Proceedings of the Conference Accounting and Economics : In Honour of the 500th Anniversary of the Publication of Luca Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Propotionalita, Siena, 18-19 November 1992 (New Works in Accounting History)
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    Proceedings of the Conference Accounting and Economics : In Honour of the 500th Anniversary of the Publication of Luca Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Propotionalita, Siena, 18-19 November 1992 (New Works in Accounting History)
    Martin Shubik
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    The Human Side of M & A: How CEOs Leverage the Most Important Asset in Deal Making
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    The Human Side of M & A: How CEOs Leverage the Most Important Asset in Deal Making
    Dennis C. Carey , Dayton Ogden , and Judith A. Roland
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    There are thousands of mergers every year and, by some estimates, two-thirds of them either fail or fall far short of expectations. How can leaders keep their merger from becoming a head-on collision? In The Human Side of MandA, Dennis Carey and Dayton Ogden argue that most failed mergers looked good on paper--they made financial and strategic sense--but the crucial human element was neglected or overlooked. Consequently, corporate cultures often clash and wreck any chance that the companies will work harmoniously together. The authors, who have worked with many companies in the process of merging, draw on their unique experience to demonstrate how to address the human side of a merger, revealing pitfalls to avoid as well as best practices to pursue. They describe how to assess the quality of the people on both sides, aligned with the strategy, to determine whom to retain. They argue that the CEOs need to create a new vision for the combined company (one that differs from the visions of the two individual entities). And they stress that it is vitally important to move quickly once the merger is approved so that the new enterprise can hit the ground running on the first official day of operating as a combined company. The book concludes with a rigorous statistical appendix that analyzes some of the most successful mergers of the past ten years, validating the book's underlying theme and conclusions. While the volume of mergers may wax and wane depending on a host of economic factors, mergers will endure as a logical, efficient, and profitable strategy for many companies in a global economy. This book will help ensure the success of those who choose this path.

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    4 out of 5 stars The soft side of hard business deals.......2006-06-05

    During the 1990s, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) hit a historic high. Yet academic research confirms what anecdotal evidence suggested: most mergers do not work. Authors Dennis C. Carey and Dayton Ogden (writing with Judith A. Roland) contend that most mergers fail because of mismanagement and neglect of the merged company's "soft side" - the cultural and human dimension. They draw on their experiences as human resource consultants to outline a strategy for assessing people, creating vision, integrating mergers and addressing the soft side's hard problems. We find that the book's greatest strength is its interviews with executives and other insiders who have direct experience with high-profile mergers, both successes and failures. If you are an executive or human resources manager in a company on either side of a merger - or if you think you'll find yourself in that position in the future - read this book before you sign that deal.

    In the Name of War: Judicial Review and the War Powers since 1918
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      Christopher N. May
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      For more than a century, in settings where the political branches of government were unable or unwilling to exercise self-restraint, the Supreme Court was disposed to treat federal war powers legislation as exempt from judicial review, an attitude that permitted numerous abuses from Prohibition to press censorship.

      Though the First World War officially ended in 1918, the Senate's rejection of the Versailles Treaty kept the United States in a legal state of war until late 1921. Exploring the interplay between political and social events and the evolution of legal theory Christopher May tells how during this challenging three-year period, the government invoked the war powers to pursue ends otherwise beyond its reach: with the backing of Congress and seemingly free from judicial scrutiny, the Wilson administration took over the country's rail and communications systems, outlawed profiteering, prosecuted strikers, suppressed "radicals' and censored the leftist press. None of these measures bore any true relation to the war, says the author, who then describes the course through which the Supreme Court, confronted by this pattern of abuse, finally abandoned its long-standing refusal to review the constitutionality of war powers legislation.

      In the Name of War explores the roles played by Woodrow Wilson, Joseph Tumulty, Albert Burleson, and A. Mitchell Palmer--men whose personal ambitions frequently shaped official policy in the late Progressive Era. After analyzing the Court's more recent record, including the internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II, May draws some practical conclusions about the use of judicial intervention in time of crisis that are sure to attract the attention of lawyers, legal scholars, historians, and students of the Constitution.

      Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
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      David Koerner , and Simon LeVay
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      "Experts in many diverse disciplines have come together to form a new science: astrobiology," report astronomer David Koerner and biologist-writer Simon LeVay.

      It is a fundamentally new enterprise, a focus of intense excitement and energy, and a recipient of huge government resources. This science has just one ambition: To understand Life in its universal context and, in doing so, to understand ourselves.

