Design for Assisted Living: Guidelines for Housing the Physically and Mentally Frail

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Destined to become the defining work on the subject, this timely reference addresses the single fastest growing segment of the senior living industry -- assisted living for those who are unable to live independently but who do not need intensive nursing home care, meals, housekeeping, or twenty-four hour access to medical assistance. Victor Regniers visually rich guide includes dozens of design solutions from successful assisted living facilities along with fifteen case studies from the U.S. and Europe. The book also covers recent developments in the industry including major changes in financing, growth of dementia, and interest in aging-in-place. All in all, this is the most comprehensive guide to assisted living design that you'll find in any single volume.

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Designing for Seniors - includes European & USA.......2006-12-30

This is an amazing book because it includes design considerations that are European and American. Northern Europe has a definite view of the aging population that is very different than that of Americans. Much more focused on wellness, physical activity, landscape as part of healing, maximizing the aging process. This book also includes American facilities that are more focused on creating a HOME for elders. Wonderful photos too. Comment made that senior residences are designed for the daughters (those who make the decision) rather than for the residents. This gives you ideas on how to change that issue... for the positive. Very good resource book.

Timeless Techniques for Better Oil Paintings
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One of the best art technique books ever written

clear, concise, inspiring--an outstanding book

Value discussion is clear/concise & excellent reproductions

Timeless Techniques for Better Oil Paintings
Tom Browning
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One of the best art technique books ever written.......2003-03-29

This one goes right up there with the Andrew Loomis books and Richard Schmid's Alla Prima.

clear, concise, inspiring--an outstanding book.......1999-11-09

This is a book for anyone interested in improving their painting skills. There are a thousand books on art technique out there, but this one is a gem. Whatever your skill level, if your interest is traditional, representational painting, there is something to be learned here. I've been painting seriously for ten years, and I've never seen the basics so clearly explained. We all need to bust ourselves back down to fundamentals from time to time, and this book does it in a way that is a true pleasure.

Value discussion is clear/concise & excellent reproductions.......1998-02-04

Have read many art books over many years and found this to be one of the best dialogues on values I ever read. Color harmony, placement and conceptual input very useful to experienced artist. Artists works are lively with color and represent a skilled painter of people and places.

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The Perfect Companion for Your Digital Video Camera

Digital video brings the power of studio production to the personal computer. With just a video camera, a computer, and the proper software, you can create your own innovative and unique movies for personal or business use. Digital Video Essentials shows you how to take advantage of today's technology to get the results you want. In this book, you'll learn to shoot your footage effectively, transfer it to your computer, use editing software to build and enhance your material, and export your movies to VHS tape, DVDs, the Internet, and more.

All the Know-How You Need

Inside you get the unparalleled instruction of best-selling author and video expert Erica Sadun, who explains the technologies and standards behind digital video in terms anyone can understand. Digital Video Essentials shows you how to make the most of your equipment, introduces you to the inexpensive tools that will turn your computer into a digital-editing studio, and explains the latest methods for getting your video to its audience. It even guides you through special-effects projects so you can have fun with your video as you learn. The companion CD comes packed with sample projects and trial versions of the software you need- from programs for editing video and sound to tools for burning CDs and creating streaming video.

Topics covered include:

Choosing your equipment and planning a shoot
Composing, lighting, and shooting scenes
Recording high-quality sound
Getting analog or digital video onto your computer
Editing your video on a PC or a Mac
Adding low-cost special effects to your videos
Burning video CDs and DVDs
Sharing your movies via streaming video

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Good entry level, but dissapointing.......2003-11-27

I was disappointed to see entire chapters dedicated to the use of the TRIAL software that comes on the included disc. This sort of information is best left to the manual that should come with the software in which you purchase. In general I always hate the lure of an included CD just to be let down that it is full of strictly TRIAL only programs. So to me even though this book does give some great tips and how-to I must rate it as just barely mediocre. There are several other books out there as money better spent.

Good Entry Level book..........2003-03-03

Digital Video Essentials is a very thoughtfully organized book.. It gently walks you through the entire process from your first take to burning your memories to DVD. It covers everything from the basics of videography to the more technical aspects of digital video.

