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Public Kitchen
Jean Georges's latest new restaurant is located in Ian Schrager's Public Hotel in the Lower East Side.
According to Ian the simple but revolutionary idea of Public Hotel is "luxury for all". Style, service, value and a unique experience are the pillars of that luxury.
And that luxury extends to Public Kitchen as well which is by far one of the best brunches I have had in 2017.
Let me explain – the true test of a good brunch is not only about enjoying food with friends. It is about the experience when you are on your own.
On entering the Public Hotel, you are greeted by illuminated escalators, which mesmerized me to take them to the level above and get a bit lost. After asking one of the hotel staff members, I was told that brunch is served at Public Kitchen at the lobby level (behind the escalators).
We make our way to the restaurant which is simple and beautiful. Getting a table by the garden, I notice the beautiful wood burning pizza oven in the open kitchen. The restaurant staff is genuinely friendly and well informed about the menu.
We order the Spicy Tuna Tartare, Smoked Salmon on Potato Latkes, Corn and Thai Basil pot stickers and the Warm Shrimp cocktail with Peach-horseradish to start with.
The next course is sharing the Fried Chicken Sandwich with Cherry Pepper Mayo.
For dessert, we decide to indulge in the Buttermilk Pancakes with Summer Berries.
The photography does no justice to how beautiful the food presentation is. True to what Jean-Georges wanted to do, this is a combination of "New Yorker food" and "Word Food". Gorgeous, delicious and fresh food. The service at Public Kitchen is equally amazing!
Overall – you will not be able to escape going to Public Kitchen. This restaurant will indisputably be the "hot spot" for brunch in New York for the coming years.


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other moments your wedding photographer can capture (besides the wedding)
The Proposal
These days it's pretty common for couples to hire a wedding photographer to capture the big moment. It takes away the stress of wondering if the pictures will come out well and you can use them for your save-the-dates or as a way to share the engagement news with loved ones. The bottom line is, you won't regret hiring a professional photographer to capture this moment, but you may regret NOT hiring one. Read this article for more reasons to hire a proposal photographer.
Engagement Session
Not only are these great images to use for your wedding decor (ie. your guestbook, framed pictures, etc), but it's a great opportunity to get comfortable in front of the camera before the big day and get to know the photographer. You try on your dress and do a hair trial before your wedding right? So why wouldn't you do the same with a photographer? It helps me get to know you as a couple before the wedding as well so I can understand how you interact and give you pointers to make you feel comfortable. Check out a few other reasons to have an engagement session here.
Bridal portraits
Deciding to take photos of you in your wedding dress prior to the ceremony is a good idea for a number of reasons. First of all, it can act as a test run for getting into your gown, your hair and makeup trial and seeing how long the whole process will take. Secondly, getting these images out of the way before the big day will allow for a smoother timeline the day of the wedding. Finally, you'll have these gorgeous pictures to cherish for years to come. Trust us, your spouse will love them!
Bachelorette Party:
A night out on the town with your closest friends? Bring along your photographer for part of the night to get those great Instagrammable moments, without having to spend the evening looking at your phone! It's one way to make sure you'll remember the evening. Check clips from a recent party here.
Bridal Shower:
Your bridal shower gets your near and dear family and friends all in one place to celebrate your upcoming wedding. Why not capture the moments that make it special? Your shower is an important part of the wedding process, and it should get some attention too! Want to see a recent shower I photographed? One was just featured over at Ultimate Bridesmaid.
Rehearsal Dinner
I'd love to photograph your rehearsal dinner! This is a special gathering since it's the last time you'll all be together before getting hitched. Since there are often speeches and sentimental moments, it's nice to have those memories captured as well. You'll be glad you have pictures with your closest friends and family at a gathering other than your wedding day.
Day-after Session
Capture more relaxed pictures of your newly wedded bliss by having a day-after session. Maybe we travel back to your venue and have an extended portrait shoot and capture all the images you want. Maybe we travel somewhere new and adventurous to get shots you couldn't dream of capturing on the actual wedding day, because it would take too long, or be too difficult to get too. Either way, since the wedding is over, you'll be more relaxed and at ease, with no timeline to stick too.
Whether it's your 1-year anniversary or 10-year, let's reenact your engagement session! Or we can travel back to your wedding site and snap pictures there. It'll be a romantic way to capture your love for one another on such a special day.
Want photos of events beyond your wedding? Let's chat.

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5 Tips To Kick Bad Habits To The Curb
Chronic bad habits can hold you back professionally, affect your health and shorten your life. Your bad habit may not seem that bad, but they can affect your relationships with others and make you seem annoying.
The worst habits are those that affect your health, such as smoking and overeating. There are some easy things you can do to kick your bad habits to the curb, but there's no really quick fix. You've got to commit to breaking the habits and continuing to form new and better habits to replace the bad ones.
Here are five tips that can help you leave those bad habits behind:
- Determine what you're getting from the habit – You've got to understand the bad habit before you can conquer it. For example, it may be obvious if you have a problem with overeating that you feel comfort when you indulge. How can you get comfort elsewhere? Good habits need to be formed to break the old ones – such as a hobby to replace a spending habit.
- How are you sabotaging yourself? – So many bad habits can't be broken because you sabotage yourself at every turn. If you want to be successful in business, you form friendships and contacts with those who have the same goals rather than isolating yourself. Figure out how you're sabotaging yourself and make changes at that level.
- Change your routine – Nothing sabotages the good intentions to change a habit like boredom. While you're working to kick the bad habits to the curb, you can't do business as usual. You've got to find ways to 'entertain' and comfort yourself that are new and interesting.
- Small changes can break big habits – Chipping away at the bad habit can make a difference, given enough time. Ask yourself how you can make small changes that will have a big impact on a bad habit you want to break.
- Set reasonable and do-able goals – Bad habits can't be replaced in a moment's time. For example, if you need to get more exercise to improve your health, commit to small goals at first, such as getting up off the couch for 10 minutes per day and walking or stretching. When that becomes a habit, take it to the next level – maybe a twenty minute workout.


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Over the past two decades Mike O'Donnell has been entertaining audiences with his magic, watching his childhood hobby transform into an obsession before evolving into a professional career.
Growing up in the small town of Kennewick, WA, gave Mike ample time to master his trade prior to attending Western Washington University, where a good magician never had to worry about rounding up beer money.
Upon earning his degree he brought his talents to Seattle, where new crowds could experience his wondrous performances. Now residing in Chicago for the past eight years, Mike has planted his roots in the birthplace of restaurant and bar magic.
Mike can be found every Friday and Saturday at the LAGUNITAS BREWERY performing his tricks if not enjoying a cold one in the Taproom. You can also see Mike performing table side at SWIFT & SONS STEAK HOUSE, Tuesday-Saturday.


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Life in Love: 6 Things I've Learned (So Far)
Most of the work I put into Effort & Ease steers clear from anything that's too personal. I don't talk about my relationships often and I don't really give any personal details even about the tougher topics I've included. This post is a bit different, because this past weekend, I said YES to the love of my life. We've been together for what feels like forever (forever meaning just over 4.5 years): we've lived in two states, five houses, and we've each held several (good and not-so-good) jobs - and now we're engaged, gearing up to move onto the next chapter of our lives. All of the moving, gains and losses have tested us mentally, emotionally, financially, and ultimately physically. It hasn't been decades or even "several" years, but the place we're at in our relationship has required some serious effort balanced out by plenty of fun, joy, and ease. Like everything else in life, you've got to find a balance that can ebb & flow with what works for you & your significant other at that very moment. Some of this is information I've picked up during my graduate education (with reference to helping couples cope during difficult times), but mostly I speak from personal experience. While living this life in love, here are six things I've learned (so far):
Communication is Everything
Human beings are social creatures by nature: from birth, we long to connect with the other living beings around us through verbal and nonverbal communication skills. Without communication, you've got nothing. Deep communication requires a level of vulnerability that is scary but so necessary in a successful relationship. An entire post could be devoted to communicating, but here are some quick tips to help enhance communication in your relationship:
- Use "I" Statements.
