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Chicken Salad Surprise
This delicious recipe for chicken salad surprise is courtesy of Dr. Yvonne Butler.
- Servings: 8
Recipe continues below this recipe video
Source: The Martha Stewart Show, January Winter 2008
- 4 cups (20 ounces) cooked chicken, shredded or chopped
- 1/2 cup Red Delicious apple, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup red seedless grapes, chopped
- 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup low-fat Nayonnaise or low-fat natural mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- Whole wheat bread, for serving (optional)
Place chicken, apple, and grapes in a medium bowl; toss to combine. Let stand for 3 minutes.
Add onion, Nayonnaise, cayenne, and salt to chicken mixture and toss until well combined. Cover and refrigerate until chilled before serving. Serve on whole wheat bread, if desired.

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Just when you thought we were almost out of the woods. That bitch needs to hang on NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!!!
How many more days are left in W's reign of errors?
I would gladly volunteer to donate any of my organs that she may need (as long as I can have them back after the 2008 election).
This makes the news that my husband just got a $95.00 ticket seem good.
She had slush between the ears when the idiot Republicans gave her a cakewalk at the beginning of her liberal career on the court. Had she been the least bit Conservatives, the dumbocrats would have roasted her on a spit. Borked her, so to speak. It would be poetic "justice" if she hit the drain and GW had too nominated her replacement.
She must live and stay on the court until Hillary is president. (Or Barak -- whichever)
I'll get started on the mishaberach...
Shit, I stopped breathing for a second. I think I almost had a heart attack.
Damn this presidency is still soo dangerous in so many ways.
Another Bush appointee is certainly a horrifying thought.
But it may not be as bad as it sounds. Now with a Democratic majority in the Senate, they can block any of the more egregious nominations Bush might put forward, more-or-less forcing Bush to nominate at least a moderate justice. Or maybe even filibuster the whole thing until after Bush is gone, depending on how long she holds out. Unless the Senator from South Dakota dies or resigns, and the majority shifts to Republican. Or if Lieberman switches parties.
Oh dear Goddess. We're fucked.
Oh wouldn't that be rich? Lieberman waits until that momemt to switch parties. The horror. The horror...
Even if Lieberman doesn't switch parties, his ego won't let him just vote with the Dems. He'll drag it out as long as possible, extracting promises and flattery from both sides and the media. And vote with Bush to show what an "independent" he is. He is the biggest narcissist in a legistlative body fueled by shameless narcissism. Hopefully 2008 won't just be the end of Bush's tyranny, but that of Joe L.'s ego too.(and lets throw in Joe Biden's ego, Democratic narcissist runner-up)
Dan --
Wow, I feel isolated in the twin ivory towers of legal practice and DC. But: WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN????!!!!????
It has been common knowledge that Ginsburg has been battling cancer for a while and that her health has been failing. She's not well.
And, if that weren't bad enough, Stevens is at the age where he could die any second. That would give Dubya FOUR Justices.
Excuse me? Bush's picks of Roberts and Alito were readily approved by most Democrats. Roberts even won praise from some Dems, including Chuck Schumer of New York. Relax.
Jonathan @ 11,
The correct phrase would be "FOUR Injustices," since the far right sociopaths Bush stacks the courts with wouldn't know justice if it bit their asses.
I hardly think that John Roberts and Samuel Alito are far right sociopaths. In fact, most Senators seemed impressed enough to vote for their confirmation.
fucking nader.
Chipmunk & Chunkstyle, the Democrat's approval of Roberts and Alito do not indicate they were thrilled with the choices. It only indicates they didn't have the votes to kill the nominations. True, Roberts and Alito were not far right psychopaths; they were just barely moderate enough to avoid a filibuster, and didn't have anything blatantly incriminating in their records. But they are both loyal conservative ideologues. Since the Dems didn't have the votes to kill the nominations, a 'no' vote or a filibuster vote would have been a completely symbolic gesture. And at the time, the Republicans were fairly successfully labeling the Democrats as obstructionist, and threatening to do away with the power to filibuster. So many of them just shrugged and voted yes, saving their 'no's and filibusters for something that might actually make a difference.
You can argue whether or not that was a good strategy, but do not mistake their votes as enthusiastic endorsements of either of the Bush appointees.
Roberts ain't so bad. Alito is a fucker. But it is true that now the Dems can hold him up. It's a tactic that's win/win for both sides. The Dems get to look tough, and the GOoPers get to look like victims. It takes three or four months to get a justice through all the rigamarole. If we can drag out committee hearings, we can get to the point that the Dems can say, "Nope, we're gonna wait til the next administration to fill this seat."
PLEASE NO! She has to live ... for TWO MORE YEARS!!!!!
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Re: Roberts and Alito, even though they were put through, plenty of Republicans still bitch about their confirmation process, saying that the two were beat up on by grandstanding Democratic Senators who were voicing personal criticisms in the guise of questions.
I think if Ginsburg left, Bush really would feel compelled to dig up a woman, but given what he produced last time, I'm worried not just about the candidate's ideology but about his/her actual quality.
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Episode 5
Cowboy Trap, Series 5 Episode 5 of 30
Clive Holland catches up with homeowners he has helped in the past when they fell victim to cowboy builders. In south London, he visits a couple whose house was left structurally unsafe, and in Stafford he meets two sisters who were ripped off by the same cowboy conman.
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Topper's Pizza
Looking for late night pizza delivery in Dekalb? Toppers Pizza near Northern Illinois University to the rescue! They provide Dekalb pizza delivery with House Pizzas, bold flavors, legendary Topperstix - garlic-buttery, fresh-baked topped with real Wisconsin cheese. Toppers is open late, delivered fast, right out of the oven to your door.
Village Courtyard
Come to the Village Courtyard for the "home-like" feel. Between our friendly service and comfort food, you wont leave disappointed. We have alot of regulars, but enjoy meeting and serving new people! Come in for just one meal, or become one of our regulars-it will be hard not to! Try one of our specials!
Elgin Public House
Elgin Public House, known for great food, service, drinks and atmosphere. Better than average pub grub. Two full service bars with just about anything you could ask for.
Tom & Jerry's - Sycamore
Known as "King of the Gyros" and available for dine in, carry out, drive thru, or ALL DAY DELIVERY, Tom & Jerry's has been serving up great eats in DeKalb county for over 30 years! Homemade Italian Beef Sandwiches, All Beef Chicago Red Hot Dogs, Homemade Soups, Garden Fresh Salads, Baby Back Ribs, Fried Chicken & Wings, Milk Shakes, Avalanches, Floats, & Much, much more! Kids eat for $2.95 everyday! Delicious HOMEMADE catering available! ALL DAY DELIVERY
Rambo's Bar and Grill
Rambo's is the consummate "neighborhood" style establishment where friends stop in to meet friends. We offer Friday night fish fries, broasted chicken, smoked meats, pizza, and much more! We provide live entertainment most Saturday nights, which you can find details about on our website.
