J.K. Lasser Pro Keeping Clients for Life

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A successful financial planner is someone who does more than just crunch numbers and present an annual investment plan to clients. There is a psychological component to effective client care as well as to issues involving clients' overall financial well-being. People skills, as well as financial planning skills, are necessary to build a successful financial planning business. This comprehensive guide teaches both new and veteran financial professionals how to relate to their clients in meaningful ways, thus growing their business by increasing the long-term retention of those clients. Offered here are insights into such issues as how to determine which clients to accept, how to propose a plan clients can use, how to tread carefully in family situations, how to develop sensitivity and communications skills, and how to work with the media and recognize the importance of building your business one lasting relationship at a time.

Karen Caplan Altfest, PhD, CFP (New York, NY), is Vice President of L. J. Altfest & Co., a financial planning and investment management firm. She is also the Director of the Financial Planning and Investments Program at the New School.

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Financial Advisors, you NEED this book!.......2002-10-25

Karen Altfest, CFP, PhD, has written perhaps the best and most helpful book on financial planning that I have read in my 26 years as a financial advisor. Many financial planners and investment advisors tend to be analytical types whose education focused on courses in economics and finance. Dr. Altfest's excellent book clearly shows us that financial planning is 90% psychology and human relations and only about 10% number crunching. She clearly shows us the truth of the old adage that "clients don't care what you know until they know that you care." This book is filled with wisdom, compassion, and applied common sense. Reading this book made me wish that I could sit with the author as she counsels clients. There is much to learn from Karen Altfest's book, and if you heed her sage advice, your practice will be greatly enriched. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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This two-volume collection of essays looks at over 200 major court cases, at both state and federal levels, from the colonial period to the present. Organized thematically, the articles range from 1,000 to 5,000 words and include recent topics such as the Microsoft antitrust case, the O.J. Simpson trials, and the Clinton impeachment. This new edition includes 43 new essays as well as updates throughout, with end-of-essay bibliographies and indexes by case and subject/name.

Historic U.S. Court Cases 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia (American Law and Society Series)

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Historic U.S. Court Cases 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia (American Law and Society Series)

Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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ASIN: 0824044304

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Soil survey of Blaine County Area, Idaho (SuDoc A 57.38:B 57/4)
Mark E. Johnson
Manufacturer: The Service
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0001075RK

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Soil survey of Minidoka area, Idaho, parts of Minidoka, Blaine, and Lincoln Counties
Harold L Hansen
Manufacturer: The Service
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ASIN: B0006CWYZQ

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Racial preference is nothing new, argues Tim J. Wise in this compelling exploration of race, privilege, and education. This book recasts the debate over today's controversial, race-based affirmative action policies. Wise deftly demonstrates that the American educational system has always been complicit in institutionalized racism and racial preference.

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Reclaiming Affirmative Action in the face of White Privilege.......2005-08-17

Again, as he did in "White Like Me", Wise forces America to look itself in the face and examine the reflection with honesty and integrity. In this book, Wise appeals to common sense, and "scientific minds" for those who need proof for the otherwise obvious, and makes one of the most compelling arguments for affirmative action while rebutting, with countless research, the dubious arguments of those who claim that affirmative action, particulary in college admissions policies, is reverse discrimination and a system of "handouts" to unqualified blacks, who in essence steal the seats from qualified whites. He demonstrates how subscribers to such arguments base their claims almost entirely on the "racial gap" in SAT, ACT, and GRE scores that supposedly "prove" how whites are being discriminated against when blacks with lower test scores take whites' "rightly earned" seats. However, through use of countless research, Wise demonstrates not only how research after research shows that these standardized test neither reflect ability nor determine grades in college. He further shows through research how the tests fail to predict graduation rates for students of any race.

As a deafening blow to the "reverse discrimination" claim, Wise points to the overwhelming evidence pointing not only to blacks' competence once admitted to college (that is often superior to their white counterparts with higher test scores) but to the fact that whites with lower test scores, admitted because of parent alumnus status, take far more seats from "more qualified whites" than all affirmative action admits put together. Yet, those who decry affirmative action on grounds of racial discrimination effectively ignore this fact. Even more bizarre is that it never enters the radar screen for their arguments. For if the argument against affirmative action is that unqualified blacks are admitted over their more qualified white counterparts (based on test scores), by definition, decriers of affirmative action must be infuriated by the overwhelming number of "unqualified" white admits (sons and daugthers of parent alumni) who take the seats of more "qualified" white students. After all, the alum status admits have exceedingly more priority than affirmative action admits, so much so that beneficiaries of affirmative action wouldn't even make the chart for a statistical comparison to the admission rate of children of alums. Yet, opposers of affirmative action condone this "unjust" admission policy, as if saying, as long as the "unqualified" admit is white, he/she belongs there; if he/she is black, certainly a white student should be there in his/her place. This crippling discrepancy alone shows the inherent racism, and dubious foundation, in the reverse discrimination argument itself.

