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This title describes the fundamentals of automobile insurance law and provides you with forms that you can use with your cases. In addition, it includes sections on the Georgia insurers insolvency pool, pre-suit disclosure of liability limits, and dealing with PIP (no-fault) set-off since the Tort Reform Act. Other subjects covered include subrogation, set-off, renewal and cancellation of coverage, and correlation of workers' compensation benefits, and uninsured motorist coverage.
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- Opening the pandora box...
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Optimization Heuristics in Econometrics : Applications of Threshold Accepting
Peter Winker
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ASIN: 0471856312 |
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Many problems in statistics and econometrics offer themselves naturally to the use of optimization heuristics. Standard methods applied to highly complex problems often produce approximate results, of unknown quality, based on heavy assumptions. Optimization heuristic methods provide powerful results to many complex problems, combined with relatively simple implementation. The techniques used in optimization heurisitics can be applied to problems encountered in econometrics, statistics and operations research.
* Offers a self-contained introduction to optimization heuristics in econometrics and statistics
* Features many examples of optimization heuristic methods applied to real problems
* Includes detailed coverage of the threshold accepting heuristic methods applied to real problems
* Provides suggestions for further reading
Split into three parts, the book opens with a general introduction to optimization in statistics and econometrics, followed by detailed discussion of a relatively new and very powerful optimization heuristic, threshold accepting. The final part consists of many applications of the methods described earlier, encompassing experimental design, model selection, aggregation of time series, and censored quantile regression models.
Those researching and working in econometrics, statistics and operations research are given the tools to apply optimization heuristic methods to real problems in their work. Postgraduate students of statistics and econometrics will find the book provides a good introduction to optimization heuristic methods.
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Opening the pandora box..........2006-07-17
I bought this book while working on non linear optimization, i.e. when problem cannot be solved with classical linear programming. Mr. Winker has achieved a terrific job. He starts by introducing the reader to optimization heuristics with very simple problems and shows why we need new tools, especially in econometrics. He shows also that heuristics can be easily applied to a quite large set of problems.
While the book focuses only on threshold accepting, Mr. Winker devotes a large section of the book to the parametrization of this algorithm, which is crucial to obtaining good results.
Why buying this book opens the pandora box? Because this topic is really fascinating and you'll spend a lot of time in it!!
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There is probably no concept other than saving for which U.S. official agencies issue annual estimates that differ by more than a third, as they have done for net household saving, or for which reputable scholars claim that the correct measure is close to ten times the officially published one. Yet despite agreement among economists and policymakers on the importance of this measure, huge inconsistencies persist.
Contributors to this volume investigate ways to improve aggregate and sectoral saving and investment estimates and analyze microdata from recent household wealth surveys. They provide analyses of National Income and Product Account (NIPA) and Flow-of-Funds measures and of saving and survey-based wealth estimates. Conceptual and methodological questions are discussed regarding long-term trends in the U.S. wealth inequality, age-wealth profiles, pensions and wealth distribution, and biases in inferences about life-cycle changes in saving and wealth. Some new assessments are offered for investment in human and nonhuman capital, the government contribution to national wealth, NIPA personal and corporate saving, and banking imputation.
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Do You Know Your Wife?
Dan Carlinsky
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ASIN: 1402202008
Release Date: 2004-04-01 |
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Here are 100 questions to see what you know and what you don't. It may be a humbling experience, but you're sure to have fun-and find out a whole lot about the woman you married.
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Lots of FUN!.......2007-03-08
Great book of questions to ask yourself and then share with your wife. Could be used when entertaining other couples. Great anniversary gift. Easy to answer and score and lots of fun for a nice price! Also purchase "Do You Know Your Husband?". They go well together!
FUN BOOK! Received as a gift and we are now giving it as a gift!
Fun for couples!.......2006-07-06
My boyfriend and I absolutely loved Do you know you Wife? as well as Do you know your Husband?. We went on vacation and complete about 20 questions a day! We had so much fun and so many laughs completing both books. I suggest these books for any couple who is comfortable with one another and who just wants to add some light fun in their lives.
I failed the test.......2004-06-01
I think the overall concept of this book is great but I think some of the questions are completely irrelevant, like "what is the name of her elementary school." I know the town where she grew up but does it really matter if I knew the name of the school?
I personally thought 1000 Questions for Couples was much for useful.
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Believing You Receive
A Kenneth Copeland Ministries Study Series
Manufacturer: Kenneth Copeland Ministries
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Do You Know Your Wife?
