Listen up, designers, and wipe those grins off your faces! It’s time to get serious about your design work. For too long you’ve allowed yourself to go soft, relying on your software to do all of your creative work for you. This book will NOT show you how to use every tool and feature in Adobe Illustrator. This book WILL, however, teach you the importance of drawing out your ideas, analyzing the shapes, and then methodically building them precisely in vector form using the techniques explained in this book.
 
In Vector Basic Training, acclaimed illustrative designer Von Glitschka takes you through his systematic process for creating the kind of precise vector graphics that separate the pros from the mere toolers. Along the way, he’ll whip your drawing skills into shape and show you how to create elegant curves and precise anchor points for your designs. Between the book and the video tutorials on the included DVD, you’ll be ready for active creative duty in zero hundred hours or less.  
 
 
In Vector Basic Training, you’ll learn:

• The tools and shortcuts that make up a design pro’s creative armament

• How to use “The Clockwork Method” to create accurate curves every time

• When and where to set just the right number of anchor points for any design

• How to build shapes quickly using basic Illustrator tools and plug-ins

• Techniques for art directing yourself so that your work gets the response you desire

• Why symmetry is your friend and how to use it effectively in your designs

The dictionary of choice for the Associated Press and America's leading newspapers, this updated 50th anniversary edition of Webster's New World College Dictionary continues to be outstanding for its page design and easy readability. With comprehensive, consistent, and helpful A-Z organization of all entries -- including abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, and biographical and geographical entries -- it features the clearest, most informative definitions of any college dictionary available today. Highlights include:
-- Over 850 illustrations, with more than 200 photographs added at biographical entries
-- The best coverage of American usage and idioms, including over 11,000 Americanisms
-- Over 100 new entries for this updated edition
-- Extensive back matter with scientific and geographical data and U.S. historical documents
-- Four-color world atlas
-- Useful information on weights and measures, grammatical usage, and geological data

While the text edition of this dictionary has collected kudos from numerous newspapers throughout its previous editions, many users may find that the CD-Rom replaces the book as a handy quick-reference instrument. The disk loads in a matter of minutes, and offers a linked thesaurus with the dictionary--you can choose one or both reference tools, and you can customize both with your particular notes. Kids who are told to "look it up" when they ask mom how to spell a word will love the Misspeller's Dictionary included on the disk, which can easily translate spellings like "wierd" and "anoy". Using the thesaurus while using the dictionary allows you to click easily between words, using the former to extend your vocabulary while checking the specific definitions in the latter to ensure precise usage.

The text edition has many special features that make it a useful complement to the disk, as well as a star in its own right. Several pages of simple colored maps show the placement of everything from Colorado to Cameroon. There are anatomical illustrations, historical photographs, and a 40-page reference supplement that covers everything from the rules of punctuation to the periodic table of elements. Word definitions are clear, and with 163,000 entries, chances are you'll find the word you're hunting for. Synonyms for many words are included in shaded areas near the original word (you'll find pious, religious, and sanctimonious alongside devout), which is a big help when you're searching for the perfect word. --Jill Lightner

• System requirements:
• Pentium recommended
• Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0
• 16 MB RAM
• 5 MB free hard disk space, 100 MB free hard disk space for full installation
• 2X CD-ROM drive

The Precision Shooting Reloading Guide is not a reloading manual with loads and dimensions. Rather it is a guide to reloading for the various disciplines concerned with "extreme rifle accuracy". There is an overview chapter by Fred Sinclair and Bill Gravatt, followed by chapters on Highpower (bolt gun), Highpower (gas gun), Benchrest, Magnums, Wildcats, Cast bullets and Working Up an Accuracy Load.

How does Nolan Ryan still do it?

At 43 years old, Nolan Ryan is a marvel. He is still blowing his fastballs by hitters at an age when most pitchers have long since retired -- or have learned to depend on guile instead of power. But the Ryan express keeps chugging on, getting more unhittable, not less.

Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible tells us the secrets of Ryan's success. Drawing on Ryan's practical experience and Tom House's research expertise, it shows how the right combination of exercise and motivation can help a pitcher develop to his greatest potential.

Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible includes:

* Nolan Ryan's complete fitness program for pitchers -- including weight training, aerobic exercise, and diet -- based on the latest scientific research and his 24 years of experience as a major leaguer.

* The most up-to-date methods for preventing arm injuries by establishing proper mechanics, a conditioning base, and throwing work loads.

* A timetable for keeping a pitcher in top shape year-round, including specific exercise intervals to meet the individual strength demands of each pitcher's throwing motion, maximum velocity, and maximum weekly number of pitches.

* An in-depth presentation of Ryan's pitching strategy -- how he prepares himself mentally for a game, an analysis of his pitch selection for different types of hitters, and how he applies his training regimen to improving his effectiveness on the mound.

Illustrated with black-and-white photos of Ryan in action, along with photos and line drawings of the recommended exercises, Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible is the ultimate book on pitching, by the ultimate pitcher.

In today’s competitive IT job market, few things increase your value like professional distinctions, such as the Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator certification. This precision guide provides complete coverage for the exam; it’s packed with information and challenging example test questions. Kurt Dillard has passed the exams for this certification, and he has held the MCITP certification since its inception in 2008. He has also helped author questions for other Microsoft certification exams in the past. This guide is peppered with real life anecdotes that reinforce the learning and bring the text to life. Work at your own pace with this guide that covers all of the exam topics and is organized to follow the exam objectives published by Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-default.aspx. This guide represents a tremendous value, as you will find that other published guides from covering the same certification exam cost many times more.

Praise for the Precision Guide Series
“Invaluable reference material that was a fantastic resource for my MCITP exam preparations!” – Terry Silva (MCTS) Melbourne, Australia.

“Just wanted to drop you a note of appreciation for the study guide you put together. I'm taking my last test soon and your study guide was helpful” – Joe Stocker in Austin.

“Kurt, your study guides are fantastic!” – Tina Thorson at www.pcrepairnorthshore.com in New York.

"Would like to use this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you put in this book, I will be taking my exam in a few month for the second time since I failed the first attempt, and I hope with the help of this book I'll pass" – Mubiana Mubiana in Namibia.

“The study guides look great!” – Nik in Sydney, Australia.

“Thanks for publishing the study guides. With your help, I should be able to pass 70-640!” – Mike Brown.

“Great book, concise, accurate, well written, hard to believe it was self-published.” – James in Lebanon, PA.

In today’s competitive IT job market, few things increase your value like professional distinctions, such as the Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator certification. This precision guide provides complete coverage for the exam; it’s packed with information and challenging example test questions. Kurt Dillard has passed the exams for this certification, and he has held the MCITP certification since its inception in 2008. He has also helped author questions for other Microsoft certification exams in the past. This guide is peppered with real life anecdotes that reinforce the learning and bring the text to life. Work at your own pace with this guide that covers all of the exam topics and is organized to follow the exam objectives published by Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-default.aspx. This guide represents a tremendous value, as you will find that other published guides from covering the same certification exam cost many times more.

Praise for the Precision Guide Series
“Invaluable reference material that was a fantastic resource for my MCITP exam preparations!” – Terry Silva (MCTS) Melbourne, Australia.

“Just wanted to drop you a note of appreciation for the study guide you put together. I'm taking my last test soon and your study guide was helpful” – Joe Stocker in Austin.

“Kurt, your study guides are fantastic!” – Tina Thorson at www.pcrepairnorthshore.com in New York.

"Would like to use this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you put in this book, I will be taking my exam in a few month for the second time since I failed the first attempt, and I hope with the help of this book I'll pass" – Mubiana Mubiana in Namibia.

