History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Collaborative Process Improvement: With Examples from the Software World (Practitioners)

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Outstanding!
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Collaborative Process Improvement: With Examples from the Software World (Practitioners)
Celeste Labrunda Yeakley , and Jeffrey D. Fiebrich
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The battle cry “Do more with less” has become “Work Hard, Work Smart!” This book will help you work smart by providing an easy to understand framework where you can quickly develop Software Quality advocates throughout your organization. These easy methods will accelerate process improvements for your organization. This book provides checklists, templates, exercises, tips and pitfalls to avoid, helping you build a group of competent quality advocates within your organization while keeping the cost to a minimum.

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Outstanding!.......2007-05-04

This book should be required reading for all those interested in quality development processes. The authors depart from tedium to provide a clear and well thought presentation of ideas (often coupled with intuitive anecdotes) that paint a vivid understanding of the big picture. Outstanding!!

Bridges the Gap between Theory and Practice.......2007-04-30

This is a great book that starts out with the premise that to improve all facets of software development and total quality management, you need to look inside. The human being is seen as an indissoluble entity; we cannot work with the mind without also taking account of the body. The two are closely related with, for example, particular emotions being associated with certain postures and the authors take this into account. This all maps wonderfully to The Elaboration, Construction and Transition phases that are divided into a series of timeboxed iterations, and the authors help you step through each part of the phases and relate them to concrete examples of management and project techniques. It is a superb book, I bought a copy but I understand there will be a new edition online with extra chapters that will definitely get me to buy it all over again. This is the kind of book I've been looking for and have now, seemingly have finally found.

The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way to the Supreme Court

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Superb Story Telling of American History Emphasizing the Innerworkings and Evolution of Constitutional Law
Inspiring.
Individual Power and the Judicial Process
Peter Irons, The Courage of Their Convictions (1990)
The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans

The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way to the Supreme Court
Peter Irons
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Superb Story Telling of American History Emphasizing the Innerworkings and Evolution of Constitutional Law.......2006-11-13

Peter Irons exhibits his amazing skills of persuasive communication all throuout this book. For instance, he teaches us American History while at the same time making an indepth analysis of the Judicial System with Constitutional emphasis based on a number of true stories. Further, he does it with so much wit bringing those individuals' drama to life instead of what would usually be complicated Caselaw with boring facts and precedents.

Inspiring........2006-11-06

We have become an apathetic society. This book is the story of those who dared enough to care.

Individual Power and the Judicial Process.......2004-03-23

I work at a University Library and see many, many books. This book caught my eye and I found myself compelled to read it. The situation in our government seems to leave many people I talk to feeling discouraged and powerless. Iron's book reminds us that we don't have to be powerless.
I encourage High School teachers to read the book and consider assigning at least parts of it to their students. Most Americans don't understand our legal system or the power we have as individuals to stand up for our civil rights.

Peter Irons, The Courage of Their Convictions (1990).......2003-08-10

I have used this book three times in UC and CSU public law classes have taught: Intro to Judicial Process, Intro to Judicial Politics, and American Government. It is a personalized, almost biographical approach to leading constitutional rights cases, replete with the "human" as well as "legal" story behind each of the 16 cases. Though short on some of the important legal arguments at the Supreme Court level, it covers well the dispositons and judicial personalities of the lower courts. More importantly, however, it deals with the suffering and courage of the litigants themselves.

As such, it is a terrific book for both introductory American Government and judicial politics/process courses at the college level.

I have also used Irons' new book JIM CROW'S CHILDREN in my upper division course on Racial Equality and the U.S. Supreme Court at U.C., Irvine, just this summer.

The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans.......2003-06-15

This was a fantastic book! People may know about some Supreme Court decisions and its impact but I do not think people understand why such important cases were brought before the Supreme Court. We never learn in school who these people were, (they are everyday people) and exactly how much courage and determination it takes to fight your case to the Supreme Court (after all I think S.C hears about 1% of all cases filed to the Court). Irons is an academic but boy you can read this in a day-this is not a dreaded book you are assigned to read for school.

Christianity: Total World And Life System

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Christianity: Total World And Life System
Abraham Kuyper
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How to Win Customers in the Digital World: Total Action or Fatal Inaction

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Understanding the must do's in digital business
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How to Win Customers in the Digital World: Total Action or Fatal Inaction
P. Vervest
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What can digital business technologies do for you, as a user, manager, strategist, marketeer or sales director? This book presents a template for seizing these new opportunities.
Six cases demonstrate both power and risks of digital business technologies. Winners use them to make front-line people the point of decision making, to unlock information about customers; and to manage the fulfilment of their commitments. These are Total Action organisations, making every activity inside their organisation directly relevant for their customers.
The authors take you on a discovery tour of new management concepts to create the winning organisation in the digital world.