      Koerner and LeVay have no particular thesis to advance about astrobiology and extraterrestrial life, no axe to grind: they have talked to everybody from Stephen Jay Gould and Robert Weinberg to the (human) denizens of Area 51. Their evenhanded overview moves from the origin of life on Earth to the search for life in our solar system to the search for planets around other stars to SETI, UFO-logy, and the anthropic principle. Since each of these topics can easily take up a whole book (or a shelf-full), theirs is something of a roller-skate tour, but one that misses no major issues. Balanced between the Copernican "principle of mediocrity" and the rare earth hypothesis of Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee, Here Be Dragons is an accessible, engaging guide to a deeply stirring question: "Is there anybody out there?" --Mary Ellen Curtin

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      The discovery of life on other planets would be perhaps the most momentous revelation in human history, more disorienting and more profound than either the Copernican or Darwinian revolutions, which knocked the earth from the centre of the universe and humankind from its position of lofty self-regard. In Here Be Dragons, astronomer David Koerner and neurobiologist Simon LeVay offer a scientifically compelling and colourful account of the search for life beyond Earth. The authors survey the work of biologists, cosmologists, computer theorists, NASA engineers, SETI researchers, roboticists, and UFO enthusiasts and debunkers as they attempt to answer the greatest remaining question facing humankind: Are we alone? From their 'safe haven of scepticism' the authors venture into the 'rough seas of speculation', where theory and evidence run the gamut from hard science to hocus pocus. Arguing that the universe is spectacularly suited for the evolution of living creatures, Koerner and LeVay give us ringside seats at the great debates of Big Science. The contentious arguments about what really happens in evolution, the acrimonious UFO controversy, and the debate over intelligence versus artificial intelligence shed new light on the wildly divergent claims about the universe and life's place in it. The authors argue that while no direct evidence of extraterrestrial life yet exists, habitats and chemical building blocks for life abound in the universe. A wealth of new astonomical techniques and space missions may provide this evidence early in the next century. Lucidly written and scientifically rigorous, Here Be Dragons presents everything we know thus far about the emergence of intelligent life here on Earth, and perhaps, beyond.

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      5 out of 5 stars The dragons cannot be slain...yet.......2006-07-12

      I have been looking for something along this line for some time - a summation of the current thinking in the scientific world on the subject of extraterrestrial life. The authors approach the problem two ways. First is a description of the various sciences involved, then an examination of conflicting viewpoints by leading scientists.

      As the authors state, when one speaks of Extraterrestrial Life the underlying meaning is INTELLIGENT life - not microbes, bacteria or even insects. But since all current life evolved from microbes the authors correcly examine the most basic issues - what is life and how did it arise on Earth? They then asked if Earth's example was unique or common. Along the way we discover new schools of thought challenging traditional views of evolution, organic matter in space, carbon-based life and the wonder of water. In a more philosophical vein, the authors tackle subjectivity in science, the deeper meaning of quantum theory and finally, our own future. The discussions on the factors that made life necessary on Earth (large moon, large outer planets, right distance from the right kind of star, etc) are not new but were integrated with the rest of the story.

      The one disappointment - and perhaps this is not the province of this book - was lack of discussion on consciousness. When we speak of intelligence, consciousness is implied. Yes, it would be nice to find a planet rich with microbes, better yet animal life. But unless true intelligence existed, our quest would not be considered complete. I have serious doubts about SETI (due to the increasingly rapid changes of our own techology)and even the existence of intelligent life elsewhere because of the uniqueness of conciousness which is not a result of "getting smarter" but something much more profound, something...human. A wonderful, sobering text.

      4 out of 5 stars A well-written introduction and overview.......2004-01-11

      Like several other books on extraterrestrial life and intelligence, this one surveys habitats and requirements for life, the nature of evolution, the evolution of the solar system and the search for life there, searching for life beyond our solar system, the modern scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence, possible exotic forms of life including machine intelligence, the Anthropic Principle, and UFOs. Here Be Dragons stands out from the others because it is interestingly written, with numerous well-chosen quotes from scientists. The book includes a few color plates and black and white illustrations.

      Koerner and LeVay conclude that the search will be rewarded, and soon. One wishes that they had offered more speculations about what would happen after contact.

      5 out of 5 stars What Is Life?.......2001-10-30

      The book presents, chapter after chapter, the points of view of differents scientists (and a few pseudo-scientists) on the subject of life: its nature, definition, origin, rules, etc. The underlying subject is extraterrestrial life, but, in order to discuss it properly, the text does not focus on SETI only, for example, but asks renowed biologists, mathematicians, roboticists and Artificial Life experts what their work about life is all about.

