This book is quite detailed and technical so I would say best suited to serious students of astrology. They however will be rewarded by giving due attention to this book as Noel knows his stuff through and through and is very generous in his sharing of his knowledge with others. This is a man who has done thousands of charts and systematically tracked clients through time as they grow and change.

I was looking for something more specific,exact and this book is good for
astrologers may be but not too helpful for readers.For example,the word "communications" is given as a key word to almost any vocation possible,leaving you with no practical example how to relate "communicatins" with your other trends.

Noel Tyl's newest book, Vocations: The New Midheaven Extension Process, is a great book that is well written and easy to understand. His techniques are explained in detail and the book is loaded with lots of examples. His technique re-defines an old topic of vocational astrology. His accuracy is uncanny. If you don't have the means & time to attend one of his seminars, this book is the next best thing to being there in person!

Noel Tyl's VOCATION: SPECIAL TOPICS IN ASTROLOGY tells how to locate the vocational profile within a horoscope: a notoriously hard task astrologers often struggle over. This is not just a review of the problems: practicing professional astrologer Tyl has developed his own process - the Midheaven Extension Process - and tested its results to provide a new page to the vocational astrology application. It's a lesson plan other astrologers will relish.

This book was a little hard to get through, but of course Watson was a founding father for so much psychology.

This book changed forever our understanding of the mind and human behaviour. Skinner's ideas are now so widely used, it is easy to forget that they were revolutionary and controversial not long ago. Well written and easily understood, it is worth reading just for the freshness of his ideas.

John Watson's new idea for psychology, behaviorism went through this country like wildfire, mostly because of his book behaviorism. It is detailed, and for the most part, easy to read. Anyone who is enterested in behaviorism and its techniques should read this book.

Thorson has done her research in a very thorough manner. With each new edition, she redoes her research to make sure it is up-to-date and accurate rather than copy what is in the older editions like similar books do.

If you are considering a non-traditional university degree, you need to read this book cover-to-cover. First, Thorson talks about the key players, their roles and responsibilities. Distance learning may or may not be the way for you to pursue your college degree.

Second, and most important is a very frank and clear discussion about accreditation, the various accrediting agencies plus contact information. She explains the types of educational accreditation: institutional (state, regional, national, etc) and specialized accreditation. For example The American Dietetic Association for programs focused on nutrition or American Physical Therapy Association for Physical Therapists and more.) Read about accreditation before gettting an application to the program you think you want to attend. Then write to all of the agencies the institution says it is accredited through. Request a copy of their most recent evaluation of your chosen institution. I did and found out one program accredited through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)- a regional accrediting agency, had deep financial problems, had filed for bankruptcy and had received its second warning from WACS stating that it would lose its accreditation it did not rectify its financial problems. But, that university never told me that. Eventually they were forced to close by the bankruptcy courts for financial reasons leaving thousands of students hanging with only "part of" a college degree.

Next Thorson explains the process of getting university credits towards what one has learned through ones work experience and life experience through the various equivalency examinations, complete with contact info and what tests they administer. This saves time and money and is excellent for the military and minor students who have had to live outside of the USA due to their parents career. Also, is a chapter on high school diplomas via distance learning that are accredited programs. Some profiled are Texas Tech University High School, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Independent Stidu High School, North Dakota Department of Public Instrucion of Independent Study, American School Private and private correspondence schools like the American School, Citizens'High School, Hartcourt High School, Home Study International, Keystone National High School.

She explains the various types of long-distance learning. Some degrees are all "virtual" or all on-line and others require you to meet with the professor and other students either on the "real" campus or a satelite location. That involves your time and costs. She gives a comprehensive review of all of the colleges with distance learning degrees starting out with contact information, degrees offered, how the courses are delivered (online, site-based, etc), description of each degree and tuition. At the back of the book is an "Index of Study Area" allowing you look up the degree you want to study with the universities offering that degree and the degree program (certified, associate, bachelor, master, doctorate). The index of schools lists the colleges alphabetically accompanied by the page number where it is profiled. I am extremely happy with this book and it helped me find the program that meets everything I was looking for in pursuing a master degree program.

Thank you Ms. Thorson for a well-researched and well-written book!

