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EXAM PREP GUIDES Ace your preparation for the skills measured by three core MCITP exams and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective Then, reinforce what you ve learned by applying your knowledge to real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. PRACTICE TESTS Assess your skills with practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies.Maximize your exam performance with preparation for: EXAM 70-431 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance Install and configure SQL Server Set up tables, indexes, columns, and constraints Use Transact-SQL to implement functions, stored procedures, and triggers Work with relational and XML data Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune queries Maintain database availability with log shipping, mirroring, and replication Prepare a backup strategy and restore a database EXAM 70-443 Designing a Database Server Infrastructure Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Install, consolidate, and configure multiple database instances Design tables, file groups, and indexes for a physical database Develop and implement security policies at the server, database, and object levels Design, implement, and configure clustering, log shipping, mirroring, and replication Develop plans for data archiving, backups, and disaster recovery EXAM 70-444 Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administration Solution Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Monitor and troubleshoot queries, databases, and servers Manage security strategies and perform audits Help defend against attacks, worms, and viruses Detect and resolve data conflicts Diagnose faults and recover from database failures and disasters Optimize availability with failover clustering, mirroring, log shipping, and replication Customize maintenance and automate routine tasks Build, debug, and deploy SQL Server Integration Services packages Your all-in-one kit includes: Official self-paced study guides for the three required exams. Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results. 1200+ practice and review questions. Case scenarios, best practices, and practice exercises. 15% exam discount from Microsoft; good for three exams. Offer expires 12/31/11. Voucher inside. 180-day evaluation version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. Fully searchable eBooks for all three guides..
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Learn more-advanced skills to design, build, test, deploy, and maintain SQL Server databases one step at a time. Ideal for developers who understand database essentials, this learn-by-doing tutorial offers practical guidance, code samples, and a collection of techniques to help you solve real-world business problems. Discover how to: Manage data access with server logins and user and server roles Implement a disaster recovery strategy Use aggregate functions to compute totals and complex statistical values Optimize query performance by managing IO statistics and designing indexes Work with remote data sources including third-party databases Provide remote access through the Internet or a middle-tier service interface Manage transactions, implement error handlers, and define isolation levels Go further and work with SQL Server Reporting Services and Notification Services Includes a CD featuring: All practice exercises Code samples.
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This exciting new textbook provides exceptional coverage of the essential topics taught in a modern operations management course. Its highly current coverage includes contemporary and relevant service theory and applications. Appropriate manufacturing applications and theory are included where relevant. The book's modern/strategic approach addresses OM from a cross-functional perspective, which views operations as linked to all other functional areas of an organization, such as marketing and finance. The strategic approach takes into consideration the integration of technology and how it changes the way a firm operates. Recognition of this current trend is the main differentiating factor for this Collier/Evans text. The book provides equal coverage of manufacturing and services theory and applications, while placing an emphasis on the integration of the value chain..
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From the rise of privately owned and raced Ferraris, Jaguars, and Porsches in the late 50s through the Can Am's folding in 1974, this remarkable collection of motorsport photography and its accompanying history also feature such major marques as Ford, Chaparral, Lola, McLaren, and Shelby, and rare one-offs like McKee and Mirage. Also included are the remembrances of drivers, mechanics, and team owners..
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The shift from stand-alone desktop applications to Web-enabled applications that accommodate hundreds of thousands of simultaneous users makes performance testing critical. Find out how to make your Microsoft(r) .NET-based applications perform as well as or better than traditional desktop applications with this book written by the Microsoft team that tests and tunes hundreds of Web sites and Web-based applications. You ll learn how to take advantage of the best available tools to plan and execute performance tests, configure profile tools, analyze performance data from Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft ASP.NET, managed code, the SQL tier, and more. You ll also learn how to use the testing methodology that Microsoft uses to stress test its own sites some of the most popular, high-performance Web sites in the world. Topics covered include: The testing methodology used on Microsoft.com, Xbox .com, and other high-volume sites Planning the performance test Stress testing with Microsoft Application Center Test (ACT) Monitoring application performance with Performance Monitor Testing Web site security Application Network Analysis Analyzing the Web tier Analyzing managed code Analyzing the SQL tier Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) INCLUDED ON CD-ROM: A fully searchable electronic copy of the book Scripts that test the performance of IBuySpy. com.
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Vocabureaders: American Holidays, Money, Potluck, Wheels and Wings and The Zodiac Level: Elementary, High School, and Adult/Intermediate proficiency

What are Vocabureaders? They are readers with short articles on subjects of general interest written in simple English. Students are asked to determine the meaning of highlighted vocabulary from context. Then exercises teach the noun, verb, adjective and adverb forms of those words. There are an answer key and teaching suggestions in each book.

American Holidays Exploring Traditions, Customs and Backgrounds by Barbara Klebanow and Sara Fischers Ph.D. Price: Text $12.50.
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Completely revised for the latest FileMaker version, FileMaker Pro 5 Bible keeps you up to speed with this sophisticated database program

Whether you're a database newbie looking for step-by-step instructions or a FileMaker veteran searching for inside tips and shortcuts, this comprehensive cross-platform guide is the only one you need. Explore everything from fundamental database concepts and procedures to the latest tools added for Version 5 in this guide; individual sections address:

• Database design basics, including tools and layout possibilities
• Data entry and edit features
• Search and sort options
• Advanced database functions like calculations, computations, automation, data exchange, and template construction
• Web publishing, creating workgroups, and linking to other databases
• Developing databases for clients

The enclosed CD-ROM holds a massive collection of ready-to-run FileMaker Pro templates, example databases, demos, and utilities. Refer to it as you get up and running or later on if you need help with the more advanced topics covered in the book..
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, published by Pro-Ed on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 5940 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: Best practices: finding a new direction for Christos.
Author: Darlene Magito-McLaughlin
Publication:Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2002
Publisher: Pro-Ed
Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Page: 156(9)

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This digital document is an article from Remedial and Special Education, published by Pro-Ed on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1251 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: Special Education, Multicultural Education, and School Reform: Components of Quality Education for Learners With Mild Disabilities.(Book Review)
Author: Monika W. Shealey
Publication:Remedial and Special Education (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: Pro-Ed
Volume: 24 Issue: 4 Page: 254(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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