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The loss was the first of the season for Fultondale. Ranburne and Fultondale now have identical 8-1 overall records and identical 6-1 Region 6 marks entering Week 10.
Wellborn, which edged Ranburne in Week 8, is also 6-1 in Region 6 but 6-3 overall. The tie will not be broken until the conclusion of the regular season but the Bulldogs can improve their chances of winning the tiebreaker by defeating Class 3A Ashville on the road Friday night.
"We're going to have to play well regardless of records because they're sitting there thinking they're playing a 2A school and they're probably going to play well since it's their last game," Ranburne coach Chad Young said of Ashville.
If Ranburne's players continue to play the way they played against Fultondale, their stay in the playoffs could be a long one.
"We definitely played the best game of the year and we got close to playing where we need to play to be on a level where we can beat anybody," said Young. "Some of it was how we played and a lot of it was now we played in certain situations. We never let them get any momentum.
They moved the ball some but they only had 170 yards of offense. We did a good job of not letting them hit big plays on us. They typically are a big-play team."
Ranburne began strong and played strong throughout the contest against Fultondale. The opening kick went to Ranburne and the Bulldogs immediately faced a third-and-10. Quarterback Dylan Wiggins threw deep to running back Dylan Tullis for a 51-yard gain to the Fultondale 10-yard line. On third-and-goal from four yards out, Wiggins rolled to his left looking to throw then scrambled back to the right and scored. The extra point kick was blocked but the Bulldogs had driven 61 yards on six plays in just two minutes. The deep completion to Tullis forced the Wildcats to loosen their defense the rest of the evening.
On their next possession, the Bulldogs put together a 10-play drive that ended when Wiggins' pass from the Fultondale 5 was intercepted. The pick led to a series of turnovers. First, G.W. Caldwell caused and then recovered a Fultondale fumble at the Fultondale 32-yard line.
Ranburne returned the favor with a lost fumble but on the next play Dalton Wiggins caused another Fultondale fumble and Kyle Lovvorn recovered for Ranburne with 29 seconds left in the first quarter.
This time, there were no mistakes by the Bulldogs. A jet pass to Lovvorn was good for seven yards. Four running plays later, Brady Whittle scored on a 1-yard run with 9:53 left in the second quarter. A pass attempt for a 2-point play was batted down, keeping Ranburne's lead at 12-0.
Fultondale rallied for a touchdown and an extra point, making the score 12-7. Ranburne answered immediately by taking the ensuing kickoff and marching 61 yards in 11 plays to score. Adam Sheppard got the drive off to a good start with a 14-yard gain on a pass from Wiggins. On third-and-16, Wiggins threw to Lovvorn for 15 yards then picked up a first down at the Fultondale 24 on a quarterback sneak.
A trick play fooled no one. On second-and-10, Wiggins threw to Tullis in the right flat and Tullis used some nifty footwork to score. Wiggins got two more points on a quarterback keeper and Ranburne led 20-7. An exchange of punts left Fultondale with the ball with less than 30 seconds remaining before halftime.
The Wildcats got a long run from their quarterback to reach the Ranburne 6. With no remaining timeouts, Fultondale spiked the ball then had time for one more play. Tyler Connell, Donovan Tullis and Dalton Wiggins combined for the sack that ended the threat and the half.
The stop just before intermission became even more important when Fultondale opened the third quarter with a drive of more than seven minutes that reached the Ranburne 3 before the Bulldogs forced the Wildcats to turn the ball over on downs. From there, Ranburne drove 97 yards in 14 plays to take a 27-7 lead.
The drive didn't begin auspiciously as two plays produced just seven yards. On third-and-3 at the Fultondale 10, Ranburne inserted its "heavy" short-yardage situation running package then threw to Lovvorn in the right flat for what became a 45-yard gain.
The Bulldogs needed another bit of skullduggery to keep the drive alive. On fourth-and-3 in Fultondale territory, Ranburne faked a punt. The snap went to up back Dalton Wiggins who ran for seven yards and a first down. From there, the Bulldogs ran the ball six consecutive times. At the 5, a play-action pass from Dylan Wiggins to Lovvorn got the touchdown with 9:03 to play and Jake Howle kicked the extra point.
Fultondale had two more possessions. The first ended in a punt. After Ranburne picked up three first downs, the Bulldogs fumbled and Fultondale recovered near the Fultondale 20 with 3:48 to play. The Wildcats were forced to punt again. This time, the snap sailed over the punter's head and Ranburne added a safety when the punter kicked the ball out of the back of the end zone.
