Como Asegurar El Futuro De Su Empresa / Your Family, Inc.: 68 Consejos Expertos Para Garantizar La Continuidad / Practical Tips for Building a Healthy Family Business

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Did you know eighty-five percent of family firms do not survive the third generation? Your Family, Inc.: Practical Tips for Building a Healthy Family Business will help the busy entrepreneur lower this drastic failure rate by providing great tips and practical advice for creating a successful and pleasant environment when working in the family business. Containing unique and valuable hints for building a better business, this book uses specific examples designed for different situations. Filled with suggestions and proven advice, this important guide offers important ideas on deciding which family members should control stock, who should first work in another company to gain experience, and how to determine which individuals should make business decisions, and much more. Cartoons by Joe Hoffecker, of the Cincinnati Business Courier accompany each chapter.

Your Family, Inc. offers you specific steps to help avoid common problems and pitfalls with such insightful tips as:
- recognizing the dangers of a family triangle to avoid any problems before they become detrimental to the company
- realizing the difference between being asked to respond as a family member-parent, daughter, uncle, or son-and when the problem relates to business
- developing strategies to keep the family firm accountable by developing a group of advisors that may include the corporate attorney, accountant, or CEOs of noncompeting industries
- making business decisions for the right reasons, and building consensus in the family to support the decisions
- creating criteria for future leadership in advance by recognizing the direction the industry is taking, the needs of the company and the values of the family

From Your Family, Inc., you will discover how healthy families and healthy family firms develop practical decision-making processes which will endure for generations to come. This essential book provides you with practical information to help your family business improve family relations and to positively impact business now and for future generations.

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This work offers a distinctive analysis of the relations and interplay between the intramural activities of firms, their changing boundaries, and increasing reliance on networks and alliances with other firms.

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Medicinal Plants: Culture, Utilization and Phytopharmacology covers over 400 species. Each chapter gathers valuable information from a wide variety of sources, and supplies it to the user in convenient table format, arranged alphabetically by scientific name, followed by the common name. Data topics include: major constituents (active ingredients) and medicinal values of plants; toxicity or hazardous components; essential oils; value-added products and possible uses; cultivation and harvesting; diseases and insects found in medicinal plants. Three appendices (alphabetical listing of plants by common name, followed by the scientific name; essential oils and their derivation; active ingredients and their sources) provide handy cross-references to the Tables.

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PHILOSOPHICAL NATURALISTS!

A difficult book

Biology explained by experience itself

Reflections from a working biologist

Excellent Science, Bad Philosophy

This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World
Ernst Mayr
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At the age of 93, Ernst Mayr has forgotten more about biology than most people ever learn. Mayr has been more than just an eyewitness to the amazing advances in biological theory and understanding over the century; he was an active participant as well, helping to formulate the combination of Darwinian thought and modern genetics that is the bedrock of today's standard theory of evolution. But biology has always been something of a poor relation to the other physical sciences--subjects such as physics or chemistry that have strict rules of cause and effect and a certain predictability. Biology, on the other hand, is based on a muddle of combined causes, pure chance, and evidence drawn from unrelated areas, yet it is the one science that addresses those aspects of nature that can't be reduced to mere laws of chemistry or physics. In his book This Is Biology, Ernst Mayr sets out to show us how and why.

Though biology is a relatively young science, born in the 19th century, its roots go back to the days of Aristotle; Mayr traces its development from the ancient Greeks to the advent of modern molecular techniques. Woven throughout this history of the science is an explanation of its relation to other sciences and to the humanities, particularly history and ethics. This Is Biology was written with great thought and care and requires the same from its readers; for those interested in the science of life as well as one great man's life in science, this book is the natural selection.

