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I'd never heard of Rumsfeld's "concept" before. It was very interesting.Bill said:Good article Jim... Like the tie-in with Donald Rumsfeld's known unknowns and unknown unknowns...
Here are two sections (out of context in that link) which I think are somewhat related to the original intent of this thread.
Basically, the parallel is "find a good retriever training mentor".Unknown unknown solutions haunt the mediocre without their knowledge. The average detective does not realize the clues he or she neglects. The mediocre doctor is not aware of the diagnostic possibilities or treatments never considered. The run-of-the-mill lawyer fails to recognize the winning legal argument that is out there. People fail to reach their potential as professionals, lovers, parents and people simply because they are not aware of the possible. This is one of the reasons I often urge my student advisees to find out who the smart professors are, and to get themselves in front of those professors so they can see what smart looks like.
Communicating on the Internet is challenging.Well, theres no way we could be evolutionarily prepared for doing physics and doing our taxes at the end of the year. These are rather new in our evolutionary history. But solving social problems, getting along with other people, is something intrinsic to our survival as a species. Youd think we would know where our inabilities lie. But if we believe our data, were not necessarily very good at knowing what were lousy at with other people.


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hey guys I am fiddling with learning by making asteroids type space game and such. It is 2d.
In this I have the 'view' fixed on the playership at the centre of the screen.
I want to calculate constantly the arc seen in the image below which is directly ahead of the ship. This would be a frontal firing arc. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/arcx.png/
This is where I am stumped. Having gone through so many maths lessons the past few days on py theorem etc...
Your ship rotates based on an angle based on your left/right input via kieyboard. So I know what direction the ship is facing in terms of a bearing. That value is held in the variable 'angle'.
Of course I know where my ship XY is, and I know where enemy ships XY are. I've used atan2 and I have calculated the bearing or angle of the enemy ship from my ship. But this won't help to create a fixed firing 'arc' in front of my player ship.
Basically I need a formula or calculation to calculate that tangent as seen in the picture, no matter what direction I am facing or where I am. So the value of that 'area' in front of the ship always remains constant which means it is my frontal firing arc. Let's say a value of about 60 degrees. So quite a narrow firing arc.
I know how to check if a potential target is within said firing arc before being allowed to fire, but determining that arc in front my ship is giving me measles.
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Symposium celebrates Griffin's career, May 14
Posted May 2, 2005; 12:50 p.m.
A symposium celebrating the remarkable career of collector, curator and scholar Gillett Griffin is scheduled for Saturday, May 14, in the Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room.
Sponsored by the University Art Museum and the Program in Latin American Studies, "Unexpected Journey: Gillett G. Griffin and the Art of the Ancient Americas at Princeton" will run from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Griffin, a faculty curator emeritus, retired last July after 52 years at Princeton. He served as the art museum's curator of pre-Columbian art from 1967 to 2004. Many pieces in the collection are gifts or are on loan from Griffin, or have been given in his honor.
The symposium will take a retrospective look at his contributions to the study of the art of the indigenous peoples of North, Central and South America as well as illuminate the ways in which significant areas of the field of ancient Mesoamerican art history have evolved.
The speakers, all of whom have had close associations with Griffin and the Princeton collection over the last 40 years, will interweave their talks with thoughts on the role the Princeton collection has played in their own work. They also will bring a wide variety of perspectives to a concluding discussion on the future of ancient art of the Americas at Princeton.
The symposium is being organized in conjunction with a May 7-June 12 exhibition of works of pre-Columbian art in the collection of the art museum given by or in honor of Griffin.
There is no registration fee, but advance registration for the symposium is required by contacting Andrea Stearly at (609) 258-1741. Space is limited.


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"Glyph of Hand of Freedom - Hand of Freedom immediately reduces the remaining duration of all effects which cause loss of control of a character by 25%. Any additional loss of control effects applied within 10 sec also have 25% reduced duration."
If this is the major glyph what will the baseline ability be, since now it REMOVES slows and snares?? does this mean that the glyph will reduce stuns, fears and cyclones like effects by 25% ? Why would anyone use a major glyph slot just to reduce a cc by 1 or 2 sec???


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Morning sickness is nausea and vomiting that can actually occur at any time of the day during pregnancy.
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Morning sickness is very common. Most pregnant women have at least some nausea, and about a third have vomiting.
