The Annual Client Review System: A Client Handbook

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Ever wonder if you have the right insurance agent? This "tell it like it is" handbook documents the way this insurance agent methodically assists his clients into achieving their financial goals. A brilliantly fun financial system that works!

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Great book to learn the issues..........2001-09-12

I used many of Dr. Carson's books in college, and found them to be great for getting a good understanding of the issues. He usually had an overview the issues and both sides of the argument explained. I threw out alot of my college textbooks but kept all of his books. Only issue is the argments in the book may become dated so try to get the latest editions.

Macroeconomic Issues Today: Alternative Approaches

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Macroeconomic Issues Today: Alternative Approaches
Robert B. Carson
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTF2QY

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A kid friendly" story that has the theme of accepting differences and that every friend is different.......2005-12-11

Tailey Whaley: A Tale of a Whale With a Whale of a Tail is an original picturebook story imaginatively and entertainingly written by Charles Boyle, and nicely illustrated by Everett Davidson for young readers preschool through second grade. Kailey is a whale whose baby is quite different from the other whales. For one thing Tailey can fly! But this difference leads to problems with the other young whales who tease, torment, and even bully little Tailey. But when human whaler's show up it is Tailey's very difference that enables him to protect the whales -- even those who were mean to him. Enthusiastically recommended for family, preschool, grade school, and community library picturebook collections for children, Tailey Whaley is a delightfully entertaining and thoroughly "kid friendly" story that has the theme of accepting differences and that every friend is different!

A kid friendly" story that has the theme of accepting differences and that every friend is different.......2005-12-11

A fun tale that gently guides the youngest of readers.......2003-03-19

Tailey is a little whale with a big problem. While it is true that his tail is rather large and gives him the ability to soar over the waves, as well as through them, his problem is with a group of other whale kids who are mean and rude. The pod he and his mother Kailey live with has a lot to learn about being fair and friendly.

Kailey and Tailey leave the group and learn to live on their own. Tailey grows bigger and amazingly kind. One day the two hear shouts for help and being the whale that he is, Tailey ends up saving the very whales that had teased him to tears, from a ship of hunters. He is a true friend and offers to teach the others how to be too.

Charles Boyle has written a fun tale that gently guides the youngest of readers to be kind and compassionate. It isn't often that a children's book can pull off a lesson in morality and still be lively and entertaining but Charles has done it. The illustrations of Everett Davidson are warm and inviting and ultimately friendly in their own right. Tailey Whaley IS indeed, a whale of a tale.

A great story with a good message.......1999-05-26

I share a lot of books with my preschool classes and this is one of the year's biggest hits. It's on top of the book pile and my kids grab for it all the time. I like its message and the kids identify well with the storyline - a cross between Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and Dumbo. The moral is subtly conveyed and a good one for these times. I highly recommend it.

What a Tale!.......1999-02-03

Tailey Whaley is an inspiring book. Out of all the books my 5 year old neice can choose for a bedtime story, she picks Tailey....all the time. The illustrations are exploding and the story line exciting and suspenseful. She especially enjoys the fish commentaries which help her to understand the lesson the book has to teach.

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This reference details the basics as well as the refinements of writing for the symphony orchestra, the band, and string orchestra. Focuses on the difficulties of performance of an instrument, the things to avoid when writing for instruments, how to accomplish basic necessities, guidelines for scoring, preparing the score and parts, and unusual uses of instruments. Ideal for introductory and intermediate courses in Orchestration.

Writing For The Orchestra: An Introduction To Orchestration

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Writing For The Orchestra: An Introduction To Orchestration
Merton Shatzkin
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIW34O

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Brings back memories and more!.......2005-11-29

This book is not only well written but a true treasure. It bought back many wonderful memories for a 70s child like myself. Not only did it engender all kinds of thoughts of the good old days but also opened my eyes to the behind the scenes look at early childrens tv and killed some of the many rumors that have developed over the years. Thanks for a great read!

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Excel's "what-if" data analysis tools let you experiment with your data to project future results. In turn, these predictions will lead to better decision making and unlock the mystery of many business analysis scenarios. For example, what-if data analysis tools will enable you to forecast how lowering the price per unit--while increasing projected unit sales--might affect your profit margins.

Beginning Excel What-If Data Analysis Tools explores the use of Goal Seek, Data Tables, Scenarios, and Solver to help you get insight on your data. This book is focused and to the point, and it provides tutorial treatment of what-if tools in a practical, hands-on manner.

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Seal Mom

I had no idea.

I Love This Book

Awesome, couldn't put it down.

Awesome book. Reality check for SEAL wannabees

The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228
Dick Couch
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy Seal

ASIN: 1400046955
Release Date: 2003-01-28

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With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military
training in the world.

