Naruto Uzumaki Chronicles 2 or How to Do Everything with Your iPAQ Pocket PC

Naruto Uzumaki Chronicles 2

Author: Fernando Bueno

Abilities: Learn to tailor your character's skills and abilities for maximum performance.
Missions: Detailed story mode walkthroughs and strategies to completing all 50 side missions.
Unlockables: A complete list of all secrets and unlockables.
Moves: Complete lists of all special moves and Jutsus.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION
NINJA ACADEMY
THE CAST
NINJA TOOLS
WALKTHROUGH
NARUTO GAIDEN
SURVIVAL TESTS
SECRET SCROLLS
SAY WHAT?–NARUTO DICTIONARY

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How to Do Everything with Your iPAQ Pocket PC

Author: Derek Ball

Maximize all the powerful capabilities of your iPAQ Pocket PC with help from this easy-to-use guide. You'll learn to use the email, Internet, phone, and camera features, and enjoy all the entertainment options like movies and music. You'll also find out how to be more productive on-the-go using the mobile office software--work on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, all in the palm of your hand. With coverage of all models, How to Do Everything with Your iPAQ Pocket PC, Third Edition is your one-stop guide for getting the most out of this versatile handheld device.

Derek Ball is a recognized industry expert in mobility and wireless and develops applications for handheld wireless devices such as the HP iPAQ. He has authored or co-authored several books on mobile computing and other emerging technology topics.

Dayton Foster has been working with converged mobile technologies for several years. He is the Director of Mobile Technologies for Avocent Mobile Solutions.

Introduction to Computational Genomics or Hashimotos Thyroiditis

Introduction to Computational Genomics: A Case Studies Approach

Author: Nello Cristianini

Where did SARS come from? Have we inherited genes from Neanderthals? How do plants use their internal clock? The genomic revolution in biology enables us to answer such questions. But the revolution would have been impossible without the support of powerful computational and statistical methods that enable us to exploit genomic data. Many universities are introducing courses to train the next generation of bioinformaticians: biologists fluent in mathematics and computer science, and data analysts familiar with biology. This readable and entertaining book, based on successful taught courses, provides a roadmap to navigate entry to this field. It guides the reader through key achievements of bioinformatics, using a hands-on approach. Statistical sequence analysis, sequence alignment, hidden Markov models, gene and motif finding and more, are introduced in a rigorous yet accessible way. A companion website provides the reader with Matlab-related software tools for reproducing the steps demonstrated in the book.

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Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: ICON Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to Hashimoto's thyroiditis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to Hashimoto's thyroiditis.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Table of Contents:

Forward
Chapter 1. Studies on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Overview
Federally Funded Research on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Chapter 2. Nutrition and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Overview
Finding Nutrition Studies on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Federal Resources on Nutrition
Additional Web Resources
Chapter 3. Alternative Medicine and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Overview
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Additional Web Resources
General References
Chapter 4. Books on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Overview
Book Summaries: Online Booksellers
Appendix A. Physician Resources
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
Appendix B. Patient Resources
Overview
Patient Guideline Sources
Finding Associations
Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS DICTIONARY
INDEX

Mastering Microsoft SQL Server 2005 express or Excel 2007 Miracles Made Easy

Mastering Microsoft SQL Server 2005 express

Author: Mike Gunderloy

A Comprehensive Guide to Microsoft's New Express Edition of its Bestselling Database Server

Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is the perfect fit if you're a small business owner, trainer, or student who doesn't need all the bells and whistles of the full version of SQL Server 2005. In this comprehensive guide written by two SQL Server experts, you'll find step-by-step explanations and simplified management tools for

using SQL Server Express in smaller-scale but still mission-critical situations. With a focus on practical tasks, the book thoroughly

covers both database administration and development, smoothly moving you from beginner to advanced subjects.

Coverage Includes
* Understanding basic database concepts
* Getting to know database types: file server, client server, relational and more
* Learning Structured Query Language (SQL) and SQL Server's Transact-SQL
* Creating efficient and useful databases
* Writing queries and stored procedures to explore your data
* Automating the administration of your databases
* Developing database applications with Visual Basic(r) Express
* Using SQL Server Management Studio Express
* Sharing data between multiple servers
* Monitoring and optimizing SQL Server Express

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Leverage the Experience of Experts through Real-World Examples

Increase Your Own Productivity with an Entire Chapter on Troubleshootng

Discover Practical Solutions to a Database Administrator's Needs

Reduce Complexity and Build Simple Data-Driven Applications

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Excel 2007 Miracles Made Easy: Mr. Excel Reveals 25 Amazing Things You Can Do with the New Excel

Author: Bill Jelen

In this addendum to Learn Excel from Mr. Excel, the amazing new features offered in Excel 2007 are introduced. Revealing the features that make this new version the best new release of Excel since 1997, this guide provides the necessary information to teach users to quickly unleash the powerful new features in Excel 2007, create incredible-looking charts, customize color themes to match their corporate logo, utilize data-visualization tools, and learn Pivot Table improvements.

