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Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells and Gene Therapies
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elcin, Y. Murat / Elc'in, Y. Murat / Elgin, Y. Murat, PUBLISHER: Springer, In recent years cell-based technologies have gained significant scientific attention, and have become a matter of intense public debate as well. Namely, (i) tissue engineering, the construction of tissues and whole organs using molecularly-designed resorbable biomaterials to create new tissue de novo with or without transplanting cells; (ii) the potential use of human embryonic stem cells for transplantation and regenerative medicine (with similar potential for adult-derived stem cells); (iii) and gene therapy, in relation with cell transplantation, have taken their places as the most discussed biomedical issues of the day. New findings in biomimetic materials, cell signalling pathways, extracellular matrix receptors and ligands, growth factors, and the human genome project are motivating the developments in these challenging research areas. This book includes manuscripts on tissue engineering, stem cells and gene therapies authored by world-renowned scientists of the field. The first section of the volume consists of four chapters giving perspectives for the current status and potential future of tissue engineering and stem cell technologies. The second section of the volume includes five chapters based on experimental and clinical data. In this section, the role of stem cells in liver tissue engineering, cell-based therapies in diabetes mellitus, and chronic degenerative diseases of the central nervous system, and adult-derived stem cell therapies are discussed. The two chapters of the third section focus on the biomarkers for tissue-engineered products, namely for tissue-engineered skin. The eight chapters of the fourth section discuss novel biomaterials developed for neural-, vascular-, aortic-, bone-, cartilage- and endocrine pancreas-tissue engineering applications. The last section of the book includes chapters on practical gene targeting applications, controlled release in gene therapy and tissue engineering, antibodies in cancer, acute-phase genes and phage-displayed peptide libraries. Proceedings of BIOMED a" The 9th International Symposium on Biomedical Science and Technology, held September , in Antalya, Turkey.
Carly
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fuchshuber, Annegert / Kirk, Heidi / Howe, Florence, PUBLISHER: Feminist Press, This contemporary fable combines luminous illustrations with a deceptively simple but deeply resonant story. Carly is a small girl who must flee from her home when "fire falls from the heavens". She wanders the countryside seeking food, a safe home, and human kindness -- but everywhere she goes she is turned away. Rural villagers quickly chase her from their farms. Wealthy townspeople ignore her, too absorbed in their busy lives to notice a homeless girl. And poor families living on the fringes of the city have no food or shelter to spare. The intrepid Carly journeys on, encountering a series of fanciful creatures who are also unable to accept her. At last, wandering sadly in the rain, Carly comes upon a treehouse inhabited by a friendly being, dressed in jester's motley, who offers her a dry, warm place in his treetop home and introduces himself as a fool. "Is that what they call people who are kind to others?" Carly asks, as she settles happily into her new home. "If you will let me, I would like to be a fool like you". Fuchshuber's highly original and vibrant illustrations give shape to Carly's world as seen through her eyes, from the mystery of an enormous forest to the overwhelming intensity of a crowded city. With themes reminiscent of those in Maurice Sendak's We Are Down in the Dumps With Jack and Guy, Carly carries its compassionate message for adults about exclusion and its effect on abandoned and refugee children, while also reassuring young readers that they will not, finally, be left alone. An animated video of Carly, produced by the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, will be released around the world in eight languages in .
Bush in Babylon Bush in Babylon: The Recolonisation of Iraq
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ali, Tariq, PUBLISHER: Verso, The assault and capture of Iraq -- and the resistance it has provoked -- will shape the politics of the twenty-first century. In this passionate and provocative book, Tariq Ali provides a history of Iraqi resistance against empires old and new, and argues against the view that sees imperialist occupation as the only viable solution to bring about regime-change in corrupt and dictatorial states. Like the author's previous work, The Clash of Fundamentalisms, this book presents a magnificent cultural history. Detailing the longstanding imperial ambitions of key figures in the Bush administration and how war profiteers close to Bush are cashing in, Bush in Babylon is unique in moving beyond the corporate looting by the US military government to offer the reader an expert and in-depth analysis of the extent of resistance to the US occupation in Iraq. On 15 February , eight million people marched on the streets of five continents against a war that had not yet begun. A historically unprecedented number of people rejected official justifications for war that the secular Ba'ath Party of Iraq was connected to al-Qaeda or that "weapons of mass destruction" existed in the region, outside of Israel. More people than ever are convinced that the greatest threat to peace comes from the center of the American empire and its satrapies, with Blair and Sharon as lieutenants to the Commander-in-Chief. Examining how countries from Japan to France eventually rushed to support US aims, as well as the futile UN resistance, Tariq Ali proposes a re-founding of Mark Twain's mammoth American Anti-Imperialist League (which included William James, W.E.B. DuBois, William Dean Howells, and John Dewey) to carry forward the antiwar movement. Meanwhile, as Iraqis show unexpected hostility and independence, rather than gratitude, for "liberation," Ali is unique is uncovering the depth of the resistance now occurring inside occupied Iraq.