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Biology until recently has been the neglected stepchild of science, and many educated people have little grasp of how biology explains the natural world. Yet to address the major political and moral questions that face us today, we must acquire an understanding of their biological roots. This magisterial new book by Ernst Mayr will go far to remedy this situation. An eyewitness to this century's relentless biological advance and the creator of some of its most important concepts, Mayr is uniquely qualified to offer a vision of science that places biology firmly at the center, and a vision of biology that restores the primacy of holistic, evolutionary thinking.

As he argues persuasively, the physical sciences cannot address many aspects of nature that are unique to life. Living organisms must be understood at every level of organization; they cannot be reduced to the laws of physics and chemistry. Mayr's approach is refreshingly at odds with the reductionist thinking that dominated scientific research earlier in this century, and will help to redirect how people think about the natural world.

This Is Biology can also be read as a "life history" of the discipline--from its roots in the work of Aristotle, through its dormancy during the Scientific Revolution and its flowering in the hands of Darwin, to its spectacular growth with the advent of molecular techniques. Mayr maps out the territorial overlap between biology and the humanities, especially history and ethics, and carefully describes important distinctions between science and other systems of thought, including theology. Both as an overview of the sciences of life and as the culmination of a remarkable life in science, This Is Biology will richly reward professionals and general readers alike.

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PHILOSOPHICAL NATURALISTS! .......2005-06-27

     As a field of inquiry Biology has always been somewhat suspect. When first introduced to it we are told that "biology is the science of life," but this is almost immediately followed by the rather sheepish admission that "scientists are unable to agree on a standard definition of life." (This quote is from Biology The Easy Way, which admittedly is not in quite the same league as Prof. Mayr's work. But, as his first chapter here shows, there's not a great deal of daylight between his position and that of the simpler introductory text just quoted). Hmmm! A "science of life" that can't define "life." Not exactly reassuring news after more than two hundred years of inquiry!

     After this inauspicious start, Biology rather quickly degenerates into a prolonged exercise in classification. Not that it's not fun deciding whether Neocons are poisonous fungi or uselful protists, but it is after all a limited exercise. Once we move beyond the issue of classification we find that Biology has remarkably little to offer as a field of study in its own right. It is, at root, a field for amateurs, for naturalists who are impressed by the variety and beauty (or ugliness) of Nature.

    And there is much in Nature, and Biology too, to admire. Who among us is not impressed by the mighty Sequoia? (Even Neocons think they make neat window-boxes). And isn't it fun to be able to demonstrate your superior knowledge by intoning wisely at keg parties that "The whale, you know, is not really a fish. It's a mammal. As indeed is the bat."

     But, party tricks aside, what else does Biology offer?

     Most students rather quickly come to the conclusion that it's less a field OF scientific study than FOR scientific application. Chemistry, for instance, when applied to Biology is endlessly engaging, and profitable too. Biochemistry is not a new science; it is merely the application of a real science, Chemistry, to a fertile field, Biology.

     Then too of course there's the whole question of Evolution, which invariably brings all the more creulous "scientists" out of the woodwork to rail against so-called "Creationism." For most of us, these are not really opposing choices. We embrace both without any great discomfort. As Whitman once said: "We contain multitudes." Or, in Shakespeare's phrase: "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in [either] philosophy." But for the "scientists" and the "creationists," it's a crusade; a sort of intellectual jihad in which each side fights with a crazed and unreasoning determination to annihilate the other. It's the arrogance of both that turns the rest of us off. They both act, and argue, as though dogmatic orthodoxy is our only guide. They seek Consistency, not Truth.

     To his credit, Mayr is not a crazed intellectual jihadist, and he has answers aplenty for each and all of my (above-noted) objections to Biology as an intellectual pursuit worthy of our time and effort. His book is wide-ranging and knowledgeable, as one would expect from a man of his stature. But he is also very well-versed in the history and philosophy of science, which is unfortunately all-too-rare among his contemporary fellow-scientists. Most of them pooh pooh philosophy as unworthy of their superior intellects!