Morning sickness usually begins during the first month of pregnancy and continues through the 14th to 16th week (3rd or 4th month). Some women have nausea and vomiting through their entire pregnancy.
Morning sickness does not hurt the baby in any way unless you lose weight, such as with severe vomiting. Mild weight loss during the first trimester is not uncommon when women have moderate symptoms, and is not harmful to the baby.
The amount of morning sickness during one pregnancy does not predict how you will feel in future pregnancies.
The exact cause of morning sickness is unknown. It may be caused by hormone changes or lower blood sugar during early pregnancy. Emotional stress, fatigue, traveling, or some foods can make the problem worse. Nausea in pregnancy is more common and can be worse with twins or triplets.
Try to keep a positive attitude. Remember that morning sickness usually stops after the first 3 or 4 months of pregnancy. To reduce nausea, try:
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Gordon MC. Maternal physiology. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, eds. Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2007:chap 3.
Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, et al. Prenatal care. In: Cunningham FG, Leveno KL, Bloom SL, et al, eds. Williams Obstetrics. 23rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2010:chap 8.
Matthews A, Dowswell T, Haas DM, Doyle M, O'Mathúna DP. Interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010;(9):CD007575.
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Old man bettas
I just lost the second betta in my responsible fishkeeping career. Both of them exhibited the same symptoms: They would gradually become more lethargic, spending more and more time just sitting around unless foot was being offered. This would go on for weeks or months, and then they would eventually seem to have trouble staying upright while swimming or laying, though they would continue eating... and then finally death. No visible symptoms such as frayed fins, sores, external parasites, etc. The first fish lived in our possession for about two and a half years, this one only a bit over one year. Both were purchased in betta cups from chain stores, so true age is not known and certainly they were not prize specimens properly cared for since birth (though once in my possession they received their own 5.5 or 10 gallon tank, with filtration, heat, and weekly water changes).
I attribute these deaths to the relatively short lifespan of the fish compounded by rough living conditions prior to my care. I do know some people have had bettas survive for much longer, however. I'm curious to see if anyone has any opinions as to whether I should be concerned about these deaths, or whether I am correct in thinking that given the circumstances there's not much else I can or should be doing.300 gallon mega tank: sailfin pleco, clown loaches, silver dollars, roseline sharks, congo tetras, new world cichlids
125 gallon office tank: Africian cichlids, synodontis catfih
75 gallon community tank: bolivian rams, black skirt tetras, dwarf neon rainbowfish, corys, harlequin rasboras, otos, bristlenose and bulldog plecos, assassin snails, various shrimp
60 gallon goldfish tank: fancy goldfish
I experienced much the same demise of my betta. I bought him from Petco 18 months ago. I knew nothing about fish at that time. For at least 6 months I kept him in a small betta bowl. I changed 1/2 of his water mid week and did a complete water change weekly. no filter no heater :o( I know. Horrible.
Then I found AC.
I moved him into a 5 gal that I cycled rather quickly with him in it. He lived there for a year. For his last 3 months, however, he had become very lethargic. Often laying on the bottom or inside his log or suspended near the heater. In the end, he refused to eat. i finally put him down.
he was quite large when I got him so I suspect he was at least 2 years old at that time.
I purchased a gorgeous new crowntail betta from a fresh shipment at Petco less than a month ago. He was much smaller than any of the other bettas - that's why I got him. I'm hopeful that he wasn't in the system long and wasn't more than a year old and that adding him to a fully cycled tank and feeding him good quality food with weekly water changes will extend his life. So far, he's a little fiireball and a very eager eater. Guess time will tell.
Sorry about your loss by the way. they are very personable little guys and I became quite attached to mine. So did my hubby, who isn't into fish at all.30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
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The symptoms you are describing sound like the traits of a very old Betta reaching the end of his lifespan. It is hard to tell, as most Betta don't come with a birth certificate, and we never know how old they are when we get them. Also, chain store Betta, though wonderful pets, are not exactly bred in prime conditions, with overbreeding and rough housing and treatment before we get them, the usual lifespan of a chain store Betta is roughly three years.
To raise the odds of a Betta living a full long extended lifespan, there are a few things one can do to be sure of optimum health and vitality.
