Profit from the Evening News: Using Leading Economic Indicators to Make Smart Money Decisions

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The smart, easy way to make sense of the economy.

Profit from the Evening News will have you making smarter money decisions just by paying attention to nine leading economic indicators you hear about on the evening news and read about in the daily newspaper. Using these nine indicators, find out if this is a good time to look for a new job, buy a new computer or major appliance, move into a new house, buy or lease a car or change your investment strategy.

Written by an M.B.A. and economist who teaches economics at the college level, Profit from the Evening News presents a new approach to being smart with your money.

Profit from the Evening News shows the reader how everybody's personal pocketbook fits into the bigger picture of the country's economic upswings and downswings.

This book will show you:
--What the economic indicators mean and where you can track them
--Which indicators signal change in the overall economy
--Which indicators are the most meaningful to you
--How to make good financial decisions based on economic activity
--How paying attention to the economic indicators can enhance your personal finances--no matter what the economy is doing.

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Communicating Across Cultures at Work examines intercultural communication in the workplace. Firmly grounded in theory, it offers practical suggestions on how people can develop cultural awareness and communication skills to enable greater understanding and appreciation of those from different backgrounds.

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Super book.......2002-03-04

Great reference book! Gives you all the information you need to propagate--nurserymen to laymen.

A book by a pro for the professional propagator.......2002-01-23

I propagated woody plants as a sideline business for a number of years and considered this book THE source. For many species, specific concentrations for rooting hormones are specified. This is invaluable information since for many plants there is an optimal concentration and using a higher or lower concentration of reduces rooting success rates as well as root development.

Michael Dirr is the Absolute Expert in Plant Propagation.......2000-09-03

Dirr has done all the research and you reap all the rewards. His conclusions are backed up by many scientific studies by various individuals and groups. The first part gives a summary of the diferent propagation methods and the second part has very detailed data on specific species. I save hundreds of dollars each year by propagating by own southern magnolias, red tip photinas, and navel oranges. This is, by far, the best book on propagation out there!!

Woody Plant Propagation.......2000-04-19

Uncertain which manual would be best, the reviews on this book were so good that I selected it. I'd have to say it's the best all-around propagation manual I've seen for woody plants. The only problem: now I have not only detailed info on desired plant material, but also want to try SO many others!

This is the best book out there........1999-10-25

This is by far the best book out there on this subject. I have bought all the books on this subject and none can compare to this one. If you only want to buy one book on this subject this is the one.

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The Spiral Structure of our Galaxy (International Astronomical Union Symposia)

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Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy Symp 1969
W Becker
Manufacturer: D REIDEL PUBLISHING CO
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The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy.
W Becker
Manufacturer: Dordrecht: Reidel 1970. (International Astronomical Union Symposium 38)
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000L6192G

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Flexagons, paper models that can be bent in different ways to change their shape, are easy to make and work in surprising ways. This book contains numerous diagrams that the reader can photocopy and use to construct a variety of fascinating flexagons. The author also explains the mathematics behind these amazing creations. Although knowledge of the technical details requires a mathematical background, the models can be made and used by anyone. Flexagons appeals to all readers interested in puzzles and recreational mathematics.

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Flexagons are hinged polygons that have the intriguing property of displaying different pairs of faces when they are flexed. Workable paper models of flexagons are easy to make and entertaining to manipulate. Flexagons have a surprisingly complex mathematical structure and just how a flexagon works is not obvious on casual examination of a paper model. Flexagons may be appreciated at three different levels. Firstly as toys or puzzles, secondly as a recreational mathematics topic and finally as the subject of serious mathematical study. This book is written for anyone interested in puzzles or recreational maths. No previous knowledge of flexagons is assumed, and the only pre-requisite is some knowledge of elementary geometry. An attractive feature of the book is a collection of nets, with assembly instructions, for a wide range of paper models of flexagons. These are printed full size and laid out so they can be photocopied.

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I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTIONS .......2004-10-13

given in this book for constructing the flexagons. They are minimal at best. I have had this problem with origami books, too. So, I recommend a prospective buyer look at the book before buying to make sure he or she can understand the directions; what is the value of the book if you can't actually construct the flexagons and play with them?

