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Brain Drain: Replacing the Exodus of Retiring Risk Managers
Henry Good remembers when longevity mattered. An independent risk management consultant whose career spanned 35 years at Rohm & Haas, 20 as director of insurance, Good felt the trust and respect he received from the C-suite were the direct result of that longevity. "They knew me and I knew them," he says.
That same trust was not afforded his replacement, whom Good says did not have the same influence on decisions that he had. "He was an unknown, even though he came from within the company." Good says this is typical of how risk managers are viewed by the corporate upper echelon. Trust and respect is earned, not part of the job description.
Good's experience is one that is about to play out all across corporate America as baby boomers, who started retiring in 2011, head for the exit in droves. With more than 78 million boomers taking their knowledge and on-the-job skill sets with them as they leave, the risk management function is facing a serious brain drain.
How Serious?
The severity of the problem depends on who is doing the talking. Despite the decade-plus of discussions and alarms being sounded throughout corporate America, there are those who do not believe the problem is all that serious. A 2003 Wharton School study titled "Will There Really Be a Labor Shortage?" suggests that the expected loss of labor overall is exaggerated. The study also suggests that "employers may well face new and more difficult challenges in recruiting and hiring than previous generations faced. But the challenges have to do with changes in the employment relationship that increase retention problems, not a shortfall of workers caused by demographic changes."
A February 2012 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) seems to suggest something different. The BLS states that, by 2020, there will be 10.5 million more members of the U.S. labor force. However, between 2010 and 2020, the BLS predicts a total of 54.8 million job openings, over 60% of which will be the result of current workers retiring or otherwise permanently leaving the workforce.
The news gets a bit more grim. The same BLS report predicts that in four out of five occupations, the openings due to replacement needs will exceed the number due to growth, and that all occupations will have replacement needs.
For the insurance industry, the need may be even greater. A 2007 study by the professional services firm Deloitte revealed that 88% of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) members were 40 years of age or older, along with 70% of company adjusters. Life agents over the age of 45 made up 60% of the industry's workforce.
No matter whose estimates are to be believed, the boomers will soon make a large impact on the economy. A recent study from the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank suggests that an anticipated shift from buying to selling stock by the boomers could lead to a drop in real stock prices of 13%, with relatively no uptick in their levels until 2027.
What Is Leaving
From a corporate standpoint, there is more being lost than risk management expertise. According to Good, businesses will lose something just as vital: the wealth of skills that many risk managers learn over time—something that cannot be taught in a classroom.
This is because, he says, risk managers too often create an uneasy relationship with the broker community. They rely on broker advice as a sole source of information, which he says breeds an unhealthy level of dependency.
With more than 78 million boomers taking their knowledge and on-the-job skill sets with them as they leave, the risk management function is facing a serious brain drain.
Good sees how this can develop, as he entered his risk management position in 1988 with virtually no mentoring. The risk manager he replaced was transferring to a position in London and the plan was to transition the duties and all the job particulars over to Good during the Christmas holidays.
But that was before the outgoing risk manager boarded Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded due to a terrorist attack over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, killing all passengers. Suddenly, Good found himself without a mentor, without the historical knowledge of the job and no idea where or how to start.
Luckily for Good, the transition had already begun. He had already attended a conference with his predecessor and made acquaintances with some of the very people who would later come to his aid when he was flying solo.
Most experts agree that relationships are the most precarious when experienced risk managers depart. Not just client relationships, but also those among upper management and staff members can be affected. Carla O'Dell, CEO and chief knowledge expert at APQC in Houston, says the smart companies start planning well in advance of any key person's departure. Some of her client companies recognized the problem and started planning for what she calls the "big crew change" around the same time they were preparing for Y2K.
Stephen Clarke saw it coming, too. As vice president of ISO's commercial properties division in Jersey City, New Jersey, Clarke says identifying and monitoring emerging issues are what ISO does best. "The issue first came on our radar screen 10 or more years ago."
Getting companies to recognize the importance of the knowledge drain is key. Lauren Trees, APQC's knowledge specialist, believes companies already understand the value of their most knowledgeable employees. "Why do we pay someone with 20 years of experience more than the new hire? The market recognizes that tacit experiential knowledge."
