Learn Latin American Spanish quickly and painlesslyThe job market for those who are bilingual is expanding rapidly. Businesses and government agencies are hiring translators; retailers and advertisers are concentrating more energy in targeting the Spanish-speaking ; and hospitals and agencies are seeking to overcome language barriers.Whether you’re a student studying Spanish, a traveler gearing up for a trip to a Spanish-speaking country and need to learn the basics, or a upwardly mobile looking to get ahead of the pack in your career by learning a second language, Spanish For Dummies, 2nd edition is your hands-on guide to quickly and painlessly learn Latin American Spanish that includes:Expanded coverage of grammar, verb conjugations, and pronunciationsA refreshed and expanded mini-dictionary complete with even more essential vocabulary, exercises, and moreA revamped and expanded bonus CD-ROM that includes real-life dialogue to aid in your learningWhether you’re looking to learn Spanish for use in the home, class, at the office, or on the go, Spanish For Dummies, 2nd edition has you covered!
Thoroughly updated to reflect current technologies, the Third Edition of this comprehensive text reviews the concepts and applications of nursing informatics. Starting with an introduction to nursing informatics, the contents proceed from Unit One which covers computer basics to Unit Five which examines skills and techniques for using the end product of informatics: data. Other units review the effects that the Internet is having on healthcare, the ins and outs of using personal productivity software, and informatics in the clinical area.
With iOS 5, Apple added more than 200 new features to the iPad 2, but there’s still no printed guide to using all its amazing capabilities. That’s where this full-color Missing Manual comes in. You’ll learn how to stuff your iPad with media, organize your personal life, wirelessly stream content to and from your tablet, stay connected to friends, and much more. The important stuff you need to know:Build your media library. Fill your iPad with music, movies, TV shows, eBooks, eMagazines, photos, and more. Go wireless. Sync content between your computer and iPad—no wires needed. Get online. Connect through WiFi or Wi-Fi + 3G, and surf the Web using the iPad’s new tabbed browser. Consolidate email. Read and send messages from any of your email accounts. Get social. Use built-in apps like iMessage, Twitter, and Ping to stay in touch. Store stuff in iCloud. Stash your content online for free, and sync up all your devices automatically. Interact with your iPad. Learn new finger moves and undocumented tips, tricks, and shortcuts.
Now in its fourth edition, The Little SAS Book is a classic, helping many people learn SAS programming. The book's friendly, easy-to-read style gently introduces readers to the most commonly used features of the SAS language. Topics include basic SAS concepts such as the DATA and PROC steps, inputting data, modifying and combining data sets, summarizing data, producing reports, and debugging SAS programs. Each topic is presented in a self-contained two-page layout complete with examples and graphics. This clear and concise format enables new users to get up and running quickly, while the examples allow readers to type in the program and see it work! New topics in the fourth edition include ODS Graphics for statistical procedures, PROC SGPLOT for graphics, creating new variables in PROC REPORT with a COMPUTE block, WHERE= data set option, SORTSEQ=LINGUISTIC option in PROC SORT, and more functions, including ANYALPHA, CAT, PROPCASE, and YRDIF.
