Artificial Intelligence in Accounting and Auditing: Using Expert Systems (Rutgers Series in Accounting Information Systems)

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The people on the front lineùthose responsible for the safety and health of the workplace-understand the costs of threats, assaults, and fear on the morale and productivity of their employees. They also understand the costs of negative publicity, bad public relations, and litigation on the survival of their enterprises. Violence in the workplace, whether it comes from the outside or originates from within, is a frightening prospect. How can it be prevented? Through real-world cases, Preventing Workplace Violence provides a detailed look at how traditional tools for occupational health and safety, discipline, and employee relations are inadequate and inappropriate in responding to the problem of workplace violence. In fact, the methods and approaches commonly in use actually worsen the problem in some cases. This book summarizes the most up-to-date learning in this area and offers practical guidance and recommendations for assessing the risk of violence, steps for preventing workplace violence, and a thorough discussion of employee rights and employer responsibilities. Highly recommended for employers, managers, union leaders, attorneys, consultants, and others who confront the issue of violence in the workplace. Preventing Workplace Violence will be invaluable to scholars and professionals in management, organizational studies, human resources, interpersonal violence, gender studies, industrial psychology, public administration, social psychology, sociology of work, social work, clinical and counseling psychology, business psychology, and organizational behavior.

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This is the book to buy.......2000-07-13

As a forensic psychologist who conducts threat assessments and fitness-for-duty evaluations of potentially violent employees, I found Dr. Braverman's book to be the most informative, readable, and practical text available. I recommend it highly to HR professionals, Occupational Health physicians and nurses, employment lawyers (don't be offended by some of Dr. Braverman's constructive criticism of too-conservative corporate counsel!), Employee Assistance professionals, union officials, security officers, anyone who worries about a co-worker's potential for violence, and anyone who has been accused of threatening violence on the job. If more employers took Dr. Braverman's advice, workplace homicides and other forms of violence (e.g., assualts, harassment, hostile work environment, threats, intimidation) would decrease, employee stress would diminish, and worker productivity would improve.

A very helpful guide.......2000-05-17

This is the best book on this topic I have seen. As the owner of a mid-sized company, I run into violence, threat and harassment situations almost weekly. The book is intelligent, has useful case studies, and concise guidelines on how to develop and implement policy. The author knows his stuff and has a humane, reasonable approach to these tricky issues.

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Preventing Workplace Violence: A Guide for Employers and Practitioners.(Review) (book review): An article from: Human Resource Planning
Margaret A. Lucero
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Title: Preventing Workplace Violence: A Guide for Employers and Practitioners.(Review) (book review)
Author: Margaret A. Lucero
Publication: Human Resource Planning (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1999
Publisher: Human Resource Planning Society
Volume: 22 Issue: 4 Page: 50

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Preventing Workplace Violence: A Guide for Employers and Practitioners

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Preventing Workplace Violence: A Guide for Employers and Practitioners

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This new edition has been extensively revised by Ruth Goodwin, a well-known expert, to reflect twelve years of massive change to the goat-keeping world since the publication of the fourth edition in 1980. She has incorporated her revisions with great skill without losing the character of this classic book.

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The Goatkeepers Bible.......2004-01-18

I've had a copy of this book for at least 25 years and read it over and over. It is by a Brit, but so what? Make the stretch. It covers so many aspects of the subject that transcend goats that it would be informative to anyone interested in land management and animal husbandry in general. He deals with concepts of nutrition ecology and health hardly ever dealt with today, such as alternatives to the use of mainstream comercial feeds, rearing methods and things too numerous to mention, and all from a unique perspective. A true lover of goats. It's THE Bible of goats, written back in 1957 and never equaled to my knowledge.

The Goatkeepers Bible.......2004-01-18

The BIBLE for goatkeepers........2003-06-27

This is a highly technical treatise oriented especially for Brits. Don't let that scare you though - it is a terrific book worthy of shelf space on any serious goatkeeper's library.

I have not found a better source within one book for dairy goat information.

You'll find a lot of useful information if you're wishing to learn about dairy goat farming. If, however, you also want to learn about meat goat production, buy Raising Meat Goats For Profit by Gail Bowman.

Highly technical in spots, but with a wealth of info..........2002-10-24

This is a reference for a serious goat owner. It is not one I'd recommend for someone just getting into goats. But if you're really serious about your caprines, this book is a must-have.

The topics covered include: Control and Housing of Goats; Principles and Practice of Feeding; Selection of Breeding Stock; Breeding Problems; Disease and Accident; Milking and Dairy Produce; Meat, Leather, and Fleece; Goat Farming Systems; Crops for Goats; Goats for Export; Harness Goats; and more.

