The current crisis has had a devastating effect on the performing arts. Broadwayhas shut down, and the ban on gatherings in New Yorkextends to all other performance spaces as well. So the show must go onlineand, luckily, streaming video makes that possible. Here are some of the best theater, opera, dance and cabaret performances you can watch today without leaving home, many of which will help you support the artists involved.

Events that go live today are at the top of the list; be sure to scroll down past the daily listings to find major events that you can still stream for alimited time and, below that, a bonus section of videos that have no expiration date. We update this page every day, so please feel free to bookmark it and check back. (Refresh the bookmark every week or so for optimal use.)

Past casts of Hairspray sing You Cant Stop The BeatNowIf youve been feeling less than your best, watch this four-minute video of one of the great Broadway feel-good songs of all time: You Cant Stop the Beat, the triumphantly peppy and defiant finale of Hairspray. The video is a massive undertaking, with more than 150 actors, dancers and musicians contributing from homestarting with Tracy originators Ricki Lake and Marissa Jaret Winokur and eventually including (among many others) Harvey Fierstein, Michael Ball, Matthew Morrison, Darlene Love, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Jackie Hoffman, Billy Eichner, Randy Rainbow, Andrew Rannells, Kerry Butler, Laura Bell Bundy, Sean Hayes, Kristin Chenoweth, Teri Hatcher, Bruce Vilanch, Garrett Clayton, Ephraim Sykes, Keala Settle, Alex Newell, Maddie Baillio, Nikki Blonsky,choreographer Jerry Douglas and songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. It pulls out all the stops, and it's unbeatable.

Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray | Photograph: Paul Kolnik

Plays in the House: Candida2pm EDT / 7pm BST (available for four days)Twice a week, the invaluable Stars in the House series, which usually features interviews and musical interludes (see 8pm below), presents live performances of plays in their entirety. Previous efforts, including The Heidi Chronicles, The Tale of the Allergists Wife and Fuddy Meers, have come off smashingly. Now the series welcomes Gingold Theatrical Group's supremely cultivated David Staller, who specializes in works by George Bernard Shaw, for a reading of the Bearded Ones 1894 comedy about a marriage threatened by a dishy young poet. The starry cast, directed by Staller, is led by Rene Elise Goldsberry, Santino Fontana and Andrew Keenan-Bolger as the sides of the main romantic triangle; they are joined by Andra Burns, Jay O. Sanders and Michael Benjamin Washington. (Unlike other Stars in the House offerings, this will only be available for four days after the live broadcast.)

Rene Elise Goldsberry | Photograph: Courtesy of the artist

English National Ballet: Nora2pm EDT / 7pm BST (available for 48 hours)This weeks free ENB offering, choreographed by the companys Stina Quagebeur, is a ballet inspired by Henrik Ibsens 1879 protfeminist social drama, A Dolls House, in which a bourgeois Norwegian woman walks out on her family with a decisive (and once divisive) slam of the door. Crystal Costa plays Nora and Jeffrey Cirio is her husband, Torvald; the music is by Philip Glass. The piece premiered in 2019 as part of She Persisted, a triple bill of works by women.

Nora | Photograph: Laurent Liotardo

How to Survive the End of the World2pm EDT / 7pm BSTEllaRose Chary and Brandon James Gwinns original musical short, created in quarantine, concerns a young woman who obsessively rewatches old video messages from her dead brother, and whose interactions even with the living now take place only in a virtual space. The cast comprises Hannah Cruz, Dylan Hartwell, Greg Sullivan and Ellen Winter, who recorded their parts from their homes.

Dylan Hartwell | Photograph: Jeff Mills

Martha Graham Dance Company: Letter to the World2:30pm EDT / 7:30pm BST (live only)The queen of modern dance's legacy lives on. In this edition of its Martha Matinee series on YouTube, the company that bears her name takes a deep dive into Grahams 1940 Letter to the World (immortalized in Barbara Grahams iconic photograph), which explores the inner life of the American poet, recluse and dash enthusiast Emily Dickinson. The company is showing the first half of the piece this week, and will air the second next week; both installments include footage of the original cast with Graham, Erick Hawkins and Merce Cunningham and a 1972 revival with Pearl Lang. Artistic director Janet Eilber is on hand for live Q&A during the group watch, joined by Graham archivist Oliver Tobin and other guests. (The program will be screened again on Saturday at 2:30pm, with a new live discussion.)

Martha Graham in Letter to the World | Photograph: Barbara Morgan

Linda Lavin with Billy Stritch3pm EDT / 8pm BSTMost recently seen on Broadway in 2016s Our Mother's Brief Affair, stage actor extraordinaire Lavin is perhaps still best known to general audiences as the title character of the 1970s sitcom Alice. In this weekly at-home set, the 82-year-old performer returns to her musical-theater roots, with her regular musical director, the accomplished Billy Stritch, at her actual piano. (As luck would have it, they live in the same building.)

Linda Lavin | Photograph: Cliff Lipson

Maries Crisis Virtual Piano Bar4pm9:30pm EDT / 9pm-2:30am BSTThe beloved West Village institution keeps the show tunes rolling merrily along every night of the week. Read all about it here. Join the Maries Group page on Facebook to watch from home, and dont forget to tip the pianist and staff through Venmo. Tonights scheduled pianists are Drew Wutke (@DrewWutke) and Kenney Green (@KenneyGreenMusic).

The Builders Association: Ten Stories: A Decameron from the Builders5pm EDT / 10pm BST (live only)Director Marianne Weemss company, the Builders Association (House/Divided), has foregrounded technology since it launched in 1994, so it should adjust to the new reality of live theater performance like a fish to an online streaming platform. In this inventive new series, inspired by Boccaccios 14th-century plague-story anthology, the troupe offers five original half-hour playletsthis is the third; the others are tomorrow and Fridaythat are structured as storytelling conversations; viewers who watch it on two devices at once can access visual extras. Performers Moe Angelos and David Pence anchor each episode, joined by two guest artists each time. The performances can only be viewed live, but all five will be released on June 1 if you miss any.

Moe Angelos | Photograph: Stephanie Warren

The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel5pm EDT / 10pm BST (available for 48 hours)In addition to its nightly gift of filmed productions (see 7:30pm), the Met offers an additional free opera from its Live in HD series every Wednesday through its Free Student Streams program. The videos stay live for 48 hours, and supplemental materials help newcomers unpack each offering. This week's study subject is Engelbert Humperdincks 1893 fairy-tale opera Hansel and Gretel, a Grimm story ofchildren who murder an old woman after trying to eat her house. This fantastical 2008 performance, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, stars Alice Coote and Christine Schfer as the hungry, hungry kiddos and the late English tenor Philip Langridge as the Witch.

