The Complete Idiot's Guide to 401(k) Plans (2nd Edition)

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savings helpful info.......2002-09-02

these series of books are always goodin my opinion. this one took the often tedious confusing facts and presented everything in an easy format to read

401K made easy.......2001-06-23

with all the IDIOTS guides easy to read format, this book provides an in depth look at 401K issues that may have otherwise been much drier if not done in this fun format. when i finished thebook, i lent it to my staff, who are first time 401K investors. i would say that this is a must buy for anyone who feels they are intimidated with 'what to do?' or 'what does this mean?' type of questions.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to 401(k) Plans (2nd Edition)

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to 401(k) Plans (2nd Edition)
Dee Lee; Bogosian, Wayne G; Bogosian, Wayne G.; Lee, Dee CFP
Manufacturer: Alpha
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O95SI6

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It's predicted that 70% of the Internet companies that went public in the late nineties will not survive to see 2002.

For the swarms of dot-com investors who have heard this wake-up call--and who are wondering how to protect their "net" future--there's finally a book that does more than just describe sensational "Net excess" or argue the reality of dot-com stock overvaluation.

NET VALUE takes an insightful, pragmatic look at the dot-com phenomena, its impending downfall, and the likely repercussions for individual and institutional investors, the economy, and the Internet itself. Immensely readable and packed with keen observations, this book helps readers answer the following questions:

* What factors are contributing to the coming dot-com crash?
* How do you measure the viability of an Internet-based business?
* What kind of Net companies are best positioned to survive the eventual shakeout?
* How will employees be affected by the crash?
* How will the crash impact the growth and development of the Net?

Far from being just another "bubble" book, NET VALUE offers a balanced, thoughtful treatment of the IPO feeding frenzy--and shows readers how to make it through unscathed.

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Good information but sometimes hard to follow.......2001-12-04

I gave this book a less than stellar rating because it is simply hard to read. Following all the acronyms and financial terms was hard enough, but the book was written too much like a text book for brokers and financial gurus. That being said, the information in this book is of the 5 star quality and is well worth the effort of digging for if one is considering any kind of investing in the stock market, especially the high tech sectors.

The sarcastic wit and biting humor found in the pages are a real bonus, the authors make their points and then add interesting quotes, articles or they simply point out the patently obvious (making the point that the information wasn't all that obvious to millions that lost billions of dollars in bad investments).

Bubba Greaterfool is their name for the poor sucker that bought into the hype, didn't know what he was doing, probably never heard of the great tulip market, thought that the sky was the limit and then got stuck holding the empty bag as the hot air was expelled from the over inflated stocks that made up the tech stocks of 96-00. My main complaint with this book is that it isn't written in a way that would appeal to or be read by the general public, Bubba especially. And he is the guy that really needs this information.

I would highly recommend reading this to anyone that handles their own stock investments or plans too, the information is too valuable to ignore and the insight can be used to gauge other markets besides just tech stocks (remember the silver fiasco in the early eighties?) As for casual readers I would recommending passing on this offering as it is just too much work to read, but keep it in mind if you ever consider buying that stock that just can't possibly do anything but go up...

This book is a must for thinking investors.......2001-03-19

Clark and Neill have done it again. With a combination of clarity and foresight spiced with humor, Net Value is a guide book for looking at tomorrows investing today. For an insightful and revealing look at the value of Internet-related stocks, this book is excellent.

Funny yet serious!.......2001-03-18

This book is timely, up-to-date and makes some predictions which are proving to be amazingly accurate. Its tounge-in-cheek prose makes for a great read - I have a much better understanding of the dotcom land after reading this - highy recommended

Great Book.......2001-03-17

An easy read and very funny too. Something here for everyone -- traders, dotcom execs, business people and anyone else who's wondering what's going to happen to Internet businesses.

Great Book.......2001-03-17

An easy read and very funny too. Something here for everyone -- traders, dotcom execs, business people and anyone else who's wondering what's going to happen to Internet businesses.

