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•New Orleans Best Lawyers' Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year, 2010 •American Arbitration Association - Panelist for Complex Commercial Cases •LSU Foundation - Chairman of the Board, 2001 - 2002 •2001 United States Fifth Circuit American Inns of Court Professionalism Award, Recipient •Who's Who Legal: International Commercial Litigation, 2005-2008 •Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2005 •The Best Lawyers in America - Selected for inclusion for at least 25 years •Institute for Energy Law of the Center for American and International Law, Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Energy Litigation, Recipient •Louisiana Bar Foundation- Louisiana's Distinguished Attorney Award 1999, Recipient •Conference Standing Committee on Federal Practice and Procedure - Member, 1995 - 2001 •Louisiana State Bar Association - Board of Governors, 1980 - 1982 •Louisiana Bar Foundation - fellow •American Bar Foundation - fellow •American College of Trial Lawyers - President, 1984 - 1985, Board of Regents, 1978-1986 •American Academy of Appellate Lawyers •New Orleans Bar Association, 2001 President's Award, Recipient •New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations - Member •U. S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Department - First Lieutenant, 1954 - 1956 •Hargrove, Guyton, Van Hook & Hargrove, Shreveport, Louisiana - Associate, 1952 - 1953 •Best Lawyers' 2013 New Orleans Natural Resources Law Lawyer of the Year
Mr. Lafitte has a comprehensive law practice that encompasses both oil and gas matters and business litigation. His wide-ranging experience includes oil and gas exploration issues, lessor/lessee royalty controversies, pipeline construction, gas sales contracts, environmental issues affecting the oil and gas industry, antitrust and trade regulation, securities fraud and legal malpractice. Mr. Lafitte's business litigation work covers business torts issues, director and officer liability litigation, antitrust, professional liability defense, securities litigation, trademark, copyright, patent infringement, trade secret litigation and transactional disputes. He has served as a panelist on complex commercial cases for the American Arbitration Association. He is a former president and member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Trial Lawyers. A past chairman of the board of the Louisiana State University Foundation, Mr. Lafitte served in the U. S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps as a first lieutenant. Highlights of his practice achievements include: •Mr. Lafitte represented Vancouver Plywood Co. and Willamette Industries Inc. in a private treble-damage antitrust class action, based on an alleged price-fixing conspiracy, brought by the purchasers of plywood against manufacturers/sellers. In re Plywood Antitrust Litigation , 655 F.2d 627 (5th Cir. 1981), cert. granted , 456 U.S. 971 (1982) •He served as counsel defending Pennzoil Company against breach of contract and state antitrust claims against it and a natural gas supplier. The defendants faced claims totaling over $500 million (before trebling) brought by three public utilities in state court in Louisiana. After a 14-month trial, Pennzoil was held to have no liability, and the finding was upheld on appeal. Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. United Gas Pipe Line Company , 493 So. 2d 1149 (La. 1986), on remand , 518 So. 2d 1050 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1987), writ denied , 523 So. 2d 232 (La. 1988) •Mr. Lafitte represented the National Ocean Industries Association, and many of its member oil companies and service companies •as intervenors in litigation initiated by the States of New York and New Jersey, Long Island counties and environmental groups against the Secretary of the Interior to enjoin the first OCS lease sale in the Atlantic Ocean. The case was tried in the Eastern District of New York. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit allowed the lease sale to take place and ultimately upheld the validity of the leases granted. County of Suffolk v. Secretary of Interior, 562 F.2d 1368 (2nd. Cir. 1977) •In a landmark four-to-three decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court, Mr. Lafitte represented a defendant/mineral lessee in trial and appeal. This case determined for the first time in Louisiana the mineral lessee's obligations under a "market value" royalty provision. Henry v. Ballard & Cordell Corp., 418 So. 2d 1334 (La. 1982) •He represented Texaco, Inc. in a case in which the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed lower appellate and trial court decisions in upholding the validity of royalty payments of Texaco to its mineral lessor on natural gas production from valuable producing leases. LP&L v. Texaco, Inc. , 478 So. 2d 926 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1985), rev'd , 491 So. 2d 363 (La. 1986) cert. denied , 483 U.S. 1009, 107 S. Ct. 3239 (1987) •A prominent Louisiana law firm was alleged to have engaged in monopolization and attempted monopolization of a specialized legal practice involving municipal finance. Mr. Lafitte's representation of the firm resulted in the lawsuit's dismissal on summary judgment, which was upheld on appeal through the denial of certiorari by the United States Supreme Court. Benton, Benton & Benton v. Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, 897 F.2d 198 (5th Cir. 1990), cert. denied , 499 U.S. 975 (1991) •Mr. Lafitte represented the American Petroleum Institute and member companies with significant partial success in a case where regulations issued by the federal agency, under the federal Clean Water Act, were challenged. The American Petroleum Institute v. EPA, 787 F.2d 965 (5th Cir. 1986) •He represented the defendant in a case that dealt with a question of interpretation of an oil and gas contract. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed an adverse district court decision and rendered in favor of his client. Tidelands Royalty "B" Corp. v. Gulf Oil Corp., 804 F.2d 1344 (5th Cir. 1986) •Mr. Lafitte's representation of a prominent Arkansas law firm resulted in the United States Fifth Circuit's reversal of an adverse jury verdict. The case involved questions of obligations and responsibilities of counsel for underwriters in a securities law transaction. Abell v. Potomac Insurance Co., 858 F.2d 1104 (5th Cir. 1988) •As co-counsel for one of the defendants, Mr. Lafitte achieved summary judgment in favor of his client. The jury ultimately awarded a $47 million dollar verdict against the remaining defendant. Zapata Gulf Marine Corp. v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, 682 F. Supp. 1345 (E.D. La. 1988) •He represented the principal defendant in a federal antitrust claim brought by a manufacturer of secondary waste water treatment facilities. Claims were dismissed on a summary judgment motion. United Industries, Inc. v. Eimco Process Equipment Co., 61 F.3d 445 (5th Cir. 1995) Publications• Chapter 1, Introduction to Federal Practice, Lawyers Cooperative Federal Practice Guide, Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial - 5th Circuit (1996) • "Civility Costs Nothing, " The Bencher, The American Inns of Court (July/August 2004)


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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2004 Marine Gen. Peter Pace met thousands of U.S. servicemembers during a swing through Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Nov. 20-24.