This book is geared towards the newbie videographer. It has a lot of information about basics like composition, shot preparation, and explanation of the basic technology behind digital video. It also covers the basics of iMovie and Ulead VideoStudio,. two entry-level digital video software packages.

If you're new to digital video, and want a book that helps you get started with the very basics, this is a great book to get your feet wet.

The Art of War: A Wardell Brown Sketchbook
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The Art of War: A Wardell Brown Sketchbook
Wardell Brown
Manufacturer: Paperdragon Arts
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1411604571

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Best known for his offbeat web comic strip, Spifficated. Wardell Brown shows us a more absolute view of his passion fordrawing in The Art of War: A Wardell Brown Sketchbook. From animal sketches to pinup beauties to caricatures to original character designs we see that imagination knows no bounds.

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Dr. Larimore and his family are back in this hilarious, dramatic, and poignant sequel that follows this real doctor’s second year of practice in a rural mountain town.

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Book review.......2007-10-22

Good series of books for pleasure reading. I enjoy books that take place in the NC mountains.

Doctoring the body and the soul.......2006-04-14

Dr. Walt Larimore returns with the second book of his series which chronicles the early days of his practice in the Smoky Mountains. This book is as charming as the first one, as the residents of tiny Bryson City try to get used to the big city ways of one of its newest practitioners. In the first book of the series, Dr. Larimore discovers that some simple country remedies work just as well or better than the latest medical technology. In this book, he learns that the key to curing patients is not only in the physical realm, but in the mental and spiritual areas as well. He goes into greater detail about his daughter's cerebral palsy, and does not hesitate to tell some funny stories in which he is the butt of the joke. This book and the others in the series make for delightful reading.

Terrific Read!.......2006-01-24

I very much enjoyed the first novel in this series, Bryson City Tales, and was delighted when this second book was published. If you are a fan of reading about small-town life, you'll love these books. Dr. Larimore's narrative brings the reader right into the story. The stories range from amusing, heartwarming, suspenseful, sad, to inspiring. I'm eagerly awaiting the next book, Bryson City Secrets, due out in March! If you're looking for a terrific read, I recommend these highly.

Bryson City Seasons.......2005-08-14

Very good! Really good for older readers who can appreciate the memories/stories of a young doctor ,husband, and father practicing in the N. C. Mountians. I recommend this book---as well as the first one---Bryson City Tales

A second peek into the life of a small-town physician.......2004-12-11

In BRYSON CITY SEASONS, Dr. Walt Larimore's follow-up to BRYSON CITY TALES, Larimore invites us into the life of one doctor and his family experiencing life as a small-town physician, grappling with inter-office politics and jealousies, family life, tricky diagnoses, and questions of faith in a rural Smoky Mountain town in North Carolina.

As this sequel opens, Larimore and his big-city wife Barb are anticipating their tenth anniversary together. Their young daughter Kate, who was born with cerebral palsy, and strong-willed colicky little boy Scott, make up this family of "flatlanders" (the term used by the locals for outsiders). The Larimores have found that Bryson City has everything you'd look for in a small town --- from Super Swain Drugs, the old-fashioned drugstore with a breakfast and lunch grill, a loyal following of the high school football team's wins and losses, and small town parades complete with Shriner clowns on mini motorcycles, to the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club. Larimore paints an enjoyable yet realistic portrait of Bryson City, with all of its inviting warmth and disappointing warts.

Unexpected tragedies --- such as a man whose head is crushed by a tree, a first encounter with the death of an AIDS patient, and concern over a baby born with Down Syndrome --- all give Larimore opportunities to reflect on God as the director of "a great production." For Larimore, even his daughter Kate's cerebral palsy is a gift from God, who "knew exactly what he was doing."

"Even though I wasn't sure of all the whys and all the reasons for the many events in my life and my patients' lives that sometimes seemed haphazard or random, I knew there was One who did," Larimore writes. While some Christian readers will not adhere to Larimore's particular theology about evil and suffering, they should find his reminders of the confidence we can have in God's love and care for us compelling and reassuring.

