Social insurance in Germany 1883-1911: Its history, operation, results and a comparison with the National insurance act, 1911

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This all new reference work documents the philanthropy of 56 private Foundations considered to be the most prominent funders of Native American programs. Mainstream foundations who target American Indian communities and those who earmark Native American studies and education programs are featured.

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Recent intellectual advances in the theory of uncertainty and information are presented in this book, which unifies many important but partial results into a satisfying single picture, making it clear how the economics of uncertainty and information generalizes and extends standard economic analysis. Part 1 covers the economics of uncertainty: each person adapts to a given fixed state of knowledge by making an optimal choice among the immediate "terminal" actions available. These choices in turn determine the overall market equilibrium reflecting the social distribution of risk-bearing. In Part 2, covering the economics of information, the state of knowledge is no longer held fixed, and individuals can overcome their ignorance by "informational" actions. The text also addresses many specific topics such as insurance, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, auctions, deterrence of entry, and research and invention.

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Difficult but worthwhile read.......2004-02-21

Firstly, this book is not a book for a novice to economics, and as an economics graduate, I found this a challenging book to read. If you are a mathematics major, you might also want to consider this book. That being said, the theories expressed in this book are truely phenomenal. Anyone with an interest or background in transactions cost economic theory will be both at an advantage, and will have a deep appreciation for the contents of this book.

This book comes in two halves. The first deals with situations where an individual has limited information, and derives some generalised theories about how individuals choose actions to obtain a probability density function of alternatives (since outcomes are not fully known). The second half of this book deals with situations where an agent can partake in information gathering activities to reduce the risk involved in the action-consequence connection.

This is a tough book, not for the faint of heart. But it is an incredibly worthwhile book. And as I said earlier, a background in economics (or *possibly* mathematics) is essential. Easily worth the money paid.

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The Analytics of Uncertainty and Information
Jack, and Riley, John Hirshleifer
Manufacturer: Cambridge U.
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Communication and mental processes: Experiential and analytic processing of uncertain climate information [An article from: Global Environmental Change]
S.M. Marx , E.U. Weber , B.S. Orlove , and A Leiserowitz
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This digital document is a journal article from Global Environmental Change, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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People process uncertainty information in two qualitatively different systems. Most climate forecast communications assume people process information analytically. Yet people also rely heavily on an experiential processing system. Better understanding of experiential processing may lead to more comprehensible risk communication products. Retranslation of statistical information into concrete (vicarious) experience facilitates intuitive understanding of probabilistic information and motivates contingency planning. Sharing vicarious experience in group discussions or simulations of forecasts, decisions, and outcomes provides a richer and more representative sample of relevant experience. The emotional impact of the concretization of abstract risks motivates action in ways not provided by an analytic understanding.

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The irreverent news commentator examines the strange and wondrous world of electronic journalism as it collides with that pesky little thing called Reality.

From a lifetime of reporting and commentating for local radio, the CBS Radio Network, ABC News, and NPR, Judy Muller has developed an acute sense of the ironic and perverse in her profession, and not since Linda Ellerbee has an insider delivered as hilarious and telling an exploration of the world behind the microphone.

Real life, however, has a disconcerting tendency of intruding into even the most public of professions, and it is here, in that peculiar war zone between single motherhood and a deadline-driven career, where Murphy Brown collides head-on with June Cleaver, that Now This fully takes flight. From arrogant anchors, testosterone-filled newsrooms, and consultants happy to help with "the face thing" to "I'm going on the air, honey. Shove the hamster's eyeball back in its socket and call me in ten minutes!" Now This is a triumph of wit, insight, and pure storytelling. For, "No matter how miserable the moment, there is a small figure in my brain who pulls up a chair, whips out a notebook, and whispers, 'Hey, at least it will make a great story!"

And so it does.

