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Divorce is both an emotional event and an economic event, forever affecting the finances of both memebers of a former economic unit. central divorce are issues of property division, child custody and support, as well as spousal support. These issues are made even more complex as a result of tax and regulatory issues, premature interruption of long-term strategies, varied and perplexing financial product features, and emotions. With divorce continuing to divide half of all marriages, financial advisors must understand the issues surrounding divorce to help clients reduce the financial devastation often created by this common event. The Financial Advisor's Guide to Divorce Settlement includes: Guidelines to help the financial advisor assist clients with decisions; Considerations of legal and ethical issues facing the financial advisor; Discussion of economic issues in the aftermath of divorce; Coverage of property valuation, spousal and child support, and issues relating to debt.

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Good Guidance for a divorce settlement.......2001-12-30

I found this book very helpful in understanding the issues and 'gotchas' to the financial aspects of a divorce settlement. I followed much of the advice given and it really helped me create a fair settlement through a difficult and messy divorce. I'm three years post divorce now and still feel very positive about the results.

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Pesticide users, producers, and regulatory officials will find this book to be the authoritative and most comprehensive analysis of pesticide law and regulation. Featuring contributions from key authorities, Pesticides Law Handbook covers international pesticide regulation, including exports, imports, and global issues; pesticide regulation under other laws including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Superfund, NEPA, OSHA, and others; and the role of pesticides from environmental, manufactural, agricultural, and governmental perspectives.

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Profusely illustrated guide for the layman covers physical description, common and scientific names, coloration, distinguishing features, distribution, much more. Over 560 photographs of blue whales, humpbacks, killer whales, bottlenose dolphins, Dall's porpoise, dozens of other species, make it easy to identify ocean-going mammals. 563 black-and-white photographs. 17 drawings. Bibliography. Appendixes.

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the BEST field guide for North Pacific cetaceans.......2001-02-08

This manual contains the technical information necessary for distinguishing similar species at sea. Numerous black-and-white photos show all important field characteristics. Detailed analysis of the field characteristics separating the various large Balaenopterids is especially useful. Species which have been recorded as accidental are also included. Updating information about the presence of Hyperoodon (or Indopacetus??) in Pacific waters near the equator would be useful, although photos of 'unidentified' Ziphidae are included. This is the only book I take out with me for field cruises.

An useful guide.......2001-01-24

This is an excellent book for those who are looking for a guide for whalewatching. But it is more technical than the average, which is good in some cases. FOr me it was very useful when going to sea, because I wanted detailed information, but other people look only for pictures. Which is the only problem here, because they are all in black and white.

Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters: A Guide to their Identification

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Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters: A Guide to their Identification
Stephen; Randall R Reeves; William F Pettin; William E Evans Leatherwood
Manufacturer: US Department of Commerce
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Physical Science - Chemistry Split with Online Learning Center Password Card (Chapters 1 and 8 - 13)
Bill W Tillery
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Physical Science - Chemistry Split With Online Learning Center Password Card (chapters 1 And 8 - 13)
Bill W Tillery
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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This volume of the acclaimed Classics of Western Spirituality™ is a significant one. It offers new translations of a representative selection of the spiritual writings of Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787)-saint, bishop, religious founder (the Redemptorist Congregation), and doctor of the church.

The late Frederick M. Jones, principal editor of this volume, and author of an acclaimed biography of Alphonsus, has written an exceptional introduction that outlines this saint's life, with particular emphasis on the political, sociological, and intellectual climate of Bourbon Naples in which he lived, wrote, and ministered. The writings presented here demonstrate the wide range of his work and its relevance to Christian life and spirituality in our own day:

o Spiritual Writings o Spiritual Direction o Devotional Writings o Prayer o Moral Theology o Letters

Alphonsus' devotional writings had an enormous impact on the practices of Catholic piety right up to Vatican II. In addition, he played an influential role in the development of moral theology. This collection of his works fills a demand for an English translation of Alphonsus' major spiritual works. Among the interested readers will be members of the Redemptorist order, theology students, and students of 18th century Italian church history and society.

