Careers in the Computer Field (Success Without College Series)

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The computer industry is the focus of the newest volume in Barron's Success Without College Series, written for men and women who have career goals in fields where a college degree is not necessary. This book tells how and where to get the training that will qualify you for a variety of satisfying and money- making jobs. Among the positions described are computer operator, programmer, Website designer, and computer technician. The book also discusses options such as computer sales, training, documentation writing, and self-employment opportunities. The author provides general advice on how high school students can get a head start in the computer industry, and presents an overview of the process of creating a resume and interviewing for a job.

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Success without college, a failure !.......2002-02-23

They dont tell you in advance that this book is geared more towards someone right out of high school with the advice . Also the book leaves you with more ?'s than answers. I found it to be a waste of $ for me and I could have done without it !

Careers w/o College: COMPUTERS, 2nd ed (Careers Without College)

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Careers w/o College: COMPUTERS, 2nd ed (Careers Without College)
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Cool Careers Without College for People Who Love Everything Digital (Cool Careers Without College)

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Cool Careers Without College for People Who Love Everything Digital (Cool Careers Without College)
Amy Romano
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Tonya Buell
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Peggy Schmidt
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This volume collects seven of Nerlove's previously published essays on panel data econometrics written over the past thirty-five years, with a new essay on the history of the subject, which began with George Biddell Airey's monograph in 1861. Since his 1966 Econometrica paper with Pietro Balestra, panel data and methods of econometric analysis have become important in the discipline. The principal factors in the research environment affecting the future course of panel data econometrics are the growth in the computational power available to the individual researcher at his desktop and the ready availability of data sets via the Internet. The best way to formulate statistical models for inference is motivated and shaped by substantive problems and our understanding of the processes generating the data at hand to resolve them. The essays illustrate the substantive context in shaping appropriate methods of inference and the increasing importance of computer-intensive methods.

Nerlove, M. Essays in Panel Data Econometrics.(Book Review): An article from: American Journal of Agricultural Economics

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Douglas Miller
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Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from American Journal of Agricultural Economics, published by American Agricultural Economics Association on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 815 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Nerlove, M. Essays in Panel Data Econometrics.(Book Review)
Author: Douglas Miller
Publication: American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2004
Publisher: American Agricultural Economics Association
Volume: 86 Issue: 3 Page: 858(2)

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This modern book has a strong foundation in demand and supply. Its thoughtful coverage of change in demand vs. change in quantity demanded (also in supply coverage) enables learners to better visualize and truly understand the difference between these two fundamental concepts. The activebook is an interactive, online, digital book that completely takes advantage of multimedia resources to greatly enhance the learning experience. A seven-part organization covers an introduction and key principles; the basic concepts in macroeconomics; the economy in the long run; economic fluctuations; money, banking, and monetary policy; inflation, unemployment, and economic policy; and the international economy. For a thorough understanding of the principles of macroeconomics.

Activebook, Macroeconomics (6th Edition)

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Activebook, Macroeconomics (6th Edition)
Karl E. Case , Ray C. Fair , Case , and Fair
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Macroeconomics ActiveBook Enhanced
Ronald Ayers , and Robert Collinge
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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This easy to read, accessible, macro-first principles book engages readers with familiar real-world examples and applications that bring economics to life. This book discusses the macro economy, aggregate supply and aggregate demand, incentives for productivity, money and monetary policy, microeconomic foundations, output markets, input markets, market failure and government action, and the global economy. For financial planners and analysts making personal decisions and evaluating policy decisions.

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Online presentation hides mistakes........2005-05-07

Students that use this textbook along with their online college course should be aware that the online material has many mistakes and shouldn't be relied on to pass the course. Also some pages provided online is not printed in the textbook. You have to have the online "campuscompass" to complete the course. Some of the support pretest don't provide answers - so you don't know if you understand the material. Very shallow college material.