I have an older version of this book, but I thought it was excellent. I actually am about to complete a degree program that I found in here. I have never seen another resource quite like it. The book lets you look up "non-traditional" degree programs by profession as well as by state. It also tells you what accreditations each college holds and what the degree program requirements are.

This guide book is well detailed, and interesting. But nothing to crown about when you read Peterson's Guides and the rest of the guides book. I have not verified the accuracy of information yet, but it seems to stand well on its own

I read this book as a teenager. It stimulated my mind as few others had. I've been recommending it ever since. You won't be disappointed.

A fantastic book written by Nobel prize winner Niko Tinbergen. I recommend this book for adults and advanced children alike. I read this when I was in 6th grade and it was the book that lead me on my path to a career in neuroethology.
Tinbergen opens us up to the natural world around us even to those of us who are city dwellers.
Exposing us up to both the world of nature and the methodology of the naturalist he reveals something that the modern day world more and more distracts us from - patient observation and the results that it yields.
I recommended this book to a close friend of mine who has two children, a two year old and kindergartner and he uses this book as a manuel in their nature hikes.
I assure you you will not be disappointed if you purchase this book.

I liked his research on the ethological movement. If you are interested in psychology and this kind of research/studies...this is a good read

Although this book is aimed at those teaching/facilitating in a distance learning setting, Salmon's advice and approaches are sound and right on target. The last third of the ook, "resources for e-moderators," is terrific for many online facilitation settings beyond distance ed, especially distance teams/workgroups, communities of practice etc. Some may find them a bit conservative for more free-wheeling social spaces and virtual communities. But her advice rings very true to me.

I particularly enjoyed the case studies and examples sprinkled throughout the book. I found myself nodding, taking notes and putting stickies in the book - a sign that this is a book I can come back to and use again and again. I plan to reference it in my next online facilitation course!

Nancy White

If you are a e-teaching or you are in the e-learning business, you must buy and read this book. This book explain the e-teaching work, how to moderate a online class without lose the control, how to train and monitoring a e-moderator,... talk about the important things in the success of the work of a e-teacher/e-moderator. I found this book very informative, I recomend it!.

Discussion groups are an invaluable tool in distance learning and this book is a really useful guide to planning, implementing and managing them. If you follow the steps she outlines, it's hard to see how you could go wrong. If you're doing discussion groups - get it!

An excellent source for pharmaceutical scientists to gain a good working knowledge of the NDA/ANDA approval process. Significant discussion on the historic basis for most of today's regulations. Especially useful for those working for generic firms- comprehensive discussion on the legal issues related to Hatch-Waxman amendments and patent certification. Recommend waiting for the updated version which should be ready for distribution from Aspen in May 2008.

Generic and Innovator Drugs provides a complete reference to significant developments in FDA approval requirements, including extensive coverage of innovator drugs, the drug approval process and patent term extension.

The Fifth Edition includes expanded coverage of relevant issues, including:

A chapter on FDA regulation of biologic drugs
An explanation of the interpretation by the FDA and the courts of the market exclusivity provisions FDA administers
An explanation of the new user fee legislation and FDA commitments in response to that legislation
A chapter reflecting new FDA requirements on drug exports
Plus, the full text of relevant statutes, regulations, FDA guidelines, memoranda, correspondence, and more.
This one-volume guide contains exhaustive discussions and analyses of all the major regulatory and legal actions from the 1938 FDCA grandfather clause through the latest amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Generic and Innovator Drugs is an invaluable reference for drug company officials, regulatory affairs staffs, and legal counsel.

Table of Contents

FDA Approval Requirements
Full New Drug Applications
Abbreviated New Drug Applications and "Paper NDAs"
Delaying Approval of Competitive Products
Public Availability of NDA Data
Potential for Government Compensation for Innovators
The Orphan Drug Amendments
Debarment
FDA Fraud Policy
Accelerated Approvals
Export and Import Requirements
Prescription Drug User Fees

This book makes complicated issues and statutes easier to understand. The book clarifies, using case citations, the FDA statutes. A very handy resource.