“The study guides look great!” – Nik in Sydney, Australia.

“Thanks for publishing the study guides. With your help, I should be able to pass 70-640!” – Mike Brown.

“Great book, concise, accurate, well written, hard to believe it was self-published.” – James in Lebanon, PA.

• The flat back fits more compactly against a wall or fence and makes hauling heavy loads of water or feed a lot easier.

"Precision ... Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Horse Racing" thoroughly discusses the mathematical and statistical methods in handicapping and betting techniques. Differentiations, combinatorics, normal distribution, kernel smoothing and other mathematical and statistical tools are introduced. The jargons and equations are kept to a minimum so that it is easy to understand for most readers. More than 20 professional programs are freely available to download, which can allow readers to easily apply the methodology introduced in the book.

This book can be divided into three main parts: horse handicapping (Chapters 2-6), wagering (Chapters 7-9) and theories in practices (Chapters 10-11). Chapter 1 will explain why long term gains are possible in horse racing. About horse handicapping, we will start with analysing racing forms in Chapter 2. Other handicapping factors such as weight carried, jockeys, trainers and pedigrees will be discussed in Chapter 3. Some advanced statistical methods, such as chi-square test and kernel smoothing, will be introduced in Chapter 4 to further analyse those handicapping factors discussed in previous chapters. The following two chapters are about probability estimations. In Chapter 5, normal distribution and multinominal logistic regression are introduced in estimating winning probability of each race horse. In Chapter 6, we will talk about some methods in misconceptions in estimating placed probability.

Two main concepts in wagering, Kelly criterion and hedging, will be discussed in Chapters 7 and 8. To hit exotic pools, those theories in combinatorics in Chapter 9 will definitely help the readers. The author will share his experiences in betting syndicate in Chapter 10, and tell you how to be a successful professional horseplayer in the last Chapter.

Some readers may find the mathematics in this book difficult, but the free program will take your pain away and do all the calculations. You can simply apply all the professional formulae by no more than a click, and pick your horses like an expert analyst.

As an awardee in Asian-Pacific Mathematics Olympiad, the author abandoned his career as an actuary and became a key member in a gambling syndicate. This book was reprinted in the 4th edition in Hong Kong, ranked #2 in the best-selling chart in the international Chinese weekly Yazhou Zhoukan, and now available worldwide.

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The Sun Represents Your Self, Ego Structure, And Personality About the Illustration: The artist sought to represent both the masculine aspect of the solar god, and its feminine side by creating a three-layered effect. The foreground represents the sun as a celestial body that radiates energy; the middle layer, a sun goddess with golden locks and mask decorated with sun-related tribal markings; and the bottom layer, an image of an ancient sun god, at the center of sun-like mosaic.

The Moon Represents Your Feelings, Unconscious, Dreams About the Illustration: The female figure wears a starry veil, which can be seen as a reflection of how the moon looks behind the clouds on some nights, and also as a wedding veil of sorts, in a way that suggests the moon's "marriage" to the earth. The phases of the moon are reflected in the starry border behind the female figure. The moon, itself, is sensual and bright. In astrological lore, the moon reflects our subconscious, basic habits, and reactions.

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Sharpen your strategy and shot-making skills! Whether it's eight ball, nine ball, straight pool, or one pocket, Precision Pool will reveal the secrets the pros know in this attractive full-color offering.

Authors Gerry “The Ghost” Kanov and Shari “The Shark” Stauch leave nothing to chance, sharing the wealth of experience they gained from coaching or competing against virtually every top professional player. The result—Precision Pool—is simply the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on pool.

This updated second edition includes the following:

-Grips

-Vision and aim

-Power breaks

-Bank shots

-Combinations

-English

-Safeties

-Practice plans

-Match strategies

-200 full-color diagrams of critical shots, common patterns, and trick shots

Whether you are a weekend player or seasoned professional, if you are serious about improving your game, Precision Pool is your best shot.