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A an excellent overview of the Saint's writings.......2000-12-23

This book was an excellent overview of St. Alphonsus' moral and spiritual teaching. Being the only Doctor of the Church in the area of Morality, his teaching is of great value. In addition, his presentation is very balanced and easily understood. In particular, this selection includes a small composition that is worth the entire cost of the book: Conformity to God's Will. There is much that is worth reading which would undoubtedly enrich anyone's spiritual life. My only wish would be that the book included additional selections from the wealth of his writings, such as on what he had to say about the priesthood.

Selected Writings and Prayers of Saint Alphonsus (Liguori Classic)

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Selected Writings and Prayers of Saint Alphonsus (Liguori Classic)
John Steingraeber , and Alfonso Maria de', Saint Liguori
Manufacturer: Liguori Publications
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The Way of Saint Alphonsus Liguori: Selected Writings on the Spiritual Life

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The Way of Saint Alphonsus Liguori: Selected Writings on the Spiritual Life
Alfonso Maria De' Liguori
Manufacturer: Liguori Publications
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sublime spiritual direction.......2000-10-04

Having St. Alphonsus Liguori's "Conformity with the Will of God" and his "Way of the Cross" make such pivotal impacts on my life, I was moved to read more by this Sainted Doctor of the Church. The Way of St. Alphonsus Liguori speaks to us plainly of God's Love and Will and all it entails for us. There are no medieval obscurities, only clear loving advice and sublime spiritual exercises.

Love Is Prayer - Prayer Is Love (Selected Writings of St. Alphonsus)

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Love Is Prayer - Prayer Is Love (Selected Writings of St. Alphonsus)
Alphonsus; Stringraeber, John (editor) Liguori
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ASIN: B000W7158C

Meditations and readings for every day of the year,: Selected from the spiritual writings of Saint Alphonsus;

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Meditations and readings for every day of the year,: Selected from the spiritual writings of Saint Alphonsus;
Alfonso Maria de' Liguori
Manufacturer: Talbot
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Prior to the discovery of continental drift and the birth of islands by volcanic action, a different sort of movement and birth of landmasses took place: the continual cartographic displacement of approximately 27,000 nonexistent islands reputed to exist in the Atlantic and the ontological displacement of the islands from imaginative "existence" on maps and in traveler's tales. Johnson traces the birth, lives, and deaths of seven of these elusive islands of the Atlantic--including their towns, villages, and exotic inhabitants such as St. Ursula and her 11,000 virgin companions (what a lure this must have been to lusty sailors!)--from maps and ship's logs. In the process, he reveals much about the ways in which imagination becomes reality through social consensus and the authority of the printed document.

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They were conjured out of myth, human error, and occasionally a captain's hubris, but they appeared on maps for centuries--even though many never existed at all. Here are the compelling stories of seven islands which mapmakers documented and depicted in the Age of Discovery, but which really arose from sailors' tales and fanciful legends brought back from the uncharted wilderness that was the Atlantic Ocean.

Donald S. Johnson reveals each island's dark origins and mysterious cartographic life through an intricate exploration of history and myth. From the Isle of Demons, born of a fable invented by pious Christians, to the elusive Buss Island, the creation of an ambitious explorer, these places of the imagination are a fascinating legacy of a bygone age. Beautifully illustrated with dozens of maps and engravings, PHANTOM ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC brings these legendary lands to life for a remarkable odyssey into the human spirit of exploration.

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One of them seems to have been found..........2007-07-29

I read this book about a year ago. The age of exploration is one of my interests, though a fairly recent one. So books like this help flesh out my understanding of what was going on at the time. It was a time when messages took weeks, often months, to get from sender to receiver, so the time lag could cause all kinds of problems with communication. And even the long time in returning from distant lands could cause memories to begin to fail a bit, so accounts told upon reaching home took on, shall we say, at least a little bit of expansion. Yet, I am sure all of the stories had some basis in fact.