I have been searching for ways to complete a degree I started some years ago. Unfortunately, family commitments prevent me from quitting work to pursue the degree I have always desired. While a little dated (1993), I found this text did provide a list of degree sources of which I was previously unaware. The alternative methods for earning course credit have the potential to make earning that degree much closer to reality. I have already applied to several nationally recognized universities mentioned in the book to explore their on-line degree options. I think it offers good insight into alternative methods. Finally, The section on detecting and avoiding degree mills is very useful.

I have been searching for ways to complete a degree I started some years ago. Unfortunately, family commitments prevent me from quitting work to pursue the degree I have always desired. While a little dated (1993), I found this text did provide a list of degree sources of which I was previously unaware. The alternative methods for earning course credit have the potential to make earning that degree much closer to reality. I have already applied to several nationally recognized universities mentioned in the book to explore their on-line degree options. I think it offers good insight into alternative methods. Finally, The section on detecting and avoiding degree mills is very useful.

A great source for college degree info

This is a wonderful straight forward cookbook with beautiful photos. I found recipies in this cookbook that I had considered to be "lost".
I should have known that if Tamasin Day-Lewis was the author that the book would be brilliant.

Far more variety of recipes that the title might suggest. Not just desserts but entrees, too. A really beautiful book; would make a lovely gift for someone who likes to cook & is looking for something new.

`The Art of the Tart' and `Tarts With Tops On' by noted English culinary writer, Tamasin Day-Lewis both have the outward appearance of books on the express line to the discount table. And, while many good books have suffered that fate, that appearance should not be held against these two volumes. It is important to distinguish this book from the excellent volumes on general pastry making such as Rose Levy Beranbaum's `The Pie and Pastry Bible' or Nick Malgieri's `Perfect Pastry' or Flo Brakker's `The Simple Art of Perfect Baking, or Gayle Ortiz' `The Village Baker's Wife'. It is also playing in a different league than the excellent `Mes Tartes' by Christine Ferber. All of these spend many pages on the ins and outs of pastry technique. Ms. Ferber's volume is especially interesting if you are devoted to the French approach to pastry, which is just a bit different than what you will get from the American experts.

When I first browsed through Ms. Day-Lewis' books, the absence of the heavy concentration on technique and the many familiar names of classic tart and pie recipes had me discounting the books as not worth my attention. The opening tart with a top on was nothing more than a classic chicken potpie that I have made following better instructions from James Beard.

The first thing that began redeeming the books in my eyes was the quality of the writing. Ms. Day-Lewis has a way with phrases that seems to owe more than a little from the writing style of M.F.K. Fisher, although the writer to which she seems to pay the greatest homage is Jane Grigson. In spite of a few misstatements such as the notion that pastry making was a science, `but not an exact science', her general observations are quite a pleasure to read and make me want to read more of her books.

Both books include chapters on `other people's recipes', and some of the most interesting material is in these chapters. Some of the borrowing is from Nigel Slater who is a writer like Day-Lewis and unlike Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver, whose works have not made a very big impression on this side of the pond. Others are attributed to Claudia Roden, who has made a big splash over here. Many others are attributed to friends and relatives. Regardless of the source, all these recipes are pretty far removed from your garden-variety tomato tart. Some recipes such as Michel Roux's Tourte au Jambon et Tomme de Pyrenees require ingredients such as black truffles and hard Pyrenees sheep's milk cheese which are just a bit to dear or too much trouble to acquire. Others in this chapter are both very simple and very fetching. Two that caught my eye were Nigel Slater's Stilton, Onion, and Potato "Frying Pan" pie and Deborah's Luxury Meat Loaf Pie. Both recipes are small variations on very common dishes, but the small improvements are worth a bundle of raves at the dinner table.

The next chapter of recipes for pies covers eight variations on apple pie. Aside from the plain vanilla apple pie, all were pretty unusual, but certainly not difficult. I did miss a recipe for Tart Tatin, but I suspect I probably already have five or six recipes for this classic on my shelves already. Another reason the Tart Tatin does not appear with these apple pies is because the first book already includes nine recipes for lidless apple tarts, including the famous Tatin dessert. The first book also includes a perfect recipe for entertaining with an English theme, a treacle tart.

