OECD Tax Policy Studies No. 02: Tax Burdens: Alternative Measures (Oecd Tax Policy Studies, 2)

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In response to growing demand by policy-makers, various measures to assess tax burdens of households, individual firms and the business sector as a whole have been developed. This study reviews some of the most common measures used to gauge tax burdens

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CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH GARFIELD!

Thanksgiving turkey. Christmas ham. Tricks and a bag full of treats. Holidays were made for Garfield. After all, what more could America's favorite tubby tabby ask for than a string of nationally sanctioned days of overeating? So whether he's tying up Odie with Christmas lights or raiding the fridge for a piece of pumpkin pie, Garfield's never happier--or feistier--than when he's filled with the holiday spirit . . . and bags of Halloween candy!

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this is one of the best Garfield books.......1999-08-21

These three books are great and having them all in one is even better

A great book fun for all ages!.......1999-01-21

Garfield's Jolly Holiday three pack is a great book not only because of the great stories inside but the price and the number. I've never liked garfield except tv specials so this book is great I think.

Perfect for the holidays!.......1998-09-27

Garfield's Jolly Holiday 3-pack is a great book. It's just like the other Garfield Fat Cat 3-Packs, but it's in color. Also, they are based on television episodes of Garfield. My favorite was 'A Garfield Christmas.' I loved the price, and highly recommend it for holiday gifts.

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1. I had to drive all the way to another city to help you move; I'm sure going to golf. 2. I got kicked out of G.A. (Golfers Anonymous). 3. I need quality time with my friends. 4. The weather has been so bad lately, I want to take advantage of the sunny day. 5. I finished all my projects at work. 6. Since winning the lottery, I need something to occupy my time. 7. My father's will said I had to spend the money on green fees! 8. I need practice; the Masters is on TV next week. 9. I was motivated by the play on the U.S. Open. 10. I have to get used to my new putter.

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This collection of interviews brings together major Hollywood directors and actors, independent filmmakers, screenwriters, and others to discuss the art, craft, and business of making movies. Whether it be Clint Eastwood or Francis Ford Coppola, Vittorio Storaro or Dede Allen, these filmmakers detail how they strive for quality, the price they pay to do so, and how new technologies and the business aspects of filmmaking impact all aspects of their creativity. Taken together, the interviews reveal much about filmmaking practices in and out of Hollywood.

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This series tells the story of drug misuse, tracing the history, describing the invention or discovery, generally for honorable reasons, and the transition to illegal and 'recreational' use.

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Concise and lucid.......2000-09-05

Julian Durlacher does a remarkable job of putting together a concise and well-written history of the controversial drug and its effects on our culture, from bebop to heroin chic. A far cry from the moralizing tracts published in this country, this down-to-earth book emphasizes the rational approach by illustrating the tragic consequences of demonizing drugs and drug users and the benefits of a "harm-reduction" approach and its success in some European countries.

A great overview of the many faces of this "dragon" among drugs, and a fascinating read!

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Making Simple Musical Instruments: A Melodious Collection of Strings, Winds, Drums & More
Bart Hopkin
Manufacturer: Lark Books (NC)
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Binding: Hardcover

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Musical Instrument Design: Practical Information for Instrument Making

Simple Flutes: A Guide to Flute Making and Playing, or How to Make and Play Great Homemade Musical Instruments for Children and All Ages from Bamboo, Wood, Clay, Metal, PVC Plastic, or Anything Else

The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker

Getting a Bigger Sound: Pickups and Microphones for Your Musical Instrument

Science and Music

ASIN: 0937274801

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Most Perl programmers have been frustrated at one time or another because the system just wouldn't do what they wanted it to do. There was that one simple and obvious utility that was missing that would make life so much easier: A tool to get a stock quote, show off a photograph collection, or even display a collection of favorite comics. Wicked Cool Perl Scripts is about writing those utilities quickly and easily. A collection of handy utilities that solves difficult problems, Wicked Cool Perl Scripts is a great resource for the savvy Perl programmer.

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a mixed bag of solid scripting.......2007-07-25

The problem with book titles which marry terms like 'wicked' and 'cool' with programming, is that scripts which, for example, determine the particular type of EOL marker in a file, may not match your personal definition of cool. More realistically, the book's subtitle promises that the 40ish programs given here are 'useful', and this is more or less true.

There's plenty here with a system administration flavour, e.g. a duplicate file finder, a website dead link checker, a Unix user deletion script. Also, the Tk toolkit is used for some simple GUIs, and the Image::Magick module for manipulating graphics, which is probably enough to get you started on your own ideas.

