Diamond Ring Buying Guide

Diamond Ring Buying Guide
Author: Renée Newman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Diamonds
ISBN: 9780929975542

This updated and revised 8th Edition provides concise yet detailed information on diamond quality evaluation, lab-grown diamonds, fakes, gem treatments, cutting styles, gold, platinum, palladium, silver, alternative metals, settings, ring selection, diamond grading reports, gem care and buying tips. Its a visual guide that helps you select the best diamonds and mounting for your budget and needs. Written in clear, everyday English, with lots of colour photos, the book shows you step-by-step how to evaluate diamonds and settings. It has helped thousands of diamond buyers make smart choices and is a useful reference for jewelry salespeople when answering customers questions about diamonds, precious metals and settings. A Gems & Gemology review described the previous edition of the Diamond Ring Buying Guide as An entire course on judging diamonds in 155 pages of well-organised information ... the book serves as a checklist for the purchase, mounting and care of a diamond. The photos are excellent. Brides magazine wrote: "Want to feel truly confident in the jewelry store? Read the Diamond Ring Buying Guide by an industry insider, which will teach you how to judge a quality diamond. What We Love: The seriously savvy shopping tips and the massive colour photos that reveal what diamonds look like under a loupe".

Jeweler's Resource

Jeweler's Resource
Author: Bruce G. Knuth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Jewelry
ISBN: 9780964355033

Jeweler's Resource is written as a unique & practical tool for the bench jeweler. It also serves as the most complete counter reference available to the retail jeweler. It has become a standard reference in the jewelry industry. This revised & expanded edition includes new sections on diamond grading standards, enhanced ring size information, additional metal weight charts & formulae & an expanded 550 entry glossary. The easy-to-follow text & illustrations allow for the explanation of many aspects of gems & jewelry. The author has included extensive listings of gems & gem properties, complete lists of birthstones & birthstone alternatives, diagrams of more than 40 gems cutting styles, metaphysical properties of gems, the composition & standards of all common jewelry metals & solders & numerous formulas & chemical preparations. Additional features are a complete listing of international ring sizes, mathematical formulas for jewelers, comprehensive measurement conversion tables & FTC standards for diamond, gold & silver marketing. This award winning author's 33 years as a jewelry maker & 25 years as a jewelry educator have combined to make the text both comprehensive & understandable. Contact: Jewelers Press, PO Box 103, Eastlake, CO 80614. Fax or Phone (303) 452-7764

Rethinking Leadership

Rethinking Leadership
Author: Thomas J. Sergiovanni
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781412936996

"A seminal collection of work from the foremost scholar of educational leadership of the last half century." -Joseph Murphy, Professor Peabody College at Vanderbilt University "A powerful collection of articles by North America's foremost authority on moral leadership. A comprehensive, coherent and definitive treatment of all aspects of moral leadership: What it is, how to develop it, how to lead in the learning community, and about value-added leadership for the future!" -Michael Fullan, Professor of Policy Studies University of Toronto "With Sergiovanni's customary clarity and focus, he reminds us of the vital role that morality, relationships, purpose, and artistic action play in making schools serve kids and community. A great resource for every principal, teacher leader, and system administrator." -Gordon A. Donaldson, Jr., Professor of Education University of Maine "When you open Rethinking Leadership, you will enter a treasure trove of revolutionary ideas that will stir your soul-and change your concept of leadership forever." -Stephen P. Gordon, Professor and Co-Director National Center for School Improvement, Texas State University Explore the moral craft of school leadership! In the second edition of this revolutionary collection, school leaders are introduced to the craft of moral leadership. Thomas J. Sergiovanni, the leading authority on moral leadership, uncovers how successful leadership practices are often based in values and ideas rather than formal processes. Readers will learn an innovative approach to reframing leadership, while discovering how to build effective learning communities. Written by the best of the best, this groundbreaking work truly redefines school leadership!

History of Programming Languages

History of Programming Languages
Author: Richard L. Wexelblat
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2014-05-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1483266168

History of Programming Languages presents information pertinent to the technical aspects of the language design and creation. This book provides an understanding of the processes of language design as related to the environment in which languages are developed and the knowledge base available to the originators. Organized into 14 sections encompassing 77 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the programming techniques to use to help the system produce efficient programs. This text then discusses how to use parentheses to help the system identify identical subexpressions within an expression and thereby eliminate their duplicate calculation. Other chapters consider FORTRAN programming techniques needed to produce optimum object programs. This book discusses as well the developments leading to ALGOL 60. The final chapter presents the biography of Adin D. Falkoff. This book is a valuable resource for graduate students, practitioners, historians, statisticians, mathematicians, programmers, as well as computer scientists and specialists.