Sheet-Metal Work Including Metal Spinning (The 'Complete Engineer' Series, Volume 7)

Sheet-Metal Work Including Metal Spinning (The 'Complete Engineer' Series, Volume 7)
E. Molloy | 1944-01-01 00:00:00 | GEORGE NEWNES | 96 | Do It Yourself
Dealing with the methods of working sheet metal into various forms, using hand tools and simple machines.
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Metals (Essential Chemistry)

Metals (Essential Chemistry)
Julie McDowell | 2008-01-01 00:00:00 | Chelsea House Publications | 105 | Chemistry
Most of the elements found in the periodic table are classified as metals. Common characteristics that help us identify metals include conductivity, reactivity, and their ability to be pounded into sheets and stretched into wires. Metals are found everywhere in the universe, and their many functions make them a most valuable resource. This book takes a sharp look at metals, helping students understand their many intricate uses from industry to the arts.
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Pure Distraction

Pure Distraction
Carolina Barbour | 2008-01-01 00:00:00 | Siren Publishing | 212 | Fiction
Ms. Barbour has written what is classified as an erotic futuristic romance but I would also like to point out that there are a few suspenseful twists and turns, and a "whodunit" flavor to this erotic offering. Pure Distraction is just that, a huge distraction if you want to get anything else done while reading it. I found that Ms. Barbour did a great job in not only setting up this alternate society but also showing both how it was supposed to work and how it changed. Readers should note that there are also a few M/M encounters as part of the storyline. Overall, I found the world Ms. Barbour created to be intriguing and I hope she hopes to use it in future adventures. Pure Distraction is a great summer read, but make sure you have time to sit and read it all, as you will find you keep going back to it until you finish it.
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Thermodynamics of Flowing Systems: with Internal Microstructure (Oxford Engineering Science Series)

Thermodynamics of Flowing Systems: with Internal Microstructure (Oxford Engineering Science Series)
Antony N. Beris,Brian J. Edwards | 1994-05-26 00:00:00 | Oxford University Press, USA | 704 | Engineering
This much-needed monograph presents a systematic, step-by-step approach to the continuum modeling of flow phenomena exhibited within materials endowed with a complex internal microstructure, such as polymers and liquid crystals. By combining the principles of Hamiltonian mechanics with those of irreversible thermodynamics, Antony N. Beris and Brian J. Edwards, renowned authorities on the subject, expertly describe the complex interplay between conservative and dissipative processes. Throughout the book, the authors emphasize the evaluation of the free energy--largely based on ideas from statistical mechanics--and how to fit the values of the phenomenological parameters against those of microscopic models. With Thermodynamics of Flowing Systems in hand, mathematicians, engineers, and physicists involved with the theoretical study of flow behavior in structurally complex media now have a superb, self-contained theoretical framework on which to base their modeling efforts.

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In Search of Human Nature

In Search of Human Nature
Mary E. Clark | 2002-12-06 00:00:00 | Routledge | 496 | Philosophy
Human Nature offers a wide-ranging and holistic view of human nature from all perspectives: scientific, historical, and sociological. Mary Clark takes the most recent data from a dozen or more fields, and works it together with clarifying anecdotes and thought-provoking images to challenge conventional Western beliefs with hopeful new insights. Balancing the theories of cutting-edge neuroscience with the insights of primitive mythologies, Mary Clark provides down-to-earth suggestions for peacefully resolving global problems. Human Nature builds up a coherent, and above all positive, picture of who we really are.
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Mary Clark focuses on the issue of the nature of human nature, and she brings a wide range of scholarship from many fields to the question. Reviewer Jeffares is quite wrong; Clark's book is heavily referenced; the endnotes comprise nearly 50 pages of small print and the reference list is more than 30 pages. Perhaps what most disturbs many about her argument is that she suggests a "story of who we are" that differs significantly from the currently dominant paradigm of humans as driven to compete for resources and status and survival. Moreover, she has the temerity to point out that what is often taught in schools and promoted by opinion leaders is also a "story," one subject to interpretation as something other than the "facts" that proponents would claim it to be. Clark is not totally rejecting of modernity; but she does argue that modern civilizations are in danger unless some important truths about "human nature" are recognized and more adequately served than such civilizations currently do. She emphasizes that survival of our species from earliest times to the present required cooperation and human bonding more than competing and persuasively presents a case that our current perspectives on humans and the world in which they live lead us to behave in maladaptive ways. We all will ignore her message at our own peril. Clark writes clearly and argues cogently on a vitally important topic. This book should be in every college, university and municipal library. It needs to be understood by all those who consider themselves public intellectuals. Her perspective could lead us toward survival not destruction of our world.

