Protocols A Forgery Declare Columbia Univ & Russian Court
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The following is provided as a public service to all who are concerned with the Protocols Affair.  "As early as 1921, the English journalist Philip Graves exposed the similarity between the Protocols and a political satire by Maurice Joly, 'Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et  Montesquieu' (1864). Subsequent investigation showed the original document  to be a forgery written by members of the Russian secret police." -The  New Columbia Encyclopedia, Columbia University Press, New York and London,  1975, p. 2229.  Additionally, in 1994, after an exhaustive year-long  investigation, a Russian District Court in Moscow, Judge Ludmilla Belikova  presiding, ruled that the Czarist-era 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of  Zion' was, in fact, a forgery and that its publication constituted an  antisemitic act.
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USCF Expert and FIDE 1900+ here. I don't claim to be an expert, but I've been doing this a while now. Blokh's motifs have been organized, selected, and pruned. Let's not fool ourselves: if it's a Russian Chess book that either has been translated or is some universal problems format like this book then get it. Enough said.
Russian's know and love their chess no reason to shy away from that. And to the reviewer who said it was too advanced. This is your minds way of letting you know you have a weakness in your game. Please have the courage to struggle through this book (Or any of Blokh's tactics workbooks). Been a while sense I've been a USCF class player or know what strength level that really is, but if you are a 1600 USCF and feel like tactics and combinations are a weakness then I have no doubt a book like this can get you to the 1800+ level.

Get this book and keep it with you at all times. I randomly do 5-10 problems right before an over the board tournament game: simple level 1 & 2 practice tactics gets me ready for the ensuing chess battle. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili or some other GM recommended this "warming up" approach before games and I can vouch for the results.

Word to the wise: if you feel like you are putting in a lot of effort using some online chess tactics software (please don't say chesstempo.com...Not that it's bad, but I think it serves a different purpose: how quickly you can spot tactics. And all of the items are so random. Not a fan), but don't see a translation in your other the board real chess. Please buy this book, take a standard chess tournament set, setup each position and use a real clock (10 minutes to solve these problems) you'll figure out what works. If you flag falls and you don't have a solution then circle that problem, look up the solution in the back and move on to the next problem. A correct solution should be you calculating all critical variations. One HUGE issue with software based chess tactics is you can kind of cheat and just blindly sac your queen the moment you recognize some motif. This is why study with this book on a real board, holding yourself accountable for the variation is the correct way to get better.

Stay away from chesstempo.com...be the only one who does.

Once you've had your fun with this book go get "Imagination in Chess: How to Think Creatively and Avoid Foolish Mistakes" by Paata Gaprindashvili. Currently out of print and the prices are not reasonable. But pdfs of it may or may not exist. Personally recommended by IM John Bartholomew and in his words "1 problem from Imagination in Chess" is equal to 20 chesstempo problems. Study it the same way you do this book: over a real board and clock. Only mark it true if you got the majority of key variations in the back of the book. Would recommend this for 1800+. For the vast majority of players it will teach you how to logically solve tough problems. As opposed the 600 Combinations by Blokh which serves as pattern recognition puzzles. Try for 2-3 problems a day: consistency is more important than intensity!

Always have fun with it.

--Dave Wisecup
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I'm glad to see the reviews for this book are old. The disbarred attorney who wrote this is evading the FBI for mail fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return. He disappeared after being indicted by a federal grand jury in 2010 on multiple fraud and tax-related charges.
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It's good quality material, but it looks like someone tried to copy and paste the bulls logo and forgot to fill in some gaps, which leads me to wonder if this is even a USF licensed product. It's pretty noticeable, as it runs along the entire lanyard
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Look for a more recent edition, since the rules for things like "File and Suspend" changed in 2016.  My only objection is how it seems to be an advertisement for Kotlikoff's paid website Social Security filing strategy calculator.
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This is a surprisingly interesting book!  In fact, I came up here to see how much it would cost to buy it for my class.  I do agree, having listened to the audio book, that the fake Russian accents are wearing, and detract from the serious nature of the subject.
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serial number was sharpied out(?) making it difficult to register.
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The Criminal Evidence text was very easy to follow.  If you are new to the field of Fraud & Forensics, you will find this text to be very interesting and full of examples of case studies to help you on your way to understanding the law.  The book provides sections related specifically to the U.S. Constitution, Federal Rules of Evidence, and a simplified glossary to get you started on your path to fighting fraud!

