat Benatar) to give it a more radio friendly sound.
1984 was occupied with touring, headlining in the UK and Europe; however Mel Galley semi-permanently injured his arm resulting in him having to leave the band and John Sykes taking care of all guitar duties on the road after a couple of months. In the summer, Jon Lord left the band for the Deep Purple reunion thus making Whitesnake a four-piece outfit (Coverdale, Murray, Sykes, Powell) with off-stage keyboard player Richard Bailey (ex-Magnum). Support slots in the USA with Dio then Quiet Riot (at the height of their brief success) helped to bring Whitesnake to a much wider audience.
The album and tour, culminating with an appearance at the 1985 Rock In Rio Festival in front of 500,000 people, marked the end of an era for the band. Disagreements over financial matters led to Cozy Powell leaving the band for Emerson, Lake & Powell. Aynsley Dunbar (Journey, Jefferson Starship) was in place for the recording of what was to be Whitesnake's most successful album.
The making of Whitesnake 1987 was fraught with delays, illness and difficulties. Murray's status as an official member of Whitesnake was unclear and although Coverdale had given all members permission to get involved in other projects, there was not enough money to keep Murray and Dunbar on a retainer until the album was completed.
Murray continued doing sessions for several artists (Phenomena amongst others) and recorded with a band project put together by music impressario Jonathan King called Gogmagog, featuring former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno, future Iron Maiden guitar player Janick Gers (ex-Ian Gillan), ex-Def Leppard's Pete Willis and another ex-Iron Maiden member Clive Burr on drums. The band released an EP I Will Be There to general apathy.
Whilst still waiting for things to move in the Whitesnake camp, Murray teamed up with his friend Marsden and Galley in the short-lived MGM. The band did some live dates (including the Reading Festival in 1987), but never really took off. A year after recording the backing tracks for 1987, with work proceeding at a very slow and expensive pace on the album, Murray took the opportunity to redo some of the bass parts, but disagreements over leadership led to John Sykes quitting the band 16 months after recording had begun.
In early 1987, Coverdale put together a completely new version of the band in Los Angeles, and Murray was no longer part of the band. Murray had to hire lawyers to get his financial due from the huge success of 1987. The album that went on to sell well over 10 million copies worldwide. To this day, Murray remains the individual who has played on the second most Whitesnake albums, behind only David Coverdale himself.
Vow Wow
In 1987, Murray joined Japanese hard-rock band Vow Wow, who had recently relocated to England. He recorded four albums with the band between 1987 and 1989, and toured the UK, Europe, and Japan. He also lived in Tokyo for a few months in 1988. The bands vocalist wanted to remain in Japan, so the group recorded their last album titled Helter Skelter, which was produced by Tony Taverner, who has previously engineered for Black Sabbath.
By 1989, with Geezer Butler's refusal to join the latest Black Sabbath line-up, Murray was asked by Cozy Powell to try out. He joined soon after the release of Headless Cross and toured with the band in support of the album. Murray stayed with the band until late 1990, recording the Tyr album and once again touring. Live, Murray was able to showcase various bass styles that had not been able to flourish in Whitesnake, ranging from Jack Bruce-type improvising to heavy metal soloing to delicate false harmonics.
After Black Sabbath reformed their "Mob Rules" lineup in 1991 with Dio, Butler and Appice for Dehumanizer, Powell and Murray started a band project and recorded songs with singer John West (Artension, Royal Hunt). Nothing came out of it until 1998 when those songs resurfaced on a tribute album released after Powell's death in April 1998.
In 1992, Murray played with Powell and Black Sabbath's Tony Martin, in a new version of Cozy Powell's Hammer that was short lived. Murray had earlier recorded most of Martin's first solo album Back Where I Belong and later played at a series of concerts at Expo' 92 in Seville, Spain backing Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Brian May. He also reunited with his ex-Whitesnake pals, guitarists Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody, for some dates in the UK with their Moody Marsden Band.
In 1992, Queen's Brian May was ready to go on the road for the first time as a solo artist. Murray and Powell had done sessions for May's solo album "Back To The Light" and they were a natural choice for the touring band. For two years, the band toured the world, notably supporting Guns N' Roses and releasing Live At Brixton Academy in 1993.
The core of the Brian May Band (Neil, Cozy, Spike Edney and Jamie Moses) became the basis of the SAS Band (Spike's All Stars), which continues to this day, playing sporadic live gigs with many famous guest vocalists, including Paul Rodgers, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Chaka Khan, Arthur Brown, Lionel Richie, Bob Geldof and many others. After the first year, Steve Stroud became their main bassist, but Neil returns to play with the band every couple of years.
In late 1994, Powell and Murray returned to Black Sabbath. They recorded Forbidden and toured the US & Canada in 1995, although the tour of the UK, Europe and the Far East saw the return of Bobby Rondinelli on drums when Powell departed.
1996 and 1997 saw Murray and Powell helping to kickstart the return of the legendary Peter Green (John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac) in his Splinter Group. Murray recorded three albums with Green and toured the UK with occasional European dates.
In 1998, Brian May released his third solo album, Another World, which Murray and Powell had once again played on, but Powell's death meant a tour with Eric Singer (KISS, Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Black Sabbath) instead. 1998 also saw the posthumous release of Cozy Powell's "Especially For You" featuring vocal phenom John West (Royal Hunt, Artension, Badlands, Lynch Mob, Ten Man Push), and Michael Casswell (Brian May Band), and Lonnie Park (John West, Wrathchild America, Ten Man Push).
In 1999, Murray started working again with Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody, who had been working with Norwegian Whitesnake tribute band The Snakes. When Marsden and Moody eventually parted ways with their Norwegian colleagues, they changed the band name to Company of Snakes with the vocalist Robert Hart (The Jones Gang, Bad Company, The Distance, solo artist/songwriter) joined them, together with Don Airey on keyboards.
