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The Technician's Radio Receiver Handbook is an invaluable tool for anyone involved in the technologies of wireless, cellular telephone, telecommunications, avionics, and other forms of electronic communication using radio waves. The market demand for and use of wireless and telecommunication technology has increased dramatically over the past decade, leaving many technicians and other communications professionals with the need for accurate information on how the newest equipment works and how to fix any problems that arise. Joe Carr, a notable author in the amateur radio and communications markets, explains both the new and old technologies, the science behind the scenes, as well as troubleshooting techniques not found in any other book.

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Written for technicians and hands-on practitioners in clear, easy-to-read text with many detailed illustrations
Contains information on cutting-edge receiver equipment as well as the most popular types used today in a variety of markets.
Destined to be a constant reference and superb training guide for anyone interested in communications technology

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Thousands of Mozambican workers tramped to the sugar plantations, diamond fields, and gold mines of South Africa. They arrived with the cultures and traditions they had learned at home, and it was through their encounter with other blacks, as well as with white employers, that a new and dynamic culture emerged. Work, Culture, and Identity offers a compelling narrative of the day-to-day life of these migrants. Harries portrays workers as not mere units of suffering, but human beings attempting to deal with exploitative situations in culturally creative ways.

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Viets guide to sex, travel & anything else that will sell this book
Elaine Viets
Manufacturer: Patrice Press
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Elaine Viets
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Cecil B. DeMille and American Culture demonstrates that the director, best remembered for his overblown biblical epics, was one of the most remarkable film pioneers of the Progressive Era. In this innovative work, which integrates cultural history and cultural studies, Sumiko Higashi shows how DeMille artfully inserted cinema into genteel middle-class culture by replicating in his films such spectacles as elaborate parlor games, stage melodramas, department store displays, Orientalist world's fairs, and civic pageantry. The director not only established his signature as a film author by articulating middle-class ideology across class and ethnic lines, but by the 1920's had become a trendsetter, with set and costume designs that influenced the advertising industry to create a consumer culture based on female desire. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped material from the DeMille Archives and other collections, Higashi provides imaginative readings of DeMille's early feature films, viewing them in relation to the dynamics of social change, and she documents the extent to which the emergence of popular culture was linked to the genteel tradition.

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Quite good.......2000-06-03

This book was quite good but the best part was the behind the scenes view of cinema in the 20's. It is quite well written and focus on the genius of the director. I quite enjoyed it bu it would have profered more on the actual films of DeMille rather than the backround. Also i did not think it had a acurate portryal of some of his helper and really neglected to mention the people who helped Demille become who he was.

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Modern sport has become a global phenomenon. Major sporting events like the Olympics and World Cup are organized on a global scale and watched by millions throughout the world. But the impact of sport is global in other ways too, as it affects political relations, national prestige, and policies on education and health. Contrasts between sports across different societies have diminished, yet a growing diversity of sports cultures are available to people of different nations.In his major new work, Joseph Maguire develops a path-breaking account of sport in a global context, examining the changing nature of sport in relation to globalization. He develops an original theoretical perspective on sport and globalization, drawing on the work of Elias and others to develop a five-stage model of the emergence and global diffusion of modern sport.Global Sport draws on a range of international case studies - from Britain, Australia, and North America - on elite labour migration, media sport, sports industry and the environment, sport, politics and national identity. Maguire analyses the existing balance of power in the global sport process, and highlights the dynamics which will power its future.This book will appeal to second- and third-year undergraduates and postgraduates in sociology, media and cultural studies, social history and geography, and to students on courses on sport and leisure at Higher Education colleges and universities.

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Through clear language, step-by-step discussions, and quizzes at the end of each chapter, the author makes databases easy. Quickly learn the core skills needed to design, configure, manage, and manipulate databases, whether at work or at home. Topics such as exploring different database models, planning their design, minimizing redundant data, designing tables, applying database design concepts, and implementing database security are covered. This is that fast, easy-to-understand tutorial that you’ve been looking for.