"You're the woman with the balls in her voice?"--Mike Wallace

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At last, a Real Person!.......2002-09-08

Judy Muller's unique combination of sharp wit, keen perception, brutal honesty, and personal courage gives us a glimpse into radio and TV journalism we can't get from just listening or watching. The book is a triumph, fleshing out the real people behind the talking heads. Her frank description of personal alcoholism is heart-wrenching, and her tale of the prices paid, and the gains made, in her profession should be required reading for anyone seriously considering a career in journalism. A fine read on several levels. Thanks for sharing, Judy!

One of the Best!.......2000-10-12

This is easily one of the best written, most thoroughly delightful books I've read in many years. If you are a parent you will love it! If you're interested in radio you'll love it! If you're interested in TV you'll love it! One of the few books I've read in recent years where I truly hated to see the last few pages coming up.

"Now, This" Hard to Put Down.......2000-06-10

Judy Muller's wonderful book is a treat for anyone interested in an inside look at the whacky world of television news. Ms. Muller has a terrific sense of humor which keeps the reader doubled over throughout. I read the book cover-to-cover in one sitting, then gave it to a friend who also found it impossible to put down. We both had a good laugh together afterward comparing notes on our favorite stories from the book.

Ms. Muller also infuses her book with fascinating tales from her vantage point on history and poignant moments about dealing with life's problems. Her story is told honestly and from the heart. This is easily the best book by a television newswoman since Linda Ellerbee's "And So it Goes."

Courageous, intimate, and very funny........2000-04-17

Now, this is why Judy Muller is one of the very best correspondants on television--she's obviously a superb storyteller on the air, and when she's got some real time, boy can she ever write 'em down. Ms. Muller says up-front in her book that she comes from a whole family of storytellers. The lady's got great genes.

Laughed Out Loud.......2000-04-17

A wonderful, witty story of a single mother facing and conquering numerous challenges. Muller proves that a woman can have a successful career and a successful family life. It's been a long time since I laughed out loud like I did when I read this book. Bravo!

NOW THIS RADIO, TELEVISION ... AND THE REAL WORLD.(Review): An article from: Columbia Journalism Review

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NOW THIS RADIO, TELEVISION ... AND THE REAL WORLD.(Review): An article from: Columbia Journalism Review
Joanmarie Kalter
Manufacturer: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
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This digital document is an article from Columbia Journalism Review, published by Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism on March 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1164 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: NOW THIS RADIO, TELEVISION ... AND THE REAL WORLD.(Review)
Author: Joanmarie Kalter
Publication: Columbia Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2000
Publisher: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
Volume: 38 Issue: 6 Page: 70

Article Type: Book Review

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Musical Form & Analysis provides a balanced theoretical and philosophical approach that helps junior and senior music majors understand the structures and constructions of major musical forms.

The Shaping Forces in Music (The Dover Series of Study Editions, Chamber Music, Orchestral Works, Operas in Full Score)

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Good, but not great
Great for aspiring composers

The Shaping Forces in Music (The Dover Series of Study Editions, Chamber Music, Orchestral Works, Operas in Full Score)
Ernst Toch
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: 0486233464

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Clear, pragmatic analysis of harmony, melody, counterpoint and form by masterful Austrian composer, known for his classical and film music. 390 musical examples.

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Good, but not great.......2005-08-23

This book was a bit too philosophical for me. While it contains a wealth of good information, that information is oftened masked by pendantic writing. I also felt that the musical examples used were not explored enough. In summary, the overall information contained within the book is truly exceptional, and would certainly benefit any aspiring composer. I just found that the "philosophical element" was a bit over-done, and that it often masked what Toch was trying to convey. Nonetheless, for under $10, it is a book I would, in the end, reccommend.

Great for aspiring composers.......2000-08-28

A composer friend of mine recommended this book to me as a good introduction to composition. After reading it, I agree. Have you ever wondered why you can write something that obeys all the rules of classical music theory but has no life to it? Toch takes a good look at the practice of composition through the ages and abstracts a set of principles - the shaping forces in music - that give a composition structure and vitality. The things that I found really interesting about these principles were how universally they apply across all periods and styles of music, and how willing the 'classical' composers like Mozart and Beethoven were to break the rules of classical theory in pursuit of a larger goal.

