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This informative, easy-to-use reference work covers a wide range of
legal issues that affect the roles of religion and law in American
society. Extensive AaEURO"Z entries provide coverage of key court
decisions, case studies, concepts, individuals, religious groups,
organizations, and agencies shaping religion and law in today's
society. This Encyclopaedia focuses on topics involved with the
constitutional theory and interpretation of religion and the law;
terms providing a historical explanation of the ways in which
America's ever increasing ethnic and religious diversity
contributed to our current understanding of the mandates of the
First and Fourteenth Amendments; terms and concepts describing the
development of religion clause jurisprudence; an analytical
examination of the distinct vocabulary used in this area of the
law; the means by which American courts have attempted to balance
religious liberty against other important individual and social
interests in a wide variety of physical and regulatory
environments, including the classroom, the workplace, the
courtroom, religious group organization and structure, taxation,
the clash of 'secular' and 'religious' values, and the relationship
of the generalized idea of individual autonomy of the specific
concept of religious liberty. Important legislation and legal cases
affecting religion and society are thoroughly covered in this
timely volume, including a detailed Table of Cases and Table of
Statutes for more detailed research. A guide to further reading and
an index are also included. This useful resource will be an
important acquisition for the reference collections of all public
libraries, university libraries, religion reference collections and
high schools.
This useful resource has experienced over a decade of success,
bringing together both venture capital and private equity
organizations into one comprehensive directory. This new edition
has been extensively updated, offering valuable, current, and
detailed information to individuals, entrepreneurs, and businesses
worldwide. This 2017 edition of The Directory of Venture Capital
& Private Equity Firms is the most current, comprehensive
picture of this dynamic industry to date, and includes over 300 new
firms and over 1,000 new partners. These numbers bring the total
number of firms to over 3,000 firms, over 1,000 branches, and over
12,000 partners. In addition, users will find more than 15,000
portfolio companies listed. The Directory of Venture Capital &
Private Equity Firms is organized into four major sections:
Domestic Firms, Canadian Firms, Domestic Associations, and
International Firms, each of which are listed alphabetically by
name. All domestic, Canadian, and international profiles include: a
mission statement, industry group preferences, portfolio companies,
geographic preferences, average and minimum investments, and
investment criteria. Each firm's partners are listed with extensive
background information, such as education (including degree and
school), professional background (including previous positions and
companies), and directorships held. The specificity of both the
firm and its partners add to the value of each firm's profile.
Information for firms headquartered overseas includes name, phone,
fax, email and website. This directory also contains five valuable
indexes: College/University Index: Offers an alphabetical list of
nearly 800 educational institutions worldwideaEURO"and the venture
capital executives who attended them. Each listing includes the
reference number of the affiliated VC firm of the executive listed.
Executive Index: An alphabetical list by last name of the more than
12,000 key partners and the listing number of their affiliated
firm. Geographic Index: Organizes all firms by state for domestic
listings and by country for international listings. Industry
Preference Index: Alphabetically lists the more than 200 industry
segments and the names of the firms that invest in them. Portfolio
Companies Index: Alphabetically lists the more than 15,000
companies that received venture capital from a listed firm, and is
referenced to that listing.
TheStreet Ratings Guide to Bond & Money Market Mutual Funds
provides ratings and analyses of more than 4,200 fixed income
funds, more than any other publication, including corporate bond
funds, high-yield bond funds, municipal bond funds, mortgage
security funds, money market funds, global bond funds and
government bond funds. Everything to easily identify the
top-performing fixed income funds on the market today, all in one
easy-to-use source. Updated quarterly to provide the user with
ratings based on the latest industry information Important Investor
Profile Quiz to determine the user's level of risk tolerance, with
referrals to the funds that best match their needs Three
letter-grade ratings for each fund illustrate the fund's overall
rating, performance rating and risk rating to provide an overall
picture of the fund's risk-adjusted performance Index of Bond &
Money Market Mutual Funds - charts the fund's letter-grade ratings,
fund type, ticker symbol, return totals and percentages, dividend
yields, expense ratios, net assets, portfolio turnover rates,
average coupon rates, initial purchase minimums and more Analysis
of Largest Bond & Money Market Mutual Funds - with additional
data on 380 of the largest funds, with additional data, charts and
graphs of major rating factors, historical data, annualized total
returns and more Top & Bottom 200 Bond Mutual Funds - for easy
location of the best and worst funds 100 Best & Worst Bond
Mutual Funds based on Performance and Risk Top-Rated Bond Mutual
Funds by Risk Category & Fund Type Available in print and
online database formatsTheStreet Ratings Guide to Bond & Money
Market Mutual Funds gives user-friendly, objective evaluations that
make it easy to compare one fund to another and direct users to the
right fund based on their level of risk tolerance. This important
resource will be useful to both the investing novice or
professional, and will be a must for public libraries of all sizes.