I did enjoy the book, for what it did - recount reports and searches for islands that are now understood to be non-existent... except one.

One of these was the Island of the Seven Cities. There is a book on just this subject, The Island of Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America, by Paul Chiasson.

Without intending to, Chiasson seems to have actually found the Island of Seven Cities, remarkable as that may appear. The book is about his search for an explanation for some ruins, his finding out that the Portuguese didn't build it, nor the French, English or the Scottish settlers later on. And aspects of it were not known at all until right at the end of his search, the ones that really tied it to the legend of the Island of Seven Cities, and its sands of gold. . .

Look the book up and read it, if this is a piece of history you don't want to miss.

The Title's Got It All Wrong.......2006-01-03

Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were by Donald S. Johnson was a rather disappointing book. I opened it hoping to be told legends of these mystery islands. Instead, I got a bunch of history and a bunch of scattered maps. The maps were rather plain too. Some of them weren't even written in English. How's a map supposed to help me understand something if I cannot understand the map?
I also don't see why the book was called the legends if there are no legends in the book. The only legend is that we don't know whether these islands truly exist or not. Man simply put them on a map and hoped we would be stupid enough to believe it. It irked me because I couldn't read interesting tales of mysterious islands waiting to be found. One would think that the book may contain some mythology.
The book told of seven islands: Isola des Demonias, Frisland, Buss Island, Antillia, Hy-Brazil, Saint Ursula and Her Eleven Thousand Virgin Companions, and the Islands of Saint Brendan. It gave a ton of information on each island, explaining who was said to have found it and where they presumed it to be. Of course, none was pure fact, for the title said it was all legend. It seems, to me, to be a waste of time to make up intricate legends of places that one believes to be true, when one doesn't even know it exists. The islands may exist, but they may be completely different than they were thought to be.
If you happen to be interested in cartography, improbable theories, or exploring lands that have yet to be found (even though we sure know a lot about them), this book is for you.

Geographical Myths Debunked.......2005-03-04

This is more for the map and exploration buff than those who like ancient sea lore for its own sake. So if Atlantis, Lemuria, Mu and the fabled kingdom of El Dorado are your fare, this is not the book for you. It is a quite scientific and literal, rather than literary, tour of some Atlantic landfalls that were mis-labelled and badly charted, and how later expeditions relocated, redefined and eventually eliminated the fabled islands. There is more navigation than imagination, but then, the author is a small boat sailor and who can fault him for preferring accurate atlases to tall tales?

quaint little interesting text.......2004-03-24

This book is a quaint text that is very interesting. I find the discussion of imaginary lands in the Atlantic to be very fun to read about. The imaginary lands that never really existed were a symptom of something greater within the human condition: our yearning for a better place than we where are currently.

Of course, most of the lands that he discusses were just secondary discoveries of places we had already been too, and/or aspects of them got misreported, or facts about them garbled. Frisland was probably just a misreported encounter with Iceland by somebody who wasn't aware or Iceland's existence, or thought he was nowhere near Iceland for whatever reason. None of these would be out of the question, since things like accurate measurement of ones Longitude laid in the future and illiteracy was very rampant until relatively recent times.

To use a quote that Donald Johnson uses, "The power of wish and the power of words are chief gods in the world of fable" - C. B. Firestone. Meaning that sometimes people want to dream things because they want too. And if they decide to believe those thoughts... while, it might not be healthy for them, like other vices, in moderation is probably okay for them.

Later generations, and most notably British, French and later American navel cartographers removed the mystery lands because they wanted to know where islands really were, like in case you really need to make land fall in an emergency. So, they cleaned up the nonexistent places from the old maps.