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Legal Philosophy from Plato to Hegel
Huntington Cairns
Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Legal Philosophy from Plato to Hegel
Huntington Cairns
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Legal Philosophy From Plato to Hegel

Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins Press
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Legal Philosophy from Plato to Hegel.

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Legal Philosophy From Plato To Hegel
Huntington Cairns
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Birch Bark Books of Henry Abbott
Henry Abbott
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Anthony Ponds (Birch bark books)
Henry Abbott
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THE BIRCH BARK BOOKS OF HENRY ABBOTT. SPORTING ADVENTURES AND NATURE OBSERVATIONS IN THE ADIRONDACKS IN THE EARLY 1900S.
H. Abbott
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Henry Abbott
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Henry Abbott
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Henry Abbott
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Henry Abbott
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Psychology of the lost (Birch bark books)
Henry Abbott
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Henry Abbott
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Henry Abbott
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This special issue contains contributions presented at the international workshop Seismic Waves in Laterally Inhomogeneous Media V, which was held at the Castle of Zahrádky, Czech Republic, June 5 - 9, 2000. The workshop, which was attended by about 60 seismologists from 16 countries, was devoted mainly to the current state of theoretical and computational means of study of seismic wave propagation in complex structures. The special issue begins with papers dealing with the study and the application of the ray methods. Problems such as coupling of quasi-shear waves or smoothing of models for effective ray computations are dealt with. Applications of the ray methods in seismic exploration are presented. Further, directional wavefield decomposition, phase space, path integral and parabolic equation methods are discussed. Attention is also devoted to attenuation and scattering problems, and to seismic inversion problems.

Seismic waves in laterally inhomogeneous media (Pageoph topical volumes)

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Seismic waves in laterally inhomogeneous media (Pageoph topical volumes)

Manufacturer: Birkhauser
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Mistake buy.......2007-03-02

Amazon should be ashamed selling crappy paperback editions like this. The solution is to have a cool hardback of the best of Donald Duck like my best of Mickey Mouse work.

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A Conventional Handling of a Controversial Day

Somme 1 July 1916: Tragedy and triumph (Campaign)
Andrew Robertshaw
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1846030382
Release Date: 2006-05-30

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The first day of the Somme is still on record as having the largest number of deaths in any one day in any war. This book explores the myths of this infamous battle, and the use of mines, tunnels, gas and flame-throwers by the British in combination with innovative tactics such as smoke. Andrew Robertshaw analyses the first day of the battle, explaining how British tactics developed as a result of the experience of the Somme, and provides an overview of the events along the entire front line, examining the actions of two British Corps, VIII at Serre and XIII at Montauban.

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A Conventional Handling of a Controversial Day.......2006-07-24

Andrew Robertshaw, Director for Education at the National Army Museum in the UK, provides a well-written summary of the first day of the Anglo-French offensive on the Somme in July 1916. The writer has an excellent command of this subject which is evident throughout the narrative, although it is also evident that the primary focus is on the British experience in the battle. The first day on the Somme remains a controversial subject and this work attempts to straddle the fence with its conclusion that the attack held both "tragedy and triumph." Given the reduced graphic content of this title and the rather conventional wisdom that underpins it, this volume clearly has nothing on Martin Middlebrook's superb First Day on the Somme (1971) or Gary Sheffield's The Somme (2003).

The initial section on the origins of the campaign briefly discusses the Allied plans that contributed to the Somme, but the author omits much reference to the 1915 Battle of the Sere in the same area that shaped German defensive plans. Although the author includes Jack Sheldon's The German Army on the Somme 1914-16 in his bibliography, it is apparent that the insights about the German defensive plans were not really brought into this work. The following sections on opposing commanders (only high-level leaders) and opposing forces are rather skimpy and focus too much on the British. While the author mentions the French contribution, it seems an afterthought particularly in the order of battle, which lists every BEF battalion but only lists French divisions. Unfortunately, the Somme has become such a "British battle" in modern historiography that there seems little place left for the French, even though they enjoyed more success on 1 July 1916 than their British allies.