Pace, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went to the region to thank American servicemembers for their contributions to the global war on terrorism. "He wanted to look them in the eyes and assure them that their sacrifices are appreciated by the American people," said Pace's spokeswoman Marine Col. Ellen Haddock.
Pace visited troops in Forward Operating Base Salerno, Kandahar, Kabul and Bagram in Afghanistan. He also met with servicemembers at Kharsi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan and Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan.
Pace was impressed by the joint and combined teams that commanders have put together in Afghanistan. "Many times he said the bases reminded him of the bar scene in Star Wars, with servicemembers of every service and many different nationalities working together," Haddock said.
During an interview in Bagram, Pace said the difference in Afghanistan in the year since he last visited "is truly remarkable."
"They have traffic jams in Kabul now, for crying out loud," Haddock said. Pace mentioned that there are more markets open, much more construction, and many more boys and girls are going to school. Pace said that U.S. servicemembers have made a difference in the lives of all Afghans.
Haddock said that many Afghans showed the general their voter registration cards. "They were very proud that they are part of the future of Afghanistan," she said.
Pace said that many soldiers and Marines spoke highly of the members of the Afghan National Army. "The soldiers in the field, the Marines in the field feel particularly good about fighting alongside them," he said.
He said the Afghan soldiers fight right alongside coalition troops and have proved courageous in battle and useful in dealing with local populations.
Haddock said the Oct. 9 elections were a "tipping point" for the country. The number of people who voted and the resounding victory of moderate parties show that Afghans do want a democracy that respects the rights of all and can provide security to all.
Pace said the country still faces problems. Coalition forces will continue to hunt down al Qaeda terrorists and Taliban rebels. The coalition will work with the Afghan government to combat the cultivation of opium poppies and its conversion to heroin, he said.
At every stop in the region, Pace stressed that the American people understand the sacrifices servicemembers are making and honor them for it. And he urged servicemembers to examine their roles in the region. "Our troops get it," Pace said. "They understand what they are doing and why they are doing it, and they have justifiable pride in their accomplishments."


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Nico Hulkenberg's impressive run of consecutive top 10 finishes continued at the Canadian Grand Prix.
The German driver started the race in 11th place after missing out on a spot in the final qualifying segment by less than half a tenth.
He started the race on the soft compound Pirelli tyre and failed to make progress in the early stages. However, a long first stint helped him move up the order and he gained several positions after his first pit stop.
Hulkenberg lost a few positions during his final stint on the super-soft tyre and was passed by Jenson Button in the closing stages.
However, he was then promoted two positions to fifth place after a crash involving Felipe Massa and his team-mate Sergio Perez.
The Mexican had impressively managed a 34-lap opening stint on the option tyre and advanced to second place after Lewis Hamilton retired.
However, his VJM07 developed a brake problem and he was forced to defend heavily from the two Red Bull Racing drivers in the final laps.
Both Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel managed to find a way through, before he collided with Massa on the run to turn one on the final lap.
The two drivers collided heavily with the wall and were taken to hospital for checks, before being discharged a little while later.
It was a disappointing end to the race for Perez, who had looked on course for a strong top five result. His day got even worse when he was handed a five-place penalty for the incident for the next race in Austria.
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Top 5 Secret: How does exercise lower blood pressure
The high blood pressure state has now come up as one of the major health complications for people these days. Although proper medication is there to keep your blood pressure at normal level but you also need to take a few precautions from your side regarding your health. This is the primary requirement for every high blood pressure patient because the risk of high blood pressure rises with the time. As a result, aged people are more prone to get their high blood pressure state and further life threatening disorders to it. Maintaining a healthy diet and doing regular exercising can greatly contribute in lowering your blood pressure and keeping it optimal for lifetime. Overall, exercise and high blood pressure share a strong bonding with each other. It does not mean that you should get involved in rigorous form of exercises but to start off with more number of physical activities in your day to day life.