Go from Access novice to true master with the professional database design tips and crystal-clear explanations in this book. You'll learn all the secrets of this powerful database program so you can use your data in creative ways -- from creating product catalogs and publishing information online to producing invoices and reports. Build a database with ease. Store information to track numbers, products, documents, and more Customize the interface. Build your own forms to make data entry a snap Find what you need fast. Search, sort, and summarize huge amounts of information Put your data to use. Turn raw info into printed reports with attractive formatting Share your data. Collaborate online with SharePoint and the brand-new Access web database Dive into Access programming. Get tricks and techniques to automate common tasks Create rich data connections. Build dynamic links with SQL Server, SharePoint, and other systems Five Touchstones to Understanding Access Let’s face it--learning the tricks and techniques of database design can be a bit of a slog. But if you’re just starting out with Access, here are five key insights that can help you understand how the database world works. Keep these points in mind, and you’ll be on the inside track to mastering Access. 1. Databases hold database objects. Most people are familiar with tables, the grid-like grouping of data that stores your information (for example, lists of items you own, friends you have, or products you sell through your small business). But tables are just one type of object that an Access database can hold. The other key ingredients are queries (customized search routines that pull out the information you need at the drop of a hat), reports (similar to queries, but nicely formatted and ready for printing), forms (windows that make it easy to review and edit the data in your tables), and macros and modules (miniature programs that can do just about anything—from updating 10,000 records at once to firing off an email). 2. Relationships hold it all together. Access newbies sometimes start out thinking a database is just a glorified spreadsheet. After all, can’t Excel hold long lists with hundreds of thousands of rows? (And yes, it can.) However, Access has a feature Excel can’t duplicate: relationships. A typical Access database holds several tables, and relationships link these tables together. For example, a table of customers might link to a table of orders, which would link to a table of products, allowing you to answer questions like “What customers spent the most money?” and “What is the most popular product for customers living in New York?” Relationships also safeguard your data--for example, they make it impossible for someone to accidentally place an order for a product or a customer that doesn’t exist. 3. There are two ways to work with a database: as a designer and as a user. The database designer is the person who sets up the database. The database designer has the responsibility of laying out the tables, building the queries, and knocking together some nice reports and forms (assuming you want all those features). By comparison, the database user is the person who uses the tables, queries, reports, and forms in day-to-day life. The user reviews records, makes changes, and fills the tables up with data. Depending on what type of database you’re creating (and what you want to accomplish), you may be both the database designer and the database user. But it’s important to realize that these are distinct tasks. In fact, when using a properly designed database, database users don’t need to be particularly skilled with Access. They can just work with the forms and reports that the database designer created. 4. Sooner or later, you’ll need macros. To become an Access expert, you must first learn to design a logical, consistent set of tables and add the relationships that link them together. Next, you must learn to build the other types of objects--queries, forms, and reports--that make it easier to perform common tasks. At some point, while tackling this second stage, you’ll run into a challenge that forces you to step up to the third level of Access mastery: macros. Macros are miniature programs that perform custom tasks. The good news is that in Access 2010, you can design your own macros without becoming a programmer. You just need to drag, drop, and arrange a sequence of ready-made macro commands into the Access macro designer. For example, you can use macros to build buttons that send emails, start printouts, make updates, or just take you around your database. 5. Expert user, meet Visual Basic. Some people stop their Access journey at this point, content to use tables, forms, reports, and macros to do all their work. But if you want to see everything Access has to offer, you need to take a look at its high-powered Visual Basic engine. Using VB code, you can do almost anything, from validating a credit card to leading a customer through an order process (two examples that are discussed in Access 2010: The Missing Manual). And if you’re willing to pick up some basic programming concepts, you can use code to transform a simple database into a cohesive database application—for example, something that looks more like the traditional desktop programs you run on your computer.
• Boxed inserts on etymologies and language usage • Pronunciation key on each page • Current phrases, slang, and scientific terms • Special notes on word origins • World gazetteer PLUS • Tables of weights and measurements • Languages and language families • Tables of signs and symbols • Forms of address • Comprehensive listing of abbreviations …AND MORE!