Example: I feel overwhelmed when all of the housework is on me. I would really benefit from some extra help around the house.
Why it works: Using "I" statements decreases blame and keeps the focus on what you want without finger pointing. Otherwise, it sounds like this: "You don't do anything to help me out around here." Same message, different delivery, big diference.
- Communicate one issue at a time, when it happens. This is important for a few reasons, but mostly to avoid kitchen-sinking, a habit many couples develop and one that is destructive. To avoid this, address each issue when it happens at an appropriate time (if something bugs you while you're out socializing with friends, save it for later). Communiate why it's a problem and problem solve/find a solution together.
- Avoid words like "always, never, every single time..." This goes back to the last bullet point. If you feel like you're having to use language like this, you're not communicating enough.
Knowing Your Passion Increases Passion
What do you love? For me, it's yoga, cooking and spending countless hours on the internet or with my nose in a book learning about topics that interest me. For him, it's graphic design, comics (he'll hate me for saying that, and then correct me on specifically which type of comic he's into), outdoor "guy" stuff (hunting, fishing) and sports (softball). We both have passions and we know how to access them in order to meet our own needs. Without having your own interests, it's easy to lose yourself and become dependent on your significant other's interests to make you happy (which won't). Knowing your own passion is important so that you can re-charge with alone time when you need to, giving you the opportunity to bring your best self to your partner.
Empathy Takes You Deeper
Empathy is having the ability to understand and/or share in the experience of someone else. This doesn't mean you have to have gone through the same situation, but slowing down enough to hear what your partner is saying, perhaps even imagining what it might be like to experience it, is important. A key component to empathy is listening. Listening involves focusing on what someone else is saying, not trying to think of what you might say next, and not speaking until they've finished. Sometimes listening is more valuable than the words that follow. You won't always have the right answer, but simply stating "I hear you, and I support you" is more than enough. Empathetic listening builds connection, trust, and a foundation that you can fall back on when things get hard.
Having Similar Interests Brings Joy
This might seem obvious, but there have to be some similar interests that bring you together. Mike and I have multiple interests in common - and they range from hobby-based interests (snowboarding, bike rides, concerts) to the other stuff: getting sucked into Orange is the New Black, following the same sub-reddits & often communicating via memes (nerd alert), and choosing Hawaiian Pizza when all else fails. Life is long and you have to fill your time together with the stuff that you both enjoy, otherwise what's the point?
Surrendering Control is Necessary
At the end of the day, you are each your own person. Each of you are 100% in control of your own decisions, thoughts, and actions. We all work toward finding a balance of doing what works best for us but also doing what works for the other person; after all, in relationships there is a natural, innate desire to please the other person (and for good reason!) Recognizing that you can't control the other person brings a sense of relief and takes a lot of the weight off your own shoulders. If there's an issue or behavior that you're not super excited about, it all goes back to communicating why it isn't working for you. Empathetic listening follows. Recognizing what is in your control is necessary for personal balance and peace.
The Work Never Ends
Relationships are hard. Regardless of how awesome and perfect everything feels, there will always be setbacks and challenges. Contiunally checking in with one another, being honest, and recognizing that no one is perfect helps personal growth and growth as a couple. Life never stops and relationships require continuious work to be successful. It's not always easy but it's worth it.


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I had the pleasure of spending an evening in Rochester, MN painting at the Klabo/Kolz wedding in October. Such an honor and a beautiful fall night!
Destination Virginia
About a year ago, I painted at a wedding in St. Paul, MN and amongst the guests I painted into the scene were a guy named with an epic beard named Kenny and his fiance Bri. Kenny posted a picture on Instragram of them in the painting, and a few weeks later their friend Jon Ferris contacted me to see if I'd consider flying out to paint during Kenny and Bri's wedding in Hillsboro, Virginia. Fast-forward a year and everything went according to plan! Jon even kept it a secret from the couple until the arrived at the door of the reception hall. Hillsboro is set in the vineyards along the Appalachian Mountains, so naturally the setting was gorgeous. It was an incredible honor to be asked to be a part of Kenny and Bri's day, and Jon's gift to the couple is one of the most thoughtful I've ever heard of. Thanks again Jon, and best wishes to Kenny and Bri!
Acrylics. 24" x 18". 5 hours.
Regions Hospital Benefit
A super-fun opportunity to live paint at a Regions Hospital benefit at the St. Paul River Center in September 2018. Over 700 doctors and medical professionals gathered to raise money to support the hospital and it's causes. Always fun to capture the beautiful St. Paul skyline!
Acrylics. 20" x 16". 4 hours.
SPACES North Loop Grand Opening | September 2018
SPACES is an awesome company that leases out beautiful office space to anyone and everyone who needs a spot to call an office, without actually having an office. They had their Grand Opening in September and asked if I could "paint the scene" of their brand new space with their attendees mingling.
Acrylics. 36" x 24". 3 hours.


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Carolyn Said reporting for the San Francisco Chronicle:
"Airbnb and HomeAway settled a lawsuit against San Francisco on Monday by agreeing to help the city ensure that all local hosts are registered. The agreement caps a multiyear struggle by Airbnb's hometown to rein in burgeoning vacation rentals, which critics say divert precious housing stock into the lucrative travel market."
This intersection of government and technology-based startups will only become more common.
Technology companies continue to enter and disrupt large industries with established regulations. They've been able to do this in many cases (Uber) by finding loopholes or ignoring the laws long enough to gain public acceptance (and hence negotiation power).
But eventually, once the slow-moving government processes take effect, deals are made and regulations are enacted and obeyed.
Read on the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Faf attributes Test captaincy for making him a 'better player'
| Updated: Aug 23, 2017 11:20 IST
Cape Town [South Africa], Feb. 8 (ANI): South Africa's Faf du Plessis, who played his career-best knock of 185 during his side's 40-run victory in the New Land's ODI against Sri Lanka, has credited his promotion to the Test captaincy for his imperious recent form with the bat. In the last 10 matches, du Plessis has scored 640 runs at 71.11, including three hundreds and two fifties, more than other period. "Being a captain makes me play better. That's possibly been a reason for [my good form] ," ESPNcricinfo quoted du Plessis as saying after recording the second-highest score by a South African in ODI history on Tuesday. "The confidence and the momentum of that definitely helps. It just makes you raise your own bar of performance, you want to be a better player. My challenge to myself was to be a good player and now it's to become a great player. So it's just about lifting the bar and making a mind shift," he added. The Proteas will now aim for a clean sweep when they face Sri Lanka in the last ODI on Thursday at the SuperSport Park to go at the top of the ICC ODI Team Rankings. "Five-nil is important now to get to No. 1. For a while we have targeted to get back at the top in all formats, and we are getting there very quickly. Five-nil would be a great achievement, no matter who you play against," the right-handed batsman said. (ANI)


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MaryAnn Mahowald passed away peacefully on Monday, November 5, 2018, at her home in Prior Lake, MN.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, November 10 at 11 am, with a time of gathering two hours prior, at St. Michael Catholic Church, 16311 Duluth Avenue SE, Prior Lake, MN. Father Tom Walker will preside. A private family interment will be held later, at St. Michael Cemetery. Memorials are preferred and will be distributed in MaryAnn's memory, by the family.
