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A thin-skinned Nicolas Sarkozy takes on the press.
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By this time Sarko, having first dismissed at length a Sky news interviewer during a visit to London ("I don't have even half a second to consider these absurdities . . . "), found himself reduced to sending his wife onto the morning radio talk shows and such friendly venues as Madame Figaro, the women's supplement of Paris's most respectful daily, to decry, in pained but restrained tones, the vulgarity and cheapening nature of it all. Bruni, who has more experience of the foreign celebrity media than her husband, laughed off any suggestion of conspiracy, protested that Dati was "a friend," and denied that any police investigations had been ordered. (Unfortunately for her, Bernard Squarcini, the head of DCRI, French homeland security, contradicted her hours later.)
L'Affaire is by no means over. Last week Sarko, in Washington, was again quizzed, this time in a Katie Couric interview on Iran's nuclear program. (Couric gave him a much easier time than she did, say, Sarah Palin: "It must get slightly annoying?" she commiserated about the coverage of his private life.) Even austere newspapers like Le Monde have run many column inches on the consequences for Sarkozy's reelection in two years. "Can the president keep his cool?" is the implicit question.
As with every ailing regime, leaks now gush out, in print, of every instance of Sarkozy weakness—how he was nearly incapacitated by his 2007 divorce; how he has surrounded himself with courtiers who daren't warn him of obvious mistakes. (Pierre Charon was described to me by an Elysée aide as "un amuseur, someone who, 500 years ago, would have worn a parti-colored costume and a hat with bells on around the king.") What makes all this unfortunate is that Sarkozy is still sensible in his political decisions—reforming France's cum-ber-some state pension system and, abroad, pushing for tougher sanctions on Iran, to cite just two. But unlike most of his predecessors (recall Mitterrand who for 14 years hid the existence of two parallel families, in addition to his legal one, from the public, using the vast resources of the French state), Sarkozy is no cynic. If you prick him, he does bleed. And if you wrong him, he shall want revenge.
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Born September 17, 1961, in Palo Alto, California. Married to Douglas W. Hollett. Considers Rochester, New York, to be her hometown. Pam enjoys theatre, tap and jazz dancing, reading, cooking, and flying. Her parents, David and Helen Melroy, reside in upstate New York.
Graduated from Bishop Kearney High School, Rochester, New York, in 1979. Bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from Wellesley College, 1983. Master of science degree in earth & planetary sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984.
Member of the Wellesley College Board of Trustees, the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the Association of Space Explorers and the 99s.
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Melroy was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program in 1983. After completing a master's degree, she attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas and was graduated in 1985. She flew the KC-10 for six years at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana, as a copilot, aircraft commander and instructor pilot. Melroy is a veteran of JUST CAUSE and DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, with over 200 combat and combat support hours. In June 1991, she attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Upon her graduation, she was assigned to the C-17 Combined Test Force, where she served as a test pilot until her selection for the astronaut program. She has logged over 5,000 hours flight time in over 50 different aircraft. Melroy retired from the Air Force in February 2007.
Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994, Melroy reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. She completed a year of training and evaluation and is qualified for flight assignment as a shuttle pilot. Initially assigned to astronaut support duties for launch and landing, she has also worked Advanced Projects for the Astronaut Office. Melroy served on the Columbia Reconstruction Team as the lead for the crew module. She served as deputy project manager for a crew survival investigation team and also performed CAPCOM duties in mission control. Melroy served as pilot on two flights (STS-92 in 2000 and STS-112 in 2002), and as mission commander on STS-120 in 2007. She has logged over 924 hours (over 38 days) in space.
STS-92 Discovery (October 11-24, 2000) was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida and returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. During the 13-day flight, the seven member crew attached the Z1 Truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International Space Station using Discovery's robotic arm and performed four space walks to configure these elements. This expansion of the ISS opened the door for future assembly missions and prepared the station for its first resident crew. The STS-92 mission was accomplished in 202 orbits, traveling 5.3 million miles in 12 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes and 25 seconds.