    This Is Biology is an excellent work, which college-level students of science, (and philosphy; and indeed, history) should read. I don't find Mayr's arguments convincing, but I do think his wonderfully-engaging book will provide an entree to a better class of keg party!

A difficult book.......2005-05-11

The title is misleading. If you expect Biology 101 you're going to be disappointed.

Mayr assumes a great deal about the educational level of his readers, so perhaps the book should should carry a subtitled warning to the unwary.

My sound bite description of the book is The Philosophy of Biology.

It's not about living things per se but about the study of them, with particular emphasis on the way in which the biology is closer to history than it is to areas of science that involve the exploration of universal properties. While the future behavior of subatomic particles and the formation of stars and galaxies may be, to a certain extent, predictable, biology is about what has been, not what will be.

Mayr accepts this, but brilliantly defends biology as a science (is history a science?). Whether you find him convincing depends on how much you respect the force of his conviction, if not the arguments themselves. Mayr's not an easy read and it's not always immediately apparent what points he is making.

Mayr was perhaps the world's greatest living biologist, or at least its most visible, to those who look for such things. Now that he has died, I feel driven to go back for a reread, after which perhaps I'll post another review.

Biology explained by experience itself.......2004-06-24

Ernst Mayr is one of my favorite natural science writers. He has the experience of a lifetime (to say the least, since he has over 70 active years in the field) in biology. Mayr has an exquisite writing style and lots of anecdotes to share, besides he surely is an intellectual though never makes you feel neophyte, on the contrary, he guides you with ease and a critic view on nature itself. "This is Biology" is enriched with personal opinions and, of course, reflects the authors' view modeled by only seven decades of experience among the best.

Reflections from a working biologist.......1998-04-22

Mayr's book is a superb reflection on the place biology deserves among the sciences and among all other intellectual disciplines. He clearly explains the accomplishments and uniqueness of biological science. As one would expect, his reflections on evolutionary biology are his strongest.

Excellent Science, Bad Philosophy.......1998-01-17

This is an excellent and extremely accessible (but not in a dumbed down sense) introduction to biology. My only serious complaint is in Mayr's treatment of ethics, which is a good example of what bad can happen when a specialist doesn't stick to his specialty. His discussion of the possible biological origins of certain ethical behavior starts off fine, with an explication of how though individualistic selection can produce egoism, kinship selection and group selection can extend an organism's altruistic "interest" to other members of its kin or, larger, to its group. So far so good. But as Mayr notes what Darwin pointed out, altruistic behavior via kinship selection never extends to every member of a species. So by the end of the discussion of the biology of altruistic behavior, what we have are explanations for why someone might act altruistically towards their "in-group". Yet later, in discussing the proposition that moral inclinations are not innate, Mayr appears to endorse the proposition that reprehensible behavior towards minorities (including slavery) is, as Mayr put it, "amoral". But a group subordinating the interests of an outgroup for the benefit of the ingroup is precisely what one would expect from Mayr's biological account of altrusitic behavior directed solely towards one's ingroup! At the very least, Mayr gives a good account for why one would be biologically inclined to act altruistically towards one's ingroup, but provides zero biological reason for any transgroup universal altruism. From then on, Mayr only gets worse, delving into the murky fields of philosophy and moral theology. Aside from Mayr's wildly overstated implication that Darwin proved that God has nothing to do with the origin of morality (when did biology start coming up with transcendental proofs like that?), Mayr further sullies an otherwise excellent book by critiquing Judeo-Christian ethics' relevance in today's world. That has nothing to do with biology, and if someone wanted to read much better discussions on such a subject, there are much better treatments in the philosophy section of the bookstore. Furthermore, Mayr's broad brush overview of Judeo-Christian morality reeks of straw man superficiality. Perhaps Mayr didn't think it worth his time to study serious treatments on Judeo-Christian morality, but if he didn't, he shouldn't have broached the subject in a biology book. Finally, that Mayr can discuss the scientific bases of morality without mentioning the classic problem of the "naturalistic fallacy" (i.e. in this context, what IS the case biologically, does not entail what OUGHT to be the case morally), AKA the "fact-value gap", indicates how superficial (or unread) a discussion of ethics Mayr engages in. If creationists sound silly talking about biology, biologists should get a clue about how they must sound when they try to talk seriously about theology and moral philosophy.