Exercises for high blood pressure condition
How does exercise lower blood pressure? And how do the various forms of exercise contribute in keeping your heart healthy and establish a normal functioning in the body. Basically, exercises help in making you fit and results into healthy blood circulation in the entire body system. Specifically, physical activities greatly contribute to maintain a healthy body weight throughout life and maintaining a healthy body weight is one of the crucial factors known for controlling the high blood pressure in the body. Overall, exercises has got so many benefits in terms of keeping your body healthy and fit for prolonged time.
Kind of exercises beneficial for controlling high blood pressure condition
The rigorous form of workouts for enhancing your flexibility and strength of the muscles, are not actually effective in regulating your blood pressure. Therefore, you should not actually spend several hours of exercising in fitness centers or gyms. Rather, all aerobic exercises profoundly contribute in lowering your high blood pressure state effectively. The aerobic exercises successfully regulate the breathing rate and adequate health of your heart. Some of the effective forms of aerobic exercise such as, walking, swimming, running, playing any active sport; bicycling etc. can greatly help in making your body fit and healthy for lifetime. You exercising for one hundred and fifty minutes in every week are like more than enough and this recommended by many medical professionals only.
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You must follow a healthy and suitable diet plan for controlling your high blood pressure problem in an effective manner.
You must cut down the salt intake by your body as sodium element easily results into higher blood pressure condition in your body.
The moderate alcohol consumption is considered to be beneficial in terms of lowering the high blood pressure state in your body.
Keep on losing the extra kilos from your body can actually contribute in regulating your high blood pressure as well.
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The South Carolina High School League has apparently forgotten common sense in pursuing its mission of providing organized sports for students, especially those with learning disabilities.
At Mondays court-ordered appeal concerning Goose Creek High School, the great majority of the members of the leagues executive committee apparently did not take into consideration the unusual circumstances whereby the football program salvaged the self-esteem of a troubled student who had been in multiple high schools over the last four years.
A clerical error that occurred at another high school four years ago caused the problem of determining eligibility.
When another transcript was obtained by Goose Creek administration, the error was reported to the league office within one and one-half hours. The team was disqualified last week. The season was forfeited for the whole team, which happened to be undefeated and ranked No. 12 in the nation. All of this occurred for doing the right thing.
Goose Creek gained no advantage by this player participating in 17 snaps all when the Gators were ahead by at least 41 points.
An appeal for mercy by the school administration was voted down 12-2, so all the players on the team are paying for an inadvertent clerical error.
It seems that common sense has escaped the SCHSL executive committee. To give Goose Creek the death penalty, was unjustified.
I wonder how the committee could look those players in the eye. The punishment did not fit the so-called crime. Indeed, one member said that there was no crime.
How will the disabled student, through no fault of his own, feel now? How does the disability act play into this?
The embarrassment this has caused to this special needs student could be devastating. The football experience, according to his mother, Goose Creek faculty and administration, had increased his self-esteem and his ability to function in school and the community.
It appears to me that major changes need to be made in the governance of the South Carolina High School League. Getting common sense back into governance should be the first priority.
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Awesome Again to Stand for $50,000
Awesome Again , who stands at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs near Paris, Ky., will stand for the same $50,000 fee in 2011 that he stood for in 2010.
His career total of 39 stakes winners include 2010 grade I winner Awesome Gem. Ghostzapper , a son of Awesome Again and a Horse of the Year, will stand for $20,000, down from $30,000 last breeding season.
Stronach, who will stand seven stallions at his Kentucky farm, also will stand stallions at Adena Springs Canada in Aurora, Ontario, and at Joe and Ann McMahon's McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds near Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Stronach also will stand Olmodavor at Rich and Gaby Sulpizio's Magali Farms near Santa Ynez, Calif.
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Alternatively, breeders who pay the full advertised stud fee in their local market will be given a 20% reduction on any additional mare bred to a stallion in a different market. For example, a breeder who pays the full advertised stud fee for Milwaukee Brew in Canada will enjoy a 20% fee reduction of the advertised stands and nurses price for any stallion on the Kentucky or New York roster.
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Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strip (MR816 CSX only)The innovative Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strip is a unique new compression and EQ tool that runs on DSP inside the MR816 CSX. While the first-class algorithms developed by Yamaha deliver sonically excellent equalization and compression, this unique new plug-in has also been designed for convenience, accessibility and simplicity of operation.The Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strip consists of a sidechain-enabled compressor and a 3-band parametric equalizer, which can be applied to up to eight mono input channels or four stereo input channels on the MR816 CSX or on Cubase tracks during mixing. Both EQ and compressor were developed to attain a highly "musical" sound that can not only give audio signals new sparkle and punch or help (re)define their sonic personality, but also work adaptively on audio signals to blend them satisfyingly into a mix.Sweet Spot Morphing Channel StripThe first-class sonic qualities of the Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strip are not the only aspect that set it apart. It also features a unique new way to set up a great sound for just about any audio signal in next to no time: the Morph knob. Simply turning this knob smoothly morphs through both EQ and compression settings in combination, allowing the user to 'dial in' the ideal sound very quickly just by using one single control element.Plus, MR816 CSX also features built-in hardware control for the DSP effects: both the Morph and Drive knobs can be controlled from the front panel of the MR816 CSX. Using the Morph knob is especially useful for recording situations where quick setup for EQ and compression is paramount. Newcomers to recording will also find this system very helpful, as presets for many common recording situations are included. The presets were designed by veteran audio engineers using their many years of recording experience, and cover ideal EQ and compression settings for instruments, drums, vocals and many more situations.REV-X ReverbThe REV-X built into both MR816 interfaces is a complex reverb algorithm developed by Yamaha. It provides a high-density, richly reverberant sound quality, with smooth attenuation, spread and depth that work together to enhance the original sound. Yamaha's REV-X digital reverb algorithm is renowned for its high resolution and extraordinarily natural sound.Each MR816 features three types of reverb effects: Hall, Room and Plate simulations with reverb time and level control. This superlative reverb processor also featured on Yamaha's premiere digital consoles is ideal for monitoring mixes, for performers, but also adds a further excellent reverb to your available VST plug-ins on mixdown.
