Avoiding the Cracks: A Guide to the Workers' Compensation System

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This is the first book primarily directed toward assisting injured employees in gaining an understanding of the workers' compensation system, and in helping themselves and their families through the process of recovering from a work-related injury. By means of actual cases, readers are guided in both identification and avoidance of the risks and hazards of the system in order to help them achieve successful resolutions. The book also provides assistance to other involved parties in the workers' compensation system, such as medical professionals, employers, and insurance personnel, so that a positive outcome may be reached for all concerned. This guide begins with actual cases, and includes the history and development of the workers' compensation system, and a description of the conspicuous features of state laws. The book also gives the perspectives of medical and rehabilitation providers, insurance companies, and the employers. A self-help section is also included for injured workers in order to evaluate their situations and to analyze their options. The book also contains supplemental information regarding federal and state workers' compensation laws, associations that provide assistance, and information on specific injuries. This book is a valuable source for injured workers and their families. It addresses pertinent issues in workers' compensation cases, and challenges some generally accepted views. It is also helpful and informative to individuals in industry such as human resource managers, safety professionals, and persons in supervisory and managerial positions. This guide offers insightful information to medical and rehabilitation professionals, students of medical systems, insurance professionals and attorneys specializing in workers' compensation, resulting in improved communication for all those involved in the workers' compensation system.

Avoiding the Cracks: A Guide to the Workers' Compensation System

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Avoiding the Cracks: A Guide to the Workers' Compensation System
Anne Tramposh
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OR2GYW

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The perfect Childrens book for ADULTS.......2000-06-27

As with many Dahl stories this book is not really for children, but adults will love it.

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Sensational Pictures Amid A Madcap Story!

Two For Stew
Laura Numeroff , and Barney Saltzberg
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0689805713

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Stew for two seems like such a simple request, but in this wacky restaurant romp, that order is anything but simple. A busload of tourists from Spain ate up every drop; and so a woman, her poodle, and the waiter set out on a quest for that chunky yet creamy, ever so dreamy, world-famous stew. There's nothing these two hungry customers like better -- except perhaps just one thing....

Along the way to becoming a bestselling children's book writer and illustrator, Laura Numroff walked dogs, worked at a jazz radio station, and ran a carousel. She is best known for her popular books If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin. Ms. Numeroff lives in Los Angeles.

A writer and illustrator with more than a dozen children's books to his credit, Barney Saltzberg is also a composer of music for children. His original songs, such as "Where, Oh, Where's My Underwear?," show the same delightful humor that inspires Two for Stew. A native Californian, Mr. Saltzberg was born and raised in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and two children.

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Sensational Pictures Amid A Madcap Story!.......2005-07-30

Only the most talented authors and illustrators can successfully translate film genres into books for kids. Film noir is a recent favorite, but the styles and dialogues of early animated fairy tales and "Bowery Boy" films have also been emulated with mixed results. It's an alluring but tricky task, because the book must strike adults as reasonably authentic by retaining some of the original elements, while still appealing to the young--most of whom have no idea of the progenitor.

This book is an exceptionally well illustrated foray into 1930's screwball comedies. The setting and characters look like they come from that era, and the insouciant plot reminds one of the intelligent yet zany--hence "screwball"--comedies perfected decades ago. The book's closest model would be a Preston Sturges comedy (e.g., "The Lady Eve," "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek," ) noted for clever dialogue, likeable characters, and improbable plots. The current book is all about our crimped-hair heroine's quest for a bowl of stew from the corner restaurant. That's the entire plot. However, authors Laura Numeroff ("If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"), Barry Saltzberg, and, especially, illustrator Salvatore Murdocca turn this thin storyline into a dazzling Broadway production. Even the details show originality and attention to characterization: The rhyming dialogue between the woman and the restaurant host, for example, are set in different fonts: The woman's font, much like the woman, is direct, slender, and tall; the host's is a solicitous and evasive italic. (Unfortunately, the font won't reproduce here.)

I'll bring you a menu,
In a minute or two.

No need to bother.
We came for the stew.

There is no more stew,
I'm sorry to say.
We do have some noodles,
Will that be okay?

No, thank you, kind sir,
We never touch noodles.
They're messy to eat,
And not fit for poodles.

