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Time is not money! If anything, it is MORE important than money. The time we have to care for one another, especially for our children and our elderly, is more precious to us than anything else in the world. Yet we have more experience accounting for money than we do for time.
In this volume, leading experts in analysis of time use from across the globe explore the interface between time use and family policy. They show how social institutions limit the choices that individuals can make about how to divide their time between paid and unpaid work. They challenge conventional surveys that offer simplistic measure of time spent in childcare or elder care. They summarize empirical evidence concerning trends in time devoted to the care of family members and debate ways of assigning a monetary value to this time.
This important book is well researched, well thought through, and well written. It will be highly regarded amongst those interested in the sociology and economics of the family, as well as those with a general interest in gender studies.
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- Outlines cost-effective, bottom-line solutions that show how companies can protect transactions over the Internet using PKI
- First book to explain how PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is used by companies to comply with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) rules mandated by the U.S. Department of Labor, Health, and Human Services
- Illustrates how to use PKI for important business solutions with the help of detailed case studies in health care, financial, government, and consumer industries
Customer Reviews:
Good book: wake up call before implementing and considering PKI .......2007-02-08
I found this book very useful. With other material in the field the author did a great job.
If you planned to roll out a PKI just take a moment and take a deep breath before doing that and consider all the do's and don't's. Ask yourself the question if PKI is really the only solution for your problem. This book helps you get that perspective. Good style of writing, clear and consistent. Certainly worth buying. Don't assume this is a deep technical drill down on PKI and you're okay!
Rob Faber, CISSP, MCSE, Infrastructure Architect
The Netherlands
good, broad coverage.......2005-04-06
Overall I found this book to cover the key concepts of PKI and its practical use fairly well. The case studies help me relate to how things are actually being done. My issue with other books is that they are too theoretical. Also the book gives me a strong case for expanding my PKI deployment as I can cite other successes (worldwide).
More to do with compliance than with PKI.......2003-06-01
The author seems to have "bought" into Public Key Infrastructure completely. Many chapters have a simliar formula:
1. Explain background on the compliance issue or standard
2. Then explain why PKI is so great and solves a majority of the problems with the particular issue being discussed.
This leaves a bit to be desired in some cases as the compliance-heavy discussions really move past PKI and into extremely detailed market compliance issues. This book will be useful for individuals looking for information having to do with Financial, e-Government, and Health Care compliance issues but not necessarily with PKI implementations for Enterprise organizations.
Good stuff.......2003-05-05
Good stuff on PKI: technical and business angles. Compliance was the main reason I took at look at this book, since HIPAA affects us day to day. I did appreciate the introduction to the technology (with technical depth). One thing I did really like it was that (to large degree) the book was vendor neutral. Some of the books through the RSA label have some spin. Definitely worth adding this book to the security collection.
Practical and timely book on security.......2003-04-23
This book covers a good chunk of digital security strategies with a focus on digital certificates (PKI). The first part of the book covers the PKI basics including technical and business topics. The next part of the book goes over the compliance laws (in relevant vertical areas) and how PKI (and compatible technologies) help resolve them. The last part of the book goes over resources and specific products/companies.
What I really liked about this book is it focus on how solve real problems such as compliance issues. Plus the case studies and specific vendor references make this is a good book to use for actual implementations.
Finally, this is a recent book on PKI and I have not seen too much on this topic as of late. The international coverage in the book also does well to keep the material relevant and current.
I would say this book would be ideal for security consultants as well as decision makers doing anything related to digital certificates and/or ecommerce in general.
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- Great way to start your business
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SmartStart Your South Carolina Business (Smartstart Your Business Series)
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A resource for starting your own business. Includes current state and federal start-up information, contacts, statistics, and legislation.
