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Dearie : the remarkable life of Julia Child
It is rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It is even rarer when that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station. And yet, that is exactly what Julia Child did. The warble voiced doyenne of television cookery became an iconic cult figure and joyous rule breaker as she touched off the food revolution that has gripped America for more than fifty years. --From publisher description.
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What about getting some help for your help?
Getting that good employee isn't easy, and your job doesn't stop once they start. When repair shop owners say, \"I can't find good employees.\" Here is what they are really saying: \"I don't know how to help employees.\" How's that for a 180-degree shot right in the nose? Ugly isn't it? But it's fact.
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Reagan : an American journey
\"More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, ... [this is a] chronicle of the full arc of Ronald Reagan's epic life--giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics and rocky but ultimately successful run as California governor, and ultimately, of course, his ... presidency, filled with storm and stress but climaxing with his peace talks with the Soviet Union\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Make sure to aim before pulling the trigger
I was working at my desk late one afternoon when I got a call from a client back in Baltimore. It was about 8 p.m. his time and he sounded aggravated and more than a little tipsy. \"I'm going to read you something that I'm going to give to my lead tech tomorrow morning!\" he said. \"I'm not putting up with this B.S. anymore!\" I let him read me this scathing letter that was guaranteed to lose a tech that had been with him for years. When did his attitude change? What was going on at the shop at this time? Did he hire anyone new prior to the attitude change? This question got his attention. \"You know, I hired a new tech about two weeks prior to the start of the problem.\" \"Oh really?\" I said. \"Tell me about him.\"
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Building a winning team to better your bottom line
There are many tools you must have and know how to use when you train people. You have to be willing to go over points time and again. Most people learn through repetition. Read more at MotorAge.com/buildateam. uL
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BEST OF THE BLOGS
Management's job is to ensure the products of the company are being produced profitably. When we look at this explanation, it's easy to see why management can have a very difficult time. It's hard to manage an area and get things done when organization is lacking! Never organize for organization's sake. When embarking on the task of getting organized, it's important first to look at what it is you're trying to produce or accomplish. What's your goal? It's easy to get lost in the woods if the destination isn't clearly defined and known. So the first step is to name what you want to accomplish. A complete understanding of what products the business produces or could produce is the starting point for any organization project.
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IS COLLUSION THE NAME OF THE GAME?
[RICH GEDMAN] was insulted by the offer. ''Sure, $2.65 million is a lot of money to turn down,'' he says, ''but in baseball you get paid according to what your peers make. I felt I should be somewhere in the category of Tony Pena of the Cardinals.'' [Lou Gorman], however, compared Gedman to the catchers [Bob Boone], Ernie Whitt and Rick Dempsey, implying they were better defensively than Gedman. ''I felt like we were in a car dealership, discussing automobile parts,'' Gedman says of the negotiations. ''That's when I decided it might be better to shop around.'' ''Bill Lajoie, the Tigers' general manager, told me they had no interest in Rich,'' [Jack Sands] says, ''even though I pointed out to him that we were asking for less money than they had on the table for [Lance Parrish].'' He got an identical response from the Yankees. [George Steinbrenner] told him, ''We think Joel Skinner is going to be our catcher of the future.'' (Skinner was recently demoted to the minor leagues.) The former Yankee pitcher Bob Shirley was incredulous when New York passed on Gedman. ''In the past you could always count on George going out and signing the players we really needed,'' Shirley says. ''Gedman seemed like a sure bet. I can't believe we didn't need a left-handed hitting catcher in Yankee Stadium - especially since Steinbrenner wants an all-star in every position. But word had it it was 'hands-off' in Gedman's case.'' A month later, Steinbrenner, having demoted his ''catcher of the future'' to the minor leagues, lamented what might have been a prudent, but hasty, decision on his part. ''If I knew Skinner would hit .140,'' he said from his box in Yankee Stadium, ''I would have gone after Rich Gedman.'' (Ironically, Gedman has been suffering through a similar slump, hitting below .200 since he's come back.) Gedman laughs coolly at his plight. ''For Rich Gedman,'' he says, ''it's been a case of bad timing.''
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RAW, RAUNCHY AND MIDDLE-AGED; Rolling Stone Keith Richards at 45
''That hit [KEITH RICHARDS] very hard,'' she says. ''It dawned on him right then and there that the Stones had become Mick's band, and over a period of time it became more apparent that Mick didn't want to change that.'' [Jane Rose] is quick to add that [Mick Jagger] stuck by Richards during his six years of drug addiction. ''Mick was the one person who never stopped believing in Keith. He visited regularly and went out of his way to make sure Keith got everything he needed to get well,'' she says. ''Only I don't think Mick intended for him to get this well.'' Richards was off heroin by the time the Stones were ready to tour in 1978. ''Suddenly, I was ready to resume my responsibilities,'' he says. ''I showed up saying, 'O.K., I'm here to take the weight off your shoulders.' I thought I was doing Mick a favor, but he saw it as a power grab. In his mind, I'd given him up, and why should I think I could just waltz back in and pick up where I'd left off? He resented it. He'd gotten used to wielding the scepter. And when I returned, I don't think either of us understood the ramifications of it.'' Richards says that record-industry strategists were shocked when word got around that ''Talk Is Cheap'' might be ''the best non-Rolling Stones Rolling Stones album'' ever made. Calls interrupted the band's tour rehearsals with disturbing regularity, many of them from Jagger's business manager in London. ''Her majesty'' - the reference is to Jagger - ''decided it was time the Stones got back together to make a new album,'' Richards recalls. ''And I thought, 'Nice timing, Mick - just as I'm coming into my own, you turn up again.' '' ''It was inevitable,'' Richards says of their reunion. ''I told Mick that even if we both said 'I never want to see you again' we'd still have to deal with each other for the rest of our lives.'' He ticks off a list of their corporate co-ventures: reissues of Rolling Stones albums; merchandising; a vast publishing business, a portfolio of investments. ''There are too many businesses that demand our attention, too many people who depend on the salaries we pay them,'' he says. ''It's like a marriage with no divorce.''
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