Food, first of all, should be excellent quality, and varied. Never fall for the "cheap" betta pellets because they are a "good deal". Read the ingredients! Find two or three high quality pellets, and rotate them, and chuck the containers, all of them once opened, after four months, and replace with fresh. Also vary the pellets with blood worms, brine shrimp, tubiflex, and an a shelled cooked pea if he seems constipated. Varying pellets and alternate foods will ensure nutrition.
Temp 82 degrees constant as much as possible. This makes for very happy Betta indeed.
Don't forget "Betta enrichment". Betta get bored, some can even get downright depressed, lolling about, lethargic. They are visual creatures, so vary things around his tank all the time, at least once a day place a bizarre unusual item next to the tank for several hours. A bag of chips, a brightly colored purse, a statue, figurines, colored wine glasses............ you name it, as long as it is unusual and brightly colored. Revolve these items regularly, and always take away items that have him flaring angrily and disgruntle him.
Change up the tank. Shift decorations regularly, they can be the same ones, but change the layout. Again Betta get very very bored, and a bored betta will start getting lethargic.2 10 gallon tanks, 1 20 gallon tank, 1 Fluval Edge, 1 29 gallon tank, and one backyard pond.


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The Third Annual Avondale 5K Run + Walk for Special Kids in the Avondale neighborhood of West Ashley is benefiting the Charles Webb Center, a local daycare for special needs children. Enjoy food, live music, and awards at the After Race Party, hosted by Triangle Char & Bar and the Avondale Business Association. Triangle Char and Bar, 828 Savannah Hwy, West Ashley. Saturday, 8:30-11:30am. $35. (843)364-3818, www.avondale5k.com.


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Interesting ... the administration is saying that the video "story" came from intel services. Guess that wouldn't include the State Dept intel services. However, Petraeus also made a public statement using the same video "story" ... the war hero that now heads the CIA.
Was the CIA this dumb or did Petraeus knowingly particpate in the lie? One would expect that Petraeus, based on his experience on the ground in A'stan and knowledge of the ME situation, would have been more suspicious of intel that downplayed the presence/influence of A-Q. Is Petraeus now going to be just another body under the bus?
And you'd think that Panetta, so recently coming from the CIA, and given much credit for the OBL raid would have also been more suspicious of the video "story".
If the intel really was at fault, if I were A-Q (or an affiliated group) I'd be laughing up my sleeve at the incompetence; and planning how to continue to take advantage of it.


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Science on Saturday lectures continue until March 20
Posted January 29, 2004; 11:24 a.m.
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's annual "Science on Saturday" program, a series of talks geared toward high school students, runs through March 20.
The talks, with topics ranging from hydrogen fuel cells to the "dark side of the universe," begin at 9:30 a.m. on designated Saturdays and usually finish by 11:15 a.m. Students, teachers, parents and community members are invited to attend the lectures in the Gottlieb Auditorium on the Forrestal Campus.
There is no preregistration; registration takes place on site before each session. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Heightened security at the lab requires that all adult visitors show government-issued photo identification. Directions and further information are available from the Plasma Physics Lab .
This year's series includes the following lectures:
- Jan. 31: "Hydrogen and Fuel Cells -- What's New and What's Now" by Kaye Kamp, science education advisor, U.S. Department of Energy.
- Feb. 7: "The World of Structural Biology and the Protein Data Bank" by Helen Berman, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, Rutgers University.
- Feb. 14: "Grid Computing" by Manish Parashar, professor of electrical and computer engineering, Rutgers University.
- Feb. 21: "Glass, the Canvas for Science: From the Scientific Glassblower's Perspective" by Michael Souza, department of chemistry, Princeton University.
- March 6: "Fusion at PPPL: Scientific Research on a New Energy Source" by Robert Goldston, director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
- March 13: "The Dark Side of the Universe" by Neta Bahcall, professor of astrophysical sciences, Princeton University.
- March 20: "Nanotechnology: Fact and Fiction, Fantasy and Reality" by Paul Burrows, laboratory fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
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A colorful medley of yellow bell peppers, fresh salad greens and melt-in-your-mouth pork tenderloin, this hearty salad is sure to please!
The tenderloin is considered the choicest of pork cuts. Although higher in price per pound than loin roast, tenderloin is a good value because it is lean and has no waste.