Xbox 360 Achievements or Real World Nikon Capture NX

Xbox 360 Achievements: Unlocked

Author: BradyGames

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MAXIMIZING YOUR GAMERSCORE!

HOW TO UNLOCK EVERY XBOX 360 ACHIEVEMENT FOR THESE HOT TITLES!

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  Forza Motorsport 2
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  Gears of War
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  Guitar Hero III
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  Halo 3
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  Half Life 2: Orange Box
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  Lego Star Wars II
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  Madden NFL 08
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  Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
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  NBA 2K8
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  NCAA Football 08
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  Overlord
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  Project Gotham Racing 4
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  The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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  Virtua Fighter 5

PLUS, HOW TO GET 10,000 MORE GAMERPOINTS IN 2 WEEKS!

Platform: Xbox 360

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Real World Nikon Capture NX (Real World Series)

Author: Ben Long

Capture NX from Nikon is a powerful image-editing application that lets photographers make complex edits of their digital images with more speed and efficiency than other software programs. Its underlying technology gives photographers the ability to make selective corrections to an image with just one click. "Real World Capture NX," written by digital photography expert Ben Long, takes photographers behind the scenes to see how this innovative program works. Along the way, Ben offers valuable tips and techniques for getting the most out of the software and digital cameras.

Novice and expert photographers alike will benefit from Capture NX. New users can make advanced image corrections without learning sophisticated masking techniques. Advanced users will find they need fewer steps to perform the complex edits they are accustomed to making in other programs. Any image corrections made with Capture NX are non-destructive, which means that the all edits are changeable and reversible until the photographer. Photographers who use Nikon cameras have access to special software features for working with raw, JPEG and TIFF images. While Capture NX was developed with Nikon cameras in mind, the software works with digital cameras from all manufacturers, thus broadening its appeal. Every digital photographer can use Capture NX--and will benefit from "Real World Capture NX."

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ADTs, Data Structures and Problem Solving with C++

Author: Larry Nyhoff

Abstract data types (ADT's) and data structures are key elements in unlocking the power of object-oriented programming. Designed for CS2 course; this popular book thoroughly covers ADTs (Abstract Data Types), data structures, and their use in problem solving. The text guides the student through the development of ADTs such as stacks, queues, and binary trees, the use of key data structures such as arrays, classes and linked lists to implement ADTs, and problem solving using Object-Oriented Design (OOD) methodologies. Algorithms required to design arid implement ADTs in C++ are given thorough treatment along with a solid introduction to the Standard Template Library (STL). C++ topics such as recursion, inheritance, and polymorphism are introduced and some C-style topics relative to data structures are also provided. Using examples, case studies and exercises from various areas of computer science, author Larry Nyhoff offers the student a solid foundation for further studies in CS while providing concrete tools for unlocking the power of C++.

New to the Second Edition

• New chapters on searching and C++'s I/O and string classes
• Improvements and additions to diagrams
• Consistent naming conventions
• Complete source code for ADTs
• Expanded treatment of selected topics on the text's website
• Introduces UML and uses UML-style diagrams for ADT specifications

Table of Contents:

1	Software development	1
2	Introduction to abstract data types	45
3	Data structures and abstract data types	81
4	More about OOP and ADTs - classes	143
5	Standard C++ input/output and string classes	193
6	Lists	253
7	Stacks	315
8	Queues	389
9	ADT implementations : templates and standard containers	445
10	ADT implementations : recursion, algorithm analysis, and standard algorithms	521
11	More linking up with linked lists	585
12	Searching : binary trees and hash tables	645
13	Sorting	721
14	OOP and ADTs	779
15	Trees	831
16	Graphs and digraphs	883

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.NET Framework Programmer's Reference

Author: Dan Rahmel

Beginning with an overview of the . NET architecture,this book is an extremely handy desk reference. Outlining basic concepts including syntax,variable passing,class redefinition,and event structure,this book also provides definitions for all of the relevant classes in the framework within topic areas such as graphics,networking,and more. Lastly,the API Quick reference section will offer indexes and cross references to the classes and their methods.


Quick Reference for Effective Programming in the . NET Framework!

Quick,accurate answers to all your . NET technology questions are within easy reach—just grab your copy of . NET Framework Programmer's Reference. Now you can program in the standardized,shared environment of Visual Studio,using Visual Basic,C#,C++,or other third-party languages. This handy resource provides a structural overview of the extensible,reusable classes that comprise the . NET Framework. Execute applications using ASP. NET—plus locate and understand specific routines,syntax,variable passing,and event structure. Organized and cross-referenced by topics,subclasses,and namespace location,this vital reference is likely to be the most used book in any developer's library.