As a current student at Carlow University in Pittsburgh in the Fraud & Forensics program, I found the book to be very useful and one I will keep for future reference.
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Unfortunately the autographs are not authentic.  They are auto-pen and done by a machine.
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This book makes sense if one is interested in studying re-progamming of barcodes and machines.  The book explains how criminals can practically hack into anything/anywhere using barcodes, RFID tags and a simple phone or like device.  It is an important reference to have if you have a problem with hackers or work with people that are in law enforcement or as a HUMINT to one.
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Gary Fannin's book presents a compelling argument to support the innocence of Oswald. The evidence is overwhelming pointing to a conspiracy and coverup by the highest levels of the U. S. government, including the FBI, Secret Service and then Vice President Lyndon Banes Johnson. Lined up next to the evidence researched and compiled in this book the Warren Commission report is clearly a farce. The annotated graphics in this book are incredible. They help to present the visual image of what happened on November 22nd, 1963. Documents included provide strong support for the following coverup of the murder. This book truly makes a strong case could in court. Hats off to Mr. Fannin for the passion and many years of research that went into building this case. I highly recommend a read.
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Amazon lists incorrect information for this text. The publisher is Sahovski Informator, not the US Chess Federation. In the late 1990s, the USCF became the exclusive US distributor for this text (published in Serbia). Now, the USCF no longer sells it. ChessCafe acquired the USCF's arrangement with the publisher. Also, 1984 is not the publication date of the fourth edition, but the first.

The book itself, vol B in a five volume set, is the standard for chess opening theory. I use the print (3rd ed., 1997) and electronic edition (2nd, 2008) for study an average of 100 days per year. Unfortunately, with so much incorrect information in Amazon's description of the product, potential buyers should be cautious about making a purchase. They might not receive what they ordered.

The item itself deserves five stars. Amazon's description merits one. These two averaged produce three. If the product is as described, it is a fraudulent work. If it is not as described, but the genuine product, it is exceptional.
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The scan was not proofed before publication apparently, numerous obvious OCR glitches, mostly it is easy enough to know what the word is; "the morcj3xact morphological description" is "the more exact . . .", an ex;ce! l3nt example" is "an excellent . . ."
Notable for being co-authored by Hans Zinnser, author of "Rats, Lice, and History".  Interesting if you like this sort of thing.
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I felt the need to contract UAG directly and this is my comments to them.
 I just received from Amazon your  Urban Armor Gear UAG-GLXS4-BLK/BLK-W/SCRN-VP and I would like to give a little feed back.
First off I like the case as I have gone though over 4 different cases to find one that I am comfortable with, like the three bears this one is just right. I was disappointed that your letters on the rear of the case were not glued down properly and this must be the reason you are getting reviews on Amazon stating they are fakes. I do not believe I have a fake case but that you need a little more quality control. Have not decided weather to remove the letters completely or try to glue them back. Do not wish to return it , as this is the case  I want to use.
You have a good product but little things like this could hurt your sales.

FOLLOW-UP- UAG was not happy with my small problem and wrote this> We want you to have an authentic UAG experience the letters should not stick out.  Please order a case at no charge with the following code.

Good to see a manufacturer that cares.