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Taiwan implemented policies in 2012 that indicate its seriousness towards elevating its bioscience industry
A small island country, Taiwan, has implemented policies that indicate its seriousness towards elevating its bioscience industry. Recently, Taiwan inaugurated biotech development consortium in Banqiao District, in northern Taiwan, strengthening its position in the biotech industry to attract about $30 billion (NT$100 billion) investments to Taiwan in the coming five years.
The strategy is to promote public private resource integration projects that foster technological exchanges among local firms. According to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, the total output for medical devices reached $2.5 billion at the end of 2012, with the US and Japan being the biggest buyers, accounting for 42 percent of exports.
Although Taiwan has long been recognized as a leading force in the development and manufacture of cost-effective ICT and medical products, Taiwan's biotech and pharma companies are finding themselves increasingly well placed to take advantage of the global growth in drug discovery and development. However, the fact that the nation is lacking membership in a number of trade blocs, is acting as a hindrance to the unrestricted growth of Taiwan. Factors behind the country's newly found competitive advantage in pharmaceuticals, include an agreement with mainland China for mutual recognition of R&D data called the Cross-Strait Cooperation Agreement on Medicine and Public Health Affairs, which although inked during December 2010, saw implementation only by late 2011.
The signing of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between China and Taiwan in 2011 also helped reduce tariffs and, in some cases, eliminated them entirely on a number of products, including medical devices. Mainland China lowered import duties on 539 agricultural, mechanical, and medical products coming from Taiwan, and Taiwan reciprocated by lowering taxes on 269 items. Some orthopedic products made in Taiwan can, now be imported tax free into China.
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Your students didn't become the outstanding people they are without your guidance and encouragement along the way. Now they're off to college, and it's harder to be part of their day-to-day lives. So how can you still support them while still letting them become the independent, successful adults we know they'll be?
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The Parents' Association is a growing, vibrant group that meets just four times a year but accomplishes so much for the campus and students. For example, the beautiful stone entrance you pass through when you arrive on campus was a Parents' Association project. The group also provides a forum for communication between parents and administration. You will also enjoy the camaraderie of other parents during meetings and other special events we plan for families. Guess what else - membership is free! Please join us.
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Grilled Skirt Steak with Chimichurri SauceIn Argentina, "asados," or grilled meats, are often enjoyed with a fresh tasting, flavor-packed sauce called chimichurri. It's a classic for good reason! Made with freshly chopped herbs, fruity GOYA® Extra-Virgin Olive Oil and a dash of lemon and vinegar, this tart, vibrant topping turns plain grilled poultry, meat and seafood into something super special.
This churrasco con chimichurri recipe pairs chimichurri with tender, grilled skirt steak. Serve the sauce on the side as you'd find it in Argentina, in a small bowl or jar.
Serves 4
Prep time: 20 min.
Total time: 30 min.
For the Chimichurri Sauce:
˝ cup packed fresh cilantro, finely chopped
˝ cup packed fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 tbsp. packed fresh oregano, finely chopped
Ľ red onion, finely chopped (about 3 tbsp.)
1 tbsp. GOYA® Minced Garlic
1/8 tsp. GOYA® Hot Pepper Flakes (optional)
2 tbsp. GOYA® Lemon Juice
2 tbsp. GOYA® Red Wine Vinegar
˝ cup GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil
GOYA® Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning with Pepper, to taste
For the Skirt Steak
1 lbs. skirt steak, cut into four 4-oz. pieces
2 packets Sazón GOYA® without Annatto
GOYA® Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning, to taste
|In a small bowl, combine cilantro, parsley, oregano, onion, garlic and hot pepper flakes, if desired. Stir in lemon juice and vinegar. Slowly drizzle in olive oil, stirring constantly until combined. Season with adobo. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use (can be kept in refrigerator for up to 3 days).
|Prepare grill to medium-high heat, or heat grill pan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle steak on both sides with sazon and adobo. Cook steak, flipping, until golden brown, about 6 minutes for medium rare.
|Transfer steak to serving plates; top with chimichurri sauce.
Chimichurri Sauce in Seconds!
No time to chop all of the herbs? No problem! Simply transfer the first 8 ingredients, un-cut, to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse 10 times, or until the herbs are chopped and the ingredients combine. Then, with the motor running, slowly drizzle in oil, season with adobo and relax!


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Toys R Us in Lima had Obi-Wan Starfighter, AT-PT, and V-Wing fighters in the Vintage Boxes. They are $32!! Not interested.