If you have any interest in the principles of music composition, this is a great book. My only comment is that points illustrated by quotations (which is most of them) are not always clear unless you can play or 'hear' the music - easy for Mozart, not so easy for Brahms, Debussy etc. Having a piano handy would help with this. Another solution would be to read this book in a music library and listen to the relevant works as they come up - in fact I hope to do this sometime myself.

Overall highly recommended for students of music - it's a breath of fresh air after all the traditional dogma.

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The Shaping Forces In Music -
Ernst Tock -
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The Shaping Forces in Music, An Inquiry into Harmony, Melody, Counterpoint
Ernst Toch
Manufacturer: Criterion Music Corp.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GT61FI

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The shaping forces in music,: An inquiry into harmomy, melody, counterpoint, form
Ernst Toch
Manufacturer: Criterion Music Corp
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Shaping Forces in Music an Inquiry Into
Ernst Toch
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SIC05M

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The shaping forces in music, an inquiry into the nature of harmony, melody, counterpoint, form.
Ernst Toch
Manufacturer: CRITERION MUSIC CORPORATION
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Shaping Forces in Music: An Inquiry into the Nature of Harmony, Melody

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The Shaping Forces in Music: An Inquiry Into the Nature of Harmony, Melody, Coun
Ernst Toch
Manufacturer: Wehman Bros.
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This innovative book examines the use and usefulness of ideas of 'performance ' for understanding human-nature relationships. It is the first publication to gather together an extensive range of approaches to performance, nature and culture, and to subject them to systematic critical discussion.Drawing on different intellectual traditions and on different conceptions of 'performance ' and 'nature ', the contributors explore domains as diverse as allotments and bioinvasion, fox hunting and green politics. Between them, they challenge and expand existing theories of performance and apply them to new fields of inquiry, often through original empirical research.Taken as a whole, the book makes a distinctive contribution to the current 'cultural turn ' in environmental research.

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An insider's view of the most successful show in the history of TV, 60 Minutes.

The most popular TV show in America isn't American Idol, and it's not Survivor. Month in, month out, the most–watched program in America is 60 Minutes, drawing a staggering 25 million viewers in an average week.

For its entire 34–year history, 60 Minutes was the brainchild (and personal fiefdom) of Don Hewitt, the take–no–prisoners visionary who hustled the show into being and kept it afloat with a mixture of chutzpah, tough talk, scheming, and journalistic savvy. But now that Hewitt is 80 and grudgingly considering retirement, the show's direction is increasingly up for grabs, and the transition will surely be marked by some serious fireworks.

As author David Blum provides a fly–on–the–wall perspective on the show's upheavals, he'll also trace its past; although the show has aired some 5,000 pieces and has made household names of Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Leslie Stahl, and Morley Safer, much of the backstage story––the passionate pursuit of stories, the behind–the–scenes wrangling, and the stars' prima donnish behavior––has gone untold. With full access to the producers, stars, and executives, Blum will give readers an unprecedented view of the personalities and events that have shaped 60 Minutes – and a new perspective on how current events become news.

Tick... Tick... Tick...: The Long Life & Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes

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A book with a tv mentality
60 Minutes .... Warts and All
The topsy turvy 37 year history of "60 Minutes"
Entertaining Look at People, Stories, Behavior and Ethics

Tick... Tick... Tick...: The Long Life & Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes
David Blum
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Between You and Me : A Memoir

ASIN: 0060558016
Release Date: 2004-09-21

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The story of how CBS's 60 Minutes grew from a little network experiment into a Sunday-night-at-seven addiction for most of the country would itself make a raucous and typically compelling 60 Minutes episode. Or, maybe, an opera, complete with rival tenors, backstage intrigues, imperious divas, vulnerable ingenues, tragic deaths, a handful of big and small wars, and a brilliant if maniacal maestro running the whole production. For two years, author David Blum talked to everybody connected to 60 Minutes, and, incredibly, everybody talked to him -- about themselves, about the show, about one another. Blum's unprecedented inside access takes us into story meetings, blood-on-the-wall editing sessions, turf wars, and to the heart of the rivalries and the myths -- who got hired, who got fired, who got screwed -- going as far back as theearliest black-and-white days.