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The Mara-Serengeti is a vast tract of land lying astride the Kenya-Tanzania border in Africa. This book celebrates the diversity of life to be found in the Mara-Serengeti: the great predators, the wonders of the migration, the people. It is a book of personal memories and favorite photographs of animals that the authors have followed throughout their lives--the ultimate safari.

Jonathan and Angie achieve an intimacy with their subjects that is born of infinite patience and insatiable fascination with the lives of the animals and the people. This book is a tribute to their accomplishments and a lasting record of a land that is truly A Photographer's Paradise. For wildlife lovers, photography buffs, and those interested in Africa.

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Wonderful Journey.......2003-09-27

This book was more than I had hoped for. The moments captured are extrordinary, some of the best photos of African Wildlife I have ever seen. I haven't read the text yet, but the captions by the photos are very informative and contain little interesting tidbits I didn't know. I have a lot of coffee table books and this is definitely a favorite.

The most beautiful book ever published.......2003-04-06

Having been to this area of Africa three times, twice in the Masi Mara and once to the Serengeti this book brings me back over and over again to this heaven on earth. The combination of drawings, photographs, and writing of Jonathan and Angela Scott are outstanding. This is my all time favorite book. The love these authors feel for this area and the animals and people who live there comes through on every page. For anyone who has the slightest interest in wild animals, ecology, photography, art, travel or Africa this book is a must have. Awesome!

Beyond the Photo Safari!.......2001-06-18

Mara-Serengeti captures the essence of living in the Mara-Serengeti region in a way that you would not experience in a dozen safaris to Africa. The images of predators, prey, wildlife migrations, and the Masai bring you close up during moments of blazing color in the sky and dramatic action in the grasslands. The images are improved by thoughtful essays that draw on the photographers' many years of experience with these subjects.

The animal photographs are mostly grouped by subject and include lions, leopards, zebras, wart hogs, impalas, cheetahs, wildebeest, hyenas, crocodiles, vultures, and wild dogs. The subjects are usually of animal families, migration, killing, and eating in often symbolic settings for these activities. The Masai images come at the book's end, sort of completing the evolutionary progression of the food chain.

You probably have heard of the Serengeti. It's a vast grassland in Tanzania, and is now protected as the Serengeti National Park there. The Masai Mara National Reserve is in neighboring Kenya, and the two lands are connected geographically, if not politically. A map in the book will display all of this for you. This site is the area where humans probably first walked the face of the Earth, and the dwindling of these remarkable spaces marks the potential for us to lose our ability to visualize our roots.

The name, Serengeti, in Masai means "land of endless space." The closest we have to this habitat in the United States that I have seen is the brief enclosure in the wild animal park that the San Diego zoo maintains near Escondido, California.

The action photographs impressed me the most. These show predators literally flying and spinning in the air just before they land while the terrorized prey wheels desperately away. The action is captured almost like a key play in a sporting event. That's pretty typical of the photography here. The images emphasize action and perspectives that you do not yet have, and this book will add wonderfully to your sense of the special nature of the grasslands of Africa.

After you have finished expanding your vision of natural selection, I suggest that you think about the ways that our lives are enhanced by understanding our origins and how our lives are not. How can we draw inspiration from nature and stand in our most meaningful role?

Look for what few have seen . . . always! Truth will emerge from your trial.

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Just wish it was a little longer...

