SilverStripe: The Complete Guide to CMS Development /by Ingo Schommer (Author), Steven Broschart (Author).SilverStripe is a robust and flexible website content management system (CMS) tightly integrated with an application framework.

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Welcome to VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT!
A well-developed vocabulary pays off in many important ways. Better-than-average “word power” makes it easier to understand everything you read and hear—from textbook assignments to TV news reports or instructions on how to repair a bicycle. And word power obviously increases your effectiveness as a communicator. Think about it: As far as other people are concerned, your ideas are only as convincing as the words you use to express them. In other words, the vocabulary you use when you speak or write always significantly adds or detracts from what you have to say.

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Do more with your digital camera than you ever thought possible with help from this easy-to-use guide. You'll understand digital photography basics, learn to share results through e-mail or the Internet, store images electronically, apply advanced photography techniques, perform image editing, and much more. This book dissects digital photography in bite-sized, understandable sections that will help anyone--from beginner to professional--have a better digital camera experience.

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Welcome to VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT!
A well-developed vocabulary pays off in many important ways. Better-than-average “word power” makes it easier to understand everything you read and hear—from textbook assignments to TV news reports or instructions on how to repair a bicycle. And word power obviously increases your effectiveness as a communicator. Think about it: As far as other people are concerned, your ideas are only as convincing as the words you use to express them. In other words, the vocabulary you use when you speak or write always significantly adds or detracts from what you have to say.

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The contents of this book are presented at a theoretical-practical level. It explains robotics concepts in detail, concentrating on their practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are real-life applications. Students, researchers, and practicing engineers alike will appreciate this user-friendly presentation of a wealth of robotics topics, most notably orientation, velocity, and forward kinematics.

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Mastication Robotics: Biological Inspiration to Implementation is the first book in the special field of masticatory robots for applications including foods texture analysis, dental training and speech therapy. It is a collection of the efforts we have made in the field at Massey University, New Zealand. The book provides a thorough review of the human masticatory system, and presents principles, analysis, design, simulations and experiments of a number of masticatory robots developed by the authors

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Mastication Robotics: Biological Inspiration to Implementation is the first book in the special field of masticatory robots for applications including foods texture analysis, dental training and speech therapy. It is a collection of the efforts we have made in the field at Massey University, New Zealand. The book provides a thorough review of the human masticatory system, and presents principles, analysis, design, simulations and experiments of a number of masticatory robots developed by the authors. This book is a valuable reference for researchers, engineers and graduates in the field of robotics, mechatronics, automatic control, artificial intelligence and food sciences.

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The world is witnessing a shift in power in the global economy from west to east. The characteristics of Japanese foreign direct investment are acknowledged to differ from the US type, and this difference is likely to become increasingly important. This book tracks trends in Japanese FDI to other Asian countries, and offers suggestions for future policy design, analyses methodological aspects, and provides an overview of various facets of Japanese FDI. This book focuses on FDI flows to Asia's 'four dragons' -- Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan

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Limitations in today's software packages for financial modeling system development can threaten the viability of any system--not to mention the firm using that system. Modeling Financial Markets is the first book to take financial professionals beyond those limitations to introduce safer, more sophisticated modeling methods. It contains dozens of techniques for financial modeling in code that minimize or avoid current software deficiencies, and addresses the crucial crossover stage in which prototypes are converted to fully coded models.

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With knitting an increasingly popular trend among the young and hip, here is a fabulous new collection of contemporary designs for the home — from Debbie Bliss, the UK’s foremost knitwear designer.Inspired by three themes — seaside, modern country and urban living — Debbie has created beautiful accessories and garments to complement the modern lifestyle: There’s a cool polka-dot cushion, a cosy throw and a summer rug, a duffel bag, warm slippers, and a tea cozy and kettle holder for the cottage, plus a funky handbag and scarf for urban living — all great gift ideas for the knitter to make and give. All the patterns are easy to knit with clear, step-by-step instructions, making the book itself a wonderful gift idea.

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This book is devoted to bridges that are built by incremental launching methods, using prestressed composite materials. It integrates the static, aesthetic, and economic aspects of construction techniques for building these state-of-the-art structures. Bridge launching is a comprehensive handbook, offering explanations of both the theoretical and technological aspects of the construction process. Both beam bridges and arch bridges are thoroughly analysed,and special theories aimed at optimising static aspects, as well as local phenomena

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Professional Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint /by Sivakumar Harinath (Author), Ron Pihlgren (Author), Denny Guang-Yeu Lee (Author). With PowerPivot, Microsoft brings the power of Microsoft's business intelligence tools to Excel and SharePoint users. Self-service business intelligence today augments traditional BI methods, allowing faster response time and greater flexibility.

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