Hansel and Gretel | Photograph: Ken Howard

MCC Live Labs: The Sentinels5:30pm EDT / 10:30pm BST (available through May 23)MCC continues its new weekly series of free one-act plays, each under 45 minutes long. In The Sentinels, by Matthew Lopez (The Inheritance), a group of women meet every year to reminisce about the husbands they lost on 9/11. Rebecca Taichman directs a boffo cast that comprises Jane Alexander, Priscilla Lopez, Katrina Lenk and Dene Benton.

Katrina Lenk | Photograph: Guerin Blask

The Howard Ashman Celebration6pm EDT / 11am BST (available through May 31) Writer-lyricist and director Howard Ashman, in his collaborations with composer Alan Menkenwhich include Little Shop of Horrors and the Disney-renaissance animated films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdinarguably did more than anyone to return musical theater from its mass-culture exile in the late 20th century. One can only imagine what else he might have done had he not died of AIDS in 1991, when he was 40 years old. In honor what would have been his 70th birthday, Rainbow Sun Productions has created this collection of songs and stories aboutAshman's life and legacy. Participants include John Tartaglia, Christy Carlson Romano, Bradley Pierce and the original voice of Ariel, Jodi Benson; all proceeds benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

John Tartaglia | Photograph: Courtesy of the artist

54 Below at Home: 54 Does 54: The Feinsteins/54 Below Staff Show6:30pm EDT / 11:30pm BSTThe citys top supper club, Feinsteins/54 Below, offers shows from its archives, streamed live on YouTube for one night only, in its ongoing series #54BelowatHome. Tonights selection is a 2018 group show by members of the venues staffincluding servers, managers and cookshosted by Dylan Bustamante and Kevin Ferguson. In honor of their talents, consider contributing tothe GuFundMe campaign for the dozens of F/54 staffers who are currently laid off.

The Homebound Project7pm EDT / 12am BSTAn extremely impressive roster of 50 actors and writers lend their talents to this online initiative to raise money for No Kid Hungry, which helps feed children affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded by playwright Catya McMullen and director Jenna Worsham, each of the Homebound Projects three editions features 10 new short dramatic works, directed by professionals; you can watch them in return for a donation of $10 or more. (The videos drop every second Wednesday, and stay live for four days only.) The actors in tonights second installment include Mary-Louise Parker, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Betty Gilpin and Zachary Quinto; the writers include Anne Washburn, Will Arbery, Sarah DeLappe, Adam Bock and Bryna Turner.

Mary-Louise Parker | Photograph: Courtesy of the artist

Ballet Hispnico: El Beso7pm EDT / 12am BSTThe venerable Latino company, which was to celebrate its 50th birthday with a two-week run at the Joyce in April, continues its virtual program, B Unidos. Most of its offerings are on Instagram Live, but its weekly watch parties of archival favorites are the exception. Todays offering is Gustavo Ramrez Sansanos 2014 El Beso, which pays more than lip service to the intricacies of a kiss. The piece is set to zarzuela music and features costumes by Venezuelan fashionisto Angel Sanchez. A live Q&A follows with Sansano and BH artistic director Eduardo Vilaro.

El Beso | Photograph: Paula Lobo

HERE: The Pigeoning7pm EDT / 12am BSTEvery Wednesday night, the vital downtown arts complex HERE screens a new recording of one of its past successes in a Facebook watch party. This weeks selection is Robin Frohardts puppet-theater portrait of an uptight 1980s office drone who suspects that park birds are conspiring to disrupt his orderly existence. The titular pigeons in Robin Frohardts eerie, hilarious, apocalyptic puppet fable have a weird preknowledge of the end-time to come, wrote Helen Shaw in her 2013 Time Out review. But the most chilling element of this beautifully realized, not-for-kids (but adorable) nightmare is its evocation of nine-to-five office mindlessness."

The Pigeoning | Photograph: Richard Termine

New Works Series: Mary and Max and Second Line7pm EDT / 12am BSTIn this free, 40-minute live-streamed show, New York Theatre Barn's development series Zooms in on two musicals-in-progress. Lauren Elder and Tony winner Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma!) perform two songs from Bobby Conin and Crystal Skillmans Mary and Max, adapted from the bittersweet 2009 Claymation film about an unusual pair of pen pals; and Austin Scott and Lagoona Bloo sing two songs from Sam Carner and Derek Gregors Second Line, about a New Orleans woman in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Lauren Elder | Photograph: Summer LaLande

Marty Thomas and Rachel Potter: Quarantine Cabaret7pm EDT / 12am BSTPower singer and human spangle Marty Thomas (Xanadu) teams up every Wednesday with his talented pal Rachel Potter (who sang the big suitcase song in the most recent Broadway revival of Evita). Their scheduled guests this week are the husband-and-wife team of Kristine Reese and Billy Tighe and the high-flying tenor Michael Longoria (Jersey Boys).

Marty Thomas and Rachel Potter | Photograph: Courtesy Snack Entertainment

The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera7:30pm EDT / 12:30am BST (available for 23 hours)The Met continues its immensely popular rollout of past performances, recorded in HD and viewable for free. A different archival production goes live at 7:30pm each night and remains online for the next 23 hours. Tonight the series continues its tenth week with Verdis opera about the assassination of Swedens Gustovo III at a ball. Marcelo lvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky and Dmitri Hvorostovsky star in this 2012 performance, which is staged in film noir style by David Alden and conducted by Fabio Luisi. Stephanie Blythe and Kathleen Kim have colorful supporting roles.

Un Ballo in Maschera | Photograph: Ken Howard

Bombshell in Concert8pm EDT / 1am BSTWhether you loved it, hated it, loved to hate it, hated to love it or maintained a studious feigned indifference to it, the behind-the-Broadway-scenes NBC series Smash was the talk of the theater world for its two stormy seasons in 2012 and 2013. What everyone agrees about is that the musical numbers that Hairsprays Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman wrote for its show-within-a-show, the Marilyn Monroe biomusical-in-progress Bombshell, were consistently pretty great. In 2015, Smashs cast gathered at the Minskoff Theatre to perform those songs in a sold-out concert co-directed by Wittman and choreographer Joshua Bergasse; everything clicked, the audience went wild and the Actors Fund raised $800,000. Now People tries to add to the tally by streaming a recording of that magical night as an Actors Fund benefit. Rene Zellweger introduces the program, and at intermission the acerbic Julie Klausner hosts a live virtual reunion with cast members Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee, Debra Messing, Christian Borle, Leslie Odom Jr., Jeremy Jordan, Andy Mientus, Jack Davenport, Jaime Cepero, Will Chase, Brian dArcy James, Ann Harada, Krysta Rodriguez and Wesley Taylor. Tune in and get Smashed. (Needless to say: Team Ivy forever.)