There is a thorough index, a bibliography, and several appendixes. The info is presented in a rather dry manner, but is very useful. There are lots of great diagrams, charts, and pictures. It's just a ton of good information. The only major fault I can find is that being published in Great Britain, it does use some terminology unfamiliar to most Americans, and doesn't deal with the US at all. But that's ok, we have enough other books which cover those topics.

Bottom line, if you're looking for a really good, technical reference book on goats of all types, this is an important one to add to your library.

Better Suited for Brits.......2001-10-03

Lots of good anecdotal advise, even humourous at times. The chapter on goat health problems, poisons, and antidotes has proven useful, and is well organized. Genetic discussion on link between hornless goats and sexual malformity is thorough and necessary.

However, the book is written for a British reader, and lots of the medicines, practices, and even forage crop names, are different in the US. (e.g. lucerne = alfalfa) Delves heavily into dairy goats and dairy farming, but meat goat farming (Boers, Kikos, etc.) is only cursorily mentioned. The section(s) on nutrition is excessive for the average goat farmer, and the copious information about UK regulations is useless to the US reader.

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good general coverage.......2005-02-04

Angelo has compiled a useful explanation of key terms in interstellar exploration. Written at a moderately technical level, but still extremely accessible to an educated layman.

He covers a diverse range of topics. Including the hardware of astronomy, like the radiotelescopes at Arecibo and orbiting observatories like the Hubble and Chandra. But concepts are also explained. So that you have some idea of the anthropic principle, for instance.

None of the topics are discussed to any depth. Inevitable in a book of this size. If you are a student of astronomy, you need more specialised texts.

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Eyewitness Activity Files: Space
DK Publishing
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Anyone who has ever dreamed of being an astronaut or wondered what it would be like to zoom into outer space will be captivated by the Eyewitness Space Activity File, a folder full of loose historical document facsimiles--exciting news clips, pictures of Saturn taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's wide field planetary camera, 1968 Spanish advertisements for 2001: A Space Odyssey, the first "handshake in orbit," and more. Did you know that in 1984 a hive of honeybees traveled to space aboard the U.S. space shuttle Challenger? Or that the footprints left by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the Moon will probably still be there in a 1,000 years time? Or that a single day (sunrise to sunset) on Mercury lasts the equivalent of 176 Earth days? This exciting pack, arranged randomly to recreate a sense of true discovery for young space enthusiasts, answers these questions and dozens more. Each activity file comes with a 17-by-22-inch poster chronicling the neck-in-neck space race between the former Soviet Union and the United States to get a man on the moon, and a 16-page booklet that bubbles over with space facts. (Ages 9 to 12) --Karin Snelson

The Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy

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Excellent reference
INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR ANY TEACHER OF ASTRONOMY.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy

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The Facts On File Dictionary Of Physics (Science Dictionary)

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Excellent reference.......2006-12-03

I use this book frequently, because I always find what I want and it's good. The authors state their facts accurately and clearly. Top notch.

INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR ANY TEACHER OF ASTRONOMY........1998-11-24

This book has been a lifesaver for me many times when I needed authoritative information in a hurry. If you are a teacher of astronomy--at any level from undergrad on up--you will never regret having this on your shelf! Many times, after searching in vain through half-a-dozen textbooks for some item of information, I have turned to Facts-on-File Astronomy and found the answer directly, without further ado. I believe this is a "must" for every serious teacher, student, or researcher in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Facts On File Dictionary of Astronomy Edition

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Facts On File Dictionary of Astronomy Edition
Vallerie Illingworth
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Space Technology (Facts on File Science Dictionary) (Facts on File Science Dictionary)

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The Facts on File Dictionary of Space Technology (Facts on File Science Dictionary) (Facts on File Science Dictionary)
Joseph A. Angelo
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Facts on File Stars & Planets Atlas (Facts on File)
Ian Ridpath
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Featuring new and updated statistics throughout, Facts On Files Stars & Planets Atlas creates a world of discovery and fun for young readers. This richly illustrated resource investigates a range of space-related phenomena, including stars and constellations; star families and galaxies; comets, asteroids, meteors, and other space debris; supernovae, quasars, and neutron stars; and black holes.

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Perspectives of Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1.

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True Grit...

John O'Neil is a true hero. This book is the basis for the ABC drama on 9/11.

Ironic and captivating

John O'Neill is a modern hero.

Buy this book . . . what a life.

