Antidote for madness: What every grammar school student should know and understand but which very few of our best educated people either know or understand

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Primary resource material of the greatest interest.......2004-02-02

More than a century after his death in 1897, Henry George remains one of the most original and influential economic thinkers in American history. His revolutionary theory on land taxation gained a tremendous following, reshaped the nation's political and economic debate, and continues to be widely discussed throughout the world. His writings shaped a generation of statesmen and intellectuals, including Winston Churchill, Robert La Follette, Clarence Darrow, George Bernard Shaw, and Milton Freedman.

The Single Tax : What it is and What it will Accomplish

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The Single Tax : What it is and What it will Accomplish
Judson Grenell
Manufacturer: Henry George Lecture Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000JJOX8W

The Single Tax : What It Is and Why We Urge it

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The Single Tax : What It Is and Why We Urge it
Henry George
Manufacturer: Joseph Fels International COmmission
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000LOBT5A

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What Is the Single Tax
Louis F. Post
Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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As a rational method of bringing the present social order into conformity with natural social laws which it now ignores, the Single Tax was proposed and explained early in the last third of the nineteenth century by Henry George (1839-1897). The issue of the single tax is discussed, as are fiscal and social defects of the existing system, and criticisms of proposed remedies. The economic and social advantages of the single tax are set forth with methods of implementation.

Louis Freeland Post was a well respected journalist, lawyer, publicist, economist, author of many books, and Undersecretary of Labor in the Woodrow Wilson administration. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1928. He was a lifelong friend of Henry George, and in the 1880s was an editor of Henry George's weekly organ in New York, The Standard.

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Primary resource material of the greatest interest.......2004-02-02

Repopulating New Orleans: how did San Francisco do what a top economist says New Orleans cannot?(comment)(Henry George's single tax movement) : An article from: Dollars & Sense

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Repopulating New Orleans: how did San Francisco do what a top economist says New Orleans cannot?(comment)(Henry George's single tax movement) : An article from: Dollars & Sense
Mason Gaffney
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Dollars & Sense, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2006. The length of the article is 3040 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: Repopulating New Orleans: how did San Francisco do what a top economist says New Orleans cannot?(comment)(Henry George's single tax movement)
Author: Mason Gaffney
Publication: Dollars & Sense (Newsletter)
Date: March 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 264 Page: 9(4)

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What is good and bad about Michigan's Single Business Tax?: An article from: The Tax Adviser

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What is good and bad about Michigan's Single Business Tax?: An article from: The Tax Adviser
Frank J., Jr. O'Connell
Manufacturer: American Institute of CPA's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on September 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1326 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: What is good and bad about Michigan's Single Business Tax?
Author: Frank J., Jr. O'Connell
Publication: The Tax Adviser (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2000
Publisher: American Institute of CPA's
Volume: 31 Issue: 9 Page: 630

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Single tax -- what it is and why we urge it,

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Single tax -- what it is and why we urge it,
Henry George
Manufacturer: Golden Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008CIB4W

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The single tax: What it is and what it will accomplish
Judson Grenell
Manufacturer: H. George Lecture Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B000884BT0

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I'm a Pat Fraley Student.......2006-12-06

For anyone who can't make it to one of Pat's weekend seminars, this will get you there in half the time! I bought it to keep up with all the tricks he couldn't jam into his Animation and Mike Technique classes over the weekend, and the skills still surprises my directors and producers when I'm behind the mike. Shortly after his class I booked my first union gig (dubbing an amazing Anime film), and went on to book two episodes of Kenny the Shark on Discovery Kids! Pat is a very generous coach, which is rare in the entertainment industry - take advantage of his skills honed over a long career working with the voice-over masters!

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Neither Naked nor the Truth, But Hilarious.......2004-02-02

I love the comedies that Leslie Nielsen has made over the years including the Airplane! series and The Naked Gun series. When I saw a copy of this book at a used bookstore, it attracted my interest. I thought it was an actual biography until I started reading through it.

Nielsen writes a fictitious acount of his career in The Naked Truth, and the result in very funny book. The story sees him narrowly missing out on the legendary roles in Hollywood or finding some other way to escape notoriety. For example, his story of being in Lawrence of Arabia as Lawrence's lover is laugh out loud funny. His reason for not actually being in the film is because the scene ended up on the editing room floor. There are numerous movie stories like this throughout the book. Nielsen also discusses his influence on other entertainers including Elvis and James Dean. The tall tales don't stop at his love life, as Nielsen discusses all of his wives and lovers.

There are plenty of puns, wise cracks, and one-liners as we have come to expect from Nielsen in this book. I completely enjoyed reading this book. Despite the fact that this book is over ten years old, it is still a treasure for fans of Nielsen.