On August 8, 1941, MaryAnn was born to parents Alois and Hilda (Theis) Klehr. She lived a simple life and was an exceptional role model to her family. MaryAnn loved being outdoors, surrounding herself with family and spending time at the cabin. MaryAnn lived her last months filled with courage, grace and dignity, with a strong faith knowing her destination in heaven, and was welcomed by Dance on his birthday.
MaryAnn will be forever loved and missed by children, Jeff (Bonnie) Mahowald, Jody (Steve) Estabrooks, Karen (Linden) Schommer, Kevin (Janene) Mahowald, Tom Mahowald; grandchildren, Ashley (Rhett) Fallon, Brandon Schommer, Colton Schommer, Lauren (Ryan Stemig) Mahowald, Max Mahowald, Anna Estabrooks, Noah Estabrooks; great-grandson, Hunter Fallon; sister; AnnaMae VonBokern; many special nieces, nephews and dear friends.
There to welcome MaryAnn home in eternal peace is her beloved husband, Dance (December 5, 2008); parents, Alois and Hilda Klehr; brother, Bob Klehr; sister, Suverna (Clarence) Hennen; in-laws, Donald VonBokern, Alice (Bob) Pivec and Thomas Mahowald.
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The period just after conflict is a time of turmoil when social norms are in a state of flux, donor funds are available and there is often a political will for change. A window of opportunity for reform in public sector institutions can open, offering a chance to "build back better" in health and gender equality more broadly. It is a time when countries could theoretically establish a health system underpinned by the principles of gender equality which identifies and responds to the different health needs of women as well as men, ensuring equitable access and health outcomes.
This policy brief looks at the context of gender and health, and how they are affected by conflict. It also assesses whether humanitarian assistance in the immediate post- conflict period addresses the impact of conflict on health from a gender perspective. A second sister brief examines long-term reform of the health system through a gender lens, using the World Health Organization's health system building blocks as a framework.
Key messages
Conflict exacerbates existing gender inequalities and reinforces gender disparities in health.
Measuring the impact of conflict on gender disparities in health is complex, and is hindered by poor data and a lack of consensus on relevant indicators.
Humanitarian assistance pays lip service to integrating gender in its programming and often fails to address the different impacts of conflict on men and women.
The humanitarian response to gender programming is dominated by a focus on sexual violence (against women) and maternal health, enabling donors and relief organisations to claim that they are addressing gender, without an understanding of how gender differences shape men and women's health in other areas.
Humanitarian work is hindered by a lack of robust data. There is a need to collect information broken down by sex, and set indicators to measure gender disparities in health.
The reconstruction of the health system after conflict needs to be informed by a shared vision of a gender equitable future.


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There are companies which are champions or masters of corporate culture management. These include Starbucks, Ritz Carlton, Johnson & Johnson, and Huawei. However, it must be understood that being a corporate culture champion does not mean that the company's culture is "soft." Most companies that are corporate culture champions are very demanding of people.
There are also companies whose management of corporate culture is so mangled and or dysfunctional that they are "corporate culture losers"! Some corporate culture losers are just "highly dysfunctional" and just do not manage corporate culture well. Examples included Uber, United and Sears. Other companies have cultures that are toxic or even approach true evil. In this context, a "toxic culture" is one that is highly dysfunctional to customers, employees, and even shareholders, while an evil culture is one that is designed to deceive customers and employees, and/or commits actual crimes. For example, Volkswagen which designed software to deceive regulators as well as customers about mileage, and possibly Theranos, which has been accused of misleading company directors as well as its customers about its laboratory testing practices.[1] Specifically, it has been alleged that Theranos said it could do 98% of the tests it offered using its proprietary technology; when in fact a former lab director said 90% of samples were tested using more conventional methods (that were not proprietary to Theranos).[2] As stated in the Wall Street Journal, "the company closed its medical lab operations in October 2016 after facing regulatory scrutiny."[3]
We call these companies a "Culture Frankenstein," because they are creations that are true monsters.
If your company is a culture Champion like Starbucks or Ritz Carlton, then your culture is a true economic asset. However, if your company's culture is a culture Frankenstein like Uber, United, Volkswagen and Theranos, then your culture is a true economic liability—not just in an operational sense, but because the culture is an open invitation to lawsuits and investigation by the Department of Justice.
What do Culture Champions do?
Culture Champions do several things well:
- They define their core values.
- They make sure people understand and embrace their core values.
- They translate their core values into behavioral norms.
- They monitor behavior to assess consistency vis a vis cultural values and norms.
- They set specific measurable goals to improve their culture and culture management.
- They measure improvements in their culture[4].
- They have cultural improvement initiatives to continuously improve the effectiveness of their culture management and their core values.
In addition to the above, they also they tend to make sure that their core values reflect five key areas that our published empirical research has indicated are drivers of financial performance and critical to organizational success.[5]
What does a "Cultural Frankenstein" do or not do?
In addition to typically not doing the things listed above, a Culture Frankenstein does several other things that differ from culture champions:
- They tend to have either stated or implicit dysfunctional values or norms that are contrary to good cultural practice in the treatment of customers and their employees.
- They tend to harshly punish those who object or are "whistle blowers" about these dysfunctional values and norms.
- They tend to have cultures of "concealment" rather than "transparency".
A corporate culture champion is created by systematic effort. It begins with a corporate leader (typically but not always) a CEO who has a strong belief in the importance of culture as an intangible asset. We have documented the examples of several corporate culture champions in our book, Corporate Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset (Stanford University Press, 2011).[6] These examples include well-known companies such as Starbucks, Google, Southwest Airlines, and Walmart. They also include lesser known but true culture champions such as Emergent BioSolutions, Smartmatic, and Infogix.
Similarly, a Culture Frankenstein must be created. It takes effort to create a toxic culture! Examples of companies that have created a culture Frankenstein to one degree or another include not just those listed above but also: Wells Fargo with its problem of a dysfunctional incentive system that led employees to create unauthorized accounts; Toyota which experienced the so-called "sudden acceleration problem" that led to several injuries and deaths; and Uber, whose dysfunctional culture led to: 1) accusations of sexual harassment at corporate, 2) a claim of intellectual property theft, and 3) a culture of ill-treatment of Uber drivers.[7]
Unfortunately, an in depth discussion of what must be done to create a corporate culture champion is beyond the scope of this article. However, we will identify some of the key steps here. We will also describe an opportunity below for those interested to gain a deeper understanding.
Six Key Steps to Create a Corporate Culture Champion
There are six key steps required to create a corporate culture champion. These were hinted at above in describing what Culture Champions do well. These are:
- Define your Company's core values.
- Make sure people understand and embrace your core values.
- Translate their core values into behavioral norms.
- Monitor behavior to assess consistency vis a vis cultural values and norms.
- Set specific measurable goals to improve their culture and culture management
- Measure improvements in their culture
Each step is examined in turn below.
Define your Company's core values.
The first step to manage culture effectively and become a culture champion is to define your company's core values. "Values" are what are most important to a company. Ideally your values should include the five "key value areas" which our published empirical research has identified as critical to organizational success and drivers of financial performance.[8] These "key value areas" are: 1) treatment of customers, 2) treatment of people (employees) 3) standards of performance and accountability, 4) openness to innovation and change, and 5) company process orientation.[9]
Unfortunately, most companies do not develop core values for each of these key culture areas. Instead, they simply identify what they think are important values to them. As a result, and tend to miss two of three of these key values areas.
Make sure people understand and embrace your core values.
