Moral Measures: An Introduction to Ethics West and East
What basis do we have for condemning the Aztec custom of human sacrifice, the Chinese tradition of foot-binding? What can we learn from the moral traditions of other cultures?
From Needles to Hook: Complete Guide to Converting Knit Patterns to Crochet
Take just about any knit pattern you love and make it in crochet! Each chapter takes you step by step through the process and gives you lots of pretty projects to make as you learn.
How to Take Great Digital Photos of Your Friend's Wedding
Armed with a digital camera, wedding attendees can create snapshots of the their friend's big day with the camera, lighting, posing, and composition skills taught in this step-by-step manual. Beginning with a discussion of digital capture basics and how to ensure the best possible exposure by selecting the appropriate ISO settings, photographers learn how to create the setting that produces the best results under any lighting conditions.
Dr Suess' wonderful and crazy characters spring to life before your eyes on this great CD. Kids can learn a full year of Kindergarten reading and maths skills in a zany world with wacky activities. The East and West Beasts wants kids to join a card game and learn about similar and different. The Birthday Bird helps kids learn about counting and measuring. Kids help Mother Bippo dress her 26 children with the correct letter sweaters and learn reading and rhyming with Thidwick the Moose. There is also music and rhythm with the Seussville Band and much more.
This free book and Exercises evaluate Modern Portfolio Theory (Markowitz, CAPM, MM and APT) for future study. From the original purpose of MPT through to asset investment by management, we learn why anybody today with the software and a reasonable financial education can model portfolios. However, one lesson from the 2007 meltdown is that computer driven models are so complex that hardly anybody understands what is going on. Returning to first principles, we learn why investors and not their computers should always interpret their results. Moreover, MPT is a guide to action and not a substitute. Investors should understand the models that underpin the computer programmes they run.