Toys R Us in Lima had Obi-Wan Starfighter, AT-PT, and V-Wing fighters in the Vintage Boxes. They are $32!! Not interested.
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Found some of the new TPM Vintage style figures at two Walmarts in my area over the weekend. I picked up Obi-Wan, Qui Gon, Queen Amidala, and the battle droid. I passed on Naboo guard, Rats, and Ben Quadrinaros. There are only two others I am looking to get - Darth Maul and Anakin.
They also had all the new vehicles, battle packs, Ulimate FX Qui Gon lightsaber, and some new role play stuff.
Stir the pot.
Steelyard has nowt! Typical.
Stopped in at Great Northern and Brookpark as well and none of them had the exclusive range out for sale. Obviously, they aren't all that concerned about this launch.
Another local Walmart had TPM vintage figures and I saw Quinlan Vos for the first time. Pass.
Stir the pot.
I got my TPM wave in the mail today. I'm liking it.
Steelyard TARGET this morning and Funko POP! Bobbles were around the $5-$6 mark, Legends/Clone Wars figures were $3.44, battle packs were $13. The 3-packs were $9. The RC Republic Tanks were $21 and the Attack Shuttles were $39.
Still nothing at Walmart* there. I am hoping that the DTF range shows up soon. They did have a couple UFX Lightsabers that had the "3-D" sticker on them and the glasses packed inside.
As if there's anyone here to care (how sad is this-- this thread used to have so much action?!)
Steelyard report from this morning: A few Ric Ollies, G8-R3s, Gungan Warriors, Naboo Pilots and some Droidekas, Obi-Wans, Yodas and Qui-Gons. It looks like they cleared out the bulk of, if not all of the Mawhonics, Aurra Sings, Tusken Raiders and Mauls. They still have a few Dewbacks and Vulture Droids. There are still NO Astromech Battle Packs there.
The local TRU has 3.57 inch figures 30% off. I finally found Vintage Darth Maul and with the 30% off it was even sweeter.
Stir the pot.
Idiotic Steelyard Walmart* has filled the pegs with $8.98 Clearance AOTC figures, burying the TPM figures and clogging up the pegs for no new figures.


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Jack Covert remembers the moment he became aware of a publishing phenomenon. It was in the early 1980s, at the downtown Milwaukee branch of a bookstore chain for which he worked. "I'd see someone come in and spend three hours going through [fiction titles]. Eventually he'd pick one, pay for it and walk out. And then, one lunch hour, I saw some guy in a suit come in, grab five copies of In Search of Excellence, go straight to the desk and pay, and I thought, 'Whoa – there's my market.' "
Covert, now 68, is founder of 800-CEO-READ, which reviews, recommends and sells business and technical books. Meanwhile, In Search of Excellence (1982) – an analysis of what sets successful companies apart by two McKinsey consultants, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman – helped transform bookshops' business sections from a corner piled with dusty academic and historical works into a place filled with accessible and, above all, up to date books. Their titles shout out their usefulness to actual and would-be chief executives: Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail, Profit from the Core, Collaborate Or Perish!. Their most successful authors forge reputations in their own right: Peters is now one of the world's best-known management speakers.
Yet the trick he and Waterman pulled off – to write a memorable and, above all, durable business classic – has proved remarkably hard to repeat.
It is not for want of trying. The number of business books published in the US, the world's biggest market for such books, tops 10,000 annually. One reason why the Financial Times set up the Business Book of the Year Award in 2005, backed by Goldman Sachs, was to filter that wave of print. The official mission of the judges, who will decide the 2012 winner on Thursday in New York, is to identify the book that provides the "most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues, including management, finance and economics".
But when the first jury convened by phone to discuss the purpose of the prize, in spring 2005, they rallied round a refinement offered by one judge, Jeff Garten, former dean of the Yale School of Management: that they should try to identify titles that would stand the test of time. One of the current prize judges, Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice at London Business School and author of The Shift, a recent book on changing work habits, echoes Garten when she says business writers ought "to transcend not only their time, but their location".
. . .