A second step to manage culture effectively and become a culture champion is to ensure that people understand and embrace your core values. People must be trained in what your values are and what they mean in the context of your business. For example, customer orientation means something very different at Starbucks, United Airline, Ritz Carlton and Uber.
Translate their core values into behavioral norms.
The next step is to translate your core values into "behavioral norms." Specifically, how do you expect people to behave to express your core values? We facilitated this process of translation of values in to norms a few years ago at a large bank in Vietnam. Differences in norms were required not only for different job types of employees, but also in different locations in Vietnam: The South (Ho Chi Min), Central Vietnam, and in the North (Hanoi).
Monitor behavior to assess consistency vis a vis cultural values and norms.
The next step is to monitor behavior to assess the extent to which actual behavior (behavioral norms) is consistent with desired behavior (stated values). This can be done via the performance management system, and by using custom surveys.[10] A discussion of how to design the performance management system to do this is beyond the scope of this article.
Set specific measurable goals to improve their culture and culture management.
After monitoring behavior to assess consistency vis a vis cultural values and norms via the performance management system and by using custom surveys, the next step is to set specific measurable goals for improvement. Virtually all of our client's do this to provide focus for improvement and as a basis for assessing progress.
Measure improvements in your culture.
The final step is to measure improvements in your culture. Using a custom culture survey, you can obtain periodic measurements of improvement in culture and culture management. This practice has been adopted by several of our clients. For example, Emergent Bio Solutions monitors cultural change and progress approximately every two years, as described in our book Corporate Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset.[11]
The first (and perhaps the most important step) to become a culture champion is to take a first step! This means making a commitment to action to manage and improve your corporate culture. This has been done not only by companies that have become culture champions, but also by companies that recognized they had dysfunctional or even toxic cultures requiring change.
Recently Well Fargo, Uber and United have all recognized that their culture requires "more than a tune up." Each has made a public announcement of its intent to improve its culture and taken some specific steps in towards that objective. For example, Wells Fargo has increased an offer for settlement with account holders hurt by its practices of opening unauthorized accounts. Tim Sloan, CEO of Wells Fargo, has said that this was "an important step to make things right for our customers."[12] Similarly, the Board of United Continental Holdings Inc. has removed the role of Board Chairman from its CEO, Oscar Munoz, and indicated that it will be revamping executive compensation incentives.[13] Finally, Travis Kalanick resigned as CEO from Uber, the firm he co-founded. All of these actions are positive steps, but the result of a failure to manage culture effectively.
Becoming a corporate culture champion is truly a worthy goal. It also has significant economic value to those who accomplish it. In contrast, those companies who are culture Frankenstein's will suffer serious economic losses!
[1] Christopher Weaver, "Theranos Investor Suit Offers Detail,' Wall Street Journal, Business & Finance, Saturday/Sunday, April 22-23, 2017, B1.
[2] Christopher Weaver, "Theranos Settles With Hedge Fund, Wall Street Journal, Business & Finance, Thursday May 2, 2017, B3.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Culture measurement is possible as we have shown in Eric Flamholtz, "Corporate Culture and the Bottom line," European Management Journal, 2001 and Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Corporate Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset, Stanford University Press, 2016.
[5] See Eric Flamholtz, "Corporate Culture and the Bottom line," European Management Journal, 2001; and Eric Flamholtz, and, Rangapriya Narasimhan-Kannan "Differential Impact of Culture upon Financial Performance: An Empirical investigation," European Management Journal, 2005, 23 (1), pp. 50-64.
[6] See Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Corporate Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset, Stanford University Press, 2016.
[7] Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, Business, Thursday March 2, 2017, p. 1, 4.
[8] See Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Corporate Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset, Stanford University Press, 2016.
[9] For further explanation, see Ibid.
[10] Ibid.
[11] Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle, Corporate Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset, Stanford University Press, 2011.
[12] James Rufus Koren, "Wells Boosts offer in account scandal," Los Angeles Times, Business, Saturday April 22, 2017, C1.
[13] Susan Carey, "United Moves on Executives," The Wall Street Journal, Saturday-Sunday, April 22-23, 2017, p. 1.


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Someone, Please, Make Maya Rudolph a Leading Lady Already
This weekend's box office will be dominated by alien-fighting robots, gibberish-spouting minions, and a gaggle of overgrown man children, but there's a woman dominating the marquee: the beautiful, funny, and tremendously talented Maya Rudolph.
The former Saturday Night Live star appears in both the bawdy, critically panned comedy Grown Ups 2 (dominated by those aforementioned man children) and the far better received coming-of-age indie dramedy The Way, Way Back. She's wildly different in both movies: In Grown Ups 2, she plays Chris Rock's inconsiderate wife, while in The Way, Way Back she's Sam Rockwell's long-suffering, but very sweet girlfriend.
While Rudolph is way, way better in The Way, Way Back (Grown Ups 2 is beyond her, or anyone else's help), the bigger problem here is: How in the world did Maya Rudolph, one of the all-time great SNL players get relegated to just playing the second fiddle or significant other?
Now, Rudolph can do a lot with any amount of material. She, along with her on-screen husband Chris O'Dowd, stood out as the most believable and likable characters in the ensemble effort Friends With Kids, though they had sporadic screen time. She balanced the perfect amount of humor and heart as a stressed-out bride in Bridesmaids, but it was her fellow SNL alum Kristen Wiig who got top billing and supporting co-star Melissa McCarthy who stole the whole damn show. Then, of course, there was the NBC debacle that was Up All Night, in which Rudolph made the best of a bad situation and played a wildly under-written character to the best of her abilities.
The thing is, Rudolph is fantastic in these smaller, but effective performances. She's a terrific character actress and brings out the best in her co-stars. (In The Way, Way Back, her strong-headed character brings out the heart and humanity of Rockwell's wisecracking knucklehead in just a few subtle moments.) The problem is that Rudolph is a fantastic leading lady and can carry the weight of a larger role.
Take, for instance, her turn the mish-mashed 2009 dramedy Away We Go. While she technically shared top billing with co-star John Krasinski, she mopped the floor with him (hey, we still love ya, John!) as a mom-to-be trying to find a place for her new family to settle down. She could go from heart-breakingly sensitive to dryly funny in the span of a scene, all while feeling so incredibly authentic and down-to-Earth. For once on the big screen, someone else was her second fiddle and something about that just felt... right.
While it's entirely possible that Rudolph's lack of leading lady roles is because she seems to be perennially pregnant, I worry that Hollywood just sees her as the interesting sidekick or a significant other with attitude. When she was on SNL, her imitations of the likes of Whitney Houston and Maya Angelou and Donatella Versace, among so many others, didn't make her a bit player. She was a full-time cast member who propelled the show to greatness. She may have left Studio 8H, but she's still got that magnetic star power. It's time for Hollywood to recognize that.
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For a brief time, our thoughts are fused with the current moment. No ruminating on the past or stressing about future challenges. We're right here, focused right into the Scorpy-quiet current moment.
As the Sun and Mercury come together in regeneration-oriented Scorpio, our brains receive some much needed healing.
Our synapses are being purged and cleansed of the million little worries and zillion little details we had on our minds during the extended transit of Mercury through precision-driven Virgo. That transit lasted from July 30 to October 7, including a retrograde period that required some intense mental focus on our parts in order to stay on top of the proceedings.
This Sun-Mercury conjunction marks a completion point related to the themes of that Mercury retrograde process. We've made, re-established, or reinforced some important connections, coming into new understanding and perspective about things, and this allows us to shed some mental dead weight.
Allow that dead weight to fall away, layer-by-layer.
We can finally let go of some things that have been eating at us and infringing on our peace of mind since the summer.
We are also moving to a very interesting New Moon at 7 degrees Scorpio on October 30 (10:38 a.m.), just in time for All Hallow's Eve.
