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  • Digital Sports Photography
    I fly a lot in my job. Frequently, people sitting next to me on the plane ask me what I do for a living. When I tell them that I am a sports photographer, their response is usually something like this: “Wow, what a great job!” They’re right. Sports photography really is a great job.

    Asports photographer captures the graceful, the intense, the emotional, and the unexpected. Shooting sports allows you to enter that magical netherland between the intensity on the playing field and the energy of the crowd. You smell the burning shoe rubber as a basketball player makes a cut, feel the ground shake from a colossal hit on the football field, or recoil from the glass as two hockey players collide. Whether it’s in front of 90,000 Rose Bowl fans or a dozen Little League parents, you still feel a wave of excitement and passion wash over you following a big score or a great play.

    Usually the next question my seatmates ask is, “How do you get a job like that?” In my 40 years as a sports photographer, I’ve heard many individual success stories from hundreds of my colleagues. Every one is different; each person has proceeded according to his unique interests and abilities. One thing they all appreciate, however, is information on how their fellow photographers have advanced in the field and what skills and equipment they have used to make their pictures.

    In this book, Newman Lowrance not only tells the story of his journey toward becoming a successful sports photographer, but he also presents a wealth of information from some of the best sports shooters and editors who have worked in the industry. In this book, he and his contributors cover basic and advanced topics of digital photography, discuss techniques and strategies for shooting many major sports, and include a great deal of general knowledge on sports photography that will be extremely beneficial for those who have ambitions in this field.

    Whether it’s covering the Olympics for Sports Illustrated or a local youth soccer game, shooting sports is one of the most exciting, challenging, and creative aspects of photography. Whatever your aspirations in this field are, this book will provide invaluable help and guidance.

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  • Microsoft Excel 2000 Functions in Practice
    The Microsoft Excel 2000 Functions in Practice provides in-depth information on the functions that will maximize your use of the analytical tools within Excel 2000. Packed with examples and detailed insight into both the functions and their uses, this reference includes more than just discussions of the functions—it offers practical, real-world usage of them with chapters on crucial topics such as using Excel's functions in your job, database and list-management functions, date and time functions, engineering functions, financial functions, information and logical functions, lookup and reference functions, math and trigonometry functions, and statistical and text functions.

    About the Author

    Patrick Blattner currently works for the Walt Disney Company. The author of Que's Special Edition Using Microsoft Excel 2000, Patrick has been using Excel for more than 12 years in corporate and private business. After graduating from Northeast Louisiana University, he started out in the contracting and gold mining industry. He then branched off into product development where he received a United States Utility Patent (5,031,865), and set up manufacturing in China with international distribution. He's spent the last four years in interactive software development and is a member of The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

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  • Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book
    The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop CS4
    Fourteen lessons in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book cover basic and advanced techniques in Adobe Photoshop, the world’s best image-editing software. Learn how to retouch digital photos, work with layers and masks, navigate the workspace, prepare images print, and explore the latest features. Tips, extra-credit exercises, and step-by-step lessons help you become more productive using Photoshop. Learn to correct and enhance digital photos, create image composites, transform images in perspective, and prepare images for print and the web. Combine images for extended depth of field, and try out the new 3D features in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended. “The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students.” —Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain TrainingClassroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.
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  • PHP 6/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner
    If you're new to programming with PHP 6 and MySQL and are looking for a solid introduction, this is the book for you. Developed by computer science instructors, books in the absolute beginner ™ series to teach the principles of programming through the creation of a simple game. You will learn the skills you need for more practical applications of scheduling and learning these skills can be put to use in real world scenarios. All you need to complete the tutorials is on the companion CD-no software to purchase and can start immediately. At the time of completion of thebook will be able to apply the basic principles you've learned to the next programming language that address.

    About the Author

    Andy Harris grew up in a time when almost all programs are self-taught. He taught himself to program because it was fun. Enjoyed the act of creation. He was surprised that the logic was the most fascinating construction toy of them all. Many years later, his attitude about the programming is basically the same. Andy loves the computer, but I like teaching. His first degree was in special education, and taught young adults with severe cognitive disabilities and behavior for several years. During this time, also worked as a freelance programmer and teaches computer classes part time. Andy has taught computer science full time at IUPUI for 12 years. He was originally hired to manage non-core courses. He has created numerous courses in many programming languages, created and distributed an educational laboratory for the creation of means of course content. Now teach entry-level first course for CS major, and several other courses, especially in game programming and web development. Andy has taught courses in almost all major programming languages and a few darker. He is dedicated to the technology community, with regular lectures and conferences and consultation with libraries, museums, and the state of Indiana. He has been active in helping individuals with disabilities to help form their own web development.
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  • Materials for Engineers and Technicians, Fourth Edition
    Syllabuses have changed since the earlier editions of this book and have thus necessitated a change in emphasis towards providing the readers with the necessary background knowledge and understanding of the properties and processing of materials in order that he/she can make an intelligent selection of materials for specific uses and realise why decisions were made to use materials for particular purposes. Broadly speaking, Chapters 1 to 8 cover the 'Engineering Materials' unit of Level 3 unit of BTEC Nationals in Mechanical Engineering and lead into the remaining chapters which as a whole cover the 'Materials Engineering' unit of the BTEC Higher Nationals in Mechanical Engineering.

