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My Great-grandfather's book
This book was originally written by my Great-grandfather, Robert Vaughn, who came to this country from Wales.He wrote the book for his daughter, Arvonia Elizabeth Vaughn Sprague.The original book is extremely interesting, as it gives a very graphic view of what life was like in Montana during the latter part of the 1800s.I am intentionally spelling Vaughn this way because it was altered when he was getting a title for some land that he purchased.In Robert Vaughn's original book, the spelling of his name is the same throughout the book.I have not read Walter's reprint of Robert Vaughn's book, but the incorrect spelling of Vaughn's name and the fact that none of the descendents of Robert Vaughn were ever consulted about this book raises concerns about the accuracy of this book.My rating reflects the quality of the original book.

Robert Vaughn is my great-grandfather
This book was originally written by my great-grandfather Robert Vaughn who came to this country from Wales.He wrote the book for his daughter, Arvonia Elizabeth Vaughn Sprague.The original book is extremely interesting, as it gives a very graphic view of what life was like in Montana during the latter part of the 1800s.I am intentionally spelling Vaughn this way because it was altered when he was getting a title for some land that he purchased.In Robert Vaughn's original book, the spelling of his name is the same throughout the book.I have not read Walter's reprint of Robert Vaughn's book, but the incorrect spelling of Vaughn's name and the fact that none of the descendents of Robert Vaughn were ever consulted about this book raises concerns about the accuracy of this book.My rating reflects the quality of the original book. ... Read more

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Written for "Trainers of Trainers", this is a no-nonsense Tour-de-Force of the training field, containing many valuable tools and references for those new to training and facing the "What If?" questions of their first day on the job. Drawing upon years of experience as a trainer in both the private and public sectors, the author provides a plethora of "hands-on" examples and applications, both within the text and in helpful appendices (CD supplement). The book is distinguished from others in the field by its coverage of: Adult Learning Theory, Instructional Design and Alternate Delivery Systems. ... Read more

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Keep this close to the toilet (spare paper)
Have you ever picked up a book and not been able to set it down?Don't worry, this isn't one them. Dry and ever meandering from one unrelated topic to the next, I felt confusion after just a brief reading period.Thankfully it was fairly inexpensive, and luckily for me another training book I own was able to fill the voids (and yes there are expansive voids).

It's your money, but don't look here for original thoughts. ... Read more

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Adopted at more than 70 law schools after its first year of publication, this supplementary text contains the litigation documents from Anderson v. Cryovac, the toxic tort case portrayed in the bestseller A Civil Action. Used in conjunction with Harr's book and any civil procedure casebook, A Documentary Companion to A Civil Action makes the first-year civil procedure class uniquely exciting and enlightening. The book can also serve as the sole text for an advanced litigation class. The authors have arranged documents from Anderson v. Cryovac topically to illustrate every phase of the litigation process, from notice to appeal. Their extensive notes and comments provide informative analysis of the legal, tactical, and ethical issues raised by the materials, as well as inside information about the case from extensive interviews with the lawyers. The book also presents thought-provoking questions to facilitate class discussion, as well as materials such as photographs, maps, newspaper articles, and excerpts from scientific reports. ... Read more

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Parallel realities?
Do the events in this case and the history prior to it have anything to with the Whitey Bulger case?
In 1994 a man who worked for Grace appeared in a local newspaper story about his search for his unknown father and all the obstacles in his path. Not 6 months later Whitey vanishes and Harr's book comes out. The man had also written an autobiographical account in which early years in Woburn is mentioned prior to this book. As things heated up over the Bulger case AND in the movie adaptation of Harr's book, the man became mired in the resulting confusion and old 'friends' began exhibiting strange behavior.
Some of these friends appeared as possible plants to keep an eye on the boy(now a man) and to report back info to various parties for review and countermeasures, as of the boy was collateral against key players in the Bulger case with a link to the Woburn cancer tragedy discussed here.
Is it possible a child involved in the Woburn tragedy has been monitored and reported on by individuals directly or indirectly linked to one or more agencies with an interest in the Bulger case? If so, has such a child been targeted and to thwart any attention to such a possibility-- discreet,planned documentary evidence been fabricated to suggest otherwise, such as conversations steered to counter such charges then recorded without the man's knowledge or permission under a cloak of ComSec or other security provisions?
Far-fetched? Consider that many of the key players in the Bulger case hail from the areas affected by the Woburn case. It is alleged the man was also targeted for surveillance by an older man in his 50s(estimate) with TN license plates who claimed to work 'construction' around the time Barry Mawn was moved to the Boston FBI office AND is a Woburn native!

