Vacation and Second Homes: 465 Designs for Recreation, Retirement and Leisure Living: Under 500 Square Feet to over 5000 Square Feet

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From simple A-frames to terrific Tidewater designs, Vacation Second Homes now features 500 of the very best plans ever offered. And over 30% of the plans in this book are brand-new! Home Planners now proudly offers the most comprehensive collection of plans available to meet this demand. The traditional exteriors of these exciting new designs belie the open and efficient interior floor plans providing complete livability.

401(k): Current Practices in Plan Design and Management (Best Practices Resource Guide)

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401(k): Current Practices in Plan Design and Management (Best Practices Resource Guide)

Manufacturer: Watson Wyatt Worldwide
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This is a compilation of 401(k) case studies by industry conducted by management consultants Watson Wyatt. Companies profiled in detail include: (computer) Sybase Corp., (construction) TIC Holdings, (finance and insurance) American Express, American Family Insurance, Farm Credit Bank, Mutual of Omaha, Northwestern Mutual, PEMCO Financial, Wells Fargo, (hospitals/healthcare/social assistance) Allina Health System, Tenet Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group, (manufacturing-durable) Applied Materials, Avery Dennison, Beckman Coulter, ESCO Corp., JSJ Corp., Wacker Siltronic, (manufacturing-non-durable) Basic American, Cambrex Corp., Del Monte Corp., Dole Food Co., Fortune Brands, Hormel Foods, (metals and mining) Allegheney Technologies, Oglebay Norton, (retail) Costco, (services) Carlson Co. Inc., Kaneb Service, (telecomm) Hughes Electronics, Inter-Tel, (transportation and warehousing) Consolidated Freightways Corp., FedEx, (utilities/energy services) Avista Corp., Cleco Corp., Duke Energy, Minnesota Powre, Sempra Energy, Tucson Electric Power, (wholesale trade) Cargill, Rich Products. Details include Revenues, Number of Employees, Objectives, Noteworthy Practices, Savings Plans, Options, Years to Vesting, Enrollment, Communication Methods, Employee Services, Investments, Administrative Issues, Measuring Success, and Impact, among other topics.

Corporate Benefits: Retirement Plan Design and Other Perspectives

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Corporate Benefits: Retirement Plan Design and Other Perspectives

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Employee Share Ownership Plans: How to Design and Implement an ESOP in Canada

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Employee Share Ownership Plans: How to Design and Implement an ESOP in Canada
Perry Phillips
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ASIN: 0471646229

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Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are a powerful new tool in a world in which it is no longer business as usual.

Whether you want to attract and retain skilled workers, create a succession plan for a family business, combat the "brain drain," recognize the contributions your employees have made to your company's success, or need a way to turn your company around through improvements in productivity and morale, an ESOP could be the win-win solution for your company.

An ESOP is a formal plan that allows employees to purchase shares in the company the work for. Employees think and act like owners because they do actually hold a very real stake in the company. Not only are ESOPs financially beneficial for employees; companies that offer these plans also reap tangible rewards in improved motivation, communication, productivity, and profitability.

Employee Share Ownership Plans is a comprehensive and practical guide to every aspect of designing and implementing ESOPs:

Explains the various objectives of an ESOP and the types of plans that exist.
Outlines all the processes that are at the foundation of implementing an ESOP: determining employee eligibility, financing, creating the implementation team, communicating the plan to employees, troubleshooting, and more.
Covers the more technical aspects of setting up an ESOP, such as business valuation, tax implications, legal requirements, and creating cross-border or international ESOPs.
Includes hands-on tools such as sample letters, shareholder agreements, and a comprehensive resource guide to ESOP professionals, web sites, and associations.
Features case studies, checklists, questionnaires, and frequently-asked questions.

ESOPs are becoming an increasingly important component of compensation and incentive packages, particularly in the high-tech sector, knowledge-based industries, and in any company that relies on a highly skilled workforce. They are very flexible and may be used in many types of situations for a variety of purposes. Because of their adaptability, no two ESOPs are the same, and each plan may be designed and custom fit to a particular culture and type of company.

