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...Lockau-Vogel, a management consultant who participated in a recent job-crafting workshop, says the exercise helped her adjust her priorities. "Before, I would spend so much time reacting to requests and focusing on urgent tasks that I never had time to address the real important issues." As part of the job-crafting process, she decided on a strategy for delegating and outsourcing more of her administrative responsibilities...
...part of the recall, the shape of the accelerator pedal on millions of Toyotas will be reconfigured to address the risk of floor-mat entrapment. In addition, Toyota will install a brake-override system that cuts engine power in case of simultaneous application of both the accelerator and brake pedals. The cost of the recall could top $4 billion, according to speculation in Tokyo, which Toyota officials in the U.S. have declined to verify. (See TIME's survey of the 50 worst cars...
...United States and the safety of the American people were at stake in Afghanistan," Barack Obama said, announcing his decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, "I would gladly order every single one of our troops home tomorrow." It was the most emotional moment of his address - but it was a curious sentence, and an unsatisfying speech, defensive and slightly convoluted. Certainly, it was not a classic call to arms: nothing remotely like Shakespeare's Henry V at Agincourt or Winston Churchill during the Blitz, as conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer pointed out later...
...Still, the relaxing of restrictions begins to address the human rights issues raised by human rights groups, aid agencies and other countries. United Nations Humanitarian head John Holmes, who visited Menik Farm and a resettlement area last month, called the lack of freedom of movement a "fundamental concern." Two days after Holmes left Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced that restrictions in the camps would be eased. The European Union has indicated that the treatment of those in the camps could sway a decision on whether to extend a crucial trade concession later this month. (Read...
...meantime, the humanitarian crisis in Somalia gets worse. On Dec. 1, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced it was seeking $689 million in 2010 to address the country's problems. OCHA said that more than 3.6 million Somalis - more than a third of the population - need emergency help. Benadir medical school was supposed to help fix Somalia's all but nonexistent health system. Its motto is "Towards a better future." Today, that future was ripped apart...