The next recipe chapter of pie recipes covers classic American pies. Among these eleven recipes are peach pie, pecan pie, blueberry pie, pumpkin pie, and key lime pie, but no Pennsylvania Dutch molasses cake, which of course is much more of a pie than a cake.

Among the recipes for sweet pies, there are a few with unusual ingredients such as gooseberries and a few which simply did not appeal to me such as the raspberry ice cream pie, which I considered a misnomer, as the filling was not a true churned ice cream but more like a simple frozen custard.

If your cookbook collecting leans toward those that look good and read well, then these books are for you. They are also very interesting if you have a special attraction to baking tarts and pies, and already have the basic techniques securely under your belt. If you are a novice with pastry, then I suggest you take a by on these and check out the four titles I cited at the beginning of the review.

I will note that for the very nice binding, photography, and the build-in page marking ribbon, these books are very reasonably priced, which make them even more attractive if you are fond of attractive culinary books.

If you are always on the lookout for unusual pie and tart recipes, don't give it another thought and put in your order for these lovelies.

I purchased this book knowing that there is a steep learning curve for Typo3. I was hoping to develop a church web site, and I truly believe that Typo3 is the way to go.

However, even after spending time with this book, I'm still quite overwhelmed by all that Typo3 involves. The book, in my opinion, is not well edited. Often, it tries to walk you through some kind of step-by-step tutorial, but there are so many inconsistencies between what's in the book and what's on my screen that I get really frustrated.

I'll keep trudging through it, but I really wish I could find a well written Typo3 tutorial or book.

Few systems, retail or open source, are as powerful as TYPO3. More than just a typical CMS, it is a complete web application framework. Part of what makes it so popular is the extensibility, allowing developers to create additional functionality. However, TYPO3 is not without its drawbacks. It has a notoriously difficult learning curve, and the admin area leaves quite a bit to be desired as far as usability. TYPO3 has taken off in Europe, winning multiple awards. In the USA though, it has yet to gain a foot-hold.

That is, except for the Web Empowered Church, which uses TYPO3 as the CMS and framework of choice for building church websites. My two latest freelance clients have been two churches with thousands of attendees each week. Each of them makes use of the WEC extensions written for TYPO3, via TypoScript.

So, now that we have a background on what TypoScript is exactly, let's talk about the book Mastering TypoScript. It was written by Daniel Koch, then translated from the original German version to English by Wolfgang Spegg. It presupposes familiarity with TYPO3 and PHP, delving right away into the guts of the system. Here's what I gleaned from the book...
Syntax

The first chapter begins with an introduction of TypoScript which, true to the similarity in name, is somewhat reminiscent of JavaScript. The way that variables and properties are defined looks a bit like JS dot notation and object literal declaration. By way of comparison, here is how JavaScript and TypoScript might look if constructing an object named mustang.

JavaScript - dot notation:

// Create empty object: "mustang"
// and then add properties to it.

var mustang = {};
mustang.manufacturer = 'Ford';
mustang.build = 'American';
mustang.category = 'sport';
mustang.doors = 2;
mustang.passengers = 4;

JavaScript - object literal:

var mustang = {
'manufacturer' = 'Ford';
'build' = 'American';
'category' = 'sport';
'doors' = 2;
'passengers' = 4;
};

TypoScript - dot notation:

mustang = CAR
mustang.manufacturer = TEXT
mustang.manufacturer.value = Ford
mustang.build = TEXT
mustang.build.value = American
mustang.category = TEXT
mustang.category.value = sport
mustang.model = TEXT
mustang.doors = 2
mustang.passengers = 4

TypoScript - object literal:

mustang = CAR
mustang {
manufacturer = TEXT
manufacturer.value = Ford
build = TEXT
build.value = American
category = TEXT
category.value = sport
model = TEXT
doors = 2
passengers = 4
}

As you can see from the above examples, while the syntax is similar, TypoScript is a bit more verbose. It requires specifically describing a values as either TEXT or HTML in order for TYPO3 to handle the values correctly. Values not declared as any type will default to being treated as a number.