ActiveBook, Macroeconomics (3rd Edition)

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ActiveBook, Macroeconomics (3rd Edition)
Arthur O'SullivanSteven Sheffrin
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A loving look at a lost world

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Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs
William Zinsser
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In this warm and affectionate book, William Zinsser, author of the best-selling classic On Writing Well, describes his lifelong love affair with American popular song and the American musical theater. These are the words and melodies that are as familiar to us as the flag, so firmly ensconced in our mental topographies that they have become part of our standard literature, songs adopted and adapted by generations of performers, jazz singers, and musicians, deeply lodged in the memory of everyone who has ever heard them.

All the Things You Are, Star Dust, Over the Rainbow, Laura, Stormy Weather, Some Enchanted Evening, Someone to Watch Over Me, My Funny Valentine the tunes are as "easy to remember" as breathing, but how were they written? What stars and what shows were they written for? Who were the men and women who wrote them? What makes the songs so good? Zinsser answers these questions. Starting with Show Boat in 1927, he provides a comprehensive overview, telling his story through the lives and careers of the great composers and lyricists: Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Dorothy Fields, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren, Jule Styne, Frank Loesser, Stephen Sondheim, and many more.

Zinsser writes from an intimate knowledge of the songs, as a scholar of the American musical theater, and as a pianist-performer himself. The result is a book unlike any other in its authority, insight, and detail. Written with the author's usual elegance and humor, supported by lyrics that instantly bring back the songs and their emotional associations, Easy to Remember is handsomely illustrated with rare photographs of the songwriters and with sheet music covers of the songs they wrote one of America's gaudiest forms of poster art. With indices, song lists, and an extensive bibliography for show-tune aficionados, this is going to be the standard bedside reference for anyone who has ever found themselves seduced by this great American art form.

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Loved this.......2007-01-10

As a fan of great American songwriters, I really enjoyed this book. It's wonderful to have it in my collection.

Charming.......2003-09-03

This book is an eccentric, highly personal appreciation of "The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs." It is an easy read, as it is composed of short chapters with titles such as "George and Ira Gershwin," "Anatomy of the Popular Song," "Sheet Music, "Writing for Fred Astaire," and "Made in Hollywood: `As Time Goes By' and `Laura'." I found it extremely informative and charmingly written. The lists at the back are fun and provocative. Zinsser provides extensive (and entertaining) notes on his sources as well as a thorough index. This is a very subjective book with a highly personal viewpoint, but I would nonetheless recommend it to anyone with an interest in American popular song. I enjoyed this book a lot.

Can I give it a "6"?.......2002-10-07

What a wonderful book! This is a book I wish I had written, if only to write the sentence "Seeing Guys and Dolls on opening night in 1950 was my nirvana as a musical comedy fan"! It's one long love letter to the great American songwriters, both composers and lyricists: the oft-written about Kern, Hammerstein, Berlin, the Gershwins, Porter, Arlen, Sondheim, Lerner, Loewe, Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, and the less-written about Dorothy Fields, Harburg, Youmans, Schwartz, Dietz, Warren, Weill, Styne, Comden/Green, Loesser, Cahn, Van Heusen, Kander, Ebb, Bock & Harnick. Though Zinsser is a pianist himself, he keeps the technical discussion to a minimum. He's dug up photographs I've never seen before: Frank Loesser sweating on a New York park bench; Barbra sitting on Jule Styne's lap; Johnny Mercer recording (I didn't know he was popular singer as well as gifted lyricist.) And the sheet music! He's included b&w pictures of dozens of vintage sheet music cover art: the Art Deco "Roberta"; "Just in Time" with '50's linear design motifs; a Toulouse-Lautrec knockoff for a '20's Rodgers and Hart song. Zinsser very interestingly keeps the biographical info to a bare minimum, concentrating on the melodic structure of the tune, the "rules" of song structure and how the rules were effectively broken; and the lyrics which are central to his appreciation of a song. He has lovingly captured an era I was born too late for but which lives on.

A loving look at a lost world.......2002-03-21

William Zinsser's survey of the American popular song is an exceptional work, it revists and evokes the lost world of the popular song - when songs bridged generations and spoke of love and loss with grace, joy, sorrow, and occassionally, grandeur.