Mosby's Paramedic Textbook
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sanders, Mick J., PUBLISHER: C.V. Mosby, -- Extensively updated throughout to conform to the guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care including a completely rewritten cardiology chapter. Thoroughly updated and extensively illustrated, the revised reprint of Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, 2nd Edition provides complete coverage of prehospital care in a single, comprehensive text. Its table of contents parallels the new United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) paramedic national standard curriculum, giving readers all the resources they need to pass local, state, and national examinations. The text explains the paramedic's role, the unique characteristics of prehospital care, the how-to's of patient assessment and emergency care for acutely ill and traumatically injured patients, and the principles and practice of emergency cardiac care, emergency pharmacology, infectious diseases, pediatric and geriatric emergencies, and much more. A valuable resource for both paramedic students and practicing paramedics, it keeps the reader abreast of evolving trends in the prehospital emergency care arena while laying the foundation for successful certification or recertification. -- Corresponds with the eight major divisions of the U.S. DOT's Paramedic national Standard Curriculum. -- Access to Merlin, a dedicated web site that provides additional up-to-date tools and resources. -- Four New appendixes provide valuable supplemental content on Lifespan Development, Injury Prevention. -- Many New chapters, New Critical Thinking questions in each chapter and New Tricks of the Trade boxes throughout. -- Includes more than 200 New illustrations, totaling approximately 950 line drawings, photos, and colorillustrations. -- Includes an extensive pedagogy and provides a complete Glossary. -- Follows the U.S. DOT National Standard curriculum to prepare the student for local, state, and national certification -- all in one comprehensive textbook. -- Outlines cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias in Leads I, II, III, and MCL1, as well as electrophysiology; 12-lead ECG monitoring; thrombolytic therapy; and current treatment modalities as recommended by the American Heart Association. -- Emergency Drug Index appendix provides brief drug monographs on more than 70 emergency drugs.
Muhammad Ali Libro G.O.A.T Champ's Edition
GREATEST OF ALL TIME: A TRIBUTE TO MUHAMMAD ALI is a book with the power, courage, depth, creativity, and dazzling energy of its extraordinary subject. With thousands of images, including photography, art, and memorabilia and two gatefold sequences, this epic publication pays vivid tribute to The Greatest both in and outside of the ring. Original essays and five decades' worth of interviews and writing explore the courage, convictions, and extraordinary image-building that made Ali one of the most recognizable and inspirational individuals on the planet, an icon not only as an extraordinary athlete, but also as an impassioned advocate of social justice, interfaith understanding, and peace. This exceptional Champ's Edition, limited to copies, is signed by Muhammad Ali and Jeff Koons and features: Four gelatin silver prints signed by photographer Howard L. Bingham and Muhammad Ali. The sculpture Radial Champs by Jeff Koons, measuring 175 x 170 cm (69 x 67 in.) and comprised of two inflatables and a stool (little marks on the stool). Over images--photographs, art, and memorabilia, much of it published for the first time--from over 150 photographers and artists. Original essays and the best interviews and writing on the Champ over five decades, totaling words. A silk-covered box illustrated with Neil Leifer's iconic photo Ali vs Williams. XXL-format: 792 pages, including two gatefold sequences measuring 200 x 50 cm (80 x 20 in.); nine gold-metallic double-page spreads printed in silkscreen open each chapter. Measuring 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in.), GOAT tips the scales at 34 kg (75 lb.). Highest-quality binding in pink leather, the color of Ali's first Cadillac. Optimum photographic reproduction, creating unparalleled intensity and range in the colors and exquisite tone and density within the duotone images. Eight-color printing on Galaxi Keramik 200 gsm semi-matte paper with gloss varnish on all images.
Varieties of Police Behavior: The Management of Law and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilson, James Q., PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, The patrolman has the most difficult, complex, and least understood task in the police department. Much less is known of him than of his better publicized colleague, the detective. In this important and timely book, James Q. Wilson describes the patrolman and the problems he faces that arise out of constraints imposed by law, politics, public opinion, and the expectations of superiors. The study considers how the uniformed officer in eight communities deals with such common offenses as assault, theft, drunkenness, vice, traffic, and disorderly conduct. Six of the communities are in New York State: Albany, Amsterdam, Brighton, Nassau County, Newburgh, and Syracuse. The others are Highland Park, Illinois, and Oakland, California. Enforcing laws dealing with common offenses is especially difficult because it raises the question of administrative discretion. Murder, in the eyes of the police, is unambiguously wrong, and murderers are accordingly arrested; but in cases such as street-corner scuffles or speeding motorists, the patrolman must decide whether to intervene (should the scuffle be stopped? should the motorist be pulled over?) and, if he does, just how to intervene (by arrest? a warning? an interrogation?). In most large organizations, the lowest-ranking members perform the more routinized tasks and the means of accomplishing these tasks are decided by superiors, but in a police department the lowest-ranking officer--the patrolman--is almost solely responsible for enforcing those laws which are the least precise, the most ambiguous. Three ways or "styles" of policing--the watchman, the legalistic, and the service styles--are analyzed and their relation to local politicsis explored. In the final chapter, Mr. Wilson discusses if and how the patrolman's behavior can be changed and examines some current proposals for reorganizing police departments. He observes that the ability of the patrolman to do his job well may determine our success in managing social conflict and our prospects for maintaining a proper balance between liberty and order.