Give future and current managers a thorough understanding of the financial theory that is essential for developing and implementing effective financial strategies in business today. Brigham/Ehrhardt's leading Financial Management: Theory and Practice (13th Edition) is the only text that strikes a perfect balance between solid financial theory and practical applications. Readers gain a strong working knowledge of today's changed financial environment as this edition examines recent financial crises, the global economic crisis, and role of finance in the business and students' personal lives. This book's relevant presentation, numerous examples and emphasis on using Excel spreadsheets shows readers how to increase the value of a firm. Integrated practice using Thomson ONE-Business School Edition gives readers hands-on experience using the same research tool Wall Street professionals rely upon daily. This book is both the ideal choice for today's introductory MBA course as well as a valuable reference tool for students throughout their academic and business careers. About This Edition New Features Reorganization offers flexible coverage for one-semester or two-semester courses. This new edition is reorganized to address key concepts and essential topics within the first 17 chapters, ensuring that students receive the coverage they need whether in a one- or a two-semester course. Later chapters provide more advanced and expanded treatment of topics to build upon earlier material and increase student mastery of concepts. The latest examples reflect today's global economic crisis. Updated, timely real examples throughout almost every chapter demonstrate the impact of today's financial crisis in all areas of business and life. New "Global Economic Crisis" boxes in many chapters highlight specific finance issues related to the crisis. Chapter opening graphics emphasize the big picture for students. New, informative graphics at the beginning of each chapter clearly illustrate how the chapter's topics and concepts fit into the overall financial framework. Excel tool kits, now integrated with the text, ensure student spreadsheet proficiency. The authors have created Excel Tool Kits for each chapter to enhance student proficiency with spreadsheets. Tool Kit models, available as self-taught tutorials through the book's website, detail many of the features and functions of Excel. In this edition, actual screen captures from the Excel Tool Kit models appear within the text, allowing students to clearly and more closely follow the models in analysis. Aplia finance saves time and supports interactive learning. Today's fastest-growing interactive online homework management system, Aplia engages students in course concepts, ensures that they practice on a regular basis, and helps them prepare for finance with a series of tutorials. Problem sets specific to this edition provide instant grades and detailed feedback. Students have the opportunity to learn from and improve with every question. Additional Features Professional power of Thomson ONE - Business School Edition lets students work with actual financial tools. Now students can complete financial research and analysis using the same tool that professional brokers and Wall Street analysts trust every day--Thomson ONE - Business School Edition online database. Educators and students have instant access to leading financial data sources, including Thomson Financial, Worldscope, SEC Disclosure, First Call, Datastream and more. Corresponding Thomson ONE problems in most chapters in the text enable valuable practice. End-of-chapter spreadsheet problems guide students through building a model. Partially completed, end-of-chapter spreadsheets contain financial data and instructions on how to "build a model." This structure guides the student through the problem, minimizes unnecessary typing and data entry, and makes it easy to grade the work because all student answers appear in the same location on the spreadsheet. Unmatched author expertise ensures a clear, contemporary approach. This premier authorship team combines the extensive teaching background and more than 30 years of text writing experience of Dr. Gene Brigham with the contemporary scholarship and practical, professional expertise of Dr. Mike Ehrhardt. Together, these authors deliver a consistent, accurate, and innovative approach that will keep students first in finance. Practical application of theory and trends highlights the role of finance today. The authors clearly illustrate the application of concepts and theories throughout the book's proven presentation, wealth of actual business examples, thought-provoking problem sets, and integrated mini-cases. Comprehensive mini-cases at the end of each chapter further demonstrate applications with corresponding PowerPoint slides and spreadsheets as well as solutions on the Instructor's password-protected website. A multidisciplinary approach demonstrates how finance affects all areas of business. The authors interweave various subjects throughout the text discussion to clearly demonstrate how business impacts finance and how all areas of business are affected by finance. Early coverage of financial statements establishes a strong context for the concepts that follow. Presenting financial statements early within the text provides a clear picture of what financial management is all about. Students understand how the effects of financial decisions are shared throughout the firm. Early introductions to risk analysis, discounted cash flow techniques, valuation procedures, and EVA/MVA allows the authors to use and reinforce these key concepts throughout the book. See this title's supplement: Study Guide for Brigham/Ehrhardt's Financial Management: Theory and Practice (13th Edition)
The Discernment Of Spirits Although Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is one of the most influential spiritual leaders of all time, most readers find his Rule hard to understand. Father Gallagher, an authority and gifted teacher, help us understand the rule and how its insights are essential for our spiritual growth today.