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A learning consultant from Buckinghamshire, U.K........2000-06-25

As a facilitator of client account management programmes that include a range of learning modules, I found "How to Win Customers in the Digital World" a significantly useful book. The majority of the discussed techniques are familiar; however, the real value of the book is the way that those techniques are made accessible to the user. The majority of books of this nature never take theory through to practical use ... but this book certainly does. Real, understandable, accessible customer situations are worked through in a a manner that the reader can absorb and apply for their own organisation.

Understanding the must do's in digital business.......2000-04-13

I don't write a lot of book reviews, not because I don't read a lot of books but because so few of them are worth reviewing. This week I'm going to make an exception since this is a very good book. The book is called "How to Win Customers in the Digital World", subtitled "Total Action or Fatal Inaction". The title and subtitle have been flipped since I saw the book in draft form a year or so ago. The authors are Al Dunn and his partner Peter Vervest. Al is based in London, and has spent most of his working life advising European telecommunications suppliers and carriers as well as other apparently slow-moving organisations on how to improve their customer service. As you can imagine, this is a difficult and thankless task. But he and Peter Vervest, plug away, spending a lot of time with companies like Finland's Nokia and Dutch and German and Swiss PTTs on change management and customer relations. (PTT is a peculiarly European acronym for "Post, Telephone and Telegraph", which indicates the term's long history. Despite being overtaken by technology and other events, it is still used to describe the major European telecommunications companies, many of which are still government owned or which behave as if they are). Al has been talking about the importance of the customer ever since I have known him, which is the best part of twenty years. Just about every organisation says that its customers are important, but a surprisingly small amount actually believe it, and even fewer adopt a customer focus as the cornerstone of their business philosophy. Common sense tells us that the customer is paramount, because they are after all the people who buy our products. But it is not just the computer industry that very often pays more attention to its products than to the people who buy them. We see it everywhere in business, and in life, and suppliers have to be constantly reminded that they are in business only because people want what they sell, are prepared to pay for it, and are happy to remain loyal if the service is good enough. This has always been true, and it always will be true. But now, with the growth of the Internet and electronic commerce, business practices are changing very quickly, and the nature of the relationship between supplier and customer is evolving accordingly. In the digital world the skills involved in attracting and retaining customers are different enough to warrant comment, hence the book. The authors make a major distinction between "total action" - which is roughly defined as "squeezing out" every activity that is not specifically important to the customer - and "fatal inaction" - intense activities that have no relationship to an organisation's performance with that customer. "These departments develop around themselves highly complex and rigid processes and systems. In due course they begin to perceive themselves as businesses in their own right, an error today's `business unit focus simply magnifies. "Such organisations often become dysfunctional. Their people, usually intelligent and competent, have become trapped in corporate autism, a serious handicap inherited from task-oriented production-line forbears. They become inward-facing internal markets for themselves, with rules and behavioural standards that are far too rigid for the digital business world." Sound familiar? The object becomes the process itself, rather than the end result of that process. Now, the Internet has vastly altered these processes and their capabilities for redefining customer interaction. "Digital technology, as best exemplified by the Internet, allows us to easily bring together vast amounts of related information. This information can be located anywhere in the world, but it can be presented with amazing clarity and relevance to provide links to all the sources from which the information has come. This fundamentally changes business. "This gives the customer the ability to transparently look into an organisation's operations, and make decisions with much more information and much more quickly than was previously the case. This, and the vastly improved access of the Internet, makes it much easier for customers to change their supplier. And that is death in the digital age." I recommend this book to you. "How to Win Customers in the Digital World" will remind you of the most important people in your life and how to deal with them

Review from a consultant in this business.......2000-04-03

This book has been written as a management book; the book is about a concept that has been worked out quite thouroughly and is illustrated by a number of good examples. Because i was quite familiar with the concepts, i could easily understand the content of this book; however i think that managers who are not too familiar with concepts like this will feel it hard to really use the material in their real life practice. They will probably understand that they have to start moving, but will have to read the examples probably twice to really understand the steps to undertake. The book gives good insight in the global steps to undertake, but could have been worked out in more detail to really deliver a management agenda.