STS-112 Atlantis (October 7-18, 2002) launched from and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-112 was an International Space Station assembly mission during which the crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition-5 by delivering and installing the S1 Truss (the third piece of the station's 11-piece Integrated Truss Structure). It took three spacewalks to outfit and activate the new component, during which Melroy acted as internal spacewalk choreographer. STS-112 was the first shuttle mission to use a camera on the External Tank, providing a live view of the launch to flight controllers and NASA TV viewers. The mission was accomplished in 170 orbits, traveling 4.5 million miles in 10 days, 19 hours, and 58 minutes.
STS-120 Discovery (October 23-November 7, 2007) launched from and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. During the mission, the Node 2 element named "Harmony" was delivered to the International Space Station. This element opened up the capability for future international laboratories to be added to the station. In addition, the P6 Solar Array was re-located from the Z1 Truss to the end of the port side of the Integrated Truss Structure. During the re-deploy of the array, the array panels snagged and were damaged. An unplanned spacewalk was successfully performed to repair the array. The mission was accomplished in 238 orbits, traveling 6.2 million miles in 15 days, 2 hours, and 23 minutes.


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Documentation of a performance which took place on 4/20/2010, atop Mount Tom in Holyoke, MA.
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That's what Elli told us during her shoot with her mom, Desi. We have to agree with her. We don't know too many mothers and daughters who get naked together for the camera. "We're best friends and we have a very open relationship. I can come to my mom for anything. We always change in front of each other and we even share the same clothes. Hopefully when I get older I'll be as hot as my mom!"
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Q: How can I stop a co-worker from eating food that is not hers? Since she has started working at our office the staff snack box is the emptiest it has ever been. We have started putting our names on our food but that is not working. How can I fix this situation without embarrassing this person?
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I was the most frightened when my husband was getting up in the wee hours of the morning, getting dressed, and even once, that I know of, went outside to make sure the garage door was closed. All this happening while I was sound asleep. I arranged to have dead bolt locks installed and I hid the key at night. While I was learning from this web site, I came across Medic Alert, Safe Return. The web site is medicalert.org. There is a $10 discount this month. I sent all my husbands medical information, plus my two children's info so that they could be alerted if I was not available. I also joined for myself. My bracelet says I'm a caregiver of SR #.............. If I should be incompacitated for any reason, all the info is on my arm and my children will be alerted. This has given me so much peace of mind. My husbands bracelet says "My name is____...
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thanks for updating on coconut oil. I thought the mold might come from the temperature not being cool enough in my kitchen. My bread will mold if left out when setting in the same area.
I am doing very well, thank you. My husband is so active this summer. It's wonderful to see him moving around and doing things. He has more interests. He is having some complications due to his diabetes. He also had Squamish cell carcinoma taken off his temple in the size of a quarter. He was treated twice by a doctor and it still kept coming back so we went to a dermatologist.
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Today I bought Organic extra virgin coconut oil at a 'Whole Foods' Store. It was cold-pressed from young coconuts within hours of harvest. When I put a little in my palm, it instantly broke down to oil. The sales lady knew about Dr. Lara. Your information said 'do no cook it'. I'm wondering how to melt it?
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The directions said to try it in sauteing or baking. also use instead of butter. (no hydrogenated fat)
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I don't think the MD's keep up with this kind of food. I'm open to comments and suggestions. I'm doing further research.
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I have not been able to pull up the 'peoples pharmacy'.
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I could not get on the web page of peoples pharmacy. I clicked on it and also typed the add. in. Any suggestions?
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GLOCESTER - Ponaganset High School student Aaron Dupuis was just a second-grader when he first strolled through the cavernous halls of the Rhode Island Statehouse. He remembers vividly climbing up the marble stairs, staring up in amazement at the ornate rotunda dome and peeking through the doors of the stately House and Senate chambers.
But what impressed him most that day was when he met then-Lt. Gov. Charles J. Fogarty Jr. Dupuis' father had just landed a new state government job and after pulling a few strings was able to arrange for his son to meet the lieutenant governor.
It was a meeting that had a lasting impression on the young Dupuis.
"At the time, he was the second most important legislative leader and executive in state government, and I remember being really amazed by him and thinking what an important job he had," says Dupuis.
Zach Farnum of Foster, Dupuis' friend and classmate at Ponaganset High, became interested in politics in the seventh grade, the year of the Rhode Island gubernatorial race between then-Gov. Donald Carcieri and Fogarty, who was prevented by term limits from running again for the lieutenant governor position.