After of few years of gigging mainly in the UK and Europe, Hart decided to leave to concentrate on his solo/songwriting career. The only available recording of this line-up (with Don Airey on keys and John Lingwood on drums) is on Micky Moody's solo album I Eat Them For Breakfast. In 2001 Swedish singer Stefan Berggren was recruited and COS released two albums: Here We Go Again Live (the gig was recorded in Germany with temporary ex-MSG singer Gary Barden, but his vocals were erased and Berggren overdubbed) and Burst The Bubble, which featured songs written by most of the band.
Despite success on the touring front, COS called it a day in early 2002, with the band being transformed into M3 Classic Whitesnake, dropping recent original material in favour of a purely Whitesnake set. Ex-Sabbath frontman Tony Martin was their singer initially, before being replaced by Berggren. The band has released one live album (with Tony Martin on vocals) and one live DVD (with Berggren and Rainbow/Yngwie Malmsteen/Cornerstone singer Doogie White) featuring songs from the classic Whitesnake era 1978–1982. Murray is also a member of German heavy rock band Empire with whom he has recorded three albums. The band is the brain child of guitarist Rolf Munkes and featured Tony Martin on the Trading Souls and The Raven Ride albums.
Since April 2002, Murray has been in the band of the highly successful London musical "We Will Rock You (musical)". He also performed at 2007's 'Classics In Rock' concert in Rotterdam and the first London Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp.
Neil Murray is playing on the Michael Schenker Group album In the Midst of Beauty, which was released on 11 May 2008.
Discography (as a member of bands)
With Hanson
Now Hear This (1974)
With Colosseum II
Strange New Flesh (1976)
With National Health
National Health (1978)
With Whitesnake
Live At Hammersmith (1978)
Snakebite (1978)
Trouble (1978)
Lovehunter (1979)
Ready an' Willing (1980)
Live...In the Heart of the City (1980)
Come an' Get It (1981)
Saints & Sinners (1982)
Slide It In (US release) (1984)
Whitesnake (1987)
The Early Years (2004)
With Gogmagog
I Will Be There EP (1985)
With Vow Wow
Shock Waves (1987)
Revive (1987)
Helter Skelter (1989)
With Black Sabbath
Tyr (1990)
Forbidden (1995)
With The Brian May Band
Live At Brixton Academy (1993)
Another World (Brian May solo album) (1998)
Neil also took part in the Another World Tour
With Peter Green Splinter Group
Peter Green Splinter Group(1997)
The Robert Johnson Songbook (1998)
With The Company of Snakes
Here They Go Again (2001)
Burst the Bubble (2002)
With Empire
Hypnotica (2001)
Trading Souls (2003)
The Raven Ride (2006)
Chasing Shadows (2007)
With Rondinelli
Our Cross, Our Sins (2002)
With M³
Classic 'Snake Live Volume 1 (2003)
Discography (session / sideman work)
With Graham Bonnet
Line-Up (1981)
With Cozy Powell
Tilt (1981)
The Drums Are Back (1992)
Especially for You (1998)
With Badlands
Badlands demo (1982)
With Jon Lord
Before I Forget (1982)
With Gary Moore
Corridors of Power (1982)
Victims of the Future (1983)
Rockin' Every Night – Live in Japan (1986)
With Phenomena
Phenomena (1985)
Phenomena II Dream Runner (1987)
With Fastway
On Target (1988)
With Mona Lisa Overdrive
Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)
With Comic Relief
Hale & Pace & The Stonkers - The stonk (charity 7" / 12") (1991)
With Brian May
Back to the Light (1992)
With Micky Moody
I Eat Them for Breakfast (2000)
With Queen & Ben Elton
We Will Rock You - The Rock Theatrical (Original Cast) (2002)
With Queen + Paul Rodgers
The Cosmos Rocks Tour, Cardiff (2008)
The Cosmos Rocks Tour, Birmingham NIA (2008)
In the Midst of Beauty (2008)
The 30th Anniversary Concert – Live in Tokyo (2010)
Deep Purple Rock Review 1969-1972 (DVD, 2004, interviewee)
Heavy Metal - Louder Than Life (Feature, 2006, interviewee)
^ "Former Whitesnake Guitarist To Team Up With Ex-Mama's Boy Axeman For Irish Dates". Blabbermouth. March 10, 2009. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=115825. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
^ Ruhlmann, William. "Biography: Black Sabbath". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3693/biography. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
^ "Bill Bruford Band appearance on Old Grey Whistle Test". BBC and YouTube. July, 1978. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZfu8xNE24Y. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
Jamie Moses
Spike Edney
Susie Webb
Zoe Nicholas
Eric Singer
Mike Caswell
Maggie Ryder
Miriam Stockley
Shelley Preston
Steve Ferrone
Star Fleet Project
Back to the Light
Live at the Brixton Academy
Red Special
"Star Fleet"
"Driven by You"
"Too Much Love Will Kill You"
"Back to the Light"
"Resurrection"
"Last Horizon"
"The Amazing Spider-Man"
"Business"
"On My Way Up"
"Another World"
"Why Don't We Try Again"
Star Licks Master Series
Brian May discography
Deacy Amp
Doug Aldrich
Brian Tichy
Michael Devin
Brian Ruedy
Micky Moody
John Sykes
Adrian Vandenberg
Mel Galley
Ian Paice
Dave Dowle
Tommy Aldridge
Aynsley Dunbar
Colin Hodgkinson
Uriah Duffy
Denny Carmassi
Chris Frazier
Peter Solley
Paul Mirkovich
Timothy Drury
Vivian Campbell
Warren DeMartini
Steve Farris
Marco Mendoza
Lovehunter
Ready an' Willing
Come an' Get It
Slide It In
Whitesnake '87
Good to Be Bad
Snakebite (double EP)
1987 Versions
Live at Hammersmith
Live...in the Heart of the City
Starkers in Tokyo
Live: In the Shadow of the Blues
Live at Donington 1990
Whitesnake's Greatest Hits
20th Century Masters...
