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Lauren Smith: What is your book about?

Your Heart Needs ....

However, the book is not only about eating healthy, which of course contributes to our health, but about a way of life. Al learns how to include physical activity into his life with little effort; he finds ways to include his children more into his life and share activities with them, as well as with his wife. He learns how to cook. Even his dog is happier with the new way of life. In sum, Al learns that a Mediterranean life style encompasses sharing activities and meals with family, friends, co-workers, physical activity. 

Lauren Smith: With all the diet books out there, what makes yours different and unique? 

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Lauren Smith: Why did you write this book?

How to Break into Pharmaceutical Sales

Lauren Smith: Is pharmaceutical sales *that* good of a job and if so, why?

Tom Ruff: Yes, it is that good of a job. According to a recent Hay Group survey published in Pharmaceutical Representative magazine, pharmaceutical company employees report higher levels of job satisfaction than their counterparts in other industries.  Nearly nine out of ten interviewed expressed pride in their company and 95% had favorable attitudes toward their companies' products and services. The high employee satisfaction is due to three key aspects of this career: salary, benefits, and lifestyle. Salary.com puts the nationwide median salary for a pharmaceutical sales representative at $95,560 per year, including benefits. Of those benefits, a partial list includes an average of three weeks vacation in the first year, reimbursement for a company car including all gas and maintenance, full health insurance (covering one's spouse, pregnancy and birth, and children), daycare service discounts, reimbursement for home office expenses including a laptop and cell phone, and full tuition reimbursement if you choose to go back to school for an MBA. Also, many companies allow representatives to work from their home offices, and even offer part-time sales positions, which can be ideal for parents with young children. 

Lauren Smith: What are some of the most important things a candidate needs to know before getting into this line of work?

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Lauren Smith: Why did you write this book?           

Sinking the Ship of State

Lauren Smith: I assume your columns are dead-on serious?           

Walter Brasch: Many of the columns are humor and biting satire. Even the "serious" columns sometimes have traces of humorous sarcasm. From humor and satire, you can often see the truth more clearly.

Lauren Smith: Is your book just a collection of columns?           

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Lauren Smith: What is your book about?  

Nature Friendly Garden

Lauren Smith: Why did you write this book? 

Marlene A. Condon: I wrote this book to help gardeners to enjoy gardening as I have always been able to do. I have never had to deal with the problems that other gardeners are always complaining about. 

Lauren Smith: Do you think a garden can really co-exist with "garden predators"?  

Marlene A. Condon: I know that a garden can coexist with predators because I have decades of experience with this. There are definite steps that people can take to keep wildlife from helping themselves to the food or flowers that one grows.

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