Not only does Zinsser give us the lives of the composers and lyricists examined, but he places their work in the context of its time, and for those who lived through the great age of American songwriting, he recreates the meaning of that music to Americans, and for those unlucky enough to be born later, he offers a guide to its many delights and pleasures. A winner of a book on every level. A must read for anyone who loves American popular music pre 1960.

A "Must" Book For Those Who Enjoy Great Songs.......2001-10-02

What enjoyment I find in this book!! It tells me all about the lives of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known...where they grew up, how they got into songwriting, what they wrote, who they wrote with, the movies and shows they did, and so much more. The era described extends from 1927 to the mid-sixties when rock arrived. During that period the greatest American songs were written. It is doubtful that the world will ever know another such a wonderful period or such songwriters. This is a book to treasure; to be read and reread if you remember the classic songs of that era.

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America's Elite 1000 - The Ultimate List is a unique, insider's guide to the finest that America has to offer. Informed, succinct and highly pertinent, it has been compiled with the help and advice of distinguished contributors, celebrities and wealthy individuals who were selected for their unique local knowledge and excellent local contacts.

The book embraces virtually every activity of interest to the sophisticated and discerning reader. We nominate, for instance, the right picture dealers to patronize, the best interior designers to commission and the firms that supply the best butlers, valets and nannies, as well as the smartest golf clubs, the top lawyers and the most capable party organizers. Not only do we tell you which are the best hotles and the smartest restaurants, we give you inside information on the most beautiful rooms to stay in, the special dishes to order and the best wines to drink.

America's Elite 1000 is the definitive guide to the best of American life and style.

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A beautiful guide to America.......2000-02-17

A book that I use on a constant basis. It tells me all I need to know on where to go and where to shop in America. I look forward to the next edition.

Indispensable guide book.......1999-12-18

A most beautiful book that outlines the very best in America. I loved the story on the Getty and the stunning feature on the best golf clubs.

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Acclaimed media scholars Farnsworth and Lichter draw on the lessons of the last four presidential elections to show how network news coverage of what is arguably the nation's most important political event has declined. Through extensive analysis of news content, the authors compare what the candidates said with what the networks say they said and judge the disparity a nightmare. What may make it even harder to sleep at night is that the authors go on to suggest that perhaps the candidates themselves do a better job of portraying the campaigns than those who used to be the trusted network guardians of the news. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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decent.......2003-12-08

Overall, a good read. The authors give considerable insight about the facts. However they do show a bias. For example, they seems to, at times, take pot shots at the New Hampshire population. These insults are completely unnecessary and takes away from the book's value. I would mildly recommend the book to read but I would not go out of my way to find it.

The Nightly News Nightmare: Network Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2000.(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly

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The Nightly News Nightmare: Network Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2000.(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly
David A. Dulio
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This digital document is an article from Presidential Studies Quarterly, published by Center for the Study of the Presidency on June 1, 2003. The length of the article is 805 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Nightly News Nightmare: Network Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2000.(Book Review) (book review)
Author: David A. Dulio
Publication: Presidential Studies Quarterly (Refereed)
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Publisher: Center for the Study of the Presidency
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All the basics of programming PDAs.......2004-09-14