Yet ironically, some companies are still failing to fully recognize the worth that experienced workers can bring to the company. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), age discrimination complaints or charges filed increased from 16,585 in 2005 to 23,465 in 2011.
Jay Cannon, assistant vice president and manager of FM Global's SimZone Center in Norwood, Massachusetts, has witnessed this lack of realization for some time. He thinks the role of the dedicated risk manager is in jeopardy. He sees a wealth of knowledge that has been leeching from companies in the last 20 years as a result of outsourcing, and he fears the same for risk management. "As they retire, companies will rethink whether they need to have an individual devoted to this or can they treat it like a commodity," says Cannon. "We'll treat buying insurance like buying supplies; maybe give it to someone within finance or treasury. I think you will see fewer true risk managers."
Cannon has watched as risk departments that once comprised dozens of people are now run by only a few individuals at most. And there may be no one to replace those people when they do depart. "The number of entry-level jobs just aren't there anymore," he says. "Companies wanting to be more competitive want someone to walk in the door and jump right in with minimal guidance and training. It's not that simple."
What Companies Can Do
Clarke says that mentoring programs can help less-experienced risk professionals understand what he calls elements of a correct decision. This is what mentors should be teaching up-and-coming risk managers. "If they understand your thought process in arriving at a decision, that stacks the deck in your favor."
He says risk management can make the most impact with what he calls stories from the trenches: experiences that are tough to put into a workshop environment. Understanding where issues come up, particularly if it has happened in the past, and how the company solved it then and now, Clarke says, helps risk managers learn key thought processes.
He says education is fine, but should not be the only requirement for the job. "Education works very well in black-and-white situations and maybe even in a little bit of grey. But given the complexities of today's business model— with black, white, grey and every other color, pattern and style out there—you need to be able to experience it firsthand."
All the experts agree that personal interaction is important. Good believes that personal interaction builds what he thinks is one of the more essential characteristics of a risk manager: courage. Clarke illustrates why courage is needed. "It's the first time you're across the table from someone, if it's a tense negotiation or a claims settlement or underwriting issue, it's experiencing how those things are handled that will help you handle them in the future."
It is not just mentoring and personal interaction that makes the difference. Good suggests companies look for candidates from within and do so while there is still someone senior there to train the newcomer. He says the best scenario would be for risk managers to have a financial background, and for companies to give risk managers a rotation of positions in order to gain the experience in several key business areas. "Also, you need strong support of the people working for you," he says. "You need to have the right broker for the right reasons."
He also suggests that risk managers learn their companies. For that, he says risk managers should be calling on people within the company to explain the intricacies of their jobs and the concerns they have to face in their jobs. In training staff, Good says that risk managers should be mentored in their primary responsibilities, but also taught to team with operations staff and attend conferences, manager training and sales meetings to further understand the business.
Knowledge capturing is not rocket science, but it takes planning. O'Dell has seen companies generally take one of three approaches when trying to capture the knowledge. First is the brain dump: the putting off of any action until someone is ready to leave then transferring only a small portion of the knowledge. Second, she says, is the implementation of knowledge-sharing systems that allow people to share what they know about solving real problems. To her mind, this is the best solution. "You hear about knowledge they have based on judgment and isn't written down because no one ever asked that question that way before," she says.
Third, O'Dell says companies are also hiring back their retiring talent as consultants. This can also work in cases where the remaining staff is not up to speed on the job and needs the additional mentoring by the retired person. In fact, she says, mentoring programs, apprenticeships and special assignments where people can learn skills on the job are good ways to pass on the knowledge.
Day of Reckoning
Sometimes a recession can be a good thing, and in this case it may give unprepared companies a huge break. According to a 2011 Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies report, 40% of workers surveyed expect to work beyond their intended retirement date. Another 39% say that they intend to be on the job past 70 years of age.
What that means for the risk management community is opportunity. "One of the things the great recession did was defer that day of reckoning," says Clarke. "If you missed it the first time around, you have one of those rare second chances to try to address such a critical business issue."
