Usaa: A Tradition of Service, 1922-1997

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Alternative budgets are presented as a method of political mobilization that advances fiscally responsible government allocation of resources in this treatise on the enlightened alternatives to the neoconservative agenda of slashing social services. The basics of budgeting, the technical and political contexts of budgeting, and the relationship between budget legislation and fiscal constraints on governments are among the issues discussed to make the more esoteric aspects of budgeting understandable. A budget that emphasizes the needs of poor people, women, and the environment is outlined with information on how to construct alternative budgets, analyze the possibilities of government funding, and mobilize political activists to propose clear, affordable alternatives to neoliberal government cutbacks.

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Knowledge, Information, and Expectations in Modern Macroeconomics: In Honor of Edmund S. Phelps

Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0691094853

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Macroeconomics would not be what it is today without Edmund Phelps. This book assembles the field's leading figures to highlight the continuing influence of his ideas from the past four decades. Addressing the most important current debates in macroeconomic theory, it focuses on the rates at which new technologies arise and information about markets is dispersed, information imperfections, and the heterogeneity of beliefs as determinants of an economy's performance. The contributions, which represent a breadth of contemporary theoretical approaches, cover topics including the real effects of monetary disturbances, difficulties in expectations formation, structural factors in unemployment, and sources of technical progress. Based on an October 2001 conference honoring Phelps, this incomparable volume provides the most comprehensive and authoritative account in years of the present state of macroeconomics while also pointing to its future.

The fifteen chapters are by the editors and by Daron Acemoglu, Jess Benhabib, Guillermo A. Calvo, Oya Celasun, Michael D. Goldberg, Bruce Greenwald, James J. Heckman, Bart Hobijn, Peter Howitt, Hehui Jin, Charles I. Jones, Michael Kumhof, Mordecai Kurz, David Laibson, Lars Ljungqvist, N. Gregory Mankiw, Dale T. Mortensen, Maurizio Motolese, Stephen Nickell, Luca Nunziata, Wolfgang Ochel, Christopher A. Pissarides, Glenda Quintini, Ricardo Reis, Andrea Repetto, Thomas J. Sargent, Jeremy Tobacman, and Gianluca Violante. Commenting are Olivier J. Blanchard, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Mark Gertler, Robert E. Hall, Robert E. Lucas, Jr., David H. Papell, Robert A. Pollak, Robert M. Solow, Nancy L. Stokey, and Lars E. O. Svensson. Also included are reflections by Phelps, a preface by Paul A. Samuelson, and the editors' introduction.

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Man's activities have been tainted by disaster ever since the serpent first approached Eve in the garden. And the world of medicine is no exception. In this outrageous and strangely informative book, Richard Gordon explores some of history's more bizarre medical disasters. He creates a catalogue of mishaps including anthrax bombs on Gruinard Island, destroying mosquitoes in Panama, and Mary the cook who, in 1904, inadvertently spread Typhoid across New York State. As the Bible so rightly says, 'He that sinneth before his maker, let him fall into the hands of the physician.'

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Read and smile.......2006-07-25

I read this book here in Brazil.I'm an agronomist, single, 35 years old.I like to read books.
This book isn't for doctors or nurses.It's for general public and really is a comic book.The best chapter of this this book is chapter 2.This chapter talks about, the fatal illness of Frederick, the noble.The useless medicine then available, and the crew of doctors, trying to help the hopelesse Frederick is hilarious.
Read this book and smile.

A Different Kind of Medical History.......2000-04-05

Richard Gordon, author of "Doctor in the House" and other books in the "Doctor" series, turns to medical history here. But unlike most other books that usually focus on the triumphs of medicine, this one is a catalog of disasters. It is a potpourri of quirky anecdotes. You can read about such items as the London surgeon Robert Liston who prided himself on being quick and amputated a leg under 2 1/2 minutes (and the fingers of his assistant as well), about Sir William Lane who was so obsessed with constipation that he began to remove his patients' large intestines the way others removed appendixes, and how Britain developed an anthrax bomb to combat Hitler's Germany. But while many anecdotes themselves make for hilarious or shocking reading, after a while they begin to grate a bit. Although grouped into sections, there does not seem a strong unifying thread. Perhaps the book might have more appeal if read in installments rather than from cover to cover.