Mark May's Tales from the Washington Redskins
Mark May , and Dan O'Brien
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The decade of the 1980s seemed like a "return to Camelot" for our nation's capital-at least for pro football fans. Following the 1982 NFL season, the Washington Redskins returned to the Super Bowl for the first time in a decade. Their victory in Super Bowl XVII returned the NFL championship to Washington for the first time in 40 years. Over the next 10 years, the Redskins earned three more trips to the Super Bowl and brought two more Lombardi trophies as the champions of pro football. Reaganomics might have rescued the country from an economic recession, but it was Riggo-nomics that fueled the Redskin Nation. Smack dab in the middle of it all was Mark May. The Redskins' top pick in the 1981 draft, "May Day" was an All-American and Outland Trophy winner from the University of Pittsburgh but just "just a kid" from Oneonata, New York. In Mark May's Tales from the Washington Redskins, May takes you onto the playing field and inside the huddle. You'll hear behindthe-scenes stories from outside the field of play, from the locker room to the team play. You'll also get May's first-person account of the Redskins' extra curricular activities. Mark May's Tales from the Washington Redskins also includes May's person reflections on the people behind the Redskins' success-Jack Kent Cooke, Joe Gibbs, Bobby Beathard, Joe Theismann, John Riggins, Bobby Beathard, The Hogs, and the Washington Redskins' loyal and devoted followers, the "greatest fans in the National Football League."

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Just wish it was a little longer..........2005-11-21

As a lifelong 'Skins fan, it was great to hear stories from the "glory days" and hear stories about Riggins, Gibbs, Theismann and the rest. In addition, some stories are real eye-openers (the section where he discusses answering the phones on the sidelines and what he had to do surprised me), while others are just hilarious (Riggo figures prominently, surprise surprise). As a huge fan, I am glad I bought it, although its length was a little disappointing - it was a FAST read, and I for one could have used a few more stories, which is the only reason why I did not give it five stars.

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If you want to know what the Bible says about chiropodists, computers, or credit cards, Where to Find It in the Bible helps you locate specific Bible references to over 3700 different subjects!

This is a contemporary concordance that uses common phrases to help you locate biblical sources on a myriad of subjects, both traditional and offbeat.

Useful to Bible readers, students, Sunday school teachers, youth directors, counselors, pastors, or anyone who wants to find - using everyday speech - relevant Bible passages quickly and easily. An A-to-Z listing of topics puts key Scriptures at your fingertips, without heavy theological language. Includes humorous illustrations throughout.

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If you want to know what the Bible says about chiropodists, computers, or credit cards WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE BIBLE helps you locate specific Bible references to over 3,700 different subjects. This contemporary concordance helps you locate Biblical sources on a yriad of subjects, both traditional and offbeat.

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Bible index.......2007-10-17

This book is an excellent resource for finding topics in the bible. I highly recommend this to any Christian person. Best guide I have ever seen.

Outstanding!.......2007-09-11

"Where To Find It in the Bible" is an excellent resource for finding contemporary issues in the Bible. I had ordered additional copies "just in case" and sure enough, those copies were taken the same day.

I highly recommend this item as a good biblical study and resource tool.

Ato Z.......2007-08-23

This is a very helpful book although I have only used it a couple of times.

Very Useful.......2007-02-04

I have a ministry for young girls and I use this book constantly. It provides me with location for the modern topics that we discuss in the ministry. My 16 year old daugther loves it when she has a question and wants to know what the word says she grabs this book.
This book is great for young adults and those who have young adults in their lives.

I love this book!.......2007-01-26

This book is very helpful. It saves a great deal of time by telling you where in the Bible you can find scriptures about virtually anything! Would recommend to EVERYONE!

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This Book Sucks....!!!.......2005-06-01

I thought this was gonna be another HOT read from Penthouse..NOT!! It's filled with stories from people who get off seeing other people get NAKED! If you're a peeping tom this book is for you:-) If you're like me and like erotica, hot and sex heated reads..pass this one up... BIG TIME!!!

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