While this deferment may help, knowledge transfer cannot be done overnight. Companies will soon begin losing decades of expert knowledge if they fail to act.
According to Clarke, a mentoring program will work best, and companies are wise to implement them now. "You have that second chance," he said. "That silver tsunami is about to hit and if you haven't already put some contingencies into place, there's not much time left."
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You left out one important aspect of this so-called "brain drain"! And that is the fact that the "baby-boomers" will also retire with a work ethic and a moral compass that the replacements will not have nor understand. That, will breed far more problems than competency issues…….
I'm a member of the tail end of the "baby boomers" born in 1963. What work ethic and moral compass? Since we have been in power over the last 20 years, we have spent every penny of our retirement savings (social security) and we want the next generation to pay for it. Self- congratulation is all well and good. Were was the moral compass in the 60's? Were was it when we spent our children's future so that we wouldn't have to face and make tough decisions.
This article is right on target. It is exactly what I have been preaching to my boss and anyone else who will listen. The short supply of risk managers is exacerbated by thin staffs with nobody in the ranks to step up. I am fortunate enough to have a staff of two, but they are baby boomers as well. My boss has gone along with my succession plan which has consisted of hiring an intern and keeping him once he graduates as the future of the department.
Excellent article! I am a retired Risk Manager with 47 years of experience in both public and private sectors. I have accepted several interim/temporary assignments since retiring and am vitally interested in promoting risk management and helping to develop young, upcoming risk managers.
I am a retired risk manager with 47 years experience in both public and private sectors. I have accepted several interim /temporary assignments in the past year and am very excited about mentoring young risk managers and helping to promote the science and the art of risk management.
Really good article and I feel it is on point. A business that pays over 300K in premium is not getting the right information to manage risk solely from their broker. It takes years of experience and perseverance when things don't go well and a business needs to rely on a Risk Manager. The old saying is that you should never negotiate on your own behalf and that is another value of the Risk Manager. Hiring an MBA is not the solution. Most MBA's are of a privileged class and have neither work experience nor a work ethic to find real solutions. Just look at our government. Yes, it might be old school to learn by doing but the results will be there when applied.
It's an universal phenomenon because large employers prefer it. CFO's tenure is 5-7 years, and other C-suite people face similar attrition. Despite the the talk about the cost of recruitment and fit of new staff, companies manage their work force to hit earnings targets and use the "employment at fill" to get rid of people who don't fit in. I had the same boss for 11 years at one firm, but at the last firm, 3 bosses in 3 years.
There is no brain drain . . . knowledge has been commodisized to be traded around for money, and long tenure is now much of luck than skill. If the next management layer churns, you'll churn also – – you'll won't survive the next boss who didn't hire you, mentored you or otherwise invested in you.
Tony Manero, you are 100% bang on. The point you made about you "won't survive the next boss who didn't hire you, mentored you or otherwise invested in you", happen to me. The company was struggling financially, the CFO was looking for ways to reduce expenses, I was an older experienced risk manager, being paid for my knowledge, skills and experience and he figured that the broker could do the same work as I was doing for less money. So the churning started. The one good thing for the company was that I had started the succession planning before all of this went down, so there was a person who could take my position in a matter of a few years. That CFO is no long there, and to your point he spent 5-7 years with the company and moved on to his next 5-7 year tender. I do endorse the mentoring for all employees. I had great mentors over the years and it is because of them that I still consult in the risk management community and love ever minute of it.
Great article that prove strong companies are strong planners and do ethical risk management


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Colorado Springs cyclist David Nice will embark on a 2,500-mile journey in October to raise money for the local nonprofit — all on a fixed-gear bicycle and all in 20 days or less. Fixed-gear bicycles, often called fixies, operate with only one gear and no ability to coast, making the journey a pretty amazing feat considering the variety of terrain Nice will encounter.
But if anyone is up for the challenge, it's Nice. In 2012, he completed a 2,800-mile off-road ride along the Continental Divide in 33 days, also on a fixed-gear bicycle.
