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Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements

2008-12-21T19:30:00.000-08:00

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…Summarize[s] current knowledge and gaps in research. Lists of references in each article assist further research. This authoritative guide will serve both health professionals and concerned consumers.
-Gale's Reference Reviews

…an excellent choice for readers desiring scholarly treatment of the most commonly used supplements.
-Choice

…suitable for pharmacy, pharmaceutical, and medical libraries.
-Library Journal

…Summarize[s] current knowledge and gaps in research. Lists of references in each article assist further research. This authoritative guide will serve both health professionals and concerned consumers.
-Gales Reference Reviews

…an excellent choice for readers desiring scholarly treatment of the most commonly used supplements.
-Choice

…suitable for pharmacy, pharmaceutical, and medical libraries.
-Library Journal

Product Description
Situated as a scientific checkpoint for the many over-the-counter supplements carried in today's nutritional products marketplace, this definitive Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements presents peer-reviewed, objective entries that rigorously review the most significant scientific research-funneling basic chemical, preclinical, and clinical data into a descriptive form universally useful to health care professionals, researchers, and educated, health-conscious consumers.

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How To Read A Person Like A Book

2008-12-21T19:27:00.000-08:00

How To Read A Person Like A Book
Decipher the unspoken vocabulary of body language. A tilt of the head, the crossing of legs, the buttoning and unbuttoning of a jacket, and other gestures can speak volumes about what a person is thinking or feeling. By learning to spot hidden emotional, social, and sexual messages, you can tell how a person is reacting to you, respond appropriately, and influence the outcome of any situation. Detect and send messages of friendliness and flirtation. Gain and maintain the upper hand in negotiations and arguments. Determine whether someone is lying, recognize boredom, and overcome defensiveness. By interpreting nonverbal behavior, you can improve your control over job interviews, business meetings, parties, chance encounters, and other everyday situations.

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Elite No 68-The Military Sniper Since 1914

2008-12-21T19:21:00.000-08:00

Editorial Reviews
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This is the best book of its type to be published so far. -- Mark A Keefe IV, Editor-In-Chief, American Rifleman

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'Accurate and informative, a must-read to understand the evolution of the modern sniper.'
Carey Fabian, Master Sergeant, Anti-Terrorism Training Branch, USMC

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dungeons & dragons for dummies, eBook

2008-12-21T19:16:00.000-08:00

Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (April 29, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764584596
ISBN-13: 978-0764584596

Caught in traffic. Trapped in a cubicle. Stuck in a rut. Tangled up in red tape.
In the real world, sometimes you feel powerless—but not in Dungeons & Dragons (D & D). In this fantasy-adventure, you have all kinds of special powers. You can slay the evil dragon, overcome the orc or the ogre, haunt the werewolf, and triumph over sinister trolls. You venture into strange realms, encounter strange creatures, and use magical powers. Your character grows and develops with every adventure.

With this guide, you can learn the ins and outs of D & D and start playing right away. Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies gives beginners the basics of the complex game and helps experienced players fine-tune their roleplaying. It guides you through:

*Creating your character (a powerful fighter, a sneaky rogue, a crafty sorcerer, or a charismatic cleric), and character advancement
*The races: humans, dwarves, elves, and halflings
*The types of character actions: attack rolls, skill check, and ability checks
*The 6 abilities: strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, charisma
*Feat requirements and types
*Playing the game, including moving in combat, attacking with a weapon (melee attacks or ranged attacks), and damage and dying
*Picking skills, armor, weapons, and gear
*Choosing spells if your character is a sorcerer or domains for a cleric
*Building encounter or combat strategies and using advanced tactics
*Maximizing your character’s power with the acquisition of the right magic items: armor, weapons, potion, scroll, ring, wand, staff, rod, plus wondrous items
*D & D game etiquette
*Becoming a Dungeon Master

There’s even a sample play session that walks you through typical play, gets you comfortable using the battle grid and character markers, lets you test player characters against each other and against monsters, and shows you how to add story elements to create an adventure. Produced in partnership with Wizards of the Coast, written by D & D game designers, and complete with a battle grid, a sample dungeon map, and a glossary, this guide arms you with the knowledge to create and equip a character and empowers you to enter the captivating, fascinating world of D & D.

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The fun and easy way to get started in this popular fantasy role-playing game Market research indicates that 4 million American males, ages 8 to 45, play Dungeons & Dragons, while 7.6 million who haven't played say they want to learn how. The popularity of recent sci-fi and fantasy movies has also boosted interest. D&D is complex to learn, and this friendly guide helps the curious locate a game, understand the rules, choose or create a character, follow proper game etiquette, and even move up in the hierarchy to become a Dungeon Master. The four-page foldout cheat sheet will include markers and a model dungeon layout that serves as an actual game board, allowing readers to play using this book and nothing else.

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My Life: Bill Clinton

2008-12-20T19:13:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: My Life: Bill Clinton
Author: Bill Clinton
Publisher: Vintage (May 31, 2005)
Paperback: 1056 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 140003003X
ISBN-13: 978-1400030033

EBook Description
Bill Clinton’s My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public.

It shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from Hope, Arkansas, to the White House—a journey fueled by an impassioned interest in the political process which manifested itself at every stage of his life: in college, working as an intern for Senator William Fulbright; at Oxford, becoming part of the Vietnam War protest movement; at Yale Law School, campaigning on the grassroots level for Democratic candidates; back in Arkansas, running for Congress, attorney general, and governor.

We see his career shaped by his resolute determination to improve the life of his fellow citizens, an unfaltering commitment to civil rights, and an exceptional understanding of the practicalities of political life. We come to understand the emotional pressures of his youth—born after his father’s death; caught in the dysfunctional relationship between his feisty, nurturing mother and his abusive stepfather, whom he never ceased to love and whose name he took; drawn to the brilliant, compelling Hillary Rodham, whom he was determined to marry; passionately devoted, from her infancy, to their daughter, Chelsea, and to the entire experience of fatherhood; slowly and painfully beginning to comprehend how his early denial of pain led him at times into damaging patterns of behavior.

Bill Clinton’s book is also the fullest, most concretely detailed, most nuanced account of a presidency ever written—encompassing not only the high points and crises but the way the presidency actually works: the day-to-day bombardment of problems, personalities, conflicts, setbacks, achievements. It is a testament to the positive impact on America and on the world of his work and his ideals. It is the gripping account of a president under concerted and unrelenting assault orchestrated by his enemies on the Far Right, and how he survived and prevailed. It is a treasury of moments caught alive, among them:

• The ten-year-old boy watching the national political conventions on his family’s new (and first) television set.
• The young candidate looking for votes in the Arkansas hills and the local seer who tells him, “Anybody who would campaign at a beer joint in Joiner at midnight on Saturday night deserves to carry one box. . . . You’ll win here. But it’ll be the only damn place you win in this county.” (He was right on both counts.)
• The roller-coaster ride of the 1992 campaign.
• The extraordinarily frank exchanges with Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole.
• The delicate manipulation needed to convince Rabin and Arafat to shake hands for the camera while keeping Arafat from kissing Rabin.
• The cost, both public and private, of the scandal that threatened the presidency.

Here is the life of a great national and international figure, revealed with all his talents and contradictions, told openly, directly, in his own completely recognizable voice. A unique book by a unique American.--From the Hardcover edition

Ebook Review
"By a generous measure, the richest American presidential autobiography–no other book tells us as vividly or fully what it is like to be president of the United States.... And he can write.” --Larry McMurtry, The New York Times Book Review

“My Life is, without question, the best written U.S. presidential tome of all time.” --Douglas Brinkley, Financial Times

“A hell of a good story.” --Frank McCourt, Entertainment Weekly

“It’s an almost voluptuous pleasure to read Clinton when he’s recounting and analyzing a political race or a legislative battle, whether it’s one of his own or somebody else’s.” —The New Yorker

“Consistently fascinating.” --The Seattle Times

“Clinton talks with disarming frankness [and] writes with grace and fluidity. . . . He is also a born storyteller.” --The New Republic

“Might just be the perfect representation of the man himself.” --The Plain Dealer

“Clinton has many tales to tell, particularly a rich, sometimes moving account of his years before the public life, fit for future analytical historians and biographers. . . . The personal and the political are intertwined. . . . Clinton’s story very much reflects the man we know.” --The Nation

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In the Line of Fire: A Memoir

2008-12-20T19:09:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: In the Line of Fire: A Memoir

Author: Pervez Musharraf
Publisher: Free Press (September 25, 2006)
Hardcover: 368 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743283449
ISBN-13: 978-0743283441

EBook Description
According to Time magazine, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf holds "the world's most dangerous job." He has twice come within inches of assassination. His forces have caught more than 670 members of al Qaeda in the mountains and cities, yet many others remain at large and active, including Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al Zawahiri. Long locked in a deadly embrace with its nuclear neighbor India, Pakistan has come close to full-scale war on two occasions since it first exploded a nuclear bomb in 1998. As President Musharraf struggles for the security and political future of his nation, the stakes could not be higher for the world at large.

It is unprecedented for a sitting head of state to write a memoir as revelatory, detailed, and gripping as In the Line of Fire. Here, for the first time, readers can get a firsthand view of the war on terror in its central theater. President Musharraf details the manhunts for Osama and Zawahiri and their top lieutenants, complete with harrowing cat-and-mouse games, informants, interceptions, and bloody firefights. He tells the stories of the near-miss assassination attempts, not only against himself but against Shaukut Aziz (later elected prime minister) and one of his top army officers (later the vice chief of army staff), and of the abduction and beheading of Daniel Pearl -- as well as the forensic and shoe-leather investigations that uncovered the perpetrators. He details the army's mountain operations that have swept several valleys clean, and he talks about the areas of North Waziristan where al Qaeda is still operating.

Yet the war on terror is just one of the many headline-making subjects in In the Line of Fire. The full story of the events that brought President Musharraf to power in 1999 is told for the first time. He reveals new details of the 1999 confrontation with India in Kashmir (the Kargil conflict) and offers a proposal for resolving the Kashmir dispute.

He offers a portrait of Mullah Omar, with stories of Pakistan's attempts to negotiate with him. Concerning A. Q. Khan and his proliferation network, he explains what the government knew and when it knew it, and he reveals fascinating details of Khan's operations and the investigations into them.

In addition, President Musharraf takes many stances that will make news. He calls for the Muslim world to recognize Israel once a viable Palestinian state is created. He urges the repeal of Pakistan's 1979 Hudood law. He calls for the emancipation of women and for their full political equality with men. He tells the sad story of Pakistan's experience with democracy and what he has done to make it workable.

Ebook Review
In the Line of Fire is the most self-congratulatory, self-serving and arrogant books I've read in a long time, but what some people don't seem to grasp is that these reasons are what makes the book so entertaining to read. Of course the leader of a country that took power by military coup is going to produce a fictional auto-biography, but to complain about it so much misses the point. Know that you're getting a very specific version of the "truth" when you pick this book up, but at the sime time you're also getting a suspense filled page turner because you have no idea what he's going to say next.

Musharraf likens his own personal history to that of Pakistan's history as a nation, even going so far as to include commentary on the back cover that "the entire world depends upon him to succeed." While this a bit of a stretch to say the least, his story is entertaining. The complete random nature of much of the book can be frustrating for some, but it means never having to get bogged down in the details. The sections on his childhood are particularly entertaining, but the best part of the book by far is the story of how he came to power. According to Musharraf, he didn't come to power through a military coup. The Prime Minister in power in 1999 who was trying to get rid of Musharraf was the one responsible for the coup. Musharraf and the army carried out a "counter-coup" for the sake of the nation. Classic.

You may find yourself wondering why Musharraf wrote this book and who his intended audience was. This book was clearly meant for Americans. It wasn't written for his own country, and narcissism aside, for himself either. This book was written to convince Americans unsure of whether Musharraf is a "good guy" or "bad guy" that he is indeed on our side. He tries so hard to appear as America's friend in the book that it almost becomes painful at times. His desire to cultivate this image trumps the overal quality of the book because by the end, he's merely tacking on three or four page chapters on things like the emancipation of women or the "soft" image of Pakistan. The supreme irony here is that if enough of his opponents in Pakistan actually read this book, they might be able to muster enough support to overthrow Musharraf. This is the exact opposite image that he needs to present at home in order to stay in power.

Something else important to keep in mind is that Musharraf has the most unenviable job in the entire world. He has reactionary religious extremists at home that want to overthrow him on one hand, and the U.S. threatening to bomb Pakistan back to the stone age on the other. He's caught in a very tight spot with practically no room to maneuver. That he's been able to stay alive and in power for so long is truly remarkable. It's hard for me at least to be so critical of someone in that position. --By Lee L.

About the Author
Pervez Musharraf has been the president of Pakistan since 1999. As a 4-year old, he moved to Karachi upon the partition of India and creation of Pakistan, and his lifespan and career has been tied to the life of his country ever since. After attending Pakistan's military academy he became a commando in the elite Special Services Brigade, fighting in the wars with India in 1965 and 1971. He rose through the ranks to become General and Chief of Army Staff in 1998. He became president in a dramatic confrontation with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and has remained in office despite two assassination attempts.

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Albert Einstein A to Z

2008-12-20T19:06:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: Albert Einstein A to Z
Book Publisher: Wiley (20 July, 2004)
ISBN: 0471466743
Book author: Karen C. Fox, Aries Keck
Amazon Rating: 4.5

Book Description:
Einstein was the twentieth century’s most celebrated scientist - a man who developed the theory of relativity, revolutionised physics and became an iconic genius in the popular imagination. Essays range from the reasonably scientific including the theory of relativity, to the odd and engaging, such as Einstein’s brain, his favourite jokes and films. Einstein A to Z provides a vibrant overview of the man and his achievements.

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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

2008-12-20T19:03:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Author: Lance Armstrong
Publisher: Berkley Trade; Rei Rep edition (September 4, 2001)
Paperback: 304 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425179613
ISBN-13: 978-0425179611

Ebook Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller with legs as strong as its author's. Lance Armstrong is one of the most talked about- and inspirational-sports figures of all time. He was Sports Illustrated 's 2002 Sportsman of the Year-and now, after his record-shattering string of Tour de France victories, some are proclaiming him the greatest athlete of all time. This is the book in which he shares his journey through triumph, tragedy, transformation, and transcendence. It is the story of a world-famous cyclist and his fight against cancer. This is the story of Lance Armstrong, the world-famous cyclist, and his fight against cancer.

Ebook Reviews:
People around the world have found inspiration in the story of Lance Armstrong--a world-class athlete nearly struck down by cancer, only to recover and win the Tour de France, the multiday bicycle race famous for its grueling intensity. Armstrong is a thoroughgoing Texan jock, and the changes brought to his life by his illness are startling and powerful, but he's just not interested in wearing a hero suit. While his vocabulary is a bit on the he-man side (highest compliment to his wife: "she's a stud"), his actions will melt the most hard-bitten souls: a cancer foundation and benefit bike ride, his astonishing commitment to training that got him past countless hurdles, loyalty to the people and corporations that never gave up on him. There's serious medical detail here, which may not be for the faint of heart; from chemo to surgical procedures to his wife's in vitro fertilization, you won't be spared a single x-ray, IV drip, or unfortunate side effect. Athletes and coaches everywhere will benefit from the same extraordinary detail provided about his training sessions--every aching tendon, every rainy afternoon, and every small triumph during his long recovery is here in living color. It's Not About the Bike is the perfect title for this book about life, death, illness, family, setbacks, and triumphs, but not especially about the bike. --Jill Lightner --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Denver Post
Absolutely absorbing.

USA Today, May 22, 2002
Among cancer survivors, it is known simply as The Book.

People
Inspiring.

New York Times
Fascinating.

Cincinnati Enquirer
It's not about the bike, or about the sport. It's about the soul.

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Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth

2008-12-20T18:55:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth
Author: Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi
Publisher: Beacon Press (November 1, 1993)
Paperback: 528 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0807059099
ISBN-13: 978-0807059098

Ebook Description
Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and countless other nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century. In a new foreword, noted peace expert and teacher Sissela Bok urges us to adopt Gandhi's "attitude of experimenting, of tesing what will and will not bear close scrutiny, what can and cannot be adapted to new circumstances,"in order to bring about change in our own lives and communities. All royalties earned on this book are paid to the Navajivan Trust, founded by Gandhi, for use in carrying on his work.

Book Review:
Gandhi's nonviolent struggles in South Africa and India had already brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation, and controversy that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. Although accepting of his status as a great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence, and, just then, colonialism, Gandhi feared that enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding. He says that he was after truth rooted in devotion to God and attributed the turning points, successes, and challenges in his life to the will of God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices (he called himself a fruitarian), celibacy, and ahimsa, a life without violence. It is in this sense that he calls his book The Story of My Experiments with Truth, offering it also as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps. A reader expecting a complete accounting of his actions, however, will be sorely disappointed.

Although Gandhi presents his episodes chronologically, he happily leaves wide gaps, such as the entire satyagraha struggle in South Africa, for which he refers the reader to another of his books. And writing for his contemporaries, he takes it for granted that the reader is familiar with the major events of his life and of the political milieu of early 20th-century India. For the objective story, try Yogesh Chadha's Gandhi: A Life. For the inner world of a man held as a criminal by the British, a hero by Muslims, and a holy man by Hindus, look no further than these experiments. --Brian Bruya

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AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference Book Free Download

2008-12-19T18:51:00.000-08:00

About the Authors
Lee Ambrosius was a resident of a cubicle farm for about eight years. One day he decided that he wanted to do something different, so he went into business for himself. In 2005, Lee decided to venture off into the CAD industry as an independent consultant and programmer as the owner of HyperPics, LLC in De Pere, Wisconsin, and on the Web at www.hyperpics.com. He has been using AutoCAD since 1994, when he was first exposed to Release 12 for DOS, and has been customizing and programming AutoCAD since 1996. Lee has been an AutoCAD consultant and trainer for 10 years and is both an Autodesk Authorized Author and an Autodesk Authorized Developer.

During his past 10 years in the CAD industry, Lee has authored a variety of works that include articles for CAD magazines and white papers for Autodesk. He has also been a contributing author for a few AutoCAD books. Lee has done technical editing for the two most recent editions of AutoCAD For Dummies and the three most recent editions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Bible. AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is his first venture into coauthoring a book.

David Byrnes began his drafting career on the boards in 1979 and discovered computer-assisted doodling shortly thereafter. He first learned AutoCAD with version 1.4, around the time when personal computers switched from steam to diesel power. Dave is based in Vancouver, Canada, and has been an AutoCAD consultant and trainer for fifteen years. Dave is an AutoCAD Authorized Author, a contributing editor for Cadalyst magazine, and has been a contributing author to ten books on AutoCAD. Dave teaches AutoCAD and other computer graphics applications at Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design and British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver. Dave has tech edited six editions of AutoCAD For Dummies and is coauthor of AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies.

How This Book Is Organized

The following sections describe the mini books that this book is broken into.

Book I: AutoCAD Basics
Book I familiarizes you with the AutoCAD interface and the basics of working with drawing files. It provides some background on AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, and lists which versions are compatible with each other. It explains how to start the application and sends you on a guided tour of the interface. You also see how to interact with commands using dialog boxes and the command line, and how to get help when you need it from the application. You

also get a brief rundown on creating and modifying some of the basic 2D objects, and using a few of the viewing commands. The last two chapters of the minibook show how to use some of the general object and drawing format properties and settings, as well as the different drafting aids that help you create accurate 2D and 3D drawings.

Book II: 2D Drafting
Book II covers many of the commands that are used for creating and working with 2D designs. The first part of the minibook focuses on creating 2D objects that range from lines, circles, and arcs to more complex objects, such as ellipses. Then you see how to select and modify objects that have been created in a drawing. Modifying objects is one of the main tasks that you perform in AutoCAD, next to viewing and creating new objects in a drawing.

