I teach a graduate course called the History and Culture of the Information and Communications Industry.  This book is a result of that course.  It shows how the world has moved from primitive means of communication to the integrated multi-media situation we are in today.  Its concentration is on the fields of journalism, telecommunications, broadcasting, and computing.  Emphasis is placed on the leaders of the areas of interest and the political and cultural surroundings that encouraged or discouraged growth of the industry.  One of the leaders mentioned is that lucky fellow Johann Gutenberg.

 

Gutenberg certainly built a press that used movable type, but he became famous because of an early confluence of technology.  At the time of his work good cheap paper became available from < s t 1 : c o u n t r y-region>Italy, and longer lasting inks were developed in < s t 1 : c o u n t r y - r e g ion>India.  The technology of printing took off because quality and economy came together.  We also are lucky that we know so much about Gutenberg because the Germans had such a good legal record keeping system in the sixteenth century and Mr. G. had so many run-ins with the law.   Four hundred years later the confluence of satellite broadcasting and color printing techniques enabled another printing leader, Allen Neuharth, to produce a national newspaper called USA Today.

 

This book mentions several lucky incidents or “what ifs” in the computer industry.  For example, where would Microsoft be if Gary Kildall of Digital Research Corp. hadn’t taken off to fly his airplane when the IBMers came to invite him to build the operating system for their new PC?  Or before that, what if Charles Ramlett Flint had reconsidered hiring a convicted felon to run the Computing-Tabulating Recording Company when he brought on Thomas Watson Sr. who turned it into IBM?  Or before that, what if Charles Babbage had and the money and the machinery to do the fine grinding work on the Analytical Engine.

 

Politics, especially represented by the US Government, have had many strange or unplanned effects on the IC industry throughout the years.  The fact that the US Congress wouldn’t fund the telegraph system that Samuel Morse wanted to build set the precedent for a private telecommunication industry in the < s t 1 : c o untry-region>US leading to AT&T becoming the most valuable stock in the world.  The desire to keep those nasty British from controlling the < s t 1 : c o untry-region>US wireless telegraphy industry after World War I led our government to create the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) opening the < s t 1 : c o untry-region>US to leadership in the broadcast radio and later television industries, but also led to the suppression of practical wireless voice telecommunications systems for about sixty years.  Isn’t it interesting that the RCA brand now belongs to French Company?    

The CAPA (Corrective Action/Preventive Action) Quality subsystem is the most audited by FDA inspectors. This book is designed to help Quality management professionals in Biomedical, Pharmaceutical, Tissue, and Medical Device industries design a CAPA Quality subsystem that meets and exceeds CAPA requirements in 21CFR 820.100(J).This book accomplishes the following:

·       Defines CAPA

·       Provides cross-functional process flows

·       Provides requirements for a CAPA system

·       Provides examples for the document hierarchy needed

·       Provides definitions for a CAPA system

·       Provides examples of work instructions, and standard operating procedures for a CAPA system.

The purpose of this book is to demonstrate how our forward-looking and progressive nation can be free of dependence on limited energy sources, such as foreign oil. This book will define energy and describe its current uses and sources. We will ultimately recognize how we can economically and efficiently use the sun's energy to supply all of our current and future needs.

The book begins by defining energy and then giving examples, such as hoisting a weight, pushing a piston, or boiling a pail of water. Some of the common forms of energy are known as kinetic, thermal, chemical, electrical, radiant, sound, stored, potential, and nuclear. These forms are described and exemplified.

Concern is sometimes expressed that world energy is being "used up." This is a meaningless concern. Here we will evaluate and quantify the world's principal energy usage (food, heat, transportation, and industrial processes), and consider the energy sources which provide this usage. A sensible and economically viable plan is then proposed and described for meeting all our energy needs.

As we consider and examine various energy sources which mankind has available, we easily come to the most dramatic and most important source for a sensible energy policy: direct solar radiation. We would satisfy all U.S. energy requirements if we were able to capture and make use of one hundredth of 1% of all the solar energy intercepted by the earth. This is not a very difficulty thing to do. All we need is creative vision, governmental support, and the determination to become energy independent soon, and our sensible goals will be achieved completely and economically.

The purpose of this book is to demonstrate how our forward-looking and progressive nation can be free of dependence on limited energy sources, such as foreign oil. This book will define energy and describe its current uses and sources. We will ultimately recognize how we can economically and efficiently use the sun's energy to supply all of our current and future needs.