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Great way to start your business.......2001-02-26
This book provides not only an easy to read, step-by-step way to start your own business; but, the authors have included many place to write notes so you can keep your focus on starting your business, as well as all of the numbers and forms you would need to ensure you get your business started as quickly and painlessly as possible. One of the sections I especially enjoyed was the appendix in the back with the telephone numbers and addresses of all of the parties you need to contact with spaces for notes on when you contacted them, who you spoke with, what you talked about, etc. If you are considering starting your own business in South Carolina, you can do it without this book, but I would not recommend it. Oasis Press has simplified the process tremendously.
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- Clear guidebook for those who need to speak in public.
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I'd Rather Die Than Give A Speech
Michael M. Klepper , and
Robert E. Gunther
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Written in an engaging and readable style, this practical guide is a must for both beginners and seasoned professionals. The step-by-step game plan will transform speech-making from a teeth-chattering ordeal to a rewarding experience that can benefit any career and company.
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Clear guidebook for those who need to speak in public........1999-03-17
First-hand account by an author who overcame serious fear problems to become a leading communication consultant and trainer. Solid material in the hows - and whys - of speech preparation, performance strategies, making nerves work for you, and the importance of preparing for the Q&A, to name just a few. No Freudian analysis of why we develop anxiety, just a great "tool-box" of proven techniques to become a confident and masterful speaker. A solid asset for Toastmasters, sales people, managers, or anyone who needs to make public speaking a part of their life.
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Jobs in retailing, modeling, and the fashion business can be difficult to obtain. This book can provide the competitive edge. Resumes shown contain jobs such as Assistant Sales Manager, Beauty Consultant, Model, Retail Buyer, Cosmetics Specialist, Merchandise Manager, Sales Associate, Jewelry Store Manager, Music Store Manager, Customer Service Manager, District Supervisor, Fashion Merchandising Student, Salon Manager, Territory Manager, and many others.
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If You Love Casino Gambling, Read This Book.......2006-09-04
Beat the Players by Bob Nersesian, a Nevada lawyer who represents advantage players against the casinos, starts his preface with three stingingly dramatic words, "Nevada hates you...." - and the rest of the book attempts to prove why those three words have the ring of truth.
The casinos of Las Vegas, and by extension, the casinos throughout the United States have a love-hate relationship with their players. Most casino players don't realize this since most casino players are only thinking about one-half of the casino equation - the half they are on.
The casinos love the losers - who make up maybe 99.99+ percent of all the players, whose towering losses make casino gambling a multi-billion dollar industry - but the casinos hate the advantage players, those Davids who by skill and intellect have found ways to turn the tables on the casino Goliaths, beating those monstrous Goliaths at their own games. Goliaths don't like to lose to slingshot carrying Davids - that is for sure.
Nersesian's book goes through many of his cases, as well as other cases, where advantage players were mistreated and at times abused by casino security and even law enforcement personnel - even though these players were doing nothing illegal. Sadly casinos can ask players to stop playing and/or leave their properties even though the players are doing nothing illegal but the casino personnel are often not content to just do this - as the book brutally shows.
You'll read about phony charges of players cheating which are totally discredited by the security cameras; phony "eye-witness" reports that are totally discredited by the security cameras; and depositions where the security personnel and the police offer explanations that would be very funny in a National Lampoon movie, but are downright terrifying when you realize these are being made to hurt honest America citizens doing nothing wrong. Imagine a hero who fought for America in our wars; or one who rushed into the World Trade Center in New York after the terrorist attack to save those poor souls trapped therein, being told he can't play in an American casino because "you are too good" or, worse, being escorted to or being dragged into the "backroom" to be illegally detained. Disgraceful but it has happened - far too frequently.
The book is an eye-opener and a page-turner from start to finish. If you are a card counter, a shuffle tracker, a hole card catcher, or dice controller; even if you are only a smart casino gambler taking your best shot at the house - this book makes for enlightening and frightening reading.
Nersesian has done all of us who love to play the casino games a great service by showing us what has happened to some of our unfortunate fellows who have the temerity to be "too good."