Few books could be more important to us at this moment in time. I urge you to see that your local libraries, academic and general, order this remarkable new publication.

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Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus (Independent Studies in Political Economy)

Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus (Independent Studies in Political Economy)
Donald Alexander Downs | 2006-10-16 00:00:00 | Cambridge University Press | 318 | Social History
This book deals with the decline of respect for free speech, academic freedom, and civil liberty that has swept higher education in America over the last decade and a half and with what needs to be done to reverse this trend. Drawing on personal experience as well as research, Downs analyzes the origins and development of the problem, and shows how political organization of students and faculty can lead to constructive change. He presents four case studies that illustrate this thesis.
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The main purpose and content of this book is to present four case studies. In the first two, those of U. Penn and U. Wisconsin, thanks to efforts made by faculty and students in the last few years, gains were made in restoring some degree of free speech and other Bill-of-Rights protections to faculty and students. In the other two, Columbia and Berkeley, no such efforts have been made and the status quo continues. The author states that most or all other campuses resemble the latter two.



Also, in introductory chapters, the author gives a precis of what has happened to colleges and universities since 1987:



(1) the redefinition of the mission of the university from the search for truth and knowledge to the transforming of individuals into sensitive members of the community from whom all racism, sexism and homophobia has been washed away.



(2) the redefinition of speech as action. One doesn't state an opinion, one offends another person or harasses another person. So, codes against harassment and creating a hostile environment include saying anything of which the censors disapprove.



(3) "critical race theory", the view that racism is endemic to liberal society and that such notions as individual, reason, merit, etc. are racist notions and should be suppressed.



The author, like many others, states that the motive for the de facto repeal of the Bill of Rights at universities was that the welfare of some groups was more important. He goes on to point out that the consequences have been anything but beneficial, even to those groups. Feelings of antagonism have increased. An increasing infantilization or dependency of the favored groups has occurred. etc.



The author cites a number of other interesting recent books, including McWhorter, Losing the Race; Wood, Diversity; Kuran, Private Truths, Public Lies; Farber and Sherry, Beyond All Reason; and Kors and Silvergate, The Shadow University. Kors and Silvergate have continued to be active in the area and have established an organization called Foundation for Individual Freedom in Education (FIRE) with a website, www.thefire.org, where complaints can be registered. The site makes interesting if harrowing reading. There is also a database in which you can look up any college and get FIRE's rating of the degree of freedom on that campus.



One strength of the book is its narrow focus. That means, however, that other books need also to be consulted. The book is especially weak on the causes or development of the present situtation. The author states that he became a faculty member in the mid-1980s as a result of having written an anti-Nazi book (PhDs looking for faculty positions, take note!). By that time, the situation had already developed. For an eyewitness account in narrative form of the groups and motives that led to the present situation, see The Rape of Alma Mater. For a detailed study of the situation at the present time, one which includes other parts of society that are affected by what is happening in academia, read While America Sleeps: How ... and Indoctrination Are Destroying America From Within -- While America Sleeps: How Islam, Immigration and Indoctrination Are Destroying America From Within.



The present book is unique in sounding a hopeful note and in providing others with the two cases of (limited) success. It is to be hoped that other academics and students will read this book and learn how to take back their own universities.


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One would think that American universities would be centers of free speech, where all sorts of views could be stated freely. Well, that hasn't been entirely the case recently. And this book examines some of the problems that have arisen.



I would have thought that the fundamental issues would be simple. Most speech is inoffensive. Some speech is actually illegal (sedition, incitement, or whatever). The line between illegal speech and legal speech may be a subject of debate, but that line exists somewhere. And some speech is in between: it is offensive but not illegal. And those who are offended have plenty of options: they can shun such people, or tell others about their bad manners, and so forth.



As this book points out, once one has rules against offensive speech, not just against intimidation (or worse), that leads to thought control. And there are some examples of what has been happening along these lines.



One spectacular example is the 1993 "water buffalo" case at the University of Pennsylvania. A Penn freshman got in trouble for using the term "water buffalo" in response to students who were making too much noise at midnight outside his dormitory. Although a simple apology from him would have been the most reasonable resolution, Penn made this into a major case. So did much of the nation! The result was not only a victory for the accused student, but the removal of the "speech codes" at Penn. It seems that the speech codes were doomed by the idiotic claims of Penn officials, including the Penn President, that they were merely following due process in the water buffalo case.