Book III: Annotating Drawings
Book III covers how to create an annotation in a drawing that explains a feature or shows the measurement of an object. Annotation in AutoCAD includes text, dimensions, leaders, and hatch. For example, you see how to create single and multiline text objects and tables. The chapter also includes formatting specific characteristics of text and tables, performing spell checking, and doing a find-and-replace on text strings.

Book IV: LT Differences
Book IV focuses on AutoCAD LT and how it is different from AutoCAD, along with using it in the same environment as AutoCAD and expanding AutoCAD LT through customization and other means. This minibook also explains what to watch out for when you use both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT in the same office.

Book V: 3D Modeling
Book V covers how to create, edit, view, and visualize 3D objects. You get the basics of working in 3D, and see how to specify coordinates and adjust the coordinate system to make it easier for you to create and modify objects above the x,y plane. This minibook also tells you how to navigate and view a 3D model in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.

Book VI: Advanced Drafting
Book VI covers the advanced drafting features that go beyond 2D drafting, which include working with blocks, external references, and raster images.

Book VII: Publishing Drawings
Book VII covers generating a hard copy (paper copy) or an electronic version of a drawing that can be viewed without AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT. You see how to use page setups to define how part of a drawing should be printed, and how to create floating viewports and layouts to help output a drawing. You also discover sheet sets, and how you can use them to manage and organize sets of drawings. Sheet sets provide ways to open drawings, keep data in sync through the use of fields and views, and output a number of drawings. This minibook also shows how to create plot configurations and plot styles, and how to plot and publish a drawing layout or layouts to create hard copies or electronic versions of drawings.

Book VIII: Collaboration
Book VIII covers some advanced topics that include CAD standards and file sharing, as well as how to use electronic files for project collaboration. You gain an understanding of the concepts behind CAD standards, as well as how to use the available CAD standards tools to help maintain and enforce CAD standards.

Book IX: Customizing AutoCAD
Book IX covers techniques that are used to customize AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, which allows you to reduce the number of repetitive tasks and steps that you might have to do to complete a design.

Book X: Programming AutoCAD
Book X covers extending AutoCAD through some of the different programming languages that it supports. Programming AutoCAD is different from customizing it, but the goal of reducing repetitive tasks and steps that you have to do to complete a design are the same

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Introduction to AutoCAD 2008 Book Free Download

2008-12-19T18:46:00.000-08:00

Preface
The purpose of writing this book is to produce a text suitable for those in Further and/or Higher Education who are required to learn how to use the CAD software package AutoCAD® 2008. Students taking examinations based on computer-aided design will find the contents of the book of great assistance. The book is also suitable for those in industry who wish to learn how to construct technical drawings with the aid of AutoCAD 2008 and those who, having used previous releases of AutoCAD, wish to update their skills in the use of AutoCAD.

The chapters dealing with two-dimensional (2D) drawing will also be suitable for those who wish to learn how to use AutoCAD LT 2008, the 2D version of this latest release of AutoCAD.

Many readers using AutoCAD 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 or 2007 will find the book’s contents largely suitable for use with those versions of AutoCAD, although AutoCAD 2008 has enhancements over AutoCAD 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 (see Chapter 21).

The contents of the book are basically a graded course of work, consisting of chapters giving explanations and examples of methods of constructions, followed by exercises which allow the reader to practise what has been learned in each chapter. The first 12 chapters are concerned with constructing technical drawings in 2D. These are followed by chapters detailing the construction of three-dimensional (3D) solid drawings and rendering. The two final chapters describe the Internet tools of AutoCAD 2008 and the place of AutoCAD in the design process. The book finishes with three appendices: printing and plotting; a list of tools with their abbreviations; a list of some of the set variables upon which AutoCAD 2008 is based.

AutoCAD 2008 is very complex computer-aided design (CAD) software package. A book of this size cannot possibly cover the complexities of all the methods for constructing 2D and 3D drawings available when working with AutoCAD 2008. However, it is hoped that by the time the reader has worked through the contents of the book, they will be sufficiently skilled with the methods of producing drawing with the software, will be able to go on to more advanced constructions with its use, and will have gained an interest in the more advanced possibilities available when using AutoCAD.

Alf Yarwood
Salisbury 2007

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Mastering AutoCAD 2008 & AutoCAD LT 2008 Book Free Download

2008-12-19T18:41:00.000-08:00

Introduction
Welcome to Mastering AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008. As many readers have already discovered, this book is a unique blend of tutorial and reference that includes everything you need to get started and stay ahead with AutoCAD. With this edition, you get coverage of the latest features of both AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008, plus the latest information on new features.

How to Use This Book
Rather than just showing you how each command works, this book shows you AutoCAD 2008 in the context of a meaningful activity. You’ll learn how to use commands while working on an actual project and progressing toward a goal. This book also provides a foundation on which you can build your own methods for using AutoCAD and become an AutoCAD expert. For this reason, I haven’t covered every single command or every permutation of a command response. You should think of this book as a way to get a detailed look at AutoCAD as it’s used on a real project. As you follow the exercises, I encourage you to also explore AutoCAD on your own, applying the techniques you learn to your own work.

Both experienced and beginning AutoCAD users will find this book useful. If you aren’t an experienced user, the way to get the most out of this book is to approach it as a tutorial—chapter by chapter, at least for the first two parts of the book. You’ll find that each chapter builds on the skills and information you learned in the previous one. To help you navigate, the exercises are shown in numbered steps. To address the needs of all readers worldwide, the exercises provide both U.S. (feet/inches) and metric measurements.
After you’ve mastered the material in Parts 1 and 2, you can follow your interests and explore other parts of the book in whatever order you choose. Part 3 takes you to a more advanced skill level. There, you’ll learn more about storing and sharing drawing data and how to create more complex drawings. If you’re interested in 3D, check out Part 4. If you want to start customizing right away, go to Part 5. You can check out Chapters 27 and 28 at any time because they give you general information about sharing AutoCAD files with your coworkers and consultants. Chapter 28 focuses on AutoCAD’s Sheet Set Manager, which offers a way to organize your multisheet projects.

You can also use this book as a ready reference for your day-to-day problems and questions about commands. Optional exercises at the end of each chapter will help you review and look at different ways to apply the information you’ve learned. Experienced users will also find this book a handy reference tool.
Finally, if you run into problems using AutoCAD, see the “When Things Go Wrong” section in Appendix B. You’ll find a list of the most common issues that users face when first learning AutoCAD.
AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008

Autodesk has released both AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 simultaneously. Not surprisingly, they’re nearly identical in the way they look and work. You can share files between the two programs with complete confidence that you won’t lose data or corrupt files. The main differences are that LT doesn’t support all the 3D functions of AutoCAD 2008, nor does it support the customization tools of AutoLISP and VBA. But LT still has plenty to offer in both the productivity and customization areas. And because they’re so similar, I can present material for both programs with only minor adjustments.
When a feature is discussed that is available only in AutoCAD 2008, you’ll see the AutoCAD Only icon.

You’ll also see warning messages when tutorials vary between AutoCAD 2008 and LT. If only minor differences occur, you’ll see either a warning message or directions embedded in the tutorial indicating the differences between the two programs.
In the few instances in which LT has a feature that isn’t available in AutoCAD 2008, you’ll see the LT Only icon.

I’ve also provided work-around instructions wherever possible when LT doesn’t offer a feature found in AutoCAD 2008.

Getting Information Fast
I’ve included plenty of tips and warnings: TIP Tips are designed to make practice easier.
WARNING Warnings steer you away from pitfalls.

Also, in each chapter you’ll find more extensive tips and discussions in the form of sidebars set off from the main text. To encourage you along the way, some of the sidebars show you how topics in each chapter were applied to a real-world project, the San Francisco Main Library. Together, the tips, warnings, and sidebars provide a wealth of information I have gathered over years of using AutoCAD on a variety of projects in different office environments. You may want to browse through the book, just reading these notes, to get an idea of how they might be useful to you.

Another quick reference you’ll find yourself turning to often is Appendix C, which contains descriptions of all the dimension settings with comments on their uses. If you experience any problems, you can consult the “When Things Go Wrong” section in Appendix B.

What to Expect
Mastering AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 is divided into five parts, each representing a milestone in your progress toward becoming an expert AutoCAD user. Here is a description of those parts and what they will show you.

Part 1: The Basics

As with any major endeavor, you must begin by tackling small, manageable tasks. In this first part, you’ll become familiar with the way AutoCAD looks and feels. Chapter 1, “Exploring the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Interface,” shows you how to get around in AutoCAD. In Chapter 2, “Creating Your First Drawing,” you’ll learn how to start and exit the program and how to respond to AutoCAD commands. Chapter 3, “Setting Up and Using AutoCAD’s Drafting Tools,” tells you how to set up a work area, edit objects, and lay out a drawing. In Chapter 4, “Organizing Objects with Blocks and Groups,” you’ll explore some tools unique to CAD: symbols, blocks, and layers. As you’re introduced to AutoCAD, you’ll also get a chance to make some drawings that you can use later in the book and perhaps even in future projects of your own. Chapter 5, “Keeping Track of Layers, Blocks, and Files” shows you how to use layers to keep similar information together and object properties such as line-types to organize things visually.
Part 2: Mastering Intermediate Skills

After you have the basics down, you’ll begin to explore some of AutoCAD’s more subtle qualities. Chapter 6, “Editing and Reusing Data to Work Efficiently” tells you how to reuse drawing setup information and parts of an existing drawing. In Chapter 7, “Mastering Viewing Tools, Hatches, and External References,” you’ll learn how to use viewing tools and hatches and how to assemble and edit a large drawing file. Chapter 8, “Introducing Printing, Plotting, and Layouts,” shows you how to get your drawing onto hard copy. Chapter 9, “Understanding Plot Styles,” discusses methods for controlling lineweights and shading in your printer output. Chapter 10, “Adding Text to Drawings,” tells you how to annotate your drawing and edit your notes. Chapter 11, “Using Fields and Tables,” shows you how to add spreadsheet functionality to your drawings. Chapter 12, “Using Dimensions,” gives you practice in using automatic dimensioning (another unique CAD capability).
Part 3: Mastering Advanced Skills

At this point, you’ll be on the verge of becoming a real AutoCAD expert. Part 3 is designed to help you polish your existing skills and give you a few new ones. Chapter 13, “Using Attributes,” tells you how to attach information to drawing objects and how to export that information to database and spreadsheet files. In Chapter 14, “Copying Pre-existing Drawings into AutoCAD,” you’ll learn techniques for transferring paper drawings to AutoCAD. In Chapter 15, “Advanced Editing and Organizing,” you’ll complete the apartment building tutorial. During this process you’ll learn how to integrate what you’ve learned so far and gain some tips on working in groups. Chapter 16, “Laying Out Your Printer Output,” shows you the tools that let you display your drawing in an organized fashion. Chapter 17, “Using Dynamic Blocks,” shows you how you can create blocks that can be edited with grips without having to redefine them. Chapter 18, “Drawing Curves and Solid Fills,” gives you an in-depth look at some special drawing objects, such as splines and fitted curves. In Chapter 19, “Getting and Exchanging Data from Drawings,” you’ll practice getting information about a drawing and learn how AutoCAD can interact with other applications, such as spreadsheets and desktop-publishing programs. You’ll also learn how to copy and paste data.

Part 4: 3D Modeling and Imaging

Although 2D drafting is AutoCAD’s workhorse application, AutoCAD’s 3D capabilities give you a chance to expand your ideas and look at them in a new light. Chapter 20, “Creating 3D Drawings,” covers AutoCAD’s basic features for creating three-dimensional drawings. Chapter 21, “Using Advanced 3D Features,” introduces you to some of the program’s more powerful 3D capabilities. Chapter 22, “Rendering 3D Drawings,” shows how you can use AutoCAD to produce lifelike views of your 3D drawings. Chapter 23, “Editing and Visualizing 3D Solids,” takes a closer look at 3D solids and how they can be created, edited, and displayed in AutoCAD 2008.
Part 5: Customization and Integration

One of AutoCAD’s greatest strengths is its openness to customization. Chapter 24, “Using the Express Tools,” gives you a gentle introduction to the world of AutoCAD customization. You’ll learn how to load and use existing Express tools that expand AutoCAD’s functionality, and you’ll be introduced to AutoLISP as a tool to create macros. Chapter 25, “Introducing AutoLISP,” is a primer to AutoCAD’s popular macro language. You’ll learn how you can create custom commands built on existing ones and how you can retrieve and store locations and other data. Chapter 26, “Customizing Toolbars, Menus, Linetypes, and Hatch Patterns,” shows you how to customize menus, toolbars, linetypes, and hatch patterns. Chapter 27, “Managing and Sharing Your Drawings,” shows you how to adapt AutoCAD to your own work style. You’ll learn about the tools that help you exchange drawings with others and how to

secure your drawings to prevent tampering. Chapter 28, “Keeping a Project Organized with Sheet Sets,” shows you how to use the new Sheet Set Manager to simplify your file management. By using the Sheet Set Manager, you can automate some of the more tedious drawing coordination tasks.

The Appendices

Finally, this book has three appendices. Appendix A, “Installing and Setting Up AutoCAD,” contains an installation and configuration tutorial. If AutoCAD isn’t already installed on your system, follow the steps in this tutorial before starting Chapter 1. Appendix B, “Hardware and Software Tips,” provides information about hardware related to AutoCAD. It also provides tips on improving AutoCAD’s performance and troubleshooting and provides more detailed information on setting up AutoCAD’s plotting feature. Appendix C, “System Variables and Dimension Styles,” provides a reference to dimension style settings.

The Minimum System Requirements
This book assumes you have an IBM-compatible computer with at least a Pentium IV or equivalent CPU. Your computer should have at least one CD drive and a hard disk with 2GB or more of free space for the AutoCAD program files and about 120MB of additional space for sample files and workspace. In addition to these requirements, you should have enough free disk space to allow for a Windows virtual memory page file that is about 1.5 times the amount of installed RAM. Consult your Windows manual or Appendix B of this book for more on virtual memory.

AutoCAD 2008 runs best on systems with at least 2GB or more of RAM, although you can get by with 512MB. Your computer should also have a high-resolution monitor and an up-to-date display card. An SVGA display with a resolution of 1024 × 768 or greater will work fine with AutoCAD, but if you want to take full advantage of AutoCAD’s new 3D features, you should have a 128MB or greater, OpenGL -capable, workstation-class graphics card. If you intend to use a digitizer tablet, you’ll need one free USB, or serial, port available. I also assume you’re using a mouse and have the use of a printer or a plotter. A CD or DVD reader is needed to install AutoCAD and the software from this book. Finally, you’ll need an Internet connection to take full advantage of the support offerings from Autodesk.

If you want a more detailed explanation of hardware options with AutoCAD, see Appendix B. You’ll find a general description of the available hardware options and their significance to AutoCAD.

TIP If you don’t have AutoCAD, you can download a trial version from the Autodesk website. Go to the Autodesk home page, and follow the links to AutoCAD. The trial download is approximately 1.8GB, so be prepared to wait a while to complete the download. Also be aware that the trial is good for only 30 days—don’t start to use it until you’re certain you’ll have plenty of free time to practice using AutoCAD.

Doing Things in Style
Much care has been taken to see that the stylistic conventions in this book—the use of uppercase or lowercase letters, italic or boldface type, and so on—are the ones most likely to help you learn AutoCAD. On the whole, their effect should be subliminal. However, you may find it useful to be conscious of the following rules:

♦ Drop-down menu selections are shown by a series of options separated by the > symbol (for example, choose File > New).

♦ Keyboard entries are shown in boldface (for example, enter Rotate).

♦ Command-line prompts are shown in a monospaced font (for example, Select objects:).

For most functions, this book describes how to select options from toolbars and the menu bar. In addition, where applicable, I include related keyboard shortcuts and command names in parentheses. These command names provide continuity for readers accustomed to working at the Command prompt.

New Features of AutoCAD 2008
AutoCAD has a fresh new look and several new features that will help make your work easier and faster. If you’ve used AutoCAD before, you’ll notice that the look has changed. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll find that some new features have been added to simplify your work so you don’t have to keep track of so many details. Here are some of the new features you’ll be covering in this book:

♦ New Dashboard interface that puts most of the tools you need in a single panel

♦ Annotation scale that simplifies the scale of text and other graphics to fit the scale of your drawing

♦ New Daylight lighting feature to create more realistic outdoor renderings of your 3D models

♦ Better links between AutoCAD tables and external spreadsheets

♦ Improved text-editing tools and features

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AutoCAD 2008 3D Modeling Workbook For Dummies

2008-12-19T18:37:00.000-08:00

Product Description
* AutoCAD 2007 features a new 3D rendering engine that greatly enhances the program's 3D functionality-and makes this industry-standard drafting program even more difficult to master, even for veteran users
* This focused For Dummies workbook gives people the practice they need to get up to speed on the new 3D features, with dozens of problems and step-by-step solutions for modeling, shadowing, and lighting
* Topics covered by the problems include 2D geometric construction, 3D solid modeling, 3D surface modeling, rendering and imaging, dimensioning and drafting, and model interchange
* Used by architects, engineers, and draftspeople, AutoCAD is the #1 computer-aided design (CAD) software in the world, with an installed base of 6.7 million users
* The accompanying DVD provides videos that illustrate select problems and solutions presented in the workbook

From the Back Cover
Conquer the complexities of AutoCAD 3D modeling
Mastering AutoCAD is no picnic, and using it for 3D modeling is among the toughest challenges. This unique workbook offers over one hundred exercises that lead you skill by skill toward AutoCAD 3D success. You get the hands-on practice you need to tackle everything from solid and surface modeling to rendering and plotting—all reinforced with video walkthroughs on the companion DVD.

See How To
* Transition from 2D to 3D
*Model solids using primitives, extrusions, and sweeps
*Tackle complex surface modeling
*Visualize and render designs
*Plot, import, or export 3D designs

All this on the bonus DVD
* Video walkthroughs demonstrate more than 60 AutoCAD 3D modeling techniques
*140 demonstration files to accompany the book's exercises
*Trial version of AutoCAD 2008
*System requirements: Please see the DVD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

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Secrets of the Old One: Einstein, 1905

2008-12-19T18:30:00.000-08:00

The goal of this book is to make these ideas accessible to a general reader with no more mathematics than one learns in high school.

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Albert Einstein - The World as I See it

2008-12-19T18:25:00.000-08:00

This book does not represent a complete collection of the articles, addresses, and pronouncements of Albert Einstein; it is a selection made with a definite object-- namely, to give a picture of a man. To-day this man is being drawn, contrary to his own intention, into the whirlpool of political passions and contemporary history. As a result, Einstein is experiencing the fate that so many of the great men of history experienced: his character and opinions are being exhibited to the world in an utterly distorted form.

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Rich Dad, Poor Dad- Robert Kiyosaki (Audio Books)

2008-12-18T18:09:00.000-08:00

Rich Dad, Poor Dad- Robert Kiyosak

Rich Dad, Poor Dad is Robert Kiyosaki?s first best-selling book. In it, he advocates
financial independence by means of investing, real estate, owning businesses, and the
use of finance protection tactics.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad is written in what is meant to be an entertaining anecdotal manner
to make finances interesting.The most central element stressed by Kiyosaki is the
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Programming Data-Driven Web Applications with ASP.NET

2008-12-18T18:06:00.000-08:00

Programming Data-Driven Web Applications with ASP.NET provides readers with a solid understanding of ASP.NET and how to effectively integrate databases with their Web sites. The key to making information instantly available on the Web is integrating the Web site and the database to work as one piece. The authors teach this using ASP.NET, server-side controls, ADO+, XML, and SOAP. The authors will teach readers how to manage data by using ASP.NET forms, exposing data through ASP+ Web Services, working with BLOBs, and using cookies and other features to secure their data

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PROFESSIONAL ASP.NET 2.0 : SERVER CONTROL AND COMPONENT DEVELOPEMENT

2008-12-18T18:03:00.000-08:00

The ASP.NET 2.0 Framework introduced web developers to dozens of new server controls and components, and a greatly expanded and easier structure for writing their own server controls and components. Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development covers the breadth of server control functionality as well as the rest of the membership, role management, SchemaImporterExtension, and so on C the functionality referred to as components. Written for the experienced ASP.NET developer, Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development will show you how to write your first sever control or custom component.