• Access all system services—including Web services,I/O,networking,memory management,and events
  
• Individual chapters devoted to essential topics including COM,database access,security,XML,and runtime services
  
• Solve problems on the spot—designed to provide quick,usable explanations
  
• Complete coverage of Common Language Runtime,Framework classes,and ASP. NET
  

The IT Value Quest or Actionscript 20 Language Reference for Macromedia Flash 8

The IT Value Quest: How to Capture the Business Value of IT-Based Infrastructure

Author: Theo J Renkema

The IT Value Quest How to Capture the Business Value of IT-based infrastructure Theo J.W. Renkema Although the potential of information technology (IT) is beyond dispute, it proves to be very difficult to evaluate its true business value. In the present competitive business arena, modern IT provides the enabling infrastructure for efficient and effective business operations, leveraging business improvements and securing a competitive edge. Capturing the value of this IT-based infrastructure is often considered as the most critical and yet the most complex part of managerial decision-making. Many managers do not try to justify their expenditure or measure whether their money was well spent. This situation has become unacceptable in the light of the rising costs and uncertain benefits of this increasingly important type of business investment. The call for more financial returns and more 'value for money' can no longer be ignored. Making the right investment evaluations will make the vital difference between business success and failure. This book provides a unique perspective on assessing and creating business value from investments in IT-based infrastructure and, more importantly, it shows how the role of IT-based infrastructure is critical to obtain the full benefits of IT. Management/Information Systems

Table of Contents:

INVESTMENT ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES.

IT-Based Infrastructure: Value for Money?

Refocusing the Search for IT Value.

THE NEW DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

Strategic Dimensions of IT-Based Infrastructure.

The Business Role of IT-Based Infrastructure.

INVESTMENT GOVERNANCE AND CONTROL.

Infrastructure Governance Through Investment Decisions.

Appraisal Methods for IT Investments.

Investment Decisions with the P4 Model.

The P4 Model in Practice.

THE BUSINESS CASE FOR INVESTMENT.

Assessing Infrastructure Projects.

Assessing Infrastructure Synergy.

CONCLUDING MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES.

An Investment Methodology for IT-Based Infrastructure.

Managing IT-Based Infrastructure for Business Value.

References.

Index.

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Actionscript 2.0 Language Reference for Macromedia Flash 8

Author: Instructional Media Macromedia

The ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference for Macromedia Flash 8 is a comprhensive reference manual that describes the application programming interface (API) for Macromedia Flash Player. It includes valuable syntax and usage information; descriptions of classes, functions, properties, and events; and code samples for every element in the ActionScript language.

First Course in Discrete Mathematics or Intelligent Help Systems for UNIX

First Course in Discrete Mathematics

Author: John C Molluzzo

This highly regarded work fills the need for a treatment of elementary discrete mathematics that provides a core of mathematical terminology and concepts as well as emphasizes computer applications. Includes numerous elementary applications to computing and examples with solutions.

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Intelligent Help Systems for UNIX

Author: Stephen J Hegner

In this international collection of papers there is a wealth of knowledge on artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive science (CS) techniques applied to the problem of providing help systems mainly for the UNIX operating system. The research described here involves the representation of technical computer concepts, but also the representation of how users conceptualise such concepts. The collection looks at computational models and systems such as UC, Yucca, and OSCON programmed in languages such as Lisp, Prolog, OPS-5, and C which have been developed to provide UNIX help. These systems range from being menu-based to ones with natural language interfaces, some providing active help, intervening when they believe the user to have misconceptions, and some based on empirical studies of what users actually do while using UNIX. Further papers investigate planning and knowledge representation where the focus is on discovering what the user wants to do, and figuring out a way to do it, as well as representing the knowledge needed to do so. There is a significant focus on natural language dialogue where consultation systems can become active, incorporating user modfelling, natural language generation and plan recognition, modelling metaphors, and users' mistaken beliefs. Much can be learned from seeing how AI and CS techniques can be investigated in depth while being applied to a real test-bed domain such as help on UNIX.

Adobe Premiere Elements 2 in a Snap or MATLAB for Behavioral Scientists

Adobe Premiere Elements 2 in a Snap

Author: Grisetti

Adobe Premiere Elements 2 In a Snap is an effective guide to getting things done quickly in Adobe Premiere Elements 2. Our In a Snap format allows you to easily jump in anywhere in the book. You can focus on only the tasks that you want to learn about. Organized into a series of well-organized, bite-sized tasks, the book covers key techniques that will quickly improve your editing skills. In addition to this coverage, the authors will provide you with guidance on how to imitate the editing styles of the masters.