The free kick gave Ranburne the ball with 2:36 to play and two first downs allowed the Bulldogs to run out the cl ock. The Bulldogs finished with 175 yards rushing on 40 carries. Tullis led on the ground with 18 carries for 93 yards. Whittle ran 12 times for 49 yards. Dylan Wiggins ran six times and netted 15 yards. Tyler Connell had one carry for eight yards, Dalton Wiggins two for seven yards and G.W. Caldwell one for three yards.
Dylan Wiggins was 10-for-15 passing for 185 yards with one interception. Tullis made three catches for 87 yards. Lovvorn caught five balls for 84 yards. Adam Sheppard had one catch for 14 yards and Brayden Wilson one for no gain. The offensive line did not allow a sack and held their blocks when Wiggins was forced to scramble.
"They understand more and more that he keeps the play alive and that makes them more aware that they need to continue finishing plays," Young said of the offensive linemen. "I think they're starting to all understand he has a unique ability of staying alive because they have a unique ability of helping him stay alive."
Donovan Tullis led Ranburne on defense with eight tackles. Lovvorn and Zach Patterson had five tackles each. Caldwell, Connell and Cole Yearta each recorded four tackles and Whittle had two.


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Time, Perspective, Choice and Uncertainty: Globalization and the Political Economy of the Developmental State in Africa
By Stephen Commins
Published: Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Paper prepared for workshop on Globalization and Human Security 1in Africa,
May 29, 2002
1 For the purpose of this short paper, 'human security' incorporates three domains: the basic elements of social development as outlined in various international agreements [notably the World Summit on Social Development, 1995]; protection from violence or threats of violence; and the opportunity to participate without coercion or threat in public forum and public actions.
Perspectives on the state and development in Africa change with both intellectual fashions and the opportunity to promote a particular policy or state as the new model for economic and/or social development.2 Attention given to the impact of 'globalization' on African economies can be useful in terms of assessing the relationship between various and varied African countries and international trends, as well as determining how globalization affects both larger political systems as well as human security at the household and community level. The attention to globalization can also, however, obscure the internal factors and dynamics that remain central to development outcomes.
This paper briefly discusses the relationship between globalization and African development within a few basic presuppositions:
When Mao was asked about the meaning of the French Revolution, he replied that it was too early too tell---our expected time frame for development outcomes or the achievement of development goals is usually too short
When Gandhi was asked what he thought about Western Civilization, he said it would be a good idea---our perspectives are shaped by mental models of development that are often too linear in their expectations
When I was Chair of the Complex Emergencies Working Group at World Vision International, we pressured our relief operations to close our camps in Goma in the fall of 1994. We argued that we were supporting genocidal leaders, they argued that they were helping destitute refugees---deep moral dilemmas and unavoidable trade offs are the nature of politics and policy making as they relate to human security
Ambrose Bierce defined 'peace' as the period in international relations between wars, characterized by cheating---nation states, power and politics still matter in a globalized world and on the African continent
Finally, from my favorite philosophers, Calvin and Hobbes (the boy and tiger):
Calvin: "It is interesting that evolution gave us a sense of humor"
Hobbes: "If we couldn't laugh at different events, we wouldn't be able to react to much that happens in life"----there is much we do not fully understand and we need to be better with questions rather than a new set of answers
Given these points, our thinking about the political economy of African development within the context of what is termed 'globalization' needs to go beyond the embedded ideas and mental models that tend to shape thinking on fundamental questions of economic growth and human well being. The development fads and political solutions in the past fifty years, including those for Africa in the post-colonial era, have generally swung between fixes that have come and gone as quickly as fashion trends.
2 The IFIs tout Uganda and Ghana; the Clinton administration had its 'princes' in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda and Rwanda; the sandalistas embraced revolutions in Mozambique and Zimbabwe; and so it has gone.
We need to consider first concerning Africa's political economies that the really important issues related to human well being, effective and well governed states, and long term economic improvement, do not have simple answers. They are what E.F. Schumacher called 'diverging problems', which require seeing issues from multiple points of view, identifying trade-offs, and making choices while continually remaining open to discovering errors in one's reasoning.
Globalization and the Political Economy of Africa:
The term 'globalization' has acquired a connotation similar to karma, kismet or fate in the way that it is thrown around. It remarkable that a term that is less than twenty years old3 has become so quickly part of the jargon of academics, policy makers, activists and politicians.
For this paper, 'globalization' can be understood as a term that has come to characterize some of the vast changes that have taken place in the international economy over the past two decades. This includes the international diffusion of production, consumption and investment in goods, services, capital and technologies. This does not mean that we know enough about the past, present or future to determine whether this is indeed a 'new era' at an early stage and/or a continuation of an older set of processes that go back at least a century.
The term "globalization" has been widely used in the past decade to describe a range of factors that are integrating financial markets, weakening some aspects of nation states, and reducing the protective mechanisms that were established in welfare systems within the more economically developed countries. There is a danger that globalization has now become an overused and under defined term that often obscures more than it reveals.