As if these arguments were not compelling enough, Wise goes on to demonstrate how the recent white "reverse discrimination" plaintiffs, based on the schools' admission policies, would not have been admitted to the college of their choice, even if affirmative action were not in place. Furthermore, none of their lawyers even attempted to argue that the black student admits were not fully qualifed to be admitted...because they were, demonstrated both by admission policies that put little weight on test scores in the first place and black student graduation rates after admission.

The underlying premise of all of Wise's arguments is that there has always been a system of "affirmative action" for whites in virtually all areas of life: housing, schooling, and employment; and until this "affirmative action" ceases to be in place, the affirmative action in response to the racism plaguing this society must remain in place, not only for the benefit of blacks, but for the benefit of a just, right-thinking society at large.

Finally, Wise appeals to proponents of affirmative action by advising them to reclaim affirmative action, not through watered-down arguments calling for "campus diversity" (an argument that in itself works to keep white privilege and power structure in place) but through the need for affirmative action in the face of the continuing prevalence of white "affirmative action" that defines this nation's past and present. After all, it was in response to this racist system that affirmative action was put in practice in the first place. Thus it is on this premise, that is backed by scores of research and common sense, that this system of justice must be reclaimed in the face of white privilege.

Essential reading.......2005-06-15

Even as a person who cares about race issues and followed the Michigan cases with great interest, I found this book to be tremendously eye-opening. Mr. Wise examines many of the myths surrounding affirmative action programs and race, and methodically and persuasively "de-bunks" them, in many cases merely by unpacking the statistics that were cited in the Michigan cases themselves. I've already given this book to several friends to read, all of whom found it as absorbing and fascinating as I did. And I've cited it to many other friends, including a number of black friends, to point out the many myths that have heretofore gone unchallenged, even in the black community. I wish I could give a copy of this book to everyone in the United States. I'd love to witness and take part in the dialogue that came out of that reading project. I can't recommend this book highly enough. And do be sure to read White Like Me, Mr. Wise's other recently published book.

Affirmative action: 40th anniversary: an analysis of books on the promises and pitfalls of a Federal policy intended to equalize opportunity.(An Autobiography ... : An article from: Black Issues Book Review

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Affirmative action: 40th anniversary: an analysis of books on the promises and pitfalls of a Federal policy intended to equalize opportunity.(An Autobiography ... : An article from: Black Issues Book Review
Fred Beauford
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Black Issues Book Review, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1666 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: Affirmative action: 40th anniversary: an analysis of books on the promises and pitfalls of a Federal policy intended to equalize opportunity.(An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement)(Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr, and the Laws That Changed America)(Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby)(The Case for Affirmative Action in University Admissions)(Affirmative Action Is Dead: Long Live Affirmative Action)(When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America)(Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White)(Race and College Admissions: A Case for Affirmative Action)(Book Review)
Author: Fred Beauford
Publication: Black Issues Book Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 7 Issue: 5 Page: 42(3)

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Affirmative action: Racial preference in black and white.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Higher Education

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Affirmative action: Racial preference in black and white.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Higher Education
Mitchell J. Chang
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Higher Education, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1383 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: Affirmative action: Racial preference in black and white.(Book review)
Author: Mitchell J. Chang
Publication: Journal of Higher Education (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 77 Issue: 5 Page: 930(3)

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Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section This full-colour handbook illustrates the appearance of common rock-forming minerals as seen in thin section under the polarizing microscope. It is not intended to replace a mineralogy textbook — rather it is designed to be used as a laboratory manual alongside the standard texts, by all students of earth sciences from sixth form to honours degree level. The book contains over 200 photomicrographs accompanied by short descriptions and summaries of the optical properties of the various minerals. The photographs are taken in either plane-polarized light or under crossed polars, and are carefully chosen to show the features by which the minerals can most easily be recognised.

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great book.......2000-05-03

I am Earth Sciences student too. This book is really great for petrology. As I am 1st year student and don't know mineral well so this book give me a guide to classify those minerals.

Superb color photographs.......1999-04-23

I have taken a course in Optical Mineralogy and Petrography, and although the text used was Nesse, I believe that this Atlas was adjunct to the course. Although I do not have a petrographic microscope, I recently saw this title in a used book shop near a college town, and could not resist buying it (for about $6 I think). What a bargain. However, such an occurrence is rare indeed.