The step-by-step coverage drills down to the details of the extensible part of the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework that you need to extend to write the specified type of custom control or component. Rather than present the extensible part as a black box, it presents a detailed step-by-step approach to implement functional replica of the extensible part, discusses the replica s code in detail, and provides an in-depth coverage of the techniques, tools, and technologies used in the code. From there you get a detailed practical recipe for developing the specified type of custom control or component and book then uses the recipe to implement one or more real-world custom controls or components of the specified type that you can use in your own Web applications.
Some of the many types of controls and components you'll learn to build are:
*Ajax-enabled controls and components: four chapters on Ajax discuss and use Ajax patterns,
*ASP.NET 2.0 client callback mechanism, CSS, DOM, XML, and JavaScript to implement a number of Ajax-enabled controls and components.
*Web Parts: four chapters on Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0 develop a number of custom WebPart, EditorPart, CatalogPart, WebPartZone, WebPartChrome, WebPartVerb, WebPartManager, and data-bound WebPart controls.
*5 chapters on ASP.NET 2.0 security, membership, and role management components
*5 chapters on ASP.NET 2.0 tabular and hierarchical data source controls and custom Parameter components
*4 chapters on ASP.NET 2.0 tabular data-bound controls and data control fields
*Developing controls and components that can access any type of data store and automate all their data operations such as Delete, Update, Insert, and Sort.
*XML Web service, WSDL, Google XML Web service API, SchemaImporterExtension, ISerializable, and CodeDom
*XmlReader, XmlWriter, XPathNavigator, DOM, and XmlResolver
*Provider-Based Services including how to implement a RSS service provider that can feed RSS from any type of data store such as SQL Server, file system, Web services, and so on
*HTTP modules, HTTP handler factories, HTTP handlers, and control builders including developing an HTTP module and an HTTP handler factory that perform URL rewriting and an HTTP handler that generates RSS feeds
*User controls and composite and templated custom controls
*State management and custom type converters.
*Events, IPostBackEventHandler, IPostBackDataHandler, and Page lifecycle

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PROFESSIONAL WEB PARTS AND CUSTOM CONTROLS WITH ASP.NET 2.0

2008-12-18T17:55:00.000-08:00

Custom controls and Web Parts can make you more productive by enabling you to create re-usable components for your WebForms. You can package up a piece of your user interface and re-use it within your Web site or across many Web sites. But that’s only one way that these controls make you more productive. If you’ve ever had an ASP.NET control that you wished worked slightly differently, you can now create the control that you want. When you build your own custom controls and Web Parts, you can have the control do as much (or as little) as you want.

This book’s focus is on how to use Visual Studio 2005 most effectively to create your controls (although the information you need to create custom controls, user controls, and Web Parts using any text editor is also included). Visual Studio 2005 provides you with the best support for creating ASP.NET applications and creating your own controls.

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ASP.NET AT WORK

2008-12-18T17:52:00.000-08:00

ASP.NET 2.0 FOR DUMMIES

2008-12-18T17:49:00.000-08:00

Welcome to ASP.NET 2.0 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, the Wone ASP.NET programming book that’s designed to replace an entire shelf full of the dull and tedious ASP.NET books you’d otherwise have to buy. This book contains all the basic and not-so-basic information you need to know to get going with ASP.NET Web programming, including the basics of working with Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer Express, using Web controls, working with databases, and learning the basics of both C# and Visual Basic .NET.

Of course, you can (and probably should) eventually buy separate books on each of these topics. It won’t take long before your bookshelf is bulging with 10,000 or more pages of detailed information about every imaginable nuance of ASP.NET programming. But before you’re ready to tackle each of those topics in depth, you need a birds-eye picture. That’s what this book is about.

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PROFESSIONAL ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX

2008-12-17T17:46:00.000-08:00

Are you ready to build more responsive web applications with richer UI elements? This detailed guide to the Microsoft AJAX Library shows you how to bring together ASP.NET 2.0 with an object-oriented approach to JavaScript development using this new framework from Microsoft. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of the ASP.NET AJAX architecture, including the server controls, client-side JavaScript library, and runtime environment. By following the numerous examples, you'll see how much your users benefit from this new class of web applications that manipulate the browser's DOM and communicate with the server to update the user's view of a page without waiting for the entire page to be refreshed.

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Written by Microsoft's lead ASP.NET AJAX developer together with an in-the-field Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional), this book guides you through the core of the Microsoft AJAX Library and the controls you will use to leverage AJAX. It provides you with code samples to take advantage of some of the popular shared-source ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit controls and extensions. And you'll work through debugging functionality in Visual Studio® and the browser as well as methods for effective testing.

ASP.NET AJAX in Action

2008-12-17T17:43:00.000-08:00

Alessandro Gallo, David Barkol, Rama Vavilala, Scott Guthrie, Bertrand Le Roy, "ASP.NET AJAX in Action"
Manning Publications | ISBN 1933988142 | August 15, 2007 | 600 Pages | PDF | 10.7MB

Ajax has revolutionized the way users interact with web pages today. Gone are frustrating page refreshes, lost scroll positions and intermittent interaction with a web site. Instead, we have a new generation of fast, rich, and more intuitive web applications. The ASP.NET AJAX framework puts the power of Ajax into the hands of web developers. ASP.NET AJAX, formerly called Atlas, is a new free framework from Microsoft designed to easily add Ajax features to ASP.NET applications. With this technology, ASP.NET developers can easily build more interactive and highly-personalized web applications that work across all most popular browsers.

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INTRODUCING MICROSOFT ASP.NET AJAX

2008-12-17T17:40:00.000-08:00

# Publisher: Microsoft Press (May 9, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0735624135
# ISBN-13: 978-0735624139

Book Description
Get an expert introduction to the new JavaScript enhancements(code-named "Atlas") for Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0. More than a basic AJAX(Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) script library, the Microsoftimplementation brings object orientation to JavaScript, together withenhanced client-side and server-side controls that greatly simplify codingwhile delivering enhanced Web experiences with any browser. Scheduled forrelease with the next version of Microsoft Visual Studio-, code named"Orcas," AJAX extensions and tools can be used by developers today. Thisbook offers expert insights direct from the Microsoft product team andnoted ASP authority Dino Esposito, as well as hands-on instruction andexamples of Web development with AJAX. This ideal reference will be updatedonline, keeping readers up to date with the evolving tool. The bookincludes code samples in ASP.NET 2.0 created using C# and JavaScript.

From the Publisher
Key Book Benefits:

-Provides coverage of both client-side and server-side development

-Covers ASP.NET AJAX 1.0, as released in January 2007

-Features Online Product Extensions for updated code samples during the continuing development process

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ASP.NET 2.0 UNLEASHED

2008-12-17T17:36:00.000-08:00

# Publisher: Sams; Har/Cdr edition (June 6, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0672328232
# ISBN-13: 978-0672328237

Book Description
ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed is a revision of the best-selling ASP.NET Unleashed, by Microsoft Software Legend Stephen Walther. It covers virtually all features of ASP.NET 2.0 including more than 50 new controls, personalization, master pages, and web parts. All code samples are presented in VB and C#. Throughout the more than 2,000 pages, you will be shown how to develop state-of-the-art Web applications using Microsoft's latest development tools. This resource is guaranteed to be used as a reference guide over and over!

About the Author
Stephen Walther has taught workshops on building ASP.NET applications at NASA, Lockheed Martin, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. House of Representatives, Verizon and others. He got his start working with Active Server Pages by developing two large commercial Web sites. First, he created the Collegescape Web site, a Web site used by over 200 colleges, including Harvard, Stanford, and MIT, to accept admittance applications online. Next, he created the CityAuction Web site, and auction site used by both Snap! and CitySearch. He received his Bachelor of Arts from UC Berkeley.

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ASP.NET 2.0 : STEP BY STEP

2008-12-17T17:28:00.000-08:00

# Publisher: Microsoft Press; Pap/Cdr edition (August 17, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0735622019
# ISBN-13: 978-0735622012

Book Description
The Web application infrastructure ASP.NET, introduced as part of version 1.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework, provides the thin-client counterpart to Microsoft Windows® client development. With dramatic improvements in performance, productivity, and security features, Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 deliver a simplified, high-performance, and powerful Web development experience. ASP.NET 2.0 features a new set of controls and infrastructure that simplify Web-based data access and include functionality that facilitates code reuse, visual consistency, and aesthetic appeal. Now you can teach yourself the essentials of working with ASP.NET 2.0 in the Visual Studio environment—one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you’re a beginning programmer or new to this version of the technology, you’ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for ASP.NET 2.0. Each chapter puts you to work, showing you how, when, and why to use specific features of the ASP.NET 2.0 rapid application development environment and guiding you as you create actual components and working applications for the Web, including advanced features such as personalization.

From the Publisher
Key Book Benefits:
- Provides step-by-step guidance on how to use ASP.NET 2.0 with Visual Studio 2005 to create Web applications and services.
- Features easy-to-follow, logically planned lessons, with necessary data sets and additional code samples on the CD.
- STEP BY STEP is ideal for anyone with a fundamental understanding of computer programming.

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ASP.NET 2.0 MVP HACKS AND TIPS

2008-12-16T22:59:00.000-08:00

[*]This unique book offers readers invaluable information from the cream of the crop-Microsoft MVPs-who are now sharing undocumented hacks for the first time[*]Packed with superlative advice on ASP, Microsoft's popular technology for Web sites, this book will help readers become more productive developers, find solutions to problems they thought unsolvable, and develop better applications[*]During their many years of working with ASP.NET, Microsoft MVPs have answered thousands of questions, putting them in the distinctive position of knowing exactly what readers need to know[*]Many of the hacks will apply to multiple versions of ASP.NET, not just 2.0 but 1.0 and 1.1 as wellFrom the Back CoverAs Microsoft MVPs, this team of authors has witnessed first-hand the innumerable problems and challenges that even the most experienced developers regularly encounter. This project survival guide offers little-known solutions, undocumented features, tips, and tricks—otherwise known as hacks—that you can use to build and deliver real-life applications using ASP.NET.Written with the seasoned professional in mind, this book examines how some hacks ultimately become mainstream code or practices that are integrated into a product or process. You'll benefit from the extensive experience of the authors as they show you how to adapt various hacks to your specific application and business environment. Plus, in-depth discussions of the solutions prove to bea helpful way to learn more about the inner workings of ASP.NET 2.0.What you will learn from this book* Various hacks such as page templates, multiple forms, URL rewriting, and SQL cache dependencies* The many improvements in ASP.NET 2.0 that were originally hacks but are now part of the base product* How the many new built-in functions reduce the amount of code you need to write for the most common applicationsWho this book is forThis book is for experienced developers familiar with ASP.NET programming who are looking to take their skills from an "average" to "excellent" level.Wrox MVP Hacks and Tips provide unique and little-known solutions to complex programming challenges. Written by Microsoft MVPs—highly regarded independent technical experts nominated by their peers and selected by Microsoft—each title reveals the highest quality hacks that have been discovered through years of hands-on experience.

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ASP.NET KICK START

2008-12-16T22:57:00.000-08:00

ISBN: 0672324768

Title: ASP.NET Kick Start

Author: Stephen WaltherPublisher: Sams

Publication Date: 2002-12-16

Number Of Pages: 624

Average Amazon Rating: 4.5

Visual Studio .NET is the premier development environment for creating .NET applications. The environment includes specialized tools for working with databases, XML files, and XML Web services. Building applications with Visual Studio .NET is a very different experience than building ASP.NET applications with a standard text editor. Visual Studio .NET performs a lot of invisible work in the background, and the environment makes a number of assumptions about the best way to build applications.

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ASP.NET WEBSITE PROGRAMMING

2008-12-16T22:51:00.000-08:00

ISBN: 0764543776

Author: Marco Bellinaso / Kevin Hoffman

Publisher: Wrox

Summary:ASP.NET Website Programming shows you how to build an interactive website from design to deployment. Packed with solutions to website programming problems, this book will have you building well-engineered, extendable ASP.NET websites quickly and easily. What you need to know This book is for developers who: Use ASP.NET and C# Use Visual Studioandreg; .NET Professional or above, or Visual C#andreg; .NET Standard Want to build content-based websites What you will learn from this book With ASP.NET Website Programming you will learn to: Provide flexible user accounts integrating with ASP.NET s built-in security Create fully featured discussion forums Generate revenue from advertising Build a web interface for managing the files on your site Add opinion polls, email newsletters, and news management Deploy the finished site on a live server Build modular websites using good, n-tier coding techniques

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PROFESSIONAL ASP.NET 2.0 : SECURITY , MEMBERSHIP AND ROLE MANAGEMENT

2008-12-16T22:45:00.000-08:00

Summary:* Now in its second version, ASP.NET has over one million programmers, and they all need to know how to use the new, tighter security model * Helps programmers build better sites, control user access, and interface securely with other parts of the Microsoft platform, such as Windows Server, Active Directory, LDAP, and SQL Server 2005 * Explains in depth all the security and user management functionality of ASP.NET 2.0, including many new built-in security functions that free the developer from hand-coding.

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ASP.NET AT WORK

2008-12-16T22:40:00.000-08:00

ASP.NET provides developers with the functionality they need to create enterprise-level Web applications. This book clearly shows them how to use this framework to create the top ten enterprise applications that they will need for their organizations. To build these applications, Smith explains how to combine the functionality of ASP.NET with products and technologies such as VB.NET, C#, ADO.NET, SQL Server 2000, WAP, XML, HTML, JavaScript, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The projects include an address book application, a contact manager application, advertising manager, online store, and a Web log analyzer.

Discover how to use ASP.NET to build, deploy, and run 10 distributed Web applications that can target any browser on any device ASP.NET provides developers with the functionality they need to create enterprise-level Web applications. This book clearly shows them how to use this framework to create the top ten enterprise applications that they will need for their organizations. To build these applications, Smith explains how to combine the functionality of ASP.NET with products and technologies such as VB.NET, C#, ADO.NET, SQL Server 2000, WAP, XML, HTML, JavaScript, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

The projects include an address book application, a contact manager application, advertising manager, online store, and a Web log analyzer CD-ROM includes the complete source code for the ten projects, additional resource links, corrections, and FAQs. Companion Web site features a working version of the ten projects built in the book. Microsoft Technologies .NET Platform: The next big overhaul to Microsoft’s technologies that will bring enterprise distributed computing to the next level by fully integrating the Internet into the development platform. This will allow interaction between any machine, on any platform, and on any device.

Discover how to use ASP.NET to build, deploy, and run 10 distributed Web applications that can target any browser on any device ASP.NET provides developers with the functionality they need to create enterprise-level Web applications. This book clearly shows them how to use this framework to create the top ten enterprise applications that they will need for their organizations.

TABLE OF CONTENT:
Project 01 - Building an Address Book.
Project 02 - Contact Manager Application.
Project 03 - Building the Calendar Application.
Project 04 - Building the Web Log Analyzer.
Project 05 - Building the ASP.NET Error Manager.
Project 06 - Building the Online Store Applicaion.
Project 07 - Teamwork Network: The Infrastructure.
Project 08 - Teamwork Network: Discussion Boards.
Project 09 - Teamwork Network: File Libraries.
Project 10 - Teamwork Network: Project Tracking.

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ASP.NET 2.0 Everyday Apps Book Free Download

2008-12-16T22:31:00.000-08:00

About the Author
Doug Lowe has written a whole bunch of computer books, including more than 35 For Dummies books, including the Java All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, Networking For Dummies, 7th Edition, the Networking All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies, and the Word 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies. He lives in sunny Fresno, California, where the motto is, “We almost beat USC!” with his wife, the youngest of his three daughters, and a couple of outrageously cute puppies. He is the Information Technology Director for Blair, Church & Flynn, an engineering firm in nearby Clovis, CA, and he is also one of those obsessive-compulsive decorating nuts who used to put up tens of thousands of lights at Christmas until his wife saw the electric bill, so now he creates energy-efficient computer-controlled Halloween decorations that rival Disney’s Haunted Mansion.
Author’s Acknowledgments
I’d like to thank everyone involved with making this book a reality, especially project editor Paul Levesque, who did a great job following through on all the little editorial details needed to put a book of this scope together on time, and didn’t panic when the “on time” part of that equation was in question. Thanks also to Ken Cox, who gave the manuscript a thorough review and offered many excellent suggestions for improvements, and to copy editor Barry Childs-Helton, who crossed all the i’s and dotted all the t’s, or something like that, and in the process somehow turned my strange prose into readable English. And, as always, thanks to all the behind-the-scenes people who chipped in with help I’m not even aware of.

Introduction

MMyelcome to ASP.NET 2.0 Everyday Apps For Dummies, the book that
W teaches ASP.NET 2.0 Web programming by example. In this book, you’ll find eight complete ASP.NET applications. We’re not talking trivial Hello-World-type applications here. Instead, they’re real-world applications like shopping carts and discussion forums. You can use any of them as-is, or modify them as you see fit. So you’ve got workable stuff already included. (What a concept.)
About This Book
This book is a practical introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 Web programming. It provides you with actual working code to build the most popular types of applications on the Web. These applications enable you to:

w* Restrict access to registered users, for all or part of your Web site
v* Sell products online via your Web site
u* Provide back-end functions for your public Web site, such as file maintenance and reporting
u* Let users manage specific types of online content
u* Create discussion forums and blogs

ASP.NET 2.0 Everyday Apps For Dummies doesn’t pretend to be a comprehensive reference for every detail of ASP.NET programming. Instead, it takes a learn-by-example approach, under the assumption that you are already a pretty competent programmer who can best learn by seeing real-world examples. Designed using the easy-to-follow For Dummies format, this book helps you get the information you need without laboring to find it.

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New Health Facilities: Architectural Design

2008-12-16T06:53:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: New Health Facilities: Architectural Design
Author: Arian Mostaedi
Publisher: Links (August 2003)
Hardcover: 240 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 8489861668
ISBN-13: 978-8489861664

Ebook Description
Hospitals and health centers are a unique category of architecture with clearly defined characteristics. Health architecture must offer imaginative, constructive responses and flexible solutions to the problem raised by this special type of facility: planning, budgets and space as well as the idiosyncrasies arising from each particular field of health. New Health Facilities presents the best examples of health architecture constructed in recent years and each of the architects demonstrates a solid understanding of the need to create new and better health facilities.

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New Houses in Old Buildings: Architectural Design

2008-12-16T06:47:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: New Houses in Old Buildings: Architectural Design
Author: Links Editorial
Publisher: Links (June 1998)
Hardcover: 238 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 848986103X
ISBN-13: 978-8489861039

Ebook Description
New Houses in Old Buildings: Architectural Design is the perfect example of the harmony that can stem from the combination of old architecture and new ideas. The pictures in this book are wonderfully informative and artfully done. Weather you're looking for new ideas in architecture or just out to see some cool pictures, you should at the very least just flip through this book.

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Cosmology And Architecture In Premodern Islam: An Architectural Reading Of Mystical Ideas

2008-12-15T20:35:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: Cosmology And Architecture In Premodern Islam: An Architectural Reading Of Mystical Ideas
Author: Samer Akkach
Publisher: State University of New York Press (June 30, 2005)
Hardcover: 262 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0791464113
ISBN-13: 978-0791464113

Ebook Description
A study of cosmology and architecture from a premodern Sufi perspective pre-supposes some knowledge of the trends in Islamic cosmological thinking, of the sense in which cosmology can be related to architecture and of the terrains of mystical thoughts in which the relationship is grounded. Cosmology And Architecture In Premodern Islam presents abrief overview of cosmology in premodern Islam, acritical review of symbolism, being the prevailing method of reading cosmological ideas into architectural forms, and reconstruction of a Sufi perspective on symbolism.