But to imply that this is heavy reading would be a misnomer. The necessary darker side that writing about a medical practice necessitates is leavened throughout with Larimore's lighter reminiscences, including the hilarious recounting of his involvement in the Miss Flame contest. The readers see a different side of the doctor as he dons an overstuffed bra and midnight blue sequined evening gown, complete with blond wig and high heels to compete in the contest (and later sports a shiny red one-piece swimsuit). Other lighter moments include a "secret" recipe for barbecue sauce given to the reader, complete with a short recounted history of the condiment.

Occasionally, the text becomes a bit dialogue-heavy as Larimore relies on conversations to carry the stories. Larimore is also apt to fall into an instructional tone ("Researchers have now found that loneliness and anger are two of the leading causes of death. Even in the 1980s, an increasing number of well-designed studies...") and can't resist the occasional statistic or elaborating on a medical case. Some readers will enjoy these medical asides, while others may find that they slow down the pacing of the stories. Larimore ends his book with some hints at new troubles down the road and the potential of a new practice, which will keep his fans anticipating the next installment.

Those readers who enjoy Philip Gulley's "Front Porch" series or James Herriot's veterinary tales will embrace this Christian doctor's latest homespun reflections on his life and medical practice in a small town.

--- Reviewed by Cindy Crosby (phrelanzer@aol.com)

Bryson City Seasons: More Tales of a Doctor's Practice in the Smoky Mountains

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Bryson City Seasons: More Tales of a Doctor's Practice in the Smoky Mountains
M.D. Walt Larimore
Manufacturer: Zondervan / Doubleday Large Print
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0739469312

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From the Cover: Barb and I drove up into the hills just south of the main traffic light and into the parking lot of the Fryemont Inn. We strolled up the front driveway toward the main entrancea large front porch with several occupied rockersand stopped to gaze at the nearly endless view across town and up the Deep Creek Valley. The famous Smoky Mountain haze was setting in as the sun retreated behind the distant peaks. Welcome to Bryson City, a small town tucked away in a fold of North Carolinas Smoky Mountains. The scenery is breathtaking, the home cooking cant be beat, the Maroon Devils football team is the pride of the town, and you wont find better steelhead fishing anywhere. But the best part is the people youre about to meet in the pages of Bryson City Seasons. In this joyous sequel to his bestselling Bryson City Tales, Dr. Walt Larimore whisks you along on a journey through the seasons of a Bryson City year. On the way, youll encounter crusty mountain men, warmhearted townspeople, peppery medical personalities, and the hallmarks of a simpler, more wholesome way of life. Culled from the authors experiences as a young doctor settling into rural medical practice, these captivating stories paint a collage of small-town faces, events, customs, perspectives, and faith. Lit with love, humor, glowing faith, and the warmth of family and friendship, and tempered with the bright and dark realities of country medicine, Bryson City Seasons is a celebration of this richly textured miracle called life.

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Bryson City Seasons: More Tales of a Doctor's Practice in the Smoky Mountains
Walt Larimore M.D.
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Drinking and Drugs in My Family: A Child's Workbook About Substance Abuse in the Family
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Drinking and Drugs in My Family: A Child's Workbook About Substance Abuse in the Family
Wendy Deaton , and Kendall Johnson
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Drinking and Drugs in My Family is a creative, child-friendly program designed for use with elementary school children, filled with illustrations and original exercises to foster healing, self-understanding, and optimal growth.

Between the Alps & A Hard Place: Switzerland in World War II and Moral Blackmail Today
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The Extortion and Slander of Switzerland

An excellent opposing view to popular ideas

A Real Look at Switzerland

Yet another shameful Clinton episode

Shameful

Between the Alps & A Hard Place: Switzerland in World War II and Moral Blackmail Today
Angelo M. Codevilla
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SWISS AND THE NAZIS: How the Alpine Republic Survived in the Shadow of the Third Reich

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What really happened to the billions of dollars worth of gold seized by Nazi Germany? What role did the Swiss government play and what are the implications of neutrality during wartime? The author addresses these questions, presents the case for and against Switzerland, and applies the lessons learned from World War II to the broader issue of companies--and countries--profiting during wartime.