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Economist Kenneth Boulding, an acclaimed social historian, theoretician, and visionary, has written a much anticipated sequel to his Ecodynamics: A New Theory of Societal Evolution (Sage, 1978). That highly lauded work, in applying the tenets of evolutionary theory to the social sciences, examined what patterns, if any, occur in the development of societies. In The World as a Total System, Boulding goes one analytical step further. He examines the extent to which the Earth is a total system of interacting parts as well as the degree to which it is a "great mosaic" of isolated systems having little or no impact on one another. In addition, he paints, with what he calls a broad brush, some of the more important of these "static" and "dynamic" systems. Boulding's belief is that the world has moved a "long way" toward becoming a single economic, cultural, and communication system in the last century--although politically it has become more "fragmented and diverse." His hope is that his new book will "help to provoke a movement among the educational systems of the world for both research and teaching about the world as a total system, so that we may all come to see ourselves and our own cultures and countries as rightly close and important to us, but also as finding their greatest significance as parts of a larger whole." Everyone interested in the study of systems will find Kenneth Boulding's latest insights enlightening and intriguing. The World as a Total System can be used as a core text or supplement in courses dealing with social, political, and economic theory and history; systems analysis; and social change. "The reader of these volumes will be taken on a well organized tour of the major problems of the world. He will be introduced to many new ideas and learn many interesting facts that he was ignorant of, and be reminded of many facts and ideas that he once knew but had forgotten. He will also enjoy close contact with the unusually lively and imaginative mind of his guide." --New York Times Book Review "The World as a Total System represents a unique synthesis of our world as a complex and dynamic entity, the function of which is the result of the interaction of several major subsystems. Author Kenneth Boulding's unique background as an international social scientist makes him especially well suited for synthesizing a functional perspective of our global system by focusing in on seven major aspects, or subsystems, of this major global system. Through the unique perspectives of Physics, Biology, Sociology, Economics, Politics, Communications, and Evaluation, the author proceeds to weave his hypothetical fabric, which eventually emerges as the inevitable consequence and interaction of these major subordinate systems. "The World as a Total System comes across with consistent depth, flow, and impact. The text is also liberally enlightened with fresh and provocative concepts, which serve to whet the reader's curiosity and challenge the intellect throughout....a unique and valuable resource for anyone interested in studying the interrelationships and behaviors of global systems." --Elliott C.L. Maynard, Director of Research & Development, Arcos Cielos "Written by a person whose intellectual trajectory is literarily speaking astronomical. . . Boulding has read so much, seen so much, thought so much, discussed so much, and in addition to that written so enormously much, that what comes out certainly merits that rare distinction: wisdom. I would conclude by recommending the books whole-heartedly. They are stimulating reading, lucid and well written, filled with surprising insights, opening windows, opening doors, opening whole walls." --Johan Galtung, Journal of Peace Research

Human Capitalism: The Japanese Enterprise System as World Model

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Human Capitalism: The Japanese Enterprise System as World Model
Robert Ozaki
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Iso 14001 and Beyond: Environmental Management Systems in the Real World

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Iso 14001 and Beyond: Environmental Management Systems in the Real World

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Netmoney: Your Guide to Total Financial Success Using the Internet and Online Services (Your Personal Net Series)

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Netmoney: Your Guide to Total Financial Success Using the Internet and Online Services (Your Personal Net Series)
Michael Wolff
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The Internet has empowered the individual investor in new and unexpected ways. Besides offering the ability to strap yourself to the market roller coaster ride, tracking your portfolio and net worth in nerve-wracking 15-minute increments while holding your hands in the air daring yourself to wait as long as possible to put in the call to your broker, the Web is hosting an increasingly sophisticated toolkit for understanding markets and investing. With investing, knowledge is indeed power, and easy access to online tools makes it easier to be persistent about your financial portfolio.

The value of Netmoney is that it gives you a head start on finding out what kinds of services are available, which services are free and which cost money, and how to protect yourself and assess risks while exploring the vastness of online financial services.

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Your complete guide to the thousands of personal finance sites in cyberspace.

Reengineering the Factory: A Primer for World-Class Manufacturing

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REENGINEERING THE FACTORY

Reengineering the Factory: A Primer for World-Class Manufacturing
A. Richard Shores
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Just the Facts.......2003-06-21

Used this book to teach a class in 1994, still applicable in 2003! Gave it to consulting clients to read and they loved it. Less than 100 pages but gives a lot of info! Now I am ordering out of print editions for my clients.

REENGINEERING THE FACTORY.......2000-03-03

Outstanding tool for understanding and planning to become World-Class. Easy to read and understand at many different levels. Includes TQM, KAIZEN, TCM, TEAM BUILDING, JIT, AUTOMATION and much more. It's a great reference. One of the best I have seen.

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