Smash | Photograph: Merk Seliger/NBC

30th Plaidiversary Reunion Special10pm EDT / 3am BST (available for 72 hours)Musical Theatre West presents a 30th-anniversary celebration of writer-director Stuart Rosss popular retro revue Forever Plaid, an affectionate spoof of 1950s male singing quartets that ran for years in New York and across the country. Along with the cast of the original 1990 Off Broadway production at what is now the Triad TheaterDavid Engel, Stan Chandler, Guy Stroman and the impish Jason Graaethe reunion includes Ross and longtime Plaid performer David Raben (who was in the 2008 film version). Expects stories, performance clips and perfect harmony.

Jason Graae | Photograph: Rick Bernstein

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Since her death in 1796, the Russian Empress Catherine the Great has been a fascination of not only historians but also some of our greatest actresses. The role has captivated stars from Marlene Dietrich to Catherine Zeta-Jones and, most recently, Elle Fanning. Even Mae West brought a version of her storycalled Catherine Was Greatto the Broadway stage in 1943. But who's played the legendary monarch on screen? Here's a look at the actresses who've portrayed Catherine's power, smarts, and style on film.

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Pola Negri

In the 1924 silent film Forbidden Paradise (based on the Broadway play The Czarina), Pola Negri played Catherine, the monarch of a European country who's saved from a coup by a soldier who becomes her love interestat least for a little while.

Marlene Dietrich

Dietrich played the role of the Catherine the Great in the 1934 drama The Scarlet Empress. While many film buffs still hold the film in high regard, historians have knocked itand its suggestive storylinesfor being more fantasy than reality.

Elisabeth Bergner

Escape Me Never star Bergner appeared opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in 1934's The Rise of Catherine the Great, which came out the same year as its direct competitor, The Scarlett Empress.

Tallulah Bankhead

Ernst Lubitsch, who directed the silent Forbidden Paradise, teamed with director Otto Preminger to film the 1945 "talkie" remake A Royal Scandal starring Bankhead, Donald Douglas, and Charles Coburn.

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Jeanne Moreau

The 1968 comedy Great Catherine, based on a short story by George Bernard Shaw, features Moreau as Catherine the Great, and c0starred Peter O'Toole and Zero Mostel.

Julia Ormond

The 1991 miniseries Young Catherinewhich filmed in Russia and actually shot scenes at the Winter Palace, where Russian royals once livedstarred Ormond as the young royal finding her way in Russia and Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine the Great, the 1995 TV movie, featured another Catherine (Zeta-Jones) in the title role. Jeanne Moreau, who played that role back in 1968, shows up here as Empress Elizabeth.

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Helen Mirren

The Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning Mirren played Catherine in the Great in a 2019 HBO limited series. It gave her a unique perspective on the character; She knew she had to control the male aristocrats around her," Mirren told the New York Times. "And she did. She did by outsmarting them.

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Elle Fanning

In 2020's darkly comic The Great, Fanning plays Catherine opposite Nicholas Hoult's Petergiving the character another breath of new life almost 100 years after she first appeared on screen.

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Well-crafted analogies and metaphors1 help our audiences remember the key ideas we present in our demos. Some examples are very effective, others could be improved Lets explore!

Beyond Facts

If you simply present your capability (a fact), typical audiences dont retain it (unless it addresses something really key). Facts by themselves are flat and lack luster, they dont stand out. They are unremarkable and are correspondingly difficult to remember.

Analogies and metaphors often build visual representations of ideas that are sticky they form memories that last longer and are easier to recall than facts.

Here are some examples Ive heard fact first, then the analogy or metaphor. First specimen:

We have a broad range of reports.

Nothing particularly remarkable here, is there? A different vendor offered:

You can choose from a broad range of reports. Its like having a supermarket of reports, ranging from fresh meats and fish, arrays of vegetables, rice and pasta, eggs and dairy, exotic canned goods, chips and cookies if you need it, your desired report is likely here Bring your shopping list!

a supermarket of reports Much more memorable!

Another example:

You can set search filters to find exactly what you need.

Meh. This next variation I heard is quite a bit more, um, pointed:

People talk about how hard it is to find a needle in a haystack. Well, this search capability is like a powerful magnet precisely extracting that iron needle in a fraction of a second! Haystack? No problem!

a powerful magnet I want one of those!

Another example, for software that automates various workflows:

We automate your manual processes

ZZzzzzzzz. Heres an alternative I heard a nicely crafted description!

Its like the difference between a team of workers laboring with hand tools slowly building cabinets and fixtures vs. equipping your team with state-of-the-art computer design driving integrated power tools not only producing beautiful works in a fraction of the time but also improving the craftsmanship and quality!

state-of-the-art computer design driving integrated power tools Wow.

Finally, an example from my distant past, with respect to applying combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening to pharma and materials science research we used to say (while holding up a 384-well micro-titer plate),

Its like doing a years research in the palm of your hand!

[For those who are familiar with this industry, no explanation is necessary; for those who are unfamiliar, no explanation will suffice!]

Facts are boring and unappetizing. Spice up your demos with a generous seasoning of analogies and metaphors. Make it a memorable meal!

Regional vs. International Issues Be Aware!

A while ago I was delivering a Great Demo! Workshop in Europe to an international audience and during our first break, a woman came up to me and asked me to:

1. Slow down a bit and

2. Be a bit more careful with my choice of words.

This was a great reminder and humbling, personally. I work hard to slow down my delivery and try to choose more internationally-understood English words and phrases (and to avoid U.S.-specific colloquialisms), when presenting to non-native English speakers and I believe I generally do a good job. However, it was clear I could do better!

It is difficult for non-native-English audiences to spend a day or two working in English it can be confusing, at minimum, and very tiring overall! Accordingly, U.S. folks presenting to international audiences need to be aware of their word and phrase choices.