Even if your needs and interests don't align with the author's, a lot of the scripts remain useful, if not for the exact content, then at least for providing the skeleton that you can use for your own ends. Some of the scripts use an object oriented interface, but don't require the user to create an OO module, so as long as you're comfortable with references, most of the code here is very good for building a beginner's confidence in tackling non trivial scripts. There's also a reasonable amount of explanation of what the different bits of the code are doing, although the layout of the annotation is not particularly effective (the Head First books still lead the way in this), and the discussion does not go too high level. This is appropriate for the most part, but you're probably not going to be able to get too far with Tk on your own from just the material provided in this book.

On the downside, the Perl itself is not very idiomatic, so you may pick up some bad habits from the style. For example, the size of an array is checked with 'if ($#words != 1)' where 'if (@words != 2)' would be the more usual form. Sometimes scalars are implicitly initialised with undef (e.g. 'my $x', the usual practice), sometimes they're explicitly assigned (e.g. 'my $x = undef'), all in the same script. Return statements are always given in the form 'return ($x)'. This is nothing a good dose of Perl Best Practices can't fix, however.

Additionally, there are some unfortunate typos, e.g. the discussion of script 38 refers to $\ as the input record separator, while the code itself correctly uses $/. I spotted a stray 'TODO: Need something here to go somewhere' comment in script 34 which did not inspire an enormous amount of confidence.

And when it comes down to it, I just didn't find many of the scripts all that interesting. There's a whole chapter on downloading and using United States Geographical Survey mapping data, which didn't do much for me, I have to admit. The 'internet data mining' chapter is very weak, consisting of only two scripts, the first using the Finance::Quote module to print out a stock price, and the second to download some pictures from the web. For a book published in 2006, one might have expected something on web services or RSS. Given the amount of material devoted to GUIs and graphics, it's also a bit disappointing that there's almost nothing music or sound-related to be found in the entire book (one of the scripts does play a sound, but shells out to do so). The final chapter is about displaying a regular expression pattern as a finite state machine. Again, this is a solid, non-trivial example of running Perl, but if like me, you find regular expressions about as intrinsically fascinating as printf formatting codes, your pulse will not be racing at the prospect of slogging through all 2,000ish lines.

Overall, this is a decent if not spectacular collection. If you've learnt just enough Perl to be dangerous, but are not quite sure how to put it all together into a running program, this book provides inspiration. You might want to look at Perl Cookbook too, though.

A book full of examples of how NOT to write perl.......2007-02-19

I couldn't resist the title, so I got this book. Unfortunately, I cannot reccommend it to people who want to learn to write better Perl, execpt as a source of examples of the mistakes you should avoid.

For example, in one of the earliest examples, the authors uses "return undef" in a situation where the return value of the routine is assigned to an array, to indicate the routine didn't find any of whatever it was looking for. Unfortunately, this is a mistake, the correct code would be to use "return;" all on its own. The correct solution produces an empty array or interim values; the mistake creates an array containing one element, 'undef'.

There are a number of similar mistakes which indicate the author is in over his head, writing things he doesn't understand; the editors know even less about the matter; and the code was never tested and verified for correctness.

If you want to learn Perl, get "Learning Perl"; If you want to improve your Perl, get "Intermediate Perl.

Tom

Good, yes. Wicked cool, maybe not........2006-12-20

This is a great book for learning by example, particularly as a follow-on to something like Learning Perl to get you started. It provides a number of useful scripts (even though some of them duplicate functionality of common system utilities), with explanations of how and why they work, and even notes on how you might alter the code to suit your own purposes. If you're a relatively new programmer that already has the basics of Perl in mind, but find yourself at loose ends wondering what to do next to help cement what you know and start learning more, this book may be exactly what you need. It's also useful for figuring out some of the basic principles of translating code between Perl and another language, thanks to the source code explanations.

The scripts themselves, however, are not exactly what I would call "wicked cool". The title is an obvious marketing conceit, designed to make the book seem more enticing. Most of the scripts, in fact, are surprisingly mundane -- but that doesn't mean they aren't useful. You may actually find yourself using some of them, with minor alterations, in your day-to-day life. Just don't expect to be wowed by the scripts themselves.

Fun Book For Perl Programmers.......2006-07-11

'Wicked Cool Perl Scripts : Useful Perl Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems' by Steve Oualline is a fun book for Perl programmers that highlight lots of neat little things that can be done with this popular language. Packed with over 300 pages and 47 different examples, this text covers the following chapters:

1. General Utilities
2. Website Scripts
3. CGI Debugging
4. CGI Programs
5. Internet Data Mining
6. UNIX Administration
7. Picture Programs
8. Games and Learning Tools

This book won't teach you Perl but this isn't meant to accomplish this. It's just a fun guide for existing Perl programmers that want to learn more exciting things they can accomplish. I feel that this book accomplishes this task perfectly fine and it was an enjoyable read.