Ebook Review
"In the preface to this book, Samer Akkach describes his childhood experience of watching snowflakes from his window in Damascus. Looking at them, he had the feeling that the flakes were not falling, but that he was floating upward to higher realms. Reading his book has had a similar affect on me, giving the impression that I have been carried up into unutterably strange, but compellingly beautiful, realms of thought and imagination.

In the face of the worldwide homogenization of architectural education, it is salutary to be reminded that architecture wasn't always and everywhere designed solely to satisfy aesthetic, economic, functional and technological exigencies. In many times and places architecture expressed a human sense of the wonder and oneness of the world. Buildings fitted together with myths and cosmologies to convey that people and the cosmos belong together: humans belong in the world they inhabit; and the world belongs together with humans. In this context, buildings serve to mediate between the human as microcosm and the whole world as macrocosm, showing how they inter-reflect and harmonize...

Samer Akkach is one of a small band of architectural scholars who see it as their task to record and interpret these other architectures so that they do not sink into irrecoverable oblivion. He rescues Islamic architecture from amnesia. In his splendid book he applies his intimate knowledge of Arabic and the premodern Sufi texts to convey a lucid and richly detailed account of the manner in which Islamic architecture, in all its forms, from buildings to cities, gardens, landscapes and meta-landscapes, reflected the cosmos, and thus gave back praise. The book is masterful, and a major contribution to architectural scholarship. --by Professor Adrian Snodgrass published in Architectural Theory Review, vol. 11

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Practical Straw Bale Building

2008-12-15T20:16:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: Practical Straw Bale Building
Author: Murray Hollis
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing (March 2005)
Paperback: 104 pages
ISBN-10: 0643069771
ISBN-13: 978-0643069770

Ebook Description
Building with straw bales is being embraced by amateurs and professionals for its versatility, comfort, environmental friendliness and high insulation. New methods should expand its growing worldwide popularity.

Ebook Review
Practical Straw Bale Building describes the best of current practices and introduces new ideas in a practical step-by-step approach, supported by technical data and analysis. Starting from how straw bales are made, it describes the building of both in-fill and load-bearing walls, discusses the properties of materials used to plaster the walls, and details how particular features are incorporated, such as windows, doors, arches, plumbing and electrical. It especially describes new methods that enable the construction of straighter, thinner and easier-to-plaster walls. The book provides a wealth of information and ideas for immediate practical application and as a basis for further development of straw bale building methods. --from the publisher

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African Archaeology: A Critical Introduction

2008-12-15T20:14:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: African
Archaeology: A Critical Introduction
Author: Ann Brower Stahl
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (October 1, 2004)
Hardcover: 512 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405101555
ISBN-13: 978-1405101554

Ebook Description
African Archaeology: A Critical Introduction fills a crucial gap by providing a multi-authored introduction to the archaeology of Africa that challenges misconceptions and claims about Africa’s past, and teaches students how to evaluate these claims. Ann Stahl’s thoughtful introduction explores the contexts that have shaped archaeological knowledge of Africa’s past and asks readers to consider for whom Africa’s past matters and why. African Archaeology comprises unique contributions by prominent archaeologists with regional and topical expertise. They explore the preoccupations and assumptions that have framed research, assess the quality and reliability of evidence, and chart emerging research directions and questions that can help build on the strengths of earlier work, while finally setting aside long-held misperceptions.
African Archaeology is a landmark volume and an indispensable tool for students, instructors, and researchers.

Ebook Review
“Ann Stahl has brought together a set of researchers at the height of their powers and incited them to write chapters that bring home to readers the challenge of the archaeological enterprise. This is the book I would give as a text to seniors and to which I would constantly refer if teaching the archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa to students of any and all levels.” --Nicholas David, University of Calgary

“This book moves beyond the usual seamless syntheses and looks critically at the quality of the evidence, the questions asked and unasked, and how these have been fashioned into narratives about the African past. It is a unique and indispensable resource for Africanist archaeologists, historians, and students of these disciplines.” --Susan McIntosh, Rice University

“I have long desired a text for African archaeology that presents a summary of African prehistory while highlighting the research questions and debates that make the study of the African past exciting; that book is now available. The book’s coverage of sub-Saharan Africa is exemplary.” --Peter Robertshaw, California State University, San Bernardino

"This book is a showcase for African Archaeology and deserves a place on the bookshelves of all who teach world archaeology, as well as those who study biodiversity of wild and domestic resources, or care about the linguistics or history of Africa. I recommend 'African Archaeology' to you enthusiastically." --Journal of African Archaeology

About the Author
Ann Brower Stahl is Professor of Anthropology at Binghamton University, SUNY

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Archaeology of Asia (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology)

2008-12-15T20:11:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: Archaeology of Asia (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology)
Author: Miriam T. Stark
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (August 5, 2005)
Paperback: 384 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405102136
ISBN-13: 978-1405102131

Ebook Description
This book introduction to the archaeology of Asia focuses on case studies from the region’s last 10,000 years of history. Comprising fifteen chapters written by some of the world’s foremost Asia archaeologists, the book sheds light on many of the most compelling aspects of Asian archaeology, from the earliest plant and animal domestication to the emergence of states and empires from Pakistan to North China. In particular, the contributors explore issues of cross-cultural significance, such as migration, ethnicity, urbanism, and technology, challenging readers to think beyond national and regional boundaries. In doing so, they draw on original research data and synthesize work previously unavailable to western readers.
The volume as a whole offers new insights into the archaeology of Asia and encourages western scholars to pay more attention to the continent in their studies of human origins, evolution, and history.

Ebook Review
“Miriam Stark has performed a monumental service to global archaeology by selecting the most important cross-cultural themes in Asian archaeology and many of the most innovative writers to discuss them.” --Gina L. Barnes, University of Durham

“Offering remarkable coverage of the world’s largest continent, Stark has created an outstanding book that should be required reading for any archaeologist or historian interested in Asia.” --John Olsen, University of Arizona

"This volume is the seventh in the series Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology, a series intended to cover the central areas of undergraduate archaeological teaching. While this is certainly a sustainable market for the series, this particular volume presents an overview and depth that will also, and perhaps more so, be a welcome addition to the libraries of postgraduate and research archaeologists ... Stark has assembled a valuable resource made all the more useful by not shying away from the scholarly and national politics reflected in so much Asian Archaeology". --Australian Archaeology

About the Author
Miriam T. Stark is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa. She has worked in Southeast Asia since 1987, and also has experience in North American and Near Eastern archaeology. She has published widely on her research in the Philippines and in Cambodia, and currently co-directs the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project in the Mekong Delta.

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Encyclopedia of Archaeology

2008-12-15T20:08:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: Encyclopedia of Archaeology
Author: Tim Murray
Publisher: ABC-Clio; Illustrated edition (October 1, 1999)
Library Binding: 950 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1576071995
ISBN-13: 978-1576071991

Ebook Description
Encyclopedia of Archaeology, these first volumes in what is to be a five-volume set are a commendable undertaking by Murray, who has gathered together practicing archaeologists to reflect "on the lives and work of their forebears, colleagues, and teachers" and to contribute to an understanding of the significance and potential consequences of their work within the culture and society of the time in which it was produced. To be included, the subject must have "made a major contribution to the development of archaeology as a discipline."

There are 58 entries arranged chronologically from William Camden (1551^-1623) to David Clarke (1938^-1976). Ten were still living at the time of publication. A few of the biographical profiles were written by archaeologists who are featured in entries of their own--Lewis Binford, James B. Griffin, and Eric Higgs among them. Each entry begins with an italicized summary of the individual's main contributions to the discipline. The evolution of archaeological practice and theory becomes a fascinating story as the work of many individuals, largely unknown to the general public, is traced through their biographies.

Ebook Review
The "Encyclopedia Of Archaeology" series is being published by ABC-CLIO in five volumes under the meticulous editorship of Tim Murray, professor of archaeology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. The first two volumes survey "The Great Archaeologists" and draw upon hundreds of scholars from all parts of the world to provide readers with accurate and up-to-date information. These first two volumes present 58 remarkable and informative biographies of the world's best-known archaeologists who have developed the discipline from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Essays conclude with bibliographies of primary sources for those wanting to read about the archaeologists' discoveries in their own words, as well as secondary sources to see what critics and admirers had to say about them and their activities. Encyclopedia Of Archaeology (Vols. 1 & 2) are enhanced with an historical introduction to archeological biography, a glossary of terms, a full subject index, and more than a hundred dramatic illustrations. Volumes 3, 4 and 5 ("History and Discoveries") is set for publication in about six months. The "Encyclopedia Of Archaeology" series is a very highly recommended, definitive, comprehensive, essential, core acquisition for professional, academic, and public library collections. --By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)

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Archaeologist's Field Handbook

2008-12-15T20:03:00.000-08:00

Ebook Title: Archaeologist's Field Handbook
Author: Heather Burke, Claire Smith
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia) (August 30, 2004)
Paperback: 407 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1865088625
ISBN-13: 978-1865088624

Ebook Description
Archaeologist's Field Handbook, the complete guide to practical fieldwork in Australia today. A step-by-step, illustrated guide for students and professionals at all levels. Indispensable. As editor of the first field guide in 1968, the author compare that slim volume with this outstanding, compendious and wise advice, which demonstrates the sophistication of present best practice. An essential aid for beginners and professionals.

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ANT

2008-12-12T21:49:00.000-08:00

Ant is the premier build-management tool for Java environments. Ant is part of Jakarta, the Apache Software Foundation's open source Java project repository. Ant is written entirely in Java, and is platform independent. Using XML, a Java developer describes the modules involved in a build, and the dependencies between those modules. Ant then does the rest, compiling components as necessary in order to build the application.

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Illusive Pictures Vol 2

2008-12-12T21:41:00.000-08:00

143 Pictures of Amazing Illusions | 2D and 3D Images | 15 Mb

Feeds your brain with this stunning optical illusion.

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BEGINING JAVA SCRIPT WITH DOM SCRIPTING AND AJAX

2008-12-12T06:23:00.000-08:00

JavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web. It provides the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serves as the backbone of Ajax-style web development. Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential guide for modern JavaScript programming; it's practical but comprehensive. It covers everything you need to know to get up to speed with JavaScript development to add dynamic enhancements to web pages and program Ajax-style applications.

Experienced web developer Christian Heilmann begins gently by giving you an overview of JavaScript--its syntax, good coding practices, and the principles of DOM scripting. Then he builds up your JavaScript toolkit, covering dynamically manipulating markup, changing page styling on the fly using the CSS DOM, validating forms, dealing with images, and much more. Then he takes you to advanced territory, with a complete case study illustrating how many new JavaScript techniques can work together, plus a great introduction to Ajax development.

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JAVA SCRIPT AND AJAX : 6TH EDITION

2008-12-12T06:17:00.000-08:00

Need to learn JavaScript fast? This best-selling reference¡¯s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with JavaScript in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to JavaScript, leading Web and computing experts Tom Negrino and Dori Smith use crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to all of today's JavaScript essentials. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of Ajax and XML techniques, current browsers (Opera, Safari, Firefox), and more.
Visual QuickStart Guide--the quick and easy way to learn!
*Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through JavaScript and show you what to do.
*Concise steps and explanations get you up and running in no time.
*Page for page, the best content and value around.

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BEGINING XML WITH DOM AND AJAX

2008-12-12T06:14:00.000-08:00

Don't waste time on 1,000-page tomes full of syntax; this book is all you need to get ahead in XML development. Renowned web developer Sas Jacobs presents an essential guide to XML. Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax is practical and comprehensive. It includes everything you need to know to get up to speed with XML development quickly and painlessly.

Jacobs begins by presenting an overview of XML–it's syntax, rules, vocabularies, and the hows and whys of validity. She also covers the current state of XML support in today's web browsers. Next, Jacobs covers all of the basic essential uses of XML. You'll learn how to display XML data using CSS, and transform XML data using XSLT. You'll even learn about dynamic XML scripting using the XML DOM.

The last part of the book covers advanced server-side XML uses in real-world applications, including displaying XML data in Flash, and XML-driven PHP and ASP.NET applications. And last but not least, Jacobs provides a perfect introduction to Ajax development.

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AJAX ON JAVA

2008-12-12T06:12:00.000-08:00

This practical guide shows you how to make your Java web applications more responsive and dynamic by incorporating new Ajaxian features, including suggestion lists, drag-and-drop, and more. Java developers can choose between many different ways of incorporating Ajax, from building JavaScript into your applications "by hand" to using the new Google Web Toolkit (GWT).

Ajax on Java starts with an introduction to Ajax, showing you how to write some basic applications that use client-side JavaScript to request information from a Java servlet and display it without doing a full page reload. It also presents several strategies for communicating between the client and the server, including sending raw data, and using XML or JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) for sending more complex collections of data.

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BEGINING XML WITH DOM AND AJAX

2008-12-12T06:08:00.000-08:00

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AJAX ON RAILS

2008-12-12T06:06:00.000-08:00

* Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
* Number Of Pages: 350
* Publication Date: 2007-01-03
* Sales Rank: 10419
* ISBN / ASIN: 0596527446
* EAN: 9780596527440
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
* Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Book Description:
Learn to build dynamic, interactive web applications using the two most important approaches to web development today: Ajax and the phenomenally efficient Ruby on Rails platform. This book teaches intermediate to advanced web developers how to use both Ajax and Rails to quickly build high-performance, scalable applications without being overwhelmed with thousands of lines of JavaScript code. More than just recipes, you also get a thorough, low-level understanding of what's happening under the hood.

* Ajax on Rails includes three fully worked out Rails/Ajax applications, and quick reference sections for Prototype and script.aculo.us.
* Testing lessons show you how to eliminate cross-browser JavaScript errors and DOM debugging nightmares using a combination of Firebug, and Venkman.
* Advanced material explains the most current design practices for Ajax usability. You'll learn to avoid user experience mistakes with proven design patterns.

Beyond the how-to, Ajax on Rails helps you consider when Ajax is (and isn't) appropriate, and the trade-offs associated with it. For those new to Rails, this book provides a quick introduction, the big picture, a walk through the installation process, and some tips on getting started. If you've already started working with Rails and seek to deepen your skill set, you'll find dozens of examples drawn from real-world projects, exhaustive reference for every relevant feature, and expert advice on how to "Ajaxify" your applications.

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AJAX IN PRACTICE

2008-12-12T06:03:00.000-08:00

Ajax in Practice
By Dave Crane,&nbspBear Bibeault,&nbspJord Sonneveld,&nbspTed Goddard,&nbspChris Gray,&nbspRam Venkataraman,&nbspJoe Walker,

* Publisher: Manning Publications
* Number Of Pages: 456
* Publication Date: 2007-06-15
* Sales Rank: 595645
* ISBN / ASIN: 1932394990
* EAN: 9781932394993
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Manning Publications
* Studio: Manning Publications

Book Description:

Ajax in Practice provides example-rich coverage of Ajax packed with ready-to-use code and practical recipes for common and not-so-common tasks. Ajax developers now face the move from Ajax-as-theory to Ajax-in-practice. Ajax in Practice guides web developers through the transition from learning about Ajax to successfully applying Ajax-driven techniques in real-world development scenarios.

Ajax gives web developers the potential to create rich user-centered internet applications. But Ajax also adds a new level of complexity and sophistication to those applications. Ajax in Practice tackles Ajax head-on, providing countless hands-on techniques and tons of reusable code to address the specific issues developers face when building Ajax-driven solutions.

After a brief overview of Ajax, this book takes the reader through dozens of working examples, all presented in an easy-to-use cookbook format. Readers will learn how to implement drag-and-drop interfaces and will discover how to create effective nagigation strategies for their applications. Unlike a traditional cookbook, though, Ajax in Practice provides a thorough discussion of each technique presented and shows how the individual components can be connected to create powerful solutions. A fun "mash-up" chapter concludes the book. Throughout Ajax in Practice, the examples chosen are interesting, entertaining, and practical.

PROGRAMATIC AJAX

2008-12-12T05:58:00.000-08:00

Pragmatic Ajax: A Web 2.0 Primer (Pragmatic)
By Justin Gehtland,&nbspBen Galbraith,&nbspDion Almaer,

* Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2006-04-10
* Sales Rank: 12212
* ISBN / ASIN: 0976694085
* EAN: 9780976694083
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Pragmatic Bookshelf
* Studio: Pragmatic Bookshelf More...Book Description:

It's not just another book on Ajax. It's Pragmatic Ajax: a concise, complete look at a new way of envisioning and implementing browser-based applications.

Ajax turns static web pages into interactive applications. Now you can deploy rich-client applications to clients without sacrificing the easy deployment of web applications. But to many folks, Ajax seems difficult. That's why we produced this book. As a Pragmatic guide, it strips away the mystery and shows you the easy way to make Ajax work for you.

We cover the the basics of DHTML, JavaScript, and the infamous XmlHttpRequest call. You'll see how to add Ajax to existing programs, and design new applications to exploit the power of Web 2.0. Learn the three layers of Ajax framework, and when (and how) to use each. See how to create rich clients, use visual effects, add client-side validation, and handle forms. Write applications that degrade gracefully if clients don't support JavaScript. And see how to integrate your Ajaxified clients into Java, .NET, and Ruby on Rails server frameworks.

With Pragmatic Ajax, you'll:

* Understand the breadth of the Ajax/Web 2.0 landscape, and go-indepth on how Ajax works
* Learn how JavaScript works with your server-side framework
* See how to easily apply Ajax techniques to an existing application--and when not to
* Know what's coming by looking at new features and frameworks currently in active development.

Writing dynamic applications isn't that hard. Folks are awed by Google Maps, but it isn't rocket science (apart from the satellite pictures). As a special bonus, see how to implement your own Google Maps-like application using DHTML.

ENTER PRISE AJAX

2008-12-11T21:38:00.000-08:00

Enterprise AJAX: Strategies for Building High Performance Web Applications
Prentice Hall PTR | Publication Date: 2007-07-25 | ISBN: 0132242060 | 3.4MB

“The core technologies of Ajax are quite straightforward; the hard part is applying them in the real world. Fortunately, the authors have been putting Ajax into practice since long before the term ‘Ajax’ was even coined. Enterprise AJAX offers excellent coverage of issues rarely explained to date, but frequently encountered by enterprise developers–including architecting of Ajax applications, and how to deal with such concerns as usability, security, and reliability.”

–DR. MICHAEL MAHEMOFF, PH.D. author of Ajax Design Patterns (AjaxPatterns.org)

“Just when you thought you knew all you need to know about Ajax, Dave, Alexei, and Andre force open your cranium and unload a dumptruck full of Enterprise Ajax techniques, best practices, and hard-earned expert insight onto your brain. If you want to mix some serious Ajax into your serious business applications, the solid information and advice you get from this book will let you do so with confidence.”

–BRENT ASHLEY, Web Developer and Ajax Pioneer

“I can’t think of any better authors for a book on Enterprise AJAX. The book is sure to be a valuable reference for developers the world over working on the next generation of web applications.”

–MATT MCKENZIE, Software development manager, LiveCycle, Adobe Systems Inc.

“A great resource for writing quality, enterprise-level JavaScript.”

–CHRISTIAN VAN EEDEN, Senior Application Specialist, Schenker DB Logistics

BUILD RELIABLE, SCALABLE, ENTERPRISE-CLASS WEB APPLICATIONS WITH AJAX

Writing for enterprise developers, architects, and user interface specialists, the authors explain why AJAX offers such great promise in large-scale development. Next, they systematically introduce today’s key AJAX techniques and components.

