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Nobody likes a whiner, Frank Pacetta least of all. And, as he sees it, there's been far too much whining going on in corporate America over the past decade, and far too little drive, passion, and inspiration to get the job done and get it done well. Stop Whining--and Start Winning is Pacetta's honest and hard-hitting manifesto for how to make this happen.
Pacetta and his coauthor Roger Gittines fire back at America's complacent workforce by equipping leaders with a book packed full of "now-tos"--the Pacetta version of how-tos, only more necessary and more urgent. With chapter titles such as "Do Get Excited--Reaping the Rewards of Emotion" and "Make Big Dreams Happen--What a Great Place to Work," Pacetta drives home his overarching theory of leadership: Being a good leader means getting emotionally involved with your workforce and thereby motivating people to contribute their absolute best. There's no room for "leading from a distance" with Pacetta, who claims that successful leaders can and should directly influence such areas as communications, recruiting, and training. In an animated and conversational tone, the sales guru of Xerox fame shares advice and anecdotes from both his professional and personal lives, with tips from his action-packed days at Xerox, family moments in a vibrant Italian American home, and a personal visit from Ross Perot all entering the fray at one point or another. Stop Whining--and Start Winning is not a theory-based tome but a plug for passion and a call for leaders to get off their butts and fire up their workforces. --S. Glass
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"I never give much credence to anybodywhose butt is the same shape as their desk chair." -- Dirty Harry
Get off your butt. Get your hands dirty. Get the job done.
Everybody.
And, yes, that means you!
For all those who are incensed with excuses, who feel insulted by a constant barrage of dumb ideas or are left fuming over no-shows, let down by others who have no guts, and who find themselves driven to new heights of frustration by having to take no for an answer, management and leadership dynamo Frank Pacetta offers a simple piece of advice:
Waiting for someone else to take responsibility for your success and happiness is futile.
Stop Whining--and Start Winning is the book for anybody who wants to make a difference. Whatever the occupation, organization, or industry--so long as there are people involved--there are techniques, rules, and tactics that get the job done right:
Get Dirty to Clean Up!
Make It Personal!
To Hell with Ho-Hum!
These are just some of the inspiring lessons Pacetta shares in this motivational road map to combating corporate apathy, lost talent, and poor results. With wit, insight, and irreverence, he takes a frank, no-nonsense look at what's wrong with the concept of "business as usual," and shows readers how to find the right people, instill a fighting and winning spirit within them, and provide the kinds of leadership and business process that will not only improve morale but also boost the bottom line.
This unique and inspirational "how-to" guide contains tried and tested solutions to issues that seem to constantly trip up individuals who have difficulty breaking out of the pack and living up to their potential, no matter how hard they try.
Feeling held back or shortchanged by others as you struggle in your career? Overwhelmed by the seemingly insurmountable odds that seem to line your path to the next rung on the ladder? Convinced that the whole world has somehow conspired to keep you down and prevent you from succeeding? Well ...
Stop Whining--and Start Winning!
This book will change your life, by giving you ideas that can be put into immediate effect for immediate results. It will enable you to build the business, the career, and the life you've always wanted, but whined that you thought you could never have.
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A great energizer for the sales force.......2005-10-18
The author does an excellent job of pushing the reader to get engaged with their work / co-workers and to not be scared of displaying emotion. Down with the sterile arms length work environment and up with sincerity and high energy dedication. I especially like the discussion of building a high performance team where the author says "My strategy is to always build teams around the highest performers and let them set such a blistering pace that the mediocre performers can't hide and chose to go someplace else where they're more comfortable." A great book for people looking for a positive jolt of career energy.
Great Book! But has anyone noticed...?.......2002-04-26
Pacetta's book is a real winner! Of course there is nothing new in the area of sales, motivation, or inspiration. What is new is the way it is all arranged. And Pacetta arranges his material with wit, honesty, humor, and a blatant attack on the basics. Back to basics is what every professional needs. We get so caught up with our careers and lives, that we stray from the basics; the basics of business, customer relations, employee development, etc. I read this book from cover to cover and loved every page. BUT, did anyone else notice all the typo's? I have never read a book with so many typo's and grammatical errors. It got to the point where it was humorous. Several in each chapter... but it was still a great book and worth every penny. It is especially a must read for those in top level management!