As we move into the dark half of the year in the northern hemisphere, ceding the reins to dark Goddess Cailleach, the focus turns inward. At the surface, things appear to go dormant as we enter the dark half. But this is not entirely true. The real action, the real alchemy, and the real catalyzing effects are going on beneath the surface appearance of things, simmering, simmering like the bubbling witch's brew.
As we move through Scorpio season and the potent Scorpio New Moon at Samhain, we're moving into a period of energetic fusion and merging in areas where we can no longer go it alone.
There is a fierce protectiveness to the sign of Scorpio, and using its energy well means coming together with the right people in the right situations that will buffer and support us - rather than drain and destabilize us - through the trials, tribulations, and traumas of human life. Using this energy well means sussing out deep-down allegiances, alliances, and motivations and making our choices as far as who we'd like to join forces with (if anyone at all...) and who we'd like included in our dark-half bunker.
These choices matter now, as does the timing of advancement in relationships of all kinds. Relationship planet Venus will form a conjunction to Saturn at 14 degrees Sagittarius on October 29 (5:45 p.m.), and this conjunction will still be very much in effect at the time of the New Moon, colouring the following 28-day lunar cycle.
The Venus-Saturn conjunction has a "shoring up" and solidifying effect on both relationships and finances - but we may have to accept a longer timeline than Sagittarius would like.
This Venus-Saturn conjunction in Sagittarius indicates that relationships, partnerships, and collaborations occurring between or among people with compatible personal truths and philosophies will be particularly fruitful for long-term progress.
With transiting Jupiter in Libra, disposited by Venus in Sagittarius conjunct Saturn, joining forces for a broader cause in righteous battles for justice, fairness, and peace could be particularly fruitful, providing us with some newly-stoked fire, optimism, and inspiration that could sustain us for a long time to come.
Artistic/creative collaborations are also highlighted under these astrological conditions, as are investments made in art, aesthetic, and beauty.
There is a solidity to the relations that occur now and as we are swept through the Scorpio New Moon portal. Our connections and relations are substantial in certain key ways. Relational and financial foundation stones are being set in our lives, and this could come as a relief - a brief moment when we can allow things to settle out naturally.
Key figures are being put in place in our lives, aligned in morality, philosophy, cultural struggles, and/or righteous truth.
We don't have to be standing on the same soap box, just compatible soap boxes - soap boxes that complement each other nicely.
At the same time, this is a period of potentially crossed wires, when people could figure out - sometimes dramatically - that they are not ultimately aligned in compatible truth, philosophy, or motivation with others. This Scorpio season, as always, could involve the severing of ties or the ending of relationships that are not deemed sufficient by Saturn for our long-term progress, position, and status. The "relational shoring up" underway involves wise relationship investments and a clearing of relations that will not bring us any closer to our ultimate goals.
The current astrology also indicates, as we move through the New Moon in Scorpio, that some new methods will be required (Mars in Capricorn square Uranus-Eris-Ceres in Aries). We're making strategic moves designed to support our own long-term survival and success but also the long-term survival and success of the collective. The new rules we're playing by are fluid and experimental in many cases. We're creating the structure as we go, bit-by-bit, step-by-step, whatever makes sense for our immediate moment and circumstances.
We're out on a limb on this planet - both personally and collectively - and our instincts, merged with the experience and status we've gathered thus far, drive us forward.
The will to succeed is strong now. We're the real players here - the people who know and see and sense and understand, the people who don't shy away from the real deal situations, the people who fuel themselves by delving into territory most others fear to touch.
No guts, no glory, and don't you forget it. These times test the mettle, but we are more than up to the challenge.
Goals and trajectories may need a little altering in light of current planetary conditions, and the clashing energy of Mars square Uranus (exact October 28 at 9:06 p.m.) may force new action plans. Older goals and trajectories could break down in a flash. There may be some immediate solutions to long-standing problems available around the time of this square, also.
As most regular readers here know, one of my particular Sagittarian soap boxes is anti-GMO activism.
As stated, Mars (aggressive action) in Capricorn (business) is forming a square to Uranus (technology), Eris (Goddess of discord), and Ceres Rx (agriculture, fertility of the Earth) in Aries. These squares will be strongly in effect through the first week of November. Under these aspects, two mammoth GMO seed and chemical corporations, Bayer and Monsanto, are merging.
Now, this isn't one of those beneficial and supportive Scorpionic mergers I wrote about before, no, indeed. This is a consolidation of power between two of the most dangerous and deadly corporations in the world, as Bayer swallows Monsanto up for $66 billion.
This merger of biotechnology (Uranus) giants certainly has the potential of creating discord (Eris) - the malevolent kind - in agriculture and food production (Ceres) around the world.
What should be understood is that Bayer is equally as hostile to humanity as Monsanto. Both corporations have long histories producing chemicals for the military industrial complex as well as GMO seeds and chemical herbicides and pesticides. Bayer also produces dangerous and debilitating pharmaceuticals, including the antibiotic that poisoned me.
In light of the current aspects and themes, I'd like to post a link to a radio show I did with astrologer Yerevan Saraswati in July 2016 on KOWS FM community radio in Sebastopol, California:


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Daphne Keller
Daphne Keller is the Director of Intermediary Liability at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society. Her work focuses on platform regulation and Internet users' rights.
The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
Whether and when communications platforms like Google, Twitter and Facebook are liable for their users' online activities is one of the key factors that affects innovation and free speech. Most creative expression today takes place over communications networks owned by private companies. Governments around the world increasingly press intermediaries to block their users' undesirable online content in order to suppress dissent, hate speech, privacy violations and the like. One form of pressure is to make communications intermediaries legally responsible for what their users do and say. Liability regimes that put platform companies at legal risk for users' online activity are a form of censorship-by-proxy, and thereby imperil both free expression and innovation, even as governments seek to resolve very real policy problems.
In the United States, the core doctrines of section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act have allowed these online intermediary platforms user generated content to flourish. But, immunities and safe harbors for intermediaries are under threat in the U.S. and globally as governments seek to deputize intermediaries to assist in law enforcement.
To contribute to this important policy debate, CIS studies international approaches to intermediary obligations concerning users' copyright infringement, defamation, hate speech or other vicarious liabilities, immunities, or safe harbors; publishes a repository of information on international liability regimes and works with global platforms and free expression groups to advocate for policies that will protect innovation, freedom of expression, privacy and other user rights.
Daphne Keller is the Director of Intermediary Liability at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society. Her work focuses on platform regulation and Internet users' rights.
Joan Barata is an international expert in freedom of expression, freedom of information and media regulation. As a scholar, he has spoken and done extensive research in these areas, working and collaborating with various universities and academic centers, from Asia to Africa and America, authoring papers, articles and books, and addressing specialized Parliament committees.
Annemarie Bridy is a Professor of Law at the University of Idaho. She is also an Affiliated Fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society Project and a former Visiting Associate Research Scholar at the Princeton University Center for Information Technology Policy. Professor Bridy specializes in intellectual property and information law, with specific attention to the impact of new technologies on existing legal frameworks for the protection of intellectual property and the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Giancarlo F. Frosio is a Non-Residential Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. Previously he was the Intermediary Liabilty fellow with Stanford CIS. He is also an Associate Professor at the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) at Strasbourg University. Giancarlo also serves as Affiliate Faculty at Harvard CopyrightX and Faculty Associate of the Nexa Research Center for Internet and Society in Turin. Giancarlo is a qualified attorney with a doctoral degree (S.J.D.) in intellectual property law from Duke University Law School.