Downs describes how speech codes were removed at the University of Wisconsin as well. And there is some fascinating material about the University of California, Berkeley. The campus newspaper ran an ad that offended some people, and then compounded the problem by apologizing for it (offending even more folks). And then, there was a speech by well-known conservative David Horowitz. An assistant chancellor warned Horowitz that he might be shouted down "because the right of free expression also" belonged to those that disagreed with him! I find it incredible that such censorship could be called "free expression." Others were similarly censored just for having "politically incorrect" views. A striking example was former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who was prevented from speaking to 2000 waiting ticket holders by a couple of hundred foes of free speech. One of these people, when challenged about what she had done replied that she didn't "believe in free speech for war criminals." By the way, given Netanyahu's record, I find such a charge against him ludicrous. And I wonder if genuine criminals, such as Yasir Arafat, would have been shouted down at Berkeley.



One more topic in the book is the sexual misconduct policy at Columbia University. That's another university that has a problem with taking political correctness too seriously. But in this case, the issue was simply that people accused of sexual misconduct were denied due process, including the right to hear the testimony against them or to cross-examine. That policy eventually had to be scrapped. Still, the incident serves to show the moral blindness of some of those who create policies on campus.



I found this book very interesting and I strongly recommend it.





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Practical Astronomy with your Calculator

Practical Astronomy with your Calculator
Duffett-Smith Peter | 1988-03-31 00:00:00 | Cambridge University Press | 200 | Astronomy
In its first two editions, Practical Astronomy With Your Calculator enjoyed tremendous success. Using clear and logical
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Muy buen libro y absolutamente práctico. He encontrado en él lo que buscaba acerca de cálculos de efemérides planetarias.
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the book came before the expected due date. It was better than I expected. Kudos.
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A wonderful book full of equations. Excellent commentary on how to make calculations and the use of calculators. However, the data in the book is based on epoch 1990 and is out dated. With this being 2009, the data should be based on epoch J2000.0, and, with this epoch ending soon, the book should be updated to epoch J2010.0. This is just a fall back and calculations can still be made, but the resulting numbers are much larger to deal with. Otherwise, this is a valuable book for the equations and calculations.
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If you're a beginning astronomer, the recipes in this book are well written out and you can port them easily to a calculator, computer or even a spreadsheet if you so wish. So it's a very good book indeed. But... You're left with a certain feeling that you want to know more. Where do all those fancy formulas come from? Conclusion : I will have to buy myself another introductory book on the subject!
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If you're into astronomy and like to fly by the seat of your pants, this is your book. Combine it with a good reference, like Burnham's Celestial Handbook.

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Le systeme du monde vol 10

Le systeme du monde vol 10
P Duhem | 1997-10-21 00:00:00 | Hermann | 0 | Subjects

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Madmans Dance

Madmans Dance
Jana G. Oliver | 2008-10-01 00:00:00 | Dragon Moon Press | 352 | Fiction
History is melting down, courtesy of a multi-century plot to bring the Transitive shape-shifters to power. Only Time Rover Jacynda Lassiter can set things back on course, but that will be difficult. She’s been abandoned in a Victorian insane asylum with no memory of who she is.
Her two Victorian friends are facing equal difficulties: Dr. Alastair Montrose is caught between his duty to uncover the truth and powerful foes who wish it buried. Once lauded as a hero, Detective-Sergeant Jonathon Keats is on the run, framed for a woman’s heinous murder. Keats’ arch enemy, Desmond Flaherty, can prove him innocent, but the Fenian isn’t about to come forward, not with the life of his only daughter on the line.
If the anarchist’s cache of explosives ignites the biggest conflagration since the Great Fire of 1666, the future will change. There will be no sanctuary from the Madman’s Dance.
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The Contemporary Chinese Historical Drama: Four Studies

The Contemporary Chinese Historical Drama: Four Studies
Rudolf G. Wagner | 1990-06-05 00:00:00 | University of California Press | 361 | China
China's "Great Leap Forward" of 1958-1961 was a time of official rejoicing over the achievements of Communism, but it was also a time of immense suffering. Growing dissent among intellectuals stimulated creativity as writers sought to express both their hope for the success of the revolution and their dissatisfaction with the Party leadership and policies. But the uneasy political climate and the state's control over literature prevented writers from directly addressing the compelling problems of the time. Rather, they resorted to a variety of sophisticated and time-honored forms for airing their grievances, including the historical drama. Rudolf Wagner examines three of these plays written and performed between 1958 and 1963 in an effort to decode their hidden political and cultural meanings. He also provides a broad survey of the politics of the historical drama in China, suggesting further avenues of inquiry into the relationship between literature and the state.