You’ll walk through developing frameworks for building AJAX applications that combine data tables, Web forms, charts, search, and filtering: the very systems businesses depend on in CRM, ERP, BI, and beyond. Then, building on this strong foundation, the authors identify proven AJAX architectural patterns, and present case studies drawn from actual .NET and Java AJAX applications. Coverge includes

•Using AJAX to implement Model-View-Controller (MVC) in the browser

•Encapsulating user interface functionality to facilitate code reuse and reduce cross-browser development problems

•Overcoming the unique security challenges associated with AJAX Web applications

•Optimizing AJAX usability: the “back” button, caching, bookmarking, offline usage, and beyond

From security to scalability to project risk, this is the only book to cover all the issues facing AJAX developers in the enterprise. Whether you’re migrating legacy HTML interfaces or building new applications from scratch, you’ll find it absolutely indispensable.

ADDING AJAX

2008-12-11T21:29:00.000-08:00

Ajax can bring many advantages to an existing web application without forcing you to redo the whole thing. This book explains how you can add Ajax to enhance, rather than replace, the way your application works. For instance, if you have a traditional web application based on submitting a form to update a table, you can enhance it by adding the capability to update the table with changes to the form fields, without actually having to submit the form. That's just one example.

Adding Ajax is for those of you more interested in extending existing applications than in creating Rich Internet Applications (RIA). You already know the "business-side" of applications-web forms, server-side driven pages, and static content-and now you want to make your web pages livelier, more fun, and much more interactive. This book:
*Provides an overview of Ajax technologies, and the importance of developing a strategy for changing your site before you sit down to code
*Explains the heart and soul of Ajax: how to work with the XMLHttpRequest object
*Introduces and demonstrates several important Ajax libraries, including Prototype, script.aculo.us, rico, Mochikit
*Explores the interactive element that is Ajax, including how to work with events and event handlers that work across browsers
*Introduces the concept of web page as space, and covers three popular approaches to managing web space
*Explains how to make data updates, including adding new data, deleting, and making updates, all from within a single page
*Describes the effects Ajax has on the Web-breaking the back button, losing browser history, dynamic effects that disappear when the page is refreshed, and more
*Covers advanced CSS effects, including drag and drop "scroll bars", pagination, and the use of SVG and the Canvas object
*Explores mashups-Ajax's ability to combine data from different web services in any number of ways, directly in our web pages

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BUILD YOUR OWN AJAX WEB APPLICATIONS

2008-12-11T21:27:00.000-08:00

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a new approach for developing web applications. It essentially permits users to interact with a Webpage without forcing a slow & tedious reload of the entire page after every action. This means web applications become more responsive, easier to use, and more intuitive. Build Your Own Ajax Web Applications uses a step-by-step tutorial format that’s so easy to follow, you’ll be able to build sophisticated and intuitive Ajax web interfaces in no time!

Read this book, and you’ll:
* Get an overview of the basic technologies you’ll need to use to build Ajax applications.
* Understand the XMLHttpRequest object, the core of Ajax applications.
* Build a cross-browser XMLHttpRequest wrapper that you can use in all of your Ajax projects.
* Build an Ajax application monitor that works in real time.
* Learn how to use Ajax without breaking older browsers or causing accessibility issues.
* Get your Ajax application working with screen readers.
* Use dynamic animations to improve usability.
* Build edit-in-place functionality.
* Create an Ajax search application that pulls data from Amazon, del.icio.us, and Google.
* Fix the “Back button” problem.
* Use JSON, YAML, and XML to communicate with the server.
* Build an Ajax drag ‘n’ drop chess game.
* And a whole lot more!
Throughout the text, the author stresses usability, accessibility, and graceful degradation for older, less-capable web browsers.

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AJAX AND REST RECIPES

2008-12-11T21:22:00.000-08:00

# Publisher: Apress (December 18, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1590597346
# ISBN-13: 978-1590597347

Book Description
Ajax and REST Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach will serve all of your Ajax needs, by providing adaptable solutions for common tasks you'll want to implement on web sites using the next generation of Ajax and REST techniques. As a JavaScript developer, your time is precious, so you'll want to solve problems that present themselves in your work as quickly as possible. You can pick up the code provided in this book, adapt it, or plug it straight into your own applications.

The book mainly focuses on illustrating and explaining how to build applications that use JavaScript, Ajax, and REST Web Services, along with some user interface issues. Specifically, the following topics are covered: implementing JavaScript unit tests; explaining the intent of Dynamic Languages, Web Services and SOA; defining and implementing contracts using REST; understanding why JavaScript Functions have state; implementing JavaScript "Generics", which are a mixture between real Generics and a replacement algorithm; using code blocks; using functions to make decisions; understanding the difference of JavaScript code that behaves like a value type or a reference type; implementing proxies, delegates, mixins, and overloaded functions; implementing a complete Ajax and Web Service architecture; defining a Web Service using REST; handling large or slow or real-time data sets; implementing shopping cart type architectures; and solving the back button problem using Ajax.

Having read this book you will learn how to modularize your web application by decoupling the client from the server. The decoupling allows a client developer to focus on writing the best JavaScript and Ajax code, and a server developer to write the best business and data objects.

About the Author
Christian Gross is a consultant with vast experience in the client/server world. He has consulted for Microsoft on DNA solutions, and he has held consulting positions with Daimler Benz, Microsoft, NatWest, and other major corporations. Gross was a contributor to Professional Active Server Pages, Professional SQL Server 6.5 Administration, Professional NT Internet Information Server Administration, and Programming Microsoft Windows 2000 Unleashed. He is the author of A Programmer's Introduction to Windows DNA.

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Ajax Book Free Download

2008-12-11T21:13:00.000-08:00

About the Author
Steve Holzner is the award-winning author of nearly 100 computer books. His books have sold more than 2 million copies and have been translated into 18 languages around the world. He specializes in online topics, especially Ajax, and he has long done commercial Ajax programming.

Introduction
Making Web applications look and feel like desktop applications is what ffl this book is all about — that’s what Ajax does. Although Web development is getting more and more popular, users still experience the nasty part of having to click a button, wait until a new page loads, click another button, wait until a new page loads, and so on.

That’s where Ajax comes in. With Ajax, you communicate with the server behind the scenes, grab the data you want and display it instantly in a Web page — no page refreshes needed, no flickering in the browser, no waiting. That’s a big deal, because at last it lets Web applications start to look like desktop applications. With today’s faster connections, grabbing data from the server is usually a snap, so Web software can have the same look and feel of software on the user’s desktop.

And that, in a nutshell, is going to be the future of Web programming — now the applications in your browser can look and work just like the applications installed on your computer. No wonder Ajax is the hottest topic to come along in years.

About This Book
This book gives you the whole Ajax story, from soup to nuts. It starts with a tour of how Ajax is used today, taking a look at some cutting-edge applications (as well as some games). Then, because Ajax is based on using JavaScript in the browser, there’s a chapter on how to use JavaScript (if you already know JavaScript, feel free to skip that material).
Then the book plunges into Ajax itself, creating Ajax applications from scratch, from the beginning level to the most advanced. And you’ll see how to put many of the free Ajax frameworks, which do the programming for you, to work. Because Ajax also often involves using XML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and server-side programming (using PHP in this book), there’s also a chapter on each of these topics.

You can also leaf through this book as you like, rather than having to read it from beginning to end. Like other For Dummies books, this one has been designed to let you skip around as much as possible. You don’t have to read the chapters in order if you don’t want to. This is your book, and Ajax is your oyster.

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After Effects Cs3 Professional Essential Training, video tutorial Book Free Download

2008-12-10T19:43:00.000-08:00

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Product Description
From creating simple animation to integrating Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash files, After Effects CS3 Professional Essential Training explores the possibilities available using the motion graphics and animation features in After Effects. Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins teaches the fundamentals of managing the timeline, working with 3D layers, creating projects for iPods and mobile devices, and more. Using numerous hands-on visual effects and motion graphics exercises, he teaches the skills necessary for mastering After Effects tools and workflow processes. Chad even devotes an entire chapter to using After Effects and Photoshop together effectively. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

From creating simple animation to integrating Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash files, After Effects CS3 Professional Essential Training explores the possibilities available using the motion graphics and animation features in After Effects. Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins teaches the fundamentals of managing the timeline, working with 3D layers, creating projects for iPods and mobile devices, and more. Using numerous hands-on visual effects and motion graphics exercises, he teaches the skills necessary for mastering After Effects tools and workflow processes. Chad even devotes an entire chapter to using After Effects and Photoshop together effectively. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics Include:
* Getting started with After Effects projects
* Using Adobe Bridge to import files
* Aligning and distributing layers
* Managing and cleaning up the timeline
* Easing keyframes and creating intermediate animation
* Using new CS3 features like Shape Layers and Brainstorm
* Animating characters with the Puppet tool
* Browsing effects favorites with Bridge
* Animating text in After Effects
* Learning masks, mattes, and keying
* Importing Photoshop and Illu

From the Publisher
Each lynda.com CD/DVD course offers hours of training movies that you watch on your computer. The movies are recorded in pixel-perfect quality, and include the authors' narration and movements as they teach the subject matter. Courses include the same project files that the instructors use, so you can follow along at your own pace. lynda.com tutorials are great for visual learners and people who like to learn by doing. Topics include software applications, workflow optimization, tips and techniques, and much more. Play, fast-forward, and rewind for easy learning.

About the Author
Chad Perkins is an Adobe Certified Instructor and Certified Expert in Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat. He was also one of the first in the world to become certified in Encore DVD. He is an Adobe Certified Video Specialist and Certified Print Specialist, and is CompTIA CTT+ certified. He's also done prepress work with The Wall Street Journal and produced art for Warner Bros., Paramount, and more.

Chad owns Aveconta, an architectural rendering studio that creates photorealistic renders from AutoCAD drawings. He's also developing an effects studio called Wedgekase Animation.

Chad puts out a video podcast with his brother, Todd, called All Things Adobe. Check out www.chadandtoddcast.com for details. The Perkins brothers also play together in the punk band Wedgekase.

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Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects

2008-12-10T19:26:00.000-08:00

If you have been using After Effects for years, have just started using it, or are considering using it, get this book. Written by Trish and Chris Meyer, perhaps best known for their monthly motion-graphics column in DV Magazine, Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects is the definitive book on using this powerful tool.

Every page is in color and is filled with tips, notes, warnings, and screenshots. The format is clearly not boilerplate--there is no wasted space, yet the book manages to strike a balance between being information-packed, easy-to-read, and enjoyable to look at. The only downside of this book is that it doesn't have a spiral or lie-flat binding.

Nine sections break down the features of After Effects in a logical manner, starting with basic animation and key framing, and on to layers, masks, mattes, effects, and rendering. Part 6's four chapters explain using After Effects with its sister applications, Photoshop and Illustrator, and Part 7 covers audio--an important but rarely discussed aspect of any presentation. Part 9 features a wide array of technical discussions, including field rendering and interlacing, 3:2 pull-down, working at film-resolution and widescreen sizes, prerendering, and using proxy files.

The CD-ROM gives 22 tutorials and includes project files. These lessons range from the basic ("Getting Animated" for After Effects beginners) to what falls into the "Oh, wow, I would never have thought of that!" category (a Matrix title-sequence look-alike). The CD-ROM also includes all the projects and source files cited in each chapter, plus tech tips covering 12 difficult and common technical areas--including alpha channels, the aspect ratio, and the After Effects rendering pipeline.

An artisan at the top of his or her craft often takes on the task of teaching others. Those working in the fields of animation, effects, motion graphics, and digital media are lucky that authors Trish and Chris Meyer are living by this rule. --Mike Caputo
Review
"A 'must have' for aspiring or established motion graphic designers. Based on years of experience, Trish and Chris provide a wealth of information that integrates After Effect's powerful tools with creative and professional solutions." -- Steve Tiborcz, After Effects Quality Engineering

"I cant think of anyone more qualified to show you how to get the most out of After Effects than Trish and Chris Meyer." -- Steve Kilisky, Senior Product Manager, After Effects, Adobe Systems Inc.

Product Description
Discover the experts' techniques for creating award-winning animation, composites and special effects for TV, film and more-with Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects by Trish and Chris Meyer. Dozens of inspiring examples help you break through to new heights of creativity and proficiency.

This color-packed book starts with the fundamentals of Adobe After Effects 4.1 and progresses step by step. The authors offer real-world explanations of how the program works, and a CD-ROM of example projects showing each concept in action. Hands-on tutorials demonstrate creative techniques, shortcuts, and tricks you can apply to your own art, using both the Standard and Production versions of After Effects.

For users of all levels, topics include:
- Mastering complex animation and keyframe assistants
- Creating transparency with alpha channels, masks and keying
- Transfer modes, rack mattes and numerous effects tips and tricks
- Building hierarchies of nested compositions
- Working with fields, DV, NTSC, PAL, widescreen and film

The companion CD-ROM contains hundreds of movies, stills, objects and audio clips, plus free plug-ins and more. It also includes the tryout version of Adobe After Effects 4.1 for Mac and Windows.

Affiliate Sales Booster

2008-12-09T10:49:00.000-08:00

If you'd like to easily boost your affiliate earnings by up to 600% or more (starting today!), without having to spend hundreds of dollars on those expensive “make money with affiliate programs” eCourses or software programs, then this might be the most important letter you’ll read this year.

My name is Gabriel Aguinaga. I am not a professional copywriter that gets paid thousands of dollars, nor am I one of those “gurus” or even claim to be one! I am just a regular 22 year old college guy with one tiny addiction... I love to work-at-home... but more specifically, I love selling other peoples products and collecting large affiliate checks sitting right in front of my "eMachines" PC :-)

Now that you've gotten a feel for who I am, I wanted to share one tiny little secret with you.

You see, for the past two months I have been using a simple technique that has increased my affiliate earnings by 600%.

It is a technique used ONLY by professional affiliate marketers (most paid $97 to learn this technique) and for the first time ever, I have dared to reveal how anybody can apply this amazing system to their own affiliate marketing... for FREE!

You'll literally want to slap yourself once you realize how much money you have been leaving on the table.

I am referring to the large amount of profits you have been losing because you have not been encrypting your affiliate links... The Right Way!

Sure, everybody and their dog can encrypt an affiliate link, but only those using "advanced encrypting" are noticing 600% more sales.

How does a 600% more affiliate sales, just by changing
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I know you are eager to learn more, but before I give you the whole scoop…

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2)You Are Literally Begging Prospects To Bypass Your Affiliate Link!

3)You Are Losing Sales Because Your
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How To Encrypt Your Affiliate Links For Maximum Profits!

The majority of the "gurus" are now creating professional affiliate links to boost their profits...

You have probably seen these type of links already, the most popular is the "Recommends" style link ==> http://www.SomeDomain.com/Recommends/CertainProduct

The "RECOMMENDS" Encryption
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Fully protect yourself from dirty commission thieves! It is painful... you waste your money, time, and energy promoting a "HOT" affiliate program, then... some petty hijacker robs you in raw daylight! You'll Never Get Denied of Your Rightful Commissions Again!

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The Affiliate Marketing Success Road Map

2008-12-09T10:45:00.000-08:00

WARNING: The following letter is NOT for everyone, it is only for those individuals that are serious about becoming a successful affiliate for the long run!

Becoming an affiliate is supposed to be the absolute easiest and effortless way to start making money on the internet…so why do so many affiliates fail miserably without even making a single sale for the products they are promoting?

Because they don’t have a simple, clear, realistic and highly profitable road map to long term affiliate success! So if you want to start making money as an affiliate, you have come to the right place because you are about to get a complete and simple road map to affiliate success…

Here is just a small sample of some of the things you will learn in the “Affiliate Marketing Success Road Map”:

Exactly what you need in order to get on the fast, exciting and extremely profitable road to affiliate success!

The best places to get your reliable web hosting and domain names for your network of affiliate promoting websites (you’ll need this to get online and get started on the road of long term affiliate success)

Exactly what your affiliate promotion website should look like and where to go to get cheap, high quality graphics and web design (your website should look simple and easy on the eyes…that’s great because it’s both cheap and effective!)

The absolute easiest, simplest and yet one of the most effective and profitable ways to get started on becoming a successful affiliate! (you wont believe how simple and easy this is…you can be up and running in under an hour!)

Exactly how you can use “Blogging” to drive massive traffic to the websites you are promoting PLUS what “Blogging” service to use and how to make sure your blog keeps people coming back for more.

The easy and incredibly simple way to choose a profitable topic or “niche” for your first affiliate promoting website (in order to increase your profit potential, you must make your site is targeted at a certain topic…the more targeted it is the more profitable it will be!)

Exactly how and where to find great content for your website if you don’t feel like spending hours on creating it yourself (this is a great shortcut that will enable you to focus more on making huge sums of money rather than writing articles :)

All the things you should watch out for when buying content for your website to make sure you get the best content possible and your moneys worth.

A simple guide to search engine optimization, which is an awesome and very cheap way to get free and extremely targeted search engine traffic that will generate sales!

Exactly how you can easily make your websites extremely easy to edit and link with other websites you own or link partners (editing websites is a pain in the butt, this simple method will save you hours!)

A simple way to save huge amounts of money when making new websites (with this simple method, you’ll be able to make as many extra websites as you like without spending more money)

Simple and easy ways to pump your website full of traffic, and exactly where to submit your site in order to drive a great wave of traffic to the affiliate websites you are promoting.

Things you much watch out for in order to avoid becoming another affiliate that fell short of success.

Exactly how to use forums and press releases to generate extra traffic to your website (these are great and easy ways to quickly generate a nice surge of traffic and get extra sales)

And much, much more!

NOTE: The above list is just a small example of all the advice and techniques that will help you achieve long term affiliate success you will find in The “Affiliate Marketing Success Road Map”

REMEMBER: this guide is for is perfect for those that want to achieve long term affiliate success! And if you are someone that wants to achieve that, than this guide is definitely for you!

With the help of this great guide, you will be able to avoid affiliate failure like so many of today’s affiliates. And get started almost instantly on a path to long term affiliate success.

Affiliate Directories

2008-12-09T10:40:00.000-08:00

Wouldn’t it be nice to increase your sales? And what if while you were doing this, you could save time, money and effort – all to use on other projects – or for fun!

If you take just five minutes to check out Affiliate Directories and what we're all about, you can achieve more sales for your business:

Affiliate Directories
Affiliate Directories is a PDF ebook available for immediate download. With Affiliate Directories, you can quickly learn where to announce your affiliate program information in more than 50 places linked in alphabetical order. No experience necessary.

Simply use this handy list of affiliate directories to announce your affiliate program. Then enjoy more time as people come your way to sell your products and services for you. I’ve even added a time-saving tip too.

With Affiliate Directories, you can:

* Save time searching through endless sites and directories trying to find legitimate places where you can announce your affiliate program. They're here.

* Avoid effort and stress. List your program immediately and click away. Let others do the work, find the prospects, close the sales. Make money from them.

* Save money. Make more money. Forget using your precious time, energy and money recruiting help, placing ads, following up with leads - the whole nine yards. List your program, then create a new program. The first one is on its way to automatic pilot now.

* Have fun! Free up your time to do more productive things - like have fun.

Want some proof?
Check out these examples to see how Affiliate Directories could put more $$ in your pocket:

* It is no secret to say that many affiliate marketers make over $5,000 a month, while many others also make over $20,000 a month doing affiliate marketing. Get some of these people working for you!

* In Super Affiliate Handbook, Rosalind Gardner shares her own success at earning over $435,000 per year with affiliate selling. Do the math & calculate your own earnings with a small sales force earning even a fraction of that - for you!

* People & companies worldwide list their affiliate programs: Armand Morin, Willie Crawford, Yanik Silver, Jim Edwards, Barnes and Noble, Ebay, Amazon.com, Wall Street Journal, USAToday. They list, get affiliate sales help & earn income. And so can you if you know where to announce your affiliate program!

INSTANT ADSENSE ARTICLE DIRECTORY

2008-12-09T10:34:00.000-08:00

“At Last! You Can Make Money With Google AdSense… With Your Very Own "Authority" Site Without Having To Write One Word of Content!”