By Center for Internet and Society on January 25, 2018 at 5:00 am
The topic of how well the tool of black letter law works in the Internet law setting is of course huge, and associated with obvious definitional challenges. To point to but one; how ought we define "black letter law" in our present legal culture where legal rules necessarily must take account of the technical reality in which they operate? Indeed, given Wikipedia's definition of "black letter laws" as laws that are "the well-established technical legal rules that are no longer subject to reasonable dispute," one may legitimately question whether we can speak of any real black letter law within our field of enquiry. Fortunately, however, the panel was asked to approach only the more concrete topic identified in the description above.
By Center for Internet and Society on January 23, 2018 at 5:00 am
Without a doubt, human rights law provides an important framework for the discussion of cross-border speech regulation. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in Article 19 clearly states the right to express opinions and ideas "regardless of frontiers" and the Internet is a particularly relevant tool and platform for the exercise of this right, both in its individual and social dimensions. There was a common underlying basic agreement among the different panelists as to the need to include a human rights perspective in content removal discussions, whether judicial, regulatory or legislative.
By Center for Internet and Society on January 22, 2018 at 5:00 am
This panel addressed the right to be forgotten (RTBF) from a global perspective, presenting points of view from relevant stakeholders and academic researchers from different regions. As established in the Court of Justice of the European Union's 2014 Google Spain case, this is a right under data protection law for individuals to request that search engines de-list specified results appearing in response to a search for the individual's name.[1] While search engines may decline to de-list results based on public interest considerations, the RTBF is still far broader than de-listing or removal rights in many countries, including the United States. This is especially the case since de-listing can also be requested for information that lawfully published online.
By Center for Internet and Society on January 19, 2018 at 5:00 am
The topic of this panel was cross-border issues in the online enforcement of intellectual property rights. The speakers brought a range of perspectives from the movie industry (Ben Sheffner), the public interest sector (Corynne McSherry), academia (Annemarie Bridy), and the tech industry (Alex Feerst).
The panel began with a discussion of Equustek Solutions Inc. v. Jack, a case then pending before the Supreme Court of Canada.[1] In the case, Google challenged a lower court's injunction requiring it to remove search results not only from its Canadian services, but globally. The sites belonged to the defendants, who were accused of trade secret misappropriation and trademark infringement. The defendants fled Canada during the course of the litigation, which led the court to strike their defenses as a sanction. The trial court ultimately issued an order enjoining the defendants from using Equustek's trade secrets and from selling infringing inventory. The defendants predictably disregarded the court's order. They continued to sell products from various websites they controlled from indeterminate locations. Equustek asked Google to globally remove search results for the defendants' websites, which Google refused to do. Google agreed only to remove infringing URLs from results on its Canadian search service at www.google.ca. Equustek argued before the trial court that Google should be compelled to do more.
If you paid attention to Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before Congress last month, you might have gotten the impression that the internet consists entirely of titanic, California-based companies like Twitter, Facebook and Google. Congress is right to call these companies to account for outsize harms like disclosing personal data about many millions of users. But it is very wrong to act as though these companies are representative of the whole internet.
"Ryan Calo, a professor of digital law and privacy law at the University of Washington School of Law, said that tech companies need to say, clearly and publicly, "when they will engage in censorship, if at all, at the behest of another nation."
"At a minimum, Apple and other tech companies should say publicly the conditions under which they will comply with Chinese or other requests to censor content," Calo said. "The very act of laying out public criteria manages expectations and forces the company to consider its values.""
""I don't think there's a chance that major economies like the E.U. are going to accept C.D.A. 230" said Daphne Keller, the director of intermediary liability at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. "So I'm not sure what the net effect is.""
""The key thing about this case is what preventive measures can be imposed on Facebook," said Martin Husovec, an assistant law professor at Tilburg University's Institute for Law, Technology and Society in the Netherlands.
""There has been real mission creep with the right to be forgotten," said Daphne Keller, a lawyer at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society. "First it was supposed to be about information found using search engines, but now we see it affecting news reporting.""
For more information and to RSVP visit: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/what-happened-to-the-golden-age-of-f...
Interested in working in public interest technology law and policy? Want to find out what you can do now to build a career in this growing area? Join the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and the Levin Center to discuss the broad range of available options and how to identify and evaluate prospective employers, plus how to make the most of your time at SLS to position yourself for the future.
Internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter play an ever-increasing role in our lives, and mediate our personal and public communications. What laws govern their choices about our speech? Come discuss the law of platforms and online free expression with CIS Intermediary Liability Director Daphne Keller.
The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) is a public interest technology law and policy program at Stanford Law School and a part of Law, Science and Technology Program at Stanford Law School.
January 29, 2016
CIS Affiliate Scholar David Levine interviews The Guardian's Julia Powles and Prof. Ellen Goodman of Rutgers Law School, on the "Right to Be Forgotten."
December 10, 2015
Techdirt podcast with CIS Director of Intermediary Liability Daphne Keller.
December 1, 2015
Privacy and free speech aren't fundamentally opposed, but they do have a tendency to come into conflict — and recent developments in Europe surrounding the right to be forgotten have brought this conflict into focus. This week, we're joined by Daphne Keller of Stanford's Center For Internet And Society to discuss the collision between these two important principles.
July 31, 2015
CIS Affiliate Scholar David Levine interviews Prof. Jacqueline Lipton of The University of Akron Law School, author of Rethinking Cyberlaw: A New Vision for Internet Law.


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The next big OS from Apple/
A day before the 2015 World Wide Developers (WWDC) conference I made a blog post in which I expressed my hope that Apple would opt for refinement to their Mac and iDevice Operating Systems rather than massive new feature or new look over exuberance. I'm very happy to say that at the Keynote they did almost exactly as I had hoped.
In terms of the Mac, the new OS will be called "El Capitan" which is the name of a vertical rock formation which is found inside of Yosemite National Park. Very fitting in so far as this new OS is a refinement of the last OS named "Yosemite." Apple described El Capitan which will carry the version number 10.11 well when they said:
"Improvements under the hood make your Mac snappier and more efficient in all kinds of everyday tasks — from opening PDFs to accessing your email. And with Metal for Mac, you get faster and more fluid graphics performance in games, high-performance apps, and many other places."
They also talked quite a bit about the next version of iOS which like the Mac OS sounded much more evolutionary than revolutionary. Again, that's just what we needed. There is now a third OS, that one being "Watch OS" for the new Apple Watch. An update there was also announced. Since the watch is so new, it is fitting that the Watch OS 2 announced would be much more radically redesigned than the Mac or iDevice OS versions and that's OK. The watch has a long road ahead of it and it's off to a very promising start.
I am quite pleased with the news from WWDC 2015 and I suspect this fall when all these things are released into the magical software update screen on your Mac and iDevice they will be updates we whole heartedly recommend applying.


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M. Tech. in Power Electronics
Course Overview
Electrical Engineering is a discipline of engineering that utilizes natural resources for generation, transmission and utilization of electric power. In addition, electrical engineering deals with design, analysis, prototyping, manufacturing, and maintenance of electrical generators, electric motors, transformers, transmission and distribution equipment, wiring and lighting and electrical appliances. The present day electrical engineers focus on use of renewable sources like solar photovoltaic, wind and other non-renewable energy sources for power generation. In the recent past, the use of electronics for control of electrical systems is gaining importance and the power electronics is one of the specializations of electrical engineering.