Giordano's of Sycamore
Giordano's has been acclaimed "Chicago's Best Pizza" by NBC, CBS Chicago, New York Times, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Eater, Home & Garden Magazine, Concierge Preferred and more!
Third Base Sports Bar & Grill
Sports bar.
CITY:East Dundee
Mustang Bar & Grill
Walk-Ins Welcome, Good For Groups, Good For Kids, Take Out and Delivery
JB's World Famous Pizza
JB's World Famous Pizza located in Sycamore, Illinois.
Mustang Bar & Grill
Walk-Ins Welcome. We are great for groups and kids. Take out and delivery available.
The Confectionary
Tom and Sharon Smith and their son Todd have made a full line of chocolates since 1982. Besides creams, clusters, toffee and caramels, we also make hard to find pieces including divinity, chocolate dipped ginger, sponge candy (seasonally) and sugar free chocolate clusters (made with real chocolate). Our batches are small and much of the work is done the old fashioned way: by hand.
The Huddle
The Huddle offers hot dogs, gourmet burgers, fries, smoothies, bubble teas, coffee and much much more! We are located close to Northern Illinois University and Downtown DeKalb. We strive for fresh and innovative alternatives to the fast food norm.
Grassroots Juicery & Café, LTD
Locally owned and operated Grassroots Juicery & Café in Sycamore, IL is committed to promoting the overall health and fitness of our community. To advance this wholesome lifestyle based on health and local community, they offer a range of made-to-order fruit and vegetable juices and smoothies, as well as fresh wraps, soups, salads, oatmeal, baked goods, and other nutritional offerings. To the greatest extent possible, they use organic, environmentally-friendly and sustainably-grown ingredients, and source from local growers. Whatever your needs, whether they be plant-based, gluten-free, diabetic, weight-loss, detoxification, athletic and fitness training, or you've just decided it is finally time to maintain a healthy diet as part of a fit lifestyle, Grassroots Juicery & Cafe has something for you.
Fat Olives Pizza
Located next to J&K's Half Moon in Hinckley, Illinois.
China Buffet - Carpentersville
Great Chinese food - wide variety buffet.
Nestled in the corner of downtown Sycamore, Illinois, Shawn's Coffee Shop and Gourmet Deli has been providing quality service and products since 1994. Serving up fresh, toasted bagels every morning and hearty soups and sandwiches at noon, Shawn's is the perfect rest stop. Stop in for a relaxing cup of coffee, catch up with old friends or swing by just to say hello. No matter the occasion, staff will be sure to greet you with a smile and serve you the tastiest treats! Let Shawn's Coffee Shop and Gourmet Deli cater your next event!
Kimmer's Ice Cream
Kimmer's Ice Cream is a new ice cream concept in downtown St. Charles. Serving traditional & gourmet homemade premium ice cream as well as feature the original Gramps Frozen Custard, a summer treat in St. Charles for over 10 years. Now open year round. Come check out our great ice cream and custard as well as our selection of cakes and pies.
CITY:St. Charles
North Avenue Char House
Combine culinary delights with style and personal flair to create a unique experience every time you visit. We strive to made every visit satisfying and memorable.
CITY:St. Charles
Knuckle Hedz
Great food, casual atmosphere and fun crowd. CLOSED MONDAY, open at 2 pm on TUESDAY, otherwise open daily at 11:30 am and serving lunch.
Pour House
Food, drinks and entertainment.
Sweet Dream Desserts and Catering
Step into Sweet Dream Desserts and you're sure to sense the small town friendliness. Bite into one of their famous filled cupcakes (or other delicious offerings) and you'll think you've been transported to an upscale café in one of Chicago's trendy neighborhoods. But, this is not just a cupcake joint! Sycamore native and owner, Deanna Watkins, opens the doors at 7am day, to serve a continental style breakfast, such as scones and sweet breads, while chef and husband, Phil, prepares homemade soups and deli-style sandwiches for lunch. They also boast a variety of homemade cookies, just like grandma used to make, and provide full-sized cakes and cheese cakes for any occasion--from baby shower to birthday to wedding, or just because you want one. Not able to stop in for a bite to eat? Let Chef Phil cater your next event! Whether you are planning a simple BBQ or an elegant wedding, Sweet Dream Desserts has a full menu of meal options to satisfy your taste, from soup to cake!
Buckinghams Steak House
Steak house located in Grand Victoria Casino.
Sweet Dream Desserts & Catering
Sweet Dream Desserts and Catering is a family-owned bake shop, café, and full-service catering business located in Sycamore, Illinois. They want to make your sweetest dreams come true, which is why they bake the kind of homemade goodies you're too busy to make at home anymore.
Thai Zie Noodles and Bar
Authentic Thai food located downtown, featuring a unique menu such as Nam prik kapi & North Eastern Thai.
CITY:St. Charles
Flippin Eggs
Flippin Eggs is dedicated to not only providing you with the best quality food, but to also provide you with an entertaining environment and loving atmosphere.
Tasty Dawgs
The most delicious Vienna Hot Dogs around! Their dogs are Chicago Style featuring a Vienna all beef hot dog cuddled by a freshly steamed poppy seed bun, topped with yellow mustard, neon green relish, sweet onions, fresh tomato wedges, kosher pickle spear, spicy sport peppers and of course, a dash of celery salt. 518 West Main Street
Colonial Cafe West
Family owned since 1901, this family style restaurant is best known for its "Kitchen Sink" sundae. The restaurant is open daily serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and legendary ice cream.
CITY:St. Charles
Where Irish Hospitality means that pours and portions are a little more generous. Crowd-pleasing menu selections are varied and unique and the answer Ida,ways O'YES!! Bennigan's American Fare, Irish Hospitality!
State Street Pizzeria
Located below Ski's All American Pub.
Bean Appetit Coffee House
Speciality coffee beverages including espresso-based drinks, smoothies, chai tea, panini sandwiches and pastries.
Macarena Tapas
Modern Spanish Cuisine, with the creation of innovative dishes and a tour of classic tapas found throughout the bars of Spain. Macarena Tapas also features a crafted list of Spanish wines and Sangrias. Come and be part of the St. Charles Spanish Allure.
CITY:St. Charles
Santa Fe Restaurant
A family owned and operated restaurant since 1981, with locations in Glen Ellyn and Sandwich, Illinois. They specialize in delicious, authentic Mexican food, and our Margaritas have been voted the best Margaritas in DuPage county for almost 30 years!