This last rhyme shows a picture of the woman's enormously furry poodle slurping noodles and tossing them about the cafe. This must be the fantasy sequence of the movie/book, for the woman clearly replies that neither she nor her poodle would consume a noodle. As the woman and dog peruse the menu while the elusive stew arrives at someone else's table, a picture window reveals tall buildings swaying, like the energized objects in a Disney picture. In the book's second fantasy sequence, a two page spread (replicated on the cover of the book) shows a Busby Berkeley melange of singer and dancing waiters and the woman and poodle flying against a lit up sky, with a Gotham city skyline, a giant oven with stew pot, and an airplane (trailing behind it a banner proclaiming "WONDERFUL STEW") in the background. It's a satire, just as "42nd Street" parodied itself, and it's one of the most magical and imaginative pictures I've seen in a kid's book. Although a few of the pictures aren't quite as glorious, most of the illustrations display Murdocca's shimmering palette, especially his blues and golds. His colors look like saturated tints, and his shadings (e.g., the tablecloths, the awnings) are luminous and sophisticated.

As it happens, the chef can't make more stew; it's actually made by the mother of the cafe host (this is definitely a Jimmy Stewart role). Jean Arthur (she'd fit, or perhaps Hepburn) and Jimmy ride on his motorcycle to grandmother's, only to find that she's just driven off for bowling. With the poodle in the sidecar, the two inevitable young lovers hop on the cyle and follow grandma as somewhat more modern-looking pedestrians point the way. The time machine effect is one of the protagonists living in their own screwball comedy of dawning love, surrounded by obliging but otherwise naiive modern-day urbanites... This wonderfully original book meets and surpasses the challenge of its film-into-book premise.

Hippopotamus Stew and Other Silly Animal Poems

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Getting hip with hippos

Hippopotamus Stew and Other Silly Animal Poems
Joan Horton
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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A centipede in running shoes. A lizard who dreams hes a dragon. A whale who prefers showers to baths. These are just a few of the quirky animal friends youll meet in this imaginative poetry collection.Joan Horton and JoAnn Adinolfi team up again, this time to depict animals of all sizesfrom mosquitoes to kangarooswith the perfect mix of playful language and boisterous pictures. Who wouldnt be delighted by berry-flavored jellyfish?

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Getting hip with hippos.......2006-06-08

These are exactly the kind of poems I hope to write whenever I get a few 36-hour days. They're the amuse bouche of children's poems, pungent morsels that whet your appetite for silliness.

Horton takes us through a menagerie of critters, adding quirky twists to familiar images, such as the jellyfish in a variety of flavors that go well with peanut butter, or the snake who wants a zipper to help shed his skin.

The poems aim squarely at kid level, needing little or no explanation to make them hilarious, and will yield more yuks with repeated readings as kids gradually "get" them.

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A gruesome stew (A monster pop-up book)
P. Z. Mann , and Jim Harris
Manufacturer: Ottenheimer Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B0006QIBYK

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Cockle Stew and Other Rhymes
Diane Redfield Massie
Manufacturer: Atheneum
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Humor | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 999037094X

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Monster Stew (A Predictable Word Book)
Janie Spaht Gill
Manufacturer: Aro Books Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0898683068

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Nancy and Sue in a Stew at the Zoo
Howard M
Manufacturer: T S Denison & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0513004378

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Rhyme Stew
Roald Dahl
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJ5OR6

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RHYME STEW
Roald Dahl
Manufacturer: Jonathan Cape
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OP2V3K

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Manufacturer: Random House Children's Books (A Division of Random House Group)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0999300938

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American Singing Groups: A History 1940 to Today is the definitive history of pop vocal groups, encompassing the doo-wop of Dion and the Belmonts, the Motown hits of the Supremes, the surf sound of the Beach Boys, country-rock of Crosby, Stills and Nash, and the slick pop sounds of 'N Sync. Each entry details the group's career, key members, and its influences. With extensive discographies and rare photos, this one-of-a-kind entertaining reference is filled with musical facts that will fascinate fans and collectors. Updated and freshly revised, American Singing Groups also chronicles the revival of the pop groups in the nineties and the new millennium. This is an essential and comprehensive guide to an evolving and ever-popular art form. New bands in this revision include Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Destiny's Child and many more.

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Where Did All This Information Come From?.......2006-06-23

Do you remember Sonny Til and the Orioles? They were the founding fathers of rhythm and blues.

Well, what about the El Dorados (named after Cadillac's hottest car)?

The Soul Stirrers? They were largely responsible for the development of modern soul music.