While I do not currently write anything for PDAs, it is clear that the majority of the growth in the use of new computing devices will be in handheld devices. This will of course require an enormous amount of new software to be built. While the power of the handheld devices continues to grow, convenience, if nothing else, will demand that the size remains small. This will limit the size of the screen and the amount of memory available. Therefore, while it is possible to port software used on desktop platforms to handhelds, it is not an easy task and even in the best of circumstances, significant changes have to be made.
In this environment, it seemed logical that I learn the basics of how to program PDAs. Since I am now primarily a Java programmer, this book seemed like a logical place to start. From reading it, I learned a great deal about how the programming of PDAs is done. The book opens with a description of how the Java standards relate to PDAs as well as the availability of Java implementations on the most popular PDAs. This is followed by a list of ways to obtain the software needed to start developing software for PDAs. Chapter four covers some of the major restrictions encountered when programming PDAs. This chapter is essential and was the most interesting. The remaining chapters contain demonstrations of programs that create screens displaying the usual range of user interfaces. Buttons, checkboxes, filedialog boxes, alert boxes, textboxes and the various layouts are illustrated with code. Some of the common actions, such as serializing object data, accessing JDBC databases and using Internet protocols are incorporated into the programs. As an experienced Java programmer, I found the programs fairly routine, although there were some differences that needed to be understood.
There are no great revelations in this book, just a solid introduction to one area of computing where the growth over the next decade could be incredible. I have elderly relatives who have never touched a computer, and yet they have cell phones and are learning how to use some of the advanced features.

Review of "Java Development on PDAs".......2003-10-16

So this book started well, with lots of sensible thoughts like making all the source code available for download to avoid long listings in the book itself. Although as I read through there still seemed to be a fair amount of code (e.g. p109 -113 is all code) but presumably this was still only the "critical" bits of code needed to understand thte points being made. Generally I thought the first three chapters of the book were very strong - the description of CDC, CLDC and MIDP left me feeling more certain about what they actually are:

CDC and CLDC are "configurations" which means JVMs with some basic APIs
MIDP is a "profile" which is additional APIs which will work on top of a "configuration"

Chapter two was particularly interesting, focusing as it did on the different types of PDA available, comparison of prices, relative market shares, and performance specifications for different PDA/Java combinations. Although naturally this look at the current market will date most quickly, it provides an interesting insight into PDA trends in this period. Overall the book gives a strong impression of having been written by a single developer (which it has) who has a lot of hands on experience with Java on PDAs, and thus has a lot of relevant advice to give. This is exemplified in Chapter three where we are taken through a selection of open source and cheap development toolkits, as well as the process of setting these all up to get started developing on the PDA.

Unfortunately after this strong start the subsequent chapters fall to some extent into the standard "work through the API" approach, so that while the chapter on user interfaces encourages us to consider carefully the restricted screen space on PDAs, the body of the chapter is simply a description of the different types of user interface component, rather than a more detailed look at when each of the component should be used and to what effect.

I don't want to be overly critical here since there is a burden on authors of technical works to make sure that important sections of the API are covered, however I find I am not really able to take in more than trivial amounts of code from the page of a book (I need to be running it and making changes to bits before I understand it). The screen-shots from the PDA help here, but really I wanted more from something in book form. Ideally I would like to see a paragraph or two on the pitfalls and advantages of using each kind of UI component in a PDA setting. Even better would be a sample project, where we work through two possible user interface solutions, one designed without much thought on the constraints of the PDA and one designed with the PDA in mind.

To be fair some general guidelines for developing on the PDA are outlined in chapter four but it is fairly short, and lacks examples. To make this book "really useful" rather than just "handy" I would like to see a much more rigorous analysis of two versions of a sample project, one done correctly and one done incorrectly from the PDA perspective. This kind of comparison is hinted at tantilisingly at various points in the book such as the comparison between SOAP, HTTPText and HTTPStream in the networking chapter. The author shows that he is capable of presenting the pros and cons of different alternatives in particular areas, so it is a shame that this approach could not be developed more thoroughly. The very short concluding chapter on Futures, only confirms the impression that more time could have been spent on this book to good profit.

Still, while I think the reader can rightly ask for more, there is still alot here - I am sure that anyone developing Java on PDAs would be well advised to have a copy of this book on their desk. We can only hope that the author will be given more time to develop the themes touched upon in this work in a subsequent publication.

Do yourself a favor: Buy this book.......2003-08-28

When you want to dive into the field of actually program a wireless device you can easily find yourself become confused. One question is simply: What do I need to get going with the first project. And although it is a simple question to ask, it is not yet a simple question to answer, because it depends! The dependency is what device you want to address and what options you have when you want to develop an application.