Chapters include:

• Working with Stills and Graphics

  Table of Contents:

  Ch. 1	Start here	1
  Ch. 2	Getting to know the workspace	23
  Ch. 3	Get the picture : capturing video	33
  Ch. 4	Adding media	65
  Ch. 5	Working with stills and graphics	93
  Ch. 6	Editing on the timeline	121
  Ch. 7	Using transitions	155
  Ch. 8	Advanced timeline video and audio editing	167
  Ch. 9	Adding spice to your video	187
  Ch. 10	The power of keyframing	213
  Ch. 11	Advanced special effects	235
  Ch. 12	Cool tricks	263
  Ch. 13	Adding text, creating titles, making credits	297
  Ch. 14	Exporting your video	325
  Ch. 15	DVD authoring	349

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  MATLAB for Behavioral Scientists

  Author: David A Rosenbaum

  MATLAB for Behavioral Scientists is a tremendously valuable textbook that walks behavioral scientists through the computer programming process, using terms that are relevant to their concerns and appreciating their special programming needs. Autho

  
  
  

Cities and Complexity or Computer Forensics

Cities and Complexity: Understanding Cities with Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Models, and Fractals

Author: Michael Batty

As urban planning moves from a centralized, top-down approach to a decentralized, bottom-up perspective, our conception of urban systems is changing. In Cities and Complexity, Michael Batty offers a comprehensive view of urban dynamics in the context of complexity theory, presenting models that demonstrate how complexity theory can embrace a myriad of processes and elements that combine into organic wholes. He argues that bottom-up processes -- in which the outcomes are always uncertain -- can combine with new forms of geometry associated with fractal patterns and chaotic dynamics to provide theories that are applicable to highly complex systems such as cities.

Batty begins with models based on cellular automata (CA), simulating urban dynamics through the local actions of automata. He then introduces agent-based models (ABM), in which agents are mobile and move between locations. These models relate to many scales, from the scale of the street to patterns and structure at the scale of the urban region. Finally, Batty develops applications of all these models to specific urban situations, discussing concepts of criticality, threshold, surprise, novelty, and phase transition in the context of spatial developments. Every theory and model presented in the book is developed through examples that range from the simplified and hypothetical to the actual. Deploying extensive visual, mathematical, and textual material, Cities and Complexity will be read both by urban researchers and by complexity theorists with an interest in new kinds of computational models.

Sample chapters and examples from the book, and other related material, can be found at complexcity.info.

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Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation

Author: John R Vacca

The Most Comprehensive, Up-to-Date, Reference on Computer Forensics!

Using personal computers as their weapons, hackers and criminals (some only 11 years old) have attacked the Internet, government agencies, financial companies, small businesses, and the credit card accounts of unsuspecting individuals. This completely updated book/CD package provides a complete overview of computer forensics from information security issues to "crime scene investigation," seizure of data, determining the "fingerprints" of the crime, and tracking down the criminals. The book's companion CD-ROM contains demos of the latest computer forensics software. Numerous exercises, case studies, and vignettes of actual crimes enhance the topics under discussion, and provide the reader with solutions to computer crime in the real world.
 
KEY FEATURES
Comprehensive overview of the subject from information security issues to data recovery techniques to auditing methods to terrorist cyber-attacks
Includes Evidence Identifi cation and Checklist forms, hands-on projects, exercises, and case studies for each chapter
CD includes tools, presentations, and demos of the latest computer forensics software
Selected topics include: Computer Forensics Fundamentals; Data Recovery; Evidence Collection and Data Seizure; Computer Image Verifi cation; Duplication and Preservation of Digital Evidence; Electronic Evidence Reconstructing Past Events; Deterrence through Attacker ID; Destruction of e-mail; Networks; Protection against Random Terrorist Information Warfare Tactics; The Cyber Foot Print and Criminal Tracking; The Individual Exposed; Advanced Encryption & Hacking; Case Studies and Vignettes; Evidence Checklists and Forms
 
On the CD-ROM
(See Appendix G for Details)
Includes a collection of forensic tools, demonstrations, docs, product presentations, and figures from the book. Topics and demos include: analysis tools, data recovery, forensic examination checklists, instant messenger issues, litigation, forensic training and certification information, case profiles, and more
 
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The third party software contained on the CD-ROM runs on a variety of platforms and operating systems. Please consult Appendix G for more details, and especially Web site information for specific requirements, updates, etc. Minimum system requirements for all of these software products include Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or higher, Windows 2000, XP; an Internet connection; some also require basic hardware such as Firewire, USB Devices, Zip, Jaz, Floppy Diskettes, or hard disk drives (IDE, EIDE, SCSI, ATA, SATA).

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction

Cyber Safe Kids Cyber Savvy Teens or Digital Character Painting Using PhotoShop CS3 2E

Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn To Use the Internet Safely and Responsibly

Author: Nancy E Willard

Essential strategies to keep children and teens safe online

As our children and teens race down the onramp to the Information Superhighway, many parents feel left behind in the dust. News stories about online sexual predators, child pornography, cyberbullies, hate groups, gaming addiction, and other dangers that lurk in the online world make us feel increasingly concerned about what our children are doing (and with whom) in cyberspace. In Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens, Internet safety expert Nancy Willard provides you with need-to-know information about those online dangers, and she gives you the practical parenting strategies necessary to help children and teens learn to use the Internet safely and responsibly.