To summarize the above questions, you can't imagine how many groups are profiled. The book is organized into decades: 40's, 50's, 60's, etc. Obviously the book can't contain all the groups there ever were, far too many groups form, do little except some local gigs and fade away. But it certainly does include a bunch. So many, with so much information about each one, that you have to wonder how all this information was collected. Certainly Mr. Warner couldn't have known all these people. Or could he?

Note that this book is on American Singing Groups. You won't find the Beatles here.

ever wonder?............2006-04-27

Ever wonder what tracks were on the A side of 'The Clovers' records in 1961? Well now you can find out! Jay Warner has amassed biographical and musical information for hundreds of singing groups from the 1940s to today. Some pretty detailed histories. These are pop/harmonizing groups, hence fewer entries for later decades. Warner has them categorized by decade for easy reference. There are pictures at the start of each chapter, and a listing of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame inductees. And remember - these are AMERICAN singing groups. Just when I was freaking out that ABBA wasn't included, I remembered. So enjoy!

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The Eastern Sahara is a truly fascinating place to study prehistory; despite the impression of a hostile environment, widespread and abundant archaelogical evidence suggest that the area was not always a lifeless desert. This monumental volume deals with the Halocene stratigraphy and archaeology of Nabta Playa, perhaps the largest of the deflaltional basins found in the region and one especially rich in archaeological remains documenting past human presence.

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Exerpt of review from Journal of Anthropological Research.......2004-01-23

`[...] contains a marvelous range of information on many aspects of life in the Holocene of the eastern Sahara. The publication is of a very high standard - well finishes and proofread - and should grace the shelves of Saharanists, as well as any university library where African history is taught.'

Journal of Anthropological Research, 59 (2003)

Review from Antiquity, 77:297 (September 2003).......2004-01-23

`[...] it is important to stress the objective contribution that these volumes make to the prehistory of the eastern Sahara. They are extremely well produced, with ample illustrations and statistics, and no detail is spared in the description of habitation sites and small finds. Volumes 1 and 2 of Nabta Playa are a superb addition to the prehistory of the eastern Sahara.'

Antiquity, 77:297 (September 2003)

Review from The Holocene, 13:2 (2003).......2004-01-23

`The Archaeology of Nabta Playa is truly an opus magnus; it is not a casual read, and it will be cited for years to come. As a valuable reference work written for interested experts, it will be of most interest to those who share similar regional and topical foci. This book is thorougly and unequivocally recommended for students of African prehistory... In terms of value for money, however, this work speaks volumes.'

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A fun trip down memory lane.......2005-10-18

Sam Lovullo takes us on an entertaining retro-journey through the "Hee Haw" years. It is a trip worth taking, whether you're newly-introduced to the show, or if you grew up with it being part of your Saturday evenings.

The author offers up a bounty of fascinating insights into many of the marvelous cast members, from Buck and Roy to Junior Samples to Archie Campbell to the inimitable Grandpa Jones.

This book made me smile, made me laugh, and even made me shed a tear or two of nostalgia. So many members of this show left this world much too soon.

No one ever claimed that the jokes on "Hee Haw" were written by the hand of a genius. But no matter how bad the joke, how corny the pun, it made you smile; it made you feel good. It made you proud to be from the country, and proud to cherish the simple life.

im family.......2005-06-17

I may not have grown up watching hee haw, being fifteen years of age, but I still know what it was. my father and grandfather would sometimes tell jokes about junior samples...my relative, kinda...anyways my grandfather says whenever someone asks him if he is related

"yeah, he was one of uncle franks boys" later he might say "uncle frank was my grandfathers half brother" I thought you hee haw fans might think that was funny, but I never knew the man and my father knows more about it.