This book will help business owners and managers, as well as their professional advisors, create a competitive advantage for any organization, publicly traded or privately owned.

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Heathrow--a retirement plan.(Heathrow Airport): An article from: Town and Country Planning
Tony Hall , and Peter Hall
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000IJ7BDC
Release Date: 2006-09-12

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This digital document is an article from Town and Country Planning, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2006. The length of the article is 5782 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Heathrow--a retirement plan.(Heathrow Airport)
Author: Tony Hall
Publication: Town and Country Planning (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 75 Issue: 6 Page: S1(8)

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Home Designs for Retirement Living: A Collection of over 200 Home Plans Form America's Leading Residential Designers

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Home Designs for Retirement Living: A Collection of over 200 Home Plans Form America's Leading Residential Designers
Roger Heegaard
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Pre Retirement Planning for Women: Program Design and Research

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Pre Retirement Planning for Women: Program Design and Research
Christopher L. Hayes
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Retirement Plan Design

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Retirement Plan Design

Manufacturer: Dearborn a Kaplan Professional Company
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Retirement Savings Plans: Design, Regulation, and Administration of Cash or Deferred Arrangements (The Employee Benefits Library)

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Retirement Savings Plans: Design, Regulation, and Administration of Cash or Deferred Arrangements (The Employee Benefits Library)
David A. Littell , Donald C. Cardamone , and Wilhelm L. Gruszecki
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ASIN: 0471571121

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The definitive biography of Civil War legend William Clarke Quantrill--serial killer, psychopath, celebrated hero of the Confederate army. A riveting story of murder and revenge, Quantrill's War is a thoroughly researched and richly drawn study of the most unlikely hero in our nation's history.

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War means fightin'....................2007-06-29

.....and fightin' means killin'. The great Nathan Bedford Forrest said that, and though he has nothing to do with this book, the saying sure does.

Our Civil War can still ignite passions....one would have to look hard for an event from which the participants are all deceased to find one that inspires equal controversy. Just go to any large bookstore...In the border states, families were divided, friends became enemies, and brother really did fight against brother. Nowhere was this more true than in Missouri.

Now, for the disclaimer: I am not a Quantrill's Raiders descendent [my ancestors fought for the Confederacy in southwestern Virginia]. My wife, however, is, and thus our two kids are. Our son will be happy to tell you. And not of just any Raider, but of Captain George Todd, the number two, and, later, number one, man in the whole outfit. Bear that in mind as you question my objectivity; I make no pretense to any.

In the 1850's, America's house inexorably divided, and nowhere was this more obvious than Kansas and Missouri....Kansas-Nebraska...bleeding Kansas...Jayhawkers...John Brown's open, and above board, murders of the innocent in the name of abolitionism. Enter an intelligent, well-mannered, school teacher from Canal Dover, Ohio, William Clarke Quantrill. Young Quantrill went to Kansas seeking his fortune, or at least a living. According to legend, he was, in fact, a respected teacher. His pro slavery views got him in trouble with the half of the population that opposed slavery...and then....

.....came the war. Never in doubt about which side to fight for, Quantrill initially attached himself to regular Confederate units, under the overall command of Major General Sterling Price. Price was a good, decent, loyal, man, but not much of a General. Quantrill struck out on his own, with a varying number of followers, forming the prototype for modern Special Operations units.

The followers became the stuff of legend...Jesse and Frank James...Cole Younger...Bill Anderson...George Todd...Fletch Taylor...Bill Gregg...Archie Clements... Initially, they played be the same rules that soldiers in other parts of the country did, taking prisoners, giving paroles, protecting civilians, etc. But, after the Union determined to treat the "Missouri Partisan Rangers" as outlaws, despite their official Confederate status, and after Osceola was burned, the black flag flew. Thomas Ewing issued the infamous Special Order No. 11 in 1863, banishing civilians from northwest Missouri. A number of the sisters, and other relatives, of Quantrill's troops were held in an unsafe jail in Kansas City. Whether the building was deliberately undermined, or just unsound, it collapsed, killing five women, and injuring more. Among the dead were Bill Anderson's sister and Cole Younger's cousin. Colonel Quantrill, and the others, had had enough...Lawrence was the result...

