The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting An Investment Club

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Anyone who is a current or potential investor, who enjoys working with people.

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A Good Investment!.......2000-08-14

Sarah Young Fisher provides excellent value for your $18.95 spent - 325 pages of useful information plus Glossary and Resources. Her thesis is important, even if it is more subtle than explicit: running an investment club is a bit more difficult than it looks. The best proof of this resides in the now famous Beardstown Ladies who thought they were earning 23 percent on their money, only to learn that the true figure was 9 percent. Put another way, as good as they thought they were, the ladies lacked the technical expertise to calculate their rate of return. Sarah is very clear about the start up costs (about $1200) and monthly costs (about $150) paid to lawyers, accountants, and book keepers - no small consideration. Then, of course, there are taxes to consider .... This is a good deal more complex than organizing a hiking club, and yet it is supposed to be FUN! Her most valuable piece of advice is: not even a good financial advisor has the same stake in your money as you do. Her most futile piece of advice is: don't get emotionally attached to a stock - a bit like asking humans not to be human. The contention that most clubs probably need a professional financial advisor to get started almost seems to take some fun out of the group adventure. Essentially, however, the book is very comprehensive, easy to read and understand, and an invaluable guide to any club starting up. Indeed, the book itself is a good investment!

A Good Start.......2000-07-17

I was hesistant to purchase any book that in its title makes reference to the reader being an "idiot," but this book gives the fledgling investment club a good head start in organizing itself. The chapters progress logically from the history of investment clubs, to tax considerations, to keeping records of investments. Some sections are necessarily abridged, and the author points the reader to other, more robust sources (you should consult sources dedicated to the topic of stocks/mutual funds/bonds rather than rely on the section in this book). Each chapter gives good tips and warnings on how to run the club.

One topic that the author seemed to treat lightly is online brokerages and trading. The author advocates seeking the advice of a full-service broker -- something that fledgling investment clubs may not be able to afford -- to handle the club's trading. Our investment club extensively uses online brokerage services and online resources to keep the monthly club contribution low.

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Key Note estimates that the total market for protective clothing and equipment, which includes workwear and industrial footwear, reached £780.9m at manufacturers’ selling prices (msp) in 2001. Key Note divides the market into different sectors. These are workwear and protective clothing, industrial footwear, surgical and industrial gloves, respiratory protection and breathing apparatus, head, face, eye and ear protection and other equipment, such as fall-arrest equipment, lifejackets and limited life clothing. Most of the market falls under the heading of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as defined by EU regulations, but some workwear, worn mainly for corporate identification, is outside this scope. This report covers the topic.

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A winning combination: composites gain importance as the nonwovens industry looks for new technology.(The Composites Market): An article from: Nonwovens Industry

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A winning combination: composites gain importance as the nonwovens industry looks for new technology.(The Composites Market): An article from: Nonwovens Industry
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Law has been the missing link in modern British studies. Richard Cosgrove has begun single-handedly to change that. In unpretentious prose Cosgrove expertly guides the reader through the major works of half a dozen 'greats' as well as shrewdly assessing their current reputations. Scholars of the Law should inspire many more!
--John V. Orth, The University of North Carolina School of Law

Richard Cosgrove's Scholars of the Law begins with the emergence of the positivist belief that jurisprudence can solve the important social issues of the day. Legal theory in the twentieth century has become narrow and abstract, and contemporary theory, ever anxious to debunk elitism, ironically has become elitist itself. Charting the history of English jurisprudence through its key figures--William Blackstone, Jeremy Bentham, John Austin, Henry Maine, Thomas Erskine Holland, and H. L. A. Hart--Richard Cosgrove argues that jurisprudence must return to its interdisciplinary roots and draw upon economics, politics, and sociology. In short, theory and practice must be recombined.

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Title: Scholars of the Law: English Jurisprudence from Blackstone to Hart. (book reviews)
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Publication: Michigan Law Review (Refereed)
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Pesticide Profiles: Toxicity, Environmental Impact, and Fate is like three books in one-it is a profile containing specific information about 137 pesticides, a primer of environmental toxicology, and an extensive trade name index. Profiles of each pesticide contain regulatory information, toxicity assessments, environmental fate data, physical properties, and acceptable exposure limit values. What these values and data mean in terms of human toxicity is clearly interpreted as well. The book also describes the meaning of carcinogenicity and how it is assessed in non-technical terms the non-expert can understand. Readers with a technical background are provided with the data to make their own judgments. In addition to information about specific pesticides, there are sections on general classes of pesticides, such as organophosphates. This information allows readers to make inferences about any pesticide in a class, even if a profile is not provided. Pesticide Profiles: Toxicity, Environmental Impact, and Fate goes beyond the usual listings of toxicity values or environmental half-lives to offer a broad understanding to readers of various backgrounds and interests.