Joker's Bar & Grill
Joker's is a bar with good food and great people. Come and see a band on the weekend or just stop in for a decent meal and an ice cold drink. Don't forget to ask about our daily specials.
Los 3 Burritos
A family owned Authentic Mexican Restaurant! They offer Breakfast, Tacos, Tacos, Burritos, GIANT Burritos, & More! You can also place your order online!
Hill's Tap
Helping you dodge life's curveballs since 1969. Founded in 1969, legend has it because Curt wasn't allowed into a tavern within 30 miles of Genoa, Hill's Tap remains nearly the same as the day it opened. It's hard to imagine why, 45 years ago, he thought he could provide for a growing family with a shot and a beer saloon, but I think many of us are a bit better off because of it.
Tia Maria's
Tia Maria's serves the highest quality, family-owned authentic Mexican fare.
Hink's Bar & Grill
Stop in today for lunch or dinner at Hink's Bar & Grill and receive true midwestern hospitality! Enjoy a nice meal, a cold drink, and a great atmosphere. Hink's is located within walking distance form Sycamore's downtown shopping district.
Lothsons Karry Out Chicken
Family Karry Out Restaurant. Frying the best chicken in the DeKalb, Il area since 1949.
The Walnut Speakeasy
Sophisticated yet casual atmosphere. Full menu with an impressive beer list, food served till midnight.
Molly's Pub & Grill
Food, drinks, specials and entertainment.
Italian Dreams Pizza
Italian Dreams Pizza & Pasta in Sycamore, IL., where they use only the finest and freshest ingredients to prepare your food in a way that is second to none.
Jamrah's Middle Eastern Cuisine
New Middle Eastern Cuisine family restaurant serving hummus, pita, shawarma, falafels, kebabs and baklava, ranging from $3 to $13 for individual items and platters.
Prime Bistro
Using grass-fed beef makes all the difference. It's half the cholesterol of a regular burger and includes some of the "good" fatty acids you can find in olive oil.
CITY:St. Charles
Tropical Sno
Family owned and operated. Come relax and enjoy a cold, tropical shaved ice just like they make in Hawaii!
Ren's Chinese Restaurant
Authentic Chinese cuisine.
Gonzo's Pizzeria
Gonzo's has been open since December of 2007 in Sandwich, IL. Offering the 50 year old recipe of Gary "Gario" Schaefer the ONE and ONLY Gario!! Offering Carry out, dine in and Delivery service to surrounding areas.
The Office Dining & Spirits
Superb food in a casual, contemporary atmosphere. Outdoor smoke house for great meats and one of Fox Valley's best outdoor dining patios.
CITY:St. Charles
Porter's Pub
Porter's Pub is an energetic, casual, cozy, English-style restaurant and bar, located at Bowes Creek Country Club. Offering the traditional English favorites as well as an extensive "Belly Up Brew" beer list, even the queen would be impressed with.
Hot Stuff Pizza
Located inside the Kirkland Quick Stop.
The Jalapeno Grill
Try us for great authentic Mexican tacos and burritos, Chicago-style hot dogs, fresh cut fries, hamburgers and more. Open daily.
CITY:St. Charles
Took Toom Thai
Great authentic Thai Food! Catering available or host your next private party in this fun atmosphere.
Lost Mine
A bar located in Four Seasons Sports in Sycamore, Illinois.
Pub West Pizza
Pub West has established a strong reputation for quality and value making it a local favorite, and a desired destination for west suburban Chicago. They offer great burgers with the toppings that will tantalize your taste buds. They have over 35 different burger varieties! More in the mood for Pizza? Order your favorite toppings for Delivery*, Take out or Eat-In
E & S Fish Company, Inc.
Finest seafood and service. Freshly made seafood while you wait. Eat in or carry out.
CITY:St. Charles
Whether it's a quiet dinner for two by the fire or a banquet for 40 in a private room, Ristorante Chianti offers delicious Italian food for everyone.
Fatty's Pub & Grille
Fatty's is the premier spot to catch a NIU football game, or any other sporting event. Conveniently located across the street from Northern Illinois University and next to Red Roof Inn & Suites. Stop in and try a delicious item off our extensive menu, or just have a drink or two! Enjoy our newly expanded beer garden & added added Novak Room. Complete onsite and offsite catering available.
JB's World Famous Pizza
Inside Lord Stanley's Annex
Taylor Street Pizza - Geneva
Pizza and pasta from the old neighborhood prepared using all fresh ingredients. Full kitchen.
Isacco Kitchen
A modern Italian kitchen and late night bar in a family relaxed atmosphere.. Offers inside and outside dining and also provides full-service catering.
CITY:St. Charles
Shark's Fish and Chicken
Shark's Fish & Chicken in Dekalb delivers to NIU! They offer delivery in Dekalb, IL and an extensive menu including catfish, ocean perch, salmon, tilapia, oysters, wings, chicken dinners, and combos!
Rookies All American Pub and Grill
28 TVs to watch all sporting events. Serving some of the best burgers, ribs, steaks in the area. Kids' menu and more.
CITY:St. Charles
Egg Haven Pancakes & Cafe
At Egg Haven We're Committed To Quality and Value Our recipes are prepared fresh daily using only the finest ingredients. Our eggs and produce are sourced direct from local premium farms and growers. Our menu offers a variety of breakfast, brunch and lunch choices. We're proud to offer delicious gluten free options, cholesterol free options, and other dietary-friendly selections. Freshly squeezed juices are available all day! Restaurant hours: 6am to 3pm daily
Angie's Sugar Buzz Bakery
Baked goods, cakes and lunch specials.
Colonial Cafe East
Family owned since 1901, this family style restaurant is best known for its "Kitchen Sink" sundae. The restaurant is open daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and legendary ice cream.
CITY:St. Charles
Villa Verone
We have been offering you a taste of Italy for over 14 years. Come discover or rediscover the charms of Italy and Mamma's good cooking.
Salerno's on the Fox Restaurant
Italian family restaurant with Southern Italian flare. Since 1975, featuring a unique menu of pizza, veal, fresh pasta, seafood, steaks.
CITY:St. Charles
Dough Brothers Pizzeria
At Dough Brothers, we pride ourselves in making each handmade pizza the way you like it. We start with fresh homemade dough made everyday, our signature sauce, tons of gooey mozzarella cheese, perfectly seasoned meats and the freshest vegetables delivered daily. Cooked to perfection in our old style pizza oven and served hot and ready to eat. At Dough Brothers Pizzeria, we work everyday making sure you and your family get the pizza you want,
Olde Tyme Inn
Our goal is to satisfy our customers by providing them with quality food and friendly service at a great price. Try one of our famous burgers or fresh sandwiches or salads. We have live entertainment and drink specials often!