"We were doing a lot of election-related stuff in school and it was something that I really grew interested in," the high school junior says.
In his freshman year, Farnum was the campaign manager for his grandfather, Roger L. Hawes, who was running for a seat on the Foster Town Council. Hawes won and Farnum was hooked on politics from that point on.
Today, both Dupuis and Farnum are working after school as Senate pages at the State House where their civic involvement and political engagement are reaching new heights.
Ask anyone who knows them and they'll tell you that Dupuis and Farnum are challenging the perception of political apathy that typically characterizes young citizens.
Political apathy is a common problem among educated, college-age students. Even in 2008, Barack Obama's youth surge reached only 48.5 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds.
Nationally, only about 21 percent of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 29 voted in the 2010 congressional midterm elections, according to The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.
A number of reasons explain why the younger generation tends to not be as motivated by the political realm. Some students say that their lack of involvement stems from a belief that little will change in the country, regardless of who wins the presidency.
Dupuis, 17, the son of William and Mary Dupuis of Glocester, says political awareness and the desire to be politically engaged came to him at an early age.
While in the fifth-grade - a couple years after meeting Fogarty at the State House - Dupuis got the opportunity to meet the tough-talking, toupee-sporting former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci before he was was convicted of racketeering and sent to prison.
"Even though I knew he was involved in a federal probe and was surrounded by a lot of controversy, I was impressed that he took the time out of his busy schedule to talk to me," says Dupuis, a high school senior.
When asked what words of advice Cianci gave him, Dupuis said, "he told me to always listen to my parents and work hard in school."
In eighth-grade, Dupuis - a self-declared Democrat - volunteered as a campaign worker for Glocester Town Council Democratic candidate Michael Joyce, who won the seat that year. Dupuis volunteered again for Joyce's re-election campaign in 2008.
Perhaps his most exhilarating political moment came in March of 2008, when then presidential candidate Hillary Clinton- Barack Obama's main opponent in the Democratic primary contest that year - came to Rhode Island.
"I got the opportunity to meet her when she came to Rhode Island and was able to be on the stage with her when she addressed the audience at Rhode Island College," Dupuis says. "It was amazing to meet her and to also see President Clinton."
Last year, Dupuis worked on two local Glocester School Committee campaigns for candidates Cynthia A. Joyce and Mary Ann F. Carroll, both of whom won election. He also helped with Burrillville Town Councilman Edward Blanchard's campaign.
"I love politics and elections," he says. "Election season for me is like Christmas."
By working on his grandfather's campaign in Foster, Farnum, 16, the son of Robert and Kathy Farnum of Foster, was eventually introduced to members of the Foster Democratic Town Committee. He is now an associate member of the committee.
He's visited the country's capital, Washington, D.C., three times, calling it one of his favorite places of all time.
In the general election last November, Farnum volunteered to work on the campaigns of five Democratic candidates, and just this past week, the Foster Town Council presented Farnum with a citation in recognition of his work as a Senate page.
Farnum got the job with a little help from Democratic state Sen. Paul W. Fogarty (D-Dist. 23, Burrillville, Glocester, North Smithfield).
"We ran into Sen. Fogarty at a restaurant one night and my father mentioned that I was interested in working as a page," Farnum said. "Sen. Fogarty mentioned that just a few weeks earlier he had recommended Aaron as a page at the statehouse, which was weird, because I knew Aaron. We golfed together in the Foster Country Club summer league."
One thing led to another and soon Farnum found himself at the State House delivering correspondence and legislative material, preparing the Senate chamber for sessions, carrying bills and amendments to various senators, and retrieving water for senators and clerks.
Farnum works on a different night than Dupuis, so they never get to see each other.
"It's very exciting and with the deadline for legislation coming up it;s going to get even more exciting," says Farnum.
Dupuis is equally enamored by his job as a Senate page.
"I love to watch how the House and Senate work," he says. "It's amazing to watch. Sometimes it's like watching a full-contact sport."
Dupuis' plans after high school are to attend either Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire or Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina where he plans to study optometry before pursuing politics.
"My hope is that I can fund a political campaign to some day run for a seat in the General Assembly," he says.
Farnum is hoping to attend Roger Williams University to pursue a degree in law and political science. His political ambitions include starting out with possible election runs for town moderator or town council in Foster.