Clear, informative and reader friendly. Good book !.......1999-01-04

Hi, I'm a Chinese and living in Hong Kong. I studied in Earth Sciences for the second year. To me, this book safe me from the lost world in petrology. The colourful, sharp photos in the book illustrated what you'll see under microscope and greatly raise my interest. And, clear notes about the minerals or rocks you looking at have been given. They can give reader both visual and wordful memories. Some other books of this author are also good. They kept the good quality in expressing the information. This book especially good for starter in petrology.

Key to the Common Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section.

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Key to the Common Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section.
Cordell Durrell
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ASIN: B000UYFDKS

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Key to the Common Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section.

Manufacturer: 1949
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ASIN: B000ICBY5A

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Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section
Hans Pichler , and Cornelia Schmitt-Riegraf
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0412644606

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Identificationof rock-forming minerals in thin section is a key skill needed by all earth science students and practising geologists. This translation of the completely revised and updated German second edition (by Leonore Hoke, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand) provides a comprehensive guide to identifying 140 of the most important rock-forming mineral species.
The book is divided into three main parts. Part A is a practical guide to the fundamentals of crystal optics, polarization microscopy and the practical use of microscopes. Part B gives a detailed description of the characteristic optical features, special features, and the paragenesis of the most common rock-forming minerals. This well-illustrated part is divided into opaque minerals, isotropic, uniaxial and optical biaxial mineral groups. Part C contains identification tables for the minerals and diagrams showing the international classification of magmatic rocks, as well as a colour plate section showing crystal forms of minerals.
The book will provide an invaluable guide to all undergraduate earth scientists, as well as to professional geologists requiring an overview of mineral identification in thin section.

Atlas of the Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section

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Atlas of the Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section
W.S. MacKenzie , and C. Guilford
Manufacturer: Dunod
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Essentials for the microscopical determination of rock-forming minerals and rocks,: In thin sections

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Essentials for the microscopical determination of rock-forming minerals and rocks,: In thin sections
Albert Johannsen
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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A key for the determination of rock-forming minerals in thin sections

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A key for the determination of rock-forming minerals in thin sections
Albert Johannsen
Manufacturer: J. Wiley
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Key to the Common Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section.
Cordell Durrell
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000UMHTMK

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This book develops a new physical/mathematical model for the functioning of the human brain, based, not on the modern Newton-Einstein view of physical reality, but on 'information reality'. The work is devoted to the physical-mathematical modeling of (conscious) cognitive phenomena. The most important distinguishing feature of the theory presented here is a new model of mental space, the so-called p-adic hierarchic tree space, and the development of mental analogs of classical and quantum mechanics. Mental processes and more general information processes are handled as a kind of new physical processes. In particular, the procedure of information quantization and an information analog of Bohmian mechanics are developed. Here, mind is a singularity in the mental pilot wave. Applications to neurophysiology, localization of mental function and brain ablations, and psychology (in particular, Freud's psychoanalysis) are considered.

Information Dynamics in Cognitive, Psychological, Social and Anomalous Phenomena

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Information Dynamics in Cognitive, Psychological, Social and Anomalous Phenomena
A./ Khrennikov, Andrei Khrennikov
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N6BTVK

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The Sink is a satire on driving and behavior. It mocks today's drivers, who have made bad driving a universal norm. It provides a satirical perspective on a car culture gone badly wrong.

The book's premise is that almost no drivers are competent, and that most of them practice daily for a collision. Recounted in the first person by a driving instructor, this book is 70% dialogue, all meat and bone, no flab. As in the Icelandic sagas, characters reveal themselves by what they say and do.

The story, set in 2010, pits a small element of the roadway righteous against the reckless, antisocial and inept majority. Drawing from his own experience as a driving instructor, the author makes it plain that bad driving (antisocial driving) is the norm, and that anyone attempting to set standards is mercilessly punished. So the righteous aim to topple the car culture. In the process, they throw society into a full-scale revolution. As in all revolutions, principle is carried to ruthless extremes.

The author takes pains to place the driving culture in the context of the wider culture that spawned it, and also to relate it to human nature and popular culture, while hinting that the gods may bear the ultimate responsibility. This book is a dark commentary on human failure and the conditions of existence.

But the Sink is also a book with a mission. It probes the minds of drivers to show how empty they are, at least as far as driving is concerned. This is an outsider's view of our driving. Without being either science fiction or fantasy, the book has elements of both. Through its insights into typical driver mindsets, the book convincingly portrays drivers as being in the behavioral sink, and light-years away from their own self-images. This is a thought-provoking literary novel, a recognized road-safety tool, and world-class entertainment all in one.

The book points the way to a new driver education. One that focuses not on superior skill in handling a vehicle, but on preparing drivers for their obligations as participants in the social space of the road. Drivers would need to have insights into rights, obligations, and ethics.

Alternatively, as the road manners of the world spiral down into the behavioral drain, mindless driving and the terrible carnage it brings will continue to plague us.

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