Schaum's Outline of Cost Accounting, 3rd, Including 185 Solved Problems

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This powerful study guide includes all subjects found in the leading textbooks and parallels the full-year cost accounting courses most schools offer. Also appropriate for solo study, this book makes the complex concepts and techniques accessible through clear explanations and solved problems to provide a review and help students master their skills.

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Standard Cost Systems.......1999-08-27

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Derived from the Arthropod Name Index (ANI) database of Cab International, this book includes records of about 6000 species (plus another 6000 synonyms) of Lepidoptera. These Lepidoptera have been recorded in scientific publications over the past 80 years. Most species listed are pests as a result of their larvae feeding on plants, but beneficial species such as the silk moths and predators of mealybugs, scale insects and other pests are included.

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The text covers the problems concerning optical properties and remote sensing of turbid and surface-polluted oceans and lakes. In four chapters Helgi Arst compares remote sensing data with data collected from similar examination of clean waters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the main radiative and remote sensing characteristics and provides discussion on the properties of optically active substances (OAS) in the water and their variability and concentration, drawing on original data obtained in the Baltic Sea region. Chapter 2 focuses on the investigation of the influence of surface oil slicks on the reflection and absorption of solar radiation for both calm and ruffled sea surfaces. A model is provided for determining the temperature and the reflected component in upwelling rough seas. Chapter 3 provides remote sensing results obtained mainly for the Baltic Sea region, including some lakes. Correlations between the concentrations of OAS, water transparency and total remote sensing reflectance are investigated. Chapter 4 deals with subsurface irradiance and optical classification of turbid waters. This chapter analyses the different criteria of the euphotic depth, drawing on a semi-empirical model for the estimation of underwater light scattering. The conclusion provides discussion on the results obtained.

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In this technologically adventurous book, Lewis Branscomb-distinguished physicist who once headed the National Bureau of Standards and later was IBM's Chief Scientist--explores the "wise and creative" uses of our nation's science, from the boundless faith in science after the Second World War, into the age of technology, which, says Branscomb, "is an expression of the values of the society that creates and uses it." Branscomb examines emerging information technologies--computer software, electronic libraries, video disks, and the information "superhighway"--always exploring the way people are affected. Here readers can share his vision of how we can use both science and politics to improve the prospects for humankind.

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One Dead Soul Seeks Revenge

One of the funniest books I've ever read

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Clarke's sophomore novel falls short of his debut

It's not worthy!

The Worthy: A Ghost's Story
Will Clarke
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Conrad had it pretty good in life -- a Porsche, pretty girls, and a trust fund full of oil money. But now, thanks to a brutal hazing incident at Louisiana State University's Gamma Chi fraternity, Conrad is dead -- a nineteen-year-old spirit suddenly without an earthly body.

Make no mistake, the newly deceased Conrad is one angry ghost, and the object of his wrath is chapter president Ryan Hutchins, a "big, bright, rising star" who, in Conrad's view, is really "the darkest black hole you'll ever meet -- and I'm not just saying that because he killed me." Conrad's ghostly ability to see all but be seen by no one (except Miss Etta, Gamma Chi's elderly cook, who is gifted with paranormal powers) confirms his suspicion that Ryan's dark hand has a wide reach, from beating his girlfriend, Maggie Meadows, to terrorizing Sarah Jane Bradford, a religious student who senses that Ryan must be stopped.

Out for revenge, Conrad possesses an unsuspecting pledge's body so he can finish what Ryan started, steering them toward a depraved confrontation with a surprising outcome that will leave readers gasping.

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One Dead Soul Seeks Revenge.......2007-08-11

If you've ever wondered what it might feel like to possess the body of another human being, wonder no more. Conrad Avery Sutton III, the book's narrator and protagonist, who is dead, will tell you that it's like "wearing somebody else's dirty underwear". Does he let this stop him? No way, dude! After all, if you possess a body you can get laid, get drunk, get a meal, get revenge for your murder. Without a body, all you can do is watch your former girlfriend, your murderer and your various fraternity brothers...The Worthy, at least that's what they claim.

Well, it's true that a few people can see and talk to you and others can sense your presence, but as Conrad tells us early in the story, "most people ignore the dead". You do have one real problem: you want revenge for your murder, but God, speaking through Miss Etta, the fraternity house cook, wants you to forgive. What's a ghost to do?

This book was a whale of a good time, but after reading it I know one thing for sure: no son of mine would EVER be allowed to join a fraternity. Enjoy!

One of the funniest books I've ever read.......2007-02-15

Take a goat in lingerie. Add a Whoopie Goldberg-like cook who can see dead people. Mix in some crazy LSU Frat boys and you have a recipe for a laugh-out-loud book that you won't be able to put down.

I LOVED this novel. It's one of my favorites this year. Watch out for Will Clarke because you'll be hearing a lot from him in the future.