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UNIX Unleashed: System Administrator's Edition

UNIX Unleashed: System Administrator's Edition
Robin Burk,David B. Horvath | 1997-10-16 00:00:00 | Sams | 1342 | Administration
UNIX Unleashed, System Administrator's Edition is an in-depth examination of the UNIX operating system. Real-world examples, definitions, tips and tricks allow you to: Get a jump start on UNIX with an overview and a basic tutorial; Examine the extensive reference on the syntax of UNIX commands; Discover the differences between the major UNIX shells; Understand the fundamentals of System Administration; Lay the foundation for a hassle-free UNIX installation; Master the UNIX file system as both user and administrator; Administer mail, news, UUCP, and FTP for maximum connectivity.

• Complete and comprehensive; no other book has this much breadth, depth and real-world examples
• Covers & compares SVR4, HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, and also BSD, IRIX, SunOS, Linux administration
• Helps you decide which Shell works best for you: Bourne, Bourne Again, Kern or C?
• CD-ROM contains FreeBSD 2.2.5, Linux Red Hat 4.2, source code and examples, and electronic version of this text and Unix Unleashed: Internet Edition

Master the Unix file systems and syntax as both a user and administrator with Unix Unleashed: System Administrator's Edition. Become an expert on the Unix system's organization, file storage, and essential commands. This large, comprehensive volume provides you with the fundamentals of system administration, including how to get around the network and how to communicate with other users on the system. You'll learn the tasks required to administer a Unix system from installation to performance and tuning. This text covers and compares the Bourne, bash, Korn, and C shells and provides instructions on configuring the kernel, networking a Unix system, and accounting for system usage. Learn the ins and outs of device, user, file, disk, mail, and news administration and discover how to back up and restore files. This edition also includes software, tools, source code, and a CD-ROM version.
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UNIX Unleashed: System Administrator's Edition is one of the best introductions to UNIX system administration that I have ever seen. From fundamental topics such as "What is UNIX?" to advanced system administration procedures, this book covers the entire range of technical information. Moreover, the book includes technical details specific to several major UNIX implementations including HP-UX, AIX, and Solaris.

Having been a UNIX system administrator for several years, I have found few books that distill relevant technical information as well and as thoroughly as UNIX Unleashed. I often recommend this book to power users, new system administrators, and programmers. For me, it is a very useful personal reference.

The organization of the book into three parts--Introduction to UNIX, UNIX Shells, and System Administration--corresponds to the natural stages of technical development of a UNIX System Administrator. Each part is extraordinarily complete and a great reference alone. Together, they are an exhaustive source of information.
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You want to administer UNIX, an no one else can help, then maybee you can hire...the A-Team.

This book throws itself right in at the level for beginners but is equally a dead cert for expert reference (although some egg heads may find it's information not deep enough ). With this book I was able to pass a university exam and obtain the highest grade that t he lecturer had EVER given....
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This is a good book for beginning systems administrators. This is a good book if you plan to skim the chapters for a specific topic. A few of the chapters could have been easier to read (Including chapters about the different shells). This is not a good book for absolute beginners at UNIX because of the difficulty in the shell chapters.

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Complexe Cotangent et Deformations I (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) (French Edition)

Complexe Cotangent et Deformations I (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) (French Edition)
L. Illusie | 1972-02-22 00:00:00 | Springer | 364 | Mathematics

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Roots of Rebellion: Workers' Politics and Organizations in St. Petersburg and Moscow, 1900-1914

Roots of Rebellion: Workers' Politics and Organizations in St. Petersburg and Moscow, 1900-1914
Victoria E. Bonnell | 1984-02-14 00:00:00 | University of California Press | 528 | Economics
Roots of Rebellion is the first comprehensive history of workers' political attitudes and organizations in St. Petersburg and Moscow during the final years of the tsarist era. In this richly documented study, Victoria Bonnell examines the workers' persistent efforts to combine collectively and to assert and defend their rights in the workplace and society at large. Focusing on trade unions, the most important legal labor organizations in pre-revolutionary Russia, she analyzes the complex interaction among workers, employers, political parties, and the state, and the circumstances that drove many workers in a revolutionary direction.
Drawing on a wide range of archival and published sources, memoirs, and statistical materials, the author presents an account of the workers' milieu and their organizations on the eve of 1905, the formation of factory committees, soviets, and trade unions during the First Russian Revolution, and the subsequent evolution of the newly-legalized trade unions until the outbreak of World War I. Professor Bonnell's close investigation of the social bases of labor activism and political radicalism brings to light the outstanding role that skilled workers, particularly artisans and skilled factory groups, played int he labor movement.
The book offers new perspectives on the sources of solidarity and radicalism among Russian workers and their conceptions of class, craft, and citizenship during the last decades of the old regime. It will be read with interest by historians, social scientists, and others seeking to understand the origins and background of a major revolutionary upheaval of the modern age.