Paper folding fun unlike anything else.......2003-12-07

Flexagons are hinged polygons made of paper or some other easily bent substance that displays different faces when they are flexed. While geometric figures have been around for thousands of years, the first recorded use of the flexagon was the hexaflexagon, invented by Arthur H. Stone at Princeton in 1939. The name was derived from the hexagonal shape of the pieces and the fact that it flexes. Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman was one of the first people to work with flexagons and the diagrams he created to describe them were later modified into his famous Feynman diagrams that represent events in subatomic physics.
There is a mathematical theory of flexagons, but in this book, the focus is on the description of the many species of flexagons that can be constructed. Diagrams that can be copied, cut and then folded into the appropriate shape are very numerous. Detailed instructions using a sequential notation are also included, which I found a necessity. I did not try to construct all of the flexagons, which would have taken weeks, but those that I did build were really cool. It is fascinating to fold the paper, move it around and then see what appears. The results are not always what you expect. In some cases, you can use rigid paper, but for most of them, it is better to use very flexible paper, as it is often necessary to bend the edges to get the desired shape.
No previous knowledge of mathematics or geometry is necessary, although if you are unaccustomed to mathematical notation, the instructions may be a bit difficult at first. I plan on showing the book to the leader of my daughter's girls scout troop, as these structures are ideal activities for children. Easy to do, yet mind-stretching, flexagons can keep you busy for hours and then suddenly show you an unexpected result.

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In a gripping memoir that reads like a spy novel, one man recounts his personal experience with Operation Phoenix, the program created to destroy the Vietcong’s shadow government, which thrived in the rural communities of South Vietnam.

Stuart A. Herrington was an American intelligence advisor assigned to root out the enemy in the Hau Nghia province. His two-year mission to capture or kill Communist agents operating there was made all the more difficult by local officials who were reluctant to cooperate, villagers who were too scared to talk, and VC who would not go down without a fight. Herrington developed an unexpected but intense identification with the villagers in his jurisdiction–and learned the hard way that experiencing war was profoundly different from philosophizing about it in a seminar room.

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Boldly Provocative.......2007-10-04

"In Sweden, Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson reveals that Sweden has been providing assistance to the Viet Cong, including some $550,000 worth of medical supplies. Similar Swedish aid was to go to Cambodian and Laotian civilians affected by the Indochinese fighting. This support was primarily humanitarian in nature and included no military aid."

I don't think most Vietnam veterans were aware of this. Still, the hypocrites who whined about Jane Fonda would have found this little 110 pound woman an easier target than these Swedes and America's hero Henry Kissinger, who was getting young Americans slaughtered by the thousands. At least Kissinger didn't pretend he cared about these kids. "Military Men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." -Henry Kissinger

Most Incisive Account.......2007-10-01

I have read a lot of books on Vietnam. If you want to know the combination of reasons why the North Vietnamese succeeeded, read this book ! Like someone else has said, what a shame the author was shipped back in '72, although one already knows ( from reading this book), what happened over the next 2-3 years. One cannot also help but feel that had America not tired of the war ( and the loss of American lives - for which the recruitment and personnel policies of the Army are greatly to blame !),the outcome may have been different. So bad was the sentiment against returning vets that some of them said they were coming back from Germany or Korea ( out of embarassment and the want to avoid being mistreated by their own countrymen !). I have to say,that as an Australian ( we also sent our men to Vietnam), I cannot get over the treatment meted out to vets upon their return.It disgusts me. The soldiers were not to blame !!Blame the McNamara's !!!

very interesting, very good book.......2007-07-29

helps to understand the vietnamese mentality quite a bit more than other books I have read. A definate must for the vietnam war buff.

a book for those who believe that Vietnam war is a civil war not an American invasion .......2007-03-18

To Jane Fonda and her anti war friend this is a book that you should have read before you hop in the bed with uncle Ho and his terrorist gang. If Bin Laden is the 21st century is American's enemy no 1 then uncle Ho and his terror gang are the equivalent of late 20th century. To those who are suffered the ill treatment handed out by the communist after their victory you can hold your head high because like those of your colleagues in Hau Nghia province have done a marvelous job against the VC to give the freedom loving people of the South 21 years of a taste of liberty, religious and personal freedom. Thank you Stuart Herrington for honouring the brave men and women of the Army of Republic of Vietnam. Long live the Republic of Vietnam and may the communist tyrant of Vietnam, Cuba, North Korea and China will follow their forebear in Russia and Eastern Europe into the history scrap yard.