      You end up with a very well written text, that gives some speech-time to everyone, including (regrettably, IMHO) creationnists and ufologists.

      Funny thing: in the end, you probably still won't know what life is!

      3 out of 5 stars Only time will tell (or maybe it won't)........2001-05-31

      Perhaps extraterrestrial life is common, as the authors suggest. Perhaps it's rare, as Ward and Brownlee suggest in "Rare Earth". Both books are worth reading if you find the debate interesting. But who is right? If "Rare Earth" is, we'll never know because we'll just keep looking for something that isn't there. If "Dragons" is right, it may be centuries or millenia before we make contact with extraterrestrial species. (And bear in mind the argument that has been made by several writers before: If there are intelligent species in the galaxy, many of them would be tens or hundreds of thousands of years more advanced than we. Presumably, then, some of them would have found us by now. Yet all of them choose to remain hidden -- why? Just another question without an answer).

      4 out of 5 stars Personally, I think Fermi got it right........2001-05-24

      This book's been on my shopping list for a while, so I was delighted to find it while strolling through a small bookstore in downtown Astoria. I put it in my shopping bag, along with "The Search for Life on Mars," (Malcolm Walker, Perseus Books, 1999). This is the sort of book that almost anyone with an interest in science and/or astronomy will enjoy. It's easy reading, and doesn't really require any prerequisite knowledge.

      The book isn't about dragons. It's about the scientific search for extraterrestrial life. The title's taken from a phrase used by old cartographers to indicate unexplored regions of the earth. The play on words, obviously, is that the search for extraterrestrial life takes us into uncharted territory.

      "Here be dragons" is a little like "Rare earth," (Ward, Brownlee, Copernicus press, 2000) with a different slant, and a different opinion held by the authors. While Ward and Brownlee are of the opinion that intelligent life is extremely rare in the universe, Koerner and LeVay tend toward the opinion that "...the resulting pressures [of evolution] may commonly foster a trend toward complexification and the ability to react and learn." In line with the hopes of SETI, Koerner and LeVay are of the opinion that "intelligence and technology is common in the galaxy." They find the Fermi Paradox (if intelligence were common in the galaxy, where are the extraterrestrials) "poorly conceived," though they admit their views may be grounded in faith as much as in reason.

      The book's flow is both logical and predictable. It begins by describing the theories of the origin of life on earth, including hyperthermophiles and life at the extreme, near mid-ocean vents and hot springs. There's a brief review of Stanley Miller's experiment in the 50's, and how he synthesized many important organic compounds by simulating what he thought, at the time, was a realistic approximation of earth's early atmosphere. But our understanding of the early atmosphere has changed since then, and it looks like the experiment Miller performed doesn't match atmospheric conditions, as we understand them today. This has led scientists to look at other possibilities for the origin of life. For example, organic compounds have been found in space, so there is some speculation that the initial ingredients for life might have been extraterrestrial. Also, recent evidence suggests that our earliest common ancestors were hyperthermophiles, so deep-sea vents may be where life first arose.

      Recent discoveries of the extreme conditions in which life exists on earth has led to new speculation about its possible existence on other planets. Mars, for example, might harbor life today, deep under ground (as it is found on earth). During a warmer and wetter past, Mars might even have supported life on its surface.

      Throughout the book, the authors act as scientific investigative reporters. They use the book to teach, but also to give a representative view of what different scientists and researchers in various fields are doing. Ordinarily, I'd prefer to see authors be a little more forceful in presenting an idea or opinion, and then working to defend it. But the situation with Koerner and LeVay is different. Exobiology, unlike other branches of science, is one in which the principal subject of research has not been shown to exist. The field is so new that speculation and widely divergent opinions abound. In view of this state of flux, I think it's particularly valuable for their book to sample the broader spectrum of ideas.

      After describing the conditions under which life arose on earth, and how it might exist on other planets, the authors proceed to describe the direction of evolution. The point of this discussion is whether evolution has any tendency toward greater levels of complexity, and specifically whether it drives toward the evolution of beings intelligent enough to build a radio transmitter. They sample the opinions of three scientists: Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Jay Gould, and Stuart Kauffman. While these scientists share common ground, they also draw different conclusions and place emphasis in different ways. Personally, I think Stephen Jay Gould comes closest to the truth. It seems obvious to me that the chances of finding intelligence on other planets (where "intelligence" means being able to design and build a system that can communicate with earth) is about as likely as finding a woodpecker (an example used in the book) or an elephant. Humans - in spite of the inflated opinion we have of ourselves - are not the end product of evolution. Our species represents a single point in a morphological phase space of nearly infinite expanse. While I suspect there are strange attractors in this space, it seems less than obvious to me that intelligence (of the sort possessed by humans) is so close to one of these strange attractors as to ensure its evolution during the lifetime of a given planet.