What does it take to become a Navy SEAL? What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, and days without sleep? In The Warrior Elite, former Navy SEAL Dick Couch documents the process that transforms young men into warriors. SEAL training is the distillation of the human spirit, a tradition-bound ordeal that seeks to find men with character, courage, and the burning desire to win at all costs, men who would rather die than quit.

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Seal Mom.......2007-10-09

Wow! I can not imagine how these young men go though this. They are truly inspiring. Couch's detailed descriptions allow you join these warriors in the making on their journey that forges our elite warriors; the navy seals.

I had no idea........2007-09-26

What does it take to be one of the few? A true Warrior in the skeptical face of a modern world and a people who often find the idea more fantasy or idealistic than reality.

Take a cultural, personal and life-changing journey with Seal Class 228 as they go through the long process of becoming Navy Seals. What do they have to do, why these men, what is the cost, what are these men willing to do to receive the coveted title of Navy Seal?

Dick Couch, a former Seal himself, gives an intimate look at what these men must go through: from physical training, the most difficult in the world, to more advanced techniques such as combat and sharp-shooting skills. By telling the stories of these men, from the students to the teachers, Couch gives us a unique perspective of Seal ideals that began decades ago, based on the honor, blood and sweat, dedication and bravery of Navy frogmen before them and tenants that remain true to this day.

I had no previous knowledge or understanding of the Navy or the military in general, so I was initially worried about jargon and how in-depth the history would be. As it turns out, while Couch does give a brief outline of how the Seals were created and the divisions of the teams and history of the training, it is not so overdone in technical descriptions but enough for the general reader to get a grasp of the organization of such a force. It is not a historical description of the Navy or of Navy Seals, but the human element of a special forces team. The wonderful element is the personalization of the men that Couch is allowed to interview and interact with. Real men, real stories, nothing but.

It's obvious that Couch is very proud of the trade and of the men who have the strength and mental determination to bear through the physical pain. His enthusiasm, detailed, well-written and subjective perspective is why I enjoyed this book so much. Some parts drag on but it's well worth the read, a book that everyone should read...

I Love This Book.......2007-05-18

I think one of Dick Couch's great strengths as an author is his ability to put us in there and help us get to know the people in his pages. Warrior Elite was exceptional for that reason. I have a huge amount of respect for SOF and seeing what these guys go through to be selected and prepared for their work only deepens that respect. Couch's style is not overly "military." The book is easy to read and truly enjoyable. You don't have to have a lot of knowledge going into it, but people who really know their stuff will appreciate the attention to detail shown by the author.

Awesome, couldn't put it down........2007-01-30

This book is a very interesting description of the beginning of some of the best warriors in the world. The heart and dedication of the young men who put themselves through BUD/s training is unbelievable. Dick Couch captures the essence of the training better than any other book I have read on the Navy SEALs. Highly recommended.

Awesome book. Reality check for SEAL wannabees.......2007-01-07

This book is no joke. A SEAL wannabee myself, I found myself questioning whether I had the pure guts it takes to finish this thing. If you haven't fallen flat on your face from exhaustion and your not dead, then you haven't given it your all. That's the most important point I took away from this book. I would suggest the follow up book to this one, "The finishing school". It's about the SQT following BUD/s. It's dry if your not interested in becoming a SEAL, but informative if you are.

The Warrior Elite the Forging of Seal Class 228

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The Warrior Elite the Forging of Seal Class 228
Dick Couch
Manufacturer: Crown
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O53T2C

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The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228

Manufacturer: Crown Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HXEPI8

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Following the rise of Islam, many Jewish communities lived in predominantly Muslim lands. Muslim-Jewish co-existence was not seriously challenged until the modern period when European colonialism and the emergence of Zionism and Arab nationalism led to growing friction and conflict, resulting in the mass departures of Jews from these lands in the middle of the twentieth century.

Jews and Muslims throws light on the history of these communities and on the developments that led to the snapping of ties between Jews and Muslims by focusing on the century before the end of Jewish life in these areas. It interweaves analysis with translations of primary documents drawn from the archives of a French-Jewish organization, the Alliance Israelite Universelle, that had an extensive Jewish school network around the Mediterranean basin and whose teachers reported extensively on local events and trends over the decades. It illuminates the political, socio-economic, and cultural changes that eroded the place of Jews in Middle Eastern societies and offers a unique perspective, from within, on the historical background of some of the most vexing problems of the modern Middle East.

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Most of us take sleep for granted, except of course on those long nights when it refuses to come. But for Peretz Lavie, head of the Sleep Laboratory at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, sleep is every bit as important as wakefulness. Amidst the anecdotes, stories and literature can be found revealing sleep research such as the study of a group of students in Israel during the Gulf War, who, five weeks into the conflict, reported that half their dreams dealt with the war and that the most common recurring image was the gas mask.

