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"Why and How Accounting".......2001-01-18

Spiceland and Sepe's "Intermediate Accounting II" is written in familiar language. It is not a struggle to understand the concepts, because you don't need to deceifer the language. The book and related materials teach why methods are used to enable the student to learn how and when to use different methods of accounting. I rated it a 4 because I did not recieve the CD's that are supposed to come with it. By itself, the book should be a sufficient learning tool.

The Encyclopedia Of Restaurant Training: A Complete Ready-to-Use Training Program for All Positions in the Food Service Industry
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Easily tailored forms and a must for any food service operation

Must-have for anyone preparing for a career in food service

A Complete package for the Food Service Industry

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The Encyclopedia Of Restaurant Training: A Complete Ready-to-Use Training Program for All Positions in the Food Service Industry
Douglas Robert Brown , and Lora Arduser
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Training is an investment for the future, the only foundation on which success can be built. Training delivers excellence in product and performance, elevating a good restaurant into a great one.

Training will keep the skills of its employees and management sharp. But in no other industry is its absence or presence as obvious as it is in the food service industry. It is hard to find good, qualified employees, and even harder to keep them. In addition, unemployment levels are low, and competition for qualified workers is tough. What's the answer? Training!

Constant training and re-enforcement keeps employees and management sharp and focused, and demonstrates the company cares enough to spend time and subsequently money on them. And that's precisely what this new encyclopedic book will do for you - be your new training manager.

This is an encyclopedic out of the box employee training program for all positions in the food service industry. From orientating the new employee, maintaining performance standards, to detailed training outlines and checklists for all positions. This book will show you how to train your employees in all positions in the shortest amount of time, and lets you get back to your own job of running a profitable enterprise.

One of the best features of this book is that the companion CD ROM contains the training outline for all positions in MS word, so you can easily customize the text for your own use. In addition there are numerous training forms, checklists, and tests. The first part of the book will teach you how to develop training programs for food service employees, and how to train the trainer. The book is full of training tips, tactics and how tos that will show you proper presentation, and how to keep learners motivated both during and after the training. The second part of the book details specific job descriptions and detailed job performance skills for every position in a food service operation, from the general manager to dishwasher. There are study guides and tests for all positions. Some of the positions include General Manager, Kitchen Manager, Server, Dishwasher, Line Cook, Prep Cook, Bus Person, Host/Hostess, Bartender, Wine & Alcohol Service, Kitchen Steward, Food Safety, Employee Safety, Hotel Positions, etc. Specific instructions are provided for using equipment as well.

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Very useful material.......2007-09-15

Extremely useful set of forms and ideas for use in the restaurant industry. It is skewed towards full service restaurants; but still has lots of useful stuff to apply to QSR. Do not expect to find a treatise on training, though. The CD ROM helps to take advantage of the material because it has the full text on pdf format and several of the sections in MS-Word format.

Easily tailored forms and a must for any food service operation.......2007-03-16

Douglas Robert Brown's excellent reference tool is worth every penny and should be in every food service operator's reference library. I have recommended his book for my tea students for the last five years and am pleased to endorse the revised media. From the small tearoom owner to the chain restaurant, Mr. Brown's resource is a valuable tool. Carnelian Rose Tea - Tea Business School - Jennifer Petersen

Must-have for anyone preparing for a career in food service.......2005-02-03

The Encyclopedia of Restaurant Training is a no-nonsense, thorough resource covering the necessary training for all positions in the food service industry, from professional chef to maitre d to bartender and much more. Written in clear, easy-to-understand terms and charts spelling out explicit training instructions, and illustrated with some diagrams (such as a picture of how to properly set a formal table), The Encyclopedia of Restaurant Training spares no effort to be as understandable as possible. No background knowledge in any trade is needed to grasp explicit instructions ranging from a step-by-step breakdown of the hostess job to the proper order of service for a luncheon handout to how one can go about creating a memorable presentation to food service employees, and much more. A CD-ROM accompanies this absolute must-have for anyone preparing for a career in food service, or charged with the responsibility of training food service recruits.

A Complete package for the Food Service Industry.......2004-06-27

As a long-time user of The Restaurant Managers Handbook by Douglas R. Brown, I have found The Encyclopedia of Restaurant Forms and it's CD Rom to be the most complete and comprehensive selection of forms and ideas for every day and every situation that can or will arise in the food service business.

Review From Book News Inc........2004-06-18

The encyclopedia of restaurant forms; a complete kit of ready-to-use checklists, worksheets, and training aids for a successful food service operation. (CD-ROM included)

This book/CD-ROM resource for new and veteran food service operators offers advice, practical guidelines, and ready-to-use forms, templates, checklists, and training aids for dealing with the issues, tasks, and situations that food service operators face everyday. The material may be used as is, or adapted for any food service application. Material is organized into 11 sections on food safety, kitchen management, bar and beverage management, general management, menu management, employee training, human resources, inventory control, financial management, catering and banquets, and hotel management. Forms contained in the book can be customized and printed from the companion CD-ROM.

