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Insurer struggles to get under Fed's limbo stick.(Money Matters)(Jefferson-Pilot Corp.): An article from: Business North Carolina

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Insurer struggles to get under Fed's limbo stick.(Money Matters)(Jefferson-Pilot Corp.): An article from: Business North Carolina
Irwin Speizer
Manufacturer: Business North Carolina
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Title: Insurer struggles to get under Fed's limbo stick.(Money Matters)(Jefferson-Pilot Corp.)
Author: Irwin Speizer
Publication: Business North Carolina (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2003
Publisher: Business North Carolina
Volume: 23 Issue: 8 Page: 10(1)

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Jefferson Pilot Financial
Jeffrey L. Rodengen , and Richard F. Hubbard
Manufacturer: Write Stuff Syndicate, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0945903995

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In 1903, Southern Life & Trust sold its first life insurance policy in North Carolina. This was most likely one of the first life insurance policies sold by a local company anywhere in the South, and it served as the launching point for the modern Jefferson-Pilot Financial. Over the next fifty years, sister companies Pilot Life and Jefferson-Standard, both headquartered in Greensboro, grew steadily and invested heavily in their native South. When they formally merged in 1987 at the behest of CEO Roger Soles, the companies had gained a reputation for financial integrity and strength throughout the industry. In the 1990s, under CEO David Stonecipher, Jefferson-Pilot engineered four acquisitions, including Kentucky Central Life, Alexander Hamilton, Chubb Life, and Guarantee Life. By 2003, Jefferson-Pilot had evolved one of the largest life insurance companies in the United States and a leader in universal life.

JEFFERSON-PILOT CORP.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series)

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JEFFERSON-PILOT CORP.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series)
Ltd. Icon Group
Manufacturer: Icon Group International, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Ring-bound
ASIN: 0597071772

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Attracting Equity Investors is designed to help entrepreneurs successfully obtain equity capital. This book discusses how to evaluate a business concept from an investor's perspective and then moves to practical issues such as how to strategically position, prepare, and present the business plan. It recognizes that there is very real competition for the funds that are available. To obtain funding, the entrepreneur must stand out among the competitors. He or she must tell a compelling story in a very convincing manner and be able to answer confidently all questions posed by the potential investor. But more than simply obtaining the funding, the entrepreneur's objective should be to obtain the funding on the best terms possible. Therefore, this book is about organizing your business, writing and presenting a winning business plan, and showing that the management team is the right group of people to be taking that business opportunity forward toward fruition. Attracting Equity Investors is the definitive "getting equity capital" book. Attracting Equity Investors is appropriate for college-level courses in entrepreneurship, business plan writing, new venture funding, strategic management, organizational studies, marketing, economics, and technology management. It will also serve as an excellent resource for entrepreneurs who are actively seeking funding and need to know how to go about it, effectively and economically.

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In contrast to the many negativistic books on being a lawyer today, “Success Briefs For Lawyers” presents a set of biographical accounts that not only prove that a good life is possible in the law, but also teach you how to achieve it. The book is based on a simple idea: If you want to achieve personal an professional satisfaction in the practice of law, find lawyers who have done it and learn from them. The editors have brought together a group distinguished lawyers to tell their stories in ways that make you laugh, tug your heartstrings, get you to reexamine your goals and values, and inspire you to succeed at law and life.

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It will have a subtle but profound effect.......2001-12-02

I have given this book out as a gift to some of my colleagues and they've all said that it had the same effect on them: It made them stop to think about what they are doing with their lives and why, whether the kind of practices and clients that they have are ones they want to continue having and why, and so on... Lawyers like concrete cookbook-like prescriptions for what to do, but this isn't one of those kinds of books. It's effect is subtle, yet profound. It is easy to read - a couple of chapters are really funny, but most of them are filled with interesting personal stories about lawyers that just make you think about what it is all about. If you don't have time to stop and think about such matters, that's how you know that what's in this book is exactly what you need.

Key To Success Is Being True To Your Own Values.......2001-07-11

The key to this book is embedded in the one of its title words, "Success." The authors of this book believe that the key to whether you are successful comes down to a real simple test question: Are you happy? If you are not happy, you can't call yourself successful, no matter how many professional accolades you have received, how many cases you have won, how many billable hours you had last year, or what your hourly rate is. By the end of this book, I got the message in a variety of ways that the key to professional and personal happiness is whether you are being true to your own individual values. That is the book's underlying message. Each of the personal stories explains how different people have achieved this goal.

This is not another one of those books that just lists all that is wrong with the legal profession. It's also not preachy or boring. The authors are successful attorneys and judges who love the law and have stuck with it. Their personal stories are uncharacteristically revealing and entertaining for lawyers- it's a quick and painless read. Will it change your life? Of course not. Will it make you rethink what you are doing and possibly influence you to do better? Yes! I definitely recommend it.