As the war dragged on, men came and went, and Captain Todd eventually supplanted Colonel Quantrill. Todd and Anderson were killed, and Quantill was mortally wounded in Kentucky in early 1865. Or was he? That's part of the legend...sightings continued till 1915, despite evidence that he really died in 1865. For years, his skull was a prop for a college fraternity initiation. A few years ago, his bones finally received a proper military funeral, and Christian burial. The James brothers...Cole Younger...American Legend, with a capital L. Eventually, the survivors held open reunions, which continued for many years. Interestingly, there were two Black Quantrill's Raiders who attended these reunions, but not much is known of them.

This book is a fascinating study of a little known part of our most famous war. War is Hell. These brave men accepted it for what it was, and fought it that way. Remember only Lawrence, and you forget Baxter Springs; these were real soldiers. Read this as history, read this as a darn good adventure story, but read it. Not the only good book on the subject, but equally as good as any. You won't "enjoy" this, but you will learn from this superbly written volume that war does, indeed, mean fightin', fightin' does, indeed, mean killin', and war is, indeed, hell.

Vivid Character Study.......2006-01-15

I disagree with those who complain the book is filled with inaccuracies. There are a few but to say it is rife is misleading. The book is well written, richly detailed and engrossing.

William Quantrill's name is unknown to many people today but he was the notorious leader of a band of border ruffians just before and during the early part of the Civil War. Quantrill is a fascinating figure. A psychopathic killer, a leader and in some ways a coward. Schultz draws out Quantrill and many of the infamous leaders in his cadre. And I think he does so fairly.

Schultz provides some photographs and a map of Lawrence, Kansas to supplement his riveting blow by blow description of the massacre perpretrated there by Quantrill. I found the photographs, historical detail and lively story telling narrative of Schultz really entertaining while he lays out the life and times of Quantrill.

God book, even if it is a little heavy handed .......2005-05-10

I liked the book but there is a bias here on the part of the author. The book starts out doing an ok job of trying to separate fact from fiction. By the time in the narrative that we get to the Lawence Raid the author's bias slipped out. What is interesting is that Cole Younger is portrayed as a hero while the James Brothers and Quantrill are portrayed as the villains. Also I felt that too much time was spent listing the dead of the Lawerence Raid it was almost a blow by blow account.

Overall-Still something that I and the author can agree on is that Quantrill was a terminal coward who was only out for his own personal glory. A previous reviewer mentioned Castel's biography and that should also serve as a companion book. Both have strength and flaws.

Questionable Research, but Good Narative.......2005-04-21

Although fascinated by the guerilla wars in the Kansas-Missourri border region, I was disappointed in Schultz's biography of William Clark Quantrill. First, I admittedly am not a Quantrill scholar, but I am a hobbiest, and as such I am disgruntled at the amount of errors found in this work. After reading a number of other Quantrill bios, as well as other literature on the war in the border region, the discrepencies between other works in the field, and Schultz's book tremendous.

Some of Schultz's assumptions regarding border on perjury. For example, Schultz argues that Quantrill was nothing more than a self-interested brigand who had little or no ideology regarding the war. Rather, accroding to Schultz, Quantrill's main motivation was the thrirst for pluder and blood.

All errors aside, the book does have some merit. For example, Schultz is superb at creating a historical narative that keeps the reader turning pages. His description of the raid on Lawrence was excellent. I just wish that Schultz would have supported his great writing ability with a closer eye strained towards historical accuracies.

A Stomach Turner........2004-01-09

War is, among other things, uncontrolled chaos. Once a battle or an action starts, it takes on a life of its own. Hatreds, which exist during peace, ride unchecked during war. Both sides, North and South have much to be ashamed of during the entire extent of the Civil War. But no matter how horrific the ugliest portions of this conflict were, nothing really approached the Confederate's Lawrence, Kansas or Ft. Pillow massacres.

This is the story of the butchery which occurred at Lawrence, Kansas. Unlike Ft. Pillow, there were just too many civilian witnesses to effectively suppress or deny it. This is a capably researched and toughly written work that offers vivid evidence that barbarity and treachery are qualities that can characterize all groups and nations. It is what we consistently see occur throughout history when thugs rise to power.