A Different Kind of Medical History.......2000-04-05

Unemployment and Health: A Disaster and a Challenge (Oxford Medical Publications)

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Unemployment and Health: A Disaster and a Challenge (Oxford Medical Publications)
Richard Smith
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Here is the first book to discuss the tremendous physical and mental effects of unemployment on the individual and family. The author, a doctor and journalist, draws from a wide range of sources -- historical, medical, psychological, political, and sociological. He reveals how unemployment
harms health and describes what is being done now as well as how much more could be done. Dr. Smith also tackles the issue of what the disappearance of employment as we know it may mean for health.

When Food Kills: BSE, E. coli, and Disaster Science

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When Food Kills: BSE, E. coli, and Disaster Science
T. Hugh Pennington
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0198525176

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The 'food scare' concept took on new meaning in 1996, which opened with variant CJD emerging as the human form of BSE, and closed with Britain's worst E.coli O157 outbreak in central Scotland. As people died, so did trust in government and science. This book tells the story of these events, what led up to them, and what has happened since. It breaks new ground by dissecting these tragedies alongside catastrophes like Aberfan, Piper Alpha, Chernobyl, and the worst ever railway accidents in Ireland and Britain (Armagh and Quintinshill), as well as classical outbreaks of botulism, typhoid, E.coli O157 and Salmonella food poisoning. Britain's ability to win Nobel prizes marches with a propensity to have disasters. The book explains why, demonstrating failures in policy making, failures in the application of science, and failing inspectorates. A unique feature of this book is its breadth since it covers history, politics and law as well as science. It also makes some fascinating connections, like those between 1930's nuclear physics, E.coli, and molecular biology, and the links between manslaughter in 19th century mental hospitals, syphilis, the Nobel Prize, and the prospects for successfully treating variant CJD. Royal murderers, vaccine research in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and the race to develop the atom bomb appear as well. For the general reader its non-technical but authoritative account of the science behind these tragedies, its critical appraisal of how the government responded to them, its coverage of public inquiries and its analysis of risk will be informative and stimulating. Scientists will find its approach to the prion theory and the origins of BSE challenging and controversial. Policy makers will find not only diagnoses of what went wrong in the past, but remedies ror the future.

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A great read!.......2007-09-02

A fantastic book that, even at 500 pages, seems too short. It flies by. As an insight into the horrors of drug addiction and prison life it knows no peer - it puts a book like Wm Burroughs 'Junkie' into the shade for instance. If you filmed some of the stories in this book no-one would believe it. It's pretty scary at times.
I've been listening to quite a bit of Art's music after reading this book and his phrasing, timing and tone are perfect.
10 out of 10 - a great read.

Riveting book, sometimes painful to read.......2007-01-19

This book is unforgettable as is Art Pepper's music. I'ts hard to believe that such clear beautiful tones came from such a tortured soul. Thank you to Laurie Pepper who got him to put his story out there for his fans and got the book published. I recommend this book to all fans of jazz of this "Birth of the Cool" era. I do wish he had spoken in more detail about the music and what the other jazz performers of the time were doing. I did find the book intense and painful to read as he slipped deeper into his dark world, but it's certainly fascinating and it's hard not to feel deep regret that he was not able to find the right help to enable him to break the addition for good.

Impossible To Put Down.......2005-04-16

I just finished this book, and would already place it in my all-time Top Ten Greatest Books List. This book is mesmerizing from start to finish. He doesn't say as much about the actual art of jazz as I would have liked, but reading "Straight Life" is like reading a film noir from mid-20th century L.A. Proof that truth is stranger than fiction.

Art Pepper was a complete and total racist (he grew up in Watts, but blames black people for A) kicking him out of Watts, and B) their attitudes, which "turned" him into a racist). He was a junkie almost from day one, and used drugs literally until the end of his life. But if you've ever owned an Art Pepper CD, you also know that he was one of the greatest to ever pick up a saxophone.

Pepper's accounts of his time in San Quentin Prison (where he spent much of the 1960s) are unreal. After he got out, he became even more addicted to drugs, then joined a SoCal drug rehab center in 1969, which can be best described as a cult. Clearly, they didn't know what they were doing in those days to treat drug addiction. He also made some of his best music in the late 70s and early 80s, right before he died, which is a minor miracle.