This volume has a significantly smaller graphic content than most other Osprey campaign series titles, with only three 2-D maps (front of the BEF June 1916; the Somme at 0730 hours 1 July; the Somme at nightfall, 1 July) and two 3-D maps (the assault on Beaumont Hamel; the assault on Montauban). The volume also includes two battle scenes by artist Peter Dennis: the attack on the Heidenkopf and the attack on La Boisselle), both of which focus on British units. The concluding sections on the Battlefield Today (touring the Somme, writing about it then talking about it on the BBC has become something of a cottage industry for many modern British historians) and the bibliography are decent, although there are no references to internet websites that might be useful.

As for the battle narrative, the author employs the useful approach of covering one corps sector at a time, starting in the north and moving south. This method of dissecting the battle is very useful for readers who just want to focus on one section and it also enjoys the advantage of uniform description. Like most historians, the author concedes that the attacks in the north were costly failures, but opines that heavy losses were expected in this sort of warfare. Furthermore, he concludes that the "tragedy" in the northern attack sectors should be balanced by the "triumph" in the southern sectors where British and French troops smashed in the German first line of defense. This is a comforting thought for the relatives of the 20,000 British fatalities on the first day - that the sacrifice had some value - but that view does not square well with the facts. While the "triumph" in the southern attack sector was noteworthy, it still did not succeed in either reaching the German second line of defense or achieving a breakthrough. Furthermore, the Battle of the Somme continued for four more months without either breaking the German army or gaining any significant amounts of terrain, meaning that the German defense achieved its objectives. I also tend to find it hard to swallow British assertions that the heavy losses on the Somme should be balanced against the experience gained by the BEF; by that logic, Colonel George Armstrong Custer learned some very valuable lessons at Little Bighorn about Indian warfare. The Somme offensive is probably best viewed as the consequence of attempting to do too much with too little; the British attacked across too wide a sector with no real main effort and with their artillery support watered down by shooting at too many targets. The BEF demonstrated at Neuve Chapelle in 1915 that it could gain ground at reasonable cost, but these lessons learned appear to have been cast aside due to political pressure to achieve `something big' on the Somme. As so often happens in modern warfare, political pressures caused military men to disregard the principles of war (e.g. concentration, mass, objective, surprise) and to mount a sloppy, over-optimistic attack at a time and place that the enemy expected.

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THE RENAISSANCE MAKER OF MODERN MAN
KENNETH SELTON SETTON
Manufacturer: National Geographic Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GKVKEE

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The Renaissance : Maker of Modern Man
Kenneth M. Setton & The Editorial Staff of National Geographic Society
Manufacturer: National Geographic Society
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K8WLZO

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Boxed SET - The Renaissance - Maker of Modern Man & the Age of Chivalry (The Renaissance - Maker of Modern Man)
National Geographic
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The Renaissance Maker of Modern Man

Manufacturer: National Geographic Society
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Renaissance Maker of Modern Man
Kenneth M Setton
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The Renaissance Maker of Modern Man

Manufacturer: The National Geographic Society
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The Renaissance Maker of Modern Man (AVolume in the Story of Man Library)

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The Renaissance Maker Of Modern Man -
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The Renaissance, Maker of Modern Man
Melville Bell (ED) Grosvenor
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The Age of Chivalry/The Renaissance - Maker of Modern Man
Philip (translator) Vellacourt
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Four double-sided acetate pages put the secret world of sharks front and center. It's a remarkable glimpse into one of nature's most fascinating creatures. Acetate has been used in books before, but never like this. Our approach to the clear pages eliminates backwards or blocked text, making four pages of "see-through" action seem like eight! With these transparent pages, kids can see what's beneath a shark's skin, and how its senses work together to help it find food. They'll learn about types, sizes, and shapes of sharks, their behavior, reproductive habits, what they eat, where they live-even how to avoid a shark attack.