You do not need to know a thing about html!

Here’s What All You Get In The Script”

1. Absolutely everything you need to run your own turnkey article web site.

2. A fully functional administrative backend to keep track of all your users and articles!

3. Easy-to-use functions that let you e-mail all your users.

Not only will you get this amazing script, but you'll also get the "Instant Adsense Article Directory" course that will take you step-by-step and show you exactly how I use this script to create an authority site that ranks in the top of the search engines for several different keywords!

This tactic has never been revealed anywhere. I've been quietly using it to pull in fat Adsense checks for months! I'm not talking about little known niches that only get a few hundred searches a month. With this course, you'll learn how to compete in the big high paying Adsense niches in no time!

Hyper VRE - Convert Your Content Into Cash

2008-12-09T10:32:00.000-08:00

Generate THOUSANDS of fresh, unique content-rich webpages from highly-targeted keyword lists. Ever heard that "Content is King"? That's only half of it... "FRESH and UNIQUE Content is King"!

Add extremely targeted auto-refreshing content to your website by using rotating keyword definitions and put your niche keywords on steroids. Fill each of your webpages with content the search engines will love.

Adsense In a Box - 155 Adsense Ready-Made Website

2008-12-09T10:24:00.000-08:00

AdSense Business In-A-Box is a collection of a whopping 155 Adsense-ready websites, complete with multiple keywords and articles for each website. Each site is already optimized so that you can start making an Adsense income immediately!

You can customize the pages, or not, add articles, subtract articles, add pages, add related products - or simply do nothing but upload them and run them in the search engines, blogs, in your sig file and any other place that you can think of listing them!

This is the first of it's kind, COMPLETE answer to getting started with Adsense that requires absolutely no knowledge, no training, has no learning curve, in fact, the ONLY things that you have to do is to use the simple 'replacer' tool to stick your Adsense link in each of the pages, upload your pages using FTP, and get them listed in the search engines!

Lets do a quick potential earnings you can do with with 155 optimized Adsense ready websites...

If each website earns you about $30/month (that is, if every website is generating the minimum $1 each day). Multiply this to 155 websites and you got $4650/month, and this is a very minimal calculate of your potential earnings.

AdSense Revenue Exposed

2008-12-09T09:34:00.000-08:00

Who Else Wants To Open Endless Income Streams With Google Adsense - The Most Profitable Advertising System Ever Created?
What You Haven't Been Told: You Don't Have To Be An Internet Marketing Expert To Start Making Serious Money From Google Adsense!

The Secret Of Partnering With Google And Watching The Money Pour In!
Want to turn your content into cash?
If you have a content site that's ready to be taken to the next level.... Or if you even have the slightest hint that creating content sites could be right for you...

...make sure you take this income opportunity seriously.

Google Adsense has proven for many who are looking to make money online - it's better to display ads than to place ads. Just take a look at the advantages...

* No need to search for untapped markets or take a chance creating products that may or may not sell.

* You don't have to deal with customers, EVER!

* You can still make a substantial income just from displaying ads (some earn as much as $25,000 per/month!)

Here's how it works: Google Adsense lets you place ads on your website. Every time a visitor clicks on an ad, you make money!

Make no mistake, Google Adsense performs better than any other advertising program out there. Just look at the benefits...

*Google AdSense runs by itself - set it up one time and let Google do the rest from here on out!
*Google AdSense matches relevant ads to your site! After automatically scouring your content, only the ads your visitors are most likely to click make it on to your webpage. More clicks means you make more cash!
*Google AdSense lets you use text-only ads! Text ads won't slow your site down and have been proven to be more effective than even animated ads!

If You're Not Profiting From Google Adsense Now, You'll Hate Yourself Later!

If you've ever tried profiting from Google Adsense before, you know it takes more than just setting up a website to start seeing any cash.

Don't make the mistake of thinking Google will let just ANY website join their program!

The truth is, Google likes some websites better than others. I'll let you in on the "top secret" industry conversations that will reveal how to set up your content site for maximum profit.

Inside my report, you'll learn my 5 step battle plan to Google Adsense profits. You'll learn how to format your ad blocks, research keywords, develop the right type of content and more!

When you're done reading the insider tips, tricks, and techniques only the pros know - you'll feel like you've been ready for this your whole life!

How To Take Advantage Of Google Adsense And Profit!
Thousands of marketers really are making substantial incomes from Google Adsense alone. In my special report, you'll discover...

* An inside look into how Google chooses the ads placed on your website (crucial to the moneymaking process).
* 3 reasons your website should be using Google Adsense (and nothing else) right now.
* How to keep your competitors ads from showing up on your website.
* How to let visitors search the web from your site (and profit while they do it)
* The simple mathematical formula behind Adsense that makes you cash. (And makes some Google Adsense users up to $25,000.00 a month.)
* The trick to creating a website Google will love (and will end up making you the most profits with).
* How to format your ads to get the most clicks (and cash)!
* Where to place your ads for maximum exposure (there's a technique to it).
* 5 tips to selecting super-keywords that bring in visitors that are ready to click.
* 2 rules to creating and finding quality content.
* How to use Google's built-in features to track your results and formulate your game plan.
* How to make sure you don't get in trouble with Google. (Many have!)
* 12 do's and don'ts for for your (long) journey with Google Adsense.
* The secret to using RSS feeds and Blogs to maximize your Adsense dollars.

And believe me, that's far from all.

Thousands Now Have Multiple "Hands-Free" Income Streams Working For Them Via Google Adsense - Let Me Teach You How!

Grab your copy of "Adsense Revenue Exposed" right now (by instant download). You won't regret it!

AdSense Dollar Factory

2008-12-09T09:12:00.000-08:00

AdSense Dollar Factory
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW PEOPLE MAKE MONEY THROUGH THE INTERNET BY DOING ALMOST NOTHING?

THESE PEOPLE RUN A LEGITIMATE INTERNET BUSINESS WHERE THERE IS:

No need to sell any products or services
No need to have any employees
No need to invest any money (or invest very little money)
No need to spend effort or time in any business activities
No need to look for clients or customers

Amazing, isn’t it?
But what’s their secret?
The Secret: ADSENSE, Google’s Online Advertising Program

What is AdSense? How to get registered with AdSense Programs? What are the different types of AdSense programs? What are the tips and tricks for earning more through AdSense? How do I stop the Ads of competitors from appearing on my website? How do I get paid? Do I get reports for analyzing the performance of my website?

All these are genuine questions that would come to the mind of anyone who was interested in learning more about AdSense, how it works and how they can make the best of this HUGE $$$$ EARNING OPPORTUNITY..

Adobe Premiere Pro Bible

2008-12-08T04:45:00.000-08:00

Product Description
* Totally revised and enhanced to cover the major new upgrade to the overall leading desktop digital video application
* Packed with tutorials, tips, and tricks, this is the authoritative and comprehensive guide to creating, editing, and outputting digital video to DVD, CD-ROM, the Web, or videotape
* Shows how to create special effects using Premiere and After Effects, Encore, and other software; how to integrate narration, music, and sound effects with moving images; and how to create digital video productions from movies shot on a camcorder
* Bonus CD-ROM is loaded with video-based tutorials, a library of usable video clips and sample effects, useful video filters and utilities, and software tryouts

Create dynamite digital video with this definitive guide. Go from the basics to professional video production as you master the ins-and-outs of Adobe’s desktop digital video application, This Bible covers Adobe Premiere Pro’s powerful features with pages of step-by-step tutorials, tips, and tricks. It’s the comprehensive guide you need to succeed with Adobe Premiere Pro.

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Adobe Premiere Elements for Dummies

2008-12-08T03:53:00.000-08:00

Adobe Premiere Elements offers amateur and home moviemakers the opportunity to work with editing tools as powerful as those packed into Adobe Premiere Pro, one of the top tools on the market. Adobe Premiere Elements For Dummies offers these same users not only a guide through all the how-to steps of using the software, but also a valuable reference on how to best apply the tools to a great video project.
Author Keith Underdahl, also author of Adobe Premiere Pro For Dummies, is an experienced video editor who understands what new Premiere users need to know and how to best explain the topics. In this book, Keith describes:

Best practices for shooting quality video
Picking the clips you want to keep and getting them into your computer
How to use Premiere Elements’ editing tools to add an opening credits page, transitions between clips, sound, music, and ending credits.
Adding special effects using only computer trickery
Putting your finished project on a DVD, videotape, or the Internet
Covering more ground than the typical expanded users manuals you find in bookstores, Adobe Premiere Elements For Dummies is the book you need to get you through your first video-editing project as well as to return to whenever you hit rough spots and need instant help.

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Adobe Pemiere Elements Book Free Download

2008-12-08T03:22:00.000-08:00

About the Author
Keith Underdahl is a digital-media specialist residing in Albany, Oregon. Professionally, Keith is an electronic publishing specialist for AGES Software, where he serves as program manager, interface designer, multimedia producer, graphic artist, programmer, customer support manager, and resident Portable Document Format (PDF) guru. At the end of the day, he even sweeps up the place. Mr. Underdahl has written numerous books, including Teach Yourself Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Windows Movie Maker For Dummies, Macworld Final Cut Pro 2 Bible (co-author), Digital Video For Dummies, 3rd Edition, and Adobe Premiere Pro For Dummies.

Author’s Acknowledgments
So many people helped me complete this project that I hardly know where to begin. First and foremost I wish to thank my family for allowing me to work two full-time jobs as I completed Adobe Premiere Elements For Dummies. My wife, Christa, has been my entire support staff, head cheerleader, creative advisor, and inspiration throughout my entire writing career. She was the one who urged me to start writing for a small motorcycle magazine in 1995, and that endeavor has led to so many great adventures and challenges in the years since. I owe everything to Christa.

My undying gratitude also goes out to my two very favorite movie subjects, Soren and Cole Underdahl. Not only do my boys take direction well, but they are also incredibly intelligent and look great on camera! I also received help both on-screen and behind the scenes from Brian and Darlene Underdahl.

I wish I could take full credit for the quality and content of Adobe Premiere Elements For Dummies, but many other kind folks contributed to this work to make it what it is. I’d like to thank Steve Hayes for hiring me once again to write this book, my project editor Nicole Haims, my technical editor Dennis Short, and the many other folks at Wiley who toiled to make this one of the best references on Adobe Premiere Elements to be found.

I had help from some industry people, including Andy Marken, Pete Langlois, and Rick Muldoon. And finally, thanks to Christine Yarrow, Mark Wheeler, Stephen Inoue, Abhay Sarup, and all the folks at Adobe for inviting me to help develop this excellent video-editing tool. I’ve been on the user side of Adobe software for a long time, and I am honored to contribute to their testing and development programs as well.

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Photoshopcafe: High Dynamic Range and Photoshop

2008-12-07T03:17:00.000-08:00

Have you ever looked at a stunning HDR image and wondered, “how did they do that?” Wonder no more! This video will serve as your easy to follow and informative guide to the world of HDR. You will be getting results better than you dreamed of with maximum ease. Colin explains in Plain-English all you need to get going in HDR.

Nidesoft iPod Video Converter 2.1.62 | 4,78 MB

2008-12-07T03:12:00.000-08:00

Nidesoft iPod Video Converter is a powerful iPod video and ipod movie converter software which provides an easy and completed way to convert iPod video, iPhone video from all popular video files. It can convert almost all kinds of Movie/Video format, such as MP4, MP4 AVC, H.264, WMV, MP3 , WMA, AAC.etc.

Nidesoft iPod Video Converter supports so comprehensive video formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB, 3GP to iPod video/ iPhone video by building in iPod video converter lots of codec.

The iPod Video Converter not only convert iPod video, but also supports convert audio files including WAV, WMA, MP2, AC3, RA, OGG, CDA, APE to iPod MP3, M4A, AAC.

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Web Questionnaire Version 4.1 (Build Date: 2008-3-28)

2008-12-07T03:09:00.000-08:00

Web questionnaire makes it easy to design feedback forms and online questionnaires

You could compose questionnaires to collect the opinions of your customers, and analyze their feedback using different kinds of report format.
Features of WQ:
1. WYSIWYG questionnaire editor makes questionnaire editing simple.
2. Integrate with Outlook/Outlook Express/Eudora seamlessly to retrieve questionnaire replies.
3. Choose from 30 available HTML templates for creating great looking questionnaires easily.
4. Choose and modify from dozens of built-in questionnaire libraries.
5. Save frequent used questions to library questions.
6. Question validation to ensure the specific question is answered.
7. Various report format: HTML/Bar/Bar3D/Line/Line3D/Pie/Pie3D.
8. No Monthly fees, no additional respondent fees.
9. No JSP/PHP/ASP required for the web server.
10. Does not need to install any DB or CGI programs to handle the replies

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The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer

2008-12-07T03:03:00.000-08:00

Description: In The Government Machine, Jon Agar traces the mechanization of government work in the United Kingdom from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. He argues that this transformation has been tied to the rise of “expert movements,” groups whose authority has rested on their expertise. The deployment of machines was an attempt to gain control over state action — a revolutionary move. Agar shows how mechanization followed the popular depiction of government as machine-like, with British civil servants cast as components of a general purpose “government machine”; indeed, he argues that today’s general purpose computer is the apotheosis of the civil servant.

Over the course of two centuries, government has become the major repository and user of information; the Civil Service itself can be seen as an information-processing entity. Agar argues that the changing capacities of government have depended on the implementation of new technologies, and that the adoption of new technologies has depended on a vision of government and a fundamental model of organization. Thus, to study the history of technology is to study the state, and vice versa.

TwistedBrush Pro Studio 15.33

2008-12-07T01:47:00.000-08:00

TwistedBrush has one of the most versatile and powerful brush engines in existence, yet it was designed from day one to be easy to use. TwistedBrush has more than 3,000 brushes, along with all the features that artists love to use: layers, realistic media, photo cloning, tracing, masks, particles, filters, script recording, scripts to AVI, drawing tablet support, brush shapes, patterns, textures, integrated scanner support, image brushes, drawing guides, reference image views, dirty brushes, scratch layer, dynamic palettes and a whole lot more. Best of all, feature updates are frequent!Simplicity without sacrifice, powerful enough for the professional artist yet simple enough for the novice.

TwistedBrush Feature Highlights

Workspace
The workspace in TwistedBrush is designed to reduce the number of floating windows that overlay your painting surface freeing you from the chore of constantly shuffling windows around. Over 50 brushes are right at your fingertips, along with numerous color palette options and tools that get assigned to your right button click to further streamline your artist workflow.

Sketckbook
TwistedBrush works much like a real sketchbook. When you start TwistedBrush it is like opening your sketchbook, it is immediately ready to draw or paint on your page. When you’re done with a page you turn to the the next page. You never need to manually save your work. But of course you can export your pictures to any number of the standard image formats such as JPEG, PNG, BMP, TGA, TIFF, GIF, etc.

Page Explorer
Like a unlimited supply of sketchbooks, TwistedBrush keeps your pages stored in books. Up to 500 pages per book and an unlimited number of books means you’ll never run out of paper! The Page Explorer makes it easy to view and reorganize your pages in your sketchbooks. Even assign a name to your sketch book if you like.

Select Brushes
In any digital painting program the core of the system is in the brushes. Therefore easy access to the brushes is key. In TwistedBrush there are over 2000 brushes included with more added all the time. With the brush shortcut system your favorite brushes are always ready for you.

ArtSets
ArtSets organize the brushes in TwistedBrush into groups of 60 brushes. There are a variety of types of ArtSets, from standard art tools, specialize collections, patterns brushes, cloners, photo retouching brushes, image brushes, etc.

Editing ArtSets
It is easy to create your own brushes and then store them into your own ArtSets. All the tools used by the creators of TwistedBrush to create brushes and ArtSets are included. You can even create your own collections of brushes easily by entering the ArtSet build mode and selecting brushes from other ArtSets. Then if you like, make these your shortcuts with a press of a button.

Select Colors
Color selections are plentitful with the included color palettes. Additionally you can tweak selected colors, create your own palettes, select colors from your picture, from a reference image, the scratch layer or even the trace source image. Dynamic palettes also aid in color selections, allowing you to pick from the history of colors used or hue ranges from your currently selected color.

Tools
All the tools you expect are available from the tool bar. When you have a tool selected it is activated with the right mouse (stylus) click. This means your drawing brush is always available and you never need to reselect your brush to start painting again. The tools you expect are here, eye dropper, cropping, moving, line, box, ellipse, flood fill, gradiant, masking tools, text, drawing guides, brush rotate, brush cleaner etc.

Layers
TwistedBrush includes an advanced system called Layers. With layers you can split your work into transparent layers that sit on top on each others and allow for incredible editing and adjustment options even at the end stages of your painting. A wide range of layer blending modes exist including many not available in any other painting program.

Paper Textures
Use paper textures while you draw to give the feel and look of textured paper and canvas. Over 70 different surface textures are included.

Masks
Masks are the artists masks you may be familiar with if you’ve done traditional artwork. TwistedBrush has an extensive set of masking capabilities that you’ll use to protect and manipulate areas of your work. Included is a magic wand with a number of different modes for creating your masks. Or use a common shape or one of the many masking brushes to create exactly the mask you need.

Filters
A filter allows for processing the image all at once. TwistedBrush includes the full range of image processing filters ready to use.

Tracing Paper
The tracing paper feature gives you the ability to turn your canvas into tracing paper so that you can see a reference image below it for use as a drawing guide. This is invaluable for many types of work.

Cloning
Cloning, taking image data from somewhere else and placing it into your painting, that is cloning. The source image for the TwistedBrush cloning brushes can be a different image or from another area of your current picture. The cloners can be used to render a photo as a artist drawing, or to touch-up a photo or do many things in-between.

Scripts
With scripts you can record your painting actions and play them back, recreating your painting from scratch. This has value for trying out different “what-if” scenarios, for teaching pusposes, for animation production when used with the AVI saving option or just for entertainment.

Pattern Brushes
There are a number of ArtSets that contain Pattern brushes. These brushes paint a pattern on your canvas as you paint. Adjust the size the pattern with the density slider. Categories of patterns include, surface, materials, nature and others.

Brush Shapes
Most any brush in TwistedBrush can be further enhanced with a shape.

Drawing Guides
Drawing guides are a visual aid that appears over your canvas to help you with perspective, distances, and general construction of your artwork. A large number of different drawing guides are included.

Image Brushes
Image brushes are powerful tools for both recreating the flow and feel of working with natural media but also for allowing for extraordinary painting effects. The Image Brushes : Basic ArtSet includes the brushes you need that when used in combination of captured images give you an unlimited supply of brushes.

Image Warp
When using the Image Warp tool you will be pulling, pushing, pinching, and stretching your image as if it was make of rubber or putty. These tools at the extreme case can be fun for wildly adjusting a photo as shown here. But used with more finese they are invaluble for making minor adjustments to your photos or artwork saving you countless hours or re-working in more labor intensive ways.
Changes in version 15.33:
Fixed - Blending brushes were not properly cleaned when zoomed in or out.
Fixed - Reworked the stylus brush implementation introduced in 15.30 since it was having negative impact on a number of brush types.