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Theodore Roosevelt (Great American Presidents)

Theodore Roosevelt (Great American Presidents)
Alison Kelley | 1900-01-01 00:00:00 | Chelsea House Publications | 102 | United States

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Oracle CRM On Demand Dashboards

Oracle CRM On Demand Dashboards
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 | McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | 208 | Databases
Design and Deliver Oracle CRM On Demand Dashboards Create custom, interactive dashboards to deliver actionable business intelligence directly to end users with help from this Oracle Press guide. Oracle CRM On Demand Dashboards provides comprehensive coverage of the versatile features available in Oracle Answers On Demand coupled with detailed planning and design strategies for building and deploying reports and dashboards with Oracle CRM On Demand. Real-world examples and time-saving formatting tips are included throughout this practical resource.

* Configure administrative settings to access report and dashboard development tools
* Take advantage of built-in dashboards
* Plan dashboards and reports based on business needs
* Create, edit, manage, save, and delete custom dashboards
* Configure dashboard properties and pages
* Add and configure dashboard objects, such as guided navigation, links, images, and folders
* Display and arrange reports on dashboards
* Develop dashboard filter prompts
* Deploy dashboards to Oracle CRM On Demand end users
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Working with Microsoft Dynamics(TM) CRM 3.0

Working with Microsoft Dynamics(TM) CRM 3.0
| 2006-04-12 00:00:00 | | 0 | Customer Relationship Management (CRM/e-CRM)


Get a practical, hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of adapting Microsoft CRM 3.0 to meet your specific business needs. With topics that include developing new functionality, designing implementations, and integrating Microsoft CRM with other business applications#151;including Microsoft Office Outlook- and Microsoft SharePoint- Products and Technologies#151;this is the only book written for both developers and those who implement business solutions. Authored by experienced practitioners, this book provides case studies, integration and performance guidelines, and toolsets#151;the information you need to help you create successful CRM solutions. This book also explains how to maintain Microsoft CRM, making it of interest to IT professionals who support Microsoft CRM users. And power users will learn how to customize individual Microsoft CRM experiences. This introduction includes a 120-day evaluation copy of Microsoft CRM 3.0, as well as sample data and code samples on the Web.

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A good start
This is a good book when getting started with rolling out CRM. It has a lot of info on making system customizations that help in getting CRM to display exactly what you need. This book doesn't cover everything; so, it's not a be all end all. However, it's worth the money for the info it does cover. It's definitely not a book for end-users, this covers administrative tasks.

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The right guidance for CRM
Finally,,.a useful MS CRM book. Mike and Jim actually addressed the CRM issues that are important rather than just describing what CRM screens look like. Well written, understandable, useful examples. It's better than all the other MS CRM books I have looked at.

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Very Helpful
Very helpful book - Gives the reader a precise idea of what can be done/customized with that powerful software. I recommend it!

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Not Helpful
A worthless book for the most part. It's written to administrators, not the average user, so there is no help on actually using the software.


And if it's written to administrators, all it covers is the obvious that can easily be found in the documentation or discerned by the average IT pro.


So I'm not sure who this book is for.

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Worth the Investment!
I thought this was a great MS CRM book.


The book is well written, easy to follow and packed with useful info on how to get the most out of MS CRM.


It is definitely aimed at the CRM administrator rather than the end user.

Some programming knowledge would be useful for customization but for most of the book; administrator access and an interest in CRM would suffice.

Picture Yourself Creating Digital Scrapbooks

Picture Yourself Creating Digital Scrapbooks
Lori J. Davis, Sally Beacham | 2007-01-01 00:00:00 | Course Technology PTR | 261 | Photography
Are you a traditional paper scrapbooking aficionado who wants to learn how to incorporate digital photography and printing techniques into your hobby? Do you already dabble in digital scrapbooking but want to create professional-looking graphics and printable scrapbook pages at home? "Picture Yourself Creating Digital Scrapbooks: Step-by-Step Instruction for Preserving Memories Using Your Computer" shows you how to incorporate traditional and contemporary graphic design principles to create print and digital scrapbook projects using your digital camera, computer, and popular graphics software. Starting with the basics of scrapbooking, you’ll learn about the history and traditions of the craft, scrapbook terminology, the tools and software you’ll need, and how to create simple but eye-catching page layouts. You’ll then take a look at the digital cameras, scanners, and printers you’ll use to create your masterpieces, and learn basic photo editing techniques to enhance and perfect your photos. Step-by-step directions enhanced with full-color images provide both instruction and inspiration as you discover how to quickly assemble professional quality printable and digital layouts and complete scrapbooks at home. "Picture Yourself Creating Digital Scrapbooks" offers unique page layout and craft ideas, tips from designers, special fonts, tutorials, and everything else you need to create beautiful digital scrapbooks at home.
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Don Bluth's Art Of Storyboard

