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.