Parents protect younger children by keeping them in safe places, teaching them simple safety rules, and paying close attention. As children grow, we help them gain the knowledge, skills, and values to make good choices—choices that will keep them safe and show respect for the rights of others. In Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens, Willard shows you how those same strategies can be translated from the real world to the cyberworld, and that you don't have to learn advanced computer skills to put them into effect. As you work on these strategies with your child, you will also discover that remaining engaged with what your children are doing online is much more valuable than any blocking software you could buy.

"Willard blends the perspectives of a wise parent and a serious scholar about issues related to Internet behavior and safety. . . . Pick up the book, open it to any random page, and you will find on thatpage or nearby a wealth of helpful advice and useful commentary on the cyberreality facing our children and on how to deal with any of the issues she's identified."
—Dick Thornburgh, J.D., former U.S. Attorney General; chair, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Youth Pornography and the Internet

"Simply put, this book is a must-read for anyone—parents, educators, law enforcement, and policymakers alike—concerned with the critical issue of children's internet safety and what to do about it."
—Douglas Levin, senior director of education policy, Cable in the Classroom

Children's Literature

The Internet provides its users with virtually unlimited access to information and communication opportunities. Concerned parents rightly find themselves in a precarious position: the appropriate use of the World Wide Web will be necessary in their children's' lives, yet the potential for inappropriate uses are lurking around every corner. Within this informative text, parents have the chance to learn how to be critical consumers of the Internet and how to effectively guard their children against would-be pitfalls. Discerning parents can discover strategies for safeguarding their children at every age, from eight and under, through eighteen and over. At each level, different issues are addressed, from cyber bullying and unsafe communication, to gaming, to spam and scams. By providing real life examples and statistics that bring the realities of Internet dangers to life, parents are taught to become confident in setting regulations for their children when it comes to using the Web. Yet the real value of this text comes from the specific suggestions and ideas offered to prevent intentional or unintentional access to explicit online content. While the premise of the text is to safeguard children against the dangers found online, the author encourages parents not to see the Internet as a negative, reminding us that the Internet opens up a world of possibilities that can remain positive if monitored correctly. Arming parents with the information they need to be more Internet savvy than their teens, this book is a must read for concerned parents. Reviewer: Ginny Sautner

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Digital Character Painting Using PhotoShop CS3 2E

Author: Don Seegmiller

Digital Character Painting Using Photoshop CS3 is a brilliantly illustrated, full-color book that combines both the fundamentals of character design and the skills of digital painting. Completely updated using Photoshop CS3 as the primary tool, the book details how to create characters that elicit specific emotions and how to beautifully render those characters by applying conventional painting skills to digital tools. Written for both the seasoned professional and aspiring artist alike, Digital Character Painting Using Photoshop CS3 explores the key principles of design and reveals how to enhance traditional skills and apply them to digital art for use in games, film, animation, and other commercial productions. Using practical tutorials, the book covers basic skills such as value, edges, color, texturing, and light, and then moves on to teach in-depth techniques on specific features including eyes, face, clothing, hair, and fur. Whatever your skill level, you will discover practical ideas and techniques to apply to your craft and to help you improve and create masterful works of digital art! Features: - Presents a completely updated, beautiful, full color guide to character design and computer art using Photoshop. - Provides practical insights into how to master Photoshop CS3 as a powerful painting tool, including how to customize the brushes to achieve the best possible results. - Focuses on learning artistic skills that can be applied to a variety of 2D and 3D programs, with an emphasis on Photoshop CS3. - Teaches how to combine traditional artistic values with today's graphics software. - Includes a CD-ROM with the figures and files for the tutorials in the book, along witha QuickTime movie showing how a painting is created.

Physics for Game Programmers or Ajax in Practice

Physics for Game Programmers

Author: Grant Palmer

First, you can get the source code directly from Apress' website. Second...the implementations are in simple terms. Third...(Grant Palmer's) book is full of trivia about physics that are just plain fun to read.

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As far as the style of the book goes, I think that's actually where it really shines. The author has a way of explaining things that's thorough without being verbose.

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Physics for Game Programmers shows you how to infuse compelling and realistic action into game programming--even if you don't have a college-level physics background! Author Grant Palmer covers basic physics and mathematical models and then shows how to implement them, to simulate motion and behavior of cars, planes, projectiles, rockets, and boats.

This book is neither code heavy nor language specific, and all chapters include unique, challenging exercises for you to solve. This unique book also includes historical footnotes and interesting trivia. You'll enjoy the conversational tone, and rest assured: all physics jargon will be properly explained.

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Ajax in Practice

Author: Dave Cran

"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.

Digital Video or Oracle PL SQL For Dummies

Digital Video: An Introduction

Author: Tom Ang

From weddings to making your own films, transform your video-making with this special, easy-to-use guide from digital expert, Tom Ang.

Author Biography: Tom Ang has worked as a photo editor on many magazines. He is the winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for photography, and the author of the Digital Photographer's Handbook and Digital Video Handbook.