He should have called the book Sad Life, because in the end that's what it was. His own mother didn't even want him, and tried to kill her unborn child through excessive drinking, drugs and smoking. He really didn't have much of a home life, which doesn't excuse his later actions, but it makes his escape from that life a true miracle. Basically, he had nothing going for him but his God-given ability to blow a horn beautifully.

It's hard to reconcile his life with the fact that he was an incredible saxophone player. In the end, this book really made me angry because he had so much talent and completely threw it all away. But he was also a guy who was truly afraid of success and would rather be in prison than a major star. That made me sad. His CDs have now taken on a completely new meaning for me, one that I am not sure I like.

Again, I just finished it and it is obviously sticking with me. Clearly, I am moved enough to get on this site and write about it. Top Ten for sure. Wow.

I WOULD OF LIKED TO HEAR ABOUT THE MUSIC!.......2005-03-25

Art Pepper takes drugs..a lot. All very seedy. Talks about cleaning up his act. Many lapses. Mixes with other junkies. That's about the sum of this self penned biog. If you're looking for an insight into his music well,like me you've wasted your time and money.BORING!!!

King of Jazz/Crime/Junkys.......2004-02-27

This brutal portrait of jazz virtuoso Art Pepper reads like a Bosch painting of the infernal pits of Hell...from drug addiction to peeping tom to armed robbery ... and doin time in San Quentin Art Pepper's fall from grace and eventual comeback late in life is related in hard as nails prose...throw in some of the best accounts of Jazz biography with opinions and rants on Miles Davis, Coletrane, Louis Armstrong and others and you have a redemptive, brutal look into the tortured heart of a true criminal/addict/musician...for Pepper was all three and considered each elemental in the struggle of his existence...

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Straight Life. The Story of Art Pepper
Art and Laurie Pepper
Manufacturer: Schirmer Books
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ASIN: B000OA05A6

Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper (Picador Books)

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Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper (Picador Books)

Manufacturer: Picador
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Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper
Art Pepper; Laurie Pepper
Manufacturer: Westview Press
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ASIN: B000OSYE0A

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Chocolate, food of the Gods {also used to appelate "pizza'!] this slim volume celebrates the intriguing history and culinary pop

Chocolate: Food of the Gods
Chantal Coady
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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Chocolate, food of the Gods {also used to appelate "pizza'!] this slim volume celebrates the intriguing history and culinary pop.......2005-10-10

Chocolate, food of the Gods {also used to appelate "pizza'!] this slim volume celebrates the intriguing history and culinary popularity of one of the world's most evocative treasures, namely chocolate! [description copied from dustjacket] "From the first cocoa beans prized by the Aztecs to the production in Britain of the first commercial chocolate bars by philanthropic Quaker families, this history fascinates and is complex.
...includes 25 mouthwatering recipes for treats both sweet and savory;
enchanting color illustrations and historical engravings;
[my comment] a lovely, lively, desirable addition to the chocolate lovers library, not to be eaten but savored and sipped nonetheless!Chocolate, food of the Gods {also used to appelate "pizza'!] this slim volume celebrates the intriguing history and culinary popularity of one of the world's most evocative treasures, namely chocolate! [description copied from dustjacket] "From the first cocoa beans prized by the Aztecs to the production in Britain of the first commercial chocolate bars by philanthropic Quaker families, this history fascinates and is complex.
...includes 25 mouthwatering recipes for treats both sweet and savory;
enchanting color illustrations and historical engravings;
[my comment] a lovely, lively, desirable addition to the chocolate lovers library, not to be eaten but savored and sipped nonetheless!

Chocolate: Food of the Gods (Contributions in Intercultural and Comparative Studies)

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Chocolate: Food of the Gods (Contributions in Intercultural and Comparative Studies)

Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
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ASIN: 0313305064

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Chocolate has been one of mankind's obsessions for centuries. The history of cacao and chocolate-making leads from Mexico to Spain and then France, Austria, Switzerland, and Belgium, while its consumption is universal. This collection examines chocolate's history as well as its use in literature, art, music, and folklore, as a subject for psychology and childrearing, and as an important product for business. In addition, recipes for novel and tasty uses of chocolate are provided. While chocolate may be seen as "food of the gods," it is consumed around the world by all ages and classes. This is an intriguing book for scholars in many fields and for those interested in the history of food and their favorite sweet.