Goats head soup.......2007-01-20

What a superb, fun read.
Absolutely the best book I have read in a long time.

Clarke is new to me and I will seek out his first book and look forward to his third.

Clarke's sophomore novel falls short of his debut.......2007-01-14

The Worthy is, as Will Clarke has subtitled his sophomore novel, "A Ghost's Story." Privileged Louisiana State University Gamma Chi pledge Conrad Sutton III is a ghost. He was manslaughtered by golden boy fraternity brother Ryan Hutchins, a girlfriend-abusing, self-centered, spoiled, handsome Southern brat. As a ghost, Conrad makes revenge on Ryan his singular goal.

Clarke's novel is centered on Conrad's revenge against Ryan. The plot meanders quite a bit, as Conrad comes in contact with the plain-spoken, spiritual African fraternity cook, a Bible-thumping virginal co-ed, his former girlfriend, and the new pledge whose body Conrad inhabits when he needs to make contact with the physical world.

The Worthy is chock-full of shocking fraternity hazing and glimpses into the distorted world view of rich Southern socialites. As a compelling story, however, it falls short. Author Clarke has innovative ideas about the spiritual world, and the book bills itself as a religious experience, but the execution is half-hearted and employs a deus ex machina ending.

For a purely voyeuristic look college debauchery, look no further. Readers seeking a truly comic look at religion should pick up Christopher Moore's Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. Will Clarke's debut novel (Lord Vishnu's Love Handles) succeeds as a zany otherworldly romp, but his follow-up is mediocre at best.

It's not worthy!.......2006-10-28

The Worthy is a fast, easy read about life (and death) in a raucous fraternity. Conrad Avery Sutton III has a singular mission: to destroy Ryan Hutchins, a handsome golden boy and chapter president of Louisiana State University's Gamma Chi fraternity. Why? Because Conrad was killed by Ryan during a vicious hazing incident and must now haunt the frat house. He watches the sadistic Ryan snort coke, beat his girlfriend, torture pledges in disgusting ways, and murder other students. He decides to possess the body of one of the new pledges in order to get vengeance upon his vile enemy.
The story is told from the ghost's point of view, and he is as arrogant and foul-mouthed as one would expect a spoiled-rotten son of privilege to be. Each character in the story is a ridiculous caricature, with Christians portrayed as moronic imbeciles and the lone African American portrayed with a demeaning plantation dialect. The women in the story are mindless sex objects or ugly, fat, and otherwise sexually unattractive. The "humorous tone" of the book is not funny, but crass and low-brow--which might have been the author's goal in making Conrad seem believable.
If you are looking for off-beat comedic horror fiction, check out Christopher Moore.

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The blackout of 2003 illuminated just how dependent America is on electricity. It was not just that some 50 million people in eight states and Ontario were cut off from their televisions, microwaves, ATMs, and email. Without the electrical juice to keep their sockets alive, factory managers were forced to close production lines, city managers shut down water deliveries, grocery store clerks watched their frozen inventory slowly melt away. Economists estimated that the blackout cost Americans $5 billion even as energy analysts were predicting that a similar blackout could happen again. The catastrophe forced us to marvel at the unusual ability of sub-microscopic particles to move like waves inside a wire and cause bulbs to glow. It highlighted the complex requirements for managing the massive generators, transformers, transmission lines, and switch boxes needed to tap and deliver flowing electrons. It encouraged us to recognize the profound impact of electricity on all aspects of commerce and culture. Such events as the blackout, the Enron debacle, and the California "brownouts" also reveal the cracks in a 100-year-old industry structure that have been building ever since Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and their contemporaries first managed to harness electricity and make it available to the masses, and tycoons, such as Sam Insull and George Norris, began to concentrate financial control and political influence. From Edison to Enron traces the controversial history of this $210 billion industry--the nation's largest--showcasing the key individuals, technological innovations, corporate machinations, and political battles that have been waged over its domination. Munson maintains that today's technological and regulatory infrastructure, as a function of its history, is a relic that has long outlived its usefulness; he points out that two-thirds of the fuel burned to generate electricity is lost, that Americans pay roughly $100 billion too much each year for heat and power, and that environmentally unfriendly generators are the nation's largest polluters. Meanwhile, innovations in technology and business models are being blocked by entrenched monopolies. Ultimately, Munson argues that current policies and practices, including those favored by the Bush Administration, are preventing entrepreneurs from producing more efficient, healthy, and sustainable power supplies. Moreover, he presents an agenda for business and policy reforms that will stimulate economic development in the United States and around the world.

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Grand History and Practical Prognostication.......2006-11-08

Richard Munson offers a unique and entertaining look at the 20th century by tracing the efforts to capture and capitalize on electricity. His profiles of Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla, Samuel Insull, and others are first rate. He also clearly documents how this unique form of energy has changed our lives and altered our landscapes.