TheStreet Ratings Guides TheStreet's rating scale is extremely
straightforward and easy to understand. There are no complicated
number grades to interpret, no colored paper to decode, and no
stars to count. Instead, each entry gets a simple, intuitive letter
grade that immediately identifies the wheat from the chaff. This is
one more reason why TheStreet Ratings is widely recognized as
"America's Consumer Advocate for Financial Safety." The TheStreet
Safety Ratings have been proven to be the most accurate available
from any of the major rating agencies. Plus, unlike the other major
rating agencies, TheStreet does not accept compensation from the
companies it rates, and thus does not allow companies to influence
the ratings they receive or to suppress the release of their
ratings. In fact, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO)
validated TheStreet's accuracy in its Insurance Ratings study, and
that same superior rating methodology is used when deriving all
other ratings as well.
Grey House Publishing is proud to announce the publication of the
twelfth edition of Profiles of New York aEURO"History, Statistics,
Demographics for all 2,574 Populated Places in New York. This
volume in Grey House Publishing's Profiles ofaEURO| Series provides
data on all populated communities and counties in the state of New
York. This edition also includes profiles of 446 unincorporated
places based on US Census Data by zip code, as well as communities
that span multiple zip codes. This premier reference work includes
seven major sections that cover everything from Education to Ethnic
Backgrounds to Climate. All sections include Comparative Statistics
or Rankings, allowing users to quickly and easily compare locations
within the state. Section I, About New York, gives researchers a
real sense of the state and its history. This section includes a
Photo Gallery, Demographic Maps, a State Energy Profile, and
comprehensive sections on New York's Government and Land/Natural
Resources. With four-color charts and maps, these 41 pages help to
fully illustrate the state to the researcher, both physically and
politically. Section II contains the detailed Profiles of 2,574
places plus 62 counties, based on the 2010 Census and data from the
American Community Survey. Also included are current government
statistics and original research, guaranteeing that these profiles
pull together statistical and descriptive information on every
Census-recognized place in the state. Major fields of information
include: Geography, Ancestry, Economy, Housing, Transportation,
Industry, Education, Population, Health, Region, and Climate. New
categories to this edition include: public and private health
insurance, language spoken at home, people with disabilities, and
veterans. In addition, this section includes an Alphabetical Place
Index. Section III, Comparative Statistics, includes tables that
compare New York's 100 largest communities by dozens of data
points. Section IV, Community Rankings, is a new section featuring
tables that use dozens of categories to rank the top 150 and bottom
150 communities with populations over 10,000 people. Section V,
Education, begins with an Educational State Profile, summarizing
the number of schools, students, diplomas granted, and educational
dollars spent. School District Rankings follow and cover 16 topics,
ranging from Teacher/Student Ratios to High School Drop-Out Rates.
Following these rankings are statewide National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) results and information about school
and district performance from the New York Department of Education.