This book is written by a humble and very competent programmer. He is humble because he just want to tell us how to code a PDA, be it PocketPC or Palm. He does not want to demonstrate much more than this. And this is how it should be, given the title of the book, because what he does is telling us all the steps needed. Here the authors competence really shows.

The book starts with a brief introduction to the J2ME configurations, the CLDC and the CDC API's. Continuing then to the MIDP profile where the author already demonstrates a simple generic MIDP applet. The next two chapters really rocks the boat: Here is compared the Palm and the PocketPC platforms with regard to J2ME, so if you have the choice then you can easily decide what to go for. In any case you will here find the most needed information: What development environment should you use for a specific platform - and where do you get it. The author brings links to a collection of no-cost tools and what more: All the links are correct!

At this point you really must begin to program at least a "Hello World" program for you selected platform. McBride helps you with every step in this for both platforms. He discusses JDBC, Internet access from the PDA's and how to use misc. connection methods, for example Infrared Connections or Mobile Phone. Everything is demonstrated with very good screen pictures of the PDA's or good program lists. He even demonstrates how to use web-services and the SOAP clients.

The last part of the book deals with the future, meaning technologies such as JXTA (dynamic peer-to-peer network) and ideas about Jini. Bluetooth was already demonstrated earlier in the book. Again, everything is written clearly and makes you want to start the programming now.

The book is highly recommendable! On no more than 239 pages including the index you'll get all what is needed to start doing your own development with confindence that it will work. I really believe that all the code in the book was tested. Do yourself a favor: Buy this book if you want to program JAVA on the PDA's!

It is simple to program PDAs.......2003-07-12

It is a stark measure of how far computers have come that the author reminds us that today's typical PDA has about the same CPU power and 4 times the memory of the first Macintosh, and likewise of a comparable contemporary PC. So while you may be a programmer on a current workstation with heaps more memory and speed than a "constrained" PDA, migrating to it would still mark you as a power developer by the standards of a not so distant past.

If you are already programming in Java for a desktop, then this book will be an easy stroll in the park. The graphics and networking libraries are different from J2SE and J2EE. But this is only insofar as they have necessarily much less functionality, though retaining just enough to hopefully do what you need. Gnash your teeth at the loss of cool graphics, if you must, but that is how things are. The neatest part of the book is the descriptions on how to offload the heavy computations via web services. This may be new to you.

By the way, if you are interested in the book, also check out "MIDP 2.0 Style Guide" by Bloch and Wagner; also published by Addison-Wesley. The two books complement each other. The latter gives a high level description of the appearance and functionality of a UI on a small device. Wilding-McBride's book then shows code examples to actually let you do this, at least for PDAs. Surprisingly, neither book appears to reference the other, though they are by the same publisher and came out just a few months apart. So, at least let me do that for them here.

PersonalJava and MIDP in one well written book!.......2003-07-12

Doing development for PDAs is a bit complex as different PDAs support different J2ME implementations. The two main J2ME implementations available for PDAs are MIDP, which is available on most Palm devices, and PersonalJava, which is available on most PocketPC and Windows CE devices. This book covers both of these implementations and explains the differences between the two in clear and concise language. The book is relatively short at about 200 pages but it covers the material in sufficient depth to get you started in developing for both of these environments.

The book starts off by explaining the many different configurations and points out which configurations are available on which devices. Next, after showing us how to set up a test environment, the author discusses the coding issues involved with working with devices with limited memory and speed. The next few chapters discuss developing a user interface, storing data, networking, and accessing web services. The differences between MIDP and PersonalJava are pointed out in each section with plenty of code samples demonstrating these differences.

The book is written for anyone with a basic knowledge of Java. No knowledge of J2ME is assumed and you don't even need a PDA to run the provided code (although how to get your code on your PDA is discussed). You should be familiar with Ant to make use of the provided build scripts. The book serves mostly as a tutorial although it could be used as a reference as well. Although there are several books out that cover developing for MIDP, there is very little information available for PersonalJava and for comparing MIDP with PersonalJava. This book fills that slot nicely.

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