About This Edition From the Publisher New Features Enhanced search functionality allows users to filter food by category--improving search precision and making it easier to find certain foods. Easy-to-use instructor's page provides access to course management resources, such as setting up a course, creating course sections, and providing codes for Teaching Assistants. In addition, this new interface allows instructors to assign labs, manage users' submissions, and edit the nutrient list. "Comments" feature allows instructors and students to include feedback when submitting or grading labs and reports. "Resources" tab offers helpful tools for students, including a quick Nutrient Search, Serving Size Tutorial, and the ability to create entries for Custom Food and Recipes. "Serving Sizes" lab added to help users understand how to accurately estimate serving size. Diet Analysis Plus is integrated in all Cengage Learning Introductory Nutrition textbooks through activities in each chapter that show users how the concepts in the chapter relate to their diet and health goals. Use these activities for assignments or extra credit to extend the use of Diet Analysis Plus. The new version of Diet Analysis Plus is only available in an online format. A CD-ROM will not be produced. Additional Features The visual month-to-month calendar enables users to track food intake for up to 365 days and highlights the dates for which users have entered food and activities. The Activity Questionnaire assesses users' true activity level and more accurately determines the proper Dietary Reference Intakes. Customizable reports are available for users to print or email in PDF format. Labs provide critical thinking activities and offer opportunities for users to practice important skills, such as reading a food label, before using Diet Analysis Plus for their diet analysis project. They also can be used as assignments or extra credit to extend the use of Diet Analysis Plus throughout the semester. New "Serving Sizes" lab added. A quick start tutorial provides an audio and video walkthrough of the main features of the program, including setting up a profile, tracking diet, and printing reports like the 3-Day Average report. The improved interface provides easy navigation of Diet Analysis Plus. The homepage offers a single access point to the profile, track diet and activities, reports, and labs. In this enhancement of Diet Analysis Plus, instructors access their course information and assignments through a streamlined homepage making it even easier to manage your course. Featuring over 20,000 foods and updated twice yearly, the extensive database includes common foods, popular brands, regional favorites, international foods, and vegetarian options. Further reference for this edition: Download a Demo Walkthrough Guide for Diet Analysis Plus (10th Edition).
A fully revised, new edition of one of the bestselling real estate investing guides of all timeThrough its five previous editions, Investing in Real Estate has shown investors how to intelligently build wealth with their investments in houses, condominiums, and small apartment buildings. Unlike many titles in this genre, Investing in Real Estate steers clear of the hyped-up “no cash, no credit, no problem” promises. Instead, it provides sound, real-world advice and instruction that reflects the author’s time-tested wisdom and experience. This book shows you how to invest profitably, safely, and reliably as you navigate the risks and opportunities of today’s property market. It covers all the topics investors need to master, including how to find, negotiate, finance, lease out, and manage your property acquisitions. Plus, you will discover how to add tens of thousands of dollars of value to nearly any property. Whether you plan to start investing or move your current investing strategy to a higher level, two decades of sales success testifies to the fact that this investing guide stands superior to any others that you will find.This new edition covers all the recent changes in the market, including the latest housing rescue legislation from Congress, a historical review of how to profit from property cycles, and insightful new ways to gain from the current excess inventories of for-sale properties, foreclosures, and REOs. • Author Gary W. Eldred has also authored ten other successful real estate titles, including The Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate Investing, The 106 Mistakes Homebuyers Make—and How to Avoid Them, and The 106 Mortgage Secrets that All Borrowers Must Learn—but Lenders Don’t Tell• Completely revised to cover current ways to prosper in today’s property markets• Includes new, insider techniques for foreclosure investing• Features fifteen new ways to profit with property investments• Shows you how to buy properties for less than they are worth from many sources including auctions, bank sales, and homebuildersInvesting in Real Estate, Sixth Edition retains its premier position as the most reliable, informative, and comprehensive guides to successful real estate investing.
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