Villa Verone
Come experience a taste of authentic Italy in the heart of Downtown Elgin.
Bar & Grill located at 48 E. Railroad Street in Sandwich, Illinois.
The Forge Brewhouse
The Forge Brewhouse is using the old traditions of "Rheinheitsgebot," the German Beer Purity Law of 1516 that only allows beer to contain barley, water and hops, to brew signature beers in house. It's pushing beyond those traditions to make a corn beer to honor one of DeKalb County's specialties, IPAs with jalepenos, and many other varieties. The Forge Brewhouse is also creating Brick Oven wood-fired farm to table pizzas.
Polka Dot Bakery
The Polka Dot Bakery creates beautiful artistic cakes. They can vary from carved cakes made to look like an object or character, smash cakes for a child's 1st birthday, wedding cakes to decorated cookies for all occasions. They also provide kitchen apparel and classes/events at their location.
South Moon BBQ
Fantastic southern-style BBQ!! Winner of one of Chicago's Best TV's Top 10 Places To Get Your Pork Fix in Chicago! Catering, weddings, and now featuring new craft beers!! Outdoor seating available.
Burritoville in Dekalb, IL has the best Mexican food you could ask for. Delivery and Online Food Ordering to NIU and Dekalb ensures that you will never be hungry again!
Lord Stanley's Annex
Campus bar with JB's World Famous Pizza.
Luigi's House
Luigi's House invites you to come and experience true Italian cooking and casual dining in the various rooms of Luigi's home. Themed dining spaces include the kitchen, pottery room (with twinkling lights), library, or the landscaped patio. Inside Luigi's House is Julian's Piano Bar, which offers live entertainment three nights per week, great Martini's and appetizers.
Pita Pete's
Vegetarian/Vegan Friendly Pita Pete's philosophy is that fast food can be both tasty and healthful. At Pita Pete's they have no franchise costs, and they rarely advertise. These savings are put into the quality and quantity of the food we serve.
Grand Victoria Buffet
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- His offseason whooshed by fast. "Too fast," says Brad Lidge.
So he finds himself here. In the Houston Astros' spring training bunker. Ready to move on. Ready for that next save, that next adventure, that next October.
But the occupants of the world around him, for some reason, aren't quite so ready. They're looking at October, all right. But not the next one. The last one.
Last October, as you might recall, wasn't quite the kind of October that Lidge would have scripted for himself. We can all agree on that.
Closers dream of mob scenes on the mound and ticker-tape shampoos, not 900-foot Albert Pujols home runs that cancel World Series flights.
Not inexplicable World Series home runs that are launched by men who hit zero home runs all season. (This is where we suggest you replay that Scott Podsednik Game 2 shocker if it's still stored in the DVR in your memory bank.)
Not game-winning 36-hop singles up the middle, like the one Jermaine Dye thunked off Lidge in the final game of that World Series.
All that stuff happened with Lidge on the mound last October. He can't change that. That, he understands.
But the world's fascination with the state of his psyche -- "a morbid fascination," Lidge chuckles -- well, that, he doesn't understand.
He is stuck in a moment, and he can't get out of it. But not for long.
He talked about last October with ESPN.com the other day. And now, he says, he's done. Forever.
"After this," he said, "we're going to shut it down.
"I answered every question for a long time about the same thing," Lidge said, wearily. "Now I just want to turn the page."
Still, the world will be looking for his inner scars, because October is a month that can leave those scars. It has happened before. It will happen again.
But not to guys like this.
No one spent spring training 2002 asking if Mariano Rivera was going to be scarred for life by Luis Gonzalez. The Great Mariano, it was clear, would survive.
Dennis Eckersley saved 326 games, won a Cy Young award and even collected an MVP trophy in the post-Kirk Gibson portion of his career. So, obviously, the Eck survived his worst October nightmare, too.
That's how it works when you're The Best at what you do. You throw those pitches under the October microscope. You ride out whatever happens next. Then you go back to being what you always were -- The Best.
We'll grant you that Lidge hasn't qualified to hang out in the Eck and Mariano Suite, upstairs in the penthouse of the Bullpen Tower -- not yet, anyway. But if you don't think he's up there with The Best right now, you haven't been paying attention.
This is a man who piled up more strikeouts per nine innings last year (13.12) than any closer alive -- three more per nine innings than Billy Wagner, four more than Mariano Rivera.
But that's not all. Lidge's career strikeout rate (12.82 per 9 IP) is not just higher than the rate of any active relief pitcher. It's the highest of any pitcher in history who has thrown as many innings as he has (259).
So a fellow with his stuff won't turn into Chuck Hartenstein at age 29 just because of a few swings of the bat in October.
"This guy is one of the elite five closers in the game," said his catcher, Brad Ausmus. "He's as good as they come. You know, I've caught him and Wags [Wagner] and Trevor Hoffman. And granted, Wags and Hoffy have done it a little longer, so you can't put Brad in their category. But stuff-wise, he's as good as either one of them."
"He's too good," said another veteran voice in that Houston clubhouse, Andy Pettitte. "I've heard too many hitters say he has the best stuff they've ever seen not to believe it. When you hear Edgar Martinez say that's the best slider anybody's ever thrown him, that's saying something, man."
If you're going to make the world forget about those October baseball games that melted away, it always helps to be borderline unhittable. And you can quote us on that.
But that supersonic right arm isn't even the biggest reason Brad Lidge doesn't fit the Byung-Hyun Kim/Stan Belinda slot so many people have tried to stuff him into.
No, the biggest reason is located slightly to the north of that arm.
Up there in his head, Lidge gets it.
After that Pujols home run -- a home run that broke hearts, crushed dreams and endangered his team's entire magic-carpet ride -- Lidge didn't hide. Didn't no-comment. Didn't scowl or snap or blow off a single question.
He stood at his locker and took the blame for nearly an hour. Then he did one-on-one interviews with every Houston TV station. And two hours before the next game, he even agreed to talk on "SportsCenter." That's how distraught he was.
He repeated that act after the Podsednik gopher ball. And again after Dye's single.
If accountability is any gauge of a man's inner strength, then Lidge is a regular Magnus Samuelsson -- on the inside, anyway.
"It was hard [answering all those questions], but at the same time, I've never been one to shrug people off if something doesn't go right," Lidge said. "I can take the good with the bad. It doesn't chew me up inside. Oh, it's frustrating. Don't get me wrong. But it's not going to chew me up to the point where I can't deal with it.
"And besides," he said, "the sooner you're able to talk about it, the sooner you're able to get over it."
What a concept: The sooner you're able to talk about it, the sooner you're able to get over it. Those words should be mounted atop the locker of every closer in America.
