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Not taking the time to hire the best employees undermines an organizations performance and opens the door for competitors to recruit the outstanding performers who were overlooked. Managers and recruiters are engaged in a "quest for talent"-a search for the right person with the right skills and temperament for a specific position with a specific organization at a specific point in time. Zero Defect Hiring presents a systematic, reproducible, and proven methodology for hiring. This short and to-the-point book guides managers through all the necessary steps to successfully hiring the "right" person, including: planning, profiling, advertising, assessing resumes, interviewing, legal and ethical guidelines for hiring, selling the company to the candidate and the candidate to the company, references, red flags to watch for, and much more.

Walter Dinteman is president and owner of MRI/Sales Consultants of Asheville, a franchise of Management Recruiters International. He has more than thirty years experience in teaching, management, and hiring.

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Separate the Wheat From the Chaff.......2003-07-23

I tried out the structured process described in "Zero Defect Hiring" in a real-life recruiting/hiring situation and found it really helped me to efficiently and effectively separate the wheat from the chaff.

Insightful!.......2003-05-27

This book provides an excellent guide to finding and hiring the right people for your organization. If the procedures outlined here are learned and followed, one can be certain of consistently better hiring decisions in the future.

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great introduction into the world of binocular astronomy.......1997-01-22

This is an excellent introduction into binocular astronomy. It takes you from the beginnings of finding the first few basic constellations to mastering the low magnification skydome. There is also much on the many different types of binocular astronomy, such as variable star observations

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Laboratory Experiments for Basic Concepts of Chemistry
Alan Sherman , and Sharon J. Sherman
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Instructor's guide: Basic concepts of chemistry and laboratory experiments for basic chemistry
Alan Sherman
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The Completeness of Scientific Theories deals with the role of theories in measurement. Theories are employed in measurements in order to account for the operation of the instruments and to correct the raw data obtained. These observation theories thus guarantee the reliability of measurement procedures. In special cases a theory can be used as its own observation theory. In such cases it is possible, relying on the theory itself, to analyze the measuring procedures associated with theoretical states specified within its framework. This feature is called completeness. The book addresses the assets and liabilities of theories exhibiting this feature.
Chief among the prima-facie liabilities is a testability problem. If a theory that is supposed to explain certain measurement results at the same time provides the theoretical means necessary for obtaining these results, the threat of circularity arises. Closer investigation reveals that various circularity problems do indeed emerge in complete theories, but that these problems can generally be solved. Some methods for testing and confirming theories are developed and discussed.
The particulars of complete theories are addressed using a variety of theories from the physical sciences and psychology as examples. The example developed in greatest detail is general relativity theory, which exhibits an outstanding degree of completeness. In this context a new approach to the issue of the conventionality of physical geometry is pursued.
The book contains the first systematic analysis of completeness; it thus opens up new paths of research.
For philosophers of science working on problems of confirmation, theory-ladenness of evidence, empirical testability, and space--time philosophy (or students in these areas).

The Completeness of Scientific Theories : On the Derivation of Empirical Indicators within a Theoretical Framework: The Case of Physical Geometry (The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science)

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The Completeness of Scientific Theories : On the Derivation of Empirical Indicators within a Theoretical Framework: The Case of Physical Geometry (The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science)
M. Carrier
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She has the power to tempt him beyond all reason....

Catherine Daniels arrives in Pine Creek, Maine, at just the right time for Robbie MacBain. She is on the run from her ex-husband, and Robbie is a sexy, single foster parent who needs a housekeeper while he travels back in time to medieval Scotland. Unbeknownst to Catherine, Robbie's looking for a book of spells to save the future of his family...and little did he expect to find a burning passion in Catherine's arms. Can Robbie seal his family's fate while enticing Catherine to follow him and her own heart wherever love will take them?