Complete Cubase user interface integration throughoutMR816 interfaces feature direct integration into Cubase through unique windows and views within Cubase. These interface elements allow full control of the hardware's functionality from within Cubase itself. This includes not only the Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strip (MR816 CSX only) and REV-X reverb DSP effects, but almost all hardware functionality in the MR816s, including performer mixes and their levels, phantom power selection, -26 dB pad, high pass filters and phase inversion switch per input channel. The benefits are an extremely fast and intuitive workflow that handles software and hardware effectively as one system!Setting up a project with MR816 interfaces is extremely easy and intuitive. Templates offer pre-made setups with routing and I/O configurations already set up, automatically creating and assigning inputs and outputs for connected devices. The bottom line? No need to manually create buses or reassign I/Os in the VST Connections window. No other combination of FireWire hardware and software offers such flexible and intuitive I/O handling within a software DAW.Quick Connect: next-generation of plug and playCubase automatically recognizes the MR816, featuring complete plug and play and very fast setup. The MR816 interfaces offer another unique feature: instant routing and rerouting of inputs to Cubase channels on the fly from the front panel of the I/O with the push of a button! Just select a Cubase channel and press a channel button on the I/O front panel, and that channel is instantly routed to the selected track. To help quickly identify which input is routed to the selected Cubase track, the front panel light for the channel flashes, showing which input is currently routed to that track.
Extendable systemDeveloped using advanced technologies to offer seamless scalability, this mixing and recording system offers many options to increase the number of available inputs, preamps, outputs and DSP capability — all on the same FireWire port. Up to three MR816s can be used simultaneously by connecting them in daisy-chain fashion to a computer via IEEE1394 cables. The MR816 supports up to 48 input and output channels — using only one FireWire port on the computer. All connected I/Os are recognized by Cubase simultaneously, with no additional setup required. Cubase also automatically assigns the correct I/O port configuration, depending on how many units are connected. Due to the highly flexible driver architecture, both MR816 CSX and MR816 X models are fully compatible with each other and run daisy-chained together on the same system, allowing full flexibility in creating a customized system that offers the needed number of inputs, outputs and DSP capability.


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MAYWOOD -- Police say no one is in custody after a masked gunman shot and injured three men in a suburban Chicago restaurant.
Maywood Police Officer Pirsia Allen says the shooter opened the door to Pumpkin's Place restaurant and opened fire around 5:45 p.m. Friday.
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Allen says the shooter was wearing a ski mask when he opened the door to the restaurant and "just started shooting."
The injured men were taken to Loyola Medical Center where they were in stable condition. Two of the men are in their 20s; the other is 53.
Allen says police arrived on the scene to find two of the men bleeding outside the restaurant. He says the third man was taken to the hospital by a private resident before officers arrived.


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Whooping cough jab given to half of local mums-to-be
Posted: December 12, 2012|
MORE than half of pregnant women in both the city and county have been vaccinated against whooping cough.
In October, the Department of Health ordered emergency vaccination following an increase in cases among newborns.
The Health Protection Agency had said, in the East Midlands, there were 576 confirmed cases in the first eight months of this year – compared to 59 in 2011.
Vaccines have been offered to women between 28 and 38 weeks of pregnancy and, in Derby, 377 of 698 have received it. In Derbyshire, 223 out of 406 women have been vaccinated.
Nationally, four in 10 pregnant women have had the vaccine – while there has been more than 7,000 cases of whooping cough across the country, compared to 1,000 in 2011. There have also been 13 deaths nationwide of babies under three months in 2012.


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Are Business Schools Really Important "Crucibles of Leadership?"
Summing Up
Crucibles of leadership are where you find them—or they find you. And business schools rarely create them, at least according to the respondents to the October column.
Perry Miles put it most succinctly when he said, "A business school cannot and should not be designed as a crucible. Crucibles—by design—are boot camps of a sort, where the heat and pressure make or break the participant." Lim Yung Hui commented, "Business schools can only create a context that is fertile for the emergence of leadership." And according to Charlie Cullinane, "It would be very difficult for a school to create the equivalent of a tough childhood, a religious revelation, or a life and death experience."