Thanks, Frank!.......2000-11-10
I had the privilege of attending one of Frank Pacetta's presentations last month and enjoyed it so much that I bought his latest book. His passion and no-nonsense style has really inspired me to help in eliminating the "ho hum" in our organization or move on to a place that has that "passionate attachment" towards its employees.
Thanks for a great book Frank!
Start Winning.......2000-06-16
I'm a sales trainer and, from a calloused standpoint, don't believe that there is anything really, really new in the world of sales. What's left is the ability or strategy of finding your passion and setting or staying on a course of success. I believe Frank Pacetta is all about that.
I've had the pleasure of meeting Frank and his family and can attest to the fact that this man "walks his talk"! As he says, if you're spending a little too long in the shower or can't read this book, you need a change!
Same old material.......2000-04-28
"Stop Whining" is the same old management book with a different cover and title. I bought it to get some new material, but there is nothing here that hasn't been written before. The entire book revolves around one point: treat others (employees and customers) like you would want to be treated. A vital concept but hardly original. The author is smart using todays hot business buzz word, "passion" in the title, however this material has little spark. The title caught my interest, but having invested money and time into this book leaves me feeling short-changed. As a reader I want fresh ideas not redundant material.
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Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas
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Few Americans identify slavery with the cultivation of rice, yet rice was a major plantation crop during the first three centuries of settlement in the Americas. Rice accompanied African slaves across the Middle Passage throughout the New World to Brazil, the Caribbean, and the southern United States. By the middle of the eighteenth century, rice plantations in South Carolina and the black slaves who worked them had created one of the most profitable economies in the world.
Black Rice tells the story of the true provenance of rice in the Americas. It establishes, through agricultural and historical evidence, the vital significance of rice in West African society for a millennium before Europeans arrived and the slave trade began. The standard belief that Europeans introduced rice to West Africa and then brought the knowledge of its cultivation to the Americas is a fundamental fallacy, one which succeeds in effacing the origins of the crop and the role of Africans and African-American slaves in transferring the seed, the cultivation skills, and the cultural practices necessary for establishing it in the New World.
In this vivid interpretation of rice and slaves in the Atlantic world, Judith Carney reveals how racism has shaped our historical memory and neglected this critical African contribution to the making of the Americas.
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Rice and the African Connection.......2006-07-22
Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas. Judith A. Carney. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001. xiv and 240 pp. Notes, references, and index. (ISBN 0-674-00452-3)
Reviewed by David Barber, Graduate Student, The University of Southern Mississippi; Hattiesburg, MS.
Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas, By Judith A. Carney, investigates the historical origins of South Carolina's rice industry and the role African slaves played by providing the knowledge and technology of rice cultivation in the Americas. From a personal background, Judith A. Carney is a professor of geography at UCLA. Carney's main argument focuses on the African slaves' contributions to the rice industry, their introduction of rice to the Americas, and their cultivation technology that provided the driving force behind one of the most profitable cash crop commodities in the South. Carney's book dispels the false, popular belief that rice was introduced to the Western Hemisphere by European traders. However, the book is limited, somewhat, as a source for studying the history of American cooking. Although Carney's book provides a valuable insight into the history of rice cultivation in America, it provides very little information regarding the usage or consumption of cultivated rice by the American society.
Judith A. Carney is a professor of geography at UCLA. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkley. In Black Rice, Carney utilizes a variety of primary sources, as well as secondary sources to support her findings. The book contains an introduction, six chapters, notes, references, and an index.
In the first two chapters of Black Rice, Carney describes rice cultivation in Africa, mainly on the African west coast. In Africa, rice was cultivated mainly on rain-fed uplands, tidal floodplains, and inland swamps. The cultural/gender roles in western Africa positioned women as the dominant labors of rice cultivation. In addition to describing the diffusion of rice cultivation throughout Africa's many ecosystems, a large focus is placed on the mangrove ecosystems of West Africa, due to their similarities to tidal swamps in South Carolina.
Chapters three and four examine the skilled labor of African slaves producing rice in South Carolina and the organized gender division of labor that remained intact within rice cultivation in America. By seeking African slaves taken from the rice producing regions of Africa, primarily females, plantation owners sought specific slaves knowledgeable of cultivation and technologies necessary for rice production. In comparison to cotton plantations, the labor practices on rice plantations allowed the slaves to concentrate on his or her personal needs once daily task were completed. The slaves on cotton plantations labored from dawn to dusk. This element helped African slaves to maintain a certain level of cultural identity, an uncommon freedom granted to few slaves during the era.