Manufacturer: Price Stern Sloan Pub
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ASIN: 0843104961 |
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Punk Diary is a comprehensive chronicle of the punk rock era, combining for the first time in one volume the previously published Punk Diary and Post Punk Diary - expanded with new material never before published. Experience this volatile period in popular music and culture first-hand, as author George Gimarc uses original archival material and in-depth interviews to present a day-by-day accounting of over 1000 bands and 4000 recordings, including record releases, live gigs, bands getting together or breaking apart, riots, arrests, and revealing quotes from the personalities of the day.
Customer Reviews:
Truly a must have Punk encylopedia!.......2007-03-11
I have been involved and collected Punk music since nearly the beginning and this book is very well done and a must have for anyone who loves this music and thnks they knew everything about the "scene"
Huge chunk of Punk!.......2006-07-03
This is such an impressive bible of information, with a mind-boggling array of bands and artists - a book that can serve as a great resource but one that's easy to dip in and out of - you'll find yourself flicking through the pages reliving those lost years of musical youth. This was obviously a complete labour of love, bringing together what must have been year upon year of dogged research. The text is accompanied by plenty of illustrations and memorabilia and on the inclusive audio CD is a great collection of exclusive interviews, many with artists that were still fresh on the scene. Relive the most important and influential years of musical history, day-by-day - if it's not in here, it didn't happen!
The history that matters to the rest of us.......2006-02-12
Remember when you were a kid and the teachers kept telling you to memorize dates and places and people and you were like, "but I don't care about these dates and places and people! Why can't they give us a history book about stuff that actually matters!?" Well, here it is. George Gimarc's Punk Diary is nothing short of an historical tome about a time in the world where music evolved from The Carpenters to The Sex Pistols. It's chock full of dates and times and places, but more importantly it lays out the progress of people who revolutionized a culture in the latter half of the twentieth century. Punk Diary lays it out for you, and doesn't limit itself merely to punk music. In reading this work, you see how the lines blur and how punk isn't just a particular style of music but an approach to it: a way of bucking what was conventional at the time and exploring entirely new avenues of musical expression. Punk Diary goes to the clubs and the studios and presents the angst and the zaniness as well as the dark sadness of unbridled fervor for a generation of artists whose brief urban culture clash is but a memory captured on vinyl and now reproduced digitally for future generations.
When reading Gimarc's Punk Diary, one can opt to look for particular names of bands one has enjoyed over the years, research specific talents of the time period to understand them more, read through the book cover to cover from date to date, or just randomly peruse it and learn something new and novel with each turn of the page. One can learn random trivia from the book, like how Sting got his name. It's just a lot of fun to read. Complete with a CD of selected clips from George Gimarc's radio show from the time, where he interviewed many of the provacateurs of the punk movement, Punk Diary is a must for anyone who considers themselves an afficianado of contemporary music.
To those who question the validity, referring to entries in the diary that may conflict with other sources? Where would the fun be with history if there were nothing to argue about? Gimarc lived through that scene personally, and history is written by the victors.
Not just for trainspotters..........2006-02-09
Original, entertaining....this Herculean effort surveys the genesis of the only music that matters. Gimarc is the clearly the go-to guy for all things punk. The definitive reference work of the genre, and a must for any serious collector. Don't miss the interviews on the included CD.
Punk You.......2006-02-09
It's rare when a cultural anthropologist presents his or her work without an agenda. Yet here it is. Gimarc's astounding breadth of content and painstaking attention to detail has resulted in a book that is of the moment and could only have been accomplished by an author who lived, and loved, Punk. With thousands of bands covered, only the most pathetic critic will find the material wanting. Gimarc's mission isn't to exclude or place an academic significance to Punk, but to document its every breath. If "Punk Diary" isn't in your book collection, then the "Sex Pistols" probably aren't in your music library either.
The bottom line is this, if you love Punk or if you simply want some insight into one of the most disruptive movements in pop culture, you should read this book. Even for people who were there, there are details that some of us never knew or, as the saying goes "if your memory is too good, you probably weren't there." Gimarc's book makes memories unnecessary.
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The Nordic World: Sport in Society (Cass Series--Sport in the Global Society.)
H. Meinander
Manufacturer: Frank Cass
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In the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland), as elsewhere, sport has been an assertion of individual and group identity, a demonstration of modernity, a source of personal, local and regional self-esteem, a symbol of confrontation and a preparation for war.
This volume is the first major work in the English language to bring together the research and reflections of scholars who have chosen to concentrate on the cultural impact of sport - the modern opium of the masses - in a Scandinavian setting. It explores the political, social and aesthetic impact of modern sport on Northern Europe, and the relationship between the Nordic nations and Nordic cultures, attitudes to the body and the evolution of specific Nordic visions of sport. The Nordic World shows why sport has played such an important part in both twentieth-century Nordic society and contemporary European culture.