And maybe everyone else's locker, too.
Therapy by media interrogation. What are the odds that that innovation will ever catch on?
"You know," Lidge philosophized, "I've given up home runs before. And I'll give up home runs again. That's baseball. And if you can't deal with that, you'll be pitching for about a month in the big leagues."
Anyone can talk that talk four months later, we suppose. But Lidge was walking that walk from the moment Pujols swung the bat. We know because his teammates were monitoring every stride.
"The thing that impressed me," Ausmus said, "was what he was like the next day, after the home run to Pujols. I'm a guy who has never, ever had trouble sleeping after a game. But even I had trouble sleeping that night. So the next day, I said to him, 'Hey, did you get any sleep last night?' He said, 'I slept really good.' That right there told me we don't have to worry about this kid. He can handle success. And he can handle failure."
Nobody ever volunteers to practice handling failure. But long before Lidge got to experience any good times in Houston, he found out how to handle the worst kind of bad times any player ever deals with.
His big-league career was almost over before it started. Three different times.
"And if he's not scarred by that," said GM Tim Purpura, "there's no way a few bad outings, at any level of the game, could scar him for life."
In June 1998, the Astros made Lidge their No. 1 pick out of Notre Dame, signed him in a hurry and sent him to Quad Cities of the Midwest League. He made it through the first four appearances into his pro career. Then his elbow started throbbing.
That was the beginning of Lidge's parade of pain. Between 1999 and 2001, he had knee surgery. And elbow surgery. And shoulder surgery. And somewhere in there, then-Expos prospect Ron Calloway smoked a line drive off Lidge's right arm and splattered his ulna bone, sending him to the operating room yet one more time.
"Now that [stinks]," said Lidge. "That's when it gets frustrating."
And when a guy keeps getting hurt, year after year after year, "there are times things creep into your mind," Lidge admitted. "Like, 'How many credits do I need to get my degree? Do I want to go back to school?' You don't want to think about stuff like that. But sometimes, when you're in the middle of those surgeries, you can't help but think: 'If baseball doesn't work for me, if I keep having these injuries, if it's not meant to be that I can throw a baseball, what do I do?'"
This was just five years ago. So it's not a memory Lidge has buried in a crevice in his basement. It's still fresh. Still real. Still stuck in his gut, like a bad enchilada.
So what's more challenging to deal with -- a hanging slider in October or that voice you can't snuff out, wondering if that pitching dream of yours is meant to be?
"You pitch good, and you pitch bad -- but that's just performance stuff," Lidge said. "That's not hard to deal with mentally. Not for me. If you pitch bad, you say, 'I'll just practice something else, or I'll get better doing something.' But at least you're pitching.
"What's hard mentally is dealing with injuries, because that you don't have control over. When you've got control over stuff, like how you pitch, it's just not hard. What's a strain mentally is when you don't have control over the situation. I had four surgeries in 3½ years. And that is mentally tough, because then you've got to convince yourself that it's just a phase you're going through and you're going to be healthy someday."
He told himself a zillion times that he could still pitch. He could still dominate. He could still live the dream. If he could just get healthy, it was all out there for him.
So the highlight of his career wasn't making the big leagues. Or being part of a six-pitcher no-hitter in Yankee Stadium. Or even his astonishing NLCS in October 2004, the one in which he faced 28 Cardinals, struck out 20 of them and gave up one hit.
No, his highlight was being called the workhorse of the Houston bullpen in 2003, when he went out there 78 times as a member of Wagner's set-up crew.
"That, for me, was the greatest thing in the world," he said, "because, before that, everyone had always said I was so fragile."
Living through all that pain, and all that doubt and all those trips to see his neighborhood orthopedic surgeon, was a life-altering experience. So after an experience like that, a couple of October home runs don't seem so traumatic after all.
"When you're able to get over that hurdle mentally, just pitching in a game is a reward," Lidge said. "Whether you do good or bad, you're just happy to be pitching. So then to be pitching in the postseason is an awesome experience -- no matter what happens."
Lidge subscribes to the philosophy of life that something good can always come from something bad. And that, he said, "is what people don't understand. Something like that doesn't set you back. A lot of times, it can make you better."
So Lidge is fiddling with a splitter this spring and talking about locating his fastball more consistently, all in his quest to actually get a little better.
But maybe he hasn't checked his numbers. His manager has. And Phil Garner says: "I don't know if he can be any better." Yeah, if Lidge got any better, he might never give up another hit, let alone another homer.
He will, though. He knows. We know. The hitters know. The amateur psychologists with the pens and notepads know. There will be more homers, more blown saves, more questions to answer.
And the true measure of Lidge's bounce-ability is that he can't wait.
"I know that the first game of the season, people will be talking about it," Lidge said, without having to explain what "it" was. "And I know the first game we face the Cardinals, people will be saying things. Which is fine.
"And hopefully, after that," he said, with extra accent on that word, hopefully, "we'll all find something else to talk about."
Jayson Stark is a senior writer for ESPN.com.


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I may be slightly out of step with most reviewers of this undoubtedly fine hotel, but I don't really do "the Emporer's new clothes" thing in over enthusing as I do not believe the plaudits are entirely justified. This is an architectural gem, very close to the Eiffel Tower and within easy walking distance of the Champs Elysees and other main attractions. We stayed in a room at the front of the hotel which afforded a fairly nondescript view - very much a case here of getting what you pay for. Given the proximity of the Eiffel Tower I would have no doubt that rooms at the rear afford excellent views. The traffic on the street below was quite heavy for most of the day and well in to the night and the noise was quite intrusive with the windows open. This rather exacerbated the problem of the air conditioning which could not easily be adjusted, having been pre-set. The staff here are very attentive and pleasant - minor gripes were that we were not served tea on our arrival and on our second night, our room was not turned down, as we had not departed the room by 7.00pm. We ate in the Shang Palace which was very good. Overall, this is a very charming, pleasant and intimate hotel. on balance, however, I think we shall be staying at George V on our next trip to Paris.
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Step Into Liquid
- Studio: Artisan Entertainment
- Release Date: Aug 8, 2003
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An awe-inspiring survey of global surf culture, with the power to crush the post-"Gidget" decades of Hollywood stereotyping of surfers and surfing.
Absolutely unlike any documentary youve ever seen, Step Into Liquid nearly qualifies as a religious experience.
The best surfing documentary ever made. And that includes 1966's "The Endless Summer" and its terrific 1994 sequel -- both from Bruce Brown, Dana's father.
The movie has dual strengths that silence most objections. Even more than "X-2" or "American Splendor," it is, in a good way, the most comic-booky movie of the year. It's also the human Winged Migration.