Best of Whitesnake
The Silver Anniversary Collection
The Definitive Collection
"Long Way from Home"
"Fool for Your Loving"
"Ready an' Willing"
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"
"Don't Break My Heart Again"
"Would I Lie to You"
"Here I Go Again"
"Bloody Luxury"
"Guilty of Love"
"Standing in the Shadow"
"Give Me More Time"
"Love Ain't No Stranger"
"Slow An' Easy"
"Here I Go Again '87"
"Is This Love"
"Still of the Night"
"Crying in the Rain '87"
"Give Me All Your Love"
"Fool For Your Loving '89"
"The Deeper the Love"
"Now You're Gone"
"Is This Love/Sweet Lady Luck"
"Too Many Tears"
"Don't Fade Away"
"All I Want Is You"
"All For Love"
"Summer Rain"
"Lay Down Your Love"
"Love Will Set You Free"
and DVDs
Whitesnake Commandos
Live... In the Still of the Night
David Coverdale solo albums
Northwinds
Coverdale and Page
Paice, Ashton & Lord
Manic Eden
The Snakes
The Company of Snakes
Martin Birch
Tawny Kitaen
Forevermore World Tour
Geezer Butler
Tommy Clufetos
Adam Wakeman
Geoff Nicholls
Ray Gillen
Bev Bevan
Jo Burt
Terry Chimes
Bob Daisley
Bobby Rondinelli
Dave Spitz
Master of Reality
Black Sabbath Vol. 4
Technical Ecstasy
Never Say Die!
Mob Rules
Seventh Star
The Eternal Idol
Headless Cross
Cross Purposes Live
Live at Hammersmith Odeon
We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll
The Sabbath Stones
Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978
Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970–1978)
Greatest Hits 1970–1978
The Dio Years
The Rules of Hell
Greatest Hits (2009)
Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath
The Sabbath Collection
The Ozzy Osbourne Years
Under Wheels of Confusion
The Best of Black Sabbath
Club Sonderauflage
"Evil Woman"
"N.I.B."
"The Wizard"
"Paranoid"
"Iron Man"
"War Pigs"
"Fairies Wear Boots"
"Sweet Leaf"
"Children of the Grave"
"Into the Void "
"Changes"
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
"Symptom of the Universe"
"Rock 'n' Roll Doctor"
"Dirty Women"
"Never Say Die!"
"Neon Knights"
"Heaven and Hell"
"Die Young"
"Trashed"
"Disturbing the Priest"
"Zero the Hero"
No Stranger to Love"
"Psycho Man"
The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 1
Inside Black Sabbath - 1970–1992
Black Sabbath's Paranoid
Rock Review
Hangin' with Heaven and Hell
Mob Rules Tour
Born Again Tour 1983
Black Sabbath 2012 Reunion Tour
Ozzy and Friends Tour
Don Arden
Dave Donato
Jeff Fenholt
In These Black Days
Nativity in Black
Book:Black Sabbath
Category:Black Sabbath
Portal:Heavy metal
Name Murray, Neil
Date of birth 27 August 1950
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
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Newly founded: Buber-Rosenzweig Institute as a prominent research centre on modern Judaism
Prof. Christian Wiese, Martin Buber Chair for Jewish Thought and Philosophy
A new research institute will be established at Goethe University: The Buber-Rosenzweig Institute will be dedicated to the study of modern and contemporary Judaism. It brings together numerous and largely third-party funded projects and contributes further to the consolidation of this research area at Goethe University. It all began with an endowed guest professorship for Jewish philosophy of religion dedicated to Martin Buber.
The new Buber-Rosenzweig Institute is intended to provide the necessary framework for increasing visibility and focusing research energies. This requires neither state funds nor funds from the department or university: Thanks to the successful acquisition of third-party funding, especially in recent times, the foundation is on a solid financial footing. "The Executive Board has unanimously approved the founding of the Institute. We are delighted about Christian Wiese's initiative. The new institute has great potential to further expand cooperation with other institutions, especially internationally, and to initiate other important projects in the future," says Prof. Enrico Schleiff, President of Goethe University.
The origins of the institute's foundation were modest but fruitful: in 1989, the Protestant Church in Hessen and Nassau established the Martin Buber Professorship as a visiting professorship at the Department of Protestant Theology. It was intended to provide students from all disciplines, especially theology and philosophy, but also interested members of the public with an insight into the past and present of Judaism and Jewish religious philosophy. In 2005, the state of Hessen permanently took over the funding, and in 2010 the endowed guest professorship was converted into a permanent professorship. Since then, Prof. Christian Wiese has taught across disciplines in theological and religious studies subjects, but also in history and philosophy. Wiese has systematically developed the professorship into an internationally visible, third-party funded and cooperating research centre. Christian Wiese is the spokesperson for the LOEWE research hub "Religious Positioning" and one of the main applicants for the interdisciplinary Graduate School "Theology as Science". He is also the international president of the Hermann Cohen Society and vice-president of the International Franz Rosenzweig Society. His most recent success was the acquisition of funding over 24 years for the academy project "Digitization of the Buber Correspondence ".
"With its numerous externally funded projects, focus on promoting young researchers and international networking, the Martin Buber Professorship is already firmly established among research institutions on modern Jewish history and culture. The status as a research institute will open up the opportunity for us to be even more visible, to focus our activities, and to attract young international scholars," says Prof. Wiese. The very fact that the institute has limited itself to a specific period of Jewish intellectual and cultural history offers great potential: under the umbrella of an institute with such a clearly defined profile will allow further projects to arise in the future. The project "Synagogue Memorial Book of Hessen" with seven to eight staff positions is currently being developed, and further research initiatives are planned. As an institute, it will also be easier to compete with other institutions. Cooperation with the Seminar for Jewish Studies and the Fritz Bauer Institute for the History and Impact of the Holocaust within Goethe University also offers great opportunities.