In addition, it is misleading to describe globalization as a single process, or as having universally similar economic consequences. "Globalization" reflects a number of inter-related processes that are sometimes contradictory in their consequences: technological; economic; political; cultural; psycho-social.
What is important to recognize is that within globalization new economic, environmental, social, cultural and technological relations are emerging, but by themselves they may undermine or enhance human development and security, depending on a range of specific and particular mediating variables. Often, too much of the discussion about globalization has been framed in economic terms, debating over winners and losers, and arguing over whose data is better constructed and researched. Yet, if the emphasis is on a singularity or linearity about globalization as an economic and technological process that misses many of the subtleties and nuances within and between different societies. Certainly, in the case of Africa, locating the relationships between the various dimensions of globalization and the specifics of countries and regions is vital for assessing trends and policy choices.
3 see Theodore Levitt, "The Globalization of Markets", OECD, 1985
Africa and the Political Economy of Development
In the case of Africa, the linkages between the various aspects of globalization and what has been characterized as 'localization' need to be considered in detail and depth. For African states, however strong or weak, deeply rooted or fragile, politics, power and identity (and thus key aspects of their political economy and poverty) remain embedded in the particulars of history.
The old internalist (state failure) v. externalist (neo-colonialism) debates about the reason for Africa's underdevelopment could be too easily replaced between the comfortable tendency of ascribing the complex and multiple causes of political and economic outcomes to globalization (external) or neo-patrimonialism (internal). For each African country, changing external economic and political relations have an impact---highly varied and mediated by local conditions, which in turn are the result of both internal dynamics and longer term historic trends (and external relations).
Thus the dynamics that we label as globalization do have an impact----again, however, highly varied and mediated by politics and local conditions. The risk of the present discussions about globalization is that it too quickly descends in populist debates into a 'gnomes of Zurich'4 view that is both condescending and wrong. It is condescending because it denies moral and political choice to the various groups in a given society. And it is conceptually wrong because governments and entrenched powers in every country have their own agendas, goals and survival strategies that do not bend easily to Great Powers, International Financial Institutions, finance capital or globalization.
A quick summary might point out that within globalization today, there are changes and continuities for African countries.
What is new for Africa?
---information technologies
---speed of capital flows
---communication systems
What is much the same for Africa?
---dominance of 'North' in international institutions and economic relations
---centrality of nation states and the problematic of state building
---inequitable trading system
The local aspects of the global/local can be found in the continuing debates and trends in relation to questions of political economy and the 'developmental state' where optimism, pessimism and 'realism' are continually reborn. The choices for each African state are both constrained by internal factors and various externalities, but also by the ideas that have shaped what is understood as 'development'.
4 or gnomes of IFIs?
"The many pathways to development are indeed marked by dilemmas, contradictions and trade-offs, at different temporal or spatial levels, and suggestions to the contrary should be looked on with suspicion."5
Within the choice of policies and models are older views that still inform development discourse and decision making----a view of progress, which despite two major wars, remained a universal ideal for the West (wedded to technology and various manifestations of capitalism), the East (Marxism being a devoutly progressive religion), and the post-colonial world where the leaders of independence movements promoted catching up economically with the colonizers as the task for their generation aligned with the task of nation building.
The end of colonialism brought a generation of giants---Sukarno; Nkrumah; Nehru; Nyerere---whose vision was of rapid and dynamic modernization, state led, a non-aligned model, which would end poverty and hunger in their countries. However, the promise and potential of a generation of giants went unfulfilled. As C.L.R. James noted in his book on Nkrumah, they could make revolutions but they couldn't build the nation.
For the past two decades, since the 'Great Reversal' of the early 1980s, when the state was overthrown for the market in a disastrous pendulum shift that was as simplistic in its early prescriptions as the previous over-emphasis on state based structures, the bouts of optimism and pessimism have often missed some basics regarding human security or human development and the 'African state'. In simple shorthand, these include factors that cannot be 'fixed' quickly, through a few project loans, or grandiose schemes.
---the relationship between 'good' governance and economic development
---the continued necessity to invest and transform agricultural production systems
---the cornerstone of basic education and basic health services
---the employment and the informal economy
---the continued weakness of African states in the global regimes
To return to the phrase from Goran Hyden, there are no short cuts to progress, only hard choices and difficult decisions with modest foresight and scarce resources. We need to take a hard look at the time frames often posited for development, at the ways in which intellectual fads can be as distorting of our perspective as short term political interests, and the hard trade offs facing states, donors and any organization involved in the practice of development.