Nikon F5 Analogica professionale perfetta
Vendo NIKON F5 con obiettivo 50 f1.8 AF (non quello della foto) la fotocamera è perfetta! Rispondo anche con Whatsapp Vera Occasione mai adoperata per uso professionale. La pluripremiata Nikon F5 è il termine di paragone sul quale vengono giudicate tutte le reflex concorrenti. E' l'unica fotocamera al mondo ad utilizzare un sensore di misurazione esposimetrica RGB con ben pixel, in grado di rilevare il colore della scena fotografata per ottenere esposizioni ancor piÚ accurate. Autofocus ad alta velocità in grado di lavorare fino ad otto fotogrammi al secondo (con batteria ricaricabile MN-30 al metal idrato), struttura del corpo in lega di alluminio con mirino in titanio. Rapida ed efficiente per ogni possibile applicazione professionale. Tipo:Reflex 35mm professionale raffica: Fino ad otto foto al secondo in autofocus (con batteria MN-30) af; Esclusivo sistema di autofocus con cinque sensori a croce. Esposimetro: Esclusivo sistema di misurazione Colour Matrix 3D Controllo Flash; Fill-in flash bilanciato con multisensore 3D Corpo: in lega d'alluminio con mirino in titanio Otturatore: con auto diagnosi collaudato fino ad oltre scatti. 24 funzioni di personalizzazione. Compatibilità integrale con il sistema Nikon CARATTERISTICHE TECNICHE Scatto in sequenza (fps) 8 Sistema autofocus Multi-CAM Numero delle funzioni di personalizzazione 24 Aree di rilevazione autofocus 5 Gamma di misurazione autofocus (a 100 Iso) EV-1 to EV+19 Modi di esposizione P,S,A,M Gamma misurazione esposizione (EV a 100 Iso ed f/1,4) EV 0 to +20 (EV 2 to 20 in Spot) Gamma dei tempi [sec] 30 to plus Bulb Alimentazione (pile a stilo AA) Eight or one Ni-MH Battery Unit MN-30 Dimensioni approssimative (L x A x P) [mm] 158 x 149 x 79 Tempo massimo di sincronizzazione flash [sec] th; TTL High speed (S or M exposure mode, CSM 20 On) Peso senza pile [g] Copertura mirino, circa [%] 100%
Nikon F5
vendo corpo nikon f5, la migliore macchina fotografica analogica mai prodotta da Nikon. La pluripremiata Nikon F5 è il termine di paragone sul quale vengono giudicate tutte le reflex concorrenti. E' l'unica fotocamera al mondo ad utilizzare un sensore di misurazione esposimetrica RGB con ben pixel, in grado di rilevare il colore della scena fotografata per ottenere esposizioni ancor piÚ accurate. Autofocus ad alta velocità in grado di lavorare fino ad otto fotogrammi al secondo (con batteria ricaricabile MN-30 al metal idrato), struttura del corpo in lega di alluminio con mirino in titanio. Rapida ed efficiente per ogni possibile applicazione professionale. Reflex 35mm professionale Fino ad otto foto al secondo in autofocus (con batteria MN-30) Esclusivo sistema di autofocus con cinque sensori a croce. Esclusivo sistema di misurazione Colour Matrix 3D Fill-in flash bilanciato con multisensore 3D Corpo in lega d'alluminio con mirino in titanio Otturatore con auto diagnosi collaudato fino ad oltre scatti. Quattro schermi intercambiabili a scelta. 24 funzioni di personalizzazione. caratteristiche: Scatto in sequenza (fps) 8 Sistema autofocus Multi-CAM Numero delle funzioni di personalizzazione 24 Gamma di misurazione autofocus (a 100 Iso) EV-1 to EV+19 Modi di esposizione P,S,A,M Gamma misurazione esposizione (EV a 100 Iso ed f/1,4) EV 0 to +20 (EV 2 to 20 in Spot) Gamma dei tempi [sec] 30 to plus Bulb Alimentazione (pile a stilo AA) Eight or one Ni-MH Battery Unit MN-30 Dimensioni (L x A x P) [mm] 158 x 149 x 79 Tempo massimo di sincronizzazione flash [sec] th; TTL High speed (S or M exposure mode, CSM 20 On) Peso senza pile [g] Copertura mirino, circa [%] 100% Il corpo in questione si presenta in discreto stato estetico, sarebbe da cambiare la gommatura esterna e necessità di un'acurata pulizia. Meccanicalmente perfettamente funzionante Viene venduto con la formula visto e piaciuto
The Road to Disunion: Volume I: Secessionists at Bay,
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Freehling, William W., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Far from a monolithic block of diehard slave states, the South in the eight decades before the Civil War was, in William Freehling's words, "a world so lushly various as to be a storyteller's dream." It was a world where Deep South cotton planters clashed with South Carolina rice growers, where the egalitarian spirit sweeping the North seeped down through border states already uncertain about slavery, where even sections of the same state (for instance, coastal and mountain Virginia) divided bitterly on key issues. It was the world of Jefferson Davis, John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, and Thomas Jefferson, and also of Gullah Jack, Nat Turner, and Frederick Douglass. Now, in the first volume of his long awaited, monumental study of the South's road to disunion, historian William Freehling offers a sweeping political and social history of the antebellum South from to . All the dramatic events leading to secession are here: the Missouri Compromise, the Nullification Controversy, the Gag Rule ("the Pearl Harbor of the slavery controversy"), the Annexation of Texas, the Compromise of , and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Freehling vividly recounts each crisis, illuminating complex issues and sketching colorful portraits of major figures. Along the way, he reveals the surprising extent to which slavery influenced national politics before , and he provides important reinterpretations of American republicanism, Jeffersonian states' rights, Jacksonian democracy, and the causes of the American Civil War. But for all Freehling's brilliant insight into American antebellum politics, Secessionists at Bay is at bottom the saga of the rich social tapestry of the pre-war South. He takes us to old Charleston, Natchez, and Nashville, to the big house of a typical plantation, and we feel anew the tensions between the slaveowner and his family, the poor whites and the planters, the established South and the newer South, and especially between the slave and his master, "Cuffee" and "Massa." Freehling brings the Old South back to life in all its color, cruelty, and diversity. It is a memorable portrait, certain to be a key analysis of this crucial era in American history.