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Recent discoveries of extrasolar planets and new direct evidence for protoplanetary disks around young stars have had a major impact on our understanding of star and planet formation. This volume provides a thorough, up-to-date, and concise overview of the physical processes involved in the formation of stars and their surrounding disks. The book traces the story of star formation from the fragmentation of cold molecular gas clouds, through the formation of protostars and rotating dusty disks to the subsequent accretion of material onto the central star. Lee Hartmann integrates state-of-the-art theoretical models with recent observations, highlighting important problems that remain to be solved.

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Conciseness, clarity, and comprehensiveness--these are the qualities that make for a good star guide. The Cambridge Guide contains charts of all 88 night-sky constellations, shows all the stars visible to the naked eye, provides a brief overview of astronomy, and is small enough to slip into your coat pocket for a night ramble or into your luggage for a weekend in the country. Written with amateurs in mind, the history outline and astronomy glossary are nice pluses for the student of astronomy who's looking for more than how to find the Little Dipper.

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The Cambridge Guide to Stars and Planets is a working manual and comprehensive handbook that contains charts of the stars in all 88 constellations as well as a concise overview of astronomy. The exquisitely-drafted constellation maps enable sky gazers to recognize stars with the naked eye and to identify the brighter nebula and galaxies. Maps are paired with lucid explanations of a constellation's most interesting features. Astronomy experts Patrick Moore and Wil Tirion provide a comprehensive but succinct pocket guide that can be used at any time from any place on Earth, charting astronomical phenomena through 2003.

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GREAT FIELD BOOK.......1999-03-31

I use this handy little book when I am out in the yard with my scope. It has all the information you need to start your journey. It's small simple design and layout make it very easy to learn as you go. The info given is enough to answer genral questions and look up facts and data about space.

Good book for the stargazer, not for the report writer........1998-12-08

The information contained in this book is good and detailed - for what it is. However, the main focus of it is definitely for those who are a backyard observer and can well utilize the constellation charts.

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While the genomic revolution has quickly led to the deposit of more than 30,000 structures in the protein data bank (PDB), less than one percent of those contributions represent membrane proteins despite the fact that membrane proteins constitute some 20 percent of all proteins. This discrepancy becomes significantly troublesome when it is coupled with the fact that 60 percent of current drugs are based on targeting this group of proteins, a trend that does not seem likely to reverse. Structural Genomics on Membrane Proteins provides an excellent overview on novel research in bioinformatics and modeling on membranes, as well as the latest technological developments being employed in expression, purification, and crystallography to obtain high-resolution structures on membrane proteins. This cutting-edge work also explains the difficulties facing researchers-both technical and ethical-that have slowed the process. Structural Genomics on Membrane Proteins provides researchers with an unprecedented look at the novel technologies that will ultimately allow them to conquer the last frontier in structural biology, leading to accelerated breakthroughs in drug discovery.

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Ever since Darwin first suggested that humans are descended from apes, the theory of evolution has engendered a firestorm of controversy. But the schism between creationism and evolution is by no means the only source of disagreement; even within the evolutionist camp there are fierce divisions. Are all humans part of a single species comprised of many different varieties? Or is each race a separate species? Even Darwin had no easy answer for that one. Some scientists, including Carleton Coon, believe that Homo erectus began in Africa, then migrated to different locations in the world, where it evolved into Homo sapiens at different rates--Europeans and Asians evolved quickly, while other races remained more "primitive." Others, such as author Christopher Stringer, agree that Homo erectus spread across Asia and Europe, but became extinct everywhere but in Africa, where they continued to evolve. Eventually, a new and improved Homo sapiens swept once more out of Africa--this time to stay.

There's plenty of paleontological and genetic evidence to support Stringer's point of view, and he argues it convincingly. Short of the invention of a time machine, African Exodus is the next best way to revisit the origins of modern man.

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A Choice Outstanding Academic BookA Library Journal Best Sci-Tech BookA New York Times Notable BookOnce in a generation a book such as African Exodus emerges to transform the way we see ourselves. This landmark book, which argues that our genes betray the secret of a single racial stock shared by all of modern humanity, has set off one of the most bitter debates in contemporary science. "We emerged out of Africa," the authors cont, "less than 100,000 years ago and replaced all other human populations." Employing persuasive fossil and genetic evidence (the proof is in the blood, not just the bones) and an exceptionally readable style, Stringer and McKie challenge long-held beliefs that suggest we evolved separately as different races with genetic roots reaching back two million years.