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Oracle PL/SQL For Dummies

Author: Michael Rosenblum

Find tips for creating efficient PL/SQL code

If you know a bit about SQL, this book will make PL/SQL programming painless!

The Oracle has spoken—you need to get up to speed on PL/SQL programming, right? We predict it'll be a breeze with this book! You'll find out about code structures, best practices, and code naming standards, how to use conditions and loops, where to place PL/SQL code in system projects, ways to manipulate data, and more.

Discover how to

• Write efficient, easy-to-maintain code

• Test and debug PL/SQL routines

• Integrate SQL and PL/SQL

• Apply PL/SQL best practices

• Use new features introduced in Oracle 9i and 10g

Microsoft SharePoint or Software Configuration Management Handbook Second Edtion

Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2003 Solutions

Author: Scot P Hillier

This detailed second edition is Scot Hillier's follow-up to his market-leading SharePoint book. The new version includes extensive updates to the previous edition, with emphasis on Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 and new approaches for using SharePoint to improve business efficiency. Also featured are new workflow solutions for SharePoint and BizTalk, and a new chapter on building a SharePoint solution from start to finish.

In this second edition, Hillier's goal remains to provide intermediate-level guidance for those who want to design and deploy business solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint technologies. Hillier defines the business cases and scenarios for these technologies. He reviews the installation, configuration, and administration of business solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint technologies, and provides programming instruction, guidance, and examples for custom web parts and solutions.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	SharePoint business solutions	1
Ch. 2	SharePoint products and technologies overview	17
Ch. 3	SharePoint portal server basics	47
Ch. 4	SharePoint content development	85
Ch. 5	Building Web parts	119
Ch. 6	The Microsoft single sign-on service	161
Ch. 7	Advanced Web part development	187
Ch. 8	The Microsoft Office system	229
Ch. 9	Programming SharePoint services	277
Ch. 10	Visual studio 2005 and the Microsoft Office system	327
Ch. 11	SharePoint portal server administration	357

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Software Configuration Management Handbook, Second Edtion

Author: Alexis Leon

Other books on the market have explored the principles of software configuration management (SCM), but none have tackled the nuts-and-bolts of implementing an SCM system — until now. This completely revised edition of an Artech House bestseller goes far above and beyond other SCM books as the only complete guide that integrates SCM principles, advanced topics, and implementation procedures in one easy-access resource. The second edition is greatly expanded with new chapters on documentation control, product data management, and SCM standards, and explores the latest advances in SCM tools, organization, operation, and maintenance as well as new software development methodologies.

 

Market

Project managers, SCM systems designers, and software developers.

 

Contents

The Software Development Process. Pitfalls in the Software Development Process. Need and Importance of Software Configuration Management. SCM—Basic Concepts. The Different Phases in Software Configuration Management. Configuration Identification. Configuration Control. Status Accounting. Configuration Audits and Reviews. SCM—Advanced Concepts. SCM Standards. Software Process Improvement Models and SCM. Software Configuration Management Plans. SCM Organization. Software Configuration Management Tools. Documentation Control. Product Data Management. SCM Implementation. SCM Operation and Maintenance. SCM in Special Circumstances. SCM Resources on the Internet.

 

 

 

About the Author

Alexis Leon has written more than 35 books on various computer, IT and management topics. He

is currently the managing director of L and L Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. He has extensive consulting experience in the areas of software product design, process improvement, project management, software configuration management, software quality assurance, etc. Mr. Leon received his master's degree (M.Tech) in industrial engineering from Kerala University, Kerala, India.

Flash CS4 Professional Bible or Java

Flash CS4 Professional Bible

Author: Robert Reinhardt

A completely revised and updated edition of the all-time bestselling Flash title

• Written by two of the world’s leading Flash experts, this comprehensive reference provides you with undocumented techniques, tips, and tricks on the CS4 release of Flash, the popular tool that allows you to create animations and build interactive Web sites
  
• In-depth coverage on more than one thousand pages includes something for everyone—whether you’re a Web novice or an accomplished Web professional—this resource will be your guide to the inner workings and capabilities of Flash CS4
  
• Two of the world’s leading Flash experts offer more coverage than any other book on the market
  
• The accompanying CD-ROM includes trial software, addons, plugins, shareware, templates, and examples
  

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Java(tm) Platform Performance: Strategies and Tactics

Author: Steve Wilson

This book addresses a vital issue for all those developing software for the Java™ platform: how to achieve maximum performance and scalability for their applications.

Drawing on the authors' knowledge of the Java programming language and their extensive experience working on performance issues, the book reveals common mistakes and misconceptions concerning the performance characteristics of Java technologies. It offers overall development strategies and concrete, battle-tested techniques to dramatically improve the performance of applications constructed with the Java programming language.