"I've been on several big, long adventures and it really felt like it was time to leverage that to raise some money and support a good cause," says Nice, who is affectionately known in the community as "Fixie Dave."
His charity ride will begin in Chicago and follow Route 66 to the Santa Monica pier in California. He hopes to raise $15,000 for Kids on Bikes before and during his ride this fall.
He'll cover all of his costs on the journey and will travel as inexpensively as possible, which means staying at campsites, sleeping in motels or maybe even sleeping under the stars on the side of the road for a night or two. The October travel dates may make the beginning of the ride a bit brisk, but it will certainly be helpful once he hits Arizona and California.
Nice is enthusiastic about supporting Kids on Bikes, which works to foster healthful, active lifestyles in kids by getting them into cycling and encouraging them to keep it going into adulthood.
"I am really passionate about bikes and I love how Kids on Bikes inspires a passion for being outside and a sense of independence in kids," Nice says.
Kids on Bikes has been working hard to promote cycling in the community by sponsoring weekly rides for families in the warmer months, helping kids in need get bikes of their own, remodeling the newly named PopCycle Bridge in north Monument Valley Park and opening a downtown community cycling center.
Through his own unique contribution, Nice is optimistic he'll help the nonprofit further its mission for kids.
Anyone interested in following or supporting Fixie Dave's latest adventure can find him on Facebook (/FixieDave) or his Flipcause funding page, bit.do/fixiedave.

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I have recently taken up running. It started out as a means to weight loss but it has become a means for me to escape, take time for myself, and feel proud of myself for accomplishing something.
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This past weekend, we finally made a trip up to Canada to see Jeremy's completed grave stone (I may blog more about this later). It's been done for a month and a half now and we haven't been able to get up there before now and it's been tearing at me. I'm so glad we finally got to go see it. It doesn't feel right for something to be done for/about/in honor of him and not be a part of it, because he's a part of me.
I'm always so glad to get up there. Not just to Jeremy's grave (although I strangely look forward to going, perhaps because I know I can't just go anytime and I feel Jer there) but I really ache when I'm away too long. I miss Jeremy's family. My family. I miss his presence that's always in the midst of whatever we're doing there. I miss the familiar smells, faces, and places that are just him. They are not associated with anyone else.
I noticed something happening this trip though. It's happened once or twice before, randomly, but it always catches me off guard and leaves me frustrated and on the verge of tears.
I started to forget.
It's small things. This weekend, while sitting around during our ritual late night conversation filled with inappropriate jokes and bodily sounds (very Jeremy-esque), I suddenly heard in my head the sound of Jeremy burping. Ya know, that manly burp that's loud and obnoxious - he was always so proud of it. Well, he used to try to burp the alphabet and see how far he could get, or more often, he would burp "Ralph Forfar" - don't ask me why. But for a split second, I couldn't remember that name. His sisters had to help me remember, while I choked back tears for forgetting.
It seems trivial and silly, but anyone who has lost someone close understands how scary it can be when pieces of the ones you love start slipping. You suddenly forget the feeling of them next to you, just for a moment, and it scares you half to death. Or you can't remember the name of that one place you went to together, or exactly what started that inside joke. Or for me, not remembering the exact phrase that Jeremy used to repeat all the time from a french cartoon he watched as a kid. It was the only french he could remember and he recalled it anytime someone asked him if knew French (cause apparently all Canadians are supposed to). I can hear the inflection in my head. I can see his facial expressions. But the piece left me for awhile and made me angry with tears every time I tried to remember it.
It taps into my biggest fear: people forgetting Jeremy. If I can't remember a detail about Jeremy and I was closest person to him, who's to say others won't forget things too? Obvious, that's an irrational thought, but grief is not rational. It plays with your every emotion, every insecurity, every fear. It sneaks up and rearranges every puzzle piece you've tried to put back together in your life only to change the picture that was on the puzzle to begin with. The pieces never fit back together like they used to and when the pieces you've held onto the tightest start slipping, it threatens the very breath and life of you.
My only comfort in these moments are focusing on the things I do remember. The things I will NEVER forget. And the things that are only mine. Ours. I'll carry those with me in my heart wherever I go til the day I die.