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"OK, I get the point...".......2006-11-22

It is an informative and well-written book. For a lay-person interested in the origins of humankind, it is almost a must-read. The book is thorough, and use a multitude of well-documented sorces to back its claims. However, it is tarnished by an ever reoccurring tendency to throw punches rather than educate. After a while you simlpy get a little tired of this ("OK, I get the point. You don't care much for the multiregionalists!"). The thing is that personal attacks and slander do not belong in a book that claims to be scientific. Not even in the preface.

In an otherwise excellent book, brace yourself for somewhat petty personal opinions!

Excellent in part, marred by political agenda & slander.......2002-08-13

This work provides an excellent summary of the "Out of Africa" model that first burst upon the world in the famous time magazine "New Eve" cover in 1987. Stringer, a paleonotologist, was one of the first--althought not the first as he claims-- to propose that every single person (outside of Africa) now alive is the descendant of a small group of humans who left Africa between 200,000 and 150,000 years ago. Until the advent of "DNA" reverse transcriptase technology (commonly known from its use in criminal investigations) Stringer's theory was just one more interpretation of mute bones and stones. The revolutionary work of Mary Ravullo, amongst others, now proves that all humans are indeed descended from a tiny population (probably 2-3000 "breeding" females) 200,000 years ago. The DNA evidence shows that there is far more genetic diversity within Africa than in the rest of the world. Until the DNA discoveries, Stringer was pretty much out in the wilderness against the paleontological orthodoxy that the "races" of mankind had evolved from populations of Neanderthal and H. erectus. Despite the counter-intuitive nature of this "multi-regional" hypothesis, the skimpy fossil record seemed to support it. The DNA evidence, however, is so overwhelmingly solid it seems unlikely to ever be overthrown; unlike the fossil evidence, in which conclusions are much like figure skating scores, highly subjective and open to endless debate.

When sticking to the science of bones and blood, McKie and Stringer produce solid scientific writing for the non-Academic.

However, they severely mar the book with character assassination of Stringer's paleontological rivals, a puerile political agenda and environazi propaganda. Instead of analysizing the work of said rivals, the authors stoop to gossipy anecdotes to smear them. It was totally unnecessary and a good editor wouldn't have let them get away with it. Eliminating these distractions and a clearer focus on the science (and its conclusions) would have made this book a classic.

Another grievous, and, again, totally unnecessary addition, are the authors ignorant and slanderous remarks about American politics and American conservatives. To a British or Continental audience, these observations are probably accepted at face value. To anyone conversant with the American political scene, (e.g. page 246) their remarks are baseless, slanderous and make the authors look ridiculous. They also fling assaults on the book The Bell Curve distorting, with slash and burn attacks, what Herrenstein and Murray actually wrote; they create a caricature and proceed to attack it instead of the real book.

Finally, the concluding chapters launch into a litany of the Far Left's enivronmental myths and fantasies--conjuring up everything from the Global Warming hoax, to the racist "noble savage" protrayal of American Indians, to the man as the "killer" ape "destroying" the planet. Not surprisingly, little proof, beyond the usual ritual incantations of the environut creed, is offered.

The authors stray way beyond their ken in many areas and their ignorance and prejudice are embarrasingly on display. Without these flaws, the authors fluent and easily read prose would have made this book a landmark work. With them, it is reduced to a mishmash of scientific fact and calumny that ultimately hurt Stringer's cause far more than they advance it.

a too particularistic outlook on the Anthropogenesis........2000-04-07

Theory that mankind has evolved in relatively near past,and that it colonised the world from africa,exterminating local populations,disagree with a wealth of evidence that sugest some living human populations are product of prodigous and variable forms of interbreeding,operationalised over enormous time span,with all darwinian factors-mutation and selecton,giving rise to distinct and changing populations.We must not dismiss idea of poligenetic origin of populations within mankind,because(this is digression from actual book)it is same reasoning as "crime will stop if we believe that we are all equaly handsome,smart and physicaly strong".Exporation of Racial diferencies is extremely important for medicine,history,archaeology,sociology and a wealth of social and exact sciencies.Truly,an idea that Humankind emanated in a small geographic nucleus and then suddenly spread in all possible directions,exterminating indigenious populations made-up from Neanderthals and Neanderthaloids,contrandict with the fact that among modern human races,characteristics representative of processes such as admixture and amalgamation with this above-mentioned earlier populations,are strongly sugestive of more complex diachronical expressions of anthropogenetic forms. The "Mitochondrial Eve" theory is by far rejected now.Speaking of Coon's theories,it is unjust not to mention the fact that his books always contained extremely unbiased view on this matter-unlike some of his contemporaries.Anthropology does not give rise to racism in its "hooliganic" form.At best,Author's thesis can be substantied with two trends,observed from findings of classic human paleontology-existance of emigrating population(s) with "astenic" metro-morphologic qualities and complex process of amalgamation with autochtonuos population-first in North Africa,then in Eurasia and Americas.Somethink like "Wolkewanderung" from single centre for paleolithic is highly unlikely.