The Man Who Warned America: The Life and Death of John O'Neill, the FBI's Embattled Counterterror Warrior
Murray Weiss
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The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage)

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The first comprehensive inside look at the investigation into Al Qaeda, and at John O፥ill, the FBI counter–terrorism agent who warned that an attack like September 11 was imminent.

For many people, September 11 was the day ೨e unimaginableߨappened. But one FBI agent, John O፥ill, had repeatedly warned the US Government that such an attack was possible. Ironically, O፥ill lost his own life on September 11, just days after beginning a new job as head of security for the World Trade Center.

As one of the FBI's foremost counter–terrorism experts, John O፥ill played a leading role in almost every major investigation of terrorism against Americans in the past decade. O፥ill was a dashing, larger–than–life character who irritated many members of US and foreign governments with his aggressive, hands–on tactics and his insistent, repeated warnings about the possibility of an attack on US soil.

Disillusioned by his experiences with the FBI, O፥ill left governmental service to assume the position of chief of security for the Twin Towers in August 2001. Full of twists and turns, John O፥ill's tragic story reveals how one man's unheeded warnings came back to haunt the country he worked so hard to defend.

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True Grit..........2007-03-29

John O'Neill grew up in Atlantic City, NJ watching the FBI on TV on Sunday nights. All he ever wanted to do was be an FBI agent and serve his country. The son of working class folks who ran a taxi cab business he dedicated himself to be the finest and fulfilled his childhood dreams. Jonh went to my high-school and lived 5 minutes from where I grew up, I never knew him but after reading this fine Murray Weiss biography I feel I know him as a brother. This book will infuriate you as John O'Neill tries to warn everyone in the government of an impending doom with Bin Laden, who he studied and profiled, much to his chagrin no one listened. How ironic that after so much frustration with the FBI bureacracy and a Clinton Administration consumed by the presidents personal travails that John O'Neill resigns to take over security operations at the World Trade Center one week before 9/11. He perished in the collapse of the towers after he was safely out. He ran back in to try to save people. This book will move you, John O'Neill's story will stay with you. Did he have his own style and personal troubles, sure, but his life is what you will remember, his dedication to his job and the fact that maybe if a few more higher ups had listened to him this tragedy could have been averted. With men like this, you'll believe our country is in good hands as far as the war with terrorism is concerned. It's upper management we should be worried about.

John O'Neil is a true hero. This book is the basis for the ABC drama on 9/11........2006-09-12

John O'Neill was the most dedicated member of the FBI who committed his life to fighting crime and, ultimately, terrorism. His efforts were discouraged by bureaucracy, ignorance, and the Clinton administration. Read firsthand in this book how he was so close to saving much anguish, sorrow and death in the United States but was stopped in his tracks by others too inept to acknowledge the vision he had for stopping the unfortunate acts of terrorism in New York and Yemen. The cruelest irony is that he died in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers in charge of security after he retired from the FBI due to frustration.

Ironic and captivating.......2006-06-21

This is an interesting book on an unusual subject. People like John O'Neill are not usually the subjects of biographies. He wasn't anywhere near prominent enough, and that usually means that someone like O'Neill winds up being a footnote in a book about someone else. Instead, O'Neill was the FBI agent in charge of International security in New York City, and spent much of the 90s as the guy in the FBI who was the most interested in and focused on capturing Osama bin Laden. Ironically, he retired in mid-2001, and took a job as head of security at the World Trade Center. He went back into the South Tower on 9/11 and was killed when it collapsed.

O'Neill, according to the author, was a complex, driven man, a visionary who was one of the first US officials to decide that Osama bin Ladin was worth watching and perhaps capturing. While his FBI career was, in terms of his job performance, impeccable, he had two major weaknesses. First, he was occasionally forgetful, and violated various FBI rules and protocols. In the mid-90s, when Louis Freeh was running the FBI, any violations were punishable, and almost certainly would have a detrimental affect on a person's career. O'Neill was once caught letting a girlfriend onto an FBI secure facility, and giving her a ride in his car. On another occasion, he lost a briefcase full of classified material that shouldn't have been out of the office. Both of these incidents impacted his career and chances for promotion. Second, he had a penchant for chasing multiple women at the same time, concealing each liason from all of his other girlfriends. When he died, each of the women was surprised to find out that there were other women in his life.