Here are some examples that I have heard (along with possible non-U.S. interpretations):

Hit it out of the park [What are you hitting, and why?]

Out of left field [Which field?]

Thats the minor leagues [Is this a music reference or perhaps a follow-on movie to The Justice League?]

The cats out of the bag [Why was the cat in the bag? What did she do?]

That dog dont hunt [Whose dog doesnt do what? And why?]

It was wicked [Wicked is that evil or good, or a reference to the musical?]

Piece of cake [Ahh, it must be time for dessert or our next coffee break, yes?]

Thats just putting lipstick on a pig [Um, why and what did the pig do to you?]

Break a leg [Sounds painful]

Monday morning quarterback [Do they play American football on Monday mornings?]

The whole nine yards [What happened to the 10th yard? And how many meters is that? (8.23)]

Go Dutch [Is that like, Go AFC!?]

It fell through the cracks [Are there cracks in our software?]

We threw him under the bus [Now thats going to leave a mark!]

Off kilter [Im totally lost on this one]

Out of whack [Too bad, no more whacks in your bag, huh perhaps the cat has more whacks in her bag]

How does this apply to demos? Directly!

Contemplate the challenges faced by your customers when they are listening to demos presented using phrases and language that are U.S.-specific and delivered at rapid-fire pace.

One of our top priorities in presenting demos is clarity of communication so we should take the guidance from my Workshop participant and

1. Slow down

2. Choose words and word phrases that are as international-English as possible!

Interestingly, it cuts both ways. Just as U.S.-based phrases can be confusing to non-U.S. audiences, other international regionalisms can be equally puzzling. Here are some UK-based examples followed by a rough U.S. translation):

Lets table that (The U.S. translates this as the opposite of what other English-speaking countries mean!)

Cover off? (Completed)

Football (Soccer, the beautiful game)

Thongs (Flip flops, zories, clam diggers)

Entre (Appetizer)

Chips and crisps (French fries and chips)

Rubber (Eraser)

Storey (Floor)

First floor (Second floor)

Winston Churchill (or George Bernard Shaw or Oscar Wilde) famously remarked about the U.S. and the UK that England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

Even within the confines of the U.S. meanings change. For example:

Wicked as noted above

Sugar, as in Give me some sugar!

Pasty pale or delicious?

Dressing vs. stuffing

Fix repair vs. about to

Dope dont even get me started on this!

Pop vs. soda

Shopping card vs. carriage vs buggy (vs. trolley in the UK)

Puppy chow (U.S. Midwest)

Ugly unpleasant looking vs. rude or unkind

Awesome can mean absolutely anything, it appears!

The moral? Think about your words before you use them. Be as clear as possible and practice using International English when appropriate.

Beware the Morass of Mixed Metaphors

Metaphors and analogies are terrific but can be risky if applied haphazardly. Mixed metaphors can be more amusing than useful particularly if your audience focuses on trying the decode the metaphor as opposed to getting the point directly.

Here are a few sad examples of mixed metaphors for your inspection vote for the worst or best, depending on how you view this! Note that these are all real, captured from various demo recordings, blogs and articles:

All too often we relegate the demo to the been there, done that corner, content to put into practice all of the tired, tried and possibly true techniques that will get us in the door but see us coming up short when it comes down to closing with confidence and power. Today well examine some of the practices that can be tossed out with tomorrows trash, and look at ways to pump up our demo game.

This mixed metaphorical mlange starts in a corner, moves to the door, then gets tossed and finally pumped. A busy afternoon!

Next?

While it may seem like good sense to cover all your bases, throwing too much at your prospect actually weakens your message. Even a short diversion from focus can confuse the issue and cause your prospect to tune out during an otherwise stellar case. You make your prospect do all the work of picking out and remembering the most relevant pieces.

Love it: Cover bases, throw too much (OK, so far so good), but then the baseball analogy gets rained out with focus, tune out, stellar case, picking out pieces.

How about:

With these ideas in your back pocket, you can break through to the toughest of clients and keep your organization firing on all cylinders no matter how much of a time crunch you are in.

Short but packed! Back pocket, break through, fire on all cylinders, time crunch. I think this is the winner so far. And I really want to see someone breaking through, leading with their back pocket while firing on all cylinders!

And:

And like the U.N. Security Council Members, it only takes one veto to kill an entire deal. Because of the proliferation of stakeholders needed to approve a deal to get it off the ground, a sure thing can become dead in the water long after the sales cycle seems over.

Better have the Security Council equipped with both wings and fins

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Our reps use our platform which provides the toolset they need to spread your compelling sales message and get those who buy in the wiggle room they need for others to sign off on their decision.

This one mixes a bad case of rampaging pronouns with toolsets and wiggle rooms!

But wait theres more:

Modern decision-makers have a million things to take care of, so even a small objection or a momentary scheduling snag can threaten to eject them out of your funnel as their plate fills up with other priorities.

Wow breathtaking!

The moral? Once again, choose your words carefully and build your metaphors thoughtfully!

Manufacturing Metaphors and Accumulating Analogies

Some people can generate effective analogies and metaphors as needed on the fly. Other folks may want to have a handful of prebuilt (and tested) examples to draw from.

Here are a few suggestions for those of us in the second group:

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11am: Build and bring your own puppet to life!Join us for an exploration of the world of puppetry using materials you can find in your own home, including a dash of your imagination. Participants will learn foundational puppetry skills like how to make their puppet breathe, walk and talk, and have the opportunity to share questions withMarc Mac Lochlainn, founder of the trailblazing childrens theatre companyBranar Tatar do Phist, who leads tomorrows workshop.

Gather these items before we start. 1.Newspaper (old) 2.Tape (any type) 3.A wooden cocktail stick (or something like it)4.A pencil 5.Some colored paper (optional) 6.A marker 7.Some books 8.Your hands 9.Your eyes 10.Your imagination

2pm:English National Ballet:Nora Choreographed by the companys Stina Quagebeur, inspired by Henrik Ibsens 1879 A Dolls House.Crystal Costa plays Nora and Jeffrey Cirio is her husband, Torvald; the music is by Philip Glass. The piece premiered in 2019 as part ofShe Persisted, a triple bill of works by women.

Stars in the House with Seth Rudetsky2pm:Plays in the House:Candida:By George Bernard Shaw.Starring Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Andra Burns, Santino Fontana, Rene Elise Goldsberry, Jay O. Sanders and Michael Benjamin Washington. Narrated and directed by David Staller. At 8pm No show tonight. Please tune in toBombshell In Concert.