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The Extortion and Slander of Switzerland.......2005-04-24

~Between the Alps & A Hard Place: Switzerland in World War II and Moral Blackmail Today~ is a energetic defense of the Swiss and their role as a non-belligerent neutral power in WWII. This thorough and well-documented book challenges the myth of Swiss collaboration with the Nazis and charges the Clinton Administration for obfuscation of historical fact and betraying the national interest. With the precision of a veteran intelligence analyst, the respected Angello Codevilla offers an accurate assessment of Switzerland's geostrategic situation with a chapter-by-chapter breakdown on economics, political, and military considerations for the tiny alpine nation before and during WWII. Codevilla's opening chapter `Pseudo-Event versus Reality' chronicles the smear and extortion campaign against the Swiss by U.S. politicians and activists like liquor magnate Edgar Bronfman. Codevilla elaborates how the Swiss were berated and demonised. He describes how the Swiss banks operating in New York became the target of a political game of state-sponsored legal plunder with the help of former Sen. D'Amato (R-NY), the Democratic Party machine in NYC and the Clinton Administration. They staged a media sideshow in the U.S. Senate and talked of economic sanctions with contrived evidence in an effort to fleece the Swiss. Their campaign of moral blackmail succeeded. Codevilla meticulously documents the $1.25 billion shakedown of Swiss banks operating in America. He records how the anti-Swiss campaign failed to produce any substantive evidence to substantiate its shocking claims. Moreover, he makes light of how U.S. foreign policy can be bought by powerful lobbying groups. "Compromising America's standing in the world by franchising foreign policy to interest groups has become all too commonplace," notes Codevilla. This exposé makes light of the disgraceful selling of foreign policy for selfish political gain. As political payoffs and domestic prerogatives of private interests are being entertained, vital national interests are swept to the sidelines. Historical reality has been besmirched and the Swiss are erroneously and shamefully accused of supporting Nazi Germany and sharing culpability for the Holocaust. The settlement resulted in a mad scramble at the money trough for a cut of the $1.2 billion. The massive extortion ended up enriching Bronfman constituencies and lawyers far more than it did any remaining Holocaust survivors.

Foremost, the vast majority of the Swiss populace, even in the German-speaking regions, hoped for Allied victory. The fear of a Nazi invasion was a legitimate concern of the Swiss. Codevilla captures the excellence of Swiss military preparedness given their circumstances and limited resources. Switzerland is widely known as a mountainous country atop the Alps. The Swiss deterred Nazi aggression by keeping their country more valuable to the Germans as free nation than a conquered one. Switzerland has its back to the Alps and is well protected from the south and east, but was vulnerable to invasion from the north on an open plateau and the northwest through the Rhone Valley. The Swiss recognised their weaknesses, and as such planned accordingly. They supplied and fortified a huge military redoubt in the rugged mountainous country in the south. The underdog Swiss accepted Germany's military prowess, and defined their defense measures so as to make war against the Swiss a long and costly affair. Their plans were to hold off any invasion as long as possible with vehement resistance with border troops. If guerilla warfare ensued than productive assets, bridges, and roads would be sabotaged. No doubt, such resistance would buoy the aggressiveness of the invader, but the Swiss were adamant in their plans to vehemently resist an aggressor. The Swiss had a well-supplied military redoubt in the south where the bulk of the military was stationed and the remnant. The redoubt was a veritable fortress with earthworks, trenches, tunnels, AA guns, and machine guns. If attacked, the underdog Swiss planned to exploit the terrain (i.e. towering mountains, narrow passes) to harness every possible tactical advantage in much the same way the as the beleaguered Spartans did at Thermopylae. Codevilla chronicles their military preparations and strategic considerations with incisive detail. Even Hitler deemed an excursion into Switzerland as vain because of its well-armed militia and military preparedness.

The Swiss recognised that military power is requisite at the table of diplomacy and international relations. Codevilla makes light of intriguing details about how the Swiss stood their ground against Nazi encroachment and how Swiss military preparedness actually discouraged Nazi invasion:

1. The Swiss enjoy the distinction of being a well-armed populace. Prohibition of firearms to the great multitude of Swiss is an unthinkable as it is to most Americans. All males most render service in the Swiss militia and they keep a state-issued rifle at home. The Swiss military tradition is strong, and historically Swiss mercenaries are among the most coveted.

2. Unlike neighboring Austria, the Swiss dealt with Nazi fronts and political sympathisers in much the same way as America dealt with fascists and communists during the time. They were treated as subversives, and quite a few organisations were shut down, and jailed for espionage and sedition.