In the case of African states, a major internal dilemma remains as stated by Charles Elliott in a workshop at UCLA over 15 years ago: in order to maintain political equilibrium, states often follow policies that create increasing economic disequilibria.6 Only with a longer time frame and perspective can policy advice address this inevitable
5 Stuart Corbridge, Development Studies: A Reader
6 perhaps the cases of Argentina's provincial deficits or the new U.S. farm bill can illustrate this as a more universal dictum.
juggling, which takes place in the larger context of globalization, but which is based on the particularities of each (however weak) state.
In discussing a recent workshop on the IFIs and globalization with one of my students at the School of Public Policy, who has worked both in Latin America and Africa, she commented that we should get beyond the pro and anti labels about globalization, and think more deeply in terms of the structures and processes of politics and economics, of re-framing issues, and of what roles are played by different organizations and institutions.
Mike Edwards, now the head of governance and civil society at the Ford Foundation, and a long time internal critic of NGOs (and the author of a challenging and quixotic recent book, The Future Positive has pointed out the difference between---
Information---raw material that is the basis for learning
Knowledge---how we systemize information by filtering, testing, comparing, analyzing and generalizing
Wisdom---the ability to utilize knowledge and experience in action
For African states, international donors, development practitioners, and academics, finding the way from the verbiage around globalization, or globalization and Africa, to a few insights of acquired knowledge, and occasional wisdom, remains the enormous and daunting task.
My own reflections on the political economy of development have long been influenced by a statement by Donald Schon, taken from Educating the Reflective Practitioner. Schon compares the world to a swamp surrounded by high ground. From the high ground, we see problems clearly, while in the swamp, the problems are confused, murky and difficult to tackle. Schon writes that 'the irony is that the problems of the high ground tend to be relatively unimportant…while in the swamp lie the problems of greatest human concern."
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Given Klout's importance as a social media metric, what, then, can you do to keep your score climbing? Here those experts — as well as Klout CEO and co-founder Joe Fernandez — offer their tips to improve your Klout score.
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Chris Dancy, who has been called "the worlds most quantified man," offers this advice for maximizing your Klout score: "[Don't] engage in trickery and manipulation. Align yourself with your innate gifts and passions, and share them with the world." Why will this help you stand out? "Not many people actually do this," Dancy says.
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Jason White, senior SEO strategist with Dragon Search Marketing, says the birth of my first child caused a 20- to 30-point bump to his Klout score. That "baby bump" remains to this day, White adds, but it did cause him to lose a little faith in Klout's metrics: "I could manipulate them based on what would get engagement."
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Cassidy Williams, a computer science senior at Iowa State University (with a Klout score of about 71), agrees. "Post things on Facebook and Twitter that you know will get likes and retweets. Interact a lot with people in your network, so that people will interact with you," she says. "Be strategic about your posts. Don't just constantly post a ton of stuff willy-nilly, because that doesn't help you. Only interactions with others help."
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"If you frequently create content your network engages with, you'll have a high Klout score," he says, admitting that it's easier said than done. "The Internet has a short attention span. If you're not consistently in the conversation, your score starts to decay."
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JAyatana version 2 was released recently, getting support for Ubuntu 13.10 along with a PPA for easy installation. Even though there are no packages for Ubuntu 14.04 yet, Java Ayatana also works with the latest Ubuntu Trusty Tahr.
LibreOffice 4.2, the recently released major update to the default Ubuntu office suite, is now available in its main official PPA, for Ubuntu 13.10 and 12.04. Below you'll find instructions on how to upgrade to this new version using the PPA.
After being in beta for almost a year, Lightworks, a professional video editing and mastering software, has reached version 11.5 stable, this being the first Lightworks release for Linux. The new version is of course also available for Windows.
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This tutorial focuses on showing the use of one of the new features introduced in Ubuntu 13.10, namely Smart Scopes. With Mir being postponed, Saucy Salamander didn't have a lot of new features, focusing on stability rather than trying to break new grounds. Smart Scopes is one of the main additions to Dash in Saucy.
With Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu ships a solid desktop based on the work that has been done since 13.04, with few new features that are noteworthy, and no major changes. Saucy will be supported for 9 months, until July 2014. With 13.04 support ending very soon, Saucy is a good replacement to feature newer packages and a decent lifespan.
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I have been working at Ixia
Pros – good pay. some flexibility in working from home. people with good technical knowledge abound
Cons – main focus of each group, as directed by upper management, is to blame each other. everyne spends a lot of time on this. lot of effort is put into how bugs can be moved to other groups just so that at the end of the week, your team's numbers look good.
management follows an approach of lying about everything to people, and they actually think people believe them. Dishonesty seems to be the main tool used to manage people. management seems to want you to quit so that they can hire more people in cheaper countries. Probably this is why they treat employees very very badly, and have no qualms about messing with your personal time. In fact, you dont have "personal time". It all belongs to Ixia.