2pm:Lincoln Center at Home Pop Up Classroom

3pm:Linda Lavin with Billy StritchBilly Stritch, at Lavins piano.

3pm:The Early Night Show with Joshua Turchinis available across all social media platforms with full videos on YouTube, Facebook Watch andwww.theearlynightshow.comreleased every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3pm EST.

4pm:Why We Do It: Derek McLaneRegister hereto watch for FRE Support The New Group and joinDerek McLanefor an exclusive social event immediately following the conversation. Limited to 20 people, your ticket to our Drinks with series offers a chance to converse with New Group artists like old friends all while supporting the programs and artists at The New Group. Your ticket is fully tax-deductible.Click hereto make a donation to purchase your spot!

4pm9:30pm:Maries Crisis Virtual Piano BarTonights scheduled pianists are Drew Wutke (@DrewWutke) and Kenney Green (@Kenneth-Green-5).

5pm:The Metropolitan Opera:Hansel and Gretel Engelbert Humperdincks 1893 fairy-tale opera, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, starring Alice Coote and Christine Schfer and the late English tenor Philip Langridge as the Witch.

5:30pm:MCC Live Labs: One Acts Under the direction ofRebecca Taichman,the cast featuresJane Alexander(Alice),Katrina Lenk(Christa),Dene Benton(Kelly) andPriscilla Lopez(Waitress). Act readings will be between 25 and 45 minutes in length are read and streamed free to the MCC Theater audience.

6pm The Howard Ashman Celebration In honor of what would have been his 70th birthday, Rainbow Sun Productions has created this collection of songs and stories aboutAshmans life and legacy. Participants includeJohn Tartaglia, Christy Carlson Romano, Bradley Pierce and the original voice of Ariel, Jodi Benson; all proceeds benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

6:30pm54 Below at Home:54 Does 54: The Feinsteins/54 Below Staff Show Hosted by Dylan Bustamante and Kevin Ferguson. In honor of their talents, consider contributing tothe GoFundMe campaignfor the dozens of F/54 staffers who are currently laid off.

7pm:The Homebound Project50 leading actors and writers lend their talents to this new online initiative to raise money for No Kid Hungry, which helps feed children affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded by playwright Catya McMullen and director Jenna Worsham, three editions feature 10 new short dramatic works. The actors in tonights second installment include Mary-Louise Parker, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Betty Gilpin and Zachary Quinto; the writers include Anne Washburn, Will Arbery, Sarah DeLappe, Adam Bock and Bryna Turner.

7pm:HERE:The Pigeoning Robin Frohardts puppet-theater portrait of an uptight 1980s office drone who suspects that park birds are conspiring to disrupt his orderly existence.

7:30pm:The Metropolitan Opera:VerdisUn Ballo in MascheraVerdi can always be counted on for passion, intrigue, and betrayaland to make glorious music of it all.Un Ballo in Maschera, concerning a plot to murder King Gustavo III of Sweden, who also happens to be in love with his best friend and counselors wife, is no exception. With a principal cast featuring a powerful and dignified leading lady, a character role for soprano as young man, an otherworldly mezzo-soprano fortune-teller, a heroic tenor, and a suave and conflicted baritone, its Italian opera at its finest.

8pmBombshell in Concert The NBC seriesSmashran from 2012 and 2013. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittmans show-within-a-show, Bombshell, had the theatre community a buzz. In 2015,Smashscast gathered at the Minskoff Theatre to perform those songs in a sold-out concert co-directed by Wittman and choreographer Joshua Bergasse and the Actors Fund raised $800,000. Peoplecombines with Rene Zellweger who will introduces the program, and at intermission the acerbic Julie Klausner will hosts a live virtual reunion with cast members Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee, Debra Messing, Christian Borle, Leslie Odom Jr., Jeremy Jordan, Andy Mientus, Jack Davenport, Jaime Cepero, Will Chase, Brian dArcy James, Ann Harada, Krysta Rodriguez and Wesley Taylor. Tune in and getSmashed. (Needless to say: Team Ivy forever.)

10pm:30th Plaidiversary Reunion Special Musical Theatre West presents a 30th-anniversary celebration of Stuart RosssForever Plaid, an affectionate spoof of 1950s male singing quartets that ran for years in New York and across the country. Along with the cast of the original 1990 Off Broadway production at what is now the Triad TheaterDavid Engel, Stan Chandler, Guy Stroman and the impish Jason Graaethe reunion includes Ross and longtimePlaidperformer David Raben (who was in the 2008 film version). Expects stories, performance clips and perfect harmony.

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Had Napoleon not been an insomniac, sleeping only four hours a night, might Waterloo have had a different outcome, changing forever the history of the world? Such might well have been the case, according to studies in the expanding field of sleep research. According to an Indiana University team, getting in even 39 winks instead of the idiomatically prescribed 40 can adversely affect your resting heart rate (RHR) and impair efficiency the following day. The study, involving 557 participants and spanning 2,55,000 sleep sessions, found that even a minutes delay in going to bed resulted in a higher RHR, creating an increased stress factor. A related finding by British researchers established that shortening your shut-eye inhibits the capacity for divergent thinking.

One of the best endorsements for this conclusion was Einstein who reportedly not only got in 10 hours worth of sound slumber every night but, as a bonus, fit in a couple of short siestas during the course of the day, thus suggesting a variant of the E=MC2 formula, wherein E stands for Enlightenment, M for Morpheus, and C for Catnap squared.

Divergency of thinking was also displayed by Bernard Shaw when, importuned by a tyro dramatist to attend a staging of his first play, the Irish dramatist dozed off in the middle of the performance. Admonished by the younger man that he had been invited to give his opinion of the play, and not to sleep, Shaw replied, Sleep is an opinion.

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International Museum Day is one of the most celebrated events in the world. It is annually held on May 18. International Museum Day is officially co-ordinated by ICOM, a council of International museums. Read on to know moreamazing Museum Day quotes here:

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Its not a museum. Its not a place of artefacts; its a place of ideas.

Jeanie Kahnke

The modern world thinks of art as very important: something close to the meaning of life.

Alain de Botton

I paint flowers so they will not die.

Frida Kahlo

Painter, you are not a speaker! Paint so and be silent!

Salvador Dali

A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives. Go to museums as often as you can.

Maira Kalman

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once you we grow up.

Pablo Picasso

The best introduction to art is to stroll through a museum.

The more art you see, the more youll learn to define your own taste.