Section VI, Ancestry and Ethnicity, provides a detailed look at the
ancestral, Hispanic, and racial makeup of New York's 200+ ethnic
categories. Profiles are included for the state, for all counties,
and for all places with 50,000 or more residents. In the ranking
section, data is displayed: by number, based on all places
regardless of population; by percent, based on all places
regardless of population; and by percent, based on all places with
populations of 50,000 or more. Section VII, Climate, includes a
State Summary, three colorful maps, and profiles of both National
and Cooperative Weather Stations. In addition, Weather Station
Rankings with hundreds of statistical details are included. This
section also includes Significant Storm Event data from January
2000 through December 2009. Finally, an extensive User Guide is
also included and segmented into four sections. This User Guide
examines each data field in the individual profiles and comparative
sections for all chapters, providing sources for all data points
and statistical definitions. Buyers of the twelfth edition of
Profiles of New York receive FREE ONLINE ACCESS to Profiles of New
York Online . Online users can access customized Ranking Tables
that make sorting and comparing all places across the whole state
of New York quick and easy. Visit gold.greyhouse.com or call (800)
562-2139 to set up a free trial. Profiles of New York goes beyond
Census statistics, beyond metro area coverage, and beyond the 100
Best Places to Live. This comprehensive resource is a remarkable
compilation that offers overviews and insights into every corner of
the state.
Hudson's Washington News Media Contacts Directory provides
immediate access to over 4,000 need-to-know contacts within
Washington's newspapers, syndicates, radio contacts, magazines, and
newsletters, and is the most detailed, comprehensive, and current
reference source available for media contacts in the D.C. Metro
Area. Within the last few years, the newspaper industry has been
hard hit, with many newspapers downsizing, changing ownership, and
going out of business. At the same time, publications are reducing
their Washington correspondent staffing levels. With its up-to-date
and comprehensive coverage of D.C. news media, this edition of
Hudson's Washington News Media Contacts Directory reflects the most
current changes to the market place and staffing reassignments.
This 2017 edition covers over 3,000 news organizations and their
holdings (defined mostly as publications or media stations owned or
managed by the parent listing), as well as over 4,000 key media
contacts, many with personnel contact information. Users will find
seven major chapters and 20 subcategories: News Services: This
chapter is divided into sections for General News, Specialized
News, Photo Services, and City Wires. Newspapers with D.C. Bureaus:
This chapter includes newspapers that are headquartered elsewhere,
but have news bureaus in D.C. These listings are divided into
sections for General News and Specialized News. Newspapers
Headquartered in the D.C. Metro Area: Divided into sections for
General News and Specialized News, these listings are headquartered
in D.C. proper or nearby in Maryland or Virginia. Foreign News:
This chapter includes sections for both News Services and
Newspapers and lists each entry's country/city of origin. All
listings in this chapter are based in other countries but maintain
a news bureau in the D.C. Metro Area. Syndicates & Columnists:
This chapter lists major syndicates whose columnists operate
primarily in the D.C. Metro Area. Radio & TV Stations: This
chapter is divided into sections for Guest Programs, Stations
Headquartered in the D.C. Metro Area, Stations Headquartered
Elsewhere with Bureaus in D.C., and Foreign Stations with Bureaus
in D.C. Magazines & Periodicals: This chapter lists major
magazine and periodical publications whose columnists operate
primarily in the D.C. Metro Area. A detailed Table of Contents and
a User's Guide help users navigate the 20 sub-categories included
in the directory. Additionally, five indexes assist users in
locating the exact place or person they are looking for: Entry Name
Index: An alphabetical listing of all media listings. Geographic
Index/Foreign Media: A country/city guide to all foreign media
sources with a presence in D.C. Personnel Index: An alphabetical
listing of all key media contacts. Magazine Subject Index: Includes
75 categories from Advertising to Urban Affairs. Assignment Locator
Index: An alphabetical list of nearly 100 topics, from Abortion to
World Bank, as well as the reference correspondents who write about
them. Hudson's Washington News Media Contacts Directory is now
available on Grey House's Online Database, G.O.L.D. With a
subscription to G.O.L.D., users can search by keyword, geographic
area, organization type, key contact name, and so much more. Visit
http://gold.greyhouse.com or call (800) 562-2139 to set up a free
trial. Whether you are seeking outlets for your own news items or
industry experts with in-depth knowledge on current news topics,
you will find what you need right here. With so much information in
one directory, Hudson's Washington News Media Contacts Directory is
an indispensable resource for government press offices, public
relations and marketing professionals, journalists in all media,
and association officials in and around our nation's capital.