GFI SYSTEM CLOCKWORK V2 DELAY/ECHO STEREO - 8 pres
Testo:In ottime condizioni, perfettamente funzionante e con scatola. Unica pecca, di pochissimo conto, è andata via la serigrafia posteriore ed è stata rifatta alla meglio (vedi foto) Piccolissimo e molto intuitivo, 8 preset richiamabili velocemente e con la funzione HOLD Costo del nuovo circa 300 euro Vendo perchè non sfrutto tutte le sue potenzialità . Concept: Clockwork Delay v.2 offers one standard digital mode plus six variation delay modes: Tape, LoFi, Ambient, and Multi-heads (2 / 3 / 4) delay. Presets: you can save up to 8 presets, no more knobs tweaking during live performance. Tap-Tempo: built-in tap-tempo capability with 4 sub-divide options (quarter-note, dotted-eight, 8th-note, and 8th-note triplets). Stereo I/O: dual inputs and outputs give wide stereo impression. Trail Persistence: as the pedal is bypassed, the delay tail is not abruptly cut off, instead it decays out naturally. The same is true when changing presets (as long as you stay in the same delay mode). Auto Regen (feedback) Sweep: when you engage this feature, the feedback parameter controlled by the Regen knob is slowly swept to the maximum value, hold it there, and then swept back to the original setting. Used judiciously, this feature can introduce dynamic elements to the soundscape - watch the demo videos to see it in action. Analog Dry-thru: dry signal is routed through a pure analog path. Small form factor: the pedal measures 12 x 6.5 (cm) or 4.7 x 2.5 (inch), pretty small for what it has to offer. Key Features: Precision and versatile delay in a compact pedal. Fully programmable: 4 x 2 presets. Stereo inputs and outputs. 1 Standard delay + 6 variation modes (Tape, LoFi, Ambient, and Multi-Heads (2 / 3 / 4). Tap-tempo with 4 sub-divide options. Delay trails persistence. 24-bits signal processing. Analog dry-thru. All clickless footswitches.
The Sopranos Family Cookbook
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rucker, Allen / Bucco, Artie, PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Nuovo Vesuvio. The "family" restaurant, redefined. Home to the finest in Napolitan' cuisine and Essex County's best kept secret. Now Artie Bucco, la cucina's master chef and your personal host, invites you to a special feast...with a little help from his friends. From arancini to zabaglione, from baccala to Quail Sinatra-style, Artie Bucco and his guests, the Sopranos and their associates, offer food lovers one hundred Avellinese-style recipes and valuable preparation tips. But that's not all Artie also brings you a cornucopia of precious Sopranos artifacts that includes photos from the old country; the first Bucco's Vesuvio's menu from ; AJ's school essay on "Why I Like Food"; Bobby Bacala's style tips for big eaters, and much, much more. So share the big table with: Tony Soprano, waste management executive "Most people soak a bagful of discount briquettes with lighter fluid and cook a pork chop until it's shoe leather and think they're Wolfgang Puck." Enjoy his tender Grilled Sausages sizzling with fennel or cheese. Warning: Piercing the skin is a fire hazard. Corrado "Junior" Soprano, Tony's uncle "Mama always cooked. No one died of too much cholesterol or some such crap." Savor his Pasta Fazool, a toothsome marriage of cannellini beans and ditalini pasta, or Giambott', a grand-operatic vegetable medley. Carmela Soprano, Tony's wife "If someone were sick, my inclination would be to send over a pastina and ricotta. It's healing food." Try her Baked Ziti, sinfully enriched with three cheeses, and her earthy 'Shcarole with Garlic. Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, associate of Tony Soprano "I have heard that Eskimos have fifty words for snow. We have five hundred words for food." Sink your teeth into his Eggs in Purgatory-eight eggs, bubbling tomato sauce, and an experience that's pure heaven. As Artie says, "Enjoy, with a thousand meals and a thousand laughs. Buon' appetito "
(CD Musica) N.3 CD Soul Electric - Rhythm - Blues
N. 3 CDs Soul / Electric / Rhythm / Blues "Compilation" CD 1 Titolo: Soul & Blues (edizione Il Grande ROCK) Genere: Compilation Artisti e Canzoni: 01. Jimmy Smith - Honky Tonk 02. Jimmy Smith - Farther On Up The Road 03. Albert King - Corina Corina 04. Albert King - She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Ride 05. Little Milton - Eight Men And Four Women 06. Jimmy Whiterspoon - Baby, Baby, Baby 07. Hank Crawford (with Leon Thomas) - You Send Me 08. Ruth Brown - Nobody Knows You (When You're Down And Out) 09. Staple Singer - Drown Yourself 10. Albert King - For The Love Of A Woman CD 2 Titolo: Electric Blues (edizione Il Grande ROCK) Genere: Compilation Artisti e Canzoni: 01. Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You (Parts 1 And 2) 02. Albert King - Breaking Up Somebody's Home 03. Little Milton - Blue Monday 04. Johnnie Taylor - Part Time Love 05. Lightnin' Hopkins - Got To Move Your Baby 06. Lightnin' Hopkins - I'm Taking A Devil Of A Change 07. Lightnin' Hopkins - I Got Tired 08. John Lee Hooker - Please Don't Go 09. John Lee Hooker - Teachin' The Blues 10. Albert King - Sun Gone Down (Take 2) CD 3 Titolo: Rhythm & Blues (edizione Il Grande ROCK) Genere: Compilation Artisti e Canzoni: 01. Ben E. King - Stand by me 02. Otis Redding - (Sittin' on) The dock of the bay 03. Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour 04. Aretha Franklin - Think 05. Aretha Franklin - Respect 06. Otis Redding - These arms of mine 07. Sam & Dave - Soul man 08. Percy Sledge - When a man loves a woman 09. Otis Redding - I've been loving you too long 10. The Dritters - Under the boardwalk 11. Sam & Dave - Hold on, I'm comin' 12. King Floyd - Groove me 13. Aretha Franklin - Don't play that song (You lied) 14. Arthur Conley - Sweet soul music 15. Ray Charles - Hallelujah, I love her so 16. Ray Charles - What'd I say (Parts 1&2) Condizione dei CD: USATI ma Funzionanti (Dischi Perfetti)