Not for the casual reader
Pay attention to the descriptions above so that you'll know what you're getting. This book is intended for law students or other legal-minded professionals, or only the most die-hard and detail-oriented of laypeople. The word "documentary" in the title will disappoint you if the documentaries that usually interest you are on the History Channel. This book is primarily a compilation of actual court pleadings... you know, those long, verbose, lawyer-written legal-brief-type arguments that have the party names at the top and usually begin with "comes now, Anne Andersen, Plaintiff, who alleges and would show this Court the following..." yadda yadda. Granted, you would never get to see this stuff if the author had not painstakingly gone through the court's casefiles and selected the best documents, but what you're reading is exactly that: the highlights of the court file. If you've never had the desire to show up at the federal courthouse, ask to see the casefile for Anderson v. Cryovac (assuming they'd let you), wait for them to haul the boxes in from the warehouse (remember the forklift at the end of the movie?) and then page through the documents one by one for days on end, then this book will probably not intrigue you. If the thought of paging through the history of these proceedings does interest you, then by all means, get this book. If nothing else, it will show the lawyer how much worse his/her life could be, it will show the law student how complex a case like this can be, and it will give the layperson an appreciation for just how much work can and does go into a lawsuit like this.

Excellent Teaching Tool
I have used this book very successfully to introduce business students to the realities of law. It's a particularly useful supplement for business law texts which tend to treat law as a set of rules to be memorized. ... Read more

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In today's highly competitive business world, people are the critical — sometimes only — difference between success and failure. As technology evolves, businesses must train employees, clients, and even customers more quickly and more often. In this rapidly changing climate, almost anyone can be called upon to be a trainer. Some relish the role, but most view it with trepidation. The Professional Trainer provides both full-time trainers and those who train only occasionally with the tools and techniques needed to rise to the challenge. A basic primer covering the entire training process, the book can also be used as a troubleshooting guide, with chapters on how to determine what skills and knowledge to include in a training program and the development of on-the-job lesson plans, checklists for progress evaluation, and information on when and how to use media support, and tools for making the learning process effective and attractive. ... Read more

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How to build a training program that works
Training has become increasingly sophisticated over the past couple of decades. The bored instructor standing in front of a classroom lecturing 25 equally bored adults is nearly extinct. These days, innovation is zooming up the information highway and companies are trying to keep their people ahead of the curve. Consequently, training programs have become more important, finding competent trainers is crucial, and evaluating the learning experience and its results is a business imperative. Moreover, corporate leaders expect their training programs to deliver solid returns, paid in the form of measurable results. Just because employees complete a training program and come back to work doesn't mean they can meet their jobs' new challenges. Robert H. Vaughn may not transform you into a perfect trainer - that takes years of experience. But you'll be lots wiser after reading this book, which getAbstract recommends to all kinds of trainers, from seasoned veterans to bright-eyed newcomers. ... Read more

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Decision Making Training offers all the ready-to-use content needed to enable professional trainers, facilitators, and others to quickly create learning events that build confident decision makers. Beginning with an easily understandable decision making process, the book provides everything needed to build interactive half, full, and multi-day training programs. The book includes online access to dozens of customizable exercises, handouts, assessments, practice tools, and PowerPointT slides. A structured facilitation framework provides step-by-step facilitation instructions. ... Read more

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The Fourth Edition of this professor-friendly revision incorporates the 2007 restyling amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure without changing the pagination of the Third Edition. This documentary supplement uses the actual litigation documents from Anderson v. Cryovac, the toxic torts case portrayed in Jonathan Harr's bestseller, A Civil Action, to explore issues in civil procedure. It can be used in conjunction with Harr?s book and any civil procedure casebook to teach the first-year civil procedure course in a uniquely exciting and enlightening way. It can also serve as the sole text for an advanced litigation class. The authors have arranged the documents from Anderson v. Cryovac topically to illustrate every phase of the litigation process from notice to appeal. Their extensive notes and comments contain informative analysis of the legal, tactical, and ethical issues raised by the materials, as well as inside information about the case obtained through extensive interviews with the lawyers. The authors also present thought-provoking questions to facilitate class discussion. Photographs, maps newspaper articles, and excerpts from scientific reports provide the students with a broader context. The reality of the material, its connection to a well-told story, and the opportunity to follow one litigation from start to finish, enliven the class, strengthen topical coverage, and command attention to issues otherwise difficult to inject into the course. ... Read more

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Good Beginning to Law School
This book, used with the book A Civil Action, is an excellent way to follow one case through the legal process and understand basic civil procedure rules.However, I was required to purchase this book as a third year law student for a PreTrial Practice Class... I found the exercises a very tedious review of First Year Civil Procedure.It would be excellent for a first year class though.Being able to see the actual pleadings and motions filed in the Woburn case was very neat though. ... Read more

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One afternoon in the fall of 1979 photographer Vaughn Sills set out from Athens, Georgia, with a load of camera equipment, a tape recorder, and a caring spirit, seeking a family in a setting that would "call" to her. Running across a settlement of simple frame houses "that seemed to belong" on a country road near town, Sills parked her truck, walked in unannounced, and commenced a twenty-year collaboration with the extended Toole clan that One Family so lovingly documents.