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"She has the power to tempt him beyond all reason.... Catherine Daniels arrives in Pine Creek, Maine, at just the right time for Robbie MacBain. She is on the run from her ex-husband, and Robbie is a sexy, single foster parent who needs a housekeeper while he travels back in time to medieval Scotland. Unbeknownst to Catherine, Robbie's looking for a book of spells to save the future of his family...and little did he expect to find a burning passion in Catherine's arms. Can Robbie seal his family's fate while enticing Catherine to follow him and her own heart wherever love will take them? "

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Great read.......2006-03-16

This book was very intertaining and lived up to the great read the ones before it was.

Chapman series.......2006-02-25

Excellent book in a great series. Very well written with characters who capture your imagination.

Tempting the Highlander.......2006-02-22

Loved this book. Must read all the books in this story line to appreciate. Each one feeds off the next - but each is good on its own. Very enjoyable read!

Pretty good but a bit less romance than the others.......2005-04-27

Despite the criticisms offered by others, I quite liked this book. I do agree there was less romance in this book of the series and the heroine was a bit "blah" but I basically liked Robbie's story and the intertwining of the other characters from the other 3 books. And just enough magic to keep it interesting. I particularly liked the candle lighting incident at the end of the book caused by their spontaneous erotic combustion. It certainly made me giggle a bit!

I don't think it was the best of the series but it was still a very enjoyable book altho I suspect I wouldn't have liked it as much if I hadn't read the other books first.

No Romance To Speak Of...........2005-04-21

Robbie, who was a great guy, by the way, and Catherine, who was pretty but uninspiring, didn't even hug til page 190, and the book wasn't that long! I didn't feel much of a connection between Robbie and Cat, but it might not have been their fault. The blame lies with the story-line, which could have been a LOT better. To have so many characters as this book did, including Cat's 2 kids, Robbie's 4 foster sons, and Robbie's rather large family, AND the ever-present priest, Daar, you'd think something would have clicked to make this book interesting, but unfortunately it fell short. The other Higlander books were great.

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Tempting the Highlander

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Continuing with the McKreager and McBain Trilogy forcusing on Robbie McBain

3 PBs by Janet Chapman: Tempting, Charming, Loving the Highlander

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3 PBs by Janet Chapman: Tempting, Charming, Loving the Highlander
Janet Chapman
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Featuring major wartime speeches of Winston Churchill. Memorable speeches of Great Britain's Prime Minister from the time England was all but alone, until final victory.

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The Best of the Best.......2001-10-24

The editor's introductions to the speeches are sometimes inaccurate, but Churchill is a wonder to listen to. Highly recommended by anyone with an appreciation for history or literature.

Sir Winston Churchill:his finest hour.......2000-06-05

Those 16 of his finest speaches made during the darkest days of WWII demonstrated courage and inner strength of a great leader in modern world. I and my 11 year old have enjoyed it very much.

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Winston Churchill: His Finest Hour (Penton Audio)

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Features major World War II speeches of Sir Winston Churchill. Includes 16 speeches, including his first broadcast to the United States in 1938, "The First Month of the War in 1939," "Their Finest Hour" (Churchill's famous speech to the house of Commons in 1940), "Give Us the Tools..." address in 1941, "This Is Your Victory" in 1945 and much, much more. Narrated by John Tyers. Run Time, 67:36

Their finest hour (His Second World War, 2)

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"Victory at all Costs!".....
Britain's first solo stand
Myth-Making
The Finest (but last) Days of the Aristocracy
The Finest of the Series

Their finest hour (His Second World War, 2)
Winston Churchill
Manufacturer: Published in association with the Cooperation Pub. Co. [by] Houghton Mifflin
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The eight uneasy, dangerous months from May to December 1940, as Britain stands isolated and Germany follows its war path.

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The second volume of Churchill's Nobel-Prize winning six-part chronicle of World War II. Their "finest hour" refers to Britain that struggled alone to survive overwhelming German advantage; detailed reconstruction of the bombing of London, the Battle of Britain. Churchill, here wartime Prime Minister, incorporate contemporary documentation and his own reminiscence.

