Pay Me in Stock Options: Manage the Options You Have, Win the Options You Want

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A comprehensive guide to taking full advantage of current employee stock options plans

The phenomenon of stock options as employee compensation continues to grow in importance in more and more online and traditional businesses. In fact, an estimated eight million Americans-some eight percent of the workforce-currently hold options, in comparison with only a million workers back in 1992. Yet many people don't know how to take advantage of these plans and are unsure when to exercise their options or how to negotiate to get more options.

This much-needed book helps employees and management understand how options plans work in order to use them to their best advantage. Here are specific strategies on vesting schedules and tax implications, along with real-life examples from plans that readers can learn from.

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Total Disappointment.......2006-03-23

The only useful information I got about stock option programs is a list of websites to check out for information on such programs.
This book provided fewer details than our company gives us about the program. The rest of the book reads a lot like according to so-and-so. It suggests that you maintain anywhere between 0-75% of your portfolio in company stock. Can you be a bit more specific here?
I bought this book hoping to learn about what to do with our company stock options, NOT what they are. I can sum up what company options are and how and when you may exercise them in a few pages, You don't need a 200+ page book to do that.

Information for anyone who has stock options.......2001-05-13

Not everyone who has stock options is a dot com millionaire. This is a practical guide to stock options for all levels of employees. The author helps decipher the rules of stock plans that are usually unintelligible.

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Community-based crime reduction programs are not as effective as they should be and often create disturbing and dangerous tensions along class and racial lines, says William DeLeon-Granados in this groundbreaking work. He argues that current strategies remain rooted in a punitive criminal justice system and fail to address the heart of the crime problem. Instead, programs that exploit community power should focus on fostering informal social controls and indigenous problem solving.

Going beyond traditional criminological and sociological research methods, DeLeon-Granados traveled across the United States to cities with model community-based programs to experience and observe firsthand efforts to build community and control crime. He visited and lived with public officials and citizens to uncover and assess the strengths and weaknesses of various ways of establishing community-leadership, community policing, citizen mobilization, urban design and planning, and laws.

DeLeon-Granados's eloquent narrative style combines peoples' stories with the author's personal reflections and analysis to provide a richly textured, cohesive, and accessible picture of community-building as a response to crime and social problems. Challenging current discourse, the author proposes a new conceptual framework for crime control, asserting that effective problem-solving strategies must restore community strength and forge new relations, connections, and shared values among citizens.

DeLeon-Granados offers a fresh perspective on the important relationship between crime and place. This volume will appeal to criminologists, urban sociologists, and general readers alike.

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Youth and our communities.......2000-09-21

Granados' book has given me much to think about. It has changed my approach to working within my community.

Community. Community. Where's my community?.......2000-05-24

Deleon-Granados employs a narrative style of case studies to support his thesis that top-down approaches to community policing have failed. Agencies cannot simply "order up" or impose a community to create social control among the citizenry. Functioning communities grow from the ground up, though opportunities do exist for public and private agencies to foster and support positive channels. Though covering an academic topic, Deleon-Granados avoids the jargon and esoterica normally found in such treatments. His narrative approach renders an easy read of a tough subject.

A different outlook.......2000-05-24

Travels Through Crime and Place is a fine example of how people can work together to solve serious crime without the use of force, or with the typical "lock 'em up and throw away the key" mentality. Our justice and crime reduction tactics obviously are NOT working since a huge percentage of our population is in prison. It is high time for a new way of thinking. Deleon-Granados offers fresh ideas for the future.

Fascinating, beautifully written.......2000-01-24

Not just for academics, but a must for anyone concerned about social justice and a thoughtful discussion of crime prevention. The author helps us get beyond cliches and stereotypes to a more honest, and complex, analysis of what works, what doesn't, and why. Issues of racism, classism and social control are woven into a deeply compassionate, rich narrative of people, places and the fragile human ecosystem of cities in America. Readers will come away with a paradigm shift, a more discerning eye for the truth, and a real knowledge-base from which to address issues of crime and community in their own neighborhoods.

Fighting Terrorism in the Liberal State: An Integrated Model of Research, Intelligence (NATO Security Through Science Series. E: Human and Societal)

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Fighting Terrorism in the Liberal State: An Integrated Model of Research, Intelligence (NATO Security Through Science Series. E: Human and Societal)
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Fight , Samuel Peleg , and Wilhelm F. Kempf
Manufacturer: IOS Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1586036009

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The papers in this book illustrate the balanced dichotomy between terrorism and counter-terrorism against the background of the liberal state. This is a unique battlefield, where the tactical advantage is seemingly conceded to terrorists, who are free to exploit the liberties of the open society, while the authorities are constrained by those very rights and freedoms. They work under the constant scrutiny of the free press, public opinion, the political opposition, human rights organizations and the guardians of legal codes. But they have only an apparent advantage, which is forfeited the more depraved and indiscriminate terrorism becomes. Then terrorists begin to lose their popular support, and the authorities begin to win citizens' trust in their efforts to restore tranquility. Thus, it really boils down to a question of balance: of how to establish the delicate equilibrium of combating terrorism while preserving the liberties of the open society. This book begins with this question and becomes increasingly complex as it tackles the different aspects and dimensions of this dilemma.