Munson paints a clear-headed critique of our outmoded and inefficient electricity system. He also offers a balanced view of the opportunities for efficiency and innovation.

If you can read but one energy book -- particularly in light of concerns about pollution, climate change, reliable supplies, and economic development -- I strongly recommend "From Edison to Enron."

A Good Historical Treatment, But A Bit Too Pro-Innovation and Pro-Competition.......2006-07-08

Electrification is the single greatest achievement in the 20th century. Electricity revolutionized commerce and transportation and improved both the standard of living and the quality of life for all who had access to it. Economic progress without it would be slow and tortuous. Like water in any society, electricity has become a critical resource (or rather, service) in modern society, and like any other critical resource, it is subject to often intense politics.

Edison set the stage when he perfected the humble light bulb, and Tesla got things moving when he discovered the interesting properties of alternating current and the transformer. Edison also put into play the first combined heat and power plant, for which many today (including the author) feel is the future of electricity. However, these knaves fail to acknowledge that on the one hand, electricity is high-grade energy, one that can be used far from its source of production, while heat is low grade energy which must be put into play immediately where it is produced. Lord Kelvin and Westinghouse, seeing the benefits of alternating current, each played a role in setting the stage for centralized, monopoly electricity production. However, it was Samuel Insull who championed for the formation of the traditional, investor-owned-utility (IOU) that most every ratepayer is familiar with today. A slew of politicians, from Democrat FDR to Republican George Norris, turned electricity into a populist cause, and basically ensured that the CEO of every IOU henceforth would be a rabid Republican.

Some say that the greatest technological achievement of the 20th century belongs to computers, or to antibiotics, but these individuals overlook one important thing. Electricity is the great enabler, as it allows people to free themselves from the whims of natural rhythms, escape lives of tedium and drudgery, and above all, achieve a level of convenience and prosperity unheard of in recorded history.

The key thing here is convenience. Electricity made possible a whole slew of appliances, from the humble stove and refrigerator to the mighty microwave and washing machine, that made life easier for all who access to it. Once it was proven safe and (more or less) reliable, the key thing then was to ensure access to service for all that needed it or wanted it. This was the operating paradigm up until 1970 or so, when things first began to change. Given the state of the technology in that period, transmission and distribution of the electricity presented itself as the key stumbling block, and given the massive investment required to make access available to all, it seemed logical to let one supervised player control all aspects of the service, from generation to transmission and distribution. In return for earning a known return for his investment, this player agreed to strict regulation in exchange for the exclusive right to provide the service to consumers in a given area.

The author seeks to make the case that the technology has progressed to the point where consumers can be their own producers of electricity, and meet their own needs. He neglects to tell the reader that electricity consumers have had this ability for at least four decades now, and the reason that most do not pursue production is because it is more convenient (and cheaper) to let the utility do it for them. Those that need to produce can produce, but most of us do not need to produce what we consume. The author also claims that the traditional IOUs hamper innovation via their monopolistic position and practices. While true to some extent, he neglects to inform the reader of a few things, particularly the fact that most consumers, especially residential ratepayers, do not want innovation; they want the convenience of power at preferably cheap rates.

Because of the populist nature of electricity, for the longest time, business has been in effect subsidizing residential ratepayers via high rates, and only recently has this state of affairs reversed, in part because of greater competition brought about by the rise of the merchant generator and innovative (but not necessarily new) technologies. Nowadays, you essentially have two classes of ratepayer- business and residential. Like most commentators on the subject, the author is openly more interested in the welfare of the business ratepayer (who without a doubt has benefited from de-regulation, seeing prices come down by more than half in some cases), while neglecting the plight of the friendly neighborhood, wage-earning, rent-paying residential ratepaying schmuck (who without a doubt has been the loser in deregulation, seeing her prices actually go up). These two ratepaying classes take access for granted, and nowadays have very different concerns and priorities. The over-riding concern of the residential ratepayer is the same then as now- convenience (about all they know about the service is vaguely who to send the bill to... most months!). The business ratepayer has two concerns- lowering his costs thus increasing his profits, and ensuring a steady, reliable supply of energy to ensure that he can deliver his good or service so as to thus avoid lost business.

Perhaps the author's biggest omission is this: electricity is a commodity that it seems no one, either the business or residential consumer, wants to shoulder the full cost for. This key omission holds considerable horrors for anyone looking to be involved in this industry (especially on the investment side). In sum, the experience with (electric) utilities has shown that competition is indeed good for some, particularly big business consumers, and innovation, though very cool and sounding very nice, takes a back seat to both convenience and cost concerns for business and residential customers alike.