With JavaScript, simply enclosing a value in single or double quotes is enough. Numbers which are not contained in quotes are considered numeric values in JavaScript. Additionally, performing math on a number stored as a text will convert it to a number, such as multiplying it by 1.
Rich Text Editor

TYPO3 allows you to control a number of HTML related properties, which arguably should never be handled in markup anyways. These include:

* bgcolor
* bold
* italics
* center
* font size
* font style
* font family
* indentation
* strikethrough
* text color
* underline

This list of discrepancies simply points to aspects of TYPO3 which arose in its formative stages, and remain for legacy support. Any self-respecting web developer knows that purely presentation aspects like those should be left to CSS alone, and should never be embedded in HTML.

Luckily, you can also restrict tools which can be used by content writers. Doing so simply requires specifying an allowTags array. You can conveniently omit deprecated presentational tags, to keep them from being used at all. This way, you pare down some of TYPO3's power, lest it be wielded haphazardly.
Templating

Another interesting thing about TYPO3 is the concept of markers. These are a bit like variables which allow you to plant dynamic content within the skeleton of an HTML document. For instance, if I wanted to have the top-level heading on a page change, I would denote it in the design template like so...

###TITLE_OF_NEWS_STORY###

There is also another method of templating on the horizon, called TemplaVoilà. It makes it possible for TypoScript developers to integrate templates using a visual interface, never having to touch any PHP. I am usually leery of GUI tools because the code the create typically isn't what I'm trying to accomplish on a granular level. However, from what I've heard from TYPO3 gurus, this is not actually creating HTML for you, simply allowing you to map dynamic content to areas of your static page skeleton. See the TYPO3 wiki for more on that.
Graphics

TYPO3 can also handle graphics processing on the server. This requires two PHP libraries to be installed. The first is GDLib, typically enabled in most PHP configurations. The second is ImageMagick, which is great for scaling images to create photo thumbnails. These yield a dizzing array of possible visual effects: adjusting image tone, crop, rotate, invert colors, emboss, scale, shadow, outline - to name a few. These should of course be used sparingly.
Forms

TYPO3 also has a form builder, allowing the admin to create complete forms without necessarily having to know HTML. Mandatory fields can be set for things like sign-up forms, where the user must enter a minimum amount of personal information in order to register for an event. You can also create login forms for certain sections of a site. This would be good for a personnel directory, which you'd not want publicly viewable due to email spam and telemarketers.
Extensions

Chapter 11 covers extensions. There are a few examples given, such as a chat room extension and newsletter extension. It then goes on to explain how you would go about writing your own extension, if you needed additional functionality not covered by existing options.
i18n

Chapter 13 is all about how to use TYPO3 in a multilingual environment. Entire sites can be configured to be auto-translated into different languages. While I'm sure these site versions aren't 100% accurate (nothing automated is), it would certainly go a long way to appealing to a broader audience. It supports an impressive number of languages, with the current count at over 30.
Summary

TYPO3 has tremendous breadth and depth, but is not exactly the most user friendly CMS. The fact that there is an entire configuration language dedicated to it makes the learning curve a bit intimidating for newcomers. Additionally, the drabness of the administrative interface is a bit of a turn-off.

However, for the amount of power in customization that it offers, you'd be hard pressed to find another option that runs on PHP. Django is similar in complexity and flexibility, but it's written in Python. Bottom line, if you find yourself working with TYPO3, I'd highly recommend Mastering TypoScript.

TYPO3 is a free, open-source template-based content management system which has a user-friendly workspace for editing and authoring content. The TYPO3 template engine can be used as is or you can add more functionality and customization to the system with the TypoScript language. This book by Daniel Koch will help you understand TYPO3 and TypoScript and how to customize your TYPO3 site layout in several ways including generating dynamic menus and graphics.

Koch begins with an introduction to both TYPO3 and TypoScript. He discusses the building blocks of TypoScript such as objects, properties, operators and data types. Next he introduces a few helpful tools including the Ultra Edit text editor as well as the Constant Editor which is used for editing the standard TYPO3 templates. These design templates are what control the layout of the TYPO3 site. However, these templates are different from the HTML templates you may have encountered. Koch explains these differences and how to use markers, subparts and placeholders to control dynamic content.