However, Farnum says he has an even loftier goal.
"My ultimate goal is to run for president of the United States," he says.
And Farnum just might do it. At 16, he's got 19 years to get a law degree and raise money for a campaign.
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"I'm still young, so who knows?" he says.
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Bank of Cape Cod underwrote the recent JFK Hyannis Museum talk by retired Secret Service agent Clint Hill. "The bank's generous support has made it possible for this event today to be free and open to the public," host Rob Sennott, a member of the museum's board, told an audience of several hundred at Federated Church of Hyannis July 15.
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Yates and his associate, Attorney Timothy J. McNamara, also provide legal services for Medicaid planning, elder law and business law. McNamara serves on the Town of Barnstable's Council on Aging. More information on the firm and its services can be found at www.cape-law.com or by calling 508-888-8100.
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The group holds its weekly Wednesday meetings from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Sons of Erin Cape Cod, 633 Main St. (Route 28), West Yarmouth. The group seeks to enable good business relationships among fellow professionals, and to share strategies and ideas through a solid networking foundation. For more info, contact Cyndi Swan at
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South Eastern Economic Development (SEED) Corp. has launched a newly designed Website, containing information on starting up, expanding and obtaining financing for small businesses. There are links to loan programs and local resources as well as technical assistance providers. More info at 508-822-1020 or www.seedcorp.com.
The Housing Assistance Corporation on Cape Cod offers free mortgage counseling for all local residents with questions about their mortgages. To set up an appointment with a counselor, call Cathy Finn at 508-771-5400.
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Emmanuel Addei gazes out from the yard of his home in Ghana. Emmanuel lives with his parents and four siblings in the port town of Tema.
When Janet Addei hears her eight-year-old son, Emmanuel, sing the words to that simple children's song, she cannot help but smile. Although her child may not fully understand the meaning of the words he sings, his family knows that without a big God by their side, Emmanuel's life would have turned out quite differently.
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The Addei family lives in the small port town of Tema, Ghana, a community filled with both affluent business owners and poor fishermen. Janet and her husband, Isaac, work hard to provide for their five children, and they are determined to help them complete their education. However, increased school fees for Emmanuel's older siblings made it difficult for his parents to send him to school.
"We were really struggling," recalls Janet. "We want our children to have a good education, and everything my husband earns goes to their education first. But when the fees increased for our children in secondary school, Emmanuel's education suffered."
Yet just when Janet and Isaac had come to the end of their resources, God answered their prayers for help through the Miracle Life Child Development Center, Compassion's first center in Ghana. Janet applied for the program for little Emmanuel, and was thrilled when he was the first child accepted.
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In the three short months that Emmanuel has been in the program, Janet has already seen a marked difference in her son. A once restless boy, Emmanuel now tells his mother that he wants to be a computer scientist when he grows up. Each afternoon he rushes home to share with his family what he has learned - from the vocabulary he was taught in class to the Bible verses his Sunday school teacher helped him learn.
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Vestal, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Mahamoud Jabbi transferred to Binghamton from d-3 SUNY Oswego. But that's hardly his biggest move. When he was 9 his family moved from Gambi to the Bronx. He only started playing basketball when he was 16, and focussed his attention on defense. But in this week's Mirabito Action Sports Spotlight, Gabe Osterhout looks how he's improved on the offensive end as well.
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Harpursville, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A high school basketball standout signed her letter of intent this afternoon. And for Harpursville senior Hannah Kimmel, signing on to play basketball at Sacred Heart was a family affair. We explain more in this week's action sports spotlight.
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MouseRotate Class
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MouseRotate ClassJanuary 29, 2011 - 14:17
How to use right mouse button to rotate a object instead of left mouse button when using the MouseRotate Class.
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Clinical Trial of Electro-Acupuncture Preconditioning in Patients Underwent Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the protective effect of electro-acupuncture preconditioning in patients underwent cardiac surgery.