Beliefs in these lands made people feel better about themselves for whatever reasons they might have had. Today people immerse themselves into less healthy systems at times. Was something lost? Not really. We just moved our inherent yearning to other places... many have moved their thoughts to the stars and thoughts of other planets. Some yearning of that nature can be healthy, but it can be carried to extremes.

I liked this book because it placed some of this kind of thinking into a historical context.

intelligently written.......2002-09-20

Having just read - and been greatly disappointed by - "The Riddle of the Compas" by some Amir Aczel, I was very pleasantly suprised by Johnson's book. Where the other book was naive and feckless, this book was erudite and sophisticated in comparison. Johnson easily and concisely covers the navigational and cartographic issues involved, alongside the stories, legends and theology that were involved. As the author puts it so well, these stories represent a brief period in history when "the geography of legend and tradition gradually gave way to the geography of reality." A fascinating new twist on the Age of Discovery. for anyone with a taste for seafaring and history, and anyone who enjoyed Dava Sobels' Longitude, I recommend this book highly.

Phantom Islands Of The Atlantic-The Legends Of Seven Lands That Never Were

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Phantom Islands Of The Atlantic-The Legends Of Seven Lands That Never Were

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Phantom Islands of the Atlantic The legends of Seven Lands That Never Were
Johnson Donald S.
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PHANTOM ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC: THE LEGENDS OF SEVEN LANDS THAT NEVER WERE
Donald S Johnson
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Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were
Donald S Johnson
Manufacturer: Walker and Co. [1996]
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Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were.
Donald S. Johnson
Manufacturer: Souvenir Press
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Computerised Environmental Modelling A Practical Introduction Using Excel J. Hardisty, D. M. Taylor and S. E. Metcalfe The University of Hull, UK The study of the environment is currently developing into a rigorous and demanding analytical science that requires the use of sophisticated environmental models. The increasing demand for graduates trained to deal with complex environmental issues gives rise to the problem of how environmental modelling should be taught. Computerised Environmental Modelling, which is based upon an existing undergraduate course, addresses this problem by presenting a readable (and tested) introduction to the subject through an easy to use software environment. Simple numerical models taught through widely available spreadsheets do away with the need for language-specific training. Students now no longer need to program before they can model. Divided into three sections, the book first deals with the general principles of environmental systems modelling, then with a series of examples that familiarise the reader with the use of spreadsheets (in particular with Excel). Finally a set of new and topical environmental models are presented, including ocean, meteorological, hydrological, and extinction models. A supplementary disk, which holds all the programs discussed in the text, can be purchased upon request by returning the reply card at the back of the book. Both the disk and the text will greatly benefit all undergraduates who would like to acquire a comprehensive understanding of environmental modelling techniques.

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The pressure on land resources in densely populated industrialized countries is now immense. Multifunctional management is therefore a prerequisite for the sustainable use of landscapes, and the only general strategy that may address the problems created by constantly growing demands on resources arising from production, residence, dumping of waste, habitat, ecosystem services, and recreation.

Encouraging interdisciplinary discussions concentrating on a conscious and precise use of related concepts, and emphasizing the practical application of landscape sciences and management, Multifunctional Landscapes: Volumes I, II and III contain papers originally presented at the conference on this topic held in Roskilde, Denmark in 2000. These have since been peer-reviewed and revised for publication.

This volume stresses the importance of establishing a new framework for understanding and interpreting landscapes and their various functions and values in space and time. The contributions included are A Theoretical Foundation for the Study of Multifunctional Landscapes; Ecological Aspects of Multifunctional Landscapes in Historical Perspectives; and Values and Assessment of Multifunctional Landscapes.

Multifunctional Landscapes: Volume II (ISBN: 1-85312-934-8) focuses on the discussion and research recommendations relating to three different aspects of future landscape research concerning planning and management, while Volume III (ISBN: 1-85312-935-6) highlights continuity and change.

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Multifunctional Landscapes: Theory, Values and History, Vol. 1
J. Brandt
Manufacturer: WIT Press
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