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Social Control through Law
Roscoe Pound
Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1560009160

Social Control Through Law (Sixth Series)

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Social Control Through Law (Sixth Series)

Manufacturer: Yale University Press, New Haven
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HVJQIY

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This is one of a series of topics in the Powell Lectures on Philosophy at Indian University but is a stand-alone book. It covers such topics as civilization and social control; what is law; the task of law and the problem of values. It is indexed. Red cloth boards with gold print on spine only.

Making social policy through courts: gun control advocates fight firearms.: An article from: Defense Counsel Journal

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Making social policy through courts: gun control advocates fight firearms.: An article from: Defense Counsel Journal
Danielle Feldman
Manufacturer: International Association of Defense Counsels
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Defense Counsel Journal, published by International Association of Defense Counsels on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 6991 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: Making social policy through courts: gun control advocates fight firearms.
Author: Danielle Feldman
Publication: Defense Counsel Journal (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: International Association of Defense Counsels
Volume: 68 Issue: 1 Page: 72

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This meticulously researched book tells the story of Midwestern agriculture during a period of epochal change in farm technology, farm management, and farm life. The hard work, tight communities, and values that had characterized the family farm were replaced by large corporate enterprises with massive acreages, high-tech methods, and global outlooks. While many decry this change as loss, Nordin and Scott find a net gain. This is their richly detailed account of one of the great transformations in American life.

The Transformation of Agriculture in the West

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The Transformation of Agriculture in the West

Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0631170936

The Transformation of Agriculture in the West (New Perspectives on the Past)

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The Transformation of Agriculture in the West (New Perspectives on the Past)
David Grigg
Manufacturer: Blackwell Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0631170944

The effect of soil compaction on nitrogen transformations in the soil (Bulletin / Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, West Virginia University)

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The effect of soil compaction on nitrogen transformations in the soil (Bulletin / Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, West Virginia University)
Frank D Whisler
Manufacturer: West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007H20K4

Railroads, deforestation, and the transformation of agriculture in the West Virginia back counties, 1880-1920 (Research paper)

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Railroads, deforestation, and the transformation of agriculture in the West Virginia back counties, 1880-1920 (Research paper)
Ronald L Lewis
Manufacturer: West Virginia University, Regional Research Institute
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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History of thought on molecular origins of surface phenomena offers a critical and detailed examination and assessment of modern theories, focusing on statistical mechanics and application of results in mean-field approximation to model systems. Emphasis on liquid-gas surface, with a focus on liquid-liquid surfaces in the final chapters. 1989 edition.

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The physics and chemistry of surfaces
Neil Kensington Adam
Manufacturer: The Clarendon press
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The continuity of the liquid and gaseous states of matter

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The continuity of the liquid and gaseous states of matter
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008BNF6C

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Brookhaven National Laboratory was the first major national laboratory built for basic civilian research. From Nobel Prize-winning work in atomic physics to addressing community concerns over radiation leaks, the history of Brookhaven parallels the changing fortunes of "big science" in the United States. Robert P. Crease brings to life the people, the instruments, the science, and the politics of Brookhaven's first quarter-century.

"[A] very readable, well illustrated and sometimes even racy, recounting of Brookhaven's history, politics and personalities."—Denys Wilkinson, Physics World

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"Were you first attracted to me or my art?" the dangerous feline beauty purred, coyly curling on the soft black leather chair in the dark southwestern corner of the "Pink Iguana" coffee house. Isis, an intoxicating beatnik poet, encourages a cowboy drifter to resurrect his lost dream regardless of the consequences. In Beat Generation fashion, modeled after their icons (novelist William S. Burroughs and film director David Cronenberg), Gabriel, a traveling folk-rock artist, and Isis, his oriental muse, compose an explosive New Wave film that exposes corruption, abuse, harassment, censorship, and mind control in contemporary society! As a result, the couple fights for their lives against the corrupt bureaucratic establishment! This revolutionary first novel by Texas playwright Ross Wells also features a unique guide to the most unusual yet influential films ever made! So, get hip and dig this incendiary film trip! You've never experienced anything like it!