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The fast and easy way to understanding the fundamentals of databases If you're tired of wading through huge technical manuals that drown you in jargon, making it difficult to decipher database fundamentals, help has finally arrived. Databases Demystified is user-friendly, engaging, easy to follow, and designed for the non-expert wanting to quickly learn the ins and outs of databases and immediately apply concepts learned. Its step-by-step approach and detailed explanations of database design make this a comprehensive resource covering all the tools you need to build and manage your database. Learn how to form database queries using Microsoft Access and SQL, explore methods for connecting a database to applications, and discover how to store your historical data for analyses. From logical data design using normalization to database security and data warehousing, Databases Demystified gets your database up and running in no time. Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Databases Demystified is your shortcut to mastering databases. This one-of-a kind self-teaching text offers: An easy way to understand databases A quiz at the end of each chapter A final exam at the end of the book No unnecessary technical jargon A time-saving approach

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Simplified & easy to understand.......2007-05-08

The book is very helpful for novice learners of databases. It provides step-by-step guide to those who are new in database design and Microsoft Access. Key concepts like normalization are presented very clearly with relevant examples in business.

Not "Demystifying" at all!.......2007-01-22

I found this book to be really dry and not at all demystifying! It went in depth into the history of databases, who created them, and why it was groundbreaking. I'm sure that's very interesting to some people, but not to someone who is trying to make sense of it all. The author seems to have had a difficult time determining what is necessary for comprehension and what is merely icing on the cake for trivia fans. Since he couldn't make the determination, he just included it all! If you are a computer technology science major or something, you might like this book. If you just want a book to help you to understand databases in general (as a foundation), this is not the book for you.

Clear and Concise.......2006-11-30

There are two things in life that are difficult: databases and comedy. Fortunately, the author makes understanding databases far less difficult with his clear explanations and examples. I confess that some aspects of a database (and I have some experience) are still a mystery, but I hurriedly read this book because I have some much reading to do. Sometimes, the best use of your time is to slow down and let concepts mature in your mind. Even though I hurried through the book, my understanding of databases deepened and I intend to read the book again, taking more time to understand some of the concepts that are a little fuzzy. This book will not waste your time. The author is talented and is skilled in the art of instruction.

Floored by how good this is........2005-01-10

This is perhaps the best written guide to anything to do with computers that I have ever read! I'm a rank beginner with databases, and after studying with this book I feel perfectly comfortable with the larger more technical books that I've found. Highly recommended.

Not For Beginners, One Step Up........2004-12-14

This book is billed as a self teaching guide to understanding databases. That's true. It is also billed as a good place for the beginner to start. I don't find that to be as true as the other.

Specifically, I think this authors approach to teaching SQL is very well done, quite possibly the best I've seen. The overwhelming percentage of books for beginners, and particularly for Microsoft Access users never mention SQL at all.

On the other hand, the first chapter starts off talking about the 'Properties of a Database' including the Physical Layer, the Logical Layer, the External Layer. Then, still in the first chapter, there's hierarchical models, network models, relational models, object-oriented models, and object-relational models. This is chapter one and at the end of the chapter he says: "The remainder of this book will focus on the relational model...." Why bother going through all this mess just to be told that we aren't going to use them in the rest of the book. He promised, well the marketing people promised, on the back cover: "No unnecessary technical jargon." In my mind 'hierarchical models' is unnecessary technical jargon.

I guess that what I'm saying is that this book is not a beginners book, it is more suited for an intermediate user. For an intermediate user, ready to go beyond Microsoft Access's Query By Example (QBE), then I rate the book highly.

Data Structures Demystified (Demystified)

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Poor editing makes for a frustrating read
Data Structures made Mystified by a rush job
Extremely poor editing
A great introduction to the complex topic of data structures
Pros stay away - but this is a must buy those starting out

Data Structures Demystified (Demystified)
James Keogh , and Ken Davidson
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Whether you are an entry-level or seasoned designer or programmer, learn all about data structures in this easy-to-understand, self-teaching guide that can be directly applied to any programming language. From memory and addresses to hashtables, authors Keogh and Davidson, provide clear explanations that demystify this “algebra of programming.”

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Poor editing makes for a frustrating read.......2007-06-05

I have to agree with the other reviewers- there are lots of typos in the book that an experienced IT person looking for a review could probably puzzle out but a newbie would be misled and frustrated by. What I'll add to the discussion is that I contacted the publisher about the availability of an errata sheet. Their response is that there isn't any. Sloppy editing is bad enough but not to even bother to create an errata sheet for a book published back in 2004 is inexcusable. This reflects very poorly on the publisher and I for one, will think twice before buying anything else in the "demystified" series.

Data Structures made Mystified by a rush job.......2007-04-18

I've just read through the first two chapters. None of the topics addressed are brand new to me, but the book has almost takes away the understanding I had before.