Jim Collins, author of the 2001 bestseller Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't (4m copies sold), may come closest to having discovered how to reproduce a successful business book. "I'd love to say there is a kind of formula or recipe for this – as far as I know there isn't," he tells me over the phone from his "management laboratory" in Boulder, Colorado. But he then goes on to describe a kind of formula: how he starts with a question – such as, how can good companies achieve greatness? – translates it into rigorous research and then looks for ways to make it memorable with metaphors and tags that he compares to the icons on an early Apple computer. "If you don't have a great user interface, nobody can access the power of what's behind the screen," he says. "You can have a chapter called 'organisational mission' or you can have a chapter called 'BHAGS' – for 'big, hairy audacious goals' " – one of the once-read-never-forgotten phrases from Built to Last, the breakthrough book about the secret of enduring companies, which he co-wrote with Jerry Porras in 1994.
It is a recipe Collins has successfully cooked, albeit with different ingredients, several times already, including with last year's Great by Choice, written with Morten Hansen. However, the problem with basing a business book on company success stories is that individual examples are vulnerable to the rapidly churning business cycle, which can turn today's corporate champion into tomorrow's chump. Even In Search of Excellence has been in and out of print since publication and there is a whole subgenre of academic and journalistic work that enjoys debunking bestsellers, such as Built to Last, by pointing out how many of their examples of greatness have disintegrated or declined since publication. (Collins' riposte is that he is not "studying companies, [but] great dynastic eras ... and what it takes to build them.")
Perhaps, then, business classics are more likely to be found among books that uncover an important and widely applicable business truth, such as the late CK Prahalad's The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid (2004), which pointed out the untapped purchasing power of the very poor, or Clayton Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma (1997), which alerted companies to the idea of "disruptive innovation", unexpected improvements that can radically reshape a market. Or maybe they are books that identify timeless principles of business, such as some of the works of Peter Drucker, the Austrian-born management writer, who died in 2005, aged 95, or Charles Handy, his nearest British equivalent and author of The Age of Unreason (1989).
Drucker's early work, such as The Practice of Management (1954), apart from being written in a lucid prose style from which many modern business authors could learn, is notable for its relative lack of concrete business examples. As Richard Straub, president of the Peter Drucker Society Europe, puts it, modern business books "are trying to prescribe what you should do to be a successful leader; Drucker was asking questions, providing a wider view and giving you a way to think about the problem and find solutions."
Gratton calls writers such as Drucker and Handy "business philosophers" (Handy describes himself as a "social philosopher"), but she laments that they are now rare. Indeed, the shortlist for the FT's business book of the year award has usually come from a different shelf. It contains economic analyses such as Raghuram Rajan's Fault Lines (which won in 2010), histories, like the 2009 winner Lords of Finance, Liaquat Ahamed's unexpectedly gripping account of how central bankers of the 1920s helped plunge the world into Depression, and journalistic investigations, such as Too Big to Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin's story of the financial crisis, shortlisted two years ago.
Most shortlisted authors have been professional writers, mainly journalists or economics and business professors secure enough to want to write for a general audience. But there are exceptions. Lords of Finance was Ahamed's first book following a career as an investment manager. The 2008 winner When Markets Collide, a timely explanation of the credit crunch and how to survive it, was written by Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive of Pimco, the big fixed income investment house. Stephen Green, now Lord Green, then chairman of the bank HSBC, made the shortlist in 2009 with Good Value, his thoughtful book on putting the purpose back into business.
But when it comes to their own reading, rather than writing, habits, executives are divided about what constitutes a classic title. In 2007, the FT sought business leaders' recommendation of a favourite book but only Good to Great received more than one nomination. In Search of Excellence got none and nobody picked Tom Friedman's The World is Flat, The New York Times columnist's frequently cited hymn of praise to globalisation that was the inaugural business book of the year in 2005.
Last year, a similar exercise yielded an equally wide range of recommendations from chief executives. Cynthia Carroll of Anglo American, the miner, picked On Competition, a collection of the Harvard Business School academic Michael Porter's landmark ideas on the competitiveness of companies and countries; Thomas Fanning, who heads Southern Company, the US utility, plumped for the racier narrative of Barbarians at the Gate (1990), by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, which set the standard for investigative storytelling with its account of the buy-out of RJR Nabisco. On the other hand, Severin Schwan, chief executive of Swiss pharmaceuticals group Roche, responded with a flat "No" to the question of whether any book had inspired him.
Time-poor chief executives cannot be the only audience for such books, however. The absolute numbers sold in the US have dropped slightly in the past five years, according to Nielsen BookScan, but 19m copies of business and economics books were still sold last year – perhaps helped by continued interest in the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. The 19m figure even excludes electronic versions and business biographies and autobiographies, which last year included the bestselling account of Steve Jobs' life and work by Walter Isaacson, another finalist for this year's business book of the year.