The book begins by defining energy and then giving examples, such as hoisting a weight, pushing a piston, or boiling a pail of water. Some of the common forms of energy are known as kinetic, thermal, chemical, electrical, radiant, sound, stored, potential, and nuclear. These forms are described and exemplified.

Concern is sometimes expressed that world energy is being "used up." This is a meaningless concern. Here we will evaluate and quantify the world's principal energy usage (food, heat, transportation, and industrial processes), and consider the energy sources which provide this usage. A sensible and economically viable plan is then proposed and described for meeting all our energy needs.

As we consider and examine various energy sources which mankind has available, we easily come to the most dramatic and most important source for a sensible energy policy: direct solar radiation. We would satisfy all U.S. energy requirements if we were able to capture and make use of one hundredth of 1% of all the solar energy intercepted by the earth. This is not a very difficulty thing to do. All we need is creative vision, governmental support, and the determination to become energy independent soon, and our sensible goals will be achieved completely and economically.

The purpose of this book is to demonstrate how our forward-looking and progressive nation can be free of dependence on limited energy sources, such as foreign oil. This book will define energy and describe its current uses and sources. We will ultimately recognize how we can economically and efficiently use the sun's energy to supply all of our current and future needs.

The book begins by defining energy and then giving examples, such as hoisting a weight, pushing a piston, or boiling a pail of water. Some of the common forms of energy are known as kinetic, thermal, chemical, electrical, radiant, sound, stored, potential, and nuclear. These forms are described and exemplified.

Concern is sometimes expressed that world energy is being "used up." This is a meaningless concern. Here we will evaluate and quantify the world's principal energy usage (food, heat, transportation, and industrial processes), and consider the energy sources which provide this usage. A sensible and economically viable plan is then proposed and described for meeting all our energy needs.

As we consider and examine various energy sources which mankind has available, we easily come to the most dramatic and most important source for a sensible energy policy: direct solar radiation. We would satisfy all U.S. energy requirements if we were able to capture and make use of one hundredth of 1% of all the solar energy intercepted by the earth. This is not a very difficulty thing to do. All we need is creative vision, governmental support, and the determination to become energy independent soon, and our sensible goals will be achieved completely and economically.

Former newspaper executive publishes new book… Not Extinct Yet. In his memoir of 44 years in publishing, Rick Rae talks about the ups and downs of the newspaper business from his unique vantage point. In a career spanning almost twenty locations in the United States and Canada, Rick has worked for, or managed over fifty newspapers. In this book he shares some of his experiences, such as butting heads with unions, dealing with employees who embezzle, contacts with celebrities, law suits, advertising sales techniques, competitive market situations and many other details about this fascinating industry. He has worn several hats during his years in the business.... from ad sales, editor, production manager, circulation manager, publisher, vice president and president of publishing companies ranging in size from small local weeklies to suburban dailies in the 100,000-200,000 circulation range. He talks about buying his own company at age 68 and how he is growing his company as he enters his 73rd year. Produced in hard and soft cover as well as an electronic version, Not Extinct Yet is available through Bookstore.authorhouse.com, Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com ISBN number is 978146783507-7 for soft cover, 978146783508-4 hardcover and 978146783509-1 for the electronic version. For more information contact penny.rae@raemedia.net

Former newspaper executive publishes new book… Not Extinct Yet. In his memoir of 44 years in publishing, Rick Rae talks about the ups and downs of the newspaper business from his unique vantage point. In a career spanning almost twenty locations in the United States and Canada, Rick has worked for, or managed over fifty newspapers. In this book he shares some of his experiences, such as butting heads with unions, dealing with employees who embezzle, contacts with celebrities, law suits, advertising sales techniques, competitive market situations and many other details about this fascinating industry. He has worn several hats during his years in the business.... from ad sales, editor, production manager, circulation manager, publisher, vice president and president of publishing companies ranging in size from small local weeklies to suburban dailies in the 100,000-200,000 circulation range. He talks about buying his own company at age 68 and how he is growing his company as he enters his 73rd year. Produced in hard and soft cover as well as an electronic version, Not Extinct Yet is available through Bookstore.authorhouse.com, Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com ISBN number is 978146783507-7 for soft cover, 978146783508-4 hardcover and 978146783509-1 for the electronic version. For more information contact penny.rae@raemedia.net

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The CAPA (Corrective Action/Preventive Action) Quality subsystem is the most audited by FDA inspectors. This book is designed to help Quality management professionals in Biomedical, Pharmaceutical, Tissue, and Medical Device industries design a CAPA Quality subsystem that meets and exceeds CAPA requirements in 21CFR 820.100(J).This book accomplishes the following:

·       Defines CAPA

·       Provides cross-functional process flows

·       Provides requirements for a CAPA system

·       Provides examples for the document hierarchy needed

·       Provides definitions for a CAPA system

·       Provides examples of work instructions, and standard operating procedures for a CAPA system.