Even from the safety of a movie seat, you can just about feel the stinging hardness of the surf. Blue crush? This is more like white smash.
Like his father, Mr. Brown has the magical ability to take his public on a two-hour vacation. It's the next best thing to being there, and you don't need to worry about sand in your beer.
The movie's tag line, which promises (among other things) No stereotypes, is one of those rare cases of truth in advertising. That Brown also happens to have captured some genuinely awesome surf footage -- often the only raison dêtre for such films -- feels like a bonus.
Ravishing, often entrancing paean to a pastime that has hooked more than its share of hard-core addicts.
This is pretty much a feel-good film for committed fans and moviegoers looking for some spectacular combination of travelogue, athleticism and slo-mo grace.
The movie's diplomatic breadth compromises its thematic depth -- it basically repeats that fun conquers all -- but few movies will so generously rawk a crowd this year.
Not only set the high standards for surfing documentaries but brought the sport much greater respect and interest from around the globe.
As a bonus, "Liquid" also includes eye-popping footage of the top surfers in the world (Taj Burrow, Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama) -- wave riders who make the impossible look easy.
Will have even the most landlocked goofy-footers wondering why they never learned to surf.
Brown has expertly captured the exhilarating and terrifying experience of watching surfers attack waves so preposterously large and ridiculously beautiful they defy description.
In his narration Brown says that he wants to dispel the image of surfers as airheaded slackers, an ambition undercut by his own breathless and clumsy writing. But to his credit he collects some fascinating stories.
Serves up enough action and passion to stay afloat, but at the end of the day it's just not the perfect ride those earlier films were.
Part of the appeal is the underlying theme of the torch being passed between generations. Think how disappointing it would have been had Dana become an insurance actuary instead of a surfing filmmaker.
What has changed most dramatically over the years is the camera's ability to shoot as if it were stationed on the wall of those rolling pipelines. For some, this is the next best thing to being there.
When it's not making the argument that Surfing = Peace, Step Into Liquid can be diverting.
If the cinematography lacks the up-close-and-personal drama of "Blue Crush," it's still adequate to the occasion -- after all, like any star worth her salt, the ocean has yet to meet a camera she doesn't like.
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United defender Ferdinand was cut just above his left eye
after being hit by the coin while celebrating Robin van
Persie's late goal which gave the Premier League leaders a
3-2 win at City's Etihad stadium.
"Despite fierce rivalry and high tension there was no major
disorder," Greater Manchester Police chief inspector Steve
Howard said in a statement.
"However, we will continue to investigate the coin throwing
incident and are determined to work with the club to bring
the perpetrator to justice."
City fan Matthew Stott, 21, ran on to the pitch and tried to
reach Ferdinand as he was recovering but was restrained by
the home side's goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Stott, one of two men charged with pitch encroachment, issued
an apology through his solicitors on Monday, saying: "I would
like to apologise to all those affected by my actions
yesterday particularly Mr Ferdinand and the other players.
"I am extremely ashamed of my actions. I have let myself
down, my family down, my fellow fans down and Manchester City
Football club. I intend to write personally to Mr Ferdinand
to express my extreme regret and apologies and also apologise
to Manchester United and their fans.
"I would like to thank Joe Hart for his actions when I came
on the pitch."
A total of 13 arrests were made by police. Of the nine people
charged, one was for a racially aggravated public order
Those charged are due to appear at Manchester City
Magistrates' Court on January 4.
Manchester City also issued an apology to Ferdinand
"unreservedly condemning the actions which led to him being
injured" and in a strongly worded statement said they would
discipline any fans found guilty of offences.
The FA is also investigating the incident which led to calls
from the governing body's chairman David Bernstein to ban
those found guilty of anti-social behaviour at football
matches for life.
Professional Footballers' Association boss Gordon Taylor has
suggested netting should be erected in vulnerable stadium
zones, including corner flag areas, to protect players from
objects thrown by the crowd.
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Recently I've noticed that Adblock Plus doesn't block Google ads anymore. The page is just full of ads. Here's a query for "SSL" with Adblock Plus turned on.
I would like to not see Google ads in my browser. How do I get the previous behavior back?
Recently I've noticed that Adblock Plus doesn't block Google ads anymore. The page is just full of ads. Here's a query for "SSL" with Adblock Plus turned on.
I would like to not see Google ads in my browser. How do I get the previous behavior back?
As @djfdat already said: You have to disable "Acceptable Ads".
This has nothing to do with your Google query for SSL or SSH. It's just that all Google websites are in the "Acceptable Ads" whitelist.
Story behind
Google (and other big companies) were asked to pay money by a firm called EYEO GmbH to show their ads. This firm owns Adblock Plus together with its main developer Wladimir Palant. And big player firms like Google accepted their offering.
Wait, they pay? Yes. This was a big story on the net the last couple of weeks when a blogger revealed the mafia-like system of Adblock Plus. Read more on Techcrunch.
Key statement on techcrunch
The Adblock Plus company blackmail websites in that way: "If you don't pay us, we block all your advertisements. We have 50 mio. users and the power to ruin you." The techchrunch article doesn't go into details, but the blog articles linked above do. They fake user reviews, even whole websites, conspire with big ad firms to white-list them and block those who doesn't pay. Thats criminal and I recommend you not to use this plugin aynmore in any browser.
Are there alternatives?
Alternatives like Adblock (without the plus) or AdGuard jumped onto the "acceptable ads" train and therefor are no longer a valid alternative. To give you an idea why they probable changed their business model, here's a quote from an article on theguardian.com regarding AdblockPlus' cash income.
My only advise I can give you stand today: Use whatever extension you want, but look up the option to disable Acceptable ads
In your Adblock Plus Options > Filter Lists, make sure you're subscribed to Easylist. Also, turn off the last checkbox on that tab for 'Allow some non-intrusive advertising'.
On Chrome 42 with AdBlock 2.31, right click on the AdBlock icon and choose options. Then deselect "I like the text ads on Google search results; show me those".
I just modified the "Acceptable Ads" list.
Actually, I deactivated Adblock Plus's list in the preferences, then I downloaded the source text file (you can find the link in the prefs dialogue) and removed all lines that I didn't like (Google and Amazon).
For Google I removed all lines (with some JavaScript) that satisfied the regular expression:
Then I added the new filter list and, lo and behold, Google ads disappeared again.
Since I wrote a script for that task, I can do that again at any time. It's some work, but for me it's the best solution, because I still have all "non-intrusive" ads white-listed except that from Google and Amazon.
I added the filters via a filter file I put on my own local server, so I could subscribe to my own list. But, I think, you can also add the filters manually.