Educators Resource Directory is designed to provide educators,
administrators, and other education professionals with immediate
access to a unique combination of educational resources, along with
important educational statistics and rankings. Educators Resource
Directory includes associations, publications, trade shows,
workshops, and training programs. This resource is designed not
only to help educators advance professionally, but also to give
them the resources they need to help their students, their schools,
and their state meet educational standards. It provides tools for
classroom and career management, as well as resources that truly
make a difference in job, school, and student performance. All
listings in this comprehensive volume are thoughtfully organized in
13 chapters and 76 subchapters, making information significantly
easier to access than the unfocused data available online or the
scattered in dozens of different sources. Statistics and rankings
are designed to help states, school districts, and individual
educators better understand their educational environment and make
informed decisions on careers, curricula, and funding. Educators
Resource Directory includes 6,408 listings in Section One, more
than 140 of which are new. This section includes 7,956 key contact
names, 4,506 fax numbers, 3,718 e-mail addresses, and 5,199 web
sites, and is categorized into 13 helpful chapters for easy
research: Associations & Organizations, Conferences & Trade
Shows, Consultants, Teaching Opportunities Abroad, Financial
Resources, Government Agencies, Professional Development,
Publications, Publishers, Research Centers, School Supplies,
Testing Resources, and Software, Hardware & Internet Resources.
Section Two includes 236 tables and charts in 24 total categories
on national and state statistics. From elementary to post-secondary
levels, these statistics and rankings include data not only on the
American educational system, but also on Canadian and international
education. Using the most current data available, this section
helps to complete the picture for educators making career
development decisions, for school administrators interested in
comparing fiscal health and educational scores, and for anyone
doing educational research. The main categories in this section
include: Educational Attainment, Elementary & Secondary
Education, Federal Programs for Education & Related Activities,
International Comparisons of Education, Libraries & Educational
Technology, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, and
Canadian Education Statistics. Following the statistics and
rankings is a Glossary with over 100 education terms from
Accountability to Vocational. Section Three contains three indexes
to help the user save as much research time as possible: an Entry
& Publisher Name Index with an alphabetical list of both entry
names and the companies that publish the listed material; a
Geographic Index featuring state-by-state listings of all entries;
and a Subject Index organized by core subjects plus Special
Education, Technology, and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) listings.
The Street Ratings Ultimate Guided Tour of Stock Investing is a
user-friendly, step-by-step introduction to stock investing
designed for the beginning to intermediate investor. This
easy-to-navigate guide pulls together all of the information
necessary to educate the consumer on how to get the best start in
investing. Features include:Updated quarterly with the latest
industry information and rating informationProvides real-world
investing information that can be put to use immediatelyFilled with
helpful charts, graphs and easy-to-use worksheetsExplores how to
make money in the stock market, how to establish financial goals,
what is your risk zone, how to save to investHow-to information on
identifying quality stocks, what to look for when selecting a
broker, how to monitor your investmentsWhat to know before you
start investing and how to reduce investor riskHelpful Glossary of
TermsIndex of Stock Ratings - provides an easy-to-use letter-grade
rating, with Buy-Hold-Sell indicators, for over 6,000 stocks, takes
the guesswork and anxiety out of choosing stocksNo other resource
on the marketplace today combines a step-by-step introduction to
stock investing with easy-to-use ratings on thousands of different
stocks. Libraries of all sizes will want to make sure that their
patrons have access to this user-friendly, helpful information.