Setting aside the issue, Shaun Greene even questioned the importance of crucibles of leadership, raising the age-old question of nature versus nurture. As he observed, "The 'crucible' can help someone become better or more effective but the truly great were naturals."
Steffen Nevermann stated the case for the affirmative, but cautioned, "To create crucibles from which leaders may emerge, schools must put their students in a learning mode that challenges them to accept responsibility for their own education and gives them first-hand appreciation of the application of knowledge and skills to practice." Nevertheless, Kathryn Aiken points out that "... studying other crucibles is no substitute for experiencing your own." And in that regard, Aiken feels that women often face a different challenge than men because they are too often "put into staff positions rather than line management jobs in order to 'protect their success,'" which, she adds, " actually hinders the movement of women and prevents the exposure to crucibles of leadership."
If the majority prevails and one accepts the validity of research on the subject, it leaves us with the question of just what business schools can contribute to the leadership development process. Is it limited, as Miles (a retired Marine) suggests, to "teach[ing] and model[ing] ethical leadership?" Or can it also include the study of management practices that help create crucibles of leadership for others as well as dilemmas that enable one to "practice" for the day that such a crucible may actually come along? What do you think?
Original Article
The new book Geeks and Geezers by Warren Bennis and Robert Thomas, argues that all the leaders they studied, whether "geeks" (under thirty) or "geezers" (over seventy), have the ability to engage others in shared meaning; a distinctive and compelling voice; a sense of integrity; and "neoteny," a trait that makes them "addicted to life" and able to recruit protectors, nurturers, and believers through a long and productive leadership career.
In pointing out one other thing shared by leaders, the authors state once again the case for leaders being made, not born. These primary qualities of leaders are formed in the "crucible of leadership" (as Bennis and Thomas define it, anything from an important mentoring relationship to a near-death or war-time experience). Leaders have the adaptive capacity to learn from the crucible rather than be psychologically destroyed by it. Their geeks and geezers may have experienced different kinds of crucibles (the dot-com bust as opposed to the Second World War, for example), but they learned many of the same lessons from them.
The concept of the "crucible of leadership" was suggested by Abraham Zaleznik in a 1977 Harvard Business Review article, "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" Arguing that they are, Zaleznik cited one difference:Is a person "once-born" or "twice-born?" That is, have they had a traumatic experience in their life (the second birth), requiring, as Zaleznik described it to me in a recent e-mail, "a turning into one's self ... following which one emerges with a deepened sense of self, and relatively free of dependency on the social structure."
Zaleznik in turn was influenced in his thinking by William James, who, in a series of lectures in 1902 published The Varieties of Religious Experience, first suggested important differences between the relatively well-adjusted "once-born" individual with a strong sense of belonging and the "twice-born" person with a sense of being separate.
Regardless of the degree to which we feel leaders are made rather than born, the concept of the crucible of leadership raises a number of questions for us, some of which are posed by the authors of Geeks and Geezers.
If crucibles of leadership are so important, do men and women have equal access to them? If we value diversity in leadership ranks, what can be done to provide greater access to the essential crucibles? In general, what can we do in the private or public sectors to create crucibles from which leaders may emerge? What form might they take? Assuming that one of their objectives is to forge leaders, to what extent do business schools fill the role? Given the findings of investigators like Bennis, Thomas, and Zaleznik regarding leadership, is it realistic to think that business schools can perform an important role in this quest? What do you think?
- Shaun Greene Regional Operations Manager, Recall
To an extent a leader can be made, however great leaders are born. The "crucible" can help someone become better or more effective but the truly great were naturals. Greats like MacArthur or Welch garnered a lot from experience/education but their genius was innate, not learned. They also both graduated from publicly owned institutions that provided "equal access."
- Charlie Cullinane
The "crucible" is different for everybody. Military service for Colin Powell, discrimination for Vernon Jordan, stuttering for Jack Welch, dyslexia for George Patton! The discipline required to successfully complete a program in business may qualify as a "crucible," but if school comes easy to you it is not!
It is not realistic to think that business schools can be the "crucible of change" for the average student. Business school was not the life-changing experience for me that military service was. Hard, but not life threatening!
It would be very difficult for a school to create the equivalent of a tough childhood, a religious revelation, or a life and death experience. A good education is a way to utilize the experience/crucible, to get beyond it.
- R. Sonja
- Student
I just finished reading your article on "crucibles of leadership." At the end of the article you asked if business schools were up to the challenge of turning out leaders and what you could do to provide greater access to the "crucibles" that form leaders. While I am not in a position to say whether or not business schools have this capability, I know of one program that does.
The Colorado Outward Bound School has, among its many programs, a trip called the Wilderness Leadership Semester. It is an eighty-one-day course that includes hiking, rafting, and climbing in four states. You are on the course with thirty-nine other complete strangers, divided into four groups. The physical and emotional stresses of the trip, as well as its length, force the participants to adapt and to adopt many of the traits listed as leadership qualities in the article "How Tough Times Shape Good Leaders." It was definitely a tough time for all of us who made it. Those who did not adapt and develop leadership skills did not complete the course ... .