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"Victory at all Costs!"............2006-11-15

In the first half of Vol. 2, 'Their Finest Hour', Churchill covers the Battle of France. As new Prime Minister he sets up his Coalition Government to fight the 'common cause' and prepare for the War. Germany was already in France and the Western Front was under attack. The Belgian Government was striving to remain neutral and soon all was being lost in the 'deluge of disaster'. The Germans broke the Maginot line and soon the Battle of France was lost. There was the successful deliverance of the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk and the preparations to defend the home front.

The second half deals with the Battle of Britain with Hitler preparing for 'Operation Sea Lion'. In order for the invasion of England to be successful, Germany first had to control the air. London and various areas were shaken but neither the spirit nor the Country destroyed. Italy was on the move, in the Mediterranean, and invading the African coast. The Battle of Britain was won and the RAF had 'Their finest Hour', but the War was far from over. This volume covers the timeline of May 10, 1940 to Jan. 5, 1941.

It should be noted and remembered that England stands in a different position militarily than France. England is a small, ancient, insular island that has withstood many centuries of assaults and attempted invasions. So when Hitler and his forces sought to make the same attempt, not only the RAF and the Royal Navy but history was standing against them. Also it wasn't just England alone that was fighting. It was also their devoted Commonwealth, Dominions and Empirical Attachments that were involved in the war. England was pulling resources from all over their Empire. For instance, Australia and New Zealand were fighting on the African coast and in Greece.

America, under FDR, was moving closer to the war with the Lend-Lease Act and Japan was watching in the wings. Hilter was changing his war direction and moving into the Eastern Front. Stalin was changing his alliance with Hitler and moving closer to Britian and the United States. The impact and weight of the World's destiny was in the balance and starting to slowly shift. Nothing was yet certain and U-Boat packs still prowled the ocean.

This is another of those 'deserves to be read' books. Churchill fills in the volume with his correspondence and hindsight. It is good to read and become acquainted with Churchill's thoughts and this fateful time, in history, so that hopefully there will be no repeating of these terrible events. Well worth adding to the Library.

Britain's first solo stand.......2006-09-12

The second volume of Churchill's history of the Second World War continues in much the same style as the first. Now Prime Minister, Churchill tells of the formidable, even overwhelming obstacles that an increasingly alone Britain faces in its struggle against Nazi Germany. He begins the narrative with France as an ally and Italy still out of the war. But, as most readers will already know, France falls and splits apart. Italy does join the war effort on the side of Germany. America and the Soviets stay out, and Britain stands more or less alone.

After the fall of France, the main topic remains the Battle of Britain, the air war fought over English skies. Nonetheless, Churchill shines his laser-like focus on all areas of the war effort. One could say he primarily covers British efforts, but to say otherwise would be absurd, as this volume covers the months when there were few other efforts to be found. Nonetheless, from his supreme vantage point in the Prime Minister's office Churchill presents as the absolute right man for the job. As in the first volume, more so even, primary source documents are included extensively and Churchill's own words at the time are allowed to show the reader not only what was happening, but also how a government dealt with it directly. Any interested reader can find countless books covering the war from a more remote narrative viewpoint and may even find clarity that sometimes does get lost in the detail here, but nowhere in easily accessed book form will anyone find this story from the top, and that remains the greatest strength of the series.

Myth-Making.......2006-08-30

This is the second volume of Churchill's war memoirs, basically covering the year 1940, particularly the fall of France, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, and Churchill's attempts to coax aid from the United States and to draw that nation closer to active participation in the conflict.

The defeat of France and the need for US aid was really a consequence of the lack of preparedness for war discussed by Churchill in volume 1 of the series. Churchill was clear that US involvement on the side of the Western Allies would be a major factor in the defeat of Germany (particularly as no-one at the time could predict precisely when Hitler would attack the Soviet Union). These considerations make this a somewhat troublesome volume because it reflects and perhaps contributed towards some of the more prevalent myths and half-myths regarding this period of history: such misinterpretations have entered the collective British psyche almost as Gospel.