Jeanne Frank

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

Michelangelo

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

T. S. Eliot

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

George Bernard Shaw

Whatever else art is good for, its chief effectiveness lies in propagating more art.

Leo Steinberg

A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives. Go to museums as often as you can.

Maira Kalman

A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor

museums, like theatres and libraries, are a means to freedom.

Wendy Beckett

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The only way to understand painting is to go and look at it. And if out of a million visitors, there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

If you really want to seriously think about life, and therefore take painting very seriously and take seriously the joys that it can bring to one, then you want to go to museums. You want to study the greats of the past.

Nelson Shanks

Art has always had as its test in the long term the ability to speak to our innermost selves. People have experiences in art museums today that they used to have in the church.

Bill Viola

Man: a being in search of meaning.

Plato

"Look at those fools. They have no appreciation for art. You have to feel art. And true art... is an EXPLOSION!"

Deidara

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The pilot plan would close 30th Street from Polk and University Avenues and allow dining in the street to help restaurants safely reach full capacity.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Restaurants preparing to open for dine-in during the Phase II extension know it will be nice to get back to business, but know the restrictions will impose a challenge.

The California Restaurant Association estimates 30% of restaurants will close for good in the next 16 to 18 months.

Now there is a plan on the table in North Park that could help save businesses called an Open-Air pilot plan for businesses. The proposal calls for the closure of 30th Street, between Polk and University Avenues, and allow dining in the street.

This is lifeline we are throwing our businesses to allow them to use the public right-of-way to increase capacity, said Angela Landsberg, North Park Main Street Association Executive Director.

North Park is filled with many small and cozy restaurants and with the six-foot physical distancing rule for business that could cut their capacity to 25%.

The Open-Air plan proposed by The North Park Main Street Association, is a conceptual plan that would need approval by the city. The proposal would be over two weeks from Thursday to Saturday from 10 a.m., to 10 p.m. Other neighborhood restaurants are considering similar options such as converting parking lots into dining areas.

I think it would be nice to be spilling out in the streets, said a North Park resident.

Mixed reactions from non-restaurants.

"Im a new a business. I dont have the ability to survive again with street closures, said a business owner during The North Park Planning Committee monthly meeting on Zoom.

Other businesses say they are welcoming the idea.

Ive got my own parking lot, so it doesnt really affect me that much. If it's good for the neighborhood than it's good for all of us in the neighborhood, said Hangers Cleaners and Laundry owner Gordon Shaw.

There are concerns about bus routes and parking but there is also an outpouring of support.

We would love to see everything open back up. We would love to see it open and have a chance to go and eat at all of our favorite places again, said a North Park couple.

Landsberg presented a power point to the committee that outlined reservations would be needed, no gatherings, no more than five people at a table, six-feet physical distance, masks, and other County health guidelines. This would only be short-term.

We are not looking to rush this. We want to do it the right way we want it to work for everybody, said Landsberg.

Restaurants like Crazee Burger is only 1,700 square feet on the corner of 30th Street and Lincoln Avenue.

Being able to have an expansive outdoor space is going to be both helpful for us and finding room and being able to keep our head count up and as well as help customer last feel safe, said Crazee Burger owner, Garrett Bernard. Be open minded and just courteous and thoughtful and try to consider other people's sentiments. I think something like this is a perfect compromise.

The North Park Planning Committee unanimously approved the proposal, but the city still needs to approve it.

A spokesperson for the City of San Diego e-mailed News 8 this statement:

"North Park Main Street is getting feedback from the community to evaluate the feasibility of providing an outside dining option for City restaurants.

The City is investigatingan emergency ordinance that anticipates future revisions of County health guidelines to provide local businesses specifically restaurants limited access to public space and private, adjacent property for open-air operations.

The alternative would help facilitate the opening and safe operations of the local restaurant industry during the COVID-19 pandemic while abiding with all other social distancing, food safety, cleaning and sanitizing, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene requirements," Scott Robinson,Senior Public Information Officer, City of San Diego."

*UPDATE* North Park Planning Committee approved the Open Air pilot program. City is working on an emergency ordinance that would all public rightaway access for restaurants. Open Air proposal in North Park that would close 30th between University and Polk during peak days/hours and allow dining in the street to help businesses expand capacity during social distance rules

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Just as commercial pilots presumably cant let themselves think too deeply about the environmental damage they cause by going to work, so I try not to spend too much time considering the grey morality of my own job. A celebrity interviewer gets famous people to hawk up gobbets about their private lives in exchange for promoting whatever project they have on the go. So youve made a superhero movie tell me about your divorce, is my job, paraphrased. And most of the time, its fine: they get to promote their film, and I get to tell a good story. But sometimes this transactional relationship is a little more complicated.

When I met Tony Slattery in April 2019, he wasnt promoting anything I just knew he had a good story, and he wanted to tell it. As we both expected, we discussed the substance abuse and mental illnesses that had so dramatically derailed his comedy career in the 1990s. But we also talked about something else. I asked, if his life had always been as happy as he kept saying it was, why did he have this longstanding reputation for anger issues? There was a long pause.

I have a feeling that what might have been a contributing factor is something that happened when I was very young, he replied. A priest. When I was about eight.

He had never talked about this with anyone, he said, other than his long-term partner, Mark Michael Hutchinson.

Over the next few days, I phoned him several times, asking if he was absolutely sure he wanted this to go in the piece. He was adamant he did. But I knew we were both anxious: him because he was nervous about how people would react; me because I was nervous about how he would react to his very private life becoming public knowledge. Was I helping him speak his truth or exploiting a vulnerable person? On the one hand, he was a 59-year-old man who was I to censor his past? On the other, could I really take it on trust when an alcoholic says they want to tell the world about their childhood trauma? In the end, after long discussions with my editor, I went with Slatterys wishes.

When the interview was published, there was a national outpouring of love for Slattery. So many people wanted to interview him that he became almost as ubiquitous as he had been in the 90s. Dozens of agents contacted me to ask if they could represent him, and book publishers rushed to sign him up. Since then, weve stayed in touch: he sends fond messages at unexpected times, and I check in to ask if hes OK. I wondered what he would do next. Maybe some voiceover work? Some light standup? Instead, Slattery has taken a different route.

By chance, the day of our second interview is exactly a year to the day the first interview was published in the paper. Good God, is it really? Well, hand on heart, it changed a lot for me because it did have quite a reaction, didnt it? he tells me on the phone from his home in Edgware, north London. Hes self-isolating with Hutchinson, which is quite nice because we dont have to keep two metres away from one another on the sofa. Also, Mark cut my hair yesterday really well! I still look like George Bernard Shaw and Rasputin because of the beard, but the top is okay.

