2002 Toxic Chemical Profiles: Official Government Reference Documents with Essential Data on over 250 Toxic Substances and Hazardous Materials

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This electronic book on CD-ROM presents the complete set of official federal profiles with essential data on over 250 toxic substances. The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) produces these "toxicological profiles" for hazardous substances. They contain vital information on health effects, exposure routes, interactions with other substances, testing methods, susceptible populations, reducing absorption and toxic effects, and much more. (Please see the Table of Contents section for a list of topics covered in the profiles.)

The complete text of these profiles, a total of over 38,000 pages, is reproduced here in the easy- to-use Adobe Acrobat format, along with other essential information from the ATSDR:

ToxFAQs – a series of summaries providing a quick and easy to understand guide to frequently asked questions about chemicals from acetone to zinc.

Public Health Statements are derived from chapter one of their respective toxicological profiles.

Other information concerning the risks of these substances at hazardous waste sites includes the Completed Exposure Pathways (CEPs) and CERCLA Priority List.

This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work and provides a great, one-stop source of essential hazmat and toxic chemical information! It is designed to provide a convenient user- friendly general reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. Vast archives of important government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review. The documents are reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD.

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Youth Learning On Their Own Terms: Creative Practices and Classroom Teaching (Critical Youth Studies) By Leif Gustavson

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Situated in a framework of new literacy studies, youth cultural studies, and theories of extracurricular learning, this rich ethnography explores the creative subcultural practices of three teenage boys. Leif Gustavson reveals how teenagers from different racial and class backgrounds become involved with, refine, practice, and learn from three distinctive creative forms: zine writing, graffiti, and turntablism. The book shows how these young men appropriate time and space in school to practice their craft in ways that disrupt the distinction between literacy practice inside and outside of school. Readers will come to understand that subcultural practices allow youth to determine their own learning trajectories, involving communities of practice, rituals, materials, tacit knowledge, performance, improvisation, and evaluation. Developing a respect and understanding of youth-initiated creative practices and their importance in young peoples lives offers educators the opportunity to see how adolescents teach and learn of their own accord.

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Review By Tyler B. Doherty
This book is a must for teachers and scholars alike. Gustavson argues that current educational practice ignores (at best) or actively discourages how youth actually engage creative practices in their daily lives.

Through in-depth ethnographic interviews with three student-artists (a graffiti artist, a 'zine writer, and a turntablist), Gustavson teases out the sophisticated habits of mind and body these youth actively engage while doing their thing. In the process, he provides the reader with useful thumbnail histories of graffiti art, 'zines, and turntablism that help the reader appreciate the deep socio-historical roots of each. More importantly, he shows that far from merely "wasting time" or "vandalizing property" these youth are engaged in real learning as they practice their respective crafts. We ignore how these youth learn "on their own terms" Gustavson argues, at our peril.

A skillful weave of theory and practice, Gustavson not only diagnoses the problem with much contemporary education, but also addresses how we as scholars, educators and adminstrators might change the way we structure our curricula, classrooms and schools to transform them into places of genuine inquiry and learning. In helping us think about how to bridge the gap between learning in and outside of school, Gustavson's book is truly visionary. Check it out and change the way you think about graffiti, 'zines, turntablism and your students forever.

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Granada Hills (CA) (Images of America) By Jim Hier

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The modern history of Granada Hills began in 1913 with the completion of the Los Angeles aqueduct and the arrival of abundant freshwater to the former land of Mission San Fernando. Citrus orchards flourished on the Sunshine Ranch, acreage originally cultivated by former senator George K. Porter. In 1926, the community of Granada was formed as a rabbit-raising colony, promising residents country living and economic prosperity.

Granada added “Hills” to its name in 1942 to avoid confusion with a similarly named Northern California town, and thanks to the postwar baby boom, the population grew by 1,000 percent between 1950 and 1960. The community soon earned a reputation as “The San Fernando Valley’s Most Neighborly Town” as residents came together to celebrate the hometown team’s 1963 Little League World Series victory and the formation of the nation’s first all-girl American Youth Soccer Organization league, and as neighbor helped neighbor after the devastating 1971 and 1994 earthquakes.

About the Author
Author Jim Hier grew up in Granada Hills, attending local schools and graduating from Kennedy High School in 1973. He shares his love and appreciation for his hometown in this engaging retrospective, which he put together with the help of dozens of current and former residents who generously contributed many of the stories and images appearing in this book.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Karen Nelson
This is a terrific book and captures the history of Granada Hills through many photos and written information. It is well organized and speaks to many of the excellent qualities of growing up in Granada Hills. I have given it to all my family and friends from GH. Everyone loves it!

R. K. Ricklefs
Having participated in another Arcadia book of this same style (Prescott, AZ), I appreciated the easy read, "picture to caption" style of their presentation. Jim did a good job of editing after securing a good assortment of photos.

Susan A. Young "Suzy Sews"
I grew up in Granada Hills, with my family buying their first home there in 1959 when I was just 5 years old. I attended Danube Elementary, Porter Junior High, and Granada Hills High at a time when the San Fernando Valley was paradise and all was good in the world. This is a wonderful reflection of those times, and a comprehensive walk down memory lane for me.

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A+ Certification Passport (Paperback) By Mike Meyers, Tracey Rosenblath & Michael Meyers

Software developers make their programs ever more graphical; interfaces become ever more slick. But underneath the buttons and sliders, PCs are electronic systems comprising power supplies, logic processors, and specialized circuitry for such functions as video and sound. When the machine grinds to a halt, someone has to know how to identify the problem and get it straightened out. That's the function of the CompTIA A+ certification, and this new edition of Mike Meyers' A+ Certification Passport will help you earn it. Meyers combines reams of detailed information about IBM-standard PCs (which is to say, those running Intel, AMD, and Cyrix) with rock-solid troubleshooting advice. Look here for electronic details of the IDE and SCSI interfaces, as well as strategies for figuring out whether a problem is in a drive or in its controlling electronics.

Meyers has organized his book around the two A+ exams, which means you'll find excellent coverage of the subjects CompTIA includes (hardware from early days through the Pentium III era, and Microsoft MS-DOS and Windows operating systems through Windows 2000). Inversely, you'll find no coverage of potentially useful subjects that CompTIA doesn't test (Linux and Microsoft Windows XP, most notably). Updated coverage--of new USB and FireWire standards, as well as memory specifications--meets the high standard of the previous edition. This book will help you prepare for the A+ exams; it and a couple of supplementary texts will get you ready for the job site. --David Wall

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Topics covered: The electronics of IBM-standard personal computers (motherboards, processors, memory, disk drives, video cards, network interfaces, and so on), and strategies for safely and efficiently troubleshooting and repairing them. Later chapters explain how to do configuration work in Microsoft MS-DOS, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 Professional. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

From Library Journal
Meyers's clear-cut guide is tailored for test preparation: the accompanying CD includes two interactive practice exams (on hardware and operating systems), review questions conclude each chapter, and handy exam tips are scattered throughout. A useful purchase for all public libraries; those owning older A+ guides should upgrade.
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