Advice to Senior Management – please try being a little more honest with us. might make a difference. though it might not come naturally for most of you.
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I'm sorry.
Whatever I did, I apologize. Flog me, fine me, curse my name. But honest, I didn't mean to do it.
You, too, have probably felt the dismay of discovering you've slighted someone without knowing it. Your victim may be someone you've never met. The slight may go back years. You may make this discovery at the least expected moment.
This happened to me — not for the first time — a few days ago. I'd just finished a talk at a local university when a man approached. He stood patiently while I chatted with a few other people, then he asked if I remembered a column I'd written in which I asked readers to share their fondest memories of time spent on Chicago's lakefront.
He'd responded, he said. And I never answered or wrote about the responses. What happened?
He was nice about it, but I could sense that my failure to respond had stung a little.
All I could say, along with something about the rabbit hole of the email inbox and the way life can impede the best of intentions, was: I'm sorry.
I really was, and I understood how he might feel.
Most of us, I suspect, carry around the memory of some unwitting slight, or several, that nags at us while the perpetrator prances obliviously through life.
Such slights come in many forms. The person who ignores you in the office or at a social event. The unsent condolence card. The unreturned email or call. The clever quip that rips through someone's heart at a party never to be dislodged.
I've been both perpetrator and victim of such unintended slights.
A while back — perpetrator again — I was introduced to a man in a Chicago bar. We exchanged pleasantries before he said, "You once cut me off in the Peninsula Times Tribune parking lot."
The Peninsula Times Tribune was a little newspaper in Palo Alto, Calif., where I had my first journalism job and this man, it turned out, had started at the paper about the time I left.
Two decades later, in Chicago, I was sure I'd never seen him. He had, however, seen me, and had never forgotten my little white Honda Civic behaving badly.
I have my own stash of slights perpetrated upon me.
I can recite word for word the galling things that (co-worker's name deleted) once said to me about (topic deleted.) I feel confident that (same name deleted) not only doesn't remember that conversation but would be astonished to know it remains a burr in my mind.
Friendships, even marriages, can be frayed by such slights.
My mother once told me, in sad surprise, that my father near the end of his life revealed he was still upset by how dismissively she had responded to the roses he sent her shortly after they married. She had remembered the roses, but not the way she had, or hadn't, responded.
The more people you have in your life, the likelier you are to have left a trail of unintended offenses. In these days of Facebook, email and Twitter, when we're connected to the multitudes, the opportunities to offend multiply.
So it feels good when you get the occasion in a friendly way to set things straight.
The man I met the other night emailed afterward and told the story he'd told in that original email, about how as a boy he had watched his father paint an old boat anchored in the Jackson Park lagoon. His father died soon afterward.
He sent me a photo of the watercolor, again, and it was beautiful.


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My favourite AC/DC song and third favourite song of all time (first and second favourites being The Eagles' Take It Easy and Fleetwood Mac's Dreams, respectively – yes, I'm a classic rock gal).
It's also the perfect song to describe where I'm at right now: I'm back on my blog, tonight's wine is black (so are my teeth), and I feel kick-ass — I just completed the major WSET Diploma milestone of finishing my coursework assignment, a 10-page essay on wine labels with a case study on effective packing versus an example that needs improving. Yeehaw!
The song also matches up perfectly with my wine, Prazo de Roriz. It's black, beefy, brooding – and while a little on the old side, like AC/DC, it's still lip smackingly good.
The second wine of Quinta de Roriz, a Symington Family property, it is a dry red blended table wine made of the same Fab Five grapes as the estate's Vintage Port. The winery is perhaps best known for its Douro icon wines that it makes with Bordelais co-owner Bruno Prats, Chryseia and Post Scriptum.
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By Elizabeth G. Olson
FORTUNE -- For all the talk of new executive blood, some big, but flailing, companies like J.C. Penney (JCP) and Procter & Gamble (PG) are looking to former top executives for their rescue. Turning to the tried-and-true can seem like a failure of vision or lack of a talent net, but corporate history shows that grabbing the familiar old ring actually makes sense.
"When the company needs someone who can fix very specific things quickly and effectively, it can work," says Nancy Koehn, a historian and professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. Famous examples include Steve Jobs at Apple (AAPL) and Howard Schultz at Starbucks (SBUX).
"It's a combination of great passion and detachment, so they are able to cut what needs to be cut -- like Howard Schultz who first closed stores, then laid off people, and stopped reporting same-store sales," Koehn said.
"He could move quickly because he knew where all the bodies are buried and was able to move past that jungle posturing that always accompanies a new executive and the people around him. It's necessary anthropology, but it's very time-consuming."