      The authors have a pretty interesting chapter on SETI, as well as one about science and the religion of UFOs. They end the book with some exotic extrapolations and speculation of life on other planets, complete with philosophical discussions about cosmology, the anthropic principle, many worlds, multiple universes, and a whole bunch of other subjects that are as easily tossed about by novices and experts, alike.

      The book is sparsely illustrated, with an ample index and extensive list of additional reading material. It's well written, easy to read, and entertaining. It's pure speculation (of course) about what we shall find of extraterrestrial life. The real scientific value is in its descriptions of the origin of life on earth, aspects of evolution, and the way it sets the mind to wondering.

      Skin Moisturization (Cosmetic Science and Technology Series)
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                4 out of 5 stars Great Pattern SourceýBut.......2004-07-13

                The first book in this series is a favorite source of patterns, and so is this one, but....

                Instead of listing the measurements of common blocks, like a 2-5/8 " square it will say T1 or some such and you have to look in the back to figure out what size this is. I hate templates! It was a much better format in the first book.

                2 out of 5 stars Templates, Templates, Templates!.......2004-06-20

                My neighbor had purchased the first book in the series called, Once Around the Block, so I thought I would get the second book. I had read a review stating that the third book would not be for beginners, since I am a fairly new quilter, I thought the second book would be okay. However, I missed the fact that the majority of the blocks require templates! I hate templates. They are so time consuming compared to just rotary cutting everything. The templates I have used aren't even standard measurements on a quilter's ruler either so strip cutting doesn't work--less than a eighth inch increments.

                The blocks are more unique than in the first book but I would not make a large quilt using these blocks!

                5 out of 5 stars So you'd like to make a quilt but can't decide on a pattern?.......2003-02-01

                This book offers quick rotary cut block patterns that will inspire you. All blocks are offered in several size options and diagrams explain how to construct the bolcks quickly and easily. A good investment, you will find yourself reaching for this book time and again. My advise is don't loan it as it will probably not come back!

                5 out of 5 stars Around the Block Again : More Rotary-Cut Blocks from Judy Ho.......2001-06-11

                As a beginning quilter I love this book! I use the templetes all the time and have no problems figuring out how to finish or use the blocks I make. I love the different sizes for the blocks as well. My only problem as a beginner is making my blocks come out at exactly the size they are supposed to. I'll keep working at it! :-)

                5 out of 5 stars More wonderful block ideas.......2001-03-03

                Judy Hopkins once again provides quilters with a wonderful selection of blocks, including from easy to the very unique. Combining traditional blocks with rotary cutting techniques. I liked the variety, the basic instructions, as well as the color and black/white illustrations of each block. The advice on "Planning Your Quilt" though brief, is informative. I think beginner as well as advanced quilters will enjoy this book. However, beginning quilters will need other references to finish their quilts.
                Around Again
                Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                • A meaningful story.
                • --Worth reading--
                • clunky
                • Excellent!
                • Excellent book
                Around Again
                Suzanne Strempek Shea
                Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Paperback

                ContemporaryContemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
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                ASIN: 0743403762

                Book Description

                When Robyn Panek is summoned by her ailing uncle Pal to operate his pony ring for one final season on his Massachusetts farm, her years away form the vacation spot of her youth seem an unbridgeable gap. But she is pulled by forces stronger than memory to piece together the events of that last childhood summer -- when a dark mystery swirled about her friend Lucy Dragon. They called her crazy, and Robyn must at last uncover the truth about Lucy's sudden disappearance -- and make peace with her own first love, Frankie. Now the future of Pal's six ponies, who circle the ring five times for a dollar a ride, is as uncertain as Robyn's own, as she confronts the past she ran from so long ago.

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars A meaningful story........2007-08-23

                To me, this is a very meaningful story, beautifully written with wit and wisdom. As with so many life experiences, we do go around again in some way and hopefully learn something in the process. I am a big fan of Suzanne Strempek Shea's books and look forward to many more stories from her creative and insightful mind. Her descriptive language is fascinating and thoughtful as she observes the life around her to skillfully share with others.

                4 out of 5 stars --Worth reading--.......2005-03-23

                AROUND AGAIN is another original offering by Suzanne Strempek Shea.

