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What Leslie Jordan’s Legacy Can Teach Us About Pivoting to a Third Act

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And in life, often your first act is devoted to childhood and education, your second to career and family and your third, following retirement, is how you choose to fill your golden years in service to the legacy you wish to leave. In 1983, the Zagats produced 10,000 copies of their self-published survey and distributed them to bookstores.

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Foreign Born in the US Workforce

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  This is little changed from 2008, but up from 14.5%   Again, this is little changed from 2008 but up from 49% in 2004.    Having said that, for obvious reasons it is likely any official survey undercounts illegal aliens.  .  Foreign born workers comprise about 15.5% million workers. 

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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

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Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Street Food Gets Real | Main | Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey » June 23, 2010 More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food Interesting article in the Washington Post on mobile slaughterhouses.  Having trouble reading this image?

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Clever Marketing by Kitchen Table Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Before I retire for the day with a nice glass of my favorite malt, I wonder what she means about the Scots and blending skills? kitchens Said on May 13th, 2008 at 7:35 am That is very inspiring to read. Anya Cook Said on July 15th, 2008 at 10:49 pm This is an inspiring story that I am hoping to emulate. Any idea anyone?

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

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I put together a 10 question survey that I had planned to accost passers by with outside the few foreign wine boutiques as well as restaurant owners. He is now retired but worked as a customs officer and also owned a restaurant that he was forced to sell after it ran at a loss for 2 years. I keep saying, I wish I had started years ago.&#

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. Replaced by minimum wage earners who have little expertise as compared to the wealth of knowledge now forced to retire or face unemployment lines, customer service equally takes a nose dive.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

Service Untitled

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. Replaced by minimum wage earners who have little expertise as compared to the wealth of knowledge now forced to retire or face unemployment lines, customer service equally takes a nose dive.

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