Very good -- as far as it goes.......2000-02-07

This book should be read in conjunction with my own Race, Evolution, and Behavior so that all the missing pieces of the puzzle can be seen. The parts of the book that review human origins are competent and very readable. Unfortunately, major errors appear in the book when it descends to the politically obligatory trashing of both The Bell Curve and my own work. In my case, instead of taking the time to read, cite, and critique my 1995 book intelligently, the authors rely mainly on a 1994 account of it in the tabloid magazine Rolling Stone! The basic political argument of African Exodus is as follows: "In any case, the story of our African Exodus makes it unlikely that there are significant structural or functional differences between the brains of the world's various peoples" (p. 181). The logic here is especially odd given that other parts of the book present a fascinating discussion of how populations vary in jaw size and in number of teeth. For example, page 215 states: "Among Europeans, for example, it has been found that up to 15 percent of people have at least two wisdom teeth missing...while in east Asia, the figure can be as much as 30 percent in some areas." As an example of evolutionary pressure, the book describes how before modern medicine, impacted wisdom teeth often became infected and led to death. The authors appear to find it plausible for evolution to act through differential death rates resulting from differences in the number of wisdom teeth and yet find it implausible that death rates could vary in different regions because of differential intelligence as an adaptation to extreme cold. While Stringer and McKie describe how noses and skin color have been shaped in different regions, they deny that there are any cognitive differences and they withhold from readers the modern literature on brain size and IQ. Perhaps least forthright in this regard is the citation (p. 177) of Beals et al.'s (1984) study of worldwide variation in cranial size (which I cited earlier) and their attribution of these racial differences only to "climate," as though climate is not a likely potent source of natural selection for intelligence.

Excellent for a much maligned book........1999-05-24

I pondered purchasing this book for quite a long time based on some of the negative views written on this page about this book. After reading several other books on this topic I took the plunge. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and found some of the reviews about the book to be simplistic or myopic in thought. I ponder how many of the bad reviews were written by paleontologists who disagree with C. Stringer. Being a meteorologist, I found nothing offensive. I strongly agreed with his concept of hard scientific data and quantifying numbers to prove points.

No doubt, this book was written with latter evidence, including the DNA evidence that allows more specific conclusions. I found the lineage and concepts in line with those put forward by Tattersal and others suggesting no real bombshells in this book.

The book reads very well and is generally well written. The book portrays what most up-to-date books on this topic cover in a concise and consistent manner. The treatment of Neanderthals is good and in no way is negative. It is tragic that they did not survive much beyond about 30 kyrs ago. Anyone interested in current thinking on human evolutions should read this book. Finally, the title of this book is well taken; we are all Africans based on our evolution. Too bad we all don't realize who and what we all are!

African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity
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Esoterismo

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`From Thomas Hobbes' fear of the power of laughter to the compulsory, packaged "fun" of the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour of the strange world of humour. Both a significant work of scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding of the humourous, this is a seriously engaging book' - David Inglis, University of Aberdeen

This delightful book tackles the prevailing assumption that laughter and humour are inherently good. In developing a critique of humour the author proposes a social theory that places humour - in the form of ridicule - as central to social life. Billig argues that all cultures use ridicule as a disciplinary means to uphold norms of conduct and conventions of meaning.

Historically, theories of humour reflect wider visions of politics, morality and aesthetics. For example, Bergson argued that humour contains an element of cruelty while Freud suggested that we deceive ourselves about the true nature of our laughter. Billig discusses these and other theories, while using the topic of humour to throw light on the perennial social problems of regulation, control and emancipation.

An Essay On Ridicule
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An Essay On Ridicule
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1753. An Essay on Ridicule belongs to a series of tracts, written by a man of business for his winter evening amusement, to show the usefulness and necessity of experimental reasoning in philological and moral inquiries.

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1753 edition by A. Millar, London.

An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744)

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Corbyn Morris
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La mobilite sedentaire dans le travail de Samuel Roy-Bois ou comment tourner en derision l'architecture.(Montr)(l'exposition, Improbable et ridicule au ... essay): An article from: Etc. Montreal

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La mobilite sedentaire dans le travail de Samuel Roy-Bois ou comment tourner en derision l'architecture.(Montr)(l'exposition, Improbable et ridicule au ... essay): An article from: Etc. Montreal
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This digital document is an article from Etc. Montreal, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1870 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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An essay towards fixing the true standards of wit, humour, raillery, satire, and ridicule (1744) (Augustan Reprint Society. [Publication)

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An essay towards fixing the true standards of wit, humour, raillery, satire, and ridicule,: To which is added an analysis of the characters of an humourist: ... Sir Roger De Coverly, and Don Quixote

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