3. Before and during the war, the Swiss press regularly condemned Hitler and insulted him in his own language. In the 1930s, when the Third Reich tried to initiate agreements with surrounding German-speaking countries to keep their newspapers "friendly," only the Swiss said no. The Swiss foreign minister reminded the Germans that the Swiss press was not an instrument of government and as such they could make no commitments regarding the press.

4. While Switzerland's role as a neutral prevented her from harboring refugees under legal auspices, Swiss citizens covertly aided Jewish refugees and helped quite a number make their way into Switzerland.

5. In devising a plan of Swiss defense, Swiss General Henri Guisan established a well-understood decorum that if Switzerland were invaded that every man was to fight as long as he had ammunition or a bayonet. Surrender was not a viable option.

6. Some 328 modern Swiss fighters including Messerschmitt 109s and 202 C36 bombers were based in the fortified region. Much of the Swiss air force was securely hangered in tunnels and most of the nation's anti-aircraft guns strategically placed. The idea was to maintain air superiority over the southern fortress which could have effectively countered Nazi paratroop infiltration.

7. The Swiss would have thwarted traffic through the St. Gotthard and Simplon tunnels and simply blown them off if necessary. It was readily apparent that the strategic tunnels, roadways connecting to Italy would have been controlled by the Swiss resistance and were susceptible to sabotage if the Axis were to invade.

8. To lessen Swiss dependence upon Germany for food, the Swiss adopted the plan of agronomist Friedrich Wahlen to plant every arable plot of soil in the country, which effectuated an autarkic agricultural policy. Though parts of the nation had rationing during the war, the rations were never below 2,400 calories per day.

9. The Swiss had a near monopoly on the high-tech jewel bearings for aircraft navigation. And even after German embargos, select Swiss manufacturers managed to continue the trade through smugglers and intermediary countries which helped the Allied war effort.

10. Under U.S. statute during the war, a great deal of property including that of Jews in Nazi Germany was requisitioned by the U.S. government. In all reality, the U.S. appropriated way more unclaimed Jewish property than Switzerland. In many cases, unclaimed property was simply escheated to the U.S. of some state government for lack of a will.

Codevilla explains the art of realpolitk, and he credits the Swiss for their shrewd diplomacy and military preparations given their dire circumstances. Codevilla further explains the economic and political warfare that both the Axis and the Allies played against the small alpine country. Switzerland was indeed between a rock and a hard place but made the best of a bad situation and made the best of its geo-strategic situation. The Swiss reacted accordingly by ratcheting up their willingness to resist Nazi strong arm tactics by 1943 and would not submit to their trade demands.

With a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors still living, it is not clear how much of the settlements went to them. Bronfmann's cohorts, writers, and lawyers managed to come ahead though, as well as a rubber-stamp artist that happened to read a book on Swiss gold transactions for a $5,000 fee. The Swiss government made a separate payoff in Europe of $200 million to the WJC. Thereafter, the press told of Holocaust survivors lamenting that no payments were forthcoming. It turns out the WJC only disbursed 10% of those funds received. It had become readily apparent that politically-connected organisations were the chief beneficiaries of this fleecing campaign and the Swiss people were the victims and their honor was impugned. The event led neoconservative columnist Charles Krauthammer to characterise the incident as "the worst of racial hustling and class action opportunism in the United States." Even ADL chair Abe Foxman lamented that the claimants were making "an industry on the memory of the victims." This book carries the endorsement of former CIA chief and Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger. Quite a few historians and no doubt much of the Swiss populace are very much cognizant of the blatant hypocrisy of 'moral complacency' or 'aiding and abetting' accusations coming out of America and bombarded at the Swiss. Given that a substantial number Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany were turned away at American ports and left in limbo at sea, the Swiss can rightly retort Tu que que or as Jesus Christ would say, "first cast the plank out of your own eye before you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

An excellent opposing view to popular ideas.......2003-05-04

An excellent book, made more believeable by polling the recollections of those I know who lived through the WWII period.

A Real Look at Switzerland.......2002-09-06

This is an excellent book for setting straight the misleading publicity Switzerland suffered during the unfortunate turmoil about reparations begun by a well known U.S. Senator. Although his intentions may have been good, the newspapers did a public disservice to a country which during World War II was, besides the U.S., the only other democracy in the world.