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Grief is always in season
I feel that time coming on.
The weeks leading up to Jeremy's death.
The march.
It feels corny to call it that, and I have to admit I've been resisting it. Because truthfully, I have no reason to complain. Life is good. I have an incredible family, a wonderful loving husband, a beautiful home, and great friends.
But, I feel the hole that can never be filled.
I didn't really realize what it was at first because I was trying to focus on being thankful. But I felt sluggish, tired, emotional about everything, unmotivated....not really wanting to participate in life right now. But the more Steve and I talked through it, the easier I recognized it as grief rearing its ugly head. It makes sense because I held on to all those days before Jeremy died - trying to remember every detail and holding on to every piece. I remember my last October with him. And now, I feel him closer than usual from remembering all those little details I've locked into my heart to never forget.
The distinctly annoying characteristic about grief is that it's always in season. No matter how much I want it to go away, it never goes out of style. There may be days, weeks, or even months when it's more obvious than others but it never really disappears. It follows me around to creep up on me at any given moment.
In the bedtime stories that I remember him reading to the kids.
In a silly chord progression in a hymn at church that he loved to sing.
In the smell of fall.
In the talk of applesauce that Caleb wants to bring as a snack to school.
In a situation where I need his particular advice.
In a photo of Tom Hardy that a friend posted on his FB page that looks eerily like him.
I can't escape it. I stopped trying to. I've learned to embrace, yes embrace, this time and soak up the moments when Jeremy feels close to me. Even if it's painful.
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social media, grief, and letting go...
It's taken me 4 months, 1 week, and 5 days to do it....
I finally changed my Facebook status to 'married to Steve Cunningham' instead of 'married to Jeremy King'.
I realize that this was well overdue. I also realize in most circumstances, this probably would seem very strange, but for some reason, this was a very difficult change for me to make. Steve and I had talked about it many times - he didn't want to push me to do anything I wasn't ready to do, and I didn't feel right changing it OR leaving it the same. I even needed to make sure I ran it by Jer's mom first, to make sure she knew it was coming and to just hear that it was ok to feel so much stress about this silly little change.
The truth is, this was a new facet of grief I hadn't faced yet. And though it seems simple enough, it was hard for me to publicly admit that I am no longer Jeremy's wife (yes, I know I will always be his wife, but I can't be on FB anymore). I am so proud to be Steve's wife, but announcing that in a silly social network forum meant letting go in some weird way of Jeremy. It also meant that people looking for our story wouldn't easily find Jeremy on Facebook through me and visa versa. But knowing Steve had spent his previous marriage in a relationship with someone who didn't even want to acknowledge him, I knew it was important for Steve to understand how much I adore him and how honored I am to be his wife. And Facebook won't let me be married to them both (I know, the nerve!)
Sometimes I really hate letting go. But as Taryn so beautifully stated in her earlier post this week, "it isn't this horrible phrase consisting of forgetting those you love more than yourself...it allows you to love them even more and grasp the immense amount of love still out there "
I am here today because of the love Jeremy taught me, and I get the privilege of paying that fierce love forward in my relationship with Steve. So, I continue to love Jeremy more while grasping the immense love I have now. That is a decision I feel good about.
And I can't help but wonder if grief before social networks was a little less complicated...
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2nd Annual Memorial Pheasant Hunt
I never seem to have time to get on to post much more these days. It's like I have a house full of kids or something. Oh, wait...
Anyway, I wanted to take a minute to post the pictures from this weekend. Some of Jeremy's dearest friends hosted the 2nd Annual "All the King's Men" Jeremy King Memorial Pheasant Hunt. It was a beautiful day, and I continued to be humbled at the ways people remember and honor Jeremy. My biggest fear is that people will forget his life, his legacy, and the mark he made of the world and those around him. But my heart feels at peace surrounded by those he loved when we continue to remember. With this crowd, I know he won't be forgotten.