All smart gamblers should read this book.......2006-08-11
Casinos use mathematics and intelligence in trying to beat the players. Their games are normally fair, but mathematically skewed so that they will win over the long run. Yet, may casinos abhor players that try to use their own intelligence and legal skills to win at the games of chance that the casinos offer. Some casinos take it way too far and illegally abuse these players. This is when attorney Bob Nersesian steps in. Nersesian represents players who are playing legally who have been unfairly and illegally treated by the casinos, casino security and possibly the police force as well. In Beat the Players, Nersesian writes about some of these situations and cases, many showcase the amazing stupidity of casino security forces and the police force. He also gives advice to players on how to act and what to expect in the casino security offices (the backroom), including when it is appropriate or inappropriate to use an alias. This book should be read by all smart gamblers simply to prepare themselves for what could happen.
This book should also be read by casino personnel and cops. Along with giving advice to players on their rights and what to expect, Nersesian also gives advice to the casinos and cops on what not to do and the misconceptions that they may have. Card counting is legal. Hole carding due to dealer's mistakes is legal. Abusing, illegally detaining and illegally searching patrons is not legal. In the short run, the bully casino security force may get some satisfaction, but in the long run, the casinos (and in these corporate days, their shareholders as well) suffer in paying out losses in court cases.
Although I am not a lawyer and much of this book deals with the law, I still found it very readable. This is due to the way Nersesian wrote the book. Anyone will find it readable and easy to understand. I recommend this book to all gamblers who play in casinos, and especially those that think they can win.
A book that should be read before setting foot in a Las Vegas casino.......2006-08-05
"The casino hates you."
That's the first sentence of the first chapter. Direct. Powerful. Compelling. Unambiguous. Authoritative. Easy to understand.
Just like the rest of the book.
This 320-page book should be read by everyone who patronizes, or is in any way associated with casinos in Las Vegas. A fascinating read by a Las Vegas attorney who is THE authority on the tactics and abuses casinos apply towards blackjack players they think is winning too much of "their" money.
The chapter titles are:
Your Money or Your Liberty;
Scary Cop Statements;
They'll Take Your Liberty Anyway;
Gaming Agents Speak;
The Take of the State;
Rules for Casino Patrons;
Gambling at the Legal Limits;
Cops Hate Card Counters;
Griffin Investigations;
Casinos Cheat With Impunity;
A Judicial and Government Overlay;
Finding a Nickel Brings Trouble;
Names and Aliases;
The Security Office and Surveillance Functions,
Casinos and Cops.
Learn your rights and what a casino can and cannot do to you and what you can do to do to protect yourself and substantiate your claims if you initiate a future lawsuit.
Learn of the cozy relationships between the casinos, the Nevada Gaming Control Board, and the Las Vegas Metro Police Department.
If you work in casino management or security or Surveillance, the NGCB, or Metro, learn the law (!) and how to protect yourself from those pesky lawsuits.
It's all here. It's scary. It's real. You need to know it.
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The Nevada Advantage
Terry L. Neal
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Terry Neal pleads guilty.......2004-04-14
Tue 13 Apr 2004 Street Wire
See (*BCSC) Street Wire
by Brent Mudry
Offshore financier, author and tax dodge promoter Terry L. Neal has pled
guilty to conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service through a tax
evasion scheme, largely relating to Exchange Bank and Trust, his
Nevis-based brass plate bank which handled most of its clients' dealings
through the main downtown Vancouver branch of one of Canada's most
reputable banks.
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This digital document is an article from Utah Business, published by American Diversified Publishing Company, Inc. on April 1, 1992. The length of the article is 2186 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: Utahns win in Sin City. (Utah residents attracted to Las Vegas, Nevada for business opportunities, taking advantage of lenient corporate tax laws, tremendous economic and population growth, low housing prices, good banking market and generally good business climate)
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Oil and Democracy.......2006-09-22
This is an excellent book on the history of oil and the United States and how the Federal government colluded with Big oil to wipe out Texas independents. A great history.
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