Don Bluth's Art Of Storyboard
Don Bluth,Gary Goldman | 2004-11-17 00:00:00 | Dark Horse | 112 | Graphic Design
This gorgeously illustrated book by the animator, artist, and director of The Secret of N.I.M.H. and All Dogs Go to Heaven describes in detail the technical and artistic processes involved in crafting storyboards, the visual blueprints of animated films. Using pages of beautiful storyboard images from his classic films, Don Bluth takes readers from the breakdown of a script to the finished boards. Loaded with technical tips and insights into the creative imagination, Don Bluth's Art of Storyboard will satisfy anyone interested in animation.
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Short on pages, but not on useful information: a fabulous book for people who want to actually control the process of animation. The only real shame about the book is how the material is becoming rather dated: it's kind of sad to see such an influential legend drown in a meaningless sea of CG, when he poured so much thought and energy into the craft.
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Admittedly, I was drawn to the book (no pun intended) from the many hours I spent as a child playing the animated game, Dragon's Lair. The book is great for the examples that it provides from Bluth's studio animations -video games and feature film animations. It provides great insight into the process, although you can tell that it is a little dated in technique (computer references are a little lean). But the drawings, pages and pages of storyboards, and the transcripts from pre-production conversations are invaluable for providing creative insight. I would highly recommend this book to accompany other materials on the storyboarding process (such as Storyboarding Design Course by Giuseppe Cristiano). This is a great book and a has a wealth of content.Don Bluth's Art Of Storyboard
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"Don Bluth's Art Of Storyboard" is a great "crash-course" for those interested in storyboarding. I loved the references to musical tempo as well as the commentary on the boards of past Bluth films.



The storyboards for "The Secret Of NIMH" are covered in detail, and are among the most beautifully staged boards I've seen! Bluth (and crew) used pen and grey markers to convincingly portray texture, perspective, and relatively sophisticated lighting (personally, markers and I never got along, so I can appreciate the difficulty level). Many cinematography and acting cues seen in other, more technical books are cleverly and entertainingly utilized in the storyboards of films like "NIMH", "All Dogs Go To Heaven" and "Anastasia".



Overall I'd say this is an excellent tool for beginners. It can also be a great gift for the experienced story artist who just happens to be a Don Bluth fan...




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Very helpful book on stroyboarding from the master himself Don Bluth. Really enjoyable and fast read.
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I think this is a decent overview of the storyboarding process. OF course each of his subjects could require a college-level class and large book to seriously cover, but I appreciate Bluth's perspective on what he views as the signficant elements of the workflow and his explanation of why they are important.



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Introduction to Statistical Physics (Mathematics and Its Applications)

Introduction to Statistical Physics (Mathematics and Its Applications)
William Geraint V. Rosser | 1981-01-31 00:00:00 | Ellis Horwood Ltd , Publisher | 396 | Physics
Introduction to Statistical Physics (Mathematics and Its Applications) [Paperback

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Reflectarray Antennas

Reflectarray Antennas
John Huang,Jose Antonio Encinar | 2007-10-29 00:00:00 | Wiley-IEEE Press | 216 | Engineering
Describes the configuration and principles of a reflectarray antenna, its advantages over other antennas, the history of its development, analysis techniques, practical design procedures, bandwidth issues and wideband techniques, as well as applications and recent developments. Both authors are well respected practitioners who have build these antennas and developed them for space flight.

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The Ray Bradbury Chronicles Volume 5

The Ray Bradbury Chronicles Volume 5
Ray Bradbury | 2002-01-01 00:00:00 | | 34 | Fiction
Ray Bradbury, the galaxy's master storyteller, presents a collection of his fantasy, science fiction, and horror tales, each adapted by one of today's top graphic story illustrators. This fifth volume includes A Piece of Wood, adapted by Mark Chiarello, The Aqueduct, by Bruce Jensen, plus the classic adaptation of The Flying Machine by Bernard Krigstein.
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Numerology the Complete Guide, Volume 1: The Personality Reading

Numerology the Complete Guide, Volume 1: The Personality Reading
Matthew Oliver Goodwin | 1981-01-01 00:00:00 | Newcastle Company | 794 | Occultism
Numerology, the simplest of the occult sciences to master, offers deep insights into the personality. You can use numerology to understand yourself, friends, associates and lovers. You can see the dynamics of relationships and you can determine the best time to marry, change jobs, move, invest and travel.