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In the time since the second edition of The ACS Style Guide was published, the rapid growth of electronic communication has dramatically changed the scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publication world. This dynamic mode of dissemination is enabling scientists, engineers, and medical practitioners all over the world to obtain and transmit information quickly and easily. An essential constant in this changing environment is the requirement that information remain accurate, clear, unambiguous, and ethically sound. This extensive revision of The ACS Style Guide thoroughly examines electronic tools now available to assist STM writers in preparing manuscripts and communicating with publishers. Valuable updates include discussions of markup languages, citation of electronic sources, online submission of manuscripts, and preparation of figures, tables, and structures. In keeping current with the changing environment, this edition also contains references to many resources on the internet. With this wealth of new information, The ACS Style Guide's Third Edition continues its long tradition of providing invaluable insight on ethics in scientific communication, the editorial process, copyright, conventions in chemistry, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing style for any STM author, reviewer, or editor. The Third Edition is the definitive source for all information needed to write, review, submit, and edit scholarly and scientific manuscripts.

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don't know what I'd do without it!.......2007-03-08

I'm a science copyeditor, and I truly don't know how I'd manage without this book. If it has to do with chemistry, it's here (thank heaven!). And there's a wealth of clear information about how to format math, a wonderful list of unit abbreviations, and even a fair amount about physics- and biology-related terminology. It has the most lucid and concise explanations I've seen about when to apply italics or roman. And it's reasonably priced. Of course, if you specifically need to follow ACS style, this book is de rigeur, but even if you don't, you'll find it invaluable for science copyediting.

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The emphasis in this book is on problems related to crossing the boundary from molecular systems to nano, macro and micro-scale materials and to the effects of the environment on the properties of the molecular systems. The following fields are discussed:

metal clusters;

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classical and quantum dynamics. £/LIST£ The book presents a broad view of current theoretical, experimental and applied findings in all fields in which the metal-ligand interaction plays a significant role.

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Between February 1864 and April 1865, 41,000 Union prisoners of war were taken to the stockade at Anderson Station, Georgia, where nearly 13,000 of them died. Most contemporary accounts placed the blame for the tragedy squarely on the shoulders of the Confederates who administered the prison or on a conspiracy of higher-ranking officials.

In this carefully researched and compelling revisionist account, William Marvel provides a comprehensive history of Andersonville Prison and conditions within it. Based on reliable primary sources—including diaries, Union and Confederate government documents, and letters—rather than exaggerated postwar recollections and such well-known but spurious 'diaries' as that of John Ransom, Marvel's analysis exonerates camp commandant Henry Wirz and others from charges that they deliberately exterminated prisoners, a crime for which Wirz was executed after the war.

According to Marvel, virulent disease and severe shortages of vegetables, medical supplies, and other necessities combined to create a crisis beyond Wirz's control. He also argues that the tragedy was aggravated by the Union decision to suspend prisoner exchanges, which meant that many men who might have returned home were instead left to sicken and die in captivity.

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...smells like negationism... .......2007-07-04

In buying the book I dismissed the one negative review by "mightyhob". My mistake. After reading Andersonville I have to agree with him. Does the author really expect anyone to believe Wirz is a good guy because he once let a prisoner pick up a knife he dropped or a couple of other so-called acts of kindness? Or because clerics and ladies found him "courteous and accommodating". He even captions one photo as "...the judge advocate who railroaded Henry Wirz". Hardly objective, especially in the absence of anything to support it. He devotes only 4 pages to the trial, calling witness testimony exaggerated, imaginative or pure invention and referring to Wirz as deprived. I would think that if you're attempting to revise history, you need to make a better argument than the lame one put forth here. Too bad. The details of life in this prison made for some interesting reading at times.

SUFFERING AT ANDERSONVILLE.......2005-08-26

I ONCE SAW A DOCUMENTARY ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL CALLED HORROR ATANDERSONVILLE PRISON THE TRIAL OF HENRY WIRZ.IT ANGERED ME SO MUCH THAT I CONVINCED MY MOTHER TO BY ME A COPY OF THE BOOK FROM YOUR FINE WEBSITE. IT ALLOWED ME TO SEE HOW MUCH THOSE MEN SUFFERED THEY WERE TREATED LIKE CATTLE.BUT AT LEAST YOU FEED CATTLE . THEY WERE TREATED HORRIBLY .AND PEOPLE IN PRISON HAVE THE NERVE TO COMPLAIN THAT THEY ARE BEING TREATED BADLY THEY OUGHT BE LUCKY THAT THEY ARE NOT TREATED LIKE THE SOLIDERS AT ANDERSONVILLE WERE.

Objective? Unbiased? Am I missing something here?.......2004-01-19

In this piece of revisionist history the author seems determined to exonerate Henry Wirz as largely a victim of circumstances. I do not think that this book is biased in favor of the Confederacy, only biased in favor of disproving the traditional view of Andersonville. To me, the bottom line on Andersonville is that, despite an abundance of trees in the vicinity, the prisoners were provided no shelter nor were permitted to build their own. Perhaps the accounts of Wirz's cruelty were exagerated, but he was in charge of the camp, and, at a minimum, was criminally negligent. As the author states, almost 13,000 men, a third of those interned at Andersonville, died there. This was more than twice the average death rate at other prison camps, North and South. Wirz was responsible for the welfare of these men, and I found the author's excuses for his failure unconvincing.