Rheumatic Valve Disease
Device: Electro-acupuncture preconditioning
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Clinical Trial of The Myocardial Protective Effects of Repeated Electroacupuncture Preconditioning in Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
- late loss [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2007
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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electro-acupuncture preconditioning group
Device: Electro-acupuncture preconditioning
Other Names:
control group
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Heart valve replacement surgery has been proved to be an effective method in treating both regenerative and rheumatic valve disease. Current studies showed that cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and operation related myocardial injury, as indicated by the release of perioperative cardiac enzymes, is associated with worse patient morbidity and mortality after elective valve replacement surgery. Although the actual mechanism is still unclear, it has been shown that ischemic preconditioning is one potential strategy for reduction of myocardial injury in open heart surgery. Recently, Electro- acupuncture (EA) was proved to produced cerebral protective and antiarrhythmic effects by mimicking ischemic preconditioning. This study aims to assess whether electroacupuncture preconditioning is also effective in reducing myocardial injury in adults with acquired heart valve disease undergoing elective valve replacement surgery.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 65 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
This study enrolls a group of 40-65years patients who have heart valve disease who need valve replacement.
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients who have the indication for aortic or mitral valve replacement
- patients would like to accept the follow-up and sign the informed consent
- patients with heart function of NYHA I-III degree.
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnant or nursing women
- comorbid with coronary artery disease
- patients with heart function of NYHA IV degree
- renal dysfunction with serum creatinine level>or=2mg/dl(177umol/L)
- anticipated life span < 12 months
- enrollment in other clinical trials at the same time not reaching the primary endpoint and probably interference the present trial.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00732459
|China, Shaanxi
|Department of Anesthesiology of Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University
|Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710032
|Study Chair:
|Lize Xiong, M.D.
|Director of Department of Anasthesiology of Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University
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|Responsible Party:
|Lize Xiong / Director of Department of Anasthesiology of Xijing Hospital, Xijing Hospital of Fourth Military Military Medical University
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|NCT00732459 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|August 9, 2008
|Last Updated:
|August 15, 2008
|Health Authority:
|China: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by Xijing Hospital:
myocardial protection
cardiac surgery
heart valve replacement
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I used to shop at Target when the Navy base was located right around the corner from one. (But it has been years since I stepped into the ol' Tar-shay.)
The top part of this article, about stabbing at Target, is not post-worthy. Nonsense like this happens everyday. But do read the last sentence:
Authorities say four people have been stabbed inside a Target store in Pittsburgh, including a 16-year-old girl who is in critical condition.
Officers were called to the store in the East Liberty section of the city shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday. Police say a suspect was arrested at the scene.
A hospital official says the teenage girl was taken to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in critical condition.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that other injuries were described as moderate to minor, and a police officer was treated for exposure to pepper spray.
So who sprayed the cop?
Update: Leon Raymond Walls has been charged in stabbing Allison Meadows and three others.


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I've often wondered what goes into creating a company that people are happy to work for — a company that lands, for example, at the top of a Forbes list of best places to work. To gain some insight, I scheduled an interview with... To read more, click here
On a recent Saturday morning, around 2:00 a.m., I toured a corner of hell. It's a lot closer than I thought it would be—around the corner from an amusement park near my home. To read more, click here.
For more than 10 years, I worked as an executive in the fast food industry, and during my tenure, I believed that increasing the hourly wages of frontline employees would lead to lower profits. I now know I was wrong. According to Zeynep Ton, a professor of operations management at MIT, companies can provide good, well-paying jobs and drive profits at the same time. Choosing one over the other is, according to Ton, an "unnecessary sacrifice." During a recent conversation...[to read more click here]
It's just another day in leadership paradise. An important project is languishing—like a bad houseguest, it's going nowhere, but no one is calling it out. As the head of your team, do you take the matter into your own hands and get the job done, or continue to slough it off on an unfortunate subordinate? To read more, click here.
Matt (not his real name) is a classic taker. His office walls are a veritable ego-museum, laden with awards and photos depicting his many talents and cozy relationships with high-profile celebrities. Conversations and emails are peppered with personal pronouns, causing speculation about whether he earns a commission each time he uses one. In bad times, he asks for help, but in good times, he offers none. To read more, click here.
You have to admire a leader with the courage to say to his team, "Chances are I'm going to get fired and, if so, I want to get fired for doing the right thing." This is the philosophy of Wayne Shurts, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Sysco. With more than 18 years of experience in top-level positions in IT, e-business, supply chain management, sales operations, and logistics, Shurts has never been fired—and he probably never will be. In my experience, leaders with the courage to do what's right, without fearing possible repercussions, rarely are. To read more, click here.