Sirui Treppiedi S--N carbonio 4 sezioni SN
The Sirui S--N 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod is an excellent camera support choice for travelers who need to pack light and tight. The fold-flat design means that when collapsed, the tripod',s legs line up flush with each other, and the S--N slims down to just 1.6" thick. Another travel-friendly feature of the tripod is its detachable leg, which transforms into a monopod when you unscrew it from the chassis and attach the mounting plate. A monopod comes in very handy in areas where tripods are not allowed, such as many tourist areas, or in extremely tight quarters. Composed of eight-layer carbon fiber for lightweight strength, the S--N tripod weighs just 2.9 and supports loads up to 33 lb, accommodating just about any DSLR camera & lens combination, plus many camcorders. The tripod reaches a maximum height of 55.5" with its center column extended. For low-angle photography, the S--N also comes with a short center column. With that attached and the legs set at their wide angle, the tripod',s mounting plate can sit only 7" from the ground. Twist locks for leg stagesAnti-leg rotation system makes setup fasterTwo leg-angle positions can be set for each leg independently, for photography on uneven terrain or for low-angle macro workShort center column allows the tripod to reach extremely low positions minimum height of 7"Center column hook allows you to add a ballast for a sturdier setup in windy conditionsWell-designed padded travel bag with sturdy shoulder strap for carrying Load Capacity 33 lb (15 kg) Maximum Height Tripod: cm) Monopod: cm) Maximum Height w/o Column Extended Tripod: cm) Monopod: cm) Minimum Height Tripod: cm) Monopod: cm) Folded Length cm) Weight 2.9 lb (1.3 kg) Material Aluminum Head Attachment Fitting Leg Stages/Sections 3/4 Leg Lock Type Twist lock Diameter (Top Leg Section) mm) Independent Leg Spread Yes Spiked/Retractable Feet Yes Center Brace No Center Column Type Rapid, reversible Center Column Sections 1 (also includes short center column) Bubble Level No
Pioneer DDJ-SX controller DJ
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Natural Elements
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mason, Richard, PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group, In his much celebrated debut novel, "The Drowning People," Richard Mason ("An Oxonian literary sensation" --"The" "New York" "Times Book Review") wrote with wisdom and mastery well beyond his twenty-one years--about love, betrayal, and revenge, and about the particular ritualized world of the English upper class. Now in his dazzling new novel Mason writes about mothers and daughters; aging and death; memory and longing; history and narrative; and about the high-stakes, full-tilt embrace of life. The setting is London. The time is the present. Mother and daughter are choosing an assisted-living facility and have come to The Albany, a late-nineteenth-century Victorian mansion, the flagship property of the TranquilAge(TM) chain of nursing homes. The mother, Joan--eighty years old, a gifted amateur pianist denied the pleasures of performance by arthritic hands--has recently been experiencing a rich inner world that she hides from her daughter, a world gained access through the (seemingly magic) pedals of her piano: a portal to adventure. She dreads the prospect of leaving her apartment, but her daughter has decided that she can no longer live on her own. The daughter, Eloise--forty-eight, a hedge fund manager, two decades in commodities--long ago rejected the possibilities of motherhood and has lived enviably free of responsibility. At her pressure-cooker job, Eloise has bought up $130 million (a quarter of the hedge fund's money) of osmium reserves--a transition metal--based on a casual remark by her former lover, a French metallurgist, a genius of sorts, with whom she lived and whom she almost married in Paris in the s. He's been working for years on the development of the compound, which will be tougher than diamonds for industrial use and is only months away from trials. If successful, it could more than double the value of the fund Eloise manages. While mother and daughter are on the trip-of-a-lifetime to the South African capital of the old Orange Free State, the city of Joan's girlhood, Eloise gets a frantic phone call. The price of osmium is in free fall; the fund is off-loading... Fighting panic with a coherent strategy, Eloise puts in motion a bold gamble that risks all--her future, the fund, her mother's well-being. As the stories of mother and daughter intersect, each in a race against time--Joan struggling to live in the present (she cannot believe her days will end in an institution); her daughter racing at breakneck speed toward the precipice of disaster--the novel rushes to its stunning conclusion.