Flex 3: A Beginner's Guide Book Free Download

2008-12-05T10:44:00.000-08:00

Product Details
* Paperback: 382 pages
* Publisher: O'Reilly/Adobe Developer Library; 1st edition (January 4, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 059652787X
* ISBN-13: 978-0596527877
* Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 1 inches

Product Description
In this book, authors Rich Shupe and Zevan Rosser share the knowledge they've gained from their years as multimedia developers/designers and teachers. Learning ActionScript 3.0 gives you a solid foundation in the language of Flash and demonstrates how you can use it for practical, everyday projects. The authors do more than just give you a collection of sample scripts. Written for those of you new to ActionScript 3.0, the book describes how ActionScript and Flash work, giving you a clear look into essential topics such as logic, event handling, displaying content, migrating legacy projects to ActionScript 3.0, classes, and much more. You will learn important techniques through hands-on exercises, and then build on those skills as chapters progress. ActionScript 3.0 represents a significant change for many Flash users, and a steeper learning curve for the uninitiated. This book will help guide you through a variety of scripting scenarios. Rather than relying heavily on prior knowledge of object-oriented programming (OOP), topics are explained in focused examples that originate in the timeline, with optional companion classes for those already comfortable with their use. As chapters progress, the book introduces more and more OOP techniques, allowing you to choose which scripting approach you prefer. Learning ActionScript 3.0 reveals: New ways to harness the power and performance of AS3 Common mistakes that people make with the language Essential coverage of text, sound, video, XML, drawing with code, and more Migration issues from AS1 and AS2 to AS3 Simultaneous development of procedural and object-oriented techniques Tips that go beyond simple script collections, including how toapproach a project and which resources can help you along the way The companion web site contains material for all the exercises in the book, as well as short quizzes to make sure you're up to speed with key concepts. ActionScript 3.0 is a different animal from previous versions, and Learning ActionScript 3.0 teaches everything that web designers, GUI-based Flash developers, and those new to ActionScript need to start using the language.

Praise
"The best ActionScript book ever written."
-Lee Brimelow, Creator of The Flash Blog

About the Author
Rich Shupe has been designing and developing with Flash since it was called FutureSplash, and has been teaching ActionScript programming to all levels of students since ActionScript became available. He founded his own training and development company, FMA, in 1995. He is a recognized authority on several technologies, including Flash, Director and QuickTime. In addition to his production experience, Rich has been teaching professionally for 10 years, and is a full-time faculty member at New York's School of Visual Arts' Computer Art Dept.

Zevan Rosser is a freelance designer/programmer/consultant and computer artist. He teaches ActionScript and Flash animation at New York's School of Visual Arts and FMA. When he's not working on commercial projects he works on his personal site, http://www.shapevent.com.

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34 Special Flash CS3 Components Book Free Download

2008-12-05T10:36:00.000-08:00

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book
352 pages | Adobe Press; 1 edition (April 27, 2007) | English | 0321499824 | 39 MB

This project-based guide from Adobe will teach readers all they need to know to create engaging interactive content with Flash CS3. Using step-by-step instructions with projects that build on the knowledge learned in each lesson, readers will learn the key elements of the Flash interface, including panels, timelines, and frames.
From there, readers will learn how to work with vector and bitmap graphics; create and edit symbols; modify text and add interactivity with ActionScript 3.0; and incorporate animation, music, and sound to their projects. They'll also learn how to prepare and export their finished projects for Web and broadcast. Of course, readers will also learn how to take advantage of the new features of Flash CS3--the streamlined user interface, native support for Photoshop and Illustrator files, revamped drawing tools, new video encoding features, code editing enhancements, and much more. The companion CD provides users with all the sample files they need to complete all of the projects.
Flash components are pieces of advanced flash work,
also called flash extensions, that extends Flash functionality
to enable fast integration, skinning and deployment for beginner
to advanced level users. Most of all our flash components are made
especially for Flash 8 and Flash CS3, some of them work only
for AS2.0 flash projects, others only for AS3.0.

However, the V3 flash components are available both AS2.0
and AS3.0 in the same bundle, so you can use them for each
type of projects. The V3 flash components AS2.0 were
released in June.15.2007 and the prospect time for AS3.0
versions is the end of Q3.2007.

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ACT! 2005 Book Free Download

2008-12-05T10:27:00.000-08:00

Introduction
ACT! is the best-selling contact manager that’s used by more than 11,000 corporations worldwide. For many of these users, ACT! represents their first foray into the area of contact relationship management (CRM). Contact management software is a little more complex to understand than other types of software. With a word processor, each document that you create is totally separate; if you make a mistake, you need only to delete your current document and start fresh. Contact management, however, builds its way into a final product; if you don’t give a bit of thought as to what goal you wish to achieve, you could end up with a muddled mess.

I am a fanACTic. I’m not ashamed to admit it. I use ACT! at work. I use ACT! on the road. I use ACT! at home. I’ve even inspired my friends to use ACT!. I’m excited about the product and know that by the time you learn to unleash the power of ACT!, you’ll be excited, too.
So what am I so excited about? I’ve seen firsthand how ACT! can save you time and help make you more efficient in the bargain. To me, accomplishing more in less time is an exciting thought — it allows more time for the fun things in life. Best of all, ACT! is a program that’s very easy to master in a very short time. You’ll be amazed not only at how quickly you can set up a database but also at how easily you can put that database to work.

Maybe by the time you finish this book, you, too, will have become a fanACTic!

About This Book
ACT! 2005 For Dummies is a reference book. As such, each chapter can be read independently and in the order you want. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic, so you can dive right in, heading straight for the chapter that interests you most. Having said that, however, I must say that I’ve tried to put the chapters into a logical sequence so that those of you who are new to ACT! can just follow the bouncing ball from chapter to chapter. More experienced users can use the Table of Contents and the index to simply navigate from topic to topic as needed.

Conventions Used in This Book
Like in most Windows-based software programs, you often have several different ways to accomplish a task in ACT!.

For the most part, I show you ways to perform a function by using the ACT! menus. When an instruction reads Choose FileOOpen, you must access the File menu (located at the top of the ACT! screen) by clicking it with the left mouse button and then choosing the Open option from the subsequent menu that appears. In most cases, you can access these commands from anywhere within ACT!, although I generally advise new ACT! users to always start a task from the Contact Detail view which is the first window you’ll see when ACT! opens. If you must be in a particular area to complete a task otherwise, I tell you where.

I also present you with shortcuts here and there. Generally, ACT! shortcuts are triggered by simultaneously pressing the Ctrl key and another key on the keyboard. For instance, the shortcut for recording a history is Ctrl+H.

At times, you need to access one of ACT!’s hidden menus, which you do by clicking an appropriate area of the screen with the right mouse button and then choosing from the menu that appears. In these instances, I simply say right-click when you need to right-click.

What You Should Read
Of course, I’m hoping that you’re going to sit down and read this entire book from cover to cover. But then again, this book isn’t the Great American Novel. And, come to think of it, the whole reason why you bought this book in the first place is because you want to get your ACT! together (no groans, please!) as quickly as possible because you’re probably finding yourself with too much to do and too little time to do it in.

For the time being, I’m going to let you get away with just reading the parts that interest you most. I’ll let you read the last chapter first and the first chapter last if you’d like because this book is designed to allow you to read each chapter independently. However, when you find yourself floating in a swimming pool, soaking up the sun, and wondering what to do with all your spare time, you might want to go back and read some of those chapters you skipped. You just might discover something!

What You Don’t Have to Read
This book is intended for both new and existing ACT! users. Most of the instructions apply to both groups of readers. Once in a while, I include some information that might be of special interest to more advanced readers. Newbies, feel free to skip these sections! Also, any information tagged with a Technical Stuff icon is there for the truly technically inclined. Everyone else can just skip this info.

How This Book Is Organized
I’ve organized this book into six parts. Each part contains several chapters covering related topics. The following is a brief description of each part, with chapter references directing you where to go for particular information:

Part I: The Opening ACT!
In Part I, you get an introduction to the concept of a database and why ACT! has become such a popular choice of database users (Chapter 1). In this part, you read about what to expect the first time you fire up ACT! (Chapter 2) and how to set the main preferences in ACT! (Chapter 3).

Part II: Putting the ACT! Database to Work
Part II focuses on putting your contacts into ACT! (Chapter 4) and, more importantly, how to find them again (Chapters 6 and 7). I show you how to view all the details about one contact, how to pull up a list of all your contacts, and even how to create an easy list report.

After you master organizing your contact information, Part II helps you organize your day. ACT! makes it easy to take notes (Chapter 8) so that you start relying on ACT! more and your memory less. You find out how to schedule appointments, calls, and to-dos — and other important events in your life. And, you discover how to view those activities in the daily, weekly, and monthly calendars (Chapter 9). Your life can become complicated, but have no fear because ACT! does its best to help you navigate through the maze. The History, Documents, and Secondary Contacts tabs allow you to accumulate lots of information about each and every one of your contacts (Chapter 5).

Part III: Sharing Your Information with Others
Corporate America lives for reports, and ACT! is up to the challenge. Whether you want to print labels or telephone directories on commercially printed forms or prefer to utilize the ACT! built-in reports (Chapter 11), Part III shows you how. I even tell you about building your own reports from scratch (Chapter 12).

One of the best features of ACT! is the ability to communicate easily with the outside world. Part III shows you how to work with templates to automate routine documents as well as how to send out mass mail merges — whether by snail mail, fax, or e-mail (Chapter 13). You also discover the advantages of using ACT! for your e-mail client (Chapter 14).

Part IV: Advanced ACT!ing
We’re all different and often like to do things in our own unique way. ACT! understands that concept and allows you to customize it to your heart’s content. At first glance, ACT! may seem like just an over-the-counter piece of software, but by adding fields (Chapter 15) and placing them on customized layouts (Chapter 16), you can make it perform as well as an expensive piece of proprietary software
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Every database needs an Administrator. If you’re elected to the job, you need to know how to perform administrative tasks, such as adding users, checking for duplicate data entry, and performing routine maintenance (Chapter 17). If you have remote users that need to access all or parts of your database you need to know how to synchronize your database (Chapter 18).

Part V: Commonly Overlooked ACT! Features
Part V focuses on four of the most frequently overlooked ACT! features:
1. Microsoft integration: Synchronize your ACT! and Outlook address books and calendars; attach a Web site in Internet Explorer directly to an ACT! contact; and explore the various ways that you can use ACT! and Excel together (Chapter 19).

2.Sales opportunities: Track your prospective sales, prioritize them, and analyze what you did right — or wrong — in making the sale (Chapter 20).

3. Groups: Group your contacts together to add a new dimension to your database (Chapter 21).

3. Companies: This is an exciting new feature of ACT! 2005. The Company feature enables you to view and edit contacts that all “belong” to the same company (Chapter 22).

Part VI: The Part of Tens
With apologies to David Letterman, you have three of my favorite ACT! lists. First, in Chapter 23, I give you a list of the major differences between ACT! 2005 Standard Edition and ACT! 2005 Premium Edition. Then in Chapter 24, I list my favorite new ACT! 2005 features — which is specifically designed for anyone who has used a previous version of ACT!. In Chapter 25, I give you ten of my favorite ways to customize your layouts.

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iDefense Labs - Hacking The Invisible Network - Download ebook

2008-12-05T10:23:00.000-08:00

Book info:
Hacking the Invisible Network: Insecurities in 802.11x
by Michael Sutton
iDEFENSE Labs Publications

Several reports have discussed weakness in the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm employed by 802.11x standard to encrypt wireless data. This has lead to development of automated tools, such as AirSnort and WEPCrack, that automate recovery of encryption keys. This document addresses how to find the vulnerablilities inherent in WEP algorithm, how to determine if a WLAN is vulnerable using freeware tools and most importantly how to best secure WLANs.

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Addison Wesley - Real 802.11 Security wi-fi Protected Access - Download ebook

2008-12-05T10:17:00.000-08:00

ebook info:
Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and 802.11i
By Jon Edney, William A. Arbaugh
Addison Wesley Publications
ebook format: CHM
ISBN-10: 0-321-13620-9

Real 802.11 Security addresses the theory, implementations, and reality of Wi-Fi security. It provides an overview of security issues, explains how security works in Wi-Fi networks, and explores various security and authentication protocols. The book concludes with an in-depth discussion of real-world security issues and attack tools. Written by two experts in wireless security, Jon Edney and William Arbaugh, this book shows you how to stay informed and aware when making security decisions, and what steps you can take to implement the most effective, proactive wireless security now and in the future.

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3D For The Web, Interactive 3D Animation

2008-12-04T01:29:00.000-08:00

Book Description

Gives a comprehensive overview of creating 3d animations for the web.

Product Description
Make sure you benefit from the explosion of new and exciting applications designed to let you create 3D animation for the web. See how you can use the power of 3ds max, Flash and Director to make your 3D fame or project a reality for the internet as well as learning generic skills allowing you to use many applications.

Ideal if you are a web designer with little or no 3D experience and need an overview of how 3D could transform your work and how best to put it online, or if you are a 3D animator wanting to produce work for the web and need a guide to which applications to use.

Insteadof being bogged down in code, this user-friendly, highly illustrated book teaches from a practical, technique-orientated stance, with only a minimal amount of code typing needed. Use pre-written code modules to create interactive are, animated characters and commercial websites. Then you can learn the techniques needed to make your own 3D games.

Each chapter contains tutorials which you can do yourself, using the files on the free CD included with the book. Interviews with successful professionals show you what you can aspire to by sharing their tips and tricks as well as details on the pros and cons of each software package.
For extra tips, information and help visit www.3dfortheweb.info

Learn how to successfully translate your 3D work to the web without the need for code
Get inspiration from professionals at the cutting-edge of 3D web design and games from interviews and examples of their work throughout the book
Use the tutorials on the free CD to practice your skills and stay ahead of the rest

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3D Programming All in one Free DOwnload

2008-12-04T01:19:00.000-08:00

About This Book

If you want to, you will be able to take this book and a computer, go into a room without Internet access, and emerge with a completed, ready-to-play first-person shooter gamewithin weeks. You will then be able to spend as much time as you want to dream up your game play concepts, and you will have the ability to add them to your game.

You might think this is a bold claim, but you can see for yourself. Go ahead and turn to the Table of Contents, or take a quick flip-through skim of the chapters. It’s all there. If you follow through and do the exercises and work, you will arrive at the other end of the journey with experience, not just book learnin’.

Believe in Yourself
Computer games are a $9 billion per year industry. A growing part of this industry is people like you—part of a growing segment of the gamer population that doesn’t just want to play the games but believes that you can make them better than the game companies can. Your problem may be that you lack the right combination of training, experience, and tools needed to turn your dreams into reality. This book is for you.

Every year more and more colleges offer game development programs, and every few months a new online indie game developer site launches on the Web. There is no lack of training available for those with the money to pay, and there is no lack of books for those of you who want to create your own engines or other specialized parts of a game.

The key element missing is a resource that takes the inspired and aspiring game developer by the hand and walks him through all the steps and tools required to make a fully featured game. This book is that resource. With the exception of game music composition (which itself could be a complete book series), you, the Gentle Reader, will learn how to create every part ofthe game yourself by using a well-defined toolkit of programs, knowledge, skills, and ideas. Sound, music, art, and code libraries are included on the companion CD for you to use if you lack a certain artistic or creative flair.

What You Bring to the Party
I assume that you have more than a passing familiarity with computer games, especially the first-person shooter genre. Throw in some computer savvy, add a reasonably capable computer system, sprinkle with desire, and you should be good to go!

Skills
You are probably fully able to deal with all aspects of Microsoft Windows-based computing. You don’t need to be a programmer, but you do need to be aware that some programming will be required in creating a computer game. The first few chapters will introduce you to all the programming concepts that you will encounter in the course of using the book. You will not be expected to learn advanced 3D math in detail, but you will learn enough 3D math to accomplish your goals.I’m going to show you how to create your own artwork, but you don’t need to be an artist. The companion CD features a large collection of art you can use in your game.

System
All of the development tools, including the engine, are also included on the companion CD. All of these tools are priced such that even though the shareware version may be included on the CD, the actual registered versions are less than $100.

You will need a Windows-based computer to use this book. (The table below outlines the minimum system requirements.) It is possible for Macintosh and Linux users to use this book to create a game, because the game engine used—Torque—is also available for those platforms. However, not all of the required development tools are available on Mac and Linux, so the book’s focus will be on Windows on Intel.

Go Get ’em!
The most important asset you have as an independent, and the key to any success, is your enthusiasm. Remember to use this book, and other books and training you acquire, as resources that will help you do what you want to do; they are not vouchers that you can trade in for a nice big pot of success. You have to do the work in the learning, and you have to do the work in the creating. And I know you can! Go get ’em!

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3ds Max 6 Bible (2004) Free Downloaf Books

2008-12-04T00:35:00.000-08:00

About This Book

Let me paint a picture of the writing process. It starts with years of experience, which is followed by months of painstaking research. There were system crashes and personal catastrophes and the always-present, ever-looming deadlines. I wrote into the early hours of the morning and during the late hours of the night — burning the candle at both ends and in the middle all at the same time. It was grueling and difficult, and spending all this time staring at the Max interface made me feel like . . . well . . . like an animator.
Sound familiar? This process actually isn’t much different from what 3D artists, modelers, and animators do on a daily basis, and, like you, I find satisfaction in the finished product.
Tutorials aplenty
I’ve always been a very visual learner — the easiest way for me to gain knowledge is by doing things for myself while exploring at the same time. Other people learn by reading and comprehending ideas. In this book, I’ve tried to present information in a number of ways to make the information usable for all types of learners. That is why you see detailed discussions of the various features along with tutorials that show these concepts in action.

The tutorials appear throughout the book and are clearly marked with the “Tutorial” label in front of the title. They always include a series of logical steps, typically ending with a figure for you to study and compare. These tutorial examples are provided on the book’s CD-ROM to give you a firsthand look and a chance to get some hands-on experience.

I’ve attempted to “laser focus” all the tutorials down to one or two key concepts. This means that you probably will not want to place the results in your portfolio. For example, many of the early tutorials don’t have any materials applied because I felt that using materials before they’ve been explained would only confuse you.

I’ve attempted to think of and use examples that are diverse, unique, and interesting, while striving to make them simple, light, and easy to follow. I’m happy to report that every example in the book is included on the CD-ROM along with the models and textures required to complete the tutorial.

The tutorials often don’t start from scratch, but instead give you a starting point. This approach lets me “laser focus” the tutorials even more; and with fewer, more relevant steps, you can learn and experience the concepts without the complexity. On the book’s CD-ROM, you will find the Max files that are referenced in Step 1 of most tutorials.
I’ve put lots of effort into this book, and I hope it helps you in your efforts. I present this book as a starting point. In each tutorial, I’ve purposely left most of the creative spice out, leaving room for you to put it in — you’re the one with the vision.

Fourth time around
This book is now in its fourth edition and, like aged cheddar cheese, is getting better with time. This edition posed an interesting dilemma. The edition for Max 4 clocked in at 1,246 pages, which was the largest number of pages that can be bound into a paperback book. So, for Max 5, I needed to rework and tighten the content to make room for pages where the new features could be covered, which was an tough task, but I was happy to say I succeeded by cramming in an additional 400 pages worth of content into the 3ds max 5 Bible. However, when the book came back from the printer, it weighed in at only 1,106 pages, making the reader think that the book was put on a diet. It turned out that the editors who laid out the book decided to use a tighter layout, thereby saving 140 pages while providing the additional content.
Now that I’m working on a version covering Max 6, I’m delighted to have that extra 140 pages to cram full of information, and the editors are already looking at an even tighter format. At this rate, the next couple of editions will be shipping with a magnifying glass.

There have been several other changes to this edition. In an effort to add some new life to many of the older tutorials (several of which desired a chance to retire), I have secured a new set of Viewpoint models that I’ve used to replace many of the old tutorials. I’ve also included a new Quick Start that lets you play with a monster truck.

How this book is organized
Many different aspects of 3D graphics exist, and in some larger production houses, you might be focused on only one specific area. However, for smaller organizations or the general hobbyist, you end up wearing all the hats — from modeler and lighting director to animator and post-production compositor. This book is organized to cover all the various aspects of 3D graphics, regardless of the hat on your head.

The book is divided into the following parts:
Quick Start — This single chapter (which is actually a chapter in Part I) is an entire animation project presented in several focused tutorials. It is designed to whet your appetite and get you up to speed and producing animations immediately.