Basically, the course is a self-inflicted trauma with guides to help you come through it, not only in one piece, but with fantastic leadership skills. So when asking whether or not business schools have what it takes to teach leadership, or if it is their place to turn out leaders, keep in mind that there is a program that enriches and is accessible and designed for turning out leaders. While the Colorado Outward Bound School is not a mainstream educational choice, it is an excellent experience no matter how you look at it.
- Perry Miles
- Retired, USMC
A business school cannot and should not be designed as a crucible. Crucibles—by design—are boot camps of a sort, where the heat and pressure make or break the participant. Business schools ought to teach and model ethical leadership as an integral part of the course of instruction, but the make-or-break essence of a crucible experience cannot be achieved, and should not be attempted.
- Steffen Nevermann
- Special Assistant to CEO, Amazeware Inc. (Enterprise Software Start-up)
To answer this question, I would like to share and elaborate on some insights from the French Sociologist Pierre Bordieu combined with a book I have recently read, Teaching and the Case Method, (Barnes, Christensen, and Hansen, HBS Press 1994).
When educational objectives focus on qualities of mind (curiosity, judgment, wisdom), qualities of person (character, sensitivity, integrity, responsibility), and the ability to apply general concepts and knowledge to specific situations, discussion pedagogy (as opposed to lecture pedagogy) is very effective as it places students in an active learning mode.
Schools that attempt to make leaders of non-leaders through lecture pedagogy are, in my opinion, heading into a blind cave. To teach (and even require students to memorize) principles, body language, and habits of leaders does little to prepare the practitioner in [dealing with] the complexity of real-life situations.
To create crucibles from which leaders may emerge, schools must put their students in a learning mode that challenges them to accept responsibility for their own education, and gives them first-hand appreciation of the application of knowledge and skills to practice. Through, for example, scores of cases and group work, students have the opportunity to brick a leadership-focused "habitus" (the sum of earlier experiences), which will work as a matrix for these individuals in perceiving, valuing, and enacting situations that require leadership in the future. If some schools are able to achieve this, so can others!
Therefore, my answer is yes—business schools are important "crucibles of leadership," however, not all of them take advantage of this!
- Anonymous
I agree with the concept of the "once-born" versus the "twice-born." Upon starting business school, I was roughly ten years older than the age of my entering class. I was very impressed with most of them in terms of intelligence and accomplishments, but I felt many of them lacked something I couldn't name. When I realized that the quality lacking was having experienced failure, I started talking to some of my classmates. One woman, only twenty-six indicated that she agreed with my assessment. However, I realized that I didn't detect this lacking element in her. When I inquired, it turned out that she had experienced a very abrupt and violent exile from her own country, and twice had to start over in new culture, country, and language before she reached the age of maturity. I think that encountering and overcoming adversity is the most important lesson required of a leader. It teaches both humility and faith in your own ability to persevere.
- Kathryn Aiken
- Organizational Development, SC Johnson & Son, Inc.
I believe that in a small way, business schools can create a mock "crucible of leadership" through constant case study analysis. But, I think studying other crucibles is no substitute for experiencing your own. The other issue is that since only a small percentage of the students actually engage or participate in the discussion/debate on the challenges of the case with the professor, the learning doesn't take place at a high enough level to make it stick.
I agree with the 25-30 year old "crucible" concept, as I also experienced great challenges in those years of my life. These events shaped who I am today, and have guided me across my career. Many younger MBA students don't have that experience yet, so are constantly asking the professors and guest lecturers for examples to make things real for them. Often, though, the examples may fall short of getting into the "how to" stage of learning, so the student fails to make the connection.
Regarding diversity in crucible experience, there may still exist inherent bias in granting the right line assignments to women in many organizations. I have worked for numerous large corporations where women were often put into staff positions rather than line management jobs, in order to "protect their success" and ensure they survived the job. I have seen this sort of behavior in numerous organizations, and what happens is that the women generally have had to do two separate assignments to prove they are ready, whereas the men would only need to do one assignment to prove themselves and then move upward. This "insurance" of success actually hinders the movement of women and prevents the exposure to crucibles of leadership. Let's stop "protecting" women from success and throw them in with both feet to show what they are capable of.
- Lim Yung Hui
- Business Development Manager, Icfox (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Business schools can only create a context that is fertile for the emergence of leadership. No matter how many books a person reads about leadership, it won't cultivate leadership in her/him.
Leadership is experienced. It is a set of habits, attributes, (e.g. discipline), which a person can pick up along the journey of his/her life. Of course, these habits and attributes can be cultivated. Some people have the privilege of having the habits instilled within them early in their life by their parents, for example. Others pick them up through life challenges.
The first step is always the hardest. To experience leadership, a person needs to break loose from the inertia of the first step. Inertia can be due to lack of confidence, for example. Business schools can create a context that eases up the inertia.
Creation of fertile ground for the cultivation of leadership is a real challenge for business schools. The measure of success is the usefulness of the students to their families, communities and organizations.


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Updated at: 11/15/2012 11:31 AM
After being introduced by UWS junior Hilary Peterson, Vice President Joe Biden waved to the crowd and said, "Hello Superior!"