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  • Neuroengineering
    Comprehensive, practical, and broad in scope, Neuroengineering offers clinical insights on revolutionary technologies from prominent neurosurgeons and neurologists. This book presents a wide range of new developments in the field and high-impact emerging technologies that are poised to change the industry, described in detailed descriptions by the leading experts who invented them. It provides a through understanding of the fundamental science and technology behind neural modulation and neurophysiology. Including features that make it a great reference for students, this book also includes over 150 figures that allow readers to visualize the anatomy, technologies, and surgical procedures discussed in the text.

    About the Author

    DiLorenzo Biomedical, LLC, Houston, Texas, USA Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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  • CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, Third Edition
    "This is a classic for two reasons. First, it continues the long tradition of the Convention handbooks and commitment to excellence. Secondly, it sets a new standard for textbooks in the field of design and design . There is not much to say about this work that is not "Well done!" Highly recommended for any organization dealing with materials science research at the level ... "- CD Hurt, American Reference Books Annual, 1995

    This is a classic for two reasons. First, continuing the long tradition of the Convention handbooks and commitment to excellence. Secondly, it sets a new standard for books on design and layout. Not much to say about this work that is not "Well done!" Highly recommended for any organization dealing with materials science research at the level ...
    - C.D. Hurt, American Reference Books Annual, 1995

    The CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, Third Edition is the most comprehensive source available for data on engineering materials. Organized in an easy to follow format based on materials properties, this definitive reference features new and existing data verified through major professional societies in the field of materials, such as ASM International and the American Ceramic Society. The third edition has been significantly expanded, especially through the addition of new material in tabular form for a wide range of non-ferrous alloys and various composite materials. Engineers for making the selection or evaluation of materials, the latter, the compact volume provides the ideal starting point. It is exceptionally easy to search for the authors, are organized according to properties of materials, provided a keyword indexing system, and placed many data sets in a selection of materials from the section where you can compare the value of ownership, a feature ideal for design applications. A hit since its first edition, CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook stands alone as the consummate reference for data on the full range of engineering materials.

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  • The Essential Handbook of Ground-Water Sampling
    Huge improvements in ground-water sampling methodologies and analytical technologies have made it possible to collect and analyze truly representative samples to detect increasingly lower levels of contaminants-now in the sub-parts per billion range. Although these new methods of producing more accurate and precise data and are less expensive, many companies and government agencies are reluctant to update their sampling protocols and regulations applying the transition would be too costly.

    Manual of critical land-water sampling clearly the economic and scientific detail for the adoption of these new methodologies. Citing examples of unnecessary expenditure due to incorrect techniques out of date, the editors point out that the cost of making incorrect decisions based on poor quality samples clearly denies any savings could be achieved through the use of older, more inefficient, and effectively short-view methods. Through numerous charts, tables and references to recent research, the editors explain the efficiency of the use of new, more accurate, techniques that produce higher quality data. The text provides a detailed analysis of all aspects of groundwater sampling from the development of a sampling and analysis plan, through sample collection, pretreatment, handling, shipping, and analysis , documentation, interpretation and presentation of groundwater quality data.

    Successful sampling events and accurate data provide a sound basis for making important, potentially expensive decisions regarding site monitoring, risk assessment, rehabilitation and closure. Armed with the information presented in this handbook, environmental professionals will be able to take economic and technological decisions regarding the choice of sampling equipment, methodologies and procedures to meet their specific goals of the site and ensure its successful the ground-water sampling programs.

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  • Solar House: A Guide for the Solar Designer
    Which covers the lifetime of the project, the location of the issues through specific design features for maintenance of property and equipment, this is a complete guide to designing, planning and building a solar house.

    The author uses his experience of living in a solar home to inform the reader of the technology and practices needed for design, operation and maintenance of solar home. Each of the technologies of the house, such as heating and cooling, hot water and electric power technologies, are critiqued from the standpoint of the owner or resident, with the author using his thirty years experience of living in a solar house. This provides the owners who are thinking of going solar with first hand evidence of best practice and provides the architect and designer with the knowledge of how best to meet the needs of its customers.

    * Provides essential information for the solar designer and contractor
    Gives an idea of the author's experience of living in a solar home to advise on best practices
    * Reports on the latest technologies and methods for the maintenance of solar home

    About the Author

    Dr. Galloway is a chemical engineer with 34 years experience, covering environmental and protectection advanced energy conversion process. His life experience and the design of their own solar-powered chamber informs their knowledge of environmentally friendly architecture. Dr. Galloway is now working for Intellergy-TGN, a company that specializes in developing new green technologies.

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  • Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries
    This encyclopedia of invention and discovery is a historical division of the inventions and scientific discoveries of the human race in six periods and examination in the context of its impact on society in general. The organization of such major inventions, rather than in a single list, you must think in terms of periodization, and this introduction provides an explanation and justification for the organization of work.

    Lewis Mumford, in his classic study Technical and Civilization (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1934), defines the ancient inventions like fire and clothing as eotechnology. These ancient arts, he said, are part of the legacy of the human race, much of it developed in prehistoric times. The era of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18 century and 19, requested that the era of paleotechnology. He used the term to define neotechnology more modern era in which science and technology move forward together, each feeding the other events, he saw from the 19th century and continued in the 20th century until the writing and publishing their work in the early 1930s.

    Mumford are the classification of reflection, and have adopted a periodization that is based on his ideas, but more familiar terms used to designate periods. In this encyclopedia, we have divided the ages of scientific discovery and technological invention in six periods, or eras.

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