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Movie buffs will love it!.......2007-03-22

Some film directors leave you wondering what they were thinking, and some make you desperately want to know what inspires them. In Ross Wells' novel, "eXploZion!" the reader is immersed into one young film director's thoughts. What is revealed is downright weird.

Gabriel Black has a mild obsession with film. (Maybe not so mild.) He meets an addictive young woman, and together they work on sorting out who he is and what he will become. Along the way we read of Gabe's sordid past with various females, a couple of good friends, and the ultimate goal of producing films. His influences ranged from Mary Shelley to late night horror flicks on television. He collected dreams in the form of motion pictures. After a couple of student films, he became a film instructor for a private school, but that wasn't quite enough. His talent called him to move on to greater things. His relationship with the young woman, Isis, led him to a chance at a financed project and a permanent job. Strange things happen though, and like a scene out of a classic horror film, the unexpected occurs.

A cross between the Johnny Depp movie "Ed Wood," and a college course in film, "eXploZion!" is quite unique. Movie buffs will love it. As a story in itself, the plot was a bit out there, not exactly smooth, but something completely different. The tirades into books and films were a bit distracting to me, but then I'm not the obsessive fan that Gabriel Black seems to be. It certainly helped to bring his character across. It made me wonder though, if this book wasn't really just an excuse for the author to talk about his own passion. I don't know.

All in all, it is very different sort of book.

Explozion - A Great find.......2006-03-10

This book is awesome. After reading it I have loaned it out to several others who loved it as well.

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In wartime, presidents are always tempted to expand their authority. But in doing so, they often reach beyond their constitutional mandate.

Although the use of military tribunals can be necessary and even effective in times of war, Louis Fisher contends that these courts present a grave danger to open government and the separation of powers. Citing the constitutional provision vesting Congress with the authority to create tribunals, Fisher addresses the threats posed by the dramatic expansion of presidential power in time of war-and the meek efforts of Congress and the judiciary to curb it.

Military Tribunals and Presidential Power is the only book to offer detailed and comprehensive coverage of these extra-legal courts, taking in the sweep of American history from colonial times to today's headlines. Focusing on those periods when the Constitution and civil liberties have been most severely tested by threats to national security, Fisher critiques tribunals called during the presidencies of Washington, Madison, Jackson, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Truman. He also examines other presidential actions that present military justifications to augment political power, such as suspending the writ of habeas corpus, invoking martial law, and using courts-martial to try U.S. citizens.

Fisher also analyzes how the Bush administration relied heavily on precedents set in World War II-notably the Supreme Court's opinion regarding Nazi saboteurs, Ex parte Quirin, a case shown in recent times to have been a rush to judgment. He scrutinizes the much-publicized cases of John Walker Lindh, Yaser Esam Hamdi, Jose Padilla, Zacarias Moussaoui, and the Guantanamo detainees to reveal how the executive branch has gone far beyond the bounds of even Quirin, and he suggests that it is short-sighted to believe that what was only tolerable half a century ago should be accepted as a given today.

Fisher's book cuts to the bone of current controversies and sounds an alarm for maintaining the checks and balances we value as a nation.

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important.......2005-10-06

You may have heard of military courts-martial, which in U.S. practice have evolved into something parallel to other U.S. courts, with independent judges and defense counsel, rules of evidence and procedure, military courts of appeal, and rooted in case law and applicable Constitutional law. The tribunals -- "military commissions" -- were different: an extraordinary and special proceeding with none of those guarantees, and, until 9/11, a freak wartime event last seen in WWII (Mr. Fisher's recent and excellent "Nazi Saboteurs on Trial" addresses one such case). Now the Bush Administration has revived the military commissions and this book is a timely (mid-2005) re-telling of the history and practice of these tribunals. I've written and researched on this topic and find Mr. Fisher's book is possibly the best single volume on the subject. His prose is clear to the layperson, he is brilliant in putting the tribunals in context, and is quick to find parallels in the detention (WWII + post-9/11) case law.

(Postscript: the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, June 29, 2006, was directly on point to military commissions and Presidential powers. The book is still very worth reading in light of possible attempts in Congress to address the issue.)

Military Tribunals and Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism.(Book review): An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly

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Military Tribunals and Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism.(Book review): An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly
Darren A. Wheeler
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Presidential Studies Quarterly, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2006. The length of the article is 889 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: Military Tribunals and Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism.(Book review)
Author: Darren A. Wheeler
Publication: Presidential Studies Quarterly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 36 Issue: 4 Page: 758(2)

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Focus on World History: The Era of the First Global Age and the Age of Revolution: Grades 7-9 (Focus on World History) (Focus on World History)
Kathy Sammis
Manufacturer: Walch Pub.
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Binding: Paperback

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