Yet another shameful Clinton episode.......2002-08-20

After nearly two centuries of honoring her as a noble "sister republic," the United States suddenly turned on Switzerland in the late 1990s and all but named the Swiss the last surviving remnant of Hitler's Third Reich. Though the episode has largely passed from view today, the stench of "collaborated with the Nazis" still attaches to Switzerland's name in key parts of American media and culture. Angelo M. Codevilla gets to the bottom of this shameful episode in American history, and reveals what was really at stake and who stood to gain from it all.

As Codevilla shows, the anti-Swiss spasm in Congress and the media wasn't generated by any new facts or sudden revelations (despite what then-Senator Al D'Amato claimed at the time), but rather by domestic US political concerns and the Clinton Administration's typical desire to pay off wealthy campaign contributors. I suppose that, as a taxpayer, I should be relieved that for once, the money-grubbers set their sights on someone other than working Americans to be their easy-money cash cow. Like D'Amato, this whole sordid story makes me ashamed of my country -- but not for the same reason he gave.

Codevilla gives us chapter-and-verse of how the Clinton Administration put itself to work supporting campaign contributors' efforts to extort money, not from Swiss banks to give to Holocaust survivors, but rather from Swiss taxpayers to pour into their own tax-exempt foundations. He details the anti-Swiss game plan: dig up old and discredited arguments, rejected policy recommendations, and propaganda from American and Swiss left-wingers; clothe yourself in moral righteousness; wave the bloody shirt (Codevilla quotes one, "I speak to you today on behalf of the Jewish people. With reverence, I also speak to you on behalf of the six million who cannot speak for themselves."); employ sympathetic media and politicians to recycle your theories into "history" and your accusations into "proof;" and then watch the money pour in from the victims of your moral blackmail.

At the same time, this title is a fine work of history, as Codevilla reveals what was really going on in Switzerland during the war. Political, military, and economic strategies are all analyzed, and the reader is drawn into Switzerland's wartime dilemma: how to stand up to evil while at the same time preserving its own freedom. D'Amato and others might have preferred that the Swiss allow themselves to be overrun by the Nazis rather than make the (relatively few) compromises they did in order to keep the wolf on the other side of the door. But certainly, it's easier to argue that today than it was sixty years ago. In all, as Codevilla makes amply clear, Switzerland acted far more honorably in the desperate 1940s than America did in the cushy and comfortable 1990s. We owe the Swiss nation and people an apology.

Shameful.......2002-08-12

BETWEEN THE ALPS AND A HARD PLACE sets the record straight regarding the myth of Swiss collaboration with the Nazis during WWII. The book is crammed full of facts explaining the amazing survival of this small democratic nation surrounded by totalitarian warlords. As an American I am deeply ashamed of the strong-arm extra-legal processes employed by the World Jewish Council, the Clinton Administration, and the Democratic Party to wring 1.2 billion dollars from Swiss banks--nothing short of protection money, or as the Swiss referred to it, a legally required bribe. The one-sided, incomplete, and (bad) coverage of this episode in the American media at the time leaves me with even less faith in their objectivity and competence.

I wish there were someone in Washington with the moral courage to undo this wrong, repay the billions, bring the corrupt American officials to justice, and APOLOGIZE to our long-time most democratic friend, Switzerland.

An entertaining, well written, and highly educational book!

Between The Alps And A Hard Place: Switzerland In World War II And Moral Blackmail Today
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Between The Alps And A Hard Place: Switzerland In World War II And Moral Blackmail Today
Angelo M. Clodevilla
Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing
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ASIN: B000WA6VT2

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Highly experienced physicians and biologists clearly explain the basic technical knowledge needed to use AFM and demonstrate its multifarious uses in biomedicine and the life sciences. The applications range widely from morphostructural analyses of cellular structures, to the investigation of subcellular structures, to functional investigations, and reveal a powerful new way of looking at biological samples. The methods clearly demonstrate the advantages of AFM over traditional life science microscopy, among them simultaneous very high magnification and resolution, minimal tissue and cell preparation, and the ability to obtain different views of the sample from a single data collection.

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