Don?t let the revision process intimidate you any longer. Discover how to successfully transform your first draft into a polished final draft readers won?t be able to forget. In Write Great Fiction: Revision & Self-Editing, James Scott Bell draws on his experience as a novelist and instructor to provide specific revision tips geared toward the first read-through, as well as targeted self-editing instruction focusing on the individual elements of a novel like plot, structure, characters, theme, voice, style, setting, and endings. You?ll learn how to:
Write a cleaner first draft right out of the gate using Bell?s plotting principles
Get the most out of revision and self-editing techniques by honing your skills with detailed exercises
Systematically revise a completed draft using the ultimate revision checklist that talks you through the core story elements
Whether you?re in the process of writing a novel, have a finished draft you don?t know what to do with, or have a rejected manuscript you don?t know how to fix, Revision & Self-Editing gives you the guidance you need to write and revise like a pro.

The soup-to-nuts guide on all things SQL!
SQL, or structured query language, is the international standard language for creating and maintaining relational databases. It is the basis of all major databases in use today and is essential for the storage and retrieval of database information. This fun and friendly guide takes SQL and all its related topics and breaks it down into easily digestible pieces for you to understand. You’ll get the goods on relational database design, development, and maintenance, enabling you to start working with SQL right away!
* Provides an overview of the SQL language and examines how it is integral for the storage and retrieval of database information
* Includes updates to SQL standards as well as any new features
* Explores SQL concepts, relational database development, SQL queries, data security, database tuning, and more
* Addresses the relationship between SQL and programming as well as SQL and XML
If you’re looking for an up-to-date sequel to the bestelling first edition of SQL All-in-One For Dummies, then this is the book for you!

Canonical methods are a powerful mathematical tool within the field of gravitational research, both theoretical and experimental, and have contributed to a number of recent developments in physics. Providing mathematical foundations as well as physical applications, this is the first systematic explanation of canonical methods in gravity. The book discusses the mathematical and geometrical notions underlying canonical tools, highlighting their applications in all aspects of gravitational research from advanced mathematical foundations to modern applications in cosmology and black hole physics. The main canonical formulations, including the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner (ADM) formalism and Ashtekar variables, are derived and discussed. Ideal for both graduate students and researchers, this book provides a link between standard introductions to general relativity and advanced expositions of black hole physics, theoretical cosmology or quantum gravity.

The acclaimed medium takes his talents to new levels and new countries! For After Life, John and a documentary crew traveled to Australia and across the United States, where he demonstrated once again that grief, healing, and hope are eternally intertwined. He answers his fans' most-asked questions about the mediumship process and how it works, while revealing his own personal life as a husband and new father. Edward also shares what he’s learned through his own personal losses and demonstrates that it’s never too late to forgive…and never too far away to love.

This extensive rigorous texbook, developed through instruction at MIT, focuses on nonlinear and other types of optimization: iterative algorithms for constrained and unconstrained optimization, Lagrange multipliers and duality, large scale problems, and the interface between continuous and discrete optimization.

The second edition enables psychologists to gain a better understanding of what is unique and intriguing about this area of study. It follows a groundbreaking visual approach that helps them quickly and easily learn the subject. With numerous illustrations and graphics, the book brings complex concepts to life. The links between theory and application are also clearly presented. Psychologists will benefit from this visually-oriented look into the field because it’s more engaging than other resources.

Spectrum - Project for After Effects (Videohive)

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Architectural Record is the #1 source for architecture design, modern architecture, and green architecture from McGraw Hill Construction.

In this interesting project where we create the sci-fi gorilla organic modeling meets hard surface. We work according to multiple reference images and start by sculpting out the gorilla body working on getting the general shape and proportion right.we convert to polygons while still maintaining the same topology before combining the two parts. In this tutorial we go over several different ways of combining geometry as booleans union can cause problems sometimes. We work with some different modeling tools sculpt geometry tool to insert edges and keep quads and sculpt geometry tool to smooth out our mesh.

A set of 2 movies for kindergarten children learning English at starter level. Contains 12 episodes. Approximate running time: 47 min + 53 min.
Young children should enjoy learning to speak and understand basic English with loveable Pingu. "Pingu Loves English" is a two-stage course which incorporates clear illustrations and videos, and recycles new and known language for children learning English as a foreign language.

Baby Babble 2 - First Words with P, B, & M. The Baby Babble award winning series engages babies, toddlers, and beginning talkers with fascinating toys and charming music while introducing age-appropriate speech and language concepts, facial exercises, and sign language. Created by speech language pathologists, Baby Babble 2 focuses on the early developing sounds: P, B & M.
Why P, B & M? At around six months of age, babies begin to make sounds with their mouths partially closed. These sounds are called consonants and the first consonants that most babies say are /p/, /b/, and /m/. Baby Babble 2 introduces over 100 first words with these early developing sounds.
Babies love Baby Babble 2 because facial exercises captivate them, encourage mimicking, and enhance their oral motor development.
Toddlers love Baby Babble 2 because simple sign language inspires them and teaches them how to communicate before they can speak.
Beginning talkers love Baby Babble 2 because playful video sequences demonstrate simple words and sounds that motivate speech.
Parents love Baby Babble 2 because its parent tutorial teaches them the techniques that speech therapists use so that they can enhance the speech development of their precious child.

This book provides 92 easy and effective techniques to help readers discover how to become a master communicator in life, love, and business.
What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"
What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people.