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This book is designed as a review for parents who are not very familar with fractions and long division and gives some pointers on how to teach the subject. It is not a book that provides significant amounts of material that a student can utilize to learn these math subjects. Most math problems to be solved would have to be developed by the parent. I was looking more for a book that has problems that my children can work on themselves, with assistance from me.

As long as human beings interact, people try to explain behavior. By knowing about ones motives, we might be able to interact more succesfull with each others. Behavior can be explained in terms of personality traits and there are few theories that are competing. One of these is the Big Five (McCrae & Costa, 1987). Since the first publications of the theory it has inspired many psychologist all over the world. The theory can fully compete with Jung's, Eysenck's, Catell's, Spearmans, Thurstone's and Guilford's theory of personality traits. Due to the fact that Costa was able to reduce the traits to an acceptable number, still covering personality this theory will survive and is interesting and helpfull to many people prof's as well as non professional psychologists. The book is as helpfull as the theory it self and is worth reading for all those people interested in personality. Many psychologist will say a must.

Dupuy presents his Quantified Judgment Model (QJM) and employs if for the analysis of historical combat data. After describing the model, he provides detailed analysis of data from World War II and the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli conflicts. A few other battles are surveyed as well, from Austerlitz to The Somme. He also provide trend analysis in a number of military dimensions. The book has three target audiences: military OR analysts, military historians, and conflict simulation hobbyists. (This review is based on the original edition.)

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Many new fundamental topics on wood design. Unfortunately engineer and architect are so naive to apply LRFD in designs. Furthermore as far as I know there is only one textbook on wood design has a few very short examples on LRFD.

What a let down. The author is basically selling a philospohy. See tells a story about her experience, how she wanted things to be different, and how she broke the law (check kitting, but she doesn't seem to think that was wrong). She seems to believe that if we think good thoughts .... I agree with her ideas (it would be great if we could trust each other), but she has NO DATA to support them. She keeps going back to the one example in her life to draw lots of conclusions. This tape was a waste of my time ;-(

If you have lost faith in business and in the people you work with, read this book."

I like the mix of personal story with the discussion of why trust is returning to business.

This book has been written giving you a view on seasonals that had existed a few decades ago! Sure enough there is an update manual written a few years ago but that is not much heop anyway. The fundamental situation that affects seasonals had changed rapidly over the last two decades thus changing the seasonal tenden \cies of some commodities, for example, Brazil is now a major player in the world soybean market and their planting and harvesting time is different from the U.S. yet they have an impact on U.S. futures prices!

I have been trading professionally for over 10 years. I have done very well in the markets after a long learning curve. The ideas in this book have a slight chance to work, but you'd be better off fliping a coin than using his entry methods. I was on the floor and everyone knows about these ideas. Everything in here needs a tight stop.

time tested and very workable trades abound in this book, used at face value or as a tool in contract selection this book should be a prerequisite in any traders library

I was lounging in the FBO killing time when I started thumbing through this book. I was patiently waiting for several level 3-4 cells to pass over the airport so I could be on my way. I'm an instrument-rated, multi-engine pilot. Like most safety-conscious pilots, I regularly read NTSB accident synopses, not out of morbid curiosity but in the hopes of learning something new from the mistakes of others. Cohn's book had an interesting title and it didn't take long to get drawn into one rather vivid account of a Cardinal picking up ice on an approach into Charleston. I bought the book and tucked it away in my bag with the intention of reading more later.

Wish I hadn't wasted the $20! This book has several key problems. First, it is a work of fiction. The author claims that the accounts of pilot error are 'based on fact' and are 'carefully' researched, but since no real names, locations, (or facts?) are given, it is impossible to determine how much of the book is really fiction. The author also claims to have 6,400 hours under his belt, but his aviation terminology and basic aeronautical knowledge are so deficient that I have serious doubts as to the veracity of that claim. Furthermore, to the best of my knowlege, the author never really provides his credentials; is he a commercial pilot? CFI? Pilots are skeptical people by nature; our lives depend on it. I have my doubts about the legitimacy of Robert S. Cohn, master pilot.

Cohn thinks that "oxygen concentration levels" (?) are lower at night, and that this contributes to hypoxia. Clearly, Cohn is not familiar with the Aeronautical Information Manual, which is a basic bible for every pilot -- ranging from student to a commercial, instrument-rated pilot. Ironically, Cohn attacks the FAA for not requiring pilot applicants to more thoroughly demonstrate a knowledge of day/night oxygen requirements/recommendations and how to combat hypoxia on their checkrides. Cohn consistently refers to the attitude indicator (artificial horizon) as the "HSI" in one amusing passage. No aviation editor could have missed these glaringly erroneous references, which leads me to believe that Cohn wrote and edited his own book. That is suspicious in and of itself. Cohn also likens stall entries to 'intentionally slamming the brakes on in your car,' as though it were a dangerous and useless exercise; yet, later in the book, in a fictionalized tale wherein a private pilot stalls his ice-laden aircraft, his 'automatic response to release back pressure on the yoke' probably saved his (imaginary) life. Is this guy really a pilot? I have a hard time believing it.

This book is a platform for some of the author's ill-conceived notions that the FAA should allow ATC to supercede the Pilot-In-Command's authority in the aircraft. Both ATC and pilots are well aware of their responsibilities, and the system produces millions of safe flights per year. Perfect? No, but the real problems are not where the author is pointing his fingers - the problems are technology and congestion, not bumbling pilots running amok in the skies.

A student pilot could poke this book full of so many holes that it would never be airworthy. As a work of pure fiction it is mildly entertaining; as a soapbox for anti-general aviation propaganda, it is a) poorly researched, b) embarassingly inaccurate on basic facts, and c) unconvincing at best.