Mission Based Marketing: How Your Not for Profit Can Succeed
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brinckerhoff, Peter C., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, A direct, practical guide that shows how you can lead your not-for-profit to success in a more competitive world. The book provides the knowledge and skills to build a market-driven organization that holds onto its core values, does more mission better, and successfully competes for funding, clients, referral sources, staff, and board members. Other titles in the Mission-Based Management(r) Series Mission-Based Management: Leading Your Not-for-Profit into the 21st Century Named "Best New Nonprofit Management Book" by the Nonprofit Management Association. The Association said, "The Nonprofit Management Association is pleased to spotlight the extraordinary work of Peter Brinckerhoff in his newest publication, Mission-Based Management: Leading Your Not-for-Profit Into the 21st Century." The book was cited by the Nonprofit Management Association as "a great overall manager's and board member's guide to non-profitsâ quite laudable in that it's eminently readable and downright enjoyable." Financial Empowerment: More Money for More Mission Named "Best New Nonprofit Management Book" by the Nonprofit Management Association. This second volume of the widely-respected Mission-Based Management(r) Series outlines a not-for-profit organization's plan for financial success. It highlights the eight characteristics of financial empowerment, and provides the skills and concepts that a nonprofit organization and its managers will need to survive, including estimating cash needs, treating funders like valued customers, developing money-making businesses, determining the financial options that are available, and implementing an empowered budget process. Competition now threatens manynot-for-profits. Those organizations that become market-driven and develop marketing skills will surviveâ and will do more mission better. Peter Brinckerhoff has worked with not-for-profits that are strong mission-based marketing organizations. He has seen what works and the leadership skills needed for success in a world where marketing matters. Peter has also worked with organizations that are struggling to make the transition to a competitive environment. From his experiences comes this sharply focused, practical guide to becoming a market-driven organization that will achieve its mission in a competitive world. Peter gives not-for-profit leaders the wisdom, experience, the successful strategies, and the needed skills. He also reveals the mistakes he has seen. Peter outlines the characteristics of a successful market-driven not-for-profit. You will learn how to become a market-driven organization and how to motivate board and staff to make the needed changes. Peter shows how to respond to your markets while holding on to your core values. He outlines the three core customer service rules and shows how to turn your customers into your best referral sources. When you have finished this book, you will Acquista Ora
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: DeFede, Jim, PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Company, "For the better part of a week, nearly every man, woman, and child in Gander and the surrounding smaller towns stopped what they were doing so they could help. They placed their lives on hold for a group of strangers and asked for nothing in return. They affirmed the basic goodness of man at a time when it was easy to doubt such humanity still existed." When thirty-eight jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, on September , due to the closing of United States airspace, the citizens of this small community were called upon to come to the aid of more than six thousand displaced travelers. Roxanne and Clarke Loper were excited to be on their way home from a lengthy and exhausting trip to Kazakhstan, where they had adopted a daughter, when their plane suddenly changed course and they found themselves in Newfoundland. Hannah and Dennis O'Rourke, who had been on vacation in Ireland, were forced to receive updates by telephone on the search for their son Kevin, who was among the firefighters missing at the World Trade Center. George Vitale, a New York state trooper and head of the governor's security detail in New York City who was returning from a trip to Dublin, struggled to locate his sister Patty, who worked in the Twin Towers. A family of Russian immigrants, on their way to the Seattle area to begin a new life, dealt with the uncertainty of conditions in their future home. The people of Gander were asked to aid and care for these distraught travelers, as well as for thousands more, and their response was truly extraordinary. Oz Fudge, the town constable, searched all over Gander for a flight-crew member so that he could give her a hug as a favor to her sister, a fellow law enforcement officer who managed to reach him by phone. Eithne Smith, an elementary-school teacher, helped the passengers staying at her school put together letters to family members all over the world, which she then faxed. Bonnie Harris, Vi Tucker, and Linda Humby, members of a local animal protection agency, crawled into the jets' cargo holds to feed and care for all of the animals on the flights. Hundreds of people put their names on a list to take passengers into their homes and give them a chance to get cleaned up and relax. "The Day the World Came to Town" is a positively heartwarming account of the citizens of Gander and its surrounding communities and the unexpected guests who were welcomed with exemplary kindness.