From the thousands of images taken over the years on their front porches and in their homes and yards, Sills has selected 143 portraits documenting the daily lives of four generations of this large southern family and combined them with interviews, correspondence, and the heartfelt poems of Tina Toole Truelove. The resulting book is an artful mix of vivid imagesrichly contextualized by Sills's own passionately held cultural and artistic values. One Family captures the essence, the individuality, and the mystery of this vital extended family in today's rural South. ... Read more

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Elegancing the rough
This book is the result of Sills' consuming photographic affair with a rural family in Georgia. After thousands of photographs we see this basic American Southern family grow and develop before our eyes. Sills' eyes and camera allow us to discover beauty where others may see ... trash and dirt. Tina Toole develops into a Frida Kahloesque sort of chameleon-like woman, often pretty, sometimes tough, but always mesmerizing. This is one of those books that every photographic aficionado should buy.

Southern Books Competition Award for Book Design
This book won the 2000 Southern Books Competition Award of Excellence in Book Design from the Southeastern Library Association. This award is given in recognition of the book's aesthetic appeal and design and for fine craftsmanship in its printing and binding. Congratulations to author Vaughn Sills, designer Kyong Choe, printer C & C Offset, and the University of Georgia Press.

"One Family" captures the larger, human family
Vaughn Sills' One Family has done something, but done it very sublty; by focusing for twenty years on photographing the Toole family from Georgia, Sills has managed to photographmany families, represented by this proud and tenacious family whose corner of world happens to be the American South. You could easily call this a book "a photgraphy book looking at the rural south"; and it is, the dialogue and writings in the book sometimes show thatSouthern vernacular; the scenery sometimes seems typically "Southern";but to stop there at "Southern" as a despricition is missing the larger picture. To stop there would be to miss the wonderful, wide, world of people in every day life, engaged in just simply living. The writing included in the book is revealing, personal and touching, Some of it is dialogue with family members and some is poetry by Tina Toole Truelove.These words and feelings are what help tie the book to the world at large because we see that, even in the South, people feel a certain way, have certain experiences. Yes, this book would be a great source for a vew on a part of the American South,but don't stop there on your journey with this beautifully photographed book.I treasure mine and treasure the truths I see in their faces. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Robert Vaughn Bell, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 939 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

• Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
• Family members
• Education
• Professional associations and honors
• Employment
• Writings, including books and periodicals
• A description of the author's work
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bridge at Remagen is a war film released in 1969, directed by John Guillermin and starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughn. The film is based on the book by Ken Hechler, adapted for screen by Richard Yates and William Roberts, which describes the real life events surrounding the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 7, 1945 by the U.S. 9th Armored Division. In the last months of World War II, the U.S. 1st Army approaches the Ludendorff Bridge, the last bridge standing across the Rhine River, and the last natural barrier between the Allied forces on the Western front, and Germany's industrial heartland. The battle-weary Americans reluctantly obey orders to capture the bridge intact, against a defence force of some 200 German defenders who fight as best they can to avoid destroying it and closing the escape route of 75,000 15th Army comrades on the wrong side of the river Rhine. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Francis Vaughn, Ph.D. (born November 22, 1932) is an American actor noted for stage, film and television work. He is perhaps best known as suave spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. His most famous film role is likely that as one of the seven hired gunfighters in the Western classic The Magnificent Seven.Vaughn was born in New York City to showbiz parents Marcella Frances (née Gaudel), a stage actress, and Gerald Walter Vaughn, a radio actor.He was raised in an Irish Catholic family, living with his grandparents in Minneapolis, Minnesota while his mother traveled. ... Read more

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Horror fiction, Clive Barker interview, Robert Vaughn in Transylvania Twist, Mike Jeffries, Masque of the Red Death with Patrick Macnee, more ... Read more

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Teagan is the seed of the Tyrant Emperor Bohannon. She lives on the planet Beasly. Teagan is a servant, slave, and a dangerous secret. She is eighteen and it's time for her to take the throne from her father. Haven has been purged of all life because she might exist and because the emperor had a dream. He dreamed of the two moons of Haven over the shoulder of a woman he does not know. In the dream the woman takes his throne and his life. Teagan has the black rose of Bohannon tattooed on her shoulder blade and the population of Beasly knows exactly what they have in their midst. It's for her to find support and win the throne. Teagan looks to the crowd. "The emperor rules the land but I rule your heart. Which is stronger, the soil or the plow? I say to you the plow turns the soil and the heart rules the plow. Be patient my love, the Queen of Light will rule. ... Read more