Chocolate: Food of the Gods (Woodland Health Series)

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Chocolate: Food of the Gods (Woodland Health Series)
Barbara Wexler
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Chocolate: The Food of the Gods
Chantel Cody
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Chocolate: the food of the Gods. : An article from: New Life Journal

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Chocolate: the food of the Gods. : An article from: New Life Journal
Teresa Soule
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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This digital document is an article from New Life Journal, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1862 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: Chocolate: the food of the Gods.
Author: Teresa Soule
Publication: New Life Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2005
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Chocolate Food of Gods
Fanfu
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Richard D. Heffner is the producer and host of public television’s prize-winning The Open Mind—the nation’s longest-running public television interview program—which he began in 1956. Now he draws on nearly fifty years of his broadcast conversations to form As They Saw It. Heffner has woven decades of provocative and thoughtful discussions with major figures from Malcolm X to Donald Rumsfeld, Gloria Steinem to Norman Mailer, Robert Caro to Jonas Salk, into a unique and authoritative mosaic exploring the major issues of our time. As such, the book is an account of the past fifty years as spoken by figures who made and lived our history. It is a treasury of never-before-published material from a dazzling array of public persons—both tremendous reading for the general public and a major new resource for students and historians alike.

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An Introduction to Programming with Mathematica® is designed to introduce the Mathematica programming language to a wide audience. Since the last edition of this book was published, significant changes have occurred in Mathematica and its use worldwide. Keeping pace with these changes, this substantially larger, updated version includes new and revised chapters on numerics, procedural, rule-based, and front-end programming, and gives significant coverage to the latest features up to, and including, Mathematica 5.1 Mathematica notebooks, available from www.cambridge.org/0521846781, contain examples, programs, and solutions to exercises in the book. Additionally, material to supplement later versions of the software will be made available. This is the ideal text for all scientific students, researchers, and programmers wishing to deepen their understanding of Mathematica, or even those keen to program using an interactive language that contains programming paradigms from all major programming languages: procedural, functional, recursive, rule-based, and object-oriented.

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Best book on basic programming with Mathematica.......2007-06-18

This is by far and away the best basic book for learning how to program with Mathematica. I spent 2 hours a day using the book for one month and I'm now quite comfortable with the software. If you are new to Mathematica, do yourself a favor and read this book.

Incredible, consistent text.......2007-04-25

This book is extremely useful to take a beginner through simple, well explained exercises. I can honestly say you will learn tremendous amounts about Mathematica.

If I could only have one book and needed to program Mathematica, this would be it. Hands down. I can only believe this book was intended as a book for a course. I feel the book is paced to allow any student to read the pages and work the very well thought out exercises.

If you are working on your own and learning Mathematica, do yourself a favor and buy this book. The only other book that I would get is the amazing reference "Mathematica Navigator". You won't learn how to program Mathematica from it. You will learn an amazing amount about how Mathematica works by reading it. If you don't believe me, check out it's thorough explanation of cubic splines. It's better than the Mathematica Help. It also comes with the complete book which can be installed in the Mathematica help system.

There are other books which are good. Between these two books, you will an amazing arsenal to work with!

Paul

Excellent. A must have........2006-06-03

As a mathematical hobbyist, I love Mathematica(TM). Also, I love the Lisp programming language. This book, at last, opened my eyes. Now, after some years, I finally can say what "programming Mathematica" is. If you really need to learn to programming in Mathematica, this book is for you. A big thanks to the Authors.

Omissions.......2006-05-22

Please note that the book does NOT cover Object Oriented programming as stated on this page in the description - in fact OO is not even in the index.

The 3rd Ed. is based on Mathematica 5.1.......2005-03-08

This book is an excellent introduction to Mathematica. It is based on Mathematica 5.1 and hence bring the 2nd Ed. based on Mathematica 2.2 up to date to the most recent version of this software package. The book covers all aspects of programming functionalities available in Mathematica: procedural, functional, recursive, rule-based, and object-oriented. There are ample examples in science and mathematics as well as devising one's own software packages. The emphasis of the book is on the fundamental programming concepts. While there are examples of complete packages that solve specific problems more emphasis in this direction would even further strengthen the book.

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