The institute's name refers to the two Jewish philosophers Martin Buber (1878-1965) and Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929), who are of great importance for the history of Goethe University. Martin Buber, who was born 143 years ago, received a teaching assignment for Jewish religion and ethics in 1924, which was initially assigned to Franz Rosenzweig; later Buber became an honorary professor. Together, Buber and Rosenzweig established the Freie Jüdische Lehrhaus in Frankfurt, a Jewish educational institution for adults. Together, the two philosophers of religion undertook a translation of the Hebrew Bible into German, which Martin Buber continued after Rosenzweig's premature death in 1929 and completed in Jerusalem in 1961. In particular after 1933, the year of Hitler's seizure of power and Buber's withdrawal from the university, the Lehrhaus became part of the Jewish resistance against National Socialist persecution.
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The latest lecture series introduced at Goethe University – the "Buber-Rosenzweig Lecture on Jewish Intellectual History and Philosophy" – focuses
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Es gibt eine neue Vortragsreihe an der Goethe-Universität, die "Buber-Rosenzweig-Vorlesung für jüdische Geistesgeschichte und Philosophie". Im Mittelpunkt stehen Themen rund
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Franz Rosenzweig und die Geschichte: Großer internationaler Kongress an der Goethe-Universität
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Below, there is a full description of the New Advanced Curriculum.
Below you will find all the relevant information regarding the New Advanced Neurofunctional Curriculum at McMaster University that will lead you to a Certification as a Neurofunctional Sports Performance Practitioner and Specialist.
Starting in the Fall of 2015, the Neurofunctional Sports Performance Practitioner Certificate Program becomes an "all or nothing" training Program, meaning that it will only be possible to register for the full training.
This decision will allow for a better experience by participants and a higher value for their investment. The group of participants for each class will now be consistent throughout the Program, creating a more familiar and pleasant learning environment. Likewise, the continuity of the clinical cases presented in class will add greater value to the learning experience for every participant. Finally, the cost of running the Program as a whole will be a bit cheaper than running it as separate units, and these savings will be passed on fully to the registrants.
For those of you truly interested in achieving maximum skills in this field, an additional advanced program Neurofunctional Meridians Dissection, has already being offered for the first time in January 2015, in Tempe, Arizona. I plan to continue to offer this program every year.
Completing the Neurofunctional Sports Performance Practitioner Certificate Program, the Neurofunctional Meridians Dissection Program, and one of the Neurofunctional Clinical Advanced Programs that I also started offering last year (in 2014 there were two programs, one in April in Cologne, Germany, and the other in August in Oviedo, Spain), will lead to the award of the Neurofunctional Sports Performance Specialist Diploma, granted by the International Neurofunctional Acupuncture Institute.
The Advanced curriculum presented throughout these courses is the synthesis of my best work of the last decade, empirically validated by the successful treatment of hundreds of athletes and active individuals by myself and by an elite group of graduates and instructors from the McMaster University Contemporary Acupuncture Program. All the strategies and techniques developed and refined throughout this process are the ones presented and practiced throughout this New Curriculum.
Professional excellence to me means mastery of one's trade, and like mastery in any complex discipline, it requires a long life commitment to study and practice.
Personally, I have been practicing and studying medicine for over 30 years. During all these years, I have spent literally thousands of hours learning live from other practitioners; many times in formal training courses, sometimes at their clinics, and occasionally in odd places like the sports arena. More than anything, exposure to these experienced colleagues has provided invaluable technical guidance and inspiration to continue the refinement of my clinical skills until today.
Sometimes, I had to travel very far away to find the clues to open new avenues of improvement for my diagnostic and treatment skills. A few times, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to do so without leaving my town, but these occasions were uncommon. As a result, in order to fulfill my commitment to continuous learning and professional excellence, I had to invest literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in my continuing education.
I am glad I did. The investment has paid back handsomely in knowledge, skills, ability to help people, and ability to generate value in the marketplace. My patients, my students and myself will be able to enjoy the benefits of it for as long as I practice and/or teach, which likely will be for the rest of my life, as long as I am healthy to do it.
As an integral part of my long-term commitment to a process of professional and personal excellence, I consider my responsibility to teach others what I have learned. It also no secret that teaching is the best way to refine one's skills.
This is what I do when I teach: full disclosure of techniques and reasons for doing things, without gimmicks. I always show exactly what I do and how I do it. It will defeat my personal purpose to do it any other way. When I offer to train you is because I really want you to be successful.
Accordingly, sharing my more advanced clinical experience, knowledge, methods and techniques, all organized in a clear, clean and practical manner has been the reason behind my development of this New Advanced Neurofunctional Curriculum on How to Design and Integrate Effective Neurofunctional Acupuncture and Manual Treatments for Sports Injuries and other complex Musculoskeletal Problems that encompasses all the clinical aspects involved in the diagnosis and treatment of Musculoskeletal Dysfunction including Neurofunctional Electroacupuncture, Advanced Needling Techniques, as well as my original Living Anatomy Palpation Manual Techniques and the very effective Neurofunctional Soft Tissue Micro-conditioning technique for the treatment of peripheral nerves and miscellaneous soft tissue dysfunction, I have used for almost two decades.
This New Advanced Neurofunctional Curriculum is the accurate reflection of how I assess and treat Sports Injuries and other Musculoskeletal Disorders, and it reveals in minute detail what are the fastest and most effective approaches I use to restore neuromotor and biomechanical function when dealing with musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. It also reveals my strategies for The Protection of Athletic Performance, and the methodology to address athletes or active individuals when they are not injured.
This New Advanced Neurofunctional Curriculum is all about clarity and depth, attention to detail and focus, as well as purposeful action and intelligent observation of results in clinical practice.
As I said on my general message elsewhere in this website, the singular elements of any craft when examined in isolation can be deceitfully unimpressive. But, when combined with the power of understanding, insightful vision, and precision, these humble elements suddenly become the fundamental components of superior performance.