"Sa-Loot!".......2004-01-04

i grew up watching Hee-Haw. i never saw anything wrong with it then and i don't see anything wrong with it now. i love this book that the producer wrote. there are but a few errors, no doubt you already read about them in the other reviews here. what this book is all about is the celebration of the show itself, simply put. it's not a celebration of any individual cast-members as some would have liked to have seen from the reviews i've read here. "Hee-Haw", as a show, is what's being touted in the book. i love the detailed information about each program and what guest was on each show, all 585 episodes from 1969-1992. i also love the story about Archie Campbell and the creation of "Pffft You was Gone". Lovullo rightfully devotes more ink to the signature cast members of the show that were on it for nearly the entire run: Gordie Tapp, Grandpa Jones, George Lindsay, Lulu Roman, and the hosts Roy Clark and Buck Owens {Buck left the show in 1986 but it continued with Roy until 1992}. you'll read about the two "cast shake-ups" as Lovullo calls them in 1986 and 1991 when advertisers demanded changes to attract a young audience. The 1986 shake-up resulted in the loss of Don Harron, the Hager Twins, Lisa Todd, and host Buck Owens {although Buck's departure was voluntary}. the deaths of long-time cast members like Jackie Phelps as well as Kenny Price and Archie Campbell in 1987 caused further turmoil as the show became a little bit more 'classy' with a jazzy-looking gazebo as an added set for artists to sing in front of. before this, artists performed in an intimate "bar/honky-tonk" type setting in front of a crowd of lucky people. The 1991 shake-up was more devastating because it caused the loss of every cast-member except a chosen few: Roy Clark remained as host of course and Grandpa Jones, George Lindsay, Lulu Roman, Gailord Sartain, Gordie Tapp, Linda Thompson, Irlene Mandrell, and Phil Campbell were the only returning cast-members as the 1991-1992 season began. long-time favorites like Gunilla Hutton, Misty Rowe, Mike Snider, Roni Stoneman, among others were all gone. speaking of Gunilla Hutton, she and several other "honeys" are talked about under one heading: "Hee-Haw Honeys" naturally. on page 78 it makes reference to Hutton's former job on "Petticoat Junction", where she was 'discovered' by the Hee-Haw people. on page 83, there's an error that says "Green Acres" but only a nit-picker would bring up such a mistake knowing full well that Lovullo meant to say "Petticoat Junction". yes, the book needed some pre-viewing before going to the final presses but without human error, where's the reality? the casual mistakes or errors make the book even more endearing to me because it actually SOUNDS like Lovullo, who usually confused similar people with one another. read his gaffe about momentarily thinking Jimmy Carter was "Billy", which is the name of Jimmy's brother who had recently appeared on the show as a guest. The story went that Jimmy met Lovullo at some function. Jimmy said how much a fan of the show he was. Lovullo said: "yeah, we just had Jimmy on the show the other day!". Lovullo says that all Jimmy did was smiled and said: "no, that was Billy...I'M Jimmmy!". so, slipping of the tongue was common for Lovullo and i'm glad the book retained some of that. starting on page 3 and running to page 56, Lovullo explains in depth the story of Hee-Haw and how in TV the producer gets more credit than a director or the actual creator of a show...so Lovullo talks about the creators of the show that rarely got much press coverage: John Aylesworth and Frank Peppiatt. after the show's life is recalled, the "cast" section begins with a look at every cast-member that graced the Kornfield. Don Harron, who on the show played the hilarious newscaster "Charlie Farqueson" for KORN-TV, is recalled as a legend in Canada. After the castmember section comes the guest star section with small or large comments from Lovullo on all the guests both from country music and Hollywood. after that comes more technical behind-the-scenes credits only real fans of the show will find interesting like who the writers were, the directors, the lighting directors, set designers, etc. after that section comes the 585 episode break-down. The first episode aired on June 15, 1969 and the last episode aired on May 30, 1992 without ever missing an air-date in that 23 year run. as far as longevity, Hee-Haw is the longest-running syndicated country music program at 21 years (it's first two years, 1969-1971, were on CBS). it beats Lawrence Welk in the syndicated battle, too: Welk was on the network from 1955-1971, 16 years and in syndication from 1971-1982, 11 years. In total longevity, Welk's 27 beats the 23 of "Hee-Haw"...but more importantly, Hee-Haw ended production in 1992, and those last episodes in 1991-1992 included contemporary acts as guests in addition to legends allowing the show to have an impact on a contemporary music audience at the time. Hee-Haw had always scheduled a wide variety of music guests from country music with various sounds {bluegrass, novelty, country-pop, etc.} to try and appeal to everyone's musical taste. On the other side of the equation, Welk's last programs looked like they were from the '50s which did please his audience but not the public-at-large who wanted contemporary pop/rock acts on the show. enough rambling, "Life in the Kornfield" is a must-have for EVERY real fan of the show.

Inaccuracies & Misinformation.......1998-02-21

I read the book, very little about Jeannine Riley of Petticoat Junction. And while we are on the topic of Petticoat Junction, this is the show that also starred Gunilla Hutton, not Green Acres as you stated in your book. Sorry.

Not enough dirt........1997-11-28

Lovullo tries to be as nice as he can to everyone that worked at the show. I expected to read more about the stars and their lives. Almost half of the book is a videography of each episode!