Sharks and Other Creatures, Birds, Whales Dolphins and Porpoises, Life Through the Ages, Flight and Flying Machines, Wonders of the World, Prehistoric Life, Cars, How People Lived, Trains and Railroads, Animals and Where They Live, Machines (See & Explore Library:)

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Sharks and Other Creatures, Birds, Whales Dolphins and Porpoises, Life Through the Ages, Flight and Flying Machines, Wonders of the World, Prehistoric Life, Cars, How People Lived, Trains and Railroads, Animals and Where They Live, Machines (See & Explore Library:)
John Feltwell , Sydney Wood , Anne Millard , Gordon Cruickshank , Steve Parker , Giovanni Caselli , Mark Carwardine , Philip Steele , and David Burnie
Manufacturer: DK Dorling Kindersley
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Binding: Hardcover

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SEE & EXPLORE LIBRARY TOTAL OF 12 BOOKS: MACHINES AND HOW THEY WORK, BIRDS AND HOW THEY LIVE, SHARKS AND OTHER CREATURES OF THE DEEP, WHALES DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES, LIFE THROUGH THE AGES, FLIGHT AND FLYING MACHINES, WONDERS OF THE WORLD, PREHISTORIC LIFE, CARS AND HOW THEY WORK, HOW PEOPLE LIVED, TRAINS AND RAILROADS, ANIMALS AND WHERE THEY LIVE.

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Impact of a changed inundation regime caused by climate change and floodplain rehabilitation on population viability of earthworms in a lower River Rhine ... from: Science of the Total Environment, The]

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Impact of a changed inundation regime caused by climate change and floodplain rehabilitation on population viability of earthworms in a lower River Rhine ... from: Science of the Total Environment, The]
I. Thonon , and C. Klok
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000PDSGK8

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This digital document is a journal article from Science of the Total Environment, The, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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River floodplains are dynamic and fertile ecosystems where soil invertebrates such as earthworms can reach high population densities. Earthworms are an important food source for a wide range of organisms including species under conservation such as badgers. Flooding, however, reduces earthworm numbers. Populations recover from cocoons that survive floods. If the period between two floods is too short such that cocoons cannot develop into reproductive adults, populations cannot sustain themselves. Both climate change and floodplain rehabilitation change the flooding frequency affecting earthworm populations. The present paper estimates the influence of climate change and floodplain rehabilitation on the viability of earthworm populations in a Dutch floodplain; the Afferdensche and Deestsche Waarden along the River Waal. This floodplain will be part of major river rehabilitation plans of the Dutch government. In those plans, the floodplain will experience the construction of a secondary channel and the removal of part of its minor embankment. To estimate the impact of these plans and climate change, we used a dataset of daily discharges for 1900-2003 for the River Rhine at the Dutch-German border. We perturbed this dataset to obtain two new datasets under climate change scenarios for 2050 and 2100. From the original and two projected datasets we derived the frequency distributions for the annual periods without inundations for the studied floodplain. We subsequently compared the duration of these inundation-free (dry) periods with the maturation age distribution for L. rubellus as derived from a Dynamic Energy Budget model. This comparison yielded in which parts of our study area and under which climate conditions the populations would still be viable, be able to adapt or become extinct. The results show that climate change has almost no adverse effect on earthworm viability. This is because climate change reduces the flooding frequency during the earthworms growing season. Floodplain rehabilitation, on the other hand, reduces the part of the floodplain area where populations can sustain themselves. Before rehabilitation, only 12% of the floodplain area cannot sustain a viable earthworm population. After rehabilitation, this increases to 59%, 28% of which is due to more frequent flooding. Enhanced exposure to soil contaminants may further suppress earthworm viability. This could frustrate further nature development and the viability of earthworm-dependent species such as the badger (Meles meles) or little owl (Athene noctua vidalli species), which is an objective of the river rehabilitation plans in the Netherlands.

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