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Beta Version
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Flanagan, David, PUBLISHER: O'Reilly Media, JavaScript is a simple programming language from Netscape that can be embedded in your HTML Web pages. It allows you to control the behavior of the Web browser, add dynamically created text to your Web pages, interact with the user through HTML forms ("without CGI scripts), and, in version 3.0 of Netscape Navigator, even control and interact with Java applets and Navigator plugins. JavaScript is not an alternative to Java, but an ideal partner. The two languages have separate but very complementary features. Since JavaScript is a simple language that can be embedded directly into a Web page, without need for compilation, it is accessible to more Web page authors, and may actually have a larger short-term impact on the Web and on Internet computing than Java itself. This book is a definitive guide for JavaScript. The first eight chapters document the core JavaScript language, and the next six describe how JavaScript works on the client-side to interact with the Web browser and with the Web page. These chapters are followed by a"complete reference section that documents every object, property, method, event handler, function, and constructor used by client-side JavaScript. In a separate reference section, you will find the interaction between JavaScript and HTML documented -- mainly aspects of HTML that relate to JavaScript. A forthcoming edition of this book will cover the use of JavaScript on Web servers, as well as the object, properties, and methods of server-side JavaScript. This book documents the version of JavaScript shipped with Navigator , and 2.0.2, and also the much-changed version of JavaScript shipped with beta versions of Navigator 3.0. The 3.0 informationis current as of the 3.0b4 release. JavaScript is also supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, and this book discusses JavaScript support in Beta 1 of MSIE. A notable feature of these versions of JavaScript is the frustrating number of bugs that still exist. The book contains a long list of known bugs and is careful to document commonly encountered bugs on the reference pages of the JavaScript objects. Why is this book in "Beta"? We printed this book in a "beta" edition because JavaScript is rapidly evolving. Within Netscape, the version of JavaScript that will be in Navigator 3.0 is being called "JavaScript 1.0." This is an implicit admission that JavaScript as implemented in Navigator 2.0 was still a beta version of the language. Despite JavaScript's beta status, a tremendous number of people are using it and need quality documentation for it. At the same time, however, we realize there have been a lot of changes to JavaScript since Navigator 2.0 was released. As this book is being written, Navigator is at the 3.0b4 stage, and we are beginning to hear about the new features that will be available in the 3.0b5 release. It seems, in fact, that JavaScript is changing faster at this point than at any other time in its
The Innocents
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Segal, Francesca, PUBLISHER: Hyperion Books, "It is impossible to resist this novel's wit, grace, and charm." --Lauren Groff, author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia A smart and slyly funny tale of love, temptation, confusion, and commitment; a triumphant and beautifully executed recasting of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Newly engaged and unthinkingly self-satisfied, twenty-eight-year-old Adam Newman is the prize catch of Temple Fortune, a small, tight-knit Jewish suburb of London. He has been dating Rachel Gilbert since they were both sixteen and now, to the relief and happiness of the entire Gilbert family, they are finally to marry. To Adam, Rachel embodies the highest values of Temple Fortune; she is innocent, conventional, and entirely secure in her community--a place in which everyone still knows the whereabouts of their nursery school classmates. Marrying Rachel will cement Adam's role in a warm, inclusive family he loves. But as the vast machinery of the wedding gathers momentum, Adam feels the first faint touches of claustrophobia, and when Rachel's younger cousin Ellie Schneider moves home from New York, she unsettles Adam more than he'd care to admit. Ellie--beautiful, vulnerable, and fiercely independent--offers a liberation that he hadn't known existed: a freedom from the loving interference and frustrating parochialism of North West London. Adam finds himself questioning everything, suddenly torn between security and exhilaration, tradition and independence. What might he be missing by staying close to home? Francesca Segal was born in London and studied at Oxford and Harvard University before becoming a journalist and critic. Her work has appeared in Granta, The Guardian, and The Observer, among other publications. For three years she wrote the Debut Fiction column in The Observer and was, until recently, a features writer at Tatler. She lives in London. "Inspired by The Age of Innocence, Segal's book is warmer, funnier, and paints a more dynamic and human portrait of a functional community that is a wonderful juxtaposition to Wharton's cold social strata." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Francesca Segal's lustrous debut may have begun as a seed shaken from Edith Wharton's masterpiece The Age of Innocence, but only a few pages will show how completely Segal has made The Innocents her own. The setting--a vibrant if enclosed London Jewish community--is beautifully counterbalanced by Segal's wry and compassionate voice." --Lauren Groff, bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia "The Innocents is written with wisdom and deliciously subtle wit, in the tradition of Jane Austen and Nancy Mitford.... This is a wonderfully readable novel: elegant, accomplished, and romantic." --Andre Aciman, author of the award-winning Out of Egypt, Call Me by Your Name, and Alibis "A moving, funny, richly drawn story.... Full of real pleasures and unexpected wisdom, this book sweeps you along.
Diamond Dishes: From the Kitchens of Baseball's Biggest