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To revive its consumer products business, P&G brought back former CEO A.G. Lafley, 65, but the Cincinnati-based giant quickly moved to quell any criticism that it failed at succession-planning by making known that four current executives would be moving into major new roles.
Before retiring in 2009 after nearly a decade at P&G's helm, Lafley chose his successor, Robert McDonald, who struggled to right the giant goods purveyor in the unsettled economy. In the past, P&G has chosen its CEOs from its own ranks, although there is no public guarantee that will continue to be the case.
"Lafley is coming back to continue a successful strategy," noted Rosabeth M. Kanter, a professor of leadership, strategy, and innovation at Harvard Business School. Johnson "had to deal with the financial crisis and a lot of volatility," and Lafley's return will see him "accelerating restructuring to respond to that volatility.
"That makes sense," said Kanter, who also is director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative and author of several books. P&G has been undergoing a $10 billion revamp, begun under McDonald.
Recycled CEOs don't always work out -- the late Kenneth Lay being a major case in point. He was brought back to revive Enron after a brief stint under Jeffrey Skilling's leadership. That ended badly. A different, but embarrassing, scenario beset Xerox (XRX), when nine-year veteran CEO Paul Allaire was called back by the board in 2000 for a stint.
He became mired in federal regulators' charges that senior company executives engaged in a major accounting fraud. (He stayed less than two years then went onto another high corporate position, but the accusations cost him that job as well.)
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The company later enjoyed a major turnaround, but his stint underscores that no matter how well intentioned -- or necessary -- bringing back the boss can be problematic. Founders, in particular, can want company operations to return to his, or her, original vision or operating style when the marketplace has moved on. The return can also be the Band-aid the board of directors need to dodge responsibility for failed strategies and plans, or to deflect blame.
Certainly, there are the over-the-top success stories like Jobs and Schultz, but there are yet-to-be-concluded sagas including whether Richard Schulze, who founded electronics retailer Best Buy (BBY), will succeed in breathing new life into the wounded company.
Schulze has returned as chairman of Best Buy, which has been walloped by online competitors offering cheaper prices, and recorded a loss in its most recent quarter under the leadership of CEO Hubert Joly.
No one knows yet how Penney's CEO change will work out, but Kanter noted that "the CEO brought back was one said to have failed previously, which was why (recently replaced CEO) Ron Johnson was brought in -- to be a dramatic turnaround.
"I'm scratching my head about why they brought someone back that the whole board felt had a failed strategy needing updating."
Penney's has been struggling to hang on to its core audience as online retailers, with low prices and flashy offerings, have exerted a stronger hold on the public. The company has foundered while Johnson, a former Apple executive, tried to apply some of the electronic company's marketing know-how to the century-old American retailer.
Then in May, Johnson was moved aside, and former CEO Myron Ullman was returned to the helm by the board. The board was thinking: "We need a Smokey the Bear, someone who is well known and very experienced, not just to put out the fire," said Koehn.
"He's a serious retailer who needs to recapture Penney's relevance while holding on," she said. "He needs to plant some new trees and to grow a forest.
He has a chance to resuscitate the company so "it's not time to play Penney's funeral march," she noted. "But no brick-and-mortar retailer can now afford not to be playing for keeps."
Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly's approach to easing tensions with founder Richard Schulze is a great example for leaders dealing with similar tensions.Apr 3, 2013 12:07 PM ET
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This is just my understanding, not supported by tech documentation: it is not the CONTACT with some material that is a problem. It is that the entire tub needs to be able to move/expand/contract with heat etc, and restricting part of it stretches the bond.
In any event, I have done plenty with no known issues. I would contact American Standard and see what they say. If they do say to send in the foam, be sure to use the "blue" can, minimal expansion type. But don't do anything until they tell you what to do.


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The centerpiece of the Treasure Room is this 500-pound, 10-foot high, 15th-century gilded monstrance. Its creator is Juan del Arfe, a silversmith of German descent. The monstrance is made of solid silver and was gilded 70 years later, allegedly with gold brought back from the New World by Columbus. It is still carried through the streets of Toledo during the feast of Corpus Christi.
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On January 26, The Chris Brownlie Hospice, once used as Los Angeles's first hospice for AIDS patients, was returned to the city. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been using the hospice building for offices since 1996. A memorial service was held to celebrate and honor the service the hospice provided from 1988 to 1996 as a nursing home for those dying from diseases caused by HIV. The Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus performed in memory of the hundreds who died there, including 140 chorus members. Participants ended the celebration by releasing seven balloons at sunset, one for each year the hospice operated.
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The V-Moda Remix Remote headphones earn our Editors' Choice recommendation with a colorfully dynamic sound profile, a generous two-year replacement warranty, and a handful of accessories that ensure a tight seal and versatile usability.
