Microsofts Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides you with a development framework for building high-quality user experiences for the Windows operating system. It blends together rich content from a wide range of sources & allows you unparalleled access to the processing power of your Windows computer. Pro WPF 4.5 in C provides a thorough authoritative guide to how WPF really works. Packed with no-nonsense examples & practical advice youll learn everything you need to know in order to use WPF in a professional setting. The book begins by building a firm foundation of elementary concepts using your existing C skills as a frame of reference before moving on to discuss advanced concepts & demonstrate them in a hands-on way that emphasizes the time & effort savings that can be gained. What youll learn * Understand the fundamentals of WPF programming from XAML to controls & data flow. * Develop realistic application scenarios to see navigation localization & deployment in action. * Explore the advanced user interface controls that WPF provides. * Learn to manage documents from within WPF: Text layout printing & document packaging are all covered. * Use graphics & multimedia to add punch to your applications Who this book is for This book is designed for developers encountering WPF for the first time in their professional lives. A working knowledge of C & the basic architecture of. NET is helpful to follow the examples easily but all concepts will be explained from the ground up. Table of Contents * Introducing WPF * XAML * Layout * Dependency Properties * Routed Events * Controls * The Application * Element Binding * Commands * Resources * Styles & Behaviors * Shapes Brushes & Transforms * Geometries & Drawings * Effects & Visuals * Animation Basics * Advanced Animation * Control Templates * Custom Elements * Data Binding * Formatting * Bound Data * Data Views * Lists Trees & Grids * Windows Pages & Navigation * Menus Toolbars & Ribbons * Sound & Video *3-D Drawing * Documents * Printing * Interacting with Windows Forms * Multithreading * The Add-in Model * Click Once Deployment ...

Protecting children from abuse is a serious matter demanding critical thinking tenacity resilience courage & compassion. This book is designed to show how the social work task of protecting children works. It aims to increase the confidence of those undertaking the work who need to know & understand the processes involved to be better able to form part of the proactive child protection network. It locates knowledge & skills within a series of case examples from the authors actual practice making the book an indispensable resource for students professionals & others concerned with protecting children. ...

Written to the 2009 National Occupational Standards & endorsed by City & Guilds this is an essential resource if you are working towards any of the following Level 3 qualifications: * Diploma in Hospitality Supervision & Leadership (NVQ) * Award in Hospitality Supervision & Leadership Principles * Apprenticeship framework in Hospitality Supervision & Leadership The textbook covers all the mandatory units for the Diploma (NVQ) & all of the requirements of the new Award in Hospitality Supervision & Leadership Principles. The CD-Rom contains 14 optional units for the Diploma (NVQ) so whatever occupational area you are specialising in there will be enough units for you to complete your qualification. Level 3 Hospitality Supervision & Leadership supports you in the following ways: * Full coverage of underpinning knowledge for all units prepares you for assessment & provides a useful reference tool in the workplace * Evidence suggestions mapped to the standards help with assessment planning * Evidence mapping grids for each option unit support holistic assessment & efficient portfolio building * Confidence-building guidance from the Chief Examiner on how to prepare for professional discussion The series editor Pam Rabone is the City & Guilds Chief Verifier for this qualification. ...

The third edition of this successful text gives a rigorous introduction to probability theory & the discussion of the most important random processes in some depth. It

Includes:: various topics which are suitable for undergraduate courses but are not routinely taught. It is suitable to the beginner & provides a taste & encouragement for more advanced work. There are four main aims: 1) to provide a thorough but straightforward account of basic probability giving the reader a natural feel for the subject unburdened by oppressive technicalities 2) to discuss important random processes in depth with many examples. 3) to cover a range of important but less routine topics 4) to impart to the beginner the flavour of more advanced work. The books begins with basic ideas common to many undergraduate courses in mathematics statistics & the sciences; in concludes with topics usually found at graduate level. The ordering & numbering of material in this third edition has been mostly preserved from the second. Minor alterations & additions have been added for clearer exposition. Highlights include new sections on sampling & Markov chain Monte Carlo geometric probability coupling & Poisson approximation large deviations spatial Poisson processes renewal-reward queueing networks stochastic calculus Itos formula & option pricing in the Black-Scholes model for financial markets. In addition there are many (nearly 400) new exercises & problems that are entertaining & instructive; their solutions can be found in the companion volume One Thousand Exercises in Probability (OUP 2001).

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This is a funny bittersweet & irresistible teenage romance perfect for fans of Gayle Formans If I Stay" Jenny Downhams " Before I Die" or Lauren Olivers " Before I Fall". This is a funny bittersweet teenage romance for those who loved " Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher. Seventeen-year-old Campbell doesnt believe in miracles. Shes spent the last five years in & out of hospitals so shes pretty skeptical. But Campbells mum & sister wont give up. Theyve heard rumours of a place in Maine where magical things happen: fish raining from the sky violet dandelions & everlasting sunsets. A place named Promise. Yes really. So they head to Promise for a holiday by the sea where Cam meets mysterious neighbour Asher a crazy donkey called James & a puppy whos a survivor. In Promise Cam learns to believe in true love in herself & maybe even in miracles. This is Wendy Wunders debut novel
- & it lives up to her unusual surname! Wendy lives in Boston with her daughter & family & teaches yoga as well as writing."
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The majority of applications for probate that follow someone's death can be dealt with inexpensively by any reasonably intelligent person with time available & a little guidance. This easy-to-follow book clearly explains all the information you need to administer the deceased's estate from dealing with the urgent practical matters to preparing & submitting the relevant forms paying inheritance tax & distributing the estate. You'll find specimen forms & letters & a list of useful addresses that will enable you to deal with it all yourself. ...

If the thought of bacteria conjures up images of germs that should be avoided at all costs
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A collectionof short stories featuring some of Agatha Christies best-loved detectives -- Hercule Poirot Parker Pyne Mr Satterthwaite & Harley Quin! All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly every great sleuth has his or her own preferred method of deduction. Take the charming Parker Pyne who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the Problem at Pollensa Bay. Or Mr Satterthwaite who seeks inspiration through his collaboration with the enigmatic Mr Quin in The Harlequin Tea Set mystery. Then of course theres Poirot whose measured analysis of motive & opportunity is tested to the full in Yellow Iris when he receives an anonymous call about a matter of life & death. ...

A collection of short stories featuring some of Agatha Christies best-loved detectives -- Hercule Poirot Parker Pyne Mr Satterthwaite & Harley Quin! All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly every great sleuth has his own preferred method of deduction. Take the charming Parker Pyne who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the Problem at Pollensa Bay. Or Mr Satterthwaite who seeks inspiration through his collaboration with the enigmatic Mr Quin in The Harlequin Tea Set mystery. Then of course theres Poirot whose measured analysis of motive & opportunity is tested to the full in Yellow Iris when he receives an anonymous call about a matter of life & death. ...

Fathers are central to the drama of Shakespeares time: they are revered even sacred yet they are also flawed human beings who feature as obstacles in plays of all genres. In Problem Fathers in Shakespeare & Renaissance Drama Tom Mac Faul examines how fathers are paradoxical & almost anomalous characters on the English Renaissance stage. Starting as figures of confident authority in early Elizabethan drama their scope for action becomes gradually more restricted until by late Jacobean drama they have accepted the limitations of their power. Mac Faul argues that this process points towards a crisis of patriarchal authority in wider contemporary culture. While Shakespeares plays provide a key insight into these shifts this book explores the dramatic culture of the period more widely to present the ways in which Shakespeares work differed from that of his contemporaries while both sharing & informing their artistic & ideological preoccupations. ...