Koch then moves on to dynamic menu and image generation. He discusses how you can do a lot of graphic processing with TypoScript from embedding and modifying the size of your images to using GIFBUILDER to generate dynamic images. He also covers how TYPO3 can add shadows and embossing effects. Finally, he covers how to use TypoScript for image caching.

Without a navigation menu, your site visitors will not be able to go beyond the homepage. Koch discusses the creation and customization of dynamic text, graphical and JavaScript based menus with TypoScript. Then he covers using the HMENU object for hierarchical menus. Frames are also used to control the layout of a website and Koch covers TYPO3's IFRAME and IFRAME2 extensions.

Part of your site will require a membership area and login authentication. TYPO3 supports forms, such as a login form, and Koch shows you how to create forms for your site with the Forms Wizard. He discusses how to set up forms with required fields and how to add CSS style. Next, he shows how to use TypoScript and the Front End User Admin and MailformPlus extensions. If you have a large, dynamic driven website you will need database functionality. Koch covers how to program SQL queries within TYPO3.

You may want to add other extensions or create your own extensions. Koch covers both of these topics. He shows how to use the Extension Manager to install and manage several TYPO3 extensions which include a news, chat, newsletter and calendar extensions. Next, he covers how to make your own extensions with Kickstarter.

Once you have your site layout and extensions in place, Koch covers how to use TypoScript to optimize your site, add a multiple language option, and generate PDF pages of your site. Finally, Koch covers the steps needed to make a TYPO3 site search engine friendly.

Daniel Koch is an author and developer specializing in open source applications and content management systems.

An incredible book, Rabbi Levi Meier captivates me with his words. There is so much "life" wisdom in these pages, it is a book I will keep forever!

There are three R's on the menu of Bible study...Reading, Reciting, and Remembering...but they are a mere apértif in the quenching of an enduring spiritual thirst. In this provocatively titled book, Levi Meier serves up a main course which serious Bible students, both kosher and Christian, can dig into with relish. With scholarly and insightful interpretations from the first five books of the Old Testament, Rabbi Meier sprinkles his book with such observations as, "Spiritual transformations take place more often in the gutter than in a soft bed," and "Joseph's brothers sold him into slaveryŠwe don't do thatŠwe sue." There are other tasty tidbits to savor (did you know that, in Hebrew, an angel is called an ISH?), but he is seriously informative addressing difficult subjects, such as the ambiguities of life, the significance of biblical paradox, and the usefulness of evil in the world. (His comments on page 182 about death are particularly poignant in light of the worldwide reaction to the recent loss of Princess Diana.) Can we expect a 249-page book to deliver more? This one does. In his own review, the author emphasizes his modern-day applications of Bible truths, but for me, his real-life anecdotes as a clinical psychologist and hospital chaplain were icing on the cake, not the meat-and-potatoes of his book. Through the courses of each chapter, Rabbi Meier delivers a nourishing, inspirational meal.

In these days where fundamentalist spiritual leaders demand to accept a simple interpretation of the Bible, Rabbi Meier uses his gifts as a rabbi and a Jungian analyst to open the Bible to all of us, not as a narrow document with one solution for all, but as a series of enduring stories which offer insight into our lives today. It proves that the reason the Torah endures is that it tells stories with universal meanings, that are as fresh today, millenia after the actual events, as they were when they were first told. Rabbi Meier shows how the Bible offers insight on a variety of issues from sexuality to honesty. He explains when the Torah instructs us not to bear false witness (that is, not to lie), it also allows us to lie--so as not to infflict pain. Perhaps, most important for the contemporary reader are the insights the Torah provides us on sexuality. Sex is not merely a means of pleasure, but one of communication and understanding. The Torah tells us that sexual intimacy MUST become a means of learning about our partner, not just for sexual intimacy, but also a means to spiritual intimacy. Rabbi Meier supplements this lesson from the Torah with lessons he has learned from his clients: the main cause of infidelity is a lack of communication between the partners. It is this ability to link the stories from the Torah to the knowledge he has gained in counseling clients (people seeing psychological help and spirtual guidance) that is the real strength of this book and it's why I recommend it highly. The language can be a little too simplistic at times, but at least that makes it easy to read. It's a good book and I dare say that it is one that I will continue to turn to for many years to come.