Not what I hoped for.......2007-01-12

I've been trying to research Phoenix for some time and believed this book would shed some more light on the subject, but it really offered no profound insight over and above what I've picked up through various sources. The book does not read like a "spy novel" as it was billed. I'm hoping at some point in the future, with declassification of various operations, that more about Phoenix will become available. What the author described about his experiences in Vietnam are actually pretty basic offensive counterintelligence activities. Was hoping for more, but was ultimately dissapointed by the story he told.

Stalking the Vietcong, Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account.(Book Review): An article from: Infantry Magazine

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Stalking the Vietcong, Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account.(Book Review): An article from: Infantry Magazine

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Stalking the Vietcong : Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account

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Stalking the Vietcong : Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account
Stuart Herrington
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Life at the South Pole

Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible batttle for Survival at the South Pole

Warm and Beautiful, not gruesome.

Where Life and Death Meet the Ice

What Coulda Been Great Turned Out Just Good...

ICE BOUND: A DOCTOR'S INCREDIBLE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL AT THE SOUTH POLE
Jerri Nielsen , and Mary Anne Vollers
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Ice Bound

ASIN: 0786886994
Release Date: 2002-01-16

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Serving as doctor to the Americans "wintering over" at the South Pole in 1999, Jerri Nielsen made headlines when she discovered a lump in her breast that a self-administered biopsy revealed to be an aggressive, fast-growing cancer. No flights in or out of Antarctica are possible during the continent's long winter, and Nielsen's account of giving herself chemotherapy while she and her fellow "Polies" waited for the weather to break is even more gripping than the news reports at the time. She's candid about her pain and fear; the media battle waged by her embittered ex-husband makes her ordeal even more challenging. Interestingly enough, however, this high drama does not overshadow Nielsen's deeper narrative of a woman who came "to the Ice" seeking new meaning in a life shattered by divorce and estrangement from her children. In the back-to-basics world of Antarctic medicine, with outdated equipment, few supplies, and no assistants, she rediscovered her vocation as a doctor, free from the imperatives of corporate-directed medicine. More importantly, Nielsen found spiritual solace in the world's most extreme environment, where she was "introduced slowly to the notion of giving more than you have and using less than you need ... of knowing that all you really own are your own thoughts." She makes the glories of the Pole so palpable that, by the end, readers will not even be surprised when she signs an e-mail to her family, "from the wonderful Ice." --Wendy Smith

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Life at the South Pole.......2007-03-05

This book is the story of Dr. Nielsen's time working at the south pole. It is full of anecdotes of everyday events that gave me a feeling for what life must be like in such a remote place.

It reminded me a lot of science fiction and especially Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars. Robinson has another book on Antarctica that is said to be very similar to Red Mars. It's uncanny how similar Dr. Nielsen's account is to science fiction stories about space colonization.

Maybe the idea of life on the frontier brings out these themes. The difficulty of life makes people work together and abandon some of the petty problems from home. That gives people a new perspective on the culture of their home.

This story also made me consider how psychologically hard cancer must be. Dr. Nielsen says being in Antarctica in some ways made it easier because she didn't have to deal with daily ups and downs as the results of many tests came back. They only had the most basic diagnostic equipment in Antarctica.

Nielsen is honest about her fear of her illness and the pain of being alienated from her kids. Although it's unlikely because of her history of cancer, I hope the powers that be approve her for more work in remote locations.

Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible batttle for Survival at the South Pole.......2007-01-29

The book was worth every penny and it was sent in a timely manner.

Warm and Beautiful, not gruesome........2006-08-04

This book was a fascinating portrait of the American South Pole Station and the people who winter over there. It is rich with details that one would never have thought of, like the difficulty of contacting the outside world when the communications satellite only peeks over the horizon for a brief time each day. All the people at the station are portrayed as exceptional, (maybe eccentric), strong, very human people who survive in part because of the great love and respect with which they treat each other--not to mention a strong sense of humor! Really inspiring. Made me want to go there myself.

Where Life and Death Meet the Ice.......2005-09-19

"Ice Bound" is three stories that come together to create one indelible experience: a woman's struggle and escape from an abusive marriage, a travel adventure to the South Pole, and a life and death fight against cancer. Dr. Jerri Nielsen lived all three of these stories and writes about how they merged into one phenomenal journey.