Much of the book is devoted to O'Neill's pursuit of bin Ladin, especially the investigation of the bombings at the African Embassies in 1998 and the Cole bombing in 2000. While O'Neill wasn't involved directly in the Embassy bombing investigations, he was in charge of the Cole bombing investigation. However, for whatever reason he ran afoul of the local US ambassador, a woman named Barbara Bodine, who started out asserting her control of the investigation and insisting that the Yemenis were offended by O'Neill, and that only she could smoothe things over. This was before O'Neill had met any of the Yemenis yet, but she insisted it was the case. By the time the investigation concluded, Bodine was so sure that withdrawing the FBI investigators was provocative that she ordered Marine guards to keep the FBI agents in the embassy, and had to be told by her superiors at the State Department to let the agents go. After she'd been transferred back to the States and 9/11 happened, the Yemenis became more helpful, and eventually began cooperating extensively with the US. Ambassador Bodine stuck to her guns, however, and even badmouthed O'Neill in an interview after his death.

You have to wonder about this part of the book. Author Weiss was a friend of O'Neill's, and he clearly sides with him against Bodine. It's difficult to see how she could justify what she did (even if O'Neill was despicable, letting her opinion of him subvert this sort of FBI investigation is inexcusable). I expect that somehow she saw through his private life in some fashion. Weiss says that she had been introduced to O'Neill in New York before she became ambassador to Yemen. Perhaps she saw him at a restaurant with a woman other than the one who was escorting him the night they were introduced to each other.

Regardless, this is an interesting book, even if the author, a journalist, occasionally makes a mistake around the periphery of his story. The one I noticed was the author saying that USS The Sullivans was named for some brothers killed on a "carrier" during World War II. The Sullivan brothers were killed on USS Juneau, an Atlanta-class Light Cruiser. Other reviewers have noted mistakes on the edges of the story, but they don't (in my mind, anyway) detract from the main message of his story.

John O'Neill is a modern hero........2006-02-14

I bought this book on sale at K-Mart, and it was definitely worth the few dimes I spent for it. This book reads like a novel, fast and furious, not much down time. If you don't know about John O'Neill, a true hero, or martyr in this case, then you need to read this book. Yes, O'Neill has his faults (don't we all!!), #1 - he is definitely a ladies man and has three ladies plus an undivorced marriage on the string, and #2 - he becomes forgetful and loses things that almost cost him his job. But hey, that's only two negatives compared to the positives this guy was made of. His story is a compelling statement made against our current President and his predecessors that did not follow up on his predictions that Al Qaeda would strike again and again. To top it off, he even predicted his own death in the Twin Towers the day before. If you don't read this book, then you don't care how terrorists have us under their grip and won't let go.

Buy this book . . . what a life........2006-01-25

I've read this book, reread it and reread it yet again. This is a fantastic read. Murray Weiss' obvious affection for O'Neill shines through. It is a sympathetic portrait of John O'neill whose hard-charging style earned friends and foes in all aspects of government. He clashed in particular with Barbara Bodine, the US ambasador to Yeman, over her hampering of the FBI's Cole investigation and her arabist mind set. Sounds like she almost went native! The tragedy of this clash, and, ultimately, her refusal to allow him back into Yeman is that much later linkage was made between some of the Cole attackers and linked individuals and Yeman safe houses and the 911 plot. O'Neill was head of the FBI's counter terror division and the resident expert on Bin Laden. The great irony as we all know is that his first post-FBI job was the head of security at the World Trade Centers--he died on 911 at his new post.

His was a warm engaging personality. People obviously loved him. Some of his personal relationships with woman were exposed in this book. He kept his life compartmentalized to an extreme degree. To this I would only ask how many of us would like a journlistic sleuth like Mr. Weiss pouring over every personal/financial detail of our lives??? No thanks!

His life will soon be made into a movie and his life has all the attributes that could make a great film . . . courage, lots of girls, smart as hell and driven. To me John O'Neill represents the best in America . . . the very best. He is a hero in the full sense of the word(not just the positive traits, but with tragic flaws as well). For more information check out the PBS Frontline website where they have a free archived program on his life and times. Five Stars. A great read.

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Kirby Benedict, frontier Federal judge;: An account of legal and judicial development in the Southwest, 1853-1874, with special reference to the Indian, ... in Illinois (Western frontiersmen series)
Aurora Hunt
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Kirby Benedict, frontier Federal judge;: An account of legal and judicial development in the Southwest, 1853-1874, with special reference to the Indian, ... in Illinois (Western frontiersmen series)
Aurora Hunt
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Aurora Hunt
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Aurora Hunt
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Legal and judicial development in the American Southwest through the decisions and interpretations of Kirby Benedict, a lawyer and Federal judge during the days when the United states took possession of New Mexico.

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