In a history that spans four decades, 60 Minutes has piled up an encyclopedic list of first-and-onlys: it has aired fourteen-hundred-plus times, hauled in a profit of two billion dollars for CBS, finished in TV's top ten for twenty-two consecutive seasons, and garnered sixty-eight Emmy Awards. In the process, producer-guru Don Hewitt's beloved "tigers" -- correspondents Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, Dan Rather, Diane Sawyer, Meredith Vieira, the late Harry Reasoner, and cranky essayist Andy Rooney -- have become brand names and media demigods. Hidden cameras, "gotcha" interviews, in-your-face confrontational journalism -- this is where it all began.

And thirty-six years later, Hewitt's still there, pounding his desk, swearing at his tigers (most of whom are also still there), and holding in his tightly clenched fist the patent on the mother of all magazine shows.

Or, rather, he was, until just recently, when a bunch of younger guys in suits decided it was time to take 60 Minutes away from its eighty-one-year-old boss. The changes, the innovations, the stop-the-presses big stories -- for Hewitt, and maybe a couple of the others -- are, at last, winding down. But the story of the most successful and contentious program in TV history is not over yet: the new guys are settling in and the future is up for grabs.

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Fascinating and depressing.......2005-07-07

With sand running out in his professional hourglass, Don Hewitt agreed to cooperate in the writing of David Blum's book about SIXTY MINUTES, After years of stalling and a slipshod campaign to engineer a reversal on the part of CBS, Hewitt had been forced out as executive producer of the program he began. This book was to be his valedictory.

It didn't quite work out that way. Blum crawled under the hood and opened the engine. What he found isn't pleasant. SIXTY MINUTES is not a happy family and never has been. Hewitt's style was to hire aggressive people and make them compete with one another for stories, resources, and airtime. The results were predictable.

Some of the correspondents were not on speaking terms. Those who couldn't keep up, such as Harry Reasoner due to illness or Meredith Vierra due to her role as a mother, are cruely ostracized. Most of the real reporting was done by unheralded producers-no news there-and some were treated shabbily by the correspondents. Entertainment often (and increasingly) got in the way of news judgment and ethics.

Hewitt himself comes over as a louse, a womanizer and bully, a man who parlayed a few good ideas into an enormously lucrative career and then, like the proverbial dinner guest (and like Dan Rather, with whose career Hewlett's is intertwined) overstayed his welcome, and in the end even forgot why he'd come.

It isn't a pretty story, but it is a fascinating one. And it's a revealing look into an industry whose owners, to quote McGeorge Bundy, have come to "view it only as a business, when, of necessity, it is so much more."

The book is not perfect. In the breathless rush to move from one episode to the next, Blum gives insufficient attention -a scant ten pages-to the Jeffrey Wigand/tobacco industry story which marked the turning point in Hewlitt's passage from crusader to company man and was a watershed in public comprehension of the dangers of corporate media ownership.

It has its odd moments. Blum observes that in 1948, "videotape wasn't in wide use." That's an understatement. It wasn't even invented until the late fifties.

In another passage, he says of Steve Kroft: "He managed to get himself hired as an investigative reporter at WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida, which, as it turned out, was a hotbed of municipal corruption with no tough reporters to cover it. The ambitious Kroft jumped into the job full force. Within a year, his reporting resulted in the indictment of the mayor of Jacksonville [which is not true] along with a slew of other corrupt city officials [which is]."