Insightful.......2006-02-13

Electricity is perhaps our most important industry. It certainly is our largest. It also is our least understood. That's where Richard Munson provides such a valuable service. He offers an engaging historical overview -- with first-rate profiles of Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Samuel Insull, George Norris, and other industry giants -- and he also provides an insightful review of the current issues and challenges facing the electricity business. This book is a real resource for university history as well as business (and even engineering) classes, and it offers an entertaining read for the general reader interested in the environment and the economy.

I was particularly taken by Munson's comparison of Samuel Insull -- an energy tycoon of the 1920s and 1930s -- and Enron's Kenneth Lay. The author reveals both men's accomplishments and deceits, but he also highlights how each brought change to the industry.

Munson also is effective when he discusses the potential for improvements in the power business. While noting the industry's stagnant efficiency, pollution, and lack of reliability, he argues for removing the regulatory barriers that were developed over the last century to promote and protect monopolies, which have had no incentive to innovate. He describes clearly several innovative technologies and profiles some of the entrepreneurs trying to bring those innovations to the market. Munson is even handed, showing how some utility executives as well as environmental activists are protecting the status quo and blocking efficiency.

The book is well written, effectively integrating information from history, politics, as well as engineering. It is the best business book of the last year.

Really Good.......2006-01-25

As you consider Enron's Kenneth Lay going to trial, "From Edison to Enron" provides the necessary historical context. Unlike any of the other Enron books, Richard Munson's explains where Enron fits within the power business. Munson also provides good portraits of Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Samuel Insull, who has amazing simililarities to Ken Lay, although 70 years ago. This is a really good book.

Informative and Well Reasoned.......2005-12-21

Richard Munson's "From Edison to Enron" is the best book available on the power industry, which is the nation's largest and arguably its most important business. Munson provides zest to the story with entertaining profiles of Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Nicola Tesla, Samuel Insull, Kenneth Lay, and others. He also provides a cogent review of current trends and emerging technologies. Anyone interested in biography and/or business will find this book to be informative, entertaining, and well reasoned.

From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity.(Book review): An article from: The Energy Journal

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From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity.(Book review): An article from: The Energy Journal
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Author: Richard L. Gordon
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During the last Ice Age, a thousand-mile-wide land bridge connected Siberia and Alaska, creating the region known as Beringia. Over twelve thousand years ago, a procession of large mammals and the humans who hunted them crossed this bridge to America. Much of the Russian evidence for this migration has until now remained largely inaccessible to American scholars. American Beginnings brings together for the first time in one volume the most up-to-date archaeological and palaeoecological evidence on Beringia from both Russia and America.

"An invaluable resource. . . . It will no doubt remain the key reference book for Beringia for many years to come."—Steven Mithen, Journal of Human Evolution

"Extraordinary. The fifty-six contributors . . . represent the most prominent American and Russian researchers in the region."—Choice

"Publication of this well-illustrated compendium is a great service to early American and especially Siberian Upper Paleolithic archaeology."—Nicholas Saunders, New Scientist

"This is a great book . . . perhaps the greatest contribution to the archaeology of Beringia that has yet been published. . . . This is the kind of book to which archaeology should aspire."—Herbert D.G. Maschner, Antiquity

American beginnings: the prehistory and palaeoecology of Beringia.: An article from: Arctic

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This digital document is an article from Arctic, published by Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary on June 1, 1997. The length of the article is 2543 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: American beginnings: the prehistory and palaeoecology of Beringia.
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Date: June 1, 1997
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Just about every salmon river flowing into the North Atlantic has a "Home Pool," a place of beauty and peace where generations of salmon have lurked and generations of anglers have tempted them. But the magnificent Atlantic salmon faces extinction. In the fall of 1995, Philip Lee wrote Watershed Down, a series of articles in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal that traced the salmonÂ's plight and argued for a controversial way to renew this fragile resource: private ownership and private management. Home Pool: Saving the Atlantic Salmon is this exciting and original series in book form, illustrated throughout in colour. In Home Pool, Lee writes about the famous salmon rivers of New Brunswick--the Restigouche, the Miramichi, and the ruined St. John. He studies the salmon rivers of Quebec and of Scotland and Iceland. He talks to people who know about salmon: outfitters, anglers, conservationists, and scientists. He faces the issues of forestry mismanagement and civic and industrial pollution squarely. And he grapples with the conflicting values surrounding native fishing rights. Above all, he concentrates on Â“the sons and daughters of the riverÂ”--the voices that cried out for conservation in the past, and the people today who are trying to make sure the great Atlantic salmon can thrive in the future. Letters to the Telegraph-Journal from all over North America testified to widespread support for LeeÂ's ideas. The series won two major conservation journalism awards--the Ted Williams Award, from the US branch of the Miramichi Salmon Association, and the New Brunswick Salmon Council Lou Duffley Award--and the 1996 Atlantic Journalsim Award for enterprise reporting.

Home Pool: The Fight to Save the Atlantic Salmon

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