This blog post is in honor of two women who have dedicated their lives to helping children transform into young adults. In particular, they made a profound impact on the life of a 13-year-old girl named Sarah, who shares her story. To read more, click here.
Think back. Reflect on your career and write down your five biggest leadership disappointments.
If your experience is typical, your list will include losing top-quality talent. The memory of "suddenly" losing one of your best and brightest never seems to fade. The story is always the same: They weren't looking, but a great opportunity just fell into their lap.
(Right. Sure it did.)
To read full length essay and take an interactive quiz, click here.
Here's the ultimate leadership litmus test: Would your employees still work for you if you didn't pay them?
To answer this question, I traveled to Saddleback Church, a so-called mega church that wouldn't be able to fulfill its mission without volunteers. On a typical Sunday at its main campus in Lake Forest, Calif. (where I visited), more than 1,000 volunteers are needed to make sure that the 20,000 attendees are welcomed, parked, fed, inspired, and connected. To read more, click here.
Truth be told, I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to books about leadership—most of them lack the substance to justify their 200-plus pages. But there's a new leadership book on the market entitled Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love (Portfolio, 2013), which has changed my mind a little. I found Joy, Inc. (and a subsequent interview with the author, Richard Sheridan) thought provoking, and, surprisingly, it left me wanting more. To read more, click here.
Meet Dave. To his bosses, he's an experienced executive who gets results with the company's best interests in mind. But to many other people who work with and for him, Dave is a downer.
Dave likes to give lots of unsolicited advice. His need to be the smartest guy in the room means he makes decisions to which he (but nobody else) is committed. His poor listening skills prevent him from tapping into the gifts, passions, and abilities of others. His proclivity to find fault breaks down spirits and relationships, as survival instincts cause people to turn inward and stop working as a team.To read more, click here.
Think back. Reflect on your career and write down your top five leadership disappointments.
If your experience is typical, your list will include losing top-quality talent. The memory of "suddenly" losing one of your best and brightest never seems to fade. The story is always the same: They weren't looking, but a great opportunity just fell into their lap (yeah, right).
There's no question that staying competitive requires change, and that change creates winners and losers. Every day, leaders make decisions that affect people's lives. The challenge is to make them with heart, as if your children are watching.
Employment isn't what it used to be and it's not what it should be. Reid Hoffman said it right, "You can't have an agile company if you give employees lifetime contracts—and the best people don't want one employer for life anyway. But you can build a better compact than 'every man for himself.'"
What's love got to do with consulting? Typically, not much—it's usually a marriage of convenience where the qualified become even more qualified. The successful grow even more so. But there is a new consulting love story unfolding where the unqualified get qualified. And those for whom professional success seemed once out of reach find rewarding and robust careers.
Have you heard the latest? The CFO is the new CIO. In some companies, CFOs are assuming responsibility for IT. These companies have decided that IT development and delivery can be decentralized across the various business units and functions. The CFO, they believe, can provide the necessary central coordination to ensure that IT-enabled investments generate value and that IT is operating in a cost-effective, high quality, and secure manner.
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Cloud computing is inevitable.
The end state promises computing resources that deliver against the New Normal's need for speed, collaboration, productivity, and scale.
The transition state, however, delivers nothing but challenges for all involved.
On the vendor side, big names don't necessarily equate to big capabilities. Every "world class" cloud vendor consists of mere mortal employees who are struggling (given organizational silos, fragmented technology, and dramatic growth) to deliver on their company's service level commitments . Buyers beware. Take your reference checks to a new level - and focus not only on vendor capabilities but also the internal capabilities necessary to make sure the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
On the company side, technology and process changes are pretty well understood, security implications less so, but the organizational impacts are the most profound and sure to confound.
As we transition from managing assets to services, what is the role for our MVP technologists? With the transition to cloud, they are being asked to transfer their knowledge and manage service levels without direct access to the tools that allow them to do so. As an technical IT leader said to me recently, "We are now managing relationships and tickets - not technology."
Don't write off these employees as "unnecessary" in the end state and replaceable in the transition. Companies need to "lift and shift" their MVP technologists from the micro to the macro: architecting, integrating, innovating, directing, monitoring, resolving, negotiating.
As you move to cloud computing, how are you making sure that your people are moving with you?