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Loria, Julie / Writers House LLC, PUBLISHER: Lyons Press, Baseball and food are two of life's uncomplicated pleasures, stirring up sizzling passion across all generations. In "Diamond Dishes," baseball fans and food lovers get a behind-the-scenes look at their favorite Major League Baseball players with stories told through memorable meals, family recipes, and revealing anecdotes about life beyond the diamond. And, oh what great food America's favorite game has become a bastion for unforgettable recipes from all over the world--from classic dishes from all corners of the United States to spicy Latin American fare. Author Julie Loria recreates the down-home family recipes, favorite authentic meals, and top dishes from on-the-road eateries of twenty of today's top players. An official Major League Baseball publication, "Diamond Dishes "is not simply a cookbook, but rather a singular and scrumptious off-the-field look at ballplayers flexing their culinary muscles and discussing the roles of family, friends, and food in their lives. With exclusive, full-color photos of the players off the field and in the kitchen, and sixty recipes, this book is a treasure trove of sights, sounds, tastes and aromas that penetrate the hearts and souls of the ballplayers and their fans alike. On the roster: * Josh Beckett (starting pitcher, Boston Red Sox; World Series MVP Award)* Lance Berkman (aka "The Big Puma"; switch-hitting first baseman, New York Yankees)* Miguel Cabrera* Andre Ethier* Adrian Gonzalez (first baseman, San Diego Padres; first overall pick in the Major League Baseball Draft)* Roy Halladay* Josh Hamilton (All-Star outfielder, Texas Rangers)* Ryan Howard (first baseman, Philadelphia Phillies, National League MVP)* Derek Jeter (shortstop, New York Yankees; team captain since , eleven-time All Star)* Ubaldo Jimenez* Josh Johnson* Paul Konerko* Evan Longoria (third baseman, Tampa Bay Rays, American League Rookie of the Year)* Nick Markakis* Joe Mauer* Dustin Pedroia* Albert Pujols (first baseman, St. Louis Cardinals; eight-time All Star)* Hanley Ramirez (shortstop, Florida Marlins; National League Rookie of the Year)* Alex Rodriguez (aka "A-Rod"; third baseman, New York Yankees; youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs)* Johan Santana (starting pitcher, New York Mets; two-time Cy Young Award winner)* Grady Sizemore * Chase Utley* David Wright (third baseman, New York Mets; five-time All Star) As an official Major League Baseball publication, "Diamond Dishes" will be: * A featured product during Mother's Day, when ballparks go pink to battle breast cancer.* Featured on the MLB website, which receives more than a billion visitors a year* Featured on the new MLB Network, the league's 24-hour television network* Placed in stadium restaurants and team stores* Subject to numerous other promotional opportunities with Major League Baseball
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CANTINE APERTE â visita alla cantina PODERI MORETTI
CANTINE APERTE â visita alla cantina PODERI MORETTI di Moretti Francesco â Monteu Roero Sabato 28 e domenica 29 maggio lâAzienda Agricola Vitivinicola Poderi Moretti di Moretti Francesco sarĂ lieta di accogliere nella propria cantina gli enoturisti che sanno apprezzare i vini di pregio e qualitĂ . La cantina rimarrĂ aperta dalle alle . Visite guidate comprensive di degustazione della durata di unâora e mezza circa con inizio alle ore , punto di partenza Borgata Occhetti n. 40 - Monteu Roero SarĂ possibile effettuare visite guidate della cantina e del vigneto adiacente, con illustrazione delle varie fasi di produzione e invecchiamento del vino. Al termine della visita seguirĂ la degustazione di quattro vini a scelta, accompagnati da assaggi di salumi e formaggi tipici piemontesi, al costo di ⏠7,00 (scontabile in caso di acquisto vini). Per i bambini degustazione gratuita di succo dâuva di nostra produzione. Accogliamo tutti, ma per poterci organizzare al meglio è gradito il preavviso scrivendo a oppure telefonando al dopo le ore . Durante la giornata sarĂ possibile acquistare i nostri prodotti: vini, succo dâuva, nocciole tostate. La nostra cantina si trova in Borgata Occhetti Monteu Roero CN â Piemonte Borgata Occhetti Monteu Roero CN â Piemonte Monteu Roero dista: * 16 km da Alba https://goo.gl/maps/Z9VVJ * 30 km da Asti https://goo.gl/maps/5RinE * 63 km da Cuneo https://goo.gl/maps/YfvOd * 50 km da Torino (Autostrada A6 Torino-Savona uscita Carmagnola -> Ceresole dâAlba ->Monteu Roero) https://goo.gl/maps/PqmrA * 150 km da Genova (Autostrada A10 Genova-Savona, autostrada A6 Torino-Savona uscita Carmagnola -> Ceresole dâAlba ->Monteu Roero) https://goo.gl/maps/SScBV * 150 km da Milano (Autostrada A21 Torino-Piacenza uscita Asti est -> San Damiano dâAsti -> Canale -> Monteu Roero) https://goo.gl/maps/lzgDW Saturday 28 and Sunday 29, May, Poderi Moretti will be pleased to welcome in his own cellar wine lovers who appreciate the wines of quality and value. The winery will be open from to . You can take guided tours of the winery's production and aging, with illustration of the various stages of wine production. For those interested at the end of the visit will follow a guided tasting of four wines of your choice, accompanied by the tasting of salame and cheeses from Piedmont, at a cost of ⏠7.00 (discountable if buying wines). We would like notifications for visits of groups of more than eight people. Our address is: Borgata Occhetti Monteu Roero CN â Piedmont - ITALY Borgata Occhetti Monteu Roero CN â Piedmont - ITALY You can find Monteu Roero at: * 16 km from Alba https://goo.gl/maps/Z9VVJ * 30 km from Asti https://goo.gl/maps/5RinE * 63 km from Cuneo https://goo.gl/maps/YfvOd * 50 km from Torino (Motorway A6 Torino-Savona exit Carmagnola -> Ceresole dâAlba -> Monteu Roero) https://goo.gl/maps/PqmrA * 150 km from Genova (Motorway A10 Genova-Savona, Motorway A6 Torino-Savona exit Carmagnola -> Ceresole dâAlba -> Monteu Roero) https://goo.gl/maps/SScBV * 150 km from Milano (Motorway A21 Torino-Piacenza exit Asti est -> San Damiano dâAsti -> Canale dâAlba -> Monteu Roero) https://goo.gl/maps/lzgDW
The Average Human
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Toby-Potter, Ellen / Potter, Ellen, PUBLISHER: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, Every small town in America has one: the family whose daughters are perpetually pregnant and whose sons go directly from the eleventh grade to the county lock-up. In the town of Loomis, in rural New York, that family is the Mayborns. Long haunted by accusations of incest and infanticide, the Mayborns have become a tribal clan of pariahs, with a roster of monstrosities attached to their name. June Mayborn, a fourteen-year-old with a preternatural sense of smell and a dubious code of morals, has an affair with a married candy-store owner. When the affair sours, June sets a deadly fire, accidentally killing an elderly man who had, over a decade before, established a cult-like commune in the foothills of Loomis. The subsequent funeral draws the beautiful and capricious Iris Utter, whose two-year-old son went missing from Loomis eight years earlier. Both Iris and her somber sixteen-year-old daughter, Lee, embark upon a dangerous and disturbing relationship with the Mayborns, which will both ravage and redeem their lives. When I was a child, my family rented a cabin in rural upstate New York, and down the road