The first such one is the "triumph" of Dunkirk and France's responsibility for the military collapse in 1940. True, Dunkirk was an amazing achievement in the face of great adversity, but as Churchill points out, the British as well as the French were culpable for the defeat. The French were in overall charge, but the British failed to be as active as they should have been in planning the defence of the West, and the size of the BEF was small compared to the effort made in 1914. The magnificent effort to save the BEF and the rhetoric around it, necessary to raise morale at the time no doubt, have masked the collective responsibility for the disaster.

The myth that Britain "stood alone" has also become deeply rooted. Of course, it was not true - Britain at one and the same time had the largest territorial empire the world had known, yet was "alone". One must remember that the Viceroy of India had declared war on behalf of millions of Indians. Canadian, Australian and New Zealand troops were in Britain in 1940 as well as exiled European troops. This is not of course to denegrate the courage and effort of the British, but the myth is powerful - at its worst producing an insular arrogance which manifests itself still. Even Churchill's terminology is confused: at various times he refers to the "British", "the British race", "the British Empire", and "the British Commonwealth of Nations".

Interesting too is Churchill's criticism of Soviet policy: a country whose impatience later in the war over the lack of a second front masked the fact that it had formed an alliance with Germany in 1939.

Perhaps for the reasons above, this is a more problematic read than Volume 1. Nonetheless it's beautifully written and very interesting - not least because once again it reads as a fascinating period piece.

G Rodgers

The Finest (but last) Days of the Aristocracy.......2005-04-30

Americans have a warped view of history, and little understanding of the role of aristocracy and class in history--our own or Britain's. Churchill was a card carrying member of the aristocracy; one of the small group of men who ran England up to, and through, World War II. Their Finest Hour is an amazing documentation of the very height, and at the same time, end, of the all powerful aristocracy in England.

Churchill's second volume of his Six Volume history of the Second World War begins with May, 1940, as the German army is rolling through Luxembourg and Belgium (both clinging to their neutrality right up to the minute the German tanks crossed the border), toward a woefully unprepared France (still reliant upon the Maginot Line, which in turn depended on Luxembourg and Belgium neutrality.

Churchill has just assumed the post of Prime Minister, after having spent the prior year (and several before that) as an outsider bemoaning the refusal of Britain (and France) to prepare to meet the rising German threat. Those years of exile are the subject of volume one.

The present volume focuses on the extraordinary difficulties Churchill and others in the British government faced once the war actually began. Once France was forced to surrender, Germany was left in what most of us think of as continental Europe without any enemies. It had allied itself with fascist Italy, made peace with Stalin, conquered Poland and France, neutralized Spain, and occupied Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Norway, and the Netherlands.

In this sense, Britain stood alone. There was a very real risk that Germany could invade and conquer Britain in the Summer and early Fall of 1940. The German bombing of London was increasingly effective, and the British army was in total disarray, having just been forced to abandon France, leaving most of its equipment behind. Just how worried Churchill was comes through clearly and terrifyingly in this volume. Had Germany succeeded, the world might look very different today--the Second World War would have been transformed into a truly intercontinental war, with Asia and Europe allied against North America.

Of course, Britain was not really "Alone." Greece and Turkey were firm allies; Bulgaria and Yugoslavia stood against Hitler and Italy; and Britain controlled most of what we today think of as the third world--from Gibraltar at the southern tip of Europe, to Egypt, to South Africa, India, Malaysia and Burma, and Australia. Only by adopting a firmly eurocentric view of the world (which Churchill clearly had) can he title this volume "Alone."

Churchill and the rest of his government were able to move seamlessly into power, and immediately take control of this world wide empire precisely because of the peculiarly insular class system that ruled Britain. Even as an outsider, Churchill clearly had full access to all of the centers of power. He could not bend and shape them, but he was fully in the loop. Personal relationships and lifelong associations meant that he regularly met with leaders at all levels of the power structure--including most importantly (but by no means exclusively) top politicians and naval personnel. This sort of access by "losing" politicians in the United States today is unimaginable. Can anyone seriously envision Bush allowing the head of the CIA to meet regularly with Howard Dean to review the intelligence about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?