The first course, Advanced Functional Assessment of Sports Injuries and other Complex Musculoskeletal Disorders now introduces the Advanced Living Anatomy Palpation Techniques which are the foundation of the Advanced Neurofunctional Soft Tissue Micro-conditioning™ techniques for the Treatment of Peripheral Nerves and Soft Tissue Dysfunction. The two Advanced Neurofunctional Assessment and Integrated Treatment Courses, Upper and Lower Extremities show you in detail how to assess in depth the multi-layered complexity of the ongoing adaptations developed by the musculoskeletal system in athletes, and how to correct them (when possible) or support them (how to support adaptations optimally) combining Advanced Needling Techniques with Advanced Manual Techniques, and Advanced Rehabilitation with other Functional Training Strategies.
Upon completion of these four parts, you will receive a Certificate as a Neurofunctional Sports Performance Practitioner.
After you have obtain your Neurofunctional Sports Performance Practitioner Certificate and practice for a while, if you want, you will have an additional process to be awarded a Diploma as a Neurofunctional Sports Performance Specialist by the International Neurofunctional Acupuncture Institute when also completing the Neurofunctional Meridians Dissection Program, and one of the Neurofunctional Clinical Advanced Programs that I also started offering last year.
As an added value, successful completion of the Neurofunctional Sports Performance Practitioner Curriculum is a pre-requisite to join the Instructors Development Program at the McMaster University Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Program.
Enrollment on the New Advanced Neurofunctional Programs gives you access to a site with password protected online videos for the review of the techniques and strategies learned during the courses.
Over the upcoming years, I look forward to working with those of you who wish to participate in this New Advanced Neurofunctional Curriculum. In these courses, I will help you personally to continue your development as an excellent Neurofunctional Manual Medicine Practitioner and to become a Neurofunctional Sports Performance Practitioner and a Neurofunctional Sports Performance Specialist with the highest qualification to help athletes and individuals with functional adaptive problems recover their Neurofunctional Performance.
A final reflection for all of us, but especially for those who believe is possible to master something by having access to the secrets that simplify the complex. There are no secrets, there is only understanding, and a lengthy process of refinement of this understanding (through repetition and focused practice).
The power of the the excellent Manual Medicine Practitioner, like the chess master, the artful writer, the accomplished musician, or the genius sculptor and painter—the secret that makes their "technique" superior—is simply their ability to master the elemental components of their craft, specifically the ability to combine these elements timely and with timing for the service of a higher purpose. This is the secret of all mastery.
And, as it is often the case, to master such a simple recipe requires a lifetime of intelligent observation of our own "modus operandi" and the purposeful determination to apply this controlled experience to refine our next output. Patience, passion, vision, determination, and purposefulness can infuse quality and even immortal life on a chess piece, a collection of words or musical notes, a piece of marble, a canvas, or an in our case, an acupuncture needle or your fingers.
The choice is literally and figuratively in Your Hands, our Hands, everyone's hands. If you choose professional excellence in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain and movement dysfunctions, sports injuries, functional problems, problems of dysregulation, headaches, stress-related disorders, chronic pain, etc., I am committed to providing the friendly and productive learning environment where you can refine your clinical skills to better help your patients with these problems.
These new Advanced Courses have the potential to accelerate your professional development tremendously. If you use in an intended manner what I am going to show you in these Advanced Courses (and help you practice during the courses), I promise you that your clinical results will improve significantly for the rest of your professional career. Not because I am going to show you "a secret method" to do things but because I am going to assist you to clarify, refine and re-engineer the process of analyzing and understanding a movement dysfunction and the methodology to generate the most effective neurofunctional acupuncture and manual medicine inputs to extract existing adaptive potential from your patients, as well as to develop new adaptive potential to the available extent.
With this clear and clean, no-nonsense methodology, clinical success is inevitable. The kind of individualized clinical success that depends on the identification, extraction and/or promotion of adaptive potential for each individual case of movement dysfunction. The kind of clinical success supported by Superior Results.
Whenever our professional paths cross, I will be grateful and excited for the opportunity to assist you on your lifelong learning journey.
Remember, Medicine is in Your Hands.


I live in Christchurch, New Zealand.
It's a great place to live. Bordered by hills and the Pacific Ocean, it is situated on the edge of the Canterbury Plains that stretch to the Southern Alps.
If you are visiting Christchurch there is a truck-load of things you can do and see.
Within 150km, you can ski at a world-class alpine resort, play golf at one of a multitude of courses, bungy jump, white water raft, mountain bike, go hot-air ballooning, wind surfing, watch the Whales at Kaikoura and visit internationally-acclaimed wineries, art galleries and gardens.
Of course, you can always chill in some really cool cafes and bars if you just want to put your feet up and unwind.
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Angel Magnussen has won $10,000 in the Post Search for Goodness nationwide contest that she'll use to help kids in need.
Angel Magnussen works hard in her Hugginz by Angel studio to sew blankets for sick kids around the world.
Port Alberni's Angel Magnussen has won $10,000 in the Post Search for Goodness nationwide contest that she'll use to help spread even more love to kids in need.
Angel, who has Down Syndrome and has spent a lot of time in hospital and visiting doctors due to other health issues, is dedicated to helping sick kids. In 2012 she created Hugginz by Angel, a non-profit organization that provides hand-sewn blankets, pillows and other items for critically ill and special needs children around the world.
With a mission to promote well-being and relieve distress for children who are suffering, Magnussen and her family also raises money for charities such as Variety and families in need across Canada.
The Post Search for Goodness program launched in May and Canadians had until July 25 to nominate, in 150 words or less, an individual or a team of up to three people who go above and beyond in their community.
People were able to vote until July 31 for their favourite story. With more than 460 nominations and 232,920 total votes, the 10 nominees with the most votes moved on to the finalist category and the winner was selected by a panel of judges at Post Foods Canada Inc.
Angel's win came as a bit of a surprise, Cheryl Magnussen, Angel's mom, said as her votes began coming in at a slow pace.
"When she was nominated it was really late and the person who was in the lead position at that point had well over 10,000 votes already," Cheryl said. "In those first four days she had like 300 votes, I thought we'd never get there. And then wow, it just took off, people started sharing and sharing and voting.
Cheryl said when the win was confirmed Angel was completely speechless but eventually said with her winnings, she can now sew more blankets.