Power Electronics is a branch of Electrical Engineering which deals with power conversion from one from to another form using Inductors, Capacitors, Semiconductor devices (Diode, Thyristor, MOSFET, IGBT etc.). The power may be from mW (point on load applications) to MW (Power Systems). The basic conversions are: AC - AC (Cycloconverters), DC - DC (Converters), DC - AC (Inverters) and AC - DC (Rectifiers). Applications of power electronics range in size from a switched mode power supply in an AC adapter, battery chargers, audio amplifiers, fluorescent lamp ballasts, through variable frequency drives and DC motor drives used to operate pumps, fans, and manufacturing machinery, up to gigawatt-scale high voltage direct current power transmission systems used to interconnect electrical grids. Power electronic systems are found in virtually every electronic device.
In hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), power electronics are used in two formats: series hybrid and parallel hybrid. The difference between a series hybrid and a parallel hybrid is the relationship of the electric motor to the internal combustion engine (ICE). Devices used in electric vehicles consist mostly of dc/dc converters for battery charging and dc/ac converters to power the propulsion motor. Electric trains use power electronic devices to obtain power, as well as for vector control using pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifiers. The trains obtain their power from power lines. Another new usage for power electronics is in elevator systems. These systems may use thyristors, inverters, permanent magnet motors, or various hybrid systems that incorporate PWM systems and standard motors
The School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at REVA UNIVERSITY offers M. Tech., in Power Electronics –a postgraduate programme to create motivated, innovative, creative and thinking graduates to fill the roles of Power Electronic Engineers who can conceptualize, design, analyze and develop power electronic systems to meet the modern day requirements.
The companies like ABB India, Bosch, Emerson Industrial Automation, Electric Power Generation, Honeywell Automation India, Mitsubishi Electric India, Omron Automation, Precision Automation & Robotics India, Schneider Electric Infrastructure, Siemens ,Yokogawa India and many others are in the business of power electronics. In this context, The School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at REVA UNIVERSITY would like to add to the growing human resources needs of power electronic sector as engineers through its M. Tech. programme in Power Electronics.
Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)
The aim of the programme is to produce postgraduates with advanced knowledge and understanding of power electronics systems; higher order critical, analytical, problem solving and transferable skills; ability to think rigorously and independently to meet higher level expectations of power industry, academics, research establishments or take up entrepreneurial route.
The Programme Educational Objectives are to prepare the students to:
- be power electronic engineers to design, simulate and implement power electronics systems
- pursue doctoral research degree to work in colleges, universities as professors or as scientists in research establishments
- act as administrators in public, private and government organisations or business administrators or entrepreneurs with further training and education
Programme Outcomes (POs)
After undergoing this programme, a student will be able to:
- design power electronic circuits for the given specifications
- perform required calculations for efficient design and development of power electronics
- build power electronic circuits, test and implement
- use computer aided design and simulation tools for design and optimization of power electronic circuits
- assess budget for the project
- lead a team to ensure that projects are completed satisfactorily, on time, and within budget
- conform to cultural, environmental, sustainability and ethical issues
- communicate across teams verbally, visually and by writing and manage the systems
- choose an appropriate online educational programme for further learning, participate in seminars and conferences
Course Curriculum
First Year
Semester I
|Applied Mathematics
|Analysis of Power Converters
|Power semiconductor Devices and design issues
|Advanced Electrical Machines
|Soft Core Elective 1 (Click here)
|Soft Core Elective 2 (Click here)
Semester II
|Analysis of power Conversion using DC-DC converters
|AC-DC Drives
|HVDC Power Transmission
|Soft Core Elective 1 (Click here)
|Soft Core Elective 2 (Click here)
|Soft Core Elective 3 (Click here)
Second Year
Semester III
|Soft Core Elective 1 (Click here)
|Open Elective (Click here)
|Skill Development Programme / Certification programmes
|Mini Project / Internship
|Soft Core : MOOC/SWAYAM
|Soft Core : Yoga/Sports/Performing Arts
Semester IV
|Project Work and Dissertation
Career Opportunities
The students completing M Tech in Power Electronics will have job opportunities in the following sectors:
- Power Sector – to optimize the location of reactive power compensation to strengthen the distribution system, to implement measures to keep the system secure, to enhance the operational performance of electric power generation, transmission & distribution equipments, to maintain quality of power, to mitigate harmonics, to damp oscillations
- Renewable Energy Sources - to harness power from renewable sources using power electronics devices, to solve the issues related to integration of RES with grid, to develop and use various algorithms for enhanced power generation by RES, to enhance the capability of O&M of RES, to study integration of these sources with the grid
- Transport - electric vehicles, to design & develop of electric vehicles, to develop various algorithms for improvement in performance of electric vehicles, to enhanced capability of power electronics for electric vehicles, to vehicle to grid power transactions
- Power Electronics - design of compact and highly efficient power supplies, to develop various most advanced algorithms for charging circuits for different applications like electric appliances, battery energy storage system, ultra-capacitor applications, aerospace power requirements, UPS, applications in power system using FACTS devices, interconnection of two regions via HVDC link
- Computer – developing algorithms to solve complex functions, developing simulation tools to simulate the entire system, applications to SMART grid, operation and maintenance of micro-grids and smart grids, implementation of SCADA system for electric distribution system, etc.
- B E / B Tech in EE / EEE / ECE / CSE / MS / M Sc in Mathematics/Physics/Electronics / Information Technology or Information Science with a minimum of 50% (45% in case of SC/ST) marks in aggregate of any recognized University / Institution or AMIE or any other qualification recognized as equivalent there to.
Course Duration: 4 Semesters (2 Years)
Important Dates
Application Round
Opening Date of Application
Closing Date of Application
Application Round
11th June 2019
21st June 2019
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Award winning Ghanaian actress, Nana Ama McBrown has said that, she is not proud of the name Kumawood, a name often referred to movies produced in Kumasi in the Twi language.
The name also represents the Twi language-speaking movie industry. Many Ghanaians have constantly criticized the name.
According to the actress who is seen as the face of Kumawood, she feels the name is not right.
"When people say Kumawood movies, it sounds as if they are not Ghanaian movies, let's call them Ghana movies that way, I will feel proud because it is our own language," she told Amanda Jissih on Hitz FM.
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The Port of Los Angeles was designated a "climate action leader" by the California Action Registry for its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, officials announced Wednesday.
The port's 2009 greenhouse emission inventory was recognized by the California Climate Action Registry, a program that encourages early actions to reduce greenhouse gases.
The Port of Los Angeles was the first port in the country to include the impacts of greenhouse gases in environmental reviews for construction projects, officials said. Such reviews are now standard in port environmental reports.
"We believe that the port's example helps set a positive tone and a meaningful standard of energy efficiency for the shipping and transportation industries across the nation," said Sarah Stanner-Cranston, program director for California Climate Action Registry.
– Art Marroquin


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Another huge advantage is that solar energy can save you a lot of money on heaters, as it is cheaper than electric heating. Solar technology is really a definite advantage when you live in a remote area where there are no power lines. You will discover several different ways where solar energy can contribute to your savings and help power the electronics in your home. An exclusive process known as desalination allows the solar power to create fresh water from salt water. The salt water disappears when the solar energy is employed in this process leaving behind salt crystals. One more basin will be ready to keep the drinking water after it condenses.
The disadvantages haven't been disclosed just yet, and that is why you shouldn't just think that solar energy meets your needs because it may not be. The biggest disadvantage is that you need plenty of solar panels in order to utilize solar energy. Plus these collectors are fairly expensive, even though solar power is affordable, and they have to be maintained. Despite the fact that solar power is inexpensive, it may not be worth it to you, because with the price of the panels, you may not save enough to pay for your investment.