Java™ Platform Performance highlights the importance of integrating performance evaluation into the application development process and discusses measurement techniques. The book then presents practical tactics for enhancing application performance in the areas of I/O, RAM footprint, small object management, algorithms, data structures, Swing, and deployment. Specific topics covered include:

• Incorporating performance evaluation into the development process
• Profiling and benchmarking
• Building scalable, fast Swing GUIs
• Using high-speed I/O
• Computing and controlling the RAM footprint
• Reducing the number of classes
• Eliminating temporary objects
• Selecting high-performance algorithms and data structures
• Using Java native code and applet packaging efficiently
• Garbage collection
• Java HotSpot™ technology

With an understanding of the performance issues and specific techniques for reducing overhead discussed in this book, you will have the information you need to enhance the efficiency,speed, and scalability of your software.
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Intended for software developers, this book presents methods for improving the performance and scalability of applications. The authors, a Java engineer and engineering manager, clarify common mistakes and misconceptions about Java performance and provide overall development strategies and techniques for improving applications constructed with Java. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Systems Architecture or Web 101

Systems Architecture

Author: Stephen D Burd

Systems Architecture, Fifth Edition is the most comprehensive introduction to information systems hardware and software in business. This new edition remains an indispensable tool for IS students. Each chapter has been thoroughly updated to reflect the changing nature of new technologies, and all of the end-of-chapter material has been enhanced and expanded.

Table of Contents:

1. Computer Technology: Your Need to Know
2. Introduction to Systems Architecture
3. Data Representation
4. Processor Technology and Architecture
5. Data Storage Technology
6. System Integration and Performance
7. Input/Output Technology
8. Data and Network Communication Technology
9. Computer Networks
10. Application Development
11. Operating Systems
12. File and Secondary Storage Management
13. Internet and Distributed Application Services
14. System Administration
Appendix: Measurement Units

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Web 101

Author: Wendy G Lehnert

  As the Internet continues to develop as the central resource for entertainment, news, communication, and research, Web 101 continues to include all the tools readers need to acquire a foundational understanding of the online resources available today and how to take full advantage of the Web’s power. Lehnert and Kopec cover the fundamentals of the Internet’s most popular features—communication tools, e-mail, searching, personal safety, and software—with new material on social networking and Web construction and design. Web 101 gives readers all the background information and tools they need to become proficient users and savvy content-providers of the Internet.
Getting Started; Personal Safety Online; E-mail Management; Web 2.0; Find What You Want—Fast!; Software on the Internet; E-Commerce; Encryption and the Internet; Basic Web Page Construction; Advanced Web Page Construction; HTML Character Codes; Style Sheets; File Types; Copyright Law. For all readers interested in the fundamentals of the Internet's most popular features.

Easy Invitations Announcements and Personalized Stationery or Windows

Easy Invitations, Announcements, and Personalized Stationery: Create Custom Invitations Using Your Home Computer

Author: Patty Hoffman

Easy Invitations is the ultimate guidebook to creating invitations and personalized stationery using a home computer and printer.

This book provides design ideas and instruction for creating professional quality, customized invitations and note cards using card stock, envelopes, and other readily available stationery. Use it as a standalone guide or in tandem with PrintingPress software by Mountaincow, which offers easy stationery layout, photo tools, a built-in address book, and hundreds of templates and graphics.

Easy Invitations features original ideas for major life events such as birth announcements, traditional and modern wedding invitations, save-the-date cards, milestone birthdays, anniversary parties, and coming of age celebrations. It also includes ideas for thank-you notes, personalized stationery, informal get-togethers such as dinner and cocktail parties, a wine tasting, and even a romantic picnic for two. This book offers tips for making any party distinctive with creative and easy place cards, menus, gift tags, and favors.

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Windows(R) 2000 and Windows(R) Server 2003 Clustering and Load Balancing

Author: Robert Shimonski

Learn to implement clustering and load balancing solutions with Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, and deliver nearly 100 percent uptime. With a focus on real world production-based problems, the author delivers detailed high availability solutions that will give you the tools to roll out and troubleshoot these technologies.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	Introduction to High Availability, Clustering, and Load-Balancing Technologies	1
2	Designing a Clustered Solution with Windows 2000 Advanced Server	43
3	Designing a Clustered Solution with Windows Server 2003	123
4	Designing a Clustered and Load-Balanced Solution with Application Center 2000	203
5	Designing a Clustered Solution with Windows SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition	231
6	Designing a Highly Available Solution with Windows Services	265
7	Building Advanced Highly Available Load-Balanced Configurations	289
8	High Availability, Baselining, Performance Monitoring, and Disaster Recovery Planning	315
A	Project Plan Sample	351
B	Advanced Troubleshooting: Event IDs	357
	Index	369

Definitive MPLS Network Designs or IBM Rational Unified Process Reference and Certification Guide

Definitive MPLS Network Designs

Author: Jim Guichard

Field-proven MPLS designs covering MPLS VPNs, pseudowire, QoS, traffic engineering, IPv6, network recovery, and multicast