Angel and her mom plan to travel to Toronto near the end of October to film an interview with Post Foods Canada Inc.
The $10,000 will help Angel with sewing supplies for the next several months.
"It means a lot more blankets are going to get sewn now," Cheryl said.
Angel also had the most votes for last year's Post Search for Goodness but couldn't accept the prize—filming a commercial in Toronto—because she was in the hospital.
"We weren't really terribly saddened when they didn't pick her because we understood why they couldn't pick her," Cheryl said.
Angel and Cheryl spend about $1,000 on postage per month and go through close to 56 metres of material a week—with every metre costing anywhere from $13 to $20.
Right now Angel has a waiting list of 180 kids who want a Hugginz by Angel blanket; a list like that can take up to six months to fulfill, given Angel averages about 10 blankets a week.
Her dedication to help sick kids even remained when Angel herself was in the hospital in Vancouver last year.
"We knew she was getting really depressed because she was really worried about her kids," Cheryl said.
Not able to go home, Cheryl set up a sewing studio for Angel at the hospital so she could continue to sew remotely.
"She would sit there with her IV pole, sewing with her head on the sewing machine, so sick but still sewing. That's dedication when you're that sick but still working on it," Cheryl said.
Each one of the Hugginz blankets has four hearts sewn into the corners and a pocket in the centre for the kids over three years old to put their stuffed animals or beloved items in.
Most recently Angel sewed two blankets for two little boys who were involved in a house fire, tragically losing their mother, older brother and little sister.
Angel has also recently made blankets for refugee children from Iraq and Syria.
Angel hugs every quilt before it leaves the Hugginz studio so each child will feel her love when they wrap themselves in it.
Families and friends who want to nominate a child to receive a Hugginz by Angel blanket can go to www.hugginzbyangel.com. And anyone who would like to help Angel sew in her studio can e-mail hugginzbyangel@gmail.com.


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Q: internal speakers working but external speakers no sound
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laptop internal speakers work but not external

Hello,
I have a Toshiba laptop running windows vista.  Whenever I plug in external speakers the sound does not work.  THe internal speaker sound works  perfectly.  What could be blocking the external speakers from working?

A: Thanks for the reply, I thought the yellow triangle was the sound card but it was something else.  It turns out the headset needed to be set to the default output device for the speakers to work.

A: First the obvious question - Are they plugged in / can you confirm they are working?
I would try to plug them in to a MP3 player or alternatively try plugging in known working headphones in to the laptop in order to diagnose this problem.
Next, try to look in the sound properties (Right click Volume / Speaker icon on taskbar and choose Playback devices) and make sure that the external sound port is set up correctly and not muted / disabled or anything silly like that.

If you are still having problems, please say and I will try to help further.

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The majority of public cloud solutions come from US-based suppliers and are delivered through US datacentres, and this has "created anxiety" for non-US enterprise IT organisations – because the location of data brings new risk, says Prentice's research.
However, some risks are overstated, he says – most notably, the US Patriot Act. This legislation gives the US government the legal right to access data stored by US companies in the country.
"Although such requests are not unheard of, there is little to suggest this is a major problem," says Prentice.
According to a worldwide Gartner survey from last year, 14 percent of respondents received a request based on the US Patriot Act, he says. Of those 14 percent, a quarter of organisations were based in India, 20 percent in the US and 8 percent in the UK. None were in Australia.
"In truth, many IT departments worldwide use the US Patriot Act as a convenient excuse to take public cloud computing off the table," writes Prentice.
He goes on to say that data sovereignty issues "are largely an indication of the overall maturity of the public cloud market".
Gartner expects some providers will build datacentres in different countries over the next three to five years – most likely in larger countries within certain regions, for example Asia-Pacific regional datacentres in Japan and Singapore. Cloud providers might build datacentres in Australia, but it's "less likely that they'll be built in places such as New Zealand, Thailand or Indonesia", writes Prentice. Other suppliers may be seeking partnerships, for example with local telecommunication providers, to be able to offer local cloud solutions.
Gartner's recommendations to IT organisations include making "sound public versus private cloud decisions".
"Organisations must bifurcate their decision criteria regarding public cloud solutions into in-country and out-of-country options, because both will exist," Prentice writes.
If you are thinking of outsourcing storage, data sovereignty is an issue that needs to be considered, says Paul Matthews, CEO of the New Zealand Computer Society.
The key point about outsourcing storage is that whoever you are entrusting with your data and wherever it's being stored physically, you're still responsible for it, he says.
So does the US Patriot Act, arguably giving the US government the ability to search and view your data without telling you, actually matter? That comes down to what you're storing, says Matthews.
In response to a request from a group of cloud computing providers, the NZCS has developed a draft Code of Practice for Cloud Computing, known as the "CloudCode". The CloudCode was developed collaboratively with over 200 individuals providing input into all sorts of areas, he says.
There are very few practice guidelines internationally, says Matthews. The CloudCode is one of the first globally "and the consequence is there's very strong interest in extending it to other jurisdictions, such as Australia, USA and elsewhere", he says.
Data location-wise, New Zealand is following the global trend, with more and more companies and individuals moving data off-premise, he says.
Christchurch-based Tait Communications has been using an Oracle storage solution (Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320) since October last year. The system is hosted offsite at a third party's datacentre in Auckland. The solution provides NAS (network attached storage) capabilities with Oracle integration in a "small, affordable, high-availability configuration", says George Elder, CIO of Tait Communications.
Tait has three regional headquarters covering Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Tait decided on the Oracle Sun system for a number of reasons, he says.
"It provided the cost-effectiveness, performance improvements, flexibility and scalability to do what we wanted, especially as we have branches around the world using it. Fundamentally, we wanted a DR solution that could run the business from outside of Christchurch if necessary," Elder says.
The solution also comes with built-in data replication without the need for third-party products, and can cater for multiple storage protocols, so can act as a NAS or block storage, he says. It can also provide "reverse replication" production workloads at both the Auckland and Christchurch sites.