The final two chapters of the book focus on the introduction of rice seeds to the Americas and the return of African slaves to the rice cultivation regions of Africa by abolitionist societies. Carney argues that rice cultivated in South Carolina was introduced by slaves entering the New World via slave ships. The origins of rice cultivation in South Carolina did, in fact, stems from slaves cultivating rice for personal use in the small garden plots allowed by plantation owners. To the African slave, rice symbolized freedom; in particular, the Carolina Gold variety introduced in Africa by returned slaves.
The value of Black Rice can be found in the knowledge and understanding it provides of rice's introduction, cultivation, and technology supplied by African slaves in the Americas. From its introduction by African slaves, initially in personal garden plots, rice has become one of America's main staple crops. However, once noticed for its potential, rice cultivation on Atlantic plantations became the primary focus for many plantation owners. Although the initial labor practices benefited slaves, economic demand for rice ushered in an increase measure of labor and output that resulted in many slaves dying in the disease infested conditions. Nevertheless, these conditions isolated some slaves and provided opportunities for them to maintain some of their African, cultural traits.
As a historical source for the study of American food history, Black Rice possesses many limitations. The book does not provide the reader with many examples of how cultivated rice was utilized by the consumer society, once it was produced. Aside from cereal, the book does not mention any meals that include rice as an ingredient. Although the author mentions many regions in the Western Hemisphere, the book's focus is limited to rice cultivation in North America and Africa, mainly rice cultivation in South Carolina.
Sense its introduction in the Americas by African slaves; rice has become one of the main staple crops utilized in American culinary practices. From this book, the reader gains a better understand of rice's origins, cultivation, and the technologies introduced by African slaves that made it possible prior to industrialized, mechanized methods of harvesting and production. However, the book pays little attention to the crop as an ingredient in American culinary. Carney does not provide the reader with any information regarding different classes of society utilizing rice differently or how it was incorporated into their diet. Rather, she focuses on rice as a symbol of freedom, allowing some Africans to maintain certain elements of their cultural identity. Throughout the book, the author's consistently argues the importance of female slaves and gender roles that were maintained in rice cultivation, until an increased demand required the incorporation of male labor into the system. Nevertheless, the material covered in the book is informative and interesting, providing the reader with a greater understanding of how one of our most popular staple crops originated in America.
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Controlling the water absorbency of agricultural biopolymers.: An article from: Plastics Engineering
Joshua U. Otaigbe
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Baker's yeast industry is an important industry in Turkey. Molasses is used as a raw material, which is an end product of sugar industry. Baker's yeast industry effluents contain various pollutants and are generally characterized with high chemical oxygen demand (COD), TKN, dark color and non-biodegradable organic pollutants. The objective of this study was to investigate the decolorization and the removal of non-biodegradable organic pollutants measured as mainly DOC, SUVA"2"5"4, SUVA"2"8"0 and COD parameters. Fenton oxidation was applied to biologically pre-treated effluent of full-scale wastewater treatment plant. Jar test method was used to determine the best operating conditions. The 600mg/L H"2O"2/600mg/L Fe^2^+ dosage was quite enough to obtain a high color removal efficiency of 97%. However, the best Fe^2^+/H"2O"2 dosage was 1200mg/L Fe^2^+/800mg/L H"2O"2 at pH 4 and in reaction time of 20min for mineralization of DOC and COD. For these conditions, the maximum color removal efficiency was obtained as 99%, maximum DOC and COD removal efficiencies were obtained as 90 and 88%, respectively. Also, SUVA"2"5"4 and SUVA"2"8"0 values decreased.
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Starch and attapulgite were utilized as raw material for synthesizing starch-graft-poly(acrylic acid)/attapulgite superabsorbent composite by graft copolymerization reaction of starch and acrylic acid (AA) in the presence of attapulgite micropowder in aqueous solution. Major factors affecting on water absorbency such as weight ratio of AA to starch, initial monomer concentration, neutralization degree of AA, amount of crosslinker, initiator and attapulgite were investigated. The superabsorbent composite synthesized under optimal synthesis conditions with an attapulgite content of 10 wt% exhibit absorption of 1077 g H"2O/g sample and 61 g H"2O/g sample in distilled water and in 0.9 wt% NaCl solution, respectively. This superabsorbent composite with excellent water absorbency and water retention under load, being biodegradable in nature, economical and environment-friendly, could be especially useful in agricultural and horticultural applications.
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