This "comprehensive" account is only 249 pages long, with only four pages devoted to Wirz's trial, the issue of most interest to contemporary readers. Marvel never mentions all of the members of the military tribunal or the substantial body of official correspondence, from Confederate government sources, critical of conditions at and the administration of Andersonville, that was submitted as evidence during the trial.

For a far more believable account of Wirz's trial, I suggest you read the article on the Wirz trial written by John H. Stibbs, a member of the military tribunal that tried Wirz. You can find it in "A Perfect Picture of Hell" by Ted Genoways & Hugh H. Genoways. If Stibbs' account is inaccurate, I would like to understand in what way that is the case. By the way, Stibbs is never mentioned in Marvel's book.

A lasting tribute to the nearly 13,000 men who died there........2002-07-18

In Andersonville: The Last Depot, William Marvel gives the serious student of Civil War history a balanced and highly accurate account of what transpired during those fourteen awful months between Feb. 1864 and Apr. 1865. The events of Capt. Henry Wirz's trial and execution are also covered in detail and for the first time we begin to get a glimpse of who the real man was. While the book is filled with many historical facts about the prison itself, Mr. Marvel does not neglect the human side of Andersonville. Through thorough and meticulous research, Mr. Marvel acquaints the reader with men like Thomas "Chickamauga" Herburt, George "Albert", Salvador "Thomas" Genzardi as well as many others. How important is this historical work? In July 2002, I traveled to Andersonville spending two days walking the stockade grounds and those of the national cemetery. This book served as my guide.

Excellent -- dispels a lot of myths.......1999-06-13

I found this book an excellent read. My sole sources about Andersonville prior to it were Mackinlay Kantor's captivating novel "Andersonville", The 1970 PBS powerful drama "The Andersonville Trial, A Play by Saul Levitt" - directed by George C. Scott, the brief and not really well researched references to it in the PBS special "The Civil War" by Ric Burns and the rather one-sided TNT moltion picture "Andersonville". Prior to reading this book I had been particularily touched by "The Andersonville Trial". The acting was very well done (William Shanter, fresh from Star Trek cancellation portrayed the "hero" of the play -- Colonel Chipman") and the purpose of that play, in my opinion, was to try and make Andersonville appear as a percursor of the Nazi Death camps and Captain Wirz a percursor of the guards and commandants who "only followed orders" in those places. However after I read Mr. Marvel's well researched account of this most infamous prison I am convinced that Captain Wirz was more a victim of circumstance and Colonel Chipman's vengence rather than some cruel monster of a man who had lost his soul to General Winder as portrayed by Mr. Levitt. Indeed, perhaps, I would suggest that maybe Mr. Levitt, if he still lives, should read this work and perhaps, consider a rewrite of his play keeping faitful to facts this time rather than using have baked anecdotes of dubios origin -- or if he isn't, maybe someone ought to try and revise it. In any event, and to conclude, I heartily agree with James McPherson, well known author of "The Battle Cry of Freedom" that this is " . . . the best account of the tragedy of Andersonville that we have or are likely to have."

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Andersonville the Last Depot
William Marvel
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Andersonville:The Last Depot (Confederate P.O.W. camp in U.S. Civil War)

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Andersonville:The Last Depot (Confederate P.O.W. camp in U.S. Civil War)
William (Gary W. Gallagher, Editor) Marvel
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Marvel, William. Andersonville; the last depot.(Young adult review)(Book review): An article from: Kliatt

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Marvel, William. Andersonville; the last depot.(Young adult review)(Book review): An article from: Kliatt
Raymond Puffer
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William Marvel
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Andersonville. The Last Depot.
William. MARVEL
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ANDERSONVILLE: THE LAST DEPOT. Civil War America

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William. Marvel
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Andersonville:The Last Depot (Confederate P.O.W. camp in U.S. Civil War)
William and Gary W. Gallagher, (Editor) Marvel
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Near-Perfect Reference Book For The World's Oldest Religion.......2005-10-05

Listed in A-Z encyclopedia format, this book has thousands of entries that collectively define and describe Judaism, past and present. Well written, concise, balances maximizing its informative tone with staying readable. Not over the average person's head at all. A very good reference volume. Worth owning by anyone.

Concise Yet Completely Comprehensive.......2001-05-07

The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, 7th edition, is an ideal handbook for the student of Judaism. Under the editorial hand of Geoffrey Wigoder in Jerusalem it has been compiled with contributions from many hundreds of Jewish scholars from throughout the Jewish world. In a single, very portable volume, it covers everything from mysticism to contemporary Jewish authors, from cookery to historical figures. It is an enormous achievement and an invaluable aide to the researcher and the casual reader. The ample illustrations are an added bonus.

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The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
Cecil Roth
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THE NEW STANDARD JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA.

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Rith Cecil & Wigoder Geoffrey
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Gentlemen of Science: Early Correspondence of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (camden fourth series; volume 30)
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