On the downside are bandwidth issues.
Among the top storage trends at the moment are the economics of storage, data consolidation and business optimisation with storage, says Yee Kuan Lau, market analyst, IDC Asia Pacific, and Shawn Chan, research manager of the Asia Pacific storage research team.
Organisations will also consider transitioning to cloud computing services and the interest will potentially be stimulated by improved internet connectivity, she says.
At the same time, this calls for data consolidation as part of an ongoing storage virtualisation trend, say Lau and Chan. Organisations will look to existing technologies, such as storage virtualisation, to achieve the "do more with what we have" goals, they say. This leads to the next point – business optimisation with storage.
The demand for cloud offerings has led to that organisations now have different options, other than storing data overseas, says Lau and Chan. Local cloud providers, with local datacentres and cloud-based storage, aim to offer a strong value proposition to local enterprises, they say.


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Mabry sparks Palatine past Barrington
By Dick Quagliano
Jhermari Mabry had enough.
Mabry and Palatine were getting pushed around by Barrington in the first half Friday. Mabry, who is one of the top defenders on Palatine's defense, then changed all that.
Mabry executed a stunt by the Barrington goal line and stripped the ball away from the Barrington running back. An opportunistic Joe Wagner quickly jumped on the ball on the end zone for a touchdown.
That play sparked a resurgence in the Pirates as they were able to then pull away from Barrington for a huge 27-10 win in Palatine.
Palatine (4-3, 2-1), which is now back in the hunt for the Mid-Suburban West title, had trailed 10-3 when Mabry's strip and Wagner's touchdown changed its fortune.
"We were getting beat on the ground and I knew I had to come up with a play," Mabry said. "I ran a stunt to the 'C' gap and beat my guy. I hit the runner and looked him right in the eyes and knocked the ball loose."
Wagner then saw the ball squirting around on the goal line and leapt into action to tie the game at 10-10 just before the end of the first half.
"I saw Jhemari strip it and it was wide open," Wagner said. "So I jumped on it. It gave us a big momentum change."
Palatine took advantage of that momentum shift in the second half.
With Dominick Ball back in the lineup and running strong and Grant Dersnah finding open receivers, the Pirates struck for 17 second half points.
"Our kids never quit," Palatine coach Corey Olson said. "Barrington was shoving us around in the first half, no question about it. Mabry then makes a play. That's what you expect in big games from your big time players."
After a defensive stop by the Pirates to begin the second half, Ball (10 carries, 92 yards) had a 2-yard touchdown run.
The first of 2 interceptions by Kam Lewis set up the Pirates for another score. They got it when Dersnah (12-of-17, 175 yards) threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Coroneos (7 receptions, 111 yards) to make it 24-10. Bobby Widlowski would add a 23-yard field goal to close out the scoring for the Pirates.
After surrendering 209 rushing yards in the first half, Palatine shut the door on Barrington in the second half. The defense, led by Mabry, Wagner, Lewis, Anthony Westfall, Mitch Larkin, Widlowski and Tommy Houser forced 3 turnovers and limited Barrington to 18 yards rushing in the second half.
"We knew they were going to be physical, so we had to be physical back," Lewis said. "The plan was to come out and stop them every time they had the ball in the second half."
The teams traded field goals in the first quarter.
Widlowski booted a 46-yard field goal on the Pirates' first series. Barrington's Nick Bordenet answered with a 28-yard field goal to tie the game at 3-3.
Barrington (3-4, 1-2) began to dominate up front. The Broncos cashed in when Evan Panesis (22 carries, 127 yards) scored on a 1-yard rune to cap a 10-play drive to make it 10-3.
Barrington had am opportunity to take command. But the Broncos missed a field goal with just over two minutes left in the half. Then after Barrington stopped a Palatine drive with an interception by Danny Sheedy at their own 2, the Broncos fumbled in their own end zone.
"It was a tale of two halves," Barrington coach Joe Sanchez said. "We had a chance at the end of the first half. But credit them. They were resilient and took advantage of the opportunities that were there."
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Matt McFadyen
Keynote Speaker, Adventurer, Leadership Facilitator
Very few people have the ability to combine the adventure world and the business world quite like Matt McFadyen. For over a decade Matt has worked with organizations all over the world to align leaders, energize culture and build winning teams.
Matt's presentations not only inspire and motivate the audience but more importantly challenge them to think and act differently both personally and professionally.
He has been a leader of teams in some of the toughest conditions on the planet. This includes three record-breaking expeditions to the North Pole & two long-haul sailing trips to Antarctica & in 2013 Matt rowed, sailed & dragged a small boat 2000 miles across the North West Passage.
Matt is a world-class speaker and facilitator who addresses, leadership, building high performing teams, motivation and inspiration.
From dragging heavy sleds to the North Pole to sailing small yachts through some of the world's deadliest oceans, adventurer Matt McFadyen has pushed himself and others to the ends of the earth, testing the limits of human potential.
Thank you very much for your fantastic session at our recent International Conference in the Yarra Valley.
Your session was certainly the highlight of the conference program for many of the attendees as you described so eloquently the details of your amazing voyage. We were able to see clearly also the way that the lessons you learned could be applied to business.
Your session rated the highest for most of our convention attendees with many of them affording you a 10 out of 10.
Ian Harvey, Business Swap
Matt sure knows how to transport an audience. By the end of his presentation I could feel the waves and smell the ice. But the most impressive thing about Matt's story for me was not how professionally and confidently he spoke but the honesty and openness with which he expressed his emotional voyage. Matt holds nothing back in his recitation and this was more moving to me than the feat of sailing a 43 foot yacht to Antarctica. Matt doesn't try to preach a lesson, the motivational life lesson emerges from the fabric of his story and it is the more powerful because of that. Everyone in our group who heard him speak were inspired by his planning, dedication and ability to keep going even when his team mates would have carried him. This story embodies the principle that the most important thing in life is the journey, not the destination
David Such, ADT
Another highlight was hearing an inspirational Australian Adventurer Matt McFadyen describe his voyages in a life-threatening expedition to Antarctica. Matt captivated the audience whilst sharing his story of a crew of five who took a 43-foot yacht across the most dangerous ocean waters on earth. This breath-taking story captured the imaginations of the group and reinforced the key themes of the two days of Accenture Adventure which were passion, leadership and adventure.