With the Surface Remix Project, Microsoft wants you to rethink what it means for a tablet to be productive.
With the Surface Remix Project, Microsoft wants you to rethink what it means for a tablet to be productive.
Built from tough materials designed to last and paired with a generous two-year warranty, the V-Moda Remix Remote headphones are top performers in the sub-$100 category on CNET and deserve your serious buying consideration.
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A new Trader Joe's in Northeast Portland will not be built, the grocer told the mayor.
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An annual Child Abuse Summit brings experts and law enforcement officials together.
A Multnomah County judge dismissed the criminal case against Houston Rockets forward Terrance Jones after he and his attorney reached a civil compromise with the man he is accused of stomping on.
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A woman who had sex with her Sherwood High School student will serve 30 days.
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For a team that underwent major renovations this offseason (Josh Smith out, Paul Millsap in), not much will change in the standings. Atlanta has lost in the first or second round of the playoffs in each of the past six seasons and we're betting that streak reaches seven. With a solid but unspectacular core built around big man Al Horford, the Hawks will be good -- just not great.


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In September 2008, 44 teachers, representing 18 schools from around Bangkok, attended WSPA's first one-day teacher training workshop. The training provided International Animal Welfare Education (IN AWE) training to both primary and secondary school teachers.
Teacher training workshops are a vital and integral part of IN AWE, WSPA's animal welfare education programme for 5 to 16 year olds. During the workshops teachers have the opportunity to learn about the importance and benefits of animal welfare education, discuss how it can be integrated into their lessons and receive resources and materials.
WSPA education manager, Nicola Ball, reported that "The workshop was a great success with teachers participating enthusiastically in all the activities and providing valuable insights and suggestions based on their teaching experience."
After the success of this inaugural workshop – the participants gave positive feedback about both the activities and materials – WSPA will run further introductory sessions later this year, as well as providing follow-up training and support for the participants of this first event.
Other IN AWE events planned for this year in Thailand include training for pre-service teachers and demonstration classes; in 2009 IN AWE workshops will also take place in India and Vietnam.
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Nabarro appoints Stella Beaumont as non-executive board director
Stella Beaumont, former director of international and business development at Guardian News & Media, has joined Nabarro's board as a non-executive director.
Nabarro advises Hermes Real Estate on £800m NOMA joint venture
Nabarro has advised Hermes Real Estate on a joint venture with The Co-operative Group to deliver the £800m NOMA scheme in Manchester City Centre.
Nabarro promotes three associates to partnership in 2014
Nabarro has announced that three associates have been promoted to the partnership. The promotions will take effect from 1 May 2014.
Nabarro advises Cenkos Securities on £92.9m online gaming IPO
Nabarro has advised Cenkos Securities on the AIM IPO of XLMedia plc, which is expected to raise £41.8m and lead to a market capitalisation of £92.9m.
Nabarro advises Hiscox on second return of capital in a year
The corporate team at Nabarro has advised Hiscox on a £200m return of capital to its shareholders.
IT specialist Lee Gluyas joins Nabarro's growing dispute resolution team
Nabarro is investing in the growth of its dispute resolution team with the lateral hire of Lee Gluyas, a partner with a specialist focus on complex IT disputes.
Nabarro's projects team advises on £83m social-housing PFI project
Nabarro has advised the winning consortium, led by infrastructure fund Equitix, on the £83m bond-financed Brunswick (Manchester) social-housing PFI project.
Nabarro set to open new office in Dubai in early 2014
Nabarro will open a new office in Dubai in early 2014, which will be the firm's third international office after those in Singapore and Brussels.
Nabarro hosts roundtable breakfast seminars focused on employment law reforms
The employment team at Nabarro has hosted two roundtable breakfast seminars providing a high-level update on key employment law reforms.
Nabarro advises John Laing Infrastructure Fund on capital raise and PPP acquisition
Nabarro has advised John Laing Infrastructure Fund (JLIF) on a share issue and prospectus that is expected to raise up to £240m.
Nabarro advises Walker Crips on creation of regulated short-term lending fund
Nabarro has advised wealth and investment manager Walker Crips on the creation of a regulated short-term lending fund.
Nabarro acts for Publicis in London pre-let property deals
Nabarro has acted for new client Publicis, an advertising and communications agencies, completing a deal in five weeks to agree pre-lets on two central London properties being redeveloped by Derwent London.
Nabarro advises Mitsui Fudosan UK and Stanhope on One Angel Court acquisition
Nabarro has advised Mitsui Fudosan UK and Stanhope on the acquisition of One Angel Court in EC2 from TIAA-CREF.