Sunlight can be temperamental and if you reside somewhere that doesn't receive too much sun it can be a big drawback to solar energy collection. The solar powered energy collection can be inadequate if there is cloudy weather or if it rains or snows. Minus enough sunshine for your solar collectors, it can be detrimental to how much you are able to save. If you are fortunate enough to live in a desert, you should not concern yourself with having enough sunlight.
Dependent on where you live, the days may be longer than different places and this is another disadvantage to check out. Having on-hand electricity at night can be something you should also become aware of. A back-up method, whether you want to use something battery powered, or your old electricity grid could be useful if you need electricity at night.
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Checking Out The Costs In Relation To Using Solar Energy For Your Home
Something I'm certain you're aware of is that switching to solar energy is something that is advantageous for our planet as well as your wallet, but plenty of folks don't know what costs are involved to get going. Although it is true that you will need to spend some cash upfront, with regards to the size of the system, and if you're willing to do things yourself, you will see that you are able to wind up saving money. The costs involved in creating a solar panel system is something we're going to be going over in this post to give you an idea of what you are able to expect.
While many individuals wind up going out and purchasing everything separately you will see that they do sell complete systems in order to make sure individuals have everything they have to get started. One thing I should point out is that when you purchase these complete systems, there is one thing that is not included and those are the batteries to be able to store the energy you do not use. The volume of batteries you're going to need is going to be with regards to the size of the solar panel system you plan on building and the quantity of electricity you end up using every day. You are going to want to invest in deep cycle batteries and you're going to discover that you will be able to find these just about anywhere and the cost is about $100 each.
While buying an entire system is a thing that can be quite useful, often they are far more expensive than purchasing the items separately and you are able to invest upwards to $19,000 on one of these ready to go systems. For about $300 you are going to be able to pick up a single solar panel that will provide you with 100 W of electricity, and how many you need depends on how large of a system you are building. A solar panel system of three or four panels may have the ability of decreasing your electricity bill substantially, and could in fact power a tiny home or mobile home for people that conserve their electricity. However should you have a four bedroom home and have four or five men and women living in your house, you might see that you will need a larger solar panel system comprised of 10 or 20 solar power panels.
A charge controller for the batteries and also a power inverter are two other items that you're going to have to purchase in order to use this electricity. Something you ought to understand is the fact that the power inverter that you need to have will be depending upon just how much electricity you'll be using and the larger the inverter the more they're going to cost.
For people who shop around and look for the best deals you are going to see that a small solar panel system of three or four panels will only end up costing you $1000 to $1500. You need to also bear in mind that it could be very expensive if this is something that you have to have somebody else install for you, and this will be an added expense on top of your initial investment.
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Here is a video production for the construction industry - we filmed it in London for NASC, the trade body for scaffolding and access work in the UK (NASC)
We provided a full service video production, including: scripting / storyboarding, filming, editing and motion graphics.
Filming three case studies separately and combining them into one final promotional video to be used for internal comms, AGM (annual general meeting event) and for online. We also added subtitles for easier viewing at the event and for watching on mobile devices whilst on the go.
Filmed with cinema lenses and high resolution camera, this video is a good blend between cinematic and corporate format (with the use of slow motion, blurry backgrounds and nice natural lighting) in a documentary style, with composed interview setups and talking heads video interviewers.
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A Phoenix woman was arrested Dec. 26 after she confessed to stealing a nearly $90,000 ring from a Peoria home she cleaned, court records show.
On Dec. 11, Martha Escobedo, 51, took a women's platinum diamond ring, appraised at $88,000, from a Peoria home near Union Hills Drive and 91st Avenue, court records show.
On Dec. 26, the ring's owner confronted Escobedo over the phone, prompting Escobedo to return to the home with the ring, records show.
Escobedo admitted to taking the diamond ring from the residence after police arrested her, court records show.
Escobedo was arrested on suspicion of theft and is due in court Jan. 10.
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Processes of photo-induced light scattering are studied in single crystals of LiNbO3:Fe to uncover the origin of a new part of the entire scattering pattern which can be observed on a viewing screen. The new scattering manifests itself as two arcs enclosing the directly transmitting pump beam. It is shown that this type of scattering is due to a parametric wave-mixing process of coherent optical noise and a pump beam on a combination of photorefractively recorded phase-gratings and photo-induced ferroelectric structures. Phase-matching conditions corresponding to the new scattering are introduced. All photo-induced scattering phenomena contributing to the total scattering pattern are discussed, compared and classified.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – All-rounder Rivaldo Clarke produced an outstanding performance to power hosts Barbados to their second straight win but Trinidad and Tobago stumbled to their second straight defeat, in the second round of the Regional Under-15 Championship here Friday.
Playing at 3W's Oval, the Barbadians got the better of Leeward Islands by 35 runs while the Trinidadians slumped to a seven-run loss to Guyana at Lucas Street, in the southern parish of St Philip.
At Crab Hill in the north of the island, Windward Islands grabbed their first victory when they downed Jamaica by eight wickets.
However, it was Clarke who took centre stage with his all-round heroics. Sent in, Barbados rattled up 192 for seven off their 50 overs with Clarke stroking 76 off 114 deliveries with eight fours.
The right-hander put on 70 for the second wicket with the left-handed Jacob Bethell who made 29.
Kenny Sutton (2-23) and Jaylen Francis (2-26) finished with two wickets apiece.
In reply, the Leewards were dismissed for 157 off 44 overs with off-spinner Clarke grabbing six for 28.
They were given a dashing start by Carlton Tuckett and Anderson Amurdan who staged a 69-run stand off just 86 deliveries.
Tuckett did the bulk of the scoring striking four boundaries in an attractive 54 off 90 balls while Amurdan made 15 from 34 deliveries.
Left-arm spinner Renacko Belgrave accounted for both but it was Clarke who sliced through the middle and lower order with a devastating spell, as the Leewards lost their last seven wickets for 44 runs.
T&T's poor form meanwhile continued as they failed to overahaul a target of 134 and were dismissed for 126.
Opener Kyle Roopchand top-scored with 37 off 86 balls with three fours but was the only one to pass 20 as the Trinidadians lost wickets steadily.
They were undone by new-ball bowler Sheldon Charles who claimed three for 24 while Andre Seepersaud picked up two for 12.
Sent in earlier, Guyana were lifted by Charles's top score of 42 as they were bowled out for 133 with two balls left in the innings.
Arriving at number six, he faced 84 balls and counted four boundaries before being last out.
Darren Samlal led Trinidad with four for 18 while Aneil Pitiram ended with three 30.
In the other game, Ackeem Auguste stroked 62 as Windward Islands chased down Jamaica's 133 all out to win in the 42nd over.
Sanjay Walker had earlier scored 35 and Jordan Johnson, 27, to lead Jamaica's batting.
At 3W's Oval: Barbados won by 35 runs.
BARBADOS 192 for seven off 50 overs (Rivaldo Clarke 76, Jacob Bethell 29; Kenny Sutton 2-23, Jaylen Francis 2-26)
LEEWARD ISLANDS 157 all out of 44 overs (Carlton Tuckett 54, Rasheed Henry 37; Rivaldo Clarke 6-28)
At Lucas Street: Guyana won by seven runs.
GUYANA 133 off 49.4 overs (Sheldon Charles 42; Darren Samlal 4-18, Aneil Pitiram 3-30)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 126 off 49.3 overs (Kyle Roopchand 37; Sheldon Charles 3-24, Andre Seepersaud 2-12)
At Crab Hill: Windwards won by eight wickets.
JAMAICA 133 off 40.1 overs (Sanjay Walker 35, Jordon Johnson 27, Shemar Phillips 21; Kervyn Gangadeen 3-25, Udell Preville 2-16)
WINDWARDS 134 for two off 41.1 overs (Ackeem Auguste 62


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