Follow-Up 2 After receiving the case from UAG, I am convinced that I did receive a fake. It was easy when comparing the two. Clues are that the top edge should be smooth and the side buttons are easy to depress(you can feel the power button clicking). Made up some pictures but can find a way to attach them.
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A FASCINATING CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEBATE ON THE CONCEPT OF PROOF AND DOUBT

An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers

Of Doubt and Proof is a title that could have come straight from Dostoyevsky.  But no -- this book is in fact a scholarly examination by ten international contributors, including the three editors, of doubt and proof -- that often perplexing duality which, like it or not, is part and parcel of the process of judgment and judging across a range of contexts, from judgments in a court of law to -- when  you come to think it -- decisions by cricketing umpires, or indeed Taiwanese diviners, as three of the distinguished contributors to this book have set out either to discuss or prove.

The contributors are distinguished indeed.  With university backgrounds ranging from, for example, Copenhagen and Edinburgh to Hamburg and Oxford and a range of academic institutions in France, they bring a dizzyingly diverse array of impressive credentials to this particular forum of discussion and enquiry.

As the editors explain, the book is based on a panel of the same title which took place during the Biennial Conference of the European Association for Social Anthropology (EASA) at the Universite Paris Ouest, at Nanterre in 2012.  Recognized as the principal event in the European Conference calendar and organized around the theme of Uncertainty and Disquiet the conference  to summarise  set out to examine ways in which notions of doubt and states of doubting have generally been understood across a variety of academic disciplines.

Fundamentally, say the editors, the individual contributions reveal and illustrate the range of techniques employed in dispelling doubt, not only in ritual contexts, but in formal legal procedures, (as the sub-title indicates).  The aim, they add, is to deepen theoretical understandings of the social role of doubt, both in social science and in law.

One could remark here that it is the lawyers of this world, as well as judges of course, who would, we think, derive maximum fascination from this admittedly multidisciplinary overview of doubt and proof, that is tackled from a number of different viewpoints and certainly from, yes, different disciplines, including law and jurisprudence  (obviously), to social science and anthropology, (not quite so obviously).

The end result emerges as, in the words of Deborah James of the London School of Economics a rigorous contribution to the novel field of the anthropology of doubt and evidence, which demonstrates how law and ritual have much more in common than formerly supposed.

A recent publication from Ashgates Juris Diversitas series,  this is a stunningly original book that should certainly occasion endless debate at high tables and in common rooms, not to mention robing rooms in court buildings where English barristers strive to ensure that in all cases  and without exception  that justice is done.

While agreeing with much of the content of this book, they -- and certainly the judges -- would say, almost without any doubt whatsoever, that in the common law, it is the quality of the argument that refines the decision.  See, for example, Anthony Goods article on The Benefit of the Doubt in British Asylum Claims and International Cricket.  Touching on standard of proof, reasonable doubt, credibility and so forth -- this is one of the most lucid explanations of the concept of the benefit of the doubt in common law systems as you're likely to find anywhere.

Rooted in comparative law, the book will be of interest to a wide range of academics, students and practitioners, particularly those with an international orientation who wish to keep abreast of current thinking in this and other related areas of law.

The publication date is cited as at 2015.
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Having spent some considerable time researching the elusive and secretive Ewing Virgil Neal and his various academic, theatrical, publishing, marketing, commercial, and industrial enterprises, and his various scrapes with the law, that took him all the way from rural Missouri to the Chteau d'Azur at Nice, I am only too aware of the complexity of the task that faced Professor Conroy in her efforts to de-mystify this most complicated man, his work, and his many disguises. Her wide-ranging and thorough research includes previously unknown Soviet Government records, declassified FBI files, rare publications, many private family records, and a wide range of photographs from private collections. Unless you have some idea of the "state of play" in relation to Neal prior to the publication of Professor Conroy's valuable book, you can not apprehend the enormity of the task that she undertook, just how complicated that task was made by the absence of important records (such as the 1890 US census records) and just how well she discharged her duty to reveal the truth. I read the book at a single sitting, and I highly recommend it.
Lindsay B. Yeates,
School of History and Philosophy,
University of New South Wales
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Very strange and interesting case that brought taped interrogations to be mandated during a suspects confession.  Apparently at one time cameras were in interrogation rooms weren't always used.  Huh....