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For those who have puzzled over the mysteries of sleep, this panoramic view of modern sleep research by a pioneer in the field offers enlightening answers. Interweaving facts with fascinating case histories and anecdotes, Peretz Lavie discusses all that is known about sleep, dreaming, and sleep disorders, including landmark discoveries from his own sleep laboratory.

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Paradoxical Sleep and Parasomnia.......2006-08-03

This is a riveting read! What I found fascinating is that to determine if other animals sleep we look for the strong amplitude spikes of slower frequency wavelengths. Animals that need to sleep on the move or always be alert have high rates of "paradoxical sleep" (light REM sleep) while animals assured of protection (like bears) have deep dreamless sleep, with strong amplitude spikes.

The author's argument that REM was monophasic -- arising from the cerebellum connections as an evolutionary transition to more deep, restorative sleep, is fascinating. So infants have more REM sleep because they need to be able to wake up more often for fast growth and since they have little protection, the same for fish, birds. Until the book it's been thought that REM was necessary for long-term memory storage, which appears to be more of a combination of REM with other factors while the "monophasic" use of REM is primary. The author presents that amazing evidence of a patient who had next to no REM and had amazing long term memory capabilites.

The author's discovery that repression of traumatic memories was the key to restful sleep is amazing since it goes totally against Freudian psychology! So the practice is to never discuss the trauma! On the otherhand it presents an argument for the legitmacy of secrecy regarding experiences that are classified in "parasomnia" realms. The "silent channel" tactic to enable restful sleep during war is also fascinating.

How genetic factors tie into nacrolepsy and how the hypothalamus is tied to somnambulism is also very intriguing. That somnambulism usually disappears after puberty and that somanambulism is also associated with traumatic dreams of "night monsters" and bizarre deviance sex behavior is also intriguing.

From the perspective of yoga it is the strong amplitude, high frequency paradox that enables the awareness to leave the body while in a deep sleep trance state.

So for the example of one parasomnia patient, who achieved lucid dreaming, and apparently had a dream of a future catastrophe (the Bhopal Carbide disaster), there is some indication that REM sleep can be utilized for astral travel as well.

Academic, but interesting.......2002-08-29

We spend a full third of our life sleeping, but what do we really know about it. Why do we sleep? What causes us to sleep? What happens when we sleep? All these questions remain unanswered, but scientists are working--dare I say it? oh, why not--around the clock to explain why we can't work around the clock.

On the academic side, the latest report from the somnabulent world is Peretz Lavie's The Enchanted World of Sleep. Translated from the original Hebrew with aplomb by Anthony Berris, Lavie's book introduces us to the world of scientific sleep study through one of the original sleep institutes, the Sleep Laboratory at the Technion--the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Prof. Lavie, who is dean of the Faculty of Medicine and head of the Laboratory, is uniquely qualified to give such a historical perspective, because he did his graduate work under Prof. Bernie Webb, one of the founders of sleep research.

It should be noted that what these scientists are studying is the mechanisms of sleep. While dream state is included in this, they are interested in only the fact that someone is dreaming, not about what the dream relates. Such dream studies are the province of psychologists. Prof. Lavie and his collegues are medical doctors who are interested in the physiology of sleep--what happens when people are deprived of sleep through natural (brain disorders, etc.) and unnatural (sleep deprivation experiments, etc.) events. One of the many myths exploded in this book is that a majority of people sleep poorly. Instead, Prof. Lavie proves, people only think they don't sleep well, whereas in comparison studies, their sleep is as even as the next persons. The person's opinion is solely based on a perception that occurs during the first thirty minutes of sleep, and can be easily corrected by controlling simple environmental variables (noise, light, etc.). While The Enchanted World of Sleep is meant for an audience of his peers, it is written as much as a personal memoir, detailing his own experiences with patients at the Sleep Laboratory. The author comparison that I was inevitably drawn to is that of Dr. Oliver Sacks, who also explains some tough medical mysteries by using personal experience.

we always take sleep for granted..........1999-10-02

this book is an easily accessible and enjoyable story of sleep. it will be interesting for scientists and non-scientists alike.

Sleep levels, dreams and biological cloks........1998-10-18

You will not want to stop reading this book. It tells all about the mechanism of sleep, about dreaming and biological clocks. It is easy to read, informative and very interesting. It is very important to read this book to learn about so many myths about sleeping. It will change your life forever! Ron.

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The Enchanted World of Sleep
Peretz Lavie
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OS59J0

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The Enchanted World of Sleep
Peretz Lavie
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NUKPN4

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Enchanted World of Sleep.
Peretz Lavie
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IYLKK2

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