                After a 22-year hiatus, Robyn Panek returns to the farm in Massachusetts where she had spent her summers as a child and young woman. There, she had assisted her aunt and uncle in running the pony ring on their farm. Those had been the best summers of Robyn's life. She enjoyed the farm, the ponies, the visiting children and the warmth and love that her relatives gave her. She also had Frankie, her boyfriend, who lived and worked nearby. Frankie was the love of her life. That final summer saw the addition of another helper by the name of Lucy Dragon. What happened that last season, so many years ago, changed the course of many lives. Now, Robyn has the chance to clear up the past.

                There are parts of this story that will always remain in my mind. This author has the ability to make the ordinary parts of life interesting.








                3 out of 5 stars clunky.......2004-05-11

                I came really close to liking this book. The characters in it are believable and, to a certain extent, sympathetic, the story moves at a decent pace, and there is a certain rural charm to it. The story takes place during many summers spent at a Massachusetts farm. Robyn Panek spends her childhood summers at her uncle's farm, running the pony ride there. It becomes a second home to her, so she is devastated when a new boarder at the farm does something that sends shockwaves through the little New England town. In many places, the hardworking yet laid back vibe of summer in the country shines through. The problem with the novel is not characters, and it's not locale, or plot. The only problem with the flow of the story comes from Shea's main flaw as a writer: clunky prose. I didn't read more than two pages at a time without halting at a sentence or passage, laden with just an extra word or two that threw the rhythm of the book off. Shea is not a bad writer: she knows what words to use. She just doesn't know what order to use them in, or when to pull back and trust her readers. This is a 310 page book that would be 250, 275 pages tops if every errant, overreaching word and passage was deleted.

                5 out of 5 stars Excellent!.......2002-02-03

                Suzanne Strempek Shea has a gentle, humerous, insightful voice that allows you inside her characters. In Around Again, this well-paced story makes you feel a part of it and never want to leave, as all good stories do. It fills your heart and tugs on the strings. It's very worth your time.

                5 out of 5 stars Excellent book.......2001-11-15

                This was the first book I read by this author. I loved it. It's been a long time since the end of a novel made me cry. I've since read Shea's other books and have enjoyed them very much, but Around Again remains my favorite.
                There and Back Again
                Average customer rating: Not rated
                  There and Back Again
                  Joanne Sandstrom
                  Manufacturer: Earendil Pr
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Paperback

                  GeneralGeneral | Geography | Earth Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
                  ASIN: 0914577077
                  6 Titles By Mary Higgins Clark : You Belong to Me We'll Meet Again Before I Say Good-Bye On the Street Where You Live Daddy's Little Girl The Second Time Around
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                    6 Titles By Mary Higgins Clark : You Belong to Me We'll Meet Again Before I Say Good-Bye On the Street Where You Live Daddy's Little Girl The Second Time Around
                    Mary Higgins Clark
                    Manufacturer: Various
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Mass Market Paperback
                    ASIN: B000QMWXRK

                    Product Description

                    multiple books ship as one item. save on shipping/handling charges.
                    Around Again
                    Average customer rating: Not rated
                      Around Again
                      Suzanne Stremp Shea
                      Manufacturer: POCKET BOOKS @
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Paperback
                      ASIN: B000Q19QB2
                      Around Again
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                        Around Again

                        Manufacturer: The Printer
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Hardcover
                        ASIN: B000DT8JZG

                        Product Description

                        Hardback. Pages are not numbered, but is very thick book. Author grew up in Houston, but is best known in Waco. She is former columnist for the Waco-Tribune Newspaper. Book doesn't have actual date printed in book.
                        Around Again a Sentimental Journey Around Again
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                          Around Again a Sentimental Journey Around Again
                          Virgnina Plunkett
                          Manufacturer: The Printer,The Waco Tribune Herald
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Hardcover
                          ASIN: B000VZW9SK
                          Around the Bend Again
                          Average customer rating: Not rated
                            Around the Bend Again
                            Max Burns
                            Manufacturer: not applicable
                            ProductGroup: Book
                            Binding: Paperback
                            ASIN: B000Q30JPM
                            Around the Keys Again
                            Average customer rating: Not rated
                              Around the Keys Again
                              Hazel Cobb
                              Manufacturer: Birch Tree Group Ltd
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Paperback

                              GeneralGeneral | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                              ASIN: 0874876648
                              Around the World & Back Again
                              Average customer rating: Not rated
                                Around the World & Back Again
                                Tom Cscolm 67701 Chapin
                                Manufacturer: Intl Inst Economic Research
                                ProductGroup: Book
                                Binding: Audio Cassette

                                GeneralGeneral | Books on Cassette | Audiobooks | Formats | Books
                                ASIN: 1573307548

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