Some special features of Volume I: The Personality Reading are:

( Explanations of the four major "core" elements and the modifiers of the reading, and their relative importance.
( A complete special reference chart section--a unique, preassembled format which presents all the information you need quickly and easily, making memorization unnecessary. Complete sample character read-dings with step-by-step guidelines.
( Illustrations of how to resolve the conflicts and ambiguities present in any character reading.

I very seldom read a book cover to cover on the same day I receive it, but this one was so engrossing that I stayed up most of the night doing just that. I have to re read it, but I know each time I will learn something new.
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Applications of Data Mining in E-Business and Finance (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications)

Applications of Data Mining in E-Business and Finance (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications)
Z.-H. Zhou | 2008-01-01 00:00:00 | IOS Press | 120 | Computers (Other)
The application of Data Mining (DM) technologies has shown an explosive growth in an increasing number of different areas of business, government and science. Two of the most important business areas are finance, in particular in banks and insurance companies, and e-business, such as web portals, e-commerce and ad management services.In spite of the close relationship between research and practice in Data Mining, it is not easy to find information on some of the most important issues involved in real world application of DM technology, from business and data understanding to evaluation and deployment. Papers often describe research that was developed without taking into account constraints imposed by the motivating application. When these issues are taken into account, they are frequently not discussed in detail because the paper must focus on the method. Therefore knowledge that could be useful for those who would like to apply the same approach on a related problem is not shared. The papers in this book address some of these issues. This book is of interest not only to Data Mining researchers and practitioners, but also to students who wish to have an idea of the practical issues involved in Data Mining.
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Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations (Premier Reference Source)

Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations (Premier Reference Source)
Nik Bessis | 2009-05-04 00:00:00 | Information Science Reference | 360 | MIS
Managers today are experiencing an increased focus on emergent collaborative technologies designed to enable virtual organization users to share resources and accomplish complex tasks better.

Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations provides a state-of-the-art collection of opportunities and applicable practices of grid technology to sustain competitive advantage. Offering a collection of international research studies by leading experts, this book describes how grid technology can be applied to serve the purpose within interconnected organizations in an effective and efficient collaborative setting.

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Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English 6 (with Answers)

Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English 6 (with Answers)
Cambridge ESOL | 2006-04-03 00:00:00 | Cambridge University Press | 186 | English as a Foreign Language
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English 6 Student's Book contains four complete past papers for the Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) examination from Cambridge ESOL. These genuine past examination papers provide candidates with an excellent opportunity to familiarise themselves with the content and format of the CAE examination and to practise examination techniques. Attractive colour visual material for Paper 5 is included with each test, enabling students to prepare thoroughly for the paired interview (Paper 5). The 'with answers' edition includes guidance on the interview (Paper 5) as well as answer keys, tapescripts and model compositions. The accompanying Cassette/CD Set contains the recorded material for the aural component of the exam (Paper 4). The Self-study Pack contains the Student's Book with answers and Audio CDs.

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Enriching Early Mathematical Learning

Enriching Early Mathematical Learning
Grace Cook,Lesley Jones,Cathy Murphy,Gillian Thumpston | 1997-08-01 00:00:00 | Open University Press | 96 | Education
This book is a rich resource intended to support teachers and teachers in training with their teaching of mathematics in the early years. It comprises twenty activities which can be used as starting points. For each activity there are suggestions about how children might respond and guidance as to how the children may be further developed as learners. Support is also given to enable the teacher to embed the learning in a theoretical framework and make links with the National Curriculum.

All of the activities have been tried and tested in school and suggestions are made about the way in which these might be fitted into general classroom topics. There is a strong focus on formative assessment and how this can inform future planning.

Special features include:

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of the National Curriculum

* Focus on using and applying maths at the early stages of Key Stage 1.








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Speaking Naturally: Communication Skills in American English

Speaking Naturally: Communication Skills in American English
| 1985-01-01 00:00:00 | Cambridge University Press | 115 | Audio Books
Speaking Naturally is for intermediate and high intermediate ESL/EFL students who are interested in using English in social interaction. Each unit contains: - Presentation of language functions (thanking, agreeing, disagreeing, inviting, etc.) in both formal and informal situations - Informative readings on the cultural 'rules' students need to know in real-life situations - Exercises and role plays for pairs and small groups, to encourage interaction - Short recorded dialogues, which expose students to a range of American accents and levels of formality. Speaking Naturally can be used as a classroom text, as a supplementary text, and for self-study.
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MECHANISMS ORGANIC REACTIONS, (Tutorial Chemistry Texts)

MECHANISMS ORGANIC REACTIONS, (Tutorial Chemistry Texts)
JACKSON | 1900-01-01 00:00:00 | Royal Society of Chemistry | 200 | Organic
This work helps students identify basic reaction types in organic chemistry and methods for determining mechanisms, including product studies, kinetics and the identification of intermediates.