Some reviewers have been critical of Dr. Nielsen's motives or of the construction of her memoir. I cannot share their criticism-I found Nielsen's story to be an excellent telling of excitement, struggle, self doubt, and near death at the extremes of the Earth. I have lived high above the Arctic Circle; I know the wonder and awe one sees in the ice, the humbling realization that death awaits behind any mundane mishap. Despite this tension, day upon endless day passes beneath skies that are forever light or forever dark, an exotic sameness that captivates but provides little material for a full-length book. If anything, I congratulate Dr. Nielsen and her co-writer, Maryanne Vollers, for being able to relate Nielsen's story in such depth and detail, to have been able to sift through the routineness of life at South Pole Station for enough material to construct an interesting book.

Dr. Nielsen was diagnosed with breast cancer during an Antarctic winter. We cannot blame the victim; Dr. Nielsen did not wish this condition upon herself. She did not want others to risk their lives on her behalf-others made that choice for themselves. Dr. Nielsen could not have stopped them if she had tried. The story of the courage and dedication of others is as important a theme in Dr. Nielsen's experiences as is her own internal fight to overcome loss and despair.

I recommend "Ice Bound" for a very accurate and authentic description of life in polar places. Nothing takes the romance out of extreme places more than a true story well told. I think that her struggle against cancer would have to energize others suffering from the same condition, and I think that her children's alienation from her by a vindictive ex-spouse is a more common story than many may realize.

What Coulda Been Great Turned Out Just Good..........2005-07-31

Dr. Jerri Nielsen's trek to the South Pole would have been filled with danger no matter what...most of the people that head down there must have a few screws loose to want to spend a year in complete darkness, with extremely cold temperatures, only to lose (in part) their social skills, their memories, and their sanity. What makes her story somewhat extraordinary is the fact that as the only trained medical professional 'wintering over' at the South Pole, she diagnosed and was forced to treat her own breast cancer with a small untrained support staff.

The book takes you on the journey of how Nielsen got to the pole - and how she got out, and the factors attributed to both. With mounting frustrations over her estranged family, including her children, and with the US medical system, Nielsen, an adventurer in her mind, took up the opportunity to head down south...way south. What lay there was a network of amazing friends, and a workload of amazing proportions. Even in the cancer-ridden portions of Jerri's story, she often mentions lighthearted evenings and events and the plight of others over her own pain.

My problems with the book? First off I'm not a huge fan of how Nielsen wrote the story. Her tone is somewhat smug, as though she is writing an insiders guide that can only really be understood by her fellow "polies". She re-iterates many times over how special and wonderful it was, and how clueless the rest of the world is, and while I believe the experience was incredible, 160+ pages of exposition about the day-to-day events of the pole isn't necessarily relevant to the tag line of the book "A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival"...it almost feels as though Jerri would have written this book as a memoir for herself had it not been for the international interest in her cancer case. The main interest being her cancer, it is somewhat misleading as to what Jerri actually puts into the book, as though she wants to make sure she acknowledges every person that came across her path while she was there, rather than discuss her cancer case.

My second issue was with the language. At times the medical talk was too intense for the average reader, leaving you drawing blanks. Most of the understanding of Jerri's cancer came from the back and forth e-mails between Nielsen and her cancer specialist Kathy.

Another issue I had was how the book meandered at times with Jerri's dreams and plans for the future. There were some e-mails and long descriptions of what Jerri and other wanted to do that I could hardly be bothered to read them in entirety. I think most people, like myself, would be more interested in the present situation in the story rather than read a two-page letter her brother wrote on sailing his boat into space.

I think altogether I appreciated this book more of a study of Antartica and what it is like to live there (insane by the way) rather than reading it for the sensational story Nielsen promises to divulge in regards to her cancer. I have admiration for what she did, and think it was important for her to acknowledge the media in some way, but I just wasn't totally sold on the actual book itself.

ICE BOUND: A DOCTOR'S INCREDIBLE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL AT THE SOUTH POLE

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ICE BOUND: A DOCTOR'S INCREDIBLE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL AT THE SOUTH POLE
Jerri Nielsen
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Ice Bound - A Doctor's Incredible Battle For Survival At The South Pole
Jerri, Dr., with Vollers, Maryanne Nielsen
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Ice Bound a Doctor's Incredible Battle For Survival at the South Pole
Dr. Jerri Nielsen
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Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
Jerri; Vollers, Maryanne Nielsen
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