Anyway, I wanted to take a minute to post the pictures from this weekend. Some of Jeremy's dearest friends hosted the 2nd Annual "All the King's Men" Jeremy King Memorial Pheasant Hunt. It was a beautiful day, and I continued to be humbled at the ways people remember and honor Jeremy. My biggest fear is that people will forget his life, his legacy, and the mark he made of the world and those around him. But my heart feels at peace surrounded by those he loved when we continue to remember. With this crowd, I know he won't be forgotten.
The men who hunted - including Jer's dad, best friend from Canada, and people all across the board who knew him or knew of him.
Jer's best friend, Andy. Such a great guy, and I'm so glad he could make it!
Even my dad came out to hunt, which was very special.
My aunt Nancy, Uncle Rex, and Dad :)
All the beautiful kids who came out for the yummy food!
I love the way Steve continues to support and honor Jeremy as well. What a guy!
My momma King. Don't know what I'd do without her.
Thank you to everyone who participated (including those who came just for lunch and those who helped prepare food) - you'll never know how grateful I am to see Jeremy's legacy live on.
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Christine L. Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project, credited the persistence of workers and supporters for influencing the outcome.
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Fatmata Jabbie, 21, a single mother of two who makes $8.80 an hour as a cashier at the Alexandria Walmart store in Northern Virginia, said she had long requested to work 40 hours a week so she could afford new clothes and diapers for her toddler. But last week, she was assigned just 26 hours, and she has worked as few as 18. Her weekly take-home pay sometimes falls below $200, a figure she did not expect to increase by much.
"It will have a bit of an effect," said Ms. Jabbie, who has worked at Walmart about a year. "But unless they give us more hours, it's not going to be very much."
After the pay increases, the average full-time hourly wage at Walmart will be $13, while the average part-time hourly wage will be $10. And by February 2016, current hourly workers would earn at least $10. Walmart's work force of 1.3 million is split evenly between full-time and part-time workers, it said, and that ratio will not change.
Holly Sklar, chief executive of the Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a group of business leaders pressing to raise the minimum wage, called for further pay increases.
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Nevertheless, in addressing other major complaints from workers, Walmart said it would work to make scheduling easier and more predictable and would improve employee training. Together with the wage increases, Walmart is investing $1 billion more in its employees, the retailer said.
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The company on Thursday beat profit estimates for the fourth quarter, reporting earnings of $1.61 a share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had forecast earnings of $1.53 a share.
Walmart's revenue was slightly lower than forecast, at $131.57 billion, compared with an estimate of $132.36 billion.
Closely watched comparable-store sales for the quarter, or sales at Walmart stores that have been open more than a year, rose 1.5 percent, above estimates of 0.7 percent. Walmart also recorded its first increase in shopper traffic in over two years, and it credited lower gasoline prices and milder weather. The fiscal quarter, which ended Jan. 30, is considered crucial for retailers because it includes the holiday season sales.
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Alcott's classic 'Little Women' enjoys new life as a contemporary musical
Ticket sales for "Little Women" had already been brisk from the buzz: The Louisa May Alcott classic children's book turned Broadway musical stars Maureen McGovern and Kate Fisher, and kicks off a 32-city tour right here in San Diego.
But tickets are even harder to come by now.
The show, which was set to open Tuesday, was postponed due to set damage caused by the fire at the San Diego Civic Theatre on Aug. 18.
"In the worst cliche in the world, 'the show must go on' is appropriate in this case," said Joe Kobryner, general manager of Broadway/San Diego, the organization that brings touring Broadway programs to town.
And the show will go on -- it opens Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Theatre and runs through the weekend.
"Little Women" is the story of the four young March sisters, trying to find their place in the world while their father is off at war. Though set in Civil War-era New England, the tale hits close to home for San Diegans, many of whom await the return of loved ones serving in the Middle East.
But Director Susan Schulman says the musical will likely resonate with contemporary audiences in other ways.
"I don't think a woman trying to raise her daughters by herself is quaint or old fashioned," said Schulman. "Certainly there are many single mothers today."
Alcott's classic novel was originally published in 1869, at a time when women had clearly defined roles. "Little Women" has never been out of print, and one reason the book has remained so popular -- especially among adolescent girls -- is that protagonist Jo struggles with the still topical questions of autonomy, marriage and career.