The only weakness in this volume is Churchill's over reliance on his own contemporaneous telegrams and memos. he was absolutely prolific, apparently having dictated dozens of multi-page memos daily--yet still finding time to run the government. While fascinating historically, they really are bureaucratic memos. The first volume, by relying more on narration and less on historical documents, allowed Churchill greater reign to his incredible skill with the English language. Here, long sections read like just what they are--official documents written in haste, for the historical record.

That said, his brilliant use of words shines through. The most stirring passage is toward the end--his eulogy in November, 1940, for Neville Chamberlain, who more than anyone was responsible for "appeasing" Hitler. Rather than lapse into "I told you so", he marshals some of the most stirring words ever written to praise Chamberlain; urging history to judge him on the strength of his character rather than the results of his actions, which are subject to the fickleness of history.

In sum, this is a remarkable book, chronicling a remarkable time in history, written by a remarkable man who played a central roll in events. I can think of no other book by anyone at anytime which brings together all three of these elements--and is well written!

The Finest of the Series.......2004-02-04

After reading this book, you truly begin to see how narrow minded the average American perception of World War II really is. Not to discount the magnificant American battles such as the landing at Normandy or the Battle for Midway, but the Battle for Britain was absolutely the finest display of honor and courage throughout the entire war. This tiny island and it's courageous people stood alone and stood tall against not only the behemoth Nazi-German menace, but at the same time fought the Mussolini in northern Africa and awaited the Japanese onslaught in their Australasian colonies. It's an absolutely inspiring work, and it's an absolute sin that American schools don't teach the story of how the British people shined so brightly during their darkest hour.

The Second World War; [part II]: Their finest hour (His Collected works)

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The Second World War; [part II]: Their finest hour (His Collected works)
Winston Churchill
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The Ole Days in Berkeley County, South Carolina: According to William Dennis Shuler with a little help from Shirley Noe Swiesz (Author of 'Coal Dust', ... and 'Ole Buttermilk and Green Onions')
William Dennis Shuler , and Shirley Noe Swiesz
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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Excellent history!.......2004-03-12

I am very impressed with this book. It is long and detailed but it is chock full of incredibly interesting facts and details of the intertwinings of the gay community, the Anglo-Catholic movement in Boston, architecture and Boston history. I believe this book should be a "cannon" of gay literature and history but it seems to be overlooked. The author's research is incredibly detailed and and exhaustive.

Worth the read if you can get through it.......2004-01-03

This sprawling study, which combines elements of cultural history, architecture criticism, gay gossip, and religious iconography, explores a wide range of the poets, art lovers, and fashionable people living in Boston at the end of the 19th century. The central figure, church architect Ralph Adams Cram, a devout Anglo-Catholic and apostle of Gothic Revivalism, launched an assault on Massachusetts Puritanism that resonates in our own times. Shand-Tucci provides an intersting backdrop for Adams--the rarefied atmosphere of Harvard-dominated Boston and the entrenched gay subculture of Boston's North End. Forgotten artists such as poet Louise Imogen Guiney and better-known figures such as George Santayana make important appearances here. Cram's romance/partnership with architect Bertram Goodhue is explored (albeit rather obliquely). Shand-Tucci is at his best when exploring the roots of Cram's religious fervor and when profiling eccentric art patrons such as Isabella Stewart Gardner.

I do wish Shand-Tucci's prose were less effusive. The rib-nudging, campy asides to the reader are wearying, and the profusion of exclamation points must break all records. I finally got through it all, however, and I look forward to Volume Two.

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Boston Bohemia 1881-1900 Volume One of Ralph Adams Cram: Life and Architecture
Shand-Tucci Douglass
Manufacturer: University of Massachusetts
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