One of the reactions to the interview was that a documentary crew got in touch with him, suggesting that they film him being treated by mental health professionals. Slattery is self-aware to a fault, so he was wary, not wanting to make what he calls one of those My Brave Battle Against the Past things. Sorry, that sounds terribly judgmental, doesnt it? Also, he really does want to get better, and by making the documentary he would get to see some of the best doctors around. I really dont think [the documentary] is going to do me any favours in money terms or career advancement. But it may be a good thing to have done. That sounds self-aggrandising, but I dont care I feel better for doing the documentary and our interview. But, mmmm, have you seen the documentary? OK, ummm, can I ask what you thought of it? he says, going, in characteristic form, from self-doubt to self-confidence and back in mere seconds.

I think that its a very thoughtful and very careful show. Despite the slightly schlocky title, there is nothing prurient about Whats the Matter with Tony Slattery?, which will be on BBC Two this month. It is clear that none of the scenes were set up, but, because Slattery is so honest, every moment is strikingly revealing. In one scene, he meets Stephen Fry, whom he has known since they were at Cambridge together. Fry does his luvvie shtick: Darling thing! Gorgeous to see you! You know I would walk a thousand miles in tight shoes over broken glass to please you!

Likewise. This has always been the case, replies Slattery with deep feeling.

I might have exaggerated, says Fry breezily.

Sometimes, I think maybe one of the problems was that Slattery was just too good for showbiz.

Slattery is in the documentary as he is in life: as open and vulnerable as a freshly peeled orange. In another scene, he and Hutchinson talk to Prof Ciaran Mulholland, a consultant psychiatrist.

You mentioned an incident with a priest at the age of eight. That doesnt sound good, Mulholland says.

In all my exchanges with Slattery, he has always been as gentle as a cloud. But suddenly, in response to Mulholland, we see the anger that Slattery was notorious for in the 1990s, distorting his usually soft features. Well, it wasnt pleasant, getting fucked up the arse at the age of eight. No, it was not, he spits out, glaring at the doctor and the camera and, by extension, the viewers. He then goes into more detail about the abuse, saying things hed never even told Hutchinson, who sits next to him, devastated. By the end, Slattery is crying.

Slattery stifled this trauma for more than half a century, and theres no question he needs to talk about it to start dealing with it. But does it have to happen in the public eye? Perhaps: Slattery is an innate performer, so maybe the only way he could start to speak about it was after he was directly asked by the media. I ask him what he thinks about people who worry he is being exploited.

Im a pretty good judge of character, except for my own. If Id got that vibe of voyeurism or prurience, Id have walked out. And to anyone who thought you were exploitative, I say: Go fuck yourselves, he says. This is Slattery being solicitous, anxious that I must never feel any concern on his account, even maybe especially when I should. But it is also him being proud: one of the many reasons he struggled to talk about the abuse for so long is he has a horror of being seen as a victim.

He is continuing his therapy, even while in lockdown, and he has cut down his drinking by about a quarter. And thats a start. He hasnt quite shaken the worry that in talking about his childhood abuse hes just whingeing on. There remains a strong pull of embarrassment that this terrible thing still weighs and presses down. Please, why, after all this time, why? But he is starting to accept that it does.

Im going to go sententious and pretentious now, but I do think there may be a linear connection from the present to something way back, he says, stammering strongly over his words, as he always does when referring to the abuse. I ask if he ever thinks about naming his abuser or the institution where it happened.

It would serve no social or psychological purpose. That is my current thinking. But be assured be assured? God, what am I turning into? Im turning into Donald Trump! Whats going on with his hair these days? Has he sprayed it with bleach? No, my current feeling current feeling?! Today on Radio 4, its The Current Feeling. Anyway, your question. Oh, I dont know. All it is and now Im doing a 70s police movie: All it is, right, guv

Ive spoken with Slattery often enough by now to recognise some of his cues: when he stammers, it means he wants to discuss something but is finding it difficult. When he deflects into jokes and impressions, it means we need to move on. And so we move on.

Slatterys one complaint about my previous interview with him was there wasnt enough about Hutchinson in it. Happily, the documentary rectifies this oversight, and the love the two men have for one another Slattery still swooning over photos of Hutchinson from when they met in the 80s makes for some of the most emotional moments in the show. I ask Slattery if he minds handing over the phone to Hutchinson, and he agrees enthusiastically, once Mark has finished feeding our psychotic cat, Molly. Molly dealt with, I ask Hutchinson if he thinks Slattery has changed in the past year. I was surprised that he said what he did in the Guardian interview, and thought maybe it would take him down a black hole. But by the end of last year, for the first time in a long time, I could see the old Tony. Every day is up and down, but hes starting to believe that people do seek out his company that is an upturn, he says.

The two men got together when Slattery was a dazzling rising star. Through the 90s when Slattery was doing 10g of coke a day, followed by his complete breakdown, then his years as a recluse and now a recovering alcoholic, Hutchinson has never wavered in his devotion. I could see his vulnerability, his feelings of being lost and alone. When you love someone, you dont walk away when the going gets tough. He makes me laugh, he makes me cry no matter what, hes my constant, says Hutchinson.

So many reality shows today are predicated on the idea that one simple change will fix everything: unhappy in your marriage? Marie Kondo your flat! Unhappy in your life? Let five queer guys give you a makeover! Slattery says he sleeps better since he started to open up about the past, but these things are all relative: he still wakes up every day at 4.30am, as he has done for years, no matter what time he goes to sleep. So thats something else for them to figure out, he says larkily.

Is he able to be more compassionate to himself these days? Slattery knows journalists love a happy ending, so he says: Um, OK. The answer is yes. But with the emphasis, Hadley, on a bit. A bit. I still dont know what the right answer is when it comes to putting people like Slattery in the public eye, and Slattery specifically. But I do know that him talking about the past shows he is starting to believe he may have a future. He knows better than to expect instant change, but that he is allowing himself to think that things might change at all is something. Its a start. Its a bit. Guardian

Whats the Matter with Tony Slattery? is on BBC Two on Thursday, May 21st, at 9pm

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Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 3:53 pm Press Release: University of Canterbury

A simple, low-cost technology developed by University of Canterbury (UC) engineers could save thousands of patients lives around the world by doubling the capacity of ventilators in hospital intensive care units, boosting their capacity to treat surges of Covid-19 patients during outbreaks.