**** RECOMMENDED

Poor riddled with syntax errors.......2006-06-17

I don't usually feel strong enough to write reviews however don't buy this book unless you want to spend hours debugging someone elses code just for the fun of it. I could have written my own in less time that it took me to fix the errors found in the code. In addition you would expect the downloadable code to work and they don't either. They are not even the same code examples found in the book. Unless you want to pay for the ideas and what modules to use this book is a waste of money.

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As scholars have observed and analyzed Herodotus's sophistication, the father of history has been recognized as a complex and profound moral historian. How would Herodotus's contemporaries have responded to his recounting of the past? And what enduring lessons does Herodotus have for us? James A. Arieti attempts to discover, as far as possible, Herodotus's purpose in writing, and reveals how in the "History of the Persian Wars" Herodotus shapes his narrative in order to advise the troubled Greek world of his day. Arieti's reading is an interpretive study, exploring the philosophical, literary, and historical richness of the history--in short, examining why it is a classic. "Discourses on the First Book of Herodotus" is an important work for historians, classicists, and philosophers.

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A work of original scholarship and compelling sweep, Okfuskee is a community-centered Indian history with an explicitly comparativist agenda. Joshua Piker uses the history of Okfuskee, an eighteenth-century Creek town, to reframe standard narratives of both Native and American experiences.

This unique, detailed perspective on local life in a Native society allows us to truly understand both the pervasiveness of colonialism's influence and the inventiveness of Native responses. At the same time, by comparing the Okfuskees' experiences to those of their contemporaries in colonial British America, the book provides a nuanced discussion of the ways in which Native and Euro-American histories intersected with, and diverged from, each other.

Piker examines the diplomatic ties that developed between the Okfuskees and their British neighbors; the economic implications of the Okfuskees' shifting world view; the integration of British traders into the town; and the shifting gender and generational relationships in the community. By both providing an in-depth investigation of a colonial-era Indian town in Indian country and placing the Okfuskees within the processes central to early American history, Piker offers a Native history with important implications for American history.

Okfuskee: A Creek Indian Town in Colonial America.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Social History

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Okfuskee: A Creek Indian Town in Colonial America.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Social History
Wendy St. Jean
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Date: December 22, 2005
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Okfuskee: A Creek Indian Town in Colonial America.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Southern History
Carrie McLachlan
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Release Date: 2007-02-16

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 654 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Okfuskee: A Creek Indian Town in Colonial America.(Book review)
Author: Carrie McLachlan
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2007
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Volume: 73 Issue: 1 Page: 148(2)

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Under-rated first-rate biography!.......2007-04-07

With all due respect to the other reviewer, I cannot understand how the word "excellent" can be used in a admiring review - followed by the assignment of only three stars! This a is four-star book at a minimum, and I think it deserves five stars. This is an exemplary biography in it terms of the underlying research, choice of subject and material to be included, and the style of writing. As a biologist, I am familiar with Just's work and some of the primary literature of his time, and can only add my praise for the author's adept handling of the technical topics. Highly recomended, moving, under-rated and under-read book!

Details of E.E. Just.......2000-05-01

Black Apollo of Science, The Life of Ernest Everett Just in my opinion is a very excellent portrail of the complicated and exciting life of one of the leading black scientist of the early 20th century. If you are serious about learning every detail about E.E Just, then this is the book for you. It is the story of his life which goes from his early life and struggles to gain an education to hi later life where he fights to give other African Americans the opportunity to recieve a quality education. Although most of his life commitments were based to further the education of African Americans, he also had his own personal motives. He was a dedicated researcher who was not afraid to express his opinions at whatever cost it was, personally and professionally. This book offers great motivation to anyone that is fighting against the norms and against dicrimination. I recommend it to scholars as along to layman that wish to learn more about American scientifc history.

Black Apollo Of Science - Life Of Ernest Everett Just

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Black Apollo Of Science - Life Of Ernest Everett Just
Kenneth R. Manning
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K0F8B6

BLACK APOLLO OF SCIENCE : THE LIFE OF ERNEST EVERETT JUST

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BLACK APOLLO OF SCIENCE : THE LIFE OF ERNEST EVERETT JUST
KENNETH R. MANNING
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K91H94

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Black Apollo of science : the life of Ernest Everett Just / Kenneth R. Manning
Kenneth R. Manning
Manufacturer: New York : Oxford University Press
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ASIN: B000VZ9D52

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Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just
Kenneth R. Manning
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: B000OKNKIK

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Easily the most common of America's large wildlife species, white-tailed deer are often referred to as overabundant. But when does a species cross the threshold from common to overpopulated? William McShea and his colleagues explore every aspect of the issue in The Science of Overabundance, dismissing widely held lore and provide solid information on this perplexing problem.

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Excellent Resource.......2000-11-14

Dr. McShea's book is an excellent review of the field and is a very good resource for students and graduate level literature discussion classes. I highly recommend it for anyone working in population biology or conservation ecology.

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