Nabarro assists with development of new European procurement guide download
Nabarro has helped to develop a guide that navigates the 'legal maze' of European procurement rules governing land and development deals.
Sheffield must grasp international investment opportunity, says Nabarro's Martin McKervey
The Sheffield city region must grasp the opportunity of international investment, says Martin McKervey of Nabarro, as the law firm reveals that the UK has topped a new index ranking 20 countries from all five major world regions for their attractiveness to institutional investors in infrastructure projects.
Nabarro advises on £250m Watford Health Campus regeneration project
Nabarro has advised Watford Borough Council and West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust on the financial and legal close of a £250m regeneration project...
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Lafarge Tarmac has appointed Nabarro and Freeth Cartwright as two law firms on the company's first legal services panel.
Cross-practice team from Nabarro advises UK Coal on second restructuring
A team from Nabarro has guided UK Coal through a second restructuring following a fire at Daw Mill.
Nabarro advises Numis on £25.5m placing to raise additional capital for Retroscreen
Nabarro is advising existing client Numis Securities on a £25.5m placing to raise additional capital for AIM-traded Retroscreen Virology.
Nabarro announces publication of 11th edition Pensions Law Handbook
Nabarro's pensions team has announced the publication of the 11th edition of its Pensions Law Handbook.
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Greg Kinne Design, located on Quincy Junction Road, is having an open house Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Greg will show artwork featured at home and garden shows across the West, as well as wall art, waterfalls and one-of-a-kind pieces we'd venture to say you won't find anywhere else.
The ladies at Good Vibrations in Chester are having an open house coffee sampling event Saturday, Oct. 24, 9 a.m.-noon. Coffee aficionado Amy Louis Amy will be on hand to discuss organic and fair trade Thanksgiving coffees.
In celebration of Greenville Cottage Antiques and Collectibles' fifth anniversary, owner Gay Jacobs is having a party on Sunday, Oct. 25. Refreshments and prizes will be awarded throughout the day. The business, located on Crescent Street (Highway 89) in historical Greenville, carries a huge assortment of antiques, from old bottles to baby buggies.
In celebration of National Physical Therapy month, Sierra Valley Physical Therapy in Quincy will have an open house Thursday, Oct. 29 from 4-7 p.m. There will be appetizers and beverages, so be sure to stop by and tour their modern facility.
In honor of National Co-op month and National Fair Trade month, Quincy Natural Foods is holding a customer appreciation day Saturday, Oct. 24 from noon-5 p.m. There will be lots of free samples, prizes, demos, activities for the kids and additional discounts for co-op members—of which you don't have to be to attend this event or to shop at this great store.
This month marks the 23rd anniversary for Hi Tech Frame and Finish in Quincy. Owner Mark Tande offers a lifetime guarantee on collision repair work. He uses the Data-liner Laser Perfect frame and suspension system and is an I-Car Gold Class certified specialist.
America's got talent, do you? Here's your chance to show your stuff on the first and third Friday each month at Nancy's Café & Deli on Peninsula Drive at Lake Almanor. If you can sign, dance, recite poetry, do standup comedy or have unusual pet tricks, give Nancy a call to reserve your time on stage.
Ran across the following article in a magazine recently and it is definitely worth sharing…
Great customer service is the buzzword in most industries. Most of us want to receive it, some of us recognize it when we do receive it, but all of us could probably use a refresher course in how to give it. Here are some tips on ways to give great customer service.
1. Smile. Don't kid yourself. Just as it can be seen in person, it can be heard over the phone.
2. Say something nice to someone at least once a day. People remember nice things just as they remember the not so nice things.
3. See someone walking into your store? Say hello, loud and clear. Ignoring people—even fellow employees isn't good customer service.
4. Keep the fences in your organization low. We all know there needs to be guidelines and policies. However, when there are so many of them, they can make doing business difficult. It's not worth it.
5. Be a double checker. Often we can miss something or not know all the details. Most people appreciate hearing "The last time I checked, we were out of stock on that; however, let me double check it for you." That particular statement is comforting. Everyone loves a double checker.
6. We cannot do two things well at once. If you are working with a customer, on the phone or in person, then focus on that person. Trying to type, file or do some paperwork while you're communicating with a customer is dangerous—and rude.
7. Respond rapidly. When you receive information about a client, it's a good thing to let them know you did receive it. That's good communication.
8. Use your listening skills more often. We all like to talk, but listening to the customer is much better. Let others have the stage.
9. Show some empathy or sympathy when a customer complains. Doing or saying nothing when they feel they have a problem will put you in the doghouse fast.
10. Be prepared. If you are in customer service, or any front line position, expect things to happen. Be prepared is not just for the Boy Scouts. It's anyone who works with customers. Prepare for the unexpected.
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