Kylie Turner, Accenture
Matt had our entire DDB/Continental team enraptured as he gave a very personal account of how his idea was born, the meticulous planning that went into getting it to the 'start line', and the amazing highs and lows he experienced during the actual voyage. He answered tough questions from the group and always tried to draw relevance back to why he was presenting to us in the first place. Matt is a truly inspiring and engaging speaker - we're still talking about him several days later!
Kate O'Brien, DDB
Thank you for your presentation to the Visa staff in Singapore, you totally encapsulated the room, inviting the audience to share in your journey, moving from highs to lows and giving the audience an insight into both the physical and mental strength that it takes to turn a dream into reality.
Challenging the audience to accomplish their own goals whilst underpinning the importance of teamwork, the presentation was extremely well received, relevant both in the work place and at home and thought provoking.
Your life experiences are testament to your determination in your life journey and we wish you all the best with your future endeavours.
Bruce Mansfield, Visa
Matt's presentation was engaging and relevant. Not easy to capture and hold the attention of an audience of 300 plus senior executives, but Matt did just that. Many people have since commented to me about the personal and business learning's they took away from the session. Matt was professional, easy to do business with and responsive to our specific needs.
Peter Jamieson, Telstra
Matt's presentation was terrific. He cleverly articulated to our executive team the mission, challenges and ups and downs of a polar expedition. He did this in a manner which grabbed the attention of everyone in the room, through his confidence and ability to get everyone emotionally involved with the enormity of his task to get to the North Pole.
Importantly also, the learning's coming out of Matt's presentation were applicable at both a personal and business level; which meant that Matt's presentation was not only engaging, but also generated real value.
Simon Brookes, Telstra
Our brief was to inspire. Our challenge was to be more courageous. Matt was the embodiment of both those things. Grounded, accessible, honest and real.....and yet overwhelmingly impressive and charismatic. He left his mark on our team and will continue to do so for a very long time. When we extend our comfort zone, it will be in large part to him!
Nicole Sparohott, Unilever
I recently had the opportunity to hear Matt McFadyen deliver his presentation on his personal Antarctic journey.
I was thoroughly memorized by Matt's subject matter, style, and engagement with the audience. He is able to bring every one of the participants along with him as he experienced the triumphs and epic challenges of his journey. Adding interactive "what would you do" moments into the presentation adds to the immersiveness of the experience and mandates full attention. Matt was able to skillfully leverage his story of leadership, courage, and perseverance to underscore our core meeting objectives through an entertaining and gripping presentation.
The collaborative nature of Matt makes him a pleasure to work with, and provides an unparalleled audience experience-seamlessly marrying our core content and goals with his high-energy, creative, and engaging style.
Marty Boyzuck, Hewlett Packard
The most successful staff engagement event to date. 96% of people found Matt's presentation inspiring. 93% found his presentation relevant and applicable to their role here at the firm. Matt was absolutely amazing!
Manuela Schmid, Price Waterhouse Coopers
Thank you for a truly inspiring day! The impact you guys have had on our people will carry forward and permeate the organization long beyond yesterday, as we set out as a team to lead Liquidnet towards the summit of our new vision.
Todd Cherches, Liquidnet
Speaking / Keynotes
Matt has delivered his inspirational thought provoking keynotes in over 20 countries around the world. Having been part of and led teams in some of the most challenging environments on earth Matt knows first hand just want it takes to build high performing teams, execute under pressure and overcome adversity. Matt's keynotes will not only inspire and motivate your audience but the will challenge people to think and act differently both personally and professionally.
Journey to the end of the earth
As a 22 year old, Matt and 4 others set sail aboard a 43 ft yacht bound for Antarctica on a 54 day expedition across one of the deadliest and dangerous oceans on the planet.
On the return voyage Matt and his team faced the full strength of the ocean battling a hurricane strength storm that almost took the lives of the 5 souls on board.
Matt's presentation focuses on building a high performing team, overcoming extreme adversity and executing under pressure
Matt's and the teams heroic fight for survival sparked a change in Matt's life and the event became the foundation of his leadership journey.
Sitting still means going backwards
Matt's brush with death in the icy waters of the Great Southern Ocean ignited a passion to lead others to the ends of the earth. Matt became the youngest Australian to reach the North Pole, returning as an expedition co-leader on 2 more occasions.
Surviving -45°C to battling ice drifts that move the team backwards while dragging heavy sleds, Matt knows the perseverance needed to lead a team through challenge, change and ambiguity.
Matt's presentation looks at how to build resilience both personally and professionally how to inspire others to achieve their full potential.
A JOURNEY to LEADERSHIP
In 5 short years Matt went from being a 22 year old novice adventurer to co leading his 3rd expedition to the North Pole & partnering with PricewaterhouseCoopers on an 18 month firm wide engagement program.
This top talent focussed presentation looks at how to leading self, lead teams and lead the organization. This is a must have for any organization that wants to accelerate the leadership journeys of their next generation of leaders.
BEYOND THE CIRCLE
The Beauty of Failure
In the summer of 2013, Matt attempted to row, sail and drag a 17.5-foot open boat across 3000 miles of ice choked waterway known as the North West Passage. After 41 days of the coldest summer in decades having covered 1500 miles Matt and his team mate Cameron were unable to continue due to the severe conditions.
After 2 years of planning preparation and hard work both Matt and Cam struggled to deal with this looked upon failure…But with Failure comes opportunity and incredible learning.
Failure is inevitable in all aspects of life but how we process, analyse and learn from failure is a skill.
Matt is a world-class speaker and facilitator who addresses, leadership, building high performing teams, motivation, and inspiration.
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