You will not like what you read here. It is graphic. Civil War buffs are more than able to sanitize this war given the 140 years that have passed since it ended. We become one of three groups: pro North, pro South or just glad we did not split into two nations. This work desanitizes the conflict. It was an awful war and this was a Confederate war crime.

William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times

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Southern view of history
Solid account of Quantrill and his Raiders
The real Quantrill - not the legend.

William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times
Albert E. Castel
Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
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Southern view of history.......2006-02-19

This looks to be just another look at the Northern re-write of history after the war. I would not recommend this to anyone wanting anything different than the standard Post-war Nothern view. If that "New York" view of southern history is what you are looking for then this is probably something for you. Otherwise I would recommend a much better and more informative and well researched book by Paul R. Peterson on the topic which includes 500 pages of well done research from several points of view. It is not boaring and offers a refreshing alternative to the politically correct and "parrotted" version that we often see re-published every few years.

Solid account of Quantrill and his Raiders.......2005-12-16

William Clarke Quantrill entered the ranks of the infamous for sure on August 21, 1863, when he led a band of 450 men into Lawrence, Kansas, and committed what is probably the worst atrocity of the Civil War: the killing of 150 inhabitants and the burning of the town. Other massacres perpetrated by Quantrill occurred, but none was as devastating as what happened in Lawrence. To the Union he was an outlaw, and a price was put on his head. He was feared and hated during his day, and his reputation long outlived him (Castell believes he's one of the most widely known men connected with the Civil War).

He was born in Ohio in 1837, taught school for a while, and then went out west where he was a professional gambler around Salt Lake City. When the war broke out he was living in Kansas, and already had the notoriety of a desperado. His sympathies were with the South, and in 1861 formed a guerrilla band that attacked and destroyed Union property and murdered Union sympathizers in the border states. He helped the Confederates capture Independence, MO, and after the Lawrence atrocity, defeated Union forces at Baxter Springs, KS. His band by this time had become so unruly that not even Quantrill could reign them in, and it split into smaller factions. He was wounded in an ambush in Kentucky in May 1865 (rumor had it, though impossible to prove, that Quantrill at the time was heading for Washington to assassinate Lincoln) and died in a Union prison hospital on June 6, 1865. Whether anyone collected the reward money history doesn't say.

Castel's biography is popular in nature, though backed up with solid scholarship. Invented dialogue is sprinkled throughout the text, but it is not obtrusive and doesn't lower the book's high standards. Castel also recounts some of the legends that cropped up soon after Quantrill's death, some of them having to do with Quantrill's grave sight (desecrated) and his skull.

To some in the South he was a the bravest of the brave, while to most in the North he was a degenerate monster. Castel thinks he was courageous and a strong leader, but also cruel and without scruples. Every year until 1929 there was a Quantrill's Raiders reunion held near Blue Springs, KS. One legacy that evolved from Quantrill's band was that of Jesse and Frank James and the Dalton gang, all who got their start with Quantrill's Raiders. Castel tells the story of this nefarious man with skill and keeps our interest throughout.

The real Quantrill - not the legend........2000-10-16

My interest in the Civil War is a bit unusual - the impact of the war on the non-combatants in the western border states, specifically Arkansas and Missouri and to a lesser extent, Kansas and the Indian Territory that would eventually become Oklahoma. This book will definitely be a valued part of my research library.

"William Quantrill - His Life and Times" is a balanced look at a young man, unsatisfied with what he had accomplished in life and caught up in the complexities of the pre-war strife in Kansas and Missouri. A gifted teacher originally from Ohio "raised as an abolitionist," Quantrill becomes a thief and scoundrel, Border Ruffian (pro-slavery) and jayhawker (anti-slavery), exploiting the conflict on the border to benefit himself. After the war begins, he goes on to fame..., and his destiny, a heroic legend to many and a barbaric devil to others.

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Quantrill's War, the Life and Times of William Clarke Quantrill, 1837-1865
Duane Schultz
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press c1996
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