Along with making a personal shout-out to the principal at the middle school, he said, "I can't imagine how the teachers and principal felt to hear this was happening on Friday afternoon," he chuckled. "So thank you for having me."
He made a couple of references to Hurricane Sandy, and how Republicans and Democrats are working together to rebuild and help the victims.
Then it was on to accomplishments he said that he and Barack Obama are proud of. "There's real progress. There are 4.5 million new jobs. We saved the auto industry. We expanded Medicare. We ended the war in Iraq, and we're ending the war in Afghanistan."
He also made quite a few jokes and digs at Republican Mitt Romney's expense. Biden brought up one of the debates, when he spoke about women's rights.
"He was asked if women should receive equal pay. He started talking about binders. How he has whole binders full of qualified women," he said.
The word malarkey did come out once, when he referenced Romney's stance on being tough on China.
He did defend Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan several times though, saying they're not bad guys.
But he emphasized Obama. "He's my guy, he's your guy. Barack Obama has character."
At the end of the speech, he spoke directly to the crowd. "We need you Wisconsin. We win Wisconsin, we win the election! God bless you all, and may God protect our troops. Go get 'em Superior!"
He then shook some people's hands before leaving with a heavy escort.


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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Funeral services for the Rev. Prince Keith Shaw, Jr., conducted by the Rev. James C. Lane, Bishop Roosevelt Fulton, and the Rev. John C. Sellers, were held Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at St. Paul United Methodist Church of Kingstree. Burial, directed by Pressley's Funeral Home, followed at St. Paul United Methodist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Shaw died Friday, August 30, 2013, at his residence in Kingstree. He was born February 22, 1931, in Williamsburg County the son of the late General Shaw, Sr. and Sullar McCrea Shaw. He graduated from Williamsburg County School District. He was married to the late Ruby Lee Shaw. Two children, Sidney L. Shaw and Sullar E. Shaw-Thomas, preceded him in death. While residing in New York, he became an ordained minister at Russell Institutional CME Church. He worked many years at various companies; longest employment being SECON METAL Cooperation in White Plains, New York. He received an honorable discharge from the military after serving years in the Korean War. He also received numerous awards and metals. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the Chancellor Choir, United Methodist Men, United Methodist Lay Speaker and a member of the Male Choir. He was employed at Harrisburg Management and Williamsburg Regional Hospital. Five brothers, Robert L. Shaw, H.B. Shaw, General Shaw, Jr., Herman Shaw, and Israel Shaw, preceded him in death.
Survivors are: one daughter, the Rev. Linda Henry (Elijah) of Durham, North Carolina; two sons, Prince K. Shaw, Jr. (Julon) of the home; and Rodney J. Shaw of Jacksonville, North Carolina; two sisters, Mrs. Geneva Burgess of Kingstree; and Mrs. Vivian Morris (Oliver) of Durham, North Carolina; four brothers, Arthur Shaw (Myrtle) of Bronx, New York; Isaac Shaw (Beatrice) and Phillip Shaw, both of Durham, North Carolina; and William Shaw of Petersburg, Virginia; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
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Each Friday here on the VH1 Blog, our VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown host Jim Shearer (@jimshearer on Twitter) will be sharing his Shearer?s Spotlight with us. Be sure to tune into the Top 20 Countdown tomorrow morning when it airs on VH1 at 9 a.m. ET/PT.
The arrival of Labor Day Weekend marks the unofficial end of summer. With that, here are three things I never expected from the Summer of ?11:
1) ?Party Rock Anthem? to be Summer Anthem of 2011
At the beginning of the summer there wasn?t a clear-cut favorite for the summertime jam of 2011, but I never expected LMFAO?s ?Party Rock Anthem? to dominate the mainstream airwaves like it did. Club hit? Yes. Pop radio hit? Never would?ve thunk it. Sing it together now kids: Everyday I?m shufflin?.
2) Detox to still be in Detox
Now, I didn?t expect Dr. Dre to release his ?final? studio album, Detox, in the summer of ?11, but since he did promise a new album this year, and since he already released two singles from it, I expected at least a release date. I?ve waited 12 years, so what?s another few months/years?
3) Baby Beyoncé
Pregnancies happen all the time?sometimes expected, sometimes not. Beyoncé?s caught me by surprise, especially since I expected her to do a mammoth tour in support her recently released album, 4. Her hubby and father-to-be, Jay-Z, is also on the verge of hitting the road, supporting his recently released collaboration with Kanye West, Watch The Throne. Business can wait, because maybe this is a child of destiny?


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By Linda D. KozarynAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 1, 1997 The Cold War's end diminished the threat of global nuclear holocaust, but a host of new threats has emerged to challenge the world's sole remaining superpower, said Defense Secretary William S. Cohen.
Ethnic rivalries in southeast Europe. Genocide in Central Africa. Drug trafficking in Latin America. Religious extremism in the Middle East. Rogue regimes in the Persian Gulf and in North Korea. These are some dangers facing the United States as it moves into the 21st century, Cohen told the Navy League Exposition here March 27.
"Our superior conventional capability may tempt our adversaries into using unconventional or asymmetrical means in order to achieve their goals, such as terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, information warfare or environmental sabotage," Cohen said.
The Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review is now studying what it means to be the world's sole superpower, Cohen said. "What kind of military forces do we need to guard against the very real dangers of today and the uncertain dangers of tomorrow? Are we a continental-based power with global interests? Or a maritime operating power with global reach? How ready should our forces be? And ready for what?"
The defense review is not just a budget exercise, Cohen stressed. "It is being driven by our national security strategy and our defense strategy," he said. "Just as we have to be realistic about the many threats we face in the world today, we have to also be realistic about the kind of environment we're operating in as far as fiscal restraints."
Defense officials are operating on the assumption the defense budget will remain at about $250 billion in real terms for the foreseeable future, Cohen said. The defense review is aimed at finding the right match of strategy, programs and resources to fit that budget, he said, and "the only way to do that is to put everything on the table."
Defense officials are reviewing strategy, force structure, modernization, readiness, infrastructure, human resources, information operations and intelligence, Cohen said. "We are willing to challenge all pat answers and all pet projects. Nothing is going to be immune from scrutiny."
Cohen is due to report the department's findings to Congress May 15. The National Defense Panel, an independent group of experts, will review DoD's report and will report to Congress by the end of the year.
So far, Cohen said, a three-part strategy is emerging from the review. First, U.S. military forces must be able to shape the strategic environment through forward deployment of forces, joint exercises with new democracies and dismantling nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union under strategic arms reduction treaties. Such actions make the strategic environment more hospitable to U.S. interests, reduce the possibility of conflict and encourage peace and stability, Cohen said.
Second, U.S. military forces must be able to respond to a full spectrum of threats and contingencies. "This means having forces that can get to a crisis area quickly and be able to dominate the battlefield once they are there," Cohen said. "We also want those forces to be flexible enough to carry out missions besides full-scale warfare, whether it's enforcement of no-fly zones, counterterrorism operations or peacekeeping and humanitarian relief operations."
Third, U.S. military forces must be prepared for the future's uncertain threats, Cohen said. "That means that we're going to go forward with what we call 'the revolution in military affairs' by investing in leap-ahead technologies and developing the tactics and doctrine to sustain them," he said.
The Army's Force XXI, the Navy's fleet battle experiment and the Marines' Sea Dragon warfighting experiments are all looking ahead to determine technology needs to counter future dangers, he said.
Meeting world challenges of the 21st century will take a combination of military power and diplomacy," Cohen said. "Military force is the muscle behind our diplomatic will. Both are essential in order to have an effective foreign policy, and both are essential to have a building of peace."


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EARLY IN THE ROUND of a playing lesson at Pacific Dunes, my student made a 10. It was freezing, the wind was howling, and I hadn't said much to that point. "What do you have to say about that?" he snapped after taking the ball from the hole. I said, "Remember, the golf holes like to win, too." Look, no modern architect is going to give you a bunch of kick-in birdies. When Bandon Dunes' owner, Mike Keiser, commissioned David McLay Kidd, Tom Doak, Jim Urbina, Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw to design these courses, he told them to defend par. So you're going to win a few times, but the holes also are going to get their pound of flesh.
SAME GUY, a few holes later. He faced a shot that only the courses at Bandon can give you: 180 yards through a brutal crosswind, a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean immediately left of the green. Bailing to the right was no bargain, either. He put his hand on his 4-iron, then backed off. He took out his 3-wood, then put it back. He looked at me kind of helplessly. "There's nothing in that bag that's going to help you today," I laughed, and kept walking. He was steamed for a while, but like everyone who comes here, he quickly discovered you can't always pay too much attention to par on the scorecard. Par makes you do things you shouldn't try to do. It messes with your ego and your mind-set. It's one reason people leave here better, more enlightened players.
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Last year, I managed to spill coffee on my Macbook pro 15 inch - we were moving at work, and everything was unorganized, and the coffee machine didn't work, so I had bought a huge cappuccino around the corner. I guess all the milk and sugar didn't exactly help - and my laptop died instantly. My boss gave me his old laptop - It's a macbook pro 15 inch, but much older and not unibody - i think from 2009 - 2,5 ghz intel core 2 duo and 4 GB ram. it says its a macbook pro 4,1 in the "about this computer" window. Now, this laptop works ok, except there are some dead pixels on the screen, it gets really hot, and internet is super slow if it works at all. In December last year, I bought a new Macbook pro unibody, but once again - despite me normally not drinking while working on the computer anymore - one night i managed to spill a glass of wine on it, and I had lost my second macbook pro in half a year. thats almost 4000 euro down the drain due to my clumsiness. i took the drunk laptop to the repair guy - this time i turned it off right away and didnt try to turn it on - i learned from last time. but once again, there was no way of saving it. some had spilled on the logic board (it looked like ONE of those tiny diodes or squares or what ever they are called was hit, and had something that looked like tiny grey hairs on it. the guy thought the part where the power goes in might be broken too - although the mac did charge when plugged in. he tried to turn it on, and he heard two ticks - i guess that was the laptop short circuiting, because it was dead afterwards. the black part leading to the lcd(?) or screen was also wet, but the cpu, ram, hard drive etc allegedly still works.
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