Since the first exchange-traded fund launched in 1993, their
popularity has continued to grow and they have gathered assets
rapidly. The Street Ratings Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds provides
independent, unbiased ratings and analyses of over 800
exchange-traded and closed-end funds, more than any other
resource.* Updated quarterly to ensure the user has access to the
most current information available* Useful overview on how
open-end, exchange-traded and closed-end funds differ* Index of
Exchange-Traded and Other Closed-End Funds - with user-friendly
letter-grade ratings, fund type, ticker symbol, price, 52-week
highs and lows, returns over time, expense ratio, net asset value,
premiums and discounts, average price to earnings, portfolio
turnover ratio and more* Detailed Analysis of Exchange-Traded &
Closed-End Funds - with expanded data, charts and graphs including
fund family, inception date, major rating factors, annualized total
return, historical data and more* Top & Bottom Exchange-Traded
and Closed-End Funds* Best & Worst Funds based on Performance*
Available in print and online database formats Designed to meet the
needs of aggressive as well as conservative investors, The Street
Ratings Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds gives the user a better
handle on an exchange-traded fund's risk-adjusted performance, with
balanced ratings based on both performance and risk factors. This
important resource will be useful for investors researching this
fast-growing market sector, it is a must for all investment
collections and public libraries.
This 500 page volume provides detailed demographic and statistical
data on the over 1,700 Places in the state of Texas, including:
Demographics on each County & Individual City or Town Detailed
Data on School Districts Hispanic & Asian Population Statistics
Informative Statistics & Rankings on Ancestry Groups Weather
Statistics Comparative Ranking Charts Demographic Profiles The
careful layout gives the user an easy-to-read snapshot of every
single place and county in the state of Texas, from the biggest
metropolis to the smallest unincorporated hamlet. Here is a look at
just a few of the data sets you'll find in each profile: History,
Geography, Climate, Population, Vital Statistics, Economy, Income,
Taxes, Education, Housing, Health & Environment, Public Safety
and more. The richness of each profile is astounding in its depth,
from history to weather, all packed in an easy-to-navigate, compact
format. School District Data: You'll have immediate access to a
snapshot profile of each district serving 1,500 or more students.
Each district profile includes contact information along with
grades served, the numbers of students, teachers and schools,
student/teacher ratios, drop out rates, ethnicity, gender and
diploma recipients by race and district expenditures per student.
Hispanic, Asian & Ancestry Group Statistics: Here you'll find
need-to-know data on the Hispanic and Asian population of the state
along with data on all ancestry groups reported in the state.
Details include population concentrations, income, educational
attainment and much more. Detailed Weather Data: Provides extensive
climatological data on all of Texas's weather stations, including
statistics on max. and min. temperatures, precipitation, extreme
temperatures, humidity and more. Comparative Ranking Charts put
cities side-by-side for easy comparisons & rankings. Selected
statistics are pulled for 100 of Texas's largest towns and cities.
Each of 22 different data points has its own two-page spread with
the cities listed in alpha order so researchers can easily compare
and rank cities. Among the statistics selected for this section are
Employment, Income, Unemployment Rate, Population Characteristics,
Taxes, Cost of Living, Education, Health Care, Public Safety, Air
Quality and more. Profiles of Texas goes beyond Census statistics,
beyond metro area coverage, beyond the 100 best places to live.
Drawn from official census information, other government statistics
and original research, you will have at your fingertips data that's
available nowhere else in one single source. A remarkable
compilation that offers overviews and insights into each corner of
the state.
Financial Services Canada is the only master file of current
contacts and information that serves the needs of the entire
financial services industry in Canada. With over 36,000
financial-related executives and hard-to-find business information,
Financial Services Canada is the most up-to-date source for names
and contact numbers of industry professionals, senior executives,
portfolio managers, financial advisors, agency bureaucrats and
elected representatives. This guide provides you with the most
current details on each company, including: name, title,
organization, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web addresses.
Financial Services Canada also includes private company listings
never before compiled, government agencies, association and
consultant services - to ensure that you'll never miss a client or
a contact. Current listings include: Banks and branches
Non-depository institutions Stock exchange and brokers Investment
management firms Insurance companies Major accounting and law firms
Government agencies Financial associations Financial Services
Canada is a valuable resource for financial executives, bankers,
financial planners, sales and marketing professionals, lawyers and
chartered accountants, government officials, investment dealers,
journalists, librarians and reference specialists.
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