On Chrome 42 with Adblock Plus 1.8.12, right click on the Adblock Plus icon and choose Options. Then deselect "Allow some non-intrusive advertising".


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Leading in Turbulent Times
By Kevin Kelly Gary E. Hayes
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.Copyright © 2010 Kevin Kelly and Gary E. Hayes
All right reserved.
Chapter OneAll change
'My own world has changed. I just don't think we will be able to put the genie back in the bottle. There will be a new business order coming out of all of this.' Henry Fernandez, president and CEO of MSCI Barra
The universal truth of change
Fast, turbulent, mind blowing, exciting, scary. It has never been more difficult to make sense of the world.
Change rules. 'Our sales are half what they were this time last year, which is a challenge. But I think we're in the same place that a hell of a lot of other people are in right now', one CEO told us. 'The focus on performance is finer. When you are growing at 35 per cent everybody benefits; when your growth goes down to 11 per cent or 12 per cent, the separation between the poor and the best performers increases. And then you need to figure out how to handle it, because in this environment you cannot let that rise. We have had to let some of those poor performers go.'
Over the past three recessions in 1981, 1991, and 2001, the car rental company Hertz never experienced its annual sales contract more than 3.5 per cent in any given recession. In November and December 2008, it saw a 20 per cent fall. In January 2009, Hertz announced a reduction in its global workforce by 4000 employees in a bid to decrease costs due to reduced rental demand. Hertz had already reduced its workforce by 22 per cent in the past two years.
Change rules. It took the Indian company Infosys 23 years to reach revenues of $1bn and just another 23 months to hit $2bn. Amazing, but even more so when you consider the company's birthplace and the changes it, too, has witnessed. Ask any Indian leader and they will tell you that running a business in India before the economic reforms of the early 1990s was an impossible obstacle course – companies often had to wait a year to get a telephone line and individuals needed to give two weeks' notice of plans to fly overseas.
Change rules. 'When I got into this business in 1996 as a CEO, mainframes ruled, the Internet was just happening and nobody believed distributed processing would be as powerful as mainframe processing in years to come', says K. V. Kamath, CEO of ICICI Bank in India. 'Unless you keep yourself updated you will be obsolete. One good thing that comes out of me trying to reinvent myself is that it is easier to tell my colleagues that unless they also reinvent themselves they will be obsolete.'
Change rules. And rules change.
Another CEO told us a few years ago he used to get his sales figures every month. Then it went to every week. Now it can be every hour.
In the next year, General Electric will launch more new products than in any previous year in its century-plus history.
'The environment has changed so much, especially in the financial sector, that some of the old rules do not apply', Bijan Khosrowshahi, former CEO of Fuji Fire and Marine in Japan observed, echoing the opinions of many in the business world and beyond. 'The old orthodoxies will not serve us well in the future', British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told the G20 Summit in spring 2009.
'For business leaders and people who are on the track to leadership, this will have a permanent impact on the way they do business. The level of trust has been diminished and I think it will take years and decades to build that back. In terms of how people are going to do business, I think there's going to be a lot more scepticism', anticipates former Leo Burnett CEO, Linda Wolf.
Change rules. Change is a fixture. There is no escaping this essential fact. Change rules. Charles Darwin said: 'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.'
So, the first message of this book is that change is a universal fact of organisational life. No business is immune. Any leader who refuses to accept that change is inevitable in our turbulent times is in denial. Becoming an agile leader – in terms of thinking and behaviour – is critical for success in turbulent times. Rigid and inflexible thinking runs the risk of making today's leader irrelevant.
Going, going ...
How leaders manage, direct and communicate change has fascinated us for many years. We spoke to a CEO in Germany, and he observed that whenever a leader talks about change, employees always expect the worst. But, as a leader, how do you direct change for the good of the organisation and the people? How do you change things when your very survival as an organisation depends on it?
The best leaders we have encountered take change as their constant mantra. They live and breathe change because they know that the reverse of change is stagnation and then inevitable decay. If you sit still, pretty soon you are steamrollered.
There are no exceptions. Even a bellwether brand like Coca-Cola has had to wrestle with the highest percentage increases for oil, plastic, aluminium and sweetener of the last 50 years.
Take Christie's. It is the world's leading art auction business. Its New York building features a soaring triple-height entrance with a spectacular specially commissioned mural by the artist Sol LeWitt. The firm's global auction and private sales were more than $5.1 billion in 2008. One would have thought it is somehow insulated from the process of change. Art, after all, endures. Nothing could be further from the truth. The auction house is venerable, but its market has changed hugely over the last decade. It used to be that you could send a valuer round to somebody's estate to look at their pieces of art. The process was leisurely and local. Now it is truly global. Add in the effect of the Internet and the emergence of new wealth, and Christie's is in a fast-moving, turbulent marketplace.
Edward (Ed) Dolman, CEO of Christie's International, started out as a porter in the furniture department, rose to become an auctioneer and then decided he wanted to become a manager. He was appointed CEO in December 1999. 'The auction business is unique. We are dealing with high-value, totally subjective assessments, in markets that fluctuate widely. It is difficult to think of true parallels in other sectors', he told us. 'I don't think the governmental and political climate matches commercial reality. With the G20 and things like that, you can see attempts being made to come to terms with the fact that every economy in the world is now linked to such a degree that individual decisions taken by individual governments are fairly meaningless on their own and have to be coordinated globally. As a business, that reality is mirrored in our experience.' Change is constant and global.
Advertising change
Another business in the frontline of change is advertising. Often regarded as a barometer of the economy, advertising budgets are famously fickle. Today, too, the industry is undergoing a major paradigm change as it wrestles with the move to online advertising and issues of privacy. One of the most informed voices on the forces of change is Linda Wolf. She is now a director of Wal-Mart, and was formerly chairman and CEO of the ad agency Leo Burnett Worldwide. When she was promoted to become CEO of Leo Burnett in 2001, she became the first woman to run the iconic Chicago advertising agency – and one of the few to run an international agency anywhere. Wolf gained a reputation as a client-pleaser and a rainmaker. When she ran business development at Leo Burnett in the 1990s, she helped bring in clients such as Disney and Coca-Cola. She's known for going the extra mile to understand clients: in 2000, when she ran Burnett's US business, she went on a parachute jump with her new client, the US Army.
The metaphor of a parachute jump is worth adding to the metaphorical mix of these troubled times. But if it gets you a client, who can argue? (Though this comes with a leadership health warning: if you attempt a high stakes jump while trying to remain too rigid, you will break your leg or worse.)
At Leo Burnett and as a member of the board of trustees of Janus Mutual Funds and Wal-Mart, Linda Wolf has had a front row seat on the true nature of change. In conversation, she points out that the ongoing period of turbulence should be viewed as an accelerator of change rather than a sudden and discrete period of change.