The book was certainly rushed through with no copy editing, as a prior reviewer has already mentioned. The typos are annoying but largely don't get in the way of understanding the author's intent. However, when he mixes up an important term with another, it makes me needlessly question my whether I have a grasp of concept.

I can't trust what I'm reading in this book. It's unfortunate that it's assigned reading for me.

Extremely poor editing.......2006-04-21

The diagrams in the book don't match the text and are just plain wrong in multiple instances. Since the text relies on the diagrams to make sense, it completely fails its audience, regardless of its "friendly" delivery.

This lack of editing is just inexcusable. If I were a publisher I'd be ashamed to put a book like this out.

If you're an intermediate to advanced programmer, you don't need the content this book attempts to provide. If you're a beginning programmer, this book will completely confuse, frustrate, and anger you.

A great introduction to the complex topic of data structures.......2006-04-13

While I am used to more rigorous presentations I began reading this book before reading several more academic works on data structures and the book does simplify the topic while presenting a robust C++ and Java example of the data structure itself, using object oriented code. An example is the doubly linked list - the author includes the theory and code to implement a doubly linked list in C++ and Java and the code works great - expanding on this code I can expect to design a linked list containing much more complicated objects. I was surprised that the book is as good as it really is - I expected a much more "watered-down" presentation than the author actually gives -- the author is great!

Pros stay away - but this is a must buy those starting out.......2005-08-04

Data structures is complex, but these authors take the pain out of learning data structures. Warning. This isn't for anyone who wants advance knowledge about data structures. There are other books that will fill those needs. However, this is a perfect way to learn basic data structures enough so that you can easily move on to more advance books on the topic. I teacher data structures and I won't have any problem recommending this book to my students to suppliment my course.

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James; Davidson, Ken Keogh
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When physicist Alan Sokal recently submitted an article to the postmodernist journal Social Text, the periodical's editors were happy to publish it--for here was a respected scientist offering support for the journal's view that science is a subjective, socially constructed discipline. But as Sokal himself soon revealed in Lingua Franca magazine, the essay was a spectacular hoax--filled with scientific gibberish anyone with a basic knowledge of physics should have caught--and the academic world suddenly awoke to the vast gap that has opened between the scientific community and and their would-be critics. But the truth is that not only postmodern critics but Americans in general have a weak grasp on scientific principles and facts. In Connected Knowledge, physicist Alan Cromer offers a way to bridge the chasm, with a lively, lucid account of scientific thinking and a provocative new agenda for American education. Science, Cromer argues, is anything but common sense: It requires a particular habit of mind that does not come naturally. For example, something as simple as buoyancy can only be explained through Archimedes' principle--that a body in a fluid is subject to an upward force equal to the weight of fluid it displaces--yet few scientists could arrive at this ancient concept by trial and error. School children, however, are often given a ball and a tank of water, and asked to explain buoyancy any way they can. Today's de emphasis on teaching pupils necessary facts and principles, he argues, "far from empowering them, makes them slaves of their own subjective opinions." This movement in education, known as Constructivism, has close ties to postmodern critics (such as the editors of Social Text) who question the objectivity of science, and with it the existence of an objective reality. Cromer offers a ringing defense of the knowability of the world, both as an objective reality and as a finite landscape of discovery. The advance of scientific knowledge, he argues, is not unlike the mapping of the continents; at this point, we have found them all. He shows how the advent of quantum mechanics, rather than making knowledge less certain, actually offers a more precise understanding of the behavior of atoms and electrons. Turning from philosophy to education, he argues that instead of allowing students to flounder, however creatively, schools should follow a progressive curriculum that returns theoretical knowledge to the classroom. Connected Knowledge, however, goes much farther. As a discipline that insists upon connecting theory with measurable reality, physical science offers a new direction for reforming the social sciences. Cromer also shows how some of the hottest issues in public policy--including the debates over special education and group variations in I.Q., can be resolved through clear, hard headed thinking. For example, he argues for use of the G.E.D. as a national educational standard, with a new "politics of intelligence" to guide the distribution of school resources. Always forthright and articulate, Alan Cromer offers a startling new vision for integrating science, philosophy, and education.

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Read this book!.......1998-07-30

Cromer has it exactly right. Education, along with much of the rest of our culture, has fallen into the hands of know nothings unable to solve the simplest arithmetic problem or explain the difference between astronomy and astrology. No wonder there are so many of them. Over half of US math and science teachers are not certified in those fields, and even more haven't taken a single college course in them.