Question: Why would a major technology vendor fire people for leveraging IT?
Answer: When the employees are leveraging IT without involving IT.
A well-known technology company has become the poster child for locking down IT to capture efficiencies gained through consolidation and standardization. Now, all IT decisions must be funneled through IT. It's a good idea that has gone bad. It's not unusual for engineers to wait a year for technology decisions. Going it alone risks termination. Courageous business leaders mask IT spending in their project budgets by calling it "equipment."
IT is at a crossroads - it needs to either figure out how to bring shadow IT out of the dark - and into the light - or risk being marginalized as increasingly tech-friendly business leaders take innovation into their own hands.
It's time for IT to control what matters. Imagine if IT defined investment policies rather than stewarding all business cases through approval? Imagine if IT certified project managers rather than managing all IT-enabled projects? Imagine if IT approved vendors rather than getting involved with all IT vendor provisioning? Imagine if IT controlled access to applications and data rather than the access devices?
Shadow IT reflects a need. Rather than shutting it down, IT should be building it up - while ensuring that it meets the needs of the enterprise as well as the individuals within.
How is your company bringing shadow IT into the light?
Here's a simple piece of advice for companies looking to become more innovative: Get IT out of the IT department.
I know it sounds counterintuitive and goes against the drive for centralization that has been in effect at most companies for the past 10 years. But for both competitive and technological reasons, funneling everything through the IT department no longer makes sense. Instead, business-unit leaders need to start assuming more control over the IT assets that fuel their individual businesses. To read the full Wall Street Journal article, click here. To learn more, listen to a recent NPR interview with Susan.
This week I met with some senior IT leaders to discuss my new book and the future of IT. At the end of the discussion, one of the participants expressed concern about the ability to develop future IT leaders in light of the fact that the company is outsourcing and "we aren't hiring junior IT people anymore." As I looked around the table, I realized that this organization is running on the leaders they developed five, 10, even 15 years ago, in their pre-outsourcing days. These people are getting older and looking tired. Outsourcers, not employees, are performing many of the jobs that helped build their leadership skills.


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Linwood Furniture attempted to row against the tide and maintain Lexington's furniture manufacturing heritage. The effort was a noble one, prompted by Bob Timberlake's desire to continue to make his wildly successful The World of Bob Timberlake line domestically when Lexington Home Brands, who held the license at the time, wanted to move it overseas. So with great fanfare in 2006 furniture employees began making furniture again at the former Lexington Home Brands Plant No. 2 in Linwood.
Sadly, the initial enthusiasm couldn't overcome economic realities. Timberlake moved the majority of his production to Century Furniture in Hickory. Linwood struggled, and Wednesday brought the final nail in the chair, to use a furniture image: The company moved into Chapter 7 bankruptcy, meaning its assets will be liquidated. The news comes as a blow to the approximately 100 employees of the company, who are out of jobs, and the little that remains of the Davidson County furniture industry. News of furniture plant closings became numbingly regular occurrences in the 1990s and early 2000s, and Linwood now joins the list of those once proud manufacturing plants that ceased to exist.
Charlotte may have been the center of political attention this week during the Democratic National Convention, but Davidson County attracted several politicians and advocacy groups as well. GOP gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory visited Friday, along with Richard Hudson, the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in the 8th District; he was making his second trip to the county in three days. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack toured Tarheel Plastics on Friday. Lexington attorney Cal Cunningham made an impression at the convention, appearing on stage with other veterans Thursday night and in a video before first lady Michelle Obama's speech Tuesday. All the visits and appearances remind voters that election day is less than two months away.
Some day, it won't be noteworthy when a woman or other minority reaches a certain position, but today it remains worth mentioning when another glass ceiling cracks. The Lexington Fire Department promoted three firefighters to fire company engineers, including Brandy Alexander, the first woman to hold the title. Becks Lutheran Church celebrates its 225th anniversary with its first solo female pastor, Angie Jackson, leading the congregation. Congratulations goes out to these two women on their achievements.
Tuesday marks the 11th anniversary since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The day is designated as one of service and remembrance, and the youth group at Holly Grove Lutheran Church will collect winter coats for those in need as a project. The youngsters exemplify what the day should mean for all Americans as we pause to reflect on how different life is today and remember those who died in the horrific attacks.
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