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Leslie Nielsen - the Naked Truth
Leslie et al Nielsen
Manufacturer: Pocket
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O693BC

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Leslie Nielsen's the Naked Truth Cassette
Nielsen
Manufacturer: Audioworks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: 0671869477

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Leslie Nielsen: The Naked Truth
Leslie; Fisher, David; Kaestle, David Nielsen
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NY83J8

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FUNNY BEYOND ALL COMPREHENSION

This Book Will Make You Laugh Like A Hyena

By far the funniest book I've ever read

The Naked Truth
Leslie Nielsen , and David Fisher
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0671795783

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FUNNY BEYOND ALL COMPREHENSION.......2003-11-24

I've been a big fan of humor books for years but nothing prepared me for this! I picked it up at a used bookstore in Palo Alto and couldn't put it down. (I had to buy it because I was laughing so loud they asked me to leave the store.) Written in the style of countless celebrity "I love myself because I'm soooo wonderful" self indulgence ego fests, this book had me in hysterics so many times I had tears running down my face and cramps in my side. I found myself wondering just how much of the book is true and how much came out of the truly bizarre mind of Nielsen and his co-author David Fisher. (Was he really married to Michelle Pfeiffer? Was he the bachlor in the movie, Tammy and the Bachelor?) Nielsen should stop making those silly movies and devote himself to full time writting. Or better yet, he should turn this book into a film!

This Book Will Make You Laugh Like A Hyena.......1999-06-19

Don't read this book in a public place, because your laughter will be uncontrollable and everyone will stare. It is so corny and so ridiculous it really does resemble a hollywood autobio.

By far the funniest book I've ever read.......1997-02-16

The Naked Truth is more fiction than reality; nearly all of the details are admittedly false. While it does leave the reader longing to know the actual details of Nielsen's life, the non-stop hilarity quickly takes the focus off the obvious lies. I've read this probably about 5 times, and can keep picking it up every day and read a couple of pages and still laugh at the jokes. It is not only the intense comedic style that is amusing; rather, the fact that Nielsen weaves unthinkable tales of celebrity relationships (including his work with Fellini and Hitchcock, his gay relationship in Lawrence of Arabia, and his affairs with Brigette Bardot and Sharon Stone). If you thought Nielsen projected a straight-faced comedy style on the screen, his book will make you rethink the extreme ranges of his talent. Even though I'm a devoted Nielsen fan in the movies, with a book like this, I hope he'll start writing more instead of acting

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Leslie Nielsen's the Naked Truth
David; Nielsen, Leslie; Grose, Bill (editor) Fisher
Manufacturer: Distican, Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KP8HMI

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Anthropologists have long sought to engage and describe foreign or “alien” societies, yet few have considered the fluid communities centered around a shared belief in alien beings and UFO sightings and their effect on popular and expressive culture. Opening up a new frontier for anthropological study, the contributors to E.T. Culture take these communities seriously. They demonstrate that an E.T. orientation toward various forms of visitation—including alien beings, alien technologies, and uncanny visions—engages primary concepts underpinning anthropological research: host and visitor, home and away, subjectivity and objectivity. Taking the point of view of those who commit to sci-fi as sci-fact, contributors to this volume show how discussions and representations of otherworldly beings express concerns about racial and ethnic differences, the anxieties and fascination associated with modern technologies, and alienation from the inner workings of government.

Drawing on social science, science studies, linguistics, popular and expressive culture, and social and intellectual history, the writers of E.T. Culture unsettle the boundaries of science, magic, and religion as well as those of technological and human agency. They consider the ways that sufferers of “unmarked” diseases such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome come to feel alien to both the “healthy” world and the medical community incapable of treating them; the development of alien languages like Klingon; attempts to formulate a communications technology—such as that created for the spaceship Voyager—that will reach alien beings; the pilgrimage spirit of UFO seekers; the out-of-time experiences of Nobel scientists; the embrace of the alien within Japanese animation and fan culture; and the physical spirituality of the Raëlian religious network.

Contributors. Debbora Battaglia, Richard Doyle, Joseph Dumit, Mizuko Ito, Susan Lepselter, Christopher Roth, David Samuels

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Houdini: A mind in chains : a psychoanalytic portrait
Bernard C Meyer
Manufacturer: Dutton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0841504482

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Houdini: A Mind in Chains: A Psychoanalytic Portrait
Harry] Meyer, Bernard C. [Houdini
Manufacturer: Dutton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KVDTXY

Book Description

Here's the book you need to prepare for Oracle's 10g upgrade exam, Oracle Database 10g: New Features for Administrators (1Z0-040). This Study Guide was developed to meet the exacting requirements of today's Oracle certification candidates. In addition to the consistent and accessible instructional approach that has earned Sybex the "Best Study Guide" selection in CertCities Readers Choice Awards for two consecutive years, this book provides:

Clear and concise information on the enhancements included in Oracle 10g
Practical examples and insights drawn from the authors' real-world experiences
Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and electronic flashcards

You'll also find authoritative coverage of key exam topics, including:

Installing and Configuring the Server
Loading and Unloading Data
Tuning Applications
Supporting Analytical Applications
Backing Up and Recovering Data
Automating Data Storage Management
Applying Security Policies
Supporting Upgrade Paths to Oracle 10g

Look to Sybex for the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in today's competitive IT marketplace.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Not quite enough.......2007-08-16

I've used Sybex's study guides for my 9i OCP qual and found them to be ok. As a DBA working closely with 9i and 10g databases, I assumed this 10g New Features guide would round out my practical experience and help me pass this exam first time. Turns out that I was wrong. This book contains more errors than it should, is contradictory or ambiguous in places, and is not comprehensive enough to pass the exam - although you might get lucky I guess (I was short by 1 question, but luck shouldn't play a part in certification!). To be fair to the book, I also think that some of the questions in the exam itself are needlessly ambiguous and obfuscating, so I'm disappointed with Oracle too! I have copies of Sybex's DBA I and II guides, which will possibly be helpful on my resit.

A good book.......2007-05-06

I used it to pass my DBA OCP exam. There are a few errors in the book, but that is to be expected. You have to learn everything to be prepared for the exam. It is also wise to get a second book so you can track omissions in this books by answering all the questions and sample exams in the other book.

Buyer Beware - Check Your Facts Before You Take Your Exam!.......2007-03-17

I passed my 10g OCP upgrade exam using this book, together with the 10g New Features book (Oracle Press), the 10g DBA Handbook (Oracle Press), the Oracle documentation, an actual 10g database (several in fact), the Self Help Software practice test and, just for fun, the PrepLogic Audio Training CDs. Having been an Oracle DBA for nearly 17 years, my motivation to take the OCP exams is not just to pass. It's to get as close to 100% as I can. That being the case, I am very careful with my studies and take my time working through every single subject area, frequently building actual working examples of the new features.

Passing my 10g OCP upgrade exam had more to do with my thoroughness than it had to do with this book. I prefer to use a published study guide in conjunction with the Exam Topics published by Oracle. Starting with my 7.3 certification, I have always used the Oracle Press exam study guides, but decided to switch to this Sybex title due to the number of errors and pieces of misinformation I was finding in the Oracle Press books. However, I was appalled to find this title to be as bad, if not worse, than the Oracle Press 9i upgrade book.

I accept that writing a technical (exam prep) book is a difficult undertaking, but there is absolutely no excuse for getting published syntax wrong. By way of example, p367 states the RMAN command to specify a duration for a backup is:

RMAN> backup tablespace users duration 2:00;

WRONG! Try it and you'll see the RMAN syntax error message. It is in fact:

RMAN> backup duration 2:00 tablespace users;

Chapter 4 Q11 asks about the main differences between COPY_FILE and PUT_FILE. The given answer includes the option which states PUT_FILE requires a destination server name. WRONG! It requires a database link to know how to connect to a destination server, but to say PUT_FILE itself "requires" a server name, i.e. as one of its parameters is clearly not true. A question in one of the bonus exams makes reference to a Resource Manager parameter called MAX_IDLE_BLOCK_TIME. WRONG! It's actually called MAX_IDLE_BLOCKER_TIME.

Whilst on the subject of the tests found on the book's CD, I found several questions that were worded in a very obscure way or that asked for a level of extreme detail that was simply unrealistic. There were even questions where you had to choose 2 answers from 4, but the answer selection method was a radio button, not check boxes, so you could only choose one answer! Also many questions asked about subjects or aspects of subjects that were not covered in the book itself!

Nit picking? I don't think so. These are important details and the further I got into this book, the less I trusted it. Second guessing what you read in a study guide is not ideal exam preparation. The icing on the cake was several questions on the actual exam which were not covered by any of my preparation materials, but that always happens and I like to think that's just Oracle's sense of humor! :-)

Bottom line is, anyone giving this book maximum stars and high praise could not have read it carefully enough. Personally, I'll be switching back to the Oracle Press book for 11g unless another option presents itself. If you use this book as your primary study guide, be very careful and double check often with hands on practice and reference to the Oracle documentation.

Good luck with your studies.

Useless!.......2007-01-24

After taking the exam three times using this book, I finally realized that the book was missing a lot of information that was on the actual exam. It is poorly written, and the examples are poorly illustrated. If you want to pass the exam on the first try, I do not recommend this book! The CD software that came bundled with this book did not reflect the questions on the actual exam(?) The authors of this book need to head back to the drawing board and start all over again. What a waste of time and money....

Will do the job.......2006-07-03

This book will definitely teach you the new features in 10g and prepare you for the exam. The material definitely covered the test areas well, although often there are mistakes in the text and questions. The online tests and flashcards are very useful and (good or bad) provide additional information that the book does not cover.

After doing 9i using the Oracle Press books I believe I will continue with this series when the next release comes out.

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