Throughout the book Cromer takes on a number of deserving targets: (1)the standards movement - easy to write, impossible to implement; (2)constructivism and process learning; (3)content free learning; (4)social sciences & statistics (ever wonder why social scientists and educationists offer their own statistics courses?); (5)and so on.

Traditional education may have ill-served some of us, but what's being offered in its place is bad for all of us. We're being divided into educational haves and have nots, with the great majority of "average" studen! ts falling increasingly onto the side of ignorance.

Good, provocative, informed.......1998-03-20

I think this is a good book which makes some excellent points about the gulf between the social sciences and the "hard" sciences. As an educator of the hard sciences and a student of philosophy / art history, I found I could associate with many of the comments he made. The rational and hard-headed approach taken by the book will threaten and upset many researchers, curriculum developers, and educators in the social sciences and humanities. It will also undermine some of the questionable educational policies and strategies that are always popping up. While Cromer may stretch the strength of his arguments (presumably to make a point) they are fundamentally sound.

Interesting, but ultimately disappointing.......1998-01-06

Cromer does a wonderful job when he stays on the topic he knows well, how to explain principles in physics. He also does an effective job of skewering postmodernist critics of science. However, the promise of "connected knowledge" is not fulfilled. Cromer makes connections the way a shotgun makes marriages. He can't make real connections among knowledge domains because he is ignorant (often arrogantly so) of the knowledge domains outside physics that are important to his thesis. If you are interested in science education, read this book but beware of serious errors in his discussion of human learning, evolution of language and the relation between thought and language, and most surprisingly, in his treatments of statistics.

An excellent review in Scientific American, Nov. 1997.......1997-10-20

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In recent years the analysis, control, preservation, remediation and correct management of underground resources have received a growing attention in a variety of sectors, including industrial, professional and academic environments. The volume describes new developments in both applied research and design technology to maintain sustainability of a vital resource (groundwater) which is continuously threatened by contamination resulting from solid waste disposal operations, site reutilization, intensive extraction, accidental leakage of spill in working installations and non-point source pollution in agriculture. It is directed to managers, professionals, and researchers working in any of the areas concerned with the control, prediction, and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination.

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Groundwater And Surface Water Pollution
David H. F., Ed. Liu
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Groundwater and Surface Water Pollution contains almost all the technical know-how required to clean up our water supply. It provides a survey of up-to-date technologies for remediation, as well as a step-by-step guide to pollution assessment for both ground and surface waters. The book defines groundwater, aquifers and surface water and discusses the physical properties of soils, liquids, vadose zones and aquifers. It emphasizes controlling nonpoint source pollution, best management practices, and an integrated management approach. The editors cover not only engineering but also legal, medical, agricultural, meteorological, biological and other fields of study. They reach beyond the simplistic hydrological cycles usually addressed to the complexities encountered by rapidly-changing land-use patterns. In addition to focusing on causes, effects, and remedies, Groundwater and Surface Water Pollution stresses reuse, recycling, and recovery of resources. Nature does not cause pollution. Through total recycling, we can, like nature, make resources out of wastes.

Managing Salinization: Institutional Analysis of Public Irrigation Systems

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Managing Salinization: Institutional Analysis of Public Irrigation Systems
Waltina Scheumann
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Salinization of soils is a major threat to irrigated agriculture and counteracts the targets of costly public infrastructure investments. In this study, salinization is regarded as the outcome of an institutional arrangement which impedes the effective implementation of well-known and well-established control measures be they technical, managerial or economic. In public irrigation systems neither the management units nor the farmers are offered any incentives towards the control of high groundwater levels and salinization if the management units are embedded in a highly centralized non-market institutional setting. The author answers the question under which conditions management units and irrigators are active in halting and reversing the process of salinization.

Pollution, Protection and Control of Groundwater

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Wetland Systems in Water Pollution Control

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Local government regulations for groundwater protection: A guidebook for the control of hazardous substances at business sites

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Lillian F Dean
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Stratigraphic and geochemical controls on the mobilization and transport of naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater: Implications for water supply protection ... Wisconsin (Groundwater research report)

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Stratigraphic and geochemical controls on the mobilization and transport of naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater: Implications for water supply protection ... Wisconsin (Groundwater research report)
J. A Simo
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