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Thinking Palestine

Thinking Palestine
Ronit Lentin | 2008-06-15 00:00:00 | Zed Books | 256 | Israel

This book brings together an inter-disciplinary group of Palestinian, Israeli, American, British and Irish scholars who theorize "the question of Palestine." Critically committed to supporting the Palestinian quest for self determination, they present new theoretical ways of thinking about Palestine. These include the "Palestinization" of ethnic and racial conflicts, the theorization of Palestine as camp, ghetto and prison, the tourist/activist gaze, the role of gendered resistance, the centrality of the memory of the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe) to the contemporary understanding of the conflict, and the historic roots of the contemporary discourse on Palestine.  

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National Electrical Code 2008 (National Fire Protection Association National Electrical Code)

National Electrical Code 2008 (National Fire Protection Association National Electrical Code)
National Fire Protection Association | 2007-09-21 00:00:00 | National Fire Protection Association | 840 | Electrical
The world?s most widely adopted safety code, the National Electrical Code? (NEC) is now advancing electrical safety requirements with the 2008 edition in an effort to maximize public safety, emergency preparation, and electrical worker protection. With regulations for electrical wiring and equipment in virtually all types of buildings, this new edition responds to industry needs with expanded requirements based on research, new technologies, and recent events. A must-have for anyone involved in electrical design, installation, inspection, and safety, this edition has been updated for enhanced usability in the field, making it ideal for handling on-the-job electrical situations safely and effectively. Delmar, a part of Cengage Learning is pleased to make this authoritative reference from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) available directly from us, for the convenience of our customers who work in and around the electrical trades. It may be used independently, or as a companion to any electrical book, including Delmar's best-selling wiring series, as well as our guides to using the NEC?.
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Asterisk 1.6

Asterisk 1.6
| 2009-09-21 00:00:00 | | 0 | VoIP/IP Telephony

Build feature-rich telephony systems with Asterisk

In Detail

Asterisk is a powerful and flexible open source framework for building feature-rich telephony systems. As a Private Branch Exchange (PBX) which connects one or more telephones, and usually connects to one or more telephone lines, Asterisk offers very advanced features, including extension-to-extension calls, queues, ring groups, line trunking, call distribution, call detail rerecords, and call recording.

This book will show you how to build a telephony system for your home or business using this open source application. 'Asterisk 1.6' takes you step-by-step through the process of installing and configuring Asterisk. It covers everything from establishing your deployment plan to creating a fully functional PBX solution. Through this book you will learn how to connect employees from all over the world as well as streamline your callers through Auto Attendants (IVR) and Ring Groups.

This book is all you need to understand and use Asterisk to build the telephony system that meets your need. You will learn how to use the many features that Asterisk provides you with. It presents example configurations for using Asterisk in three different scenarios: for small and home offices, small businesses, and Hosted PBX.

Over the course of ten chapters, this book introduces you to topics as diverse as Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN), Voice over IP Connections (SIP / IAX), DAHDI, libpri, through to advanced call distribution, automated attendants, FreePBX, and asterCRM.

With an engaging style and excellent way of presenting information, this book makes a complicated subject very easy to understand.

What you will learn from this book?

Install, configure, and deploy Asterisk to build a fully-featured telephony systemInstall and use FreePBXConnect your Asterisk server with your phone service (via PSTN, SIP, etc) as well as learn to deploy some basic PBX features such as queues, voicemail and music on holdDetermine how calls are routed through the Asterisk server by creating a dialplanCreate extensions, distribute calls in an orderly fashion using queues, and present callers with a greeting using automated attendants (IVR)Install and learn how to monitor, record, and capture detailed call logsInstall and use asterCRM (customer relation management solution) to streamline your business operationsGain knowledge of security precautions, network deployment recommendations as well as maintenance tips such as backups and preparing disaster recovery plans for keeping the Asterisk system running smooth and secure

Approach

The book offers readers both a detailed description as well as step by step instructions on deploying software solutions as well as Asterisk configurations. Screenshots are provided in sections to give a visual perspective of the instructions. For Asterisk configurations actual sample code is listed in the book which can be directly inserted into your Asterisk solution.

Who this book is written for?

This book is aimed at anyone who is interested in building a powerful telephony system using the free and open source application, Asterisk, without spending many thousands of dollars buying a commercial and often less flexible system.

This book is suitable for the novice and those new to Asterisk and telephony. Telephony or Linux experience will be helpful, but not required.

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