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- The Mickey Mouse Club:my earliest television experience
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The Official Mickey Mouse Club Book
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Customer Reviews:
Wish it were longer.......2005-01-20
If you're a Mousekefan, and I mean a fan of the REAL Club, the 50s Club, you'll love this book. There's so much info, background, and lots of nice photos from behind the scenes. I'd like to have read much more about what happened to the rest of the Mouseketeers, but this is still a delight to read.
Excellent.......2002-01-31
This was an excellent book! I couldn't put it down. I read the book in two days. It told about the lives of the Mousekeeters and even about some who didn't make it. I really know more about the Mousekeeters and about the show now. It was exactly what I was looking for.
Nostalgic in every sense of the word!.......1999-05-23
Although I wasn't born yet (at the time of the premier), I did in fact grow up seeing the program on syndication, during the early 60s'. Of course, I was one of billions who had a crush on Annette (Funicello).So when I saw the book at a Barnes & Noble store, I quickly purchased it!I must say, it really brought back memories. Not only were the photos great, the personal stories relating tothe mouseketeers (on a past to present experience) was just fantastic. I hope that, maybe, another book will be published in the near future.
Nostalgic in every sense of the word!.......1999-05-23
Although I wasn't born yet (at the time of the premier), I did in fact grow up seeing the program on syndication, during the early 60s'. Of course, I was one of billions who had a crush on Annette (Funicello).So when I saw the book at a Barnes & Noble store, I quickly purchased it!I must say, it really brought back memories. Not only were the photos great, the personal stories relating tothe mouseketeers (on a past to present experience) was just fantastic. I hope that, maybe, another book will be published in the near future.
The Mickey Mouse Club:my earliest television experience.......1999-03-08
The Mickey Mouse Club was the first show my parents turned on to keep me quiet for an hour back when I was a toddler.Disney and his works have a very important significance to me.The Mickey Mouse Club became a classic-and is such a milestone among children's television,it's hard to believe it originaly only ran three years.Yet,it is so fondly remembered by viewers that it will last forever in our minds.And,to Leonard Maltin,I was also one of the many who learned how to spell Encyclopedia from Jiminy Cricket.
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This book never loses sight of its instructional mission: to effectively utilize the Oracle database from the .NET environment. Though Visual Studio and Oracle form a popular and powerful duo, there is a noticeable lack of written material in this area. The result: projects that often turn out with less-than-optimal solutions, due to lack of "synergy" between the application developer and the database.
The primary code in the book will be C#, but the code download will also be available in VB.NET (with an appendix describing terms of use). Hence, this book provides a one-stop reference for any VS.NET programmer using Oracle. The author maintains solid focus on databases - emphasizing the use of specific features from a Visual Studio application. The text also includes crucial aspects of developing Oracle-based applications. Assumably, you are already comfortable with the VS.NET environment, and with the aid of this book, you will come to work effectively with the Oracle database as well.
Customer Reviews:
One of the Best books out there.......2006-07-28
Best one, nicely explains the basics and advanced topics of oracle - .NET programming.
A Must read for beginners in Oracle/.NET.
- Kumar Shetgar
Great book for oracle and .net........2006-06-29
I got this book when in started working with oracle db using .net 2.0 beta1. It's really good book for understanding .net and oracle using odp.net and MS driver.
Confirmed my real-world experience.......2005-02-09
I put a system into production last fall with .NET and Oracle. Wish I had this book nine months ago! Mark has good advice for someone new to Oracle, but familiar with .NET. I've gone back and tweaked the system based on Mark's recommendations. I'm happy.
ADO.NET into for oracle 10g.......2005-02-01
I would like to have given this book a 5 stars
but the title is greatly over-exagerated for Pros
This is the first time I have accessed oracle for the first
time thru visual studio and the book has helped me overcome
that fear. The examples are clear and concise in its into
to oracle so even an idiot could pick it up.
I would like to see a book which extends more on real life examples. A drawback i would like to add about this book.
This book is TOO exepensive for a introductory book
I am thrilled that all the examples do work which was a MAJOR plus.
Good, but still basic.......2005-01-01
From the title you would expect this to drill into some deep Oracle technical issues. It doesn't do that. It's a fairly screenshot intensive walkthrough of basic Oracle use in .NET. It starts with connectivity, information retrieval and manipulation. Then exception handling, stored procedures and large object operations. There is some coverage of performance issues.
There is a lot of good content here. It's well written and organized. The screenshots aren't overwhelming and the sample code is good. A good book on Oracle use in .NET, even if it is a little mis-titled.
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