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Sansolo Speaks: Hitting the right notes

Posted 07-27-10 - In a world of value, where bigger, larger and more seem always to work, is it possible that less can be better? I think we recently got an easy and powerful lesson in just that concept, not to mention how more can sometimes be too much.

Think back for to the recently completed World Cup soccer tournament and ask yourself this: Do you remember the vuvuzela?

I’m betting you do. For even if you caught only a second of a single game, you heard the vuvuzela. They are those annoying horns you heard buzzing loudly in the background of every broadcast. Apparently a single vuvuzela played properly can produce a somewhat pleasant sound. When tens of thousand are played together at a soccer game the effect is as obnoxious as if huge swarms of bees were buzzing next to your ears.

Entire article:

http://www.morningnewsbeat.com/News/News_Article_Detail_S.las?A=34268&Date=2010-07-27

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