Steve worked at WJXT long after these events took place. The reporting was done by Al Parsons and editorial director Norm Davis in 1966. Steve arrived in 1975. One wonders who gave Blum this story and why.

Despite these lapses, it is, as Hewlett would demand, a compelling story.

A book with a tv mentality.......2005-03-22

Foul-mouthed book about foul-mouthed, mean people. Every bit as vulgar as watching network tv. I look forward to the G-rated version as beneath the bad language is a fascinating, if disillusioning look at a revered and important institution.

60 Minutes .... Warts and All.......2005-02-23

If you're looking for a book that maintains the illusion that the 60 Minutes team of correspondents is a happy, unified club, look somewhere else. With all of the backbiting and petty jealousies showcased in this book, it's not just amazing that 60 Minutes has thrived for 36+ years, but that it has stayed on the air at all. None of the correspondents come off unscathed. Mike Wallace, especially, comes off as petty, unsupportive, jealous, ultra competitive to the point of vicous, and, ultimately, a little sad. I was amazed to find out that many of the people mentioned in the book very willingly cooperated with author David Blum.

Don Hewitt, however, comes off the worst -- even though Blum singles him out for his cooperation with the book. Hewitt was the original creative force who developed 60 Minutes, but the book makes it seem as if the show succeeded despite him rather than because of him. Hewitt's many terrible ideas, such as offering a correspondent's spot to Candice Bergen post-Murphy Brown, are related in great detail. In addition, Hewitt was reportedly an incurable letch who made Clarence Thomas seem like a boy scout in comparison. That Hewitt cooperated so fully with Blum is stunning. So much so, in fact, that the reader has to admire Hewitt's honesty even while repulsed at his abusive and erratic behavior.

Truth be told, I would have rather had some more behind the scenes details about some of 60 Minutes' greatest stories. The interview with Clint Hill, the Westmoreland suit against CBS and the Jeffrey Wigand fiasco are recounted in the book, but the main focus seems to be the backstabbing and bad relations between Hewitt and his correspondents. The book, as it is, is a very revealing portrait of the journalists who have kept 60 Minutes so good for so long. However, a little less gossip and a little more about the inner workings of the show would have been nice. Still, it's a fascinating read.

The topsy turvy 37 year history of "60 Minutes".......2005-02-05

While I am not quite as hot to trot about this book as some of the other reviewers, author David Blum tells a pretty remarkable tale. There is a lot of dirty laundry exposed here along with some pretty fascinating stories about the evolution of a show that was at its conception way back in 1968 a revolutionary concept for television. But Don Hewitt had a vision and the determination to make it happen. And no one can deny that "60 Minutes" has been one of the great success stories in the history of television.
But how did CBS, Don Hewitt and his rambunctious and ever-changing cast of charactors manage to pull it all off? In the pages of "tick...tick...tick....The Long Life and Turbulant Times of 60 Minutes" David Blum reveals that the "shop" as Don Hewitt likes to refer to the "60 Minutes" offices is largely occupied by ego-maniacs who genuinely dislike each other. I had read over the years that many of the correspondents and staffers at "60 Minutes" did not get along but I never realized the degree of rancor and bitterness that has existed. It is hard to imagine how a program of such consistantly high quality could emerge from such chaos. Blum also gives the reader a glimpse at all that is involved in getting a story on the air and introduces us to the producers who play a major role in making those important decisions.
"tick...tick...tick.....The Long Life and Turbulant Times of 60 Minutes" is at once a biography of its gifted but tempestuous creator Don Hewitt and a fairly thorough history of the program itself. For younger fans of the program who are too young to remember original co-host Harry Reasoner and features like "Point..Counterpoint" there is an awful lot here that they are probably unaware of. This is a well written book that managed to hold my interest throughout. Recommended.

Entertaining Look at People, Stories, Behavior and Ethics.......2004-10-22

60 Minutes is one of those television icons that all of us know something about. My daughter has a list of "The 50 Greatest TV Shows Ever!" on her bulletin board and it lists 60 Minutes in 6th place.