Distinguished Professor Geoff Chase, from UCs College of Engineering, has worked with Christchurch Hospital Senior Intensive Care Specialist Geoff Shaw, Professor Merryn Tawhai of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, and engineers and senior doctors in Belgium and Malaysia to allow two patients to use one ventilator safely and effectively, using a novel active valve concept.

A project to develop, test, and initially deploy the unique system has just been awarded $150,000 from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employments Covid-19 Innovation Fund.

A first prototype has already been made and put into action using mechanical lungs attached to a ventilator at UCs Department of Mechanical Engineering and testing will move to Christchurch Hospital soon.

The UC-led international research team plans to test, prove and then distribute the active breathing circuit system globally on an open source basis, so its software and designs would be freely available.

We believe this can, and will, save countless lives internationally by doubling ventilator capacity and sparing doctors from having to make terrible end-of-life care choices, Prof Chase says. It will provide time for health systems to weather the Covid-19 pandemic storm when major outbreaks occur by increasing intensive care capacity. In New Zealand, a doubling would mean hospitals could, in the short term, provide mechanical ventilation to something like 460 patients instead of being limited to around 230 ventilated ICU beds currently.

This is a clever technology. Its very simple, quickly implemented, and low-cost, but high impact, solution. We can have the first prototypes ready in one to three months, or faster, and pilot-trial tested quickly after that. We will develop them locally and then make them available internationally with freely available software and designs to be 3D printed in hospitals, Prof Chase says.

Worldwide there is a shortage of ventilators because critically ill Covid-19 patients need mechanical ventilation to control breathing and allow recovery, sometimes for more than three weeks. In several countries the wave of novel coronavirus patients has overwhelmed hospital resources.

Through strong early action New Zealand has so far avoided such a feared influx of patients. However, it has one of the lowest numbers of ventilated intensive care unit beds per 100,000 population in the first world, and both modelling and experience in the rest of the world has shown this capacity could be exceeded if demand increased rapidly in a major outbreak.

The new technology uses mechatronics and modern manufacturing such as 3D printing to create a pressure sensor driven active control valve system that lets each patient breathe alternately one at a time. This approach is known as in series breathing.

Despite internet popularity, using a single ventilator for more than one patient, where they all breathe together or in parallel is seen by medical experts as too risky. However, Prof Chase and Prof Shaw and their team have shown how this low-cost active breathing circuit concept using in series breathing allows it to be done safely. Their concept was just described and published in Critical Care, a leading intensive care medicine journal.

This all-new approach will require very little change to current clinical ventilation practice, Prof Shaw says. The device and active breathing circuit weve proposed is a technology extension that enables each patient connected to a ventilator to be treated individually by the machine, instead of breathing in parallel at the same time, which is higher risk to both patients. We believe our technology could also lead to improvements in other areas of ventilation care.

His team is collaborating with ICU clinicians in Christchurch, Malaysia and Belgium on testing and proof of concept, with the research led from New Zealand. This international team shares over 15 years of joint research on intensive care medicine, creating novel innovations that have significantly improved care and outcomes for many patients.

This system is another example of how clinicians and engineers can successfully work together to create innovative products that can solve urgent international problems, Prof Chase says.

The other members of the team are Prof Merryn Tawhai at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Dr Yeong-Shiong Chiew at Monash Malaysia, Dr Thomas Desaive at Liege University in Belgium, and Professor Bernard Lambermont and Professor Philippe Morimont at CHU de Liege Hospital ICU.

Prof Chase is Deputy Director of the New Zealand MedTech Centre of Research Excellence and the MedTech Spearhead leader for the National Science Challenge, Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI), and acknowledges their support in helping get this concept off the ground.

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The startup lifestyle is known to be stressful and challenging, but its also meant to be satisfying and fulfilling, with you as the entrepreneur in control of your own destiny. Unfortunately, it doesnt always work out that way, based on my many years of experience with entrepreneurs and advising startups. The business can be successful, while the entrepreneur feels like a failure.

As an example, I know one highly driven startup founder whose business is growing at a reasonable pace, but the entrepreneur regrets the toll it has extracted from his family, his health, and his ability to relax and enjoy the fruits of his labor. I know several other CEOs that were pushed out of their own successful companies by investors, leaving them feeling like failures.

The challenge is not to let success come without personal satisfaction, or at the expense of the ones you love. To do that, you need to follow a set of personal principles that drive your business principles, not the other way around. Here are some key ones that I espouse:

Your personal goals should drive your business goals, not the other way around. You will never be satisfied or happy if you are not true to your core beliefs, personal interests, and a higher purpose. Write down your goals, and then take ownership to make them happen and feel the satisfaction.

If you dont see business as one of your strengths, you likely wont be happy leading a startup. Many technologists refuse stubbornly to let anyone else take their invention from a product to a business, assuming they can easily fix their business weakness. Both they and the business end up suffering.

Dreams alone wont make you happy or successful, so start early in defining and executing against a set of milestones to celebrate progress along the way. Satisfaction is not a one-time event at the end of your career; its a series of good feelings driven by results along the way.

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Many business executives can give a great talk to their team about sustaining their health and maintaining a balanced family life, but they let the business override their own needs. Similarly, dont compromise your own ethics and integrity for the sake of your business.

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The world of entrepreneurs is ever-changing, so if you arent learning and changing, you are falling behind. In business, setbacks must be seen as normal and expected challenges, not as indications of failure. Successfully recovering from problems should be a key source of satisfaction.

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Being an entrepreneur is not a one-person show, so accept that fact, and build a team that can complement you and support your weaknesses. If your business and private teams are motivated and satisfied, their happiness will radiate to you. A motivated team is a successful one.

An over-arching principle for success and satisfaction for every entrepreneur is respect for yourself, and in business respect for every customer, investor, and employee. Another generic attribute close behind in value is persistence. No amount of talent or genius can take the place of persistence. Many experts believe that one of the top reasons for startup failures, as well as personal failures, is simply giving up too early.

In fact, people giving up on unsatisfying corporate careers is one of the primary sources of entrepreneurs. Most dont realize that the same satisfaction and success principles apply in both worlds and ignoring them in both will have the same negative consequences.

Switching from either lifestyle to the other will give you a whole new set of challenges, but it wont automagically bring you happiness, satisfaction, or success. In either case, Im a believer that you make your own success. Now is the time to start.

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