Too Much Fluff; Not Enough Substance.......2001-06-02

I purchased a copy of "Success Briefs For Lawyers" hoping that it could provide a roadmap -- or at least some specific ideas -- for how to combine a successful law practice with a rewarding and fulfilling life and lifestyle. Athough a few of the essays are worth reading, as a younger attorney in a large corporate firm, I personally had a hard time connecting with many of the people who wrote the majority of the essays. The essayists are mostly successful and established practioners or retired attorneys who provide the reader with their own personal philosophical views of life and the law. If your looking for "Chicken Soup For Lawyers," this may be your book; if your looking for practical advice, I'd look somewhere else.

A quick read, you won't want to put down until finished.......2000-10-12

And it's a quick read for which every busy lawyer should find the time. These short essays can be the inspiration an overcommitted lawyer needs to get life back into balance, or remind others not to go there.

For every professional's bookshelf.......2000-09-18

This little gem of a collection sits visible on my bookshelf to remind me each day of my personal values and priorities and the reasons why I chose this professional path. I'm hoping that it will spark fresh discussion and spread its spirit through my office!

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Holism and reductionism are traditionally seen as incompatible views or approaches to nature. Here Looijen argues that they should rather be seen as mutually dependent and hence co-operating research programmes. He sheds some interesting new light on the emergence thesis, its relation to the reduction thesis, and on the role and status of functional explanations in biology. He discusses several examples of reduction in both biology and ecology, showing the mutual dependence of holistic and reductionist research programmes. Ecologists are offered separate chapters, clarifying some major, yet highly and controversial ecological concepts, such as `community', `habitat', and `niche'. The book is the first in-depth study of the philosophy of ecology.
Readership: Specialists in the philosophy of science, especially the philosophy of biology, biologists and ecologists interested in the philosophy of their discipline. Also of interest to other scientists concerned with the holism-reductionism issue.

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These three works cover the entire field of formation evaluation, from basic concepts and theories, through standard methods used by the petroleum industry, on to new and exciting applications in environmental science and engineering, hydrogeology, and other fields. Designed to be used individually or as a set, these volumes represent the first comprehensive assessment of all exploration methodologies. No other books offer the breadth of information and range of applications available in this set.

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The definition of "photonics" has been broadened in recent years to include nonlinear and quantum optics, today usually based on laser light. This book covers the fundamental properties of photon and light beams, both experimentally and theoretically. It covers the essentials of linear interactions and most of the nonlinear interactions between light and matter in both the transparent and absorbing cases. It also provides a basic knowledge of modern lasers, as well as the principles of nonlinear optical spectroscopy. It is self-consistent and enriched by a large number of calculated illustrations, examples, and descriptive tables. Graduate students in physics and electrical engineering, as well as other sciences, will find this book a thorough introduction to the field, while for lecturers and scientists it offers a rich source of useful information and a ready-to-hand reference. About 4000 references open access to original literature.

The second edition is completely revised and enlarged.

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Of One Blood is the last of four novels written by Pauline Hopkins. She is considered by some to be "the most prolific African-American woman writer and the most influential literary editor of the first decade of the twentieth century, though she is one of the lesser known literary figures of the much lauded Harlem Renaissance. Of One Blood first appeared in serial form in Colored American Magazine in the November and December 1902 and the January 1903 issues of the publication, during the four-year period that Hopkins served as its editor.

Hopkins tells the story of Reuel Briggs, a medical student who

couldn't care less about being black and appreciating African history, but finds himself in Ethiopia on an archeological trip. His motive is to raid the country of lost treasures -- which he does find in the ancient land. However, he discovers much more than he bargained for: the painful truth about blood, race, and the half of his history that was never told. Hopkins wrote the novel intending, in her own words, to "raise the stigma of degradation from [the Black] race." The title, Of One Blood, refers to the biological kinship of all human beings.

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This volume studies the decline of a staple industry at a time of worldwide upheaval caused by war and economic slump. In 1913 British coalmining was at the height of its achievement and prosperity; by 1946 it was an ominous symbol of twentieth-century Britain's inability to adapt to technological and economic change and its social consequences. Written in the light of industrial and government records, this study gives full weight to the political aspects of economic decision-making and economic change. It demonstrates the extent to which the problems of the coal industry were, and still are, deeply rooted in its social, political, and economic history. It is also a classic case study of inflexibility in British industry.

Irish Political Economy: 4 Volumes (Early Sources in Economics)

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Irish Political Economy: 4 Volumes (Early Sources in Economics)

Manufacturer: Routledge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0415147360

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This set collects together the most significant economic writings produced in nineteenth century Ireland. It includes material by the leading writers and also by more obscure figures who nonetheless made original contributions of great interest. The volumes are organized thematically and feature material from virtually all major fields of economics. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this set will be the standard reference on this subject.