In advertising and media, for example, turbulent change has been going on for the last decade as the market recalibrates online and printed content, and as traditional advertising and content companies vie with new media companies. (As we were writing, the Boston Globe reported operating losses of $50 million for 2008, forcing the newspaper to contemplate what its future looked like.)
Says Linda Wolf: 'Everyone's trying to establish how you can make it through this process and still generate the kind of revenue you're used to. I was at a lunch recently and a big advertiser was saying, of course, we're using all this new media and that's where the opportunities are. Another said the bulk of what they did was on television; it still had the biggest impact for them and was where the bulk of their revenue went. I don't think anyone has cracked the code, and it's going to continue to evolve over a long period. It's a really tough dilemma for whatever media company you're talking about.'
If the times are challenging for the advertising industry, they are even more so for the traditional media companies. If you are a newspaper or terrestrial television company, for example, imagine how you feel about Google and YouTube. In the media world companies are trying to experiment with every possible new way of communication, and hoping that they're going to be able to own something in that area. Some of the experimentation is interesting and has huge potential – for example, Hulu (the free online video service) was a very smart thing for NBC to become involved in. As the experiments go on, traditional media – such as newspapers – continue to struggle with the forces of change.
One of those caught in this maelstrom of uncertainty is Tom Glocer, CEO of Thomson Reuters. 'When there's a disruptive change to your industry, you can't smooth your way quarter by quarter to get there. It takes a human and capital dynamo like Rupert Murdoch to take the Wall Street Journal. You can't smooth your way and that's the core issue in the media and places like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal as they struggle to replace analogue dollars with digital pennies.'
Right now, business leaders in all industries are being buffeted on all sides by the forces of change. The headwinds of change we have seen, and will continue to see, can be loosely grouped under four categories: technological; organisational; macro-economic and political; and global.
Technological change: cognitive agility
One of the new breed of leaders we talked to was Alexey Mordashov, CEO of the Russian steel-giant Severstal. In the week that we talked with Mordashov he had started in Moscow and then visited Detroit, Pittsburgh, Frankfurt and Berlin, before returning home. A young, energetic leader such as Mordashov embodies the changes which we have seen over the last decade. Ten years ago the emergence of powerful and immensely rich Russian leaders wasn't on the agenda. Now, Russian entrepreneurs and multinationals rub shoulders with the most powerful Western business leaders and their organisations. Ten years ago some businesses were global; now it is difficult to imagine a large company that doesn't have global operations. And a decade is a long time in the life of technology. Alexey Mordashov travels the world, but is constantly in touch with his colleagues and offices via his ubiquitous pocket PC, laptop and mobile phone.
Technology has changed the job of leadership. It opens up previously unimagined channels of communication and new marketplaces. And technology has played a pivotal role in the creation of a galaxy of now global markets. Try thinking of a market untouched by technology or a leader whose work has not been touched by technology. We bet you're struggling to think of one!
For leaders to make good technological decisions they need to remain continuously informed about innovation and also to be well advised on the significance of technological advances for their business. Quick and serious cognitive processing is required.
Organisational change: interpersonal effectiveness
The second headwind that leaders have to cope with is organisational change. 'We need to be much more flat, creating a collegial team-based leadership style so that you can leverage a lot more of people's intellects and capabilities and make them participate in decision making', says Kris Gopalakrishnan the CEO and one of the seven founders of the global consulting and IT services company Infosys.
Both excellent social skills and keen emotional intelligence are required to build and exercise influence in a collegial high-performance organisational culture.
Organisations have changed hugely over the last decade. They have had to. Today's employees are less malleable. They refuse to be easily corralled by hierarchy or organisational boxes. They ask questions. They push the boundaries all the time.
Henry Fernandez, CEO of the financial services company, MSCI Barra, told us that though his organisation wasn't numerically large it was filled with highly-educated, smart and questioning people. About 10 per cent of his people have PhDs, another 30 to 40 per cent have masters degrees of one sort or another. 'They figure things out very quickly. They tend to be more open to change but, on the other hand, they're smart and can become cynical and harder to change. You only have a few windows in a tenure as a CEO so you've got to really use them', says Fernandez.
Try leading a smart workforce such as at MSCI Barra and many other organisations in this knowledge economy by traditional command-and-control methods and you'd pretty soon hit a dead-end. Equally, try organising them into neat hierarchies and boxes on a chart and you'll encounter problems. As a result, new organisational models are continually emerging. Some have been made easy thanks to technology. Others are simply fuelled by human curiosity.
The Management Innovation Lab at London Business School, the brainchild of Professors Gary Hamel and Julian Birkinshaw, has chronicled some of the most innovative organisational experiments. Consider the following examples.
Happy Computers is a $6 million IT training company in London founded by Henry Stewart. The charismatic and unique Stewart has a track record as a campaigner and entrepreneur. Inspired by Ricardo Semler's book Maverick, he set out to create a truly different organisation built on maximising people, having fun and making money (not necessarily always in that order). At Happy, managers are chosen according to how good they are at managing (which Stewart rates as 'our most radical idea') and they are openly appraised by their own employees; new recruits are never asked for qualifications, and are chosen according to how well they respond to feedback on their training style; mistakes are celebrated; client satisfaction, currently at an industry-leading 98.7 per cent, is the single most important performance indicator. While the industry has contracted by 30 per cent over the last six years, Happy's revenues have doubled. Happy days!
Or consider another organisational pioneer: Topcoder is a $20 million Boston-based software company founded by Jack Hughes in 2000. Software projects from clients are broken down into modules, and each module is opened up to Topcoder's community of 120,000 programmers as a competition. Open source meets open organisational design. Programmers are invited to complete the project within a set period of time. The developers of the best solution win a financial prize – typically in the tens of thousands of dollars – and the losers get nothing. For many top programmers the chance of winning a prize is far more motivating than being paid a steady salary. So by creating a tournament-based model for structuring work and rewarding effort, Topcoder is able to tap into their intrinsic desire for peer recognition.
Offbeat, you might think. But consider an experiment at Microsoft where Ross Smith, an 18-year company veteran has reinvigorated an 85-person test team in the company's Windows division. The testing team is young; its members live online, love competition, devour technology in any form and are avid readers of books like Blink and The Wisdom of Crowds. Ross Smith championed a number of initiatives to engage with his team – competitions, pizza meetings, book groups and more. His approach is driven by recognition and respect and has been described as when Theory Y (the notion developed by Douglas McGregor that people perform best when their work is fulfilling) meets Generation Y.
Travel the corporate world and you will encounter many other such examples of leaders pushing at the organisational boundaries, subtly and powerfully changing the shape of organisations.
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