But how many of us have watched every broadcast? Probably no one saw them all but those who worked for the show from the beginning. Certainly, if you're under a certain age, you haven't watched them all because the show is older than you are.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Mr. Blum had captured as many of the pivotal stories over the years as possible, both in terms of how they were developed and how they were reported. These stories also include 60 Minutes's biggest flubs and embarrassments. As a result, you can catch up on stories you missed the first time around. You also learn details that you didn't know when you first saw the stories you have seen. And you will find out about the aftermath that was often obscure at the time. The key interview lines and responses are usually in the book.

Beyond that, you find out what it's been like for all of these prima donnas to work together all these years. Predictably, they get on each other's nerves and the blow ups can be explosive. Don Hewitt, the show's executive producer and founder, turns out to be one of those high energy, aggressive people who has a million ideas a minute . . . and most of them are worthless. So he's drove people crazy for all of those years. There's a convincing portrait of how his instinct for entertainment in news added a lot of profits for CBS but often undercut reporting professionalism. You will also learn about the personal vices, quirks and flaws of the key players.

When they weren't on deadline cranking out a story, what were Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, Andy Rooney, Diane Sawyer, Steve Kroft and Lesley Stahl really like? There's plenty of material there, as well as brief bios of how they came to join 60 Minutes.

There's also excellent material for those who are interested in the technical side of production on how the many pioneering techniques that 60 Minutes uses were developed.

Mr. Blum had a lot of individual access to reporters, producers and staff so the extensive public record of the shows themselves and the many books published by the leads is amplified by current observations of long ago and current events. The result makes for dramatic reading, particularly the parts about Don Hewitt being ushered off into retirement.

I was pleased to see the many times that Mr. Blum raised ethical issues about what 60 Minutes did or didn't do. Like any show, mistakes happen. It's often what you do about the mistakes that makes all of the difference. There the record is checkered also at times. Mr. Blum points out the issue, but doesn't rub your nose into it. You're left to draw your own conclusion in a pleasant way.

There's a nice insert of publicity photographs in the book to remind you what Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Dan Rather, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Steve Kroft and Meredith Vieira looked like in their prime.

The book is balanced, apparently quite factually accurate, and informational from many perspectives. I think you'll like it if you ever watched 60 Minutes and enjoyed the show.

I should note before concluding that I watched the very first broadcast and seldom missed one for the first 20 years or so of the show's history. Around that time, I lost interest. If a touted segment strikes my fancy now, I'll tune in occasionally. But for me, this show doesn't fit my needs any more. I'm usually watching the pre-show for Sunday Night Football or something else instead. That's too bad. 60 Minutes was once the highlight of the viewing week for me.

Tick...Tick...Tick...: The Long Life and Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes

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Tick...Tick...Tick...: The Long Life and Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes
David Blum
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
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One of the most exciting developments in business today, Enterprise Resource Planning offers a wealth of opportunities for increased productivity by bringing a company's many different systems together into one large integrated system. This complete introduction to the world of Enterprise Resource Planning provides the necessary background for success in today's marketplace.

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Easy reading.......2007-05-31

If you want to know some problems of unintegrated systems and how integrated ERP (=SAP) can help to solve these problems this book is for you. If you need something else/more - look for another book or course.

Well written rationale for ERP use........2006-07-06

A quick read, well written, nicely illustrated with charts, spreadsheets and case studies. Presents a relatively high level perspective of a manufacturer's business processes from pre-sales through planning, production & delivery, to post-sales customer service. Compares the challenges of operations in an unintegrated systems environment with one in which systems are well integrated within an ERP suite and does it in a way that makes it easy to understand and remember the benefits of the latter. Geared toward students in an academic environment, it is useful to those already in business who can benefit from its conceptual clarity. Unlike most of the dated ERP books on the market, it covers current topics like XML & web services.

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