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The Promise of the Coming Dark Age
Leften Stavros Stavrianos
Manufacturer: W H Freeman & Co.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 071670496X

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I read it many years ago.......2002-01-13

The author argues that from time to time we need a "dark age" to sweep away non-functional and contra-functional encrustments; and that the "dark ages" did not so much mean a loss of knowlege as a collapse of the old order of government. He also argues that the "Barbarians" did NOT cause the fall of the Roman Empire; that the empire fell of its own weight, and the barbarians merely delivered the coupe de grace and picked up the pieces.

However I'll add that the collapse of the empire surely must have meant the end of considerable long-distance commerce, and consequently a considerable reduction in prosperity.

(I read this book more that 20 years ago, and have not re-read it more recently.)

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A Wonderful Journey into the Insect World through Literature, Science, Art, and Popular Culture Aristotle on metamorphosis

Alfred Russel Wallace on the rare butterflies of the Malay Archipelago
Jean-Henri Fabre on the art of the dung beetle
Dave Barry on naming the U.S. Official National Insect
Charles Darwin on seagoing insects
William Beebe on an army ant invasion
Kevin Kelly on beeand humanswarming
Jonathan Schell on postnuclear insect survival
Gary Larson on when insects take over
May Berenbaum on maggots and murderers
Henry David Thoreau on race wars among the ants
Thomas Eisner on stealth bugs
David George Gordon on appreciating the lowly cockroach
Maurice Maeterlinck on the queen-bees wedding
Edward O. Wilson on insect societies

plus many other essays, illustrations, cartoons, screenplays, poems, recipes, tales, and observations on insect life.

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Definitely interesting.......2003-11-03

This is such a diverse book - each entry is pretty short so you can pick up the book for a short read. There are some humorous parts, some dense parts, lots of interesting facts. Each entry has a short intro by the author to give some context to who the writer of the piece was and sometimes a bit of background on the essay itself. There are some neat drawings too (grasshoppers through metamorphosis, moth ears, a walking stick to name a few) There's lots of variety in terms of subjects covered ranging from butterflies to bees to aphids to earwigs to ants, wasps and more. Defiintely a good book for anyone interested in insects and it would make an especially nice gift since the content is so unusual.

Unusual and interesting.......2003-08-04

This book is a collection of short pieces about every conceivable type of insect. A few are complete essays, but most are excerpts from longer works. At least one is a one-panel Gary Larson cartoon!

Most of the selections are entertaining, or at least interesting. Many are records of direct observation by naturalists in the 19th or early 20th Centuries. Usually they have some distinguishing feature such as freakish behavior, first observation, or an exceptionally interesting experiment included.

This is not a scientific book on insects--Although many of the authors are scientists, the excerpts don't fit together to make a textbook or organized survey of insects. What it is is very interesting and entertaining--A good bathroom or bedside book for the insect-lover. Definitely do not choose it as your first or only book in trying to learn about insects, but it makes a good addition to the insect library of an enthusiast.

An entertaining and comprehensive book.......2000-06-16

If you're interested in insects, this book is for you. An excellent collection of a a large quantity of writings and other materials, all about insects. Good bedside reading, as each excerpt is relatively short.

A cornucopia of creepy-crawlies.......2000-04-23

This is a beautifully and cleverly edited eclectic collection of stories, articles, poems, scientific treatises, and even cartoons about insects. There are quaint stories from the eighteenth century, studious articles from the nineteenth, and modern selections from such twentieth century experts as Edward O. Wilson, Roger B. Swain. Karl von Frisch, May Berenbaum, Harold Oldroyd and others. Charles Darwin is represented, Aristotle, Alfred Russel Wallace, Thoreau, even the Bible makes an appearance. There are selections from a novella, A.S. Byatt's "Morpho Eugenia"; poems, Wordsworth's "To a Butterfly," Robert Burns's "To a Louse"; and even a bit of a movie, THEM! (1954). Obviously, editors, Hoyt and Schultz are as intent at entertaining as informing. You'll find dozens of different insects here, from house flies and ants to dung beetles and glow-worms to ticks, wasps, silverfish, etc. Each selection is presented with a short note from the editors and followed by a bibliographical entry. There is an index of authors and one of subjects. The selections are collected under various heading, e.g., "Insects Praised," "Insects Reviled," "Insect Architecture," etc. The sheer breath of insect behavior presented here is unnerving: How multifarious are the realities of life! Noteworthy is the meticulous care taken with the editing and proofreading. This is a good and strange read.

Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance From a Hidden World

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Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance From a Hidden World
Erich Hoyt
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N65WWW

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