"Jo has become such a character to live through the ages because she was well ahead of time, in what she was striving for and the kind of independence and security she wanted to get for herself," Schulman said. "She didn't think she could have a career and a home, and a marriage and children. Of course, women face this every day today. How do they manage all of that, can they have it all? What is acceptable, what is not acceptable?"
For the touring production, Katie Fisher steps into the pivotal role of Jo, played on Broadway by Sutton Foster. Fisher played Cosette in Broadway and touring productions of "Les Miserables."
"We were very fortunate with Katie Fisher," said Schulman. "She's just fearless, which we adore. She's very funny, and she has the ability to really envelope this character."
But the story isn't just appealing to "little women." The universal themes encompass "the stuff of families, the stuff of life," said Maureen McGovern, who reprises her role as matriarch Marmee.
"To find a great story these days is really hard," she said. "This is a classic, quintessential coming of age story for anyone who's ever had dream and had to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and go forward. It's very inspiring."
Over her 33-year career, McGovern, the ultimate crossover artist, has recorded a dozen albums covering a range of styles, from jazz, blues and swing to classical, folk and pop.
"What I love about Marmee's character is she's sort of the best of all our mothers," McGovern said. "The challenge is to make her not saccharine, not one-dimensional.
"She's both parents. In her songs she shows vulnerability, but otherwise she has to be the strength. But she also has a wicked sense of humor, she's fair and compassionate."
McGovern also gets two of the most powerful, moving songs in the show, which features a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and music by Jason Howland. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for the role in the Broadway production.
"I love the role, love the piece," McGovern said. "Mindi Dickstein and Jason Howland have given me two of the most gorgeous songs I could imagine singing in theater."
The musical gives audiences an opportunity to get reacquainted with old friends or discover the story for the first time. Those who are familiar with Alcott's book won't be surprised by the condensed stage version -- the main plot points are still there -- but they may be "very surprised at how much fun it is, and how romantic it is," said Schulman.
"The show has a lot of true emotion in it and a lot of honest sentiment," she said. "There's so much joy and passion in the character of Jo, so much humor. It's a great entertainment value. And you do leave theater feeling better."
PROGRAM: "Little Women," directed by Susan Schulman
Organization: Broadway/San Diego
Tickets: $17-$63
Dates: Through Sunday
Show times: Tonight at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1 and 6 p.m.
Location: San Diego Civic Theatre, 202 C St., downtown
More information: (619) 570-1100, www.broadwaysd.com


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Dave has had to work the overnight shift on his birthday for three out of the last four years.
The first year, I took peach cupcakes across the bridge to Camden and then watched as my medical student helped a very pregnant woman into a wheelchair.
"Is this your first child?" he asked her.
"First three, yes," she said.
I waved goodbye to the newly 24 year old with the terrified look on his face as he scurried off to handle the forthcoming triplets.
Last year, he was just switching to overnights. This meant that if I took the day off from work we could spend it together, because he hadn't yet fallen into the nocturnal rhythm of the rotation.
Last year, we had just moved to New York. This meant that we were itching to try new things in the city; and also, that nearly everything in the city was new to us.
Last year, we had just started getting adjusted to his residency schedule. This meant that a day together felt like fucking Christmas. (But not residency Christmas, because you work then. And not Jewish Christmas, because that doesn't involve presents or Jesus. So, ok, that was officially the worst simile ever.)
Anyway, the point is, all of these circumstances led to us celebrating Dave's birthday by swinging on a trapeze on the roof of a building overlooking the Hudson River. It was kind of gorgeous but mostly terrifying ("Check out that girl shaking," people would say when I was up on the platform, knees banging together, refusing to jump.) Our post-class Shake Shack cheese fries were arguably the best part of the day. No, the best part of the day was triumphantly somersaulting down from the net after I landed the first catch of the class (the shaking girl pulled it off!) or maybe walking along the river in the sun or probably just being together, but still. No need to face your greatest fear just to commemorate your significant others' birthday, you know?
So this year, I wised up. I took the day off but we made plans only to sleep in, laze about in bed and walk to midtown for a nice little lunch.