Why should you go to the trouble of creating a written business plan? There are three major reasons:

1. The process of putting a business plan together, including the thought you put in before beginning to write it, forces you to take an objective, critical unemotional look at your business project in its entirety.
2. The finished product your business plan is and operating told which, properly used, will help you manage your business and work toward its success.
3. The completed business plan is the means for communicating your ideas to others and provide the basis for your financing proposal.

The importance of planning cannot be overemphasized. By taking an objective look at your business you can identify areas of weakness and strengths, pinpoint needs you might otherwise overlook, spot problems before they arise, and begin planning how you can best achieve your business goals. As an operating tool, your business plan helps you to establish reasonable objectives and figure out how to best accomplish them. It also helps you to red-flag problems as they arise and aids you to identifying their sources, thus suggesting ways to solve them. It may even help you avoid some problems altogether.

This handbook has been designed with these considerations in mind. In order for it to work it is important that you do as much of the work as possible. A professionally prepared business plan won’t do you any good if you don’t understand it thoroughly. This understanding comes from being involved with its development from the very start.

No business plan, no matter how carefully constructed and no matter how thoroughly understood, will be of any use at all unless you use it. Going into business is rough; over half of all new businesses fail within the first two years of operation and over 90 percent fail within the first 10 years. A major reason for failure is lack of planning. The best way to enhance your chances of success is to plan and follow through on your planning.

Use your plan. Don’t put it in the bottom drawer of your desk and forget it.

Your business plan can help you avoid going into a business venture that is doomed to failure. If your proposed venture is marginal at best, the business plan will show you why and may help you avoid paying the high tuition of business failure. It is far cheaper not to begin an ill-fated business than to learn by experience what your business plan could have taught you at several hours of concentrated work.

Finally, your business plan provides the information needed by others to evaluate your venture, especially if you need to seek outside financing. A thorough business automatically becomes a complete financing proposal which will meet the requirements of most lenders.

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Why should you go to the trouble of creating a written business plan? There are three major reasons:

1. The process of putting a business plan together, including the thought you put in before beginning to write it, forces you to take an objective, critical unemotional look at your business project in its entirety.
2. The finished product your business plan is and operating told which, properly used, will help you manage your business and work toward its success.
3. The completed business plan is the means for communicating your ideas to others and provide the basis for your financing proposal.

The importance of planning cannot be overemphasized. By taking an objective look at your business you can identify areas of weakness and strengths, pinpoint needs you might otherwise overlook, spot problems before they arise, and begin planning how you can best achieve your business goals. As an operating tool, your business plan helps you to establish reasonable objectives and figure out how to best accomplish them. It also helps you to red-flag problems as they arise and aids you to identifying their sources, thus suggesting ways to solve them. It may even help you avoid some problems altogether.

This handbook has been designed with these considerations in mind. In order for it to work it is important that you do as much of the work as possible. A professionally prepared business plan won’t do you any good if you don’t understand it thoroughly. This understanding comes from being involved with its development from the very start.

No business plan, no matter how carefully constructed and no matter how thoroughly understood, will be of any use at all unless you use it. Going into business is rough; over half of all new businesses fail within the first two years of operation and over 90 percent fail within the first 10 years. A major reason for failure is lack of planning. The best way to enhance your chances of success is to plan and follow through on your planning.

Use your plan. Don’t put it in the bottom drawer of your desk and forget it.

Your business plan can help you avoid going into a business venture that is doomed to failure. If your proposed venture is marginal at best, the business plan will show you why and may help you avoid paying the high tuition of business failure. It is far cheaper not to begin an ill-fated business than to learn by experience what your business plan could have taught you at several hours of concentrated work.

Finally, your business plan provides the information needed by others to evaluate your venture, especially if you need to seek outside financing. A thorough business automatically becomes a complete financing proposal which will meet the requirements of most lenders.

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