I loved this book to start with, especially getting a kick out of the way in which the NASA representative managed to find an excuse to blame everything on hypoxia. Some things worried me, though, like the already-mentioned error of calling the artificial horizon an HSI. Then, I found the line in the introduction about the book being a work of fiction, and I started to get worried that perhaps I'd been cheated all along, and that these accounts were in fact figments of the author's imagination. I almost feel like writing to him and asking him straight out how much he made up, especially since I've retold some of these stories to my flying buddies, and now feel like I've told them a bunch of bull! Oh, and on the subject of the author's flying experience, there is a Robert L Cohn listed in the FAA database with a commercial certificate with an instrument rating, but how could someone like that make that error re the HSI?

(...) Most of this book is about hypoxia contributing to accidents. The sequence runs something like this: Pilot flies high for a long time, without adequate oxygen, doesn't notice the onset of hypoxia, then makes a series of judgement errors that, coupled with some terribly bad luck, results in a serious accident. (...)

On the night oxygen issue -- I was confused at first too, because the book doesn't really explain this point. Why would we want to use oxygen at a lower altitude at night? My most recent Jeppesen private pilot textbook indicates that oxygen should be used over 5,000 MSL at night and 12,500 during the day, but doesn't say why. A little research reveals the probable answer:

The very first organ to be affected by hypoxia is the eye. It can be affected as low as 5,000 MSL. Your night vision deteriorates under hypoxia. During the day, the effect is not so noticable because there is so much light entering your eye. At night your eye is dark-adapted and must be much more efficient with the light that enters it. Hypoxia inhibits the light-gathering efficiency of your eyes, particularly in low-light conditions.

So there are multiple effects of Hypoxia. There are judgement-altering effects, vision effects, and others. They combine to produce a pretty bad situation.

The fictional accounts certain put the fear of god into you, as they should. Flying is as safe as you make it.

In future books of this type I'd like to see considerably more statistical detail. It's a bit too anecdotal for my taste. Because of the book's focus on hypoxia, extended medical information on the condition should absolutely be present, and is missing. Editing errors abound (including simple grammatical errors - ouch), but I'd say that, overall, it's a page-turner and a make-you-thinker.

Despite Ms. Factor's disparaging review of Don Foster's literary detective work, I highly recommend his book "Author Unknown," which methodically explains why "Wanda Tinasky" could not be Pynchon.

Following reading Don Foster's Author Unknown, In Search of Anonymous & also being a Pynchon reader, I was intrigued to see the original letters & have a look at what caused the rumours. The A4 format of the book & cheap paper are a poor start. So too are the cloying sketches of a derelict with a shopping cart full of Pynchon's books. And the typeface is horrible too. It is clear from the way the book looks and feels that we are dealing with amateurs. The footnotes by TR Factor when not stating the obvious, are striking by their ignorance. Also the tone of desperation, citing the briefest moments in the letters and somehow correlating these to obscure & passing references in Pynchon's fiction, is absurd. However, if one can ignore all this and get to the meat of the text, you are left with the fine writing of a man with a mission to annoy & highlight the foolishness of Mendocino county residents such as the abominable Factor. I am retyping the text of the letters and trashing the book.

Yes, this book of letters has many literary and pop culture references but if Thomas Pynchon has denied authorship of these letters then shouldn't Pynchon devotees just accept that there is no ghost to be found here? Enjoy Mason & Dixon and his other fine novels and let Wanda enjoy her fifteen minutes.

I have enjoyed reading the authors book, Power Factor Training and also their other three books specializing for specific bodyparts using the Power factor training method. However, this log book is a complete waste of time. The information about why the power index and other things is repeated in the beginning and the charts are organized in a haphazard way which makes me completely useless unless you are someone who hates to make your own chart and print it out for use, this book could be useful although it might not pack along well in a gym bag. Who can write in those small charts anyway, the print would have to be so small. The authors need to come out with something more useful than just a log book. Something which advances the Power Factor training routines and not just repeated information in every other book. Plus it would be beneficial if they would start updating their website!

Please see my review of Power Factor Training (the book). I pointed out the power factor training program did not work for me.

This log is made to assist a person on the power factor program. It has the workout routines ( A and B) plus a host of specialized programs. In addition it has charts you can fill out to mark your progress. It also has an overview of power factor training that is nearly as informative as the books you can buy on the subject. From the point of view of inclusiveness the manual succeeds; however, from the point of view of usefullness it fails.

The manual has blocks that are too small to write in, and the charts are very small. The book needs to by 81/2 by 11 to write in well, or at least much larger than it is now. Sections could also be added for warm up, stretching and cool down as the authors recommend these need to be included in every workout routine.

My largest complaint is in the amount of pages devoted to the normal power factor program. After all the other material is considered the area for the normal power factor training routines A and B comprise about 1/3 of the book. Maybe less. The specialization routines take up a lot more of the book. Why include the specialized routines in this manual?

Thus the manual does not have enough space to write in easily, does not have enough pages for the normal power factor workouts, includes too many pages for the specialized routines, and does not include fundimental information in the pages used for the workouts.

All in all a substandard effort.

I really enjoy using the Power Factor Logbook! It is an excellent companion to the P/F book series. I enjoy the workout to workout feedback that I receive. In just a few workouts I knew what my optimal reptition range was for each of my body parts. I quickly learned that just attempting heavier weights did not always equal an optimal Power index. Sometimes lowering the weight and really banging out the reps was the key. Thank you to Mr. Little and Sisco. Keep showing us "sane" ways to train in this "Insane" world!