I think it was our best celebration yet.
So happy 27th to that guy who's been my greatest happiness for the last six August 20ths. I love you, day and night.


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Five marvellous details from the new Moonrise Kingdom poster
Friday March 9th 2012
Wes Anderson's peerlessly symmetrical new movie Moonrise Kingdom (his first live-action feature in five years) has just been confirmed as the opening film at this year's Cannes Film Festival — a sort of bubbly appetiser for what will inevitably be yet another fortnight of misery and torture. A stunning new poster for the film has also been unveiled, and in super high resolution to boot. Here are five lovely details from this glorious work of art:
A noble deer in a wooded area.
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Charlemagne Palestine was born in Brooklyn NYC in 1947. He is a sound artist, composer, performer, video artist and installation artist. Palestine studied at New York University, Columbia University, Mannes College of Music, and the California Institute of the Arts.
A contemporary of Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Phill Niblock, and Tony Conrad; Palestine creates intense, ritualistic, continuum music for electronic sound sources, bell carillons, pipe organs, pianos, voice and other keyboard instruments since the sixties. A composer-performer originally trained to be a cantor, and then a carillonneur; he always performs his own works as soloist. His electronic continuums were his first major pieces. He early on began developing sonorities especially with large numbers of electronic sound oscillators and filters developed by Moog, Buchla, Serge, Arp and Oberheim. These sonorities lasted from several hours to days exploring slow gradual timbral color transformations and beat tone variations creating what he termed his "Golden Sonorities" or the search for the Golden Sound. His continuum form "Strumming" for amplified pianos, develops harmonies, dissonances and clusters with a visceral physical force that pushes the sonic limits of a piano till it no longer resembles one, even often naturally detunes from the force and becomes a new kind of multi spectrum electro-acoustic sound emitting machine. His favorite pianos are the 9 foot long Bösendorfer Imperial which has 9 tones lower than any other piano in the world and the Borgato which is a grand piano with 2 bodies; one played with the hands and one with the feet.
His "Schlingen Blängens", a sonic continuums form for pipe organs where like in alchemy all the different and varied timbral registers of a traditional church or theatre organ are merged and developed searching for the Golden Sound, using a unique continuum key prolonging technique that allows Palestine to create works developing hundreds to thousands of nuances of organ timbres becoming a massive magical sonorous vibrating storm cloud that interacts with the architecture of each church or theatre edifice. As a vocalist in his epic 2 hour long Karenina he sings in a haunting ghostlike countertenor falsetto register and in other works like his sound/motion videos he sings long tones with gradually shifting vowels and overtones while moving through spaces and places while performing repetitive intense shamanic body action rituals such as throwing himself against walls; running and falling in labyrinthal spaces; singing on high speed motorbikes or while on roller coasters and other amusement park intense motion rides.
Palestine stopped performing from the early eighties till the mid nineties and devoted himself entirely to his forms of plush animal divinity altars as multi-media sculptures and installations. These altars are always an integral ingredient in Palestine's performances. Since his return to performing Palestine has reissued works from the sixties and seventies on CD and vinyl, created and recorded many new works and has collaborated and recorded with other musicians such as Pansonic, Simone Forti, Tony Conrad, Rhys Chatham, Perlonex, Gol, among others. He now performs regularly in venues and festivals as well as presenting his multimedia installations worldwide. Charlemagne lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
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Disadvantage Arsenal as Another attacker confirmed ruled out of Everton game
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Armenia international Henrikh Mkhitaryan is a doubt for Arsenal's Premier League game against Everton on Sunday.
The midfielder played the full 90 minutes in the Gunners' 4-2 Europa League win over Vorskla Poltava but damaged his right ankle.
Arsenal said he is currently being assessed ahead of Sunday's match.
Arsenal injuries
Lucas Torreira is a doubt after suffering a knock in the Europa League win against FC Vorskla, while left-back Sead Kolasinac and Ainsley Maitland-Niles are on the road to recovery following their long-term injuries.
Long-term absentee Laurent Koscielny is back in light training, while Carl Jenkinson remains out with an ankle injury.
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