Part I: Learning the Max Interface — Whether it’s understanding the interface, working with the viewports, dealing with files, or customizing the interface, the chapters in this part get you comfortable with the interface so you won’t get lost moving about this mammoth package.
Part II: Working with Objects — Max objects can include meshes, cameras, lights, Space Warps, and anything that can be viewed in a viewport. This part includes chapters on how to reference, select, clone, group, link, transform, and modify these various objects.
Part III: Modeling — Max includes several different ways to model objects. This part includes chapters on working with spline shapes, meshes, polys, patches, NURBS, compound objects like Lofts and Morphs, and particle systems.
Part IV: Materials and Maps — With all the various materials, maps, and parameters, understanding how to create just what you want can be difficult. These chapters explain all the various types and how to use them.
Part V: Cameras — This part describes how to control cameras and use the Camera Matching and Tracking utilities and the Multi-Pass Camera effects.
Part VI: Lighting — This part describes how to create and control the standard lights, as well as coverage on advanced lighting, radiosity, and global illumination.
Part VII: Animation — To animate your scenes, you’ll want to learn about keyframing, the Track Views, constraints, and controllers. This part includes a chapter specifically on expressions.
Part VIII: Character Animation — I cover creating and working with characters, bone systems, skinning, rigging, and character modeling in this part. I also provide complete coverage of the various inverse kinematics methods.
Part IX: Dynamics — This part includes coverage of Space Warps, the Dynamics utility, and all the cool features found in Reactor.
Part X: Rendering — To produce the final output, you can render the scene as described in this part. In addition, this part discusses environments, Render Elements, Render Effects, network rendering, raytracing, and mental ray.
Part XI: Compositing and Post-Production — This part describes the compositing process using external tools, as well as post-processing using the Video Post interface.
Part XII: MAXScript and Plug-Ins — This part provides details on using Max’s scripting language, MAXScript, and on using plug-ins.

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3D Models - UAZ 330364

2008-12-04T00:20:00.000-08:00

DAZ3D: E-Bike

2008-12-04T00:17:00.000-08:00

E-Bike is a standalone figure for Poser and DAZ Studio.

It has several moving parts for additional versatility, and includes 4 driver pose presets for M1, V1, M3 and V3, as well as a complete texture set.

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FREAKIN BEAST

2008-12-04T00:10:00.000-08:00

This is a fully posable Chopper with a Sidecar

Poses to drive or sit in the sidecar are included. There’s also a Flame-texture included.

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3D Total Textures Collection

2008-12-01T17:46:00.000-08:00

Contents:
3D Total Textures Vol 01 - General Textures
3D Total Textures Vol 02 - Aged & Stressed
3D Total Textures Vol 03 - Bases & Layers
3D Total Textures Vol 04 - Humans & Creatures
3D Total Textures Vol 05 - Dirt & Graffiti
3D Total Textures Vol 06 - Clean Textures
3D Total Textures Vol 07 - Sci-Fi
3D Total Textures Vol 08 - Vehicles ”

After popular demand and having such a positive response from the upgrades we decided it was about time to reopen the Total Texture Collection series. Our NEW Total Texture collection is full of great Showroom Textures for really finishing those Architectural renders to the highest standards with as little effort as possible.

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Word 2007 For Starter : The Missing Manual

2008-12-01T17:40:00.000-08:00

EBOOK Details
Publisher O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Release Date 25 January 2007
ISBN 0596528302

EBOOK Description
Fast-paced and easy to read, this concise free ebook teaches you the basics of Word 2007 so you can start using the program right away. Not only will you learn how to work with Word's most useful features to create documents, format and edit text, share the results and more, you'll also discover how to go beyond basic documents to handle graphics, create page layouts, and use forms and tables.

The new Word is radically different from previous versions, but with this convenient free ebook, you can breeze through the new user interface and its timesaving features in no time with:
Clear explanations

* Step-by-step instructions
* Lots of illustrations
* Larger type
* Plenty of friendly advice

Word is used primarily for word processing, but there's more to this powerful program than meets the eye. It also offers a staggering array of advanced features that were once found only in page layout programs and graphics software. Many of these features are hidden among Word's cluttered menus, and even the pros can't find them all. For Word 2007, Microsoft redesigned the user interface completely, adding a tabbed toolbar that makes every feature easy to locate.

Unfortunately, Microsoft's documentation is as poor as ever, so even if you find the features you need, you still may not know what to do with them. This free ebook helps you master Word's redesigned user interface and gives you exactly what you need to create unique, attractive and effective documents.

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Word 2007: Beyond the Manual

2008-12-01T17:36:00.000-08:00

EBOOK Details
Publisher Apress
Release Date March 12, 2007
ISBN 1590597990

EBOOK Description
If you're familiar with Word, but not Word 2007, this is the free ebook for you. Word 2007: Beyond the Manual focuses on new features of Word 2007 as well as older features that were once less accessible than they are now. This free ebook also makes a point to include examples of practical applications for all the new features.

Written by Connie Morrison, a university instructor of Microsoft applications, this free ebook will help you grow into a confident Word 2007 user. (The free ebook assumes familiarity with Word 2003 or earlier versions, so you can work effectively with the material here.) Overall, this free ebook cuts to the chase by skipping over basic or obvious features to get you up and running with Word 2007 in the shortest possible time.

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Microsoft Office Word 2007 QuickSteps

2008-12-01T17:32:00.000-08:00

EBOOK Details

Publisher McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Release Date May 3, 2007
ISBN 0071482997

EBOOK Description
Get started using Word 2007 right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions show you how to use all the new and improved features. Follow along and learn to work with the new Office interface and ribbon, create and format documents, add graphics, use templates, and collaborate with other users. You'll also find out how to use speech recognition, translate to and from another language, and save Word documents as web pages. Plus, you can flip straight to the information you need easily using the color-coded tabs. Get the book that gets you started using Word 2007 in no time.

Use these handy guideposts:
* Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks
* Need-to-know facts in concise narrative
* Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
* Bonus information related to the topic being covered
* Errors and pitfalls to avoid

Microsoft Exchange Server Training Kit 2007

2008-11-30T10:35:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Exchange Server Training Kit 2007
Microsoft Press | ISBN: 0735623503 | PDF | 855 Pages | 32,5 Mb
Get your mission-critical messaging and collaboration systems up and running with the essential guide to deploying and managing Exchange Server 2007. This comprehensive administrator's reference covers the full range of server and client deployments, unified communications, messaging security, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. With special emphasis on security, the top concern for messaging administrators, this book includes chapters on messaging security, policy, and tools and techniques to mitigate e-mail viruses, spam, and phishing. This book delivers the definitive information-messaging that professionals need to deploy and operate effective, reliable, and more-secure messaging and collaboration services. The companion CD features a fully searchable eBook and job aids--everything you need to help build enterprise collaboration solutions that improve worker productivity, save time, and help reduce IT deployment and management costs.

Announcing an all-new Self-Paced Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on 70-238, one of the required exams for the new Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Messaging Administrator certification. This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job.

Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Focusing on deploying messaging solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, this official study guide covers topics such as planning: Exchange Server 2007 upgrade and migration implementations; backup and recover solutions; server role, storage group, and Exchange services deployments; antivirus, anti-spam, messaging compliance, and network layer security implementations; and, change management, patch and service packs implementation, and monitoring and reporting.

Then assess yourself using 200+ practice questions on the CD, featuring multiple, customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an evaluation version of Exchange Server 2007 software and an exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.

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Microsoft Excel Functions and Formulas: Excel

2008-11-30T10:30:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Excel Functions and Formulas: Excel 97--Excel 2003

Topics include logical, text, date and time, basic statistical, mathematical, financial, database, and lookup and reference functions as well as conditional formatting with formulas, array formulas, and user-defined functions.
This book?s extensive examples make it an excellent tutorial for all Excel users who want to understand, create, and apply formulas. Intermediate and advanced users will find Microsoft Excel Functions & Formulas an excellent reference to many of the program?s advanced formulas and functions.

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Microsoft Windows Vista Visual Encyclopedia

2008-11-30T10:21:00.000-08:00

Paperback: 418 pages
Publisher: Visual (March 12, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 047004635X
ISBN-13: 978-0470046357

Product Description
If you prefer to see what things look like and how to perform a task, instead of just being told, this is your ideal A to Z reference. Part I shows every Windows Vista tool and how to use it. Part II provides step-by-step instructions for more than 140 key tasks and techniques. Both are arranged alphabetically and illustrated in full color. It's the ultimate Visual resource--you'll see!

* Each tool and technique illustrated in full color
* Alphabetical listings for easy reference
* Step-by-step instructions for performing dozens of tasks
* A comprehensive guide for visual learners

A Visual guide to
* Identifying and using Vista tools
* Creating appointments and sharing calendars
* Backing up your PC and encrypting files
* Setting and scam filters
* Playing DVDs and creating movies
* Configuring a remote desktop connection

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Microsoft Visual Basic Game Programming For Teens

2008-11-29T15:54:00.000-08:00

Editorial Reviews Product Description

Jonathan S. Harbour, "Microsoft Visual Basic Game Programming For Teens"
Stacy L. Hiquet | 11 MB | ISBN: 159200587X | 393 Pages | 2005 year | PDF | English

You might have a truly amazing idea for a game, but do you know what to do with it? Transforming your idea into an actual game can be a daunting task. You must have an understanding of game art, programming, audio, and business in order to produce the solid game design document that can turn your really cool idea into a really cool game.
"Game Design for Teens" is here to help you develop the skills you need to do just that. Study several real-world examples and learn from the experience of industry professionals as you focus on the techniques and elements that go into creating a game design document. Get ready to set your idea into motion as you turn it from a concept into a reality!

If you have basic programming experience, this book is your ideal guide for writing games using Visual Basic .NET and Managed DirectX 9. This Second Edition includes almost entirely new coverage. While coverage of game design and 2D artwork remain, this edition includes more detailed coverage of the DirectX game code and utilizes the free Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition compiler. A true beginner's guide, this book covers each essential step for creating your own complete role playing game, including a character creation screen and a combat system. This book serves as a comprehensive introductory guide for readers who are new to programming or new to programming for games.

Introduction
Jonathan basically uses the introduction to cover what most programming books cover in their introductions: what you need to know, what programs and versions of those programs you'll be using, and if you don't know what you're doing where you should look for help. Jonathan goes over why Visual Basic and programming in general are a better choice than something simple like RPG maker and what you can learn by doing it the hard way. He also notes that he'll be using Visual Basic 6.0 (with Service Pack 6) to do the coding in the book. He also claims that he has verified the source to work in version 5.0 as well. The book will be using exclusively DirectX 8, no version 7, even though the premise of the book is creating a 2D RPG game. This was probably a good move because the only real thing that DX7 has going for it is the ease of using DirectDraw. Graphics, sound, input... everything is in DX8 in this book. A short section is provided with contact information should you have any questions while working through the book. Jonathan has a personal website at www.jharbour.com, something I never knew even after reading his first book, which is devoted to his books, games, life, etc. He has provides some forums there for assistance as well as provides his email address in the text itself. Finally, the intro is wrapped up with the cliche conventions explanation that appears in the intro to almost all programming books.

About the Author
Jonathan S. Harbour is an Associate Professor of Game Development at the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona. His current game project is Starflight: The Lost Colony (www.starflightgame.com). He lives in Arizona with his wife, Jennifer, four children (Jeremiah, Kayleigh, Kaitlyn, Kourtney), a dog (Lucy), a cat (Missy), and six temperamental computers (ages 1 to 8). He can be reached at www.jharbour.com.

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Microsoft Word 2007 The Missing Manual

2008-11-29T08:25:00.000-08:00

Chris Grover, "Microsoft Word 2007 The Missing Manual"

Publisher: Pogue Press | 18 MB | 504 pages | December 21, 2006 | ISBN: 059652739X | CHM | English

Microsoft Word has grown considerably in power, sophistication and capability over the past decade, but one thing that hasn't changed since the early '90s is its user interface. The simple toolbar in version 2.0 has been packed with so many features since then that few users know where to find them all.
Consequently, more and more people are looking for "insider" tips that will allow them to use these advanced and often hidden features. Microsoft has addressed this problem in Word 2007 by radically redesigning the user interface with a tabbed toolbar that makes every feature easy to locate and use. Unfortunately, Microsoft's documentation is as scant as ever, so even though you will be able to find advanced features, you might not know what to do with them.

Word 2007: The Missing Manual, written specifically for this version of the software, explains basics like how to create documents, enter and edit text, format, print, and fax. You will will also learn how to create sophisticated page layouts, insert forms and tables, use graphics, and create book-length documents with outlines and Master Documents. Coverage also includes how to share documents with other people and programs, create web pages, automate documents with fields, and automate tasks with macros and the Visual Basic scripting language. This book shows you how to do it all.

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Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

2008-11-27T18:31:00.000-08:00

Resource Kit
Free eBOOK Details
Publisher Microsoft Press
Release Date March 7, 2008
ISBN 0735625158

Free eBOOK Description
Get the definitive, in-depth resource for designing, deploying, and maintaining Windows Server 2008 Active Directory in an enterprise environment. Written by experts on directory services and the Active Directory team at Microsoft, this technical resource is packed with concrete, real-world design and implementation guidance. You ll get in-depth guidance on installation, Active Directory components, replication, security, administration, and more. You also get answers to common questions from network architects, engineers, and administrators about Windows Server 2008 Active Directory plus scripts, utilities, job aids, and a fully searchable eBook on CD.

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Fix It - How to Do All Those Little Repair Jobs Around Your Home

2008-11-20T04:58:00.000-08:00

Allen & Unwin | ISBN: 1741753260 | 2007-10-01 | PDF | 336 pages | 3.8 MB|Rar

Never mind the big renos, it's all the little jobs around the house that can end up costing you a fortune - unless you can do them yourself.Handyman and DIYer Scott McGregor, previously of Better Homes and Gardens and Home Improvement, shows you how in this essential guide to everything DIY around the home.

Fix It is packed full of step-by-steps and how-tos for all those tricky little jobs you'd rather not pay a tradie to do, including: everything you need to know about tools, products and materials; making your home more energy efficient; repairs to walls, floors, ceilings, doors and windows; small jobs like hanging pictures, repairing carpet, installing window locks; damp problems; repairing, cleaning and restoring furniture; updating or repairing built-in cupboards and kitchens; wet areas; minor plumbing and electrical jobs; all the tricks and tips for a great paint job; decks, concrete, masonry, gardens, yards, fences, barbecues and outdoor furniture and much much more.
With easy to understand diagrams, Fix It is an essential item in any home tool kit, next to the hammer, the power drill and a length of wire (just in case). Give it pride of place on your shadow board!

34 Special Flash CS3

2008-11-15T10:01:00.000-08:00

34 Special Flash CS3 Components Book Free Download
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book
352 pages | Adobe Press; 1 edition (April 27, 2007) | English | 0321499824 | 39 MB

This project-based guide from Adobe will teach readers all they need to know to create engaging interactive content with Flash CS3. Using step-by-step instructions with projects that build on the knowledge learned in each lesson, readers will learn the key elements of the Flash interface, including panels, timelines, and frames.
From there, readers will learn how to work with vector and bitmap graphics; create and edit symbols; modify text and add interactivity with ActionScript 3.0; and incorporate animation, music, and sound to their projects. They'll also learn how to prepare and export their finished projects for Web and broadcast. Of course, readers will also learn how to take advantage of the new features of Flash CS3--the streamlined user interface, native support for Photoshop and Illustrator files, revamped drawing tools, new video encoding features, code editing enhancements, and much more. The companion CD provides users with all the sample files they need to complete all of the projects.

Flash components are pieces of advanced flash work, also called flash extensions, that extends Flash functionality to enable fast integration, skinning and deployment for beginner to advanced level users. Most of all our flash components are made especially for Flash 8 and Flash CS3, some of them work only for AS2.0 flash projects, others only for AS3.0.

However, the V3 flash components are available both AS2.0 and AS3.0 in the same bundle, so you can use them for each type of projects. The V3 flash components AS2.0 were released in June.15.2007 and the prospect time for AS3.0 versions is the end of Q3.2007.

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Adobe Creative Suite 2 Book Free Download

2008-11-15T10:00:00.000-08:00

About the Authors

Jennifer Smith is the founder and Vice President of American Graphics Institute (AGITraining.com). She has authored multiple books on Adobe products and is a technical writer for the Adobe Classroom in a Book series. Jennifer has worked in all aspects of graphic design and production including as an art director of an advertising agency. More than ten years ago, Jennifer took her experience and applied it to teaching. Under her leadership, AGI has grown into the largest training organization focused on print, Internet, video, and PDF publishing. Her teaching and writing style shows a clear direction that can only be achieved by someone who knows the industry and has experienced the Adobe applications in a professional workflow. She lives in the Boston area with her husband (who co-authored this book) and children.

Christopher Smith is President of American Graphics Institute and oversees curriculum content and delivery for Adobe’s largest and oldest Certified Training Provider. An Adobe Certified Expert, he works as part of the Adobe Creative Team as the lead technical writer for the Adobe Classroom in a Book series for both Adobe Acrobat and Adobe InDesign. His more than ten other books include Moving to InDesign, Teach Yourself Adobe Acrobat in 24 Hours, and Real World Adobe Acrobat. Smith has served as an elected member of the School Board in his hometown in suburban Boston, Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and children.

Authors’ Acknowledgments
Thanks to all of our friends and colleagues at Adobe Systems for their support, encouragement, and faith in our work: Ali, Joe, Ron, Dave, Donna, Steve, Noha, Lynn, Adam, Christine, Jill, Jeffrey, Bagel, Carrie, and the many product team members who responded to our questions throughout the writing process.

Thanks also to the highly professional instructional staff at American Graphics Institute (AGI) who always provide great insight into the best ways to help people learn these software applications.

Thanks to all at Wiley Publishing. This book involves a lot of detail and information and it was up to acquisitions editor, Melody Lane and her “tough love” to make sure it got to the state it is now. Thanks to Colleen Totz and technical editor Cathy Auclair for the great insight.

Thanks to our family as they had to deal with parents who toiled away at the keyboard night after night.

Jennifer: thanks all the friends of my teenage daughter who gave rights for me to use their images.

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Using VBScript, WMI, and ADSI to Automate Windows Administration

2008-11-12T19:46:00.000-08:00

Microsoft introduced Visual Basic, Scripting Edition—commonly known as VBScript—inthe mid-1990s, positioning it as a native replacement for Windows’ aging command-line batch language, which was based on Microsoft’s earliest operating system, MS-DOS. VBScript was intended to be easy to learn, powerful, and flexible. The language was included as an add-on to Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, was an optional installation component included in Windows 98, and was included in all editions of Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.

Software developers immediately seized upon VBScript for web programming, particularly in Active Server Pages, Microsoft’s rapid-development programming framework for the web. However, Windows administrators—one of VBScript’s initial target audiences—were left cold. VBScript seemed to be much more complicated than administrators’ beloved MS-DOS-based batch language, and many didn’t see the need to learn an entirely new batch language.

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Microsoft Excel 2007 Formulas

2008-11-12T19:42:00.000-08:00

This book is a single reference that’s indispensable for Excel beginners, intermediate users, power users, and would-be power users everywhere.
Fully updated for the new release, this latest edition provides comprehensive, soup-to-nuts coverage, delivering over 900 pages of Excel tips, tricks, and techniques readers won’t find anywhere else.
John Walkenbach, aka "Mr. Spreadsheet," is one of the world’s leading authorities on Excel.
Thoroughly updated to cover the revamped Excel interface, new file formats, enhanced interactivity with other Office applications, and upgraded collaboration features.

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PHP Functions Essential Reference

2008-11-11T19:39:00.000-08:00

PHP Functions Essential Reference is a detailed and practical function reference for the PHP programming language. Concise and authoritative, this working programmer's guide covers the core function groups plus 300 additional commonly used PHP functions, and details 800 more functions on the book's web site.

Written by working developers and PHP community leaders, this book is full of working code that utilizes the rich variety of functions availablewith PHP. Every function is supported by one or more examples that illustrate the function in action. This definitive guide to PHP is a must-have for any serious PHP programmer.

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