Jack Covert, who has also co-authored a guide to The 100 Best Business Books of All Time (2009), says most business titles "in their core and their soul, are self-help books, where people go to make their company better, to make their job better". The bestseller lists back this up. With a few exceptions, such as the Jobs book, they are dominated not by weighty biographies, histories or business philosophies, but by how-to guides to management success or parables such as Who Moved My Cheese? (1998), Spencer Johnson's irritating but much-imitated tale of two mice adapting to change, which has sold more than 23m copies, making it probably the bestselling business book. Take Nielsen's list of the UK's topselling titles for 2011: Michael Lewis's wonderful The Big Short, about the few investors who saw the financial crisis coming, was knocked into second by a health and safety manual aimed at getting readers through a mandatory test for building site workers.
In short, business books find a ready market in executives and employees looking to improve themselves, and in that respect they may constitute a self-perpetuating subsector of the non-fiction list. As long as new potential leaders are born, some of them will want to learn how to reach the top, by comparing themselves with those who have already succeeded. No wonder many business writers find they are able to go on updating and reworking ideas first spawned decades ago.
This year I talked to James Kouzes and Barry Posner, who were in London to promote the "25th anniversary" fifth edition of their book The Leadership Challenge (1987). The book has been accused of oversimplification. In The End of Leadership (2012), Barbara Kellerman points out that Kouzes and Posner's "five practices of exemplary leadership" are only one of many easily digestible lists available to aspiring chief executives.
With the quiet patience of a man who has had to defend his work before, Posner says: "Leadership isn't easy. So for those who say, 'You wrote this book 25 years ago, why do you need to go on writing it?', I say, 'People mature and change. Being healthy isn't something you do for a short time, you do it for your whole life – most of us don't do it as well as we should. Maybe leadership is the same.' "
The continuing economic crisis is likely to reinforce many executives' need for guidance. Mohamed El-Erian tells me he thinks executives have "a strong appetite for insights on how best to lead, navigate and manage".
Meanwhile, the same digital revolution that, in 2009, forced the closure of the Milwaukee bookshop where Jack Covert experienced his business book epiphany is giving writers more opportunities to add to, improve and promote their work through ebooks, apps and complementary online material.
It is doubtful, however, that such digital accessories will guarantee "classic" status for any of the current crop of business titles. Even the 30 years since In Search of Excellence was first published is not long enough to judge the durability of important, insightful business ideas – and readers seem to recognise that.
Five years ago, asked to select the best business book of all time from a shortlist that included titles by Burrough and Helyar, Christensen, Drucker, and Collins, FT readers voted by a large margin for a work written more than 200 years earlier: the foundation stone of free-market economics, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations.
Andrew Hill is the FT's management editor
FT and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012
And the nominees are ...
What FT reviewers said about this year's shortlisted titles:
The Hour Between Dog And Wolf by John Coates
This brilliant book shows how human biology contributes to the alternating cycles of irrational exuberance and pessimism that destabilise banks and the global economy – and how the system could be calmed down by applying biological principles.
Private Empire by Steve Coll
If there was ever a company that deserved a proper corporate biography, it is ExxonMobil ... It has been at the heart of many of the central issues of our time, from the debate over climate change to the war on terror. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, [Private Empire] is likely to be the definitive work on its subject for many years to come.
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Isaacson's exhaustive account deserves the wide readership it will undoubtedly get ... If there is a message from [the] book, it is that Jobs the dictator was saved by his bigger purpose. His tyranny was, ultimately, all in the service of "magical" products ... Even profits took a back seat.
Volcker by William Silber
This fine new biography [is] especially timely. Silber's theme is the tension between monetary and fiscal policy, between the ascetic central bankers and the wilful politicians, and how one must check the other.
What Money Can't Buy by Michael Sandel
Sandel has no quarrel with growth; what worries him is commercialisation. As market norms encroach upon ever more extensive fields of human activity, more and more things are valued as if they were items to be priced ... Sandel has a genius for showing why such changes are deeply important.
Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson
Why are some societies democratic, prosperous and stable and others autocratic, poor and unstable? These are perhaps the most important questions in social science. The authors of this thought-provoking book are certain the answer lies in politics.


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