Life in the kornfield : my 25 years at Hee Haw / Sam Lovullo and Marc Eliot

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Life in the kornfield : my 25 years at Hee Haw / Sam Lovullo and Marc Eliot
Sam Lovullo
Manufacturer: New York : Boulevard Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VT0PU0

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From one of the foremost authorities on the design of user interfaces, this unique collection of ideas and opinions, while focusing on the Macintosh, neatly captures the underlying principles of all graphical user interfaces. Using ideas from such diverse sources as Information Theory, Carl Jung, and even professional beekeeping, the book provides a framework for achieving a deep understanding of user interface design.

With humor and thought-provoking insights, Bruce Tognazzini explores the central issues of human-computer interaction, including the challenges presented by multimedia applications, agents, virtual reality, and future technologies. Drawn from his long experience of working with developers, the book provides practical guidelines for developing successful applications that users will find simple, clear, and consistent.

"Tog on Interface" is fascinating reading for all those concerned with the relationship between people and computers.

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Needed perspective for a programmer.......2006-09-07

Want to write a brilliant applicatioin? Then think and process information the way your user will think and process, and design your application for them, not you! Easy concept to say and comprehend, but rather hard to actually do. Tog, through examples and descriptions, tells us how people think and process information. The not-so-surprising thing is that most code slingers think in conceptual ways that are not so common. Go figure. Tog really does help you understand how most others will process, and that understanding makes you a better developer.

My company makes these chapters on processing information a required reading for all new developers that join the company. It is that good. The Intuition quiz, the one that tries to help you see how your own brain stores and retrieves information, is an addiction for every new reader. Of course, one of the coded sayings "9 P in the SS" is dated. Today it should be written "8 P in the SS". Tomorrow it may change again.

Great, but somewhat sheltered, writing.......2004-05-06

I am a big fan of AskTog, so I bought this book. Some of the information is a bit dated (and relates specifically to the old Macintosh), but much of it is sound design principles expressed informally (and in a readable way).

The presentation of the material is great. Even flipping quickly through the pages should turn up useful nuggets. If you have an interest in design evolution, this is a good read. If you want some good design principles easily explained, this is a good read. Many of his stories are condensed down into bolded, bulleted "rules" of design.

The one thing I didn't like about the book: Tog lives in a sheltered reality. If research shows something he disagrees with, he calls it bad research. If research supports his ideas, it is quickly pointed out as solid evidence. It is very important to read anything by Tog with a critical (but open) mind. Not all of his ideas have stood the test of time.

All things considered, this book is worth reading for developers and designers of any Visual Interface (Tog explains his distaste for the term "Graphical User Interface").

A classic that's fun to read.......2003-10-16

You'll get some good laughs, as you follow Tog through the complexities of designing some of the earliest, and still the best, interfaces out there...he was, as I recall, the Interface Czar at Apple when they were creating the Mac, then worked at Sun, and now is part of the Nielsen Norman Group. The book's good background for his site, AskTog.com. You'll get the basics, without the sour looks of some other interface gurus, and you'll get a sense of the way a leading designer interacted with the developers he had to persuade to follow his lead.

Some insights.......2003-07-10

It's more on Apple Computer's UI design experience. I don't feel you can apply a lot to the general UI design.

Early Mac newsletter clippings.......2002-03-01

Diving into "Tog on Interface", a collection of Apple Macintosh developer newsletter column reprints, provides the same guilty pleasure as finding a stack of fifty year old technical magazines. Clearly, there was an audience somewhere, and a dialogue going on, and interesting topics being discussed. But, oh it seems so long ago and what are all those strange mechanical devices they're referring to? On closer study, the second analogy that comes to mind is the Europe-in-7-days package; Tognazzini touches on almost every conceivable topic, if only to drop a reference here or tie in a point there. The comments are usually on target, but left me seeking answers that were deeper and less flippant. This book is riddled with the author's humor and point of view; if you find attempted cuteness or a stream of in-jokes annoying, steer clear.

I bought this book after devouring Tognazzini's well regarded web interface design site, which left me wanting more. I didn't get it in this book, but did find what I was looking for in other books on the topic of interface design: Jeff Johnson's "GUI Bloopers", which is organized like Tog's web site, Alan Cooper's Windows-centric rant "About Face" and Jef Raskin's Mac and Canon Cat dominated "The Humane Interface".

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