• Understand technology applications in various service provider and enterprise topologies via detailed design studies
• Benefit from the authors’ vast experience in MPLS network deployment and protocol design
• Visualize real-world solutions through clear, detailed illustrations
• Design studies cover various operator profiles including an interexchange carrier (IXC), a national telco deploying a multiservice backbone carrying Internet and IP VPN services as well as national telephony traffic, an international service provider with many POPs all around the globe, and a large enterprise relying on Layer-3 VPN services to control communications within and across subsidiaries
• Design studies are thoroughly explained through detailed text, sample configurations, and network diagrams

Definitive MPLS Network Designs provides examples of how to combine key technologies at the heart of IP/MPLS networks. Techniques are presented through a set of comprehensive design studies. Each design study is based on characteristics and objectives common to a given profile of network operators having deployed MPLS and discusses all the corresponding design aspects.

 

The book starts with a technology refresher for each of the technologies involved in the design studies. Next, a series of design studies is presented, each based ona specific hypothetical network representative of service provider and enterprise networks running MPLS. Each design study chapter delivers four elements. They open with a description of the network environment, including the set of supported services, the network topology, the POP structure, the transmission facilities, the basic IP routing design, and possible constraints. Then the chapters present design objectives, such as optimizing bandwidth usage. Following these are details of all aspects of the network design, covering VPN, QoS, TE, network recovery, and—where applicable—multicast, IPv6, and pseudowire. The chapters conclude with a summary of the lessons that can be drawn from the design study so that all types of service providers and large enterprise MPLS architects can adapt aspects of the design solution to their unique network environment and objectives.

 

Although network architects have many resources for seeking information on the concepts and protocols involved with MPLS, there is no single resource that illustrates how to design a network that optimizes their benefits for a specific operating environment. The variety of network environments and requirements makes it difficult to provide a one-size-fits-all design recommendation. Definitive MPLS Network Designs fills this void.

 

“This book comes as a boon to professionals who want to understand the power of MPLS and make full use of it.”

-Parantap Lahiri, Manager, IP Network Infrastructure Engineering, MCI

 

Includes a FREE 45-Day Online Edition

 

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press®, which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

 

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IBM Rational Unified Process Reference and Certification Guide: Solutions Designer

Author: Ahmad K Shuja

The Only Official RUP® Certification Prep Guide and Compact RUP Reference

The IBM® Rational Unified Process® has become the de facto industry-standard process for large-scale enterprise software development. The IBM Certified Solution Designer - IBM Rational Unified Process V7.0 certification provides a powerful way for solutions developers to demonstrate their proficiency with RUP.

The first and only official RUP certification guide, this book fully reflects the latest versions of the Rational Unified Process and of the IBM RUP exam. Authored by two leading RUP implementers, it draws on extensive contributions and careful reviews by the IBM RUP process leader and RUP certification manager.

This book covers every facet of RUP usage. It has been carefully organized to help you prepare for your exam quickly and efficiently--and to provide a handy, compact reference you can rely on for years to come.

Coverage includes

• A full section on RUP exam preparation and a 52-question practice exam
• Core RUP concepts, the new RUP process architecture, and key principles of business-driven development
• RUP’s architecture-centric approach to iterative development: practical issues and scenarios
• Patterns for successful RUP project implementation–and “anti-patterns” to avoid
• The Unified Method Architecture (UMA): basic content and process elements
• RUP content disciplines, in depth: Business Modeling, Requirements, Analysis and Design, Implementation, Test, Deployment, Project Management, Change and Configuration Management, and Environment
• Essential RUP work products, roles, and tasks
• RUP phases,activities, and milestones
• RUP tailoring and tools for your organization--including introductions to IBM Rational Method Composer (RMC) and MyRUP

Table of Contents:

   Preface  xx

   About the Authors  xxv

Part I    Introduction

Chapter 1   Welcome to the IBM Rational Unified Process and Certification  3

Chapter 2   Key Principles for Business-Driven Development  33

Part II   Unified Method Architecture (UMA)

Chapter 3   Basic Content Elements  63

Chapter 4   Basic Process Elements  71

Part III Rational Unified Process: Content and Process Elements

Disciplines

Chapter 5   Business Modeling  81

Chapter 6   Requirements  93

Chapter 7   Analysis and Design  111

Chapter 8   Implementation  131

Chapter 9   Test  141

Chapter 10    Deployment  157

Chapter 11    Configuration and Change Management  169

Chapter 12    Project Management  181

Chapter 13    Environment  199

Process

Chapter 14    Phases, Activities, and Milestones  209

Part IV Tailoring and Tooling

Chapter 15    Tailoring  229

Chapter 16    Tools  241

 

Part V   Certification, Examination, and Practice

Chapter 17    The Value of RUP Certification  257

Chapter 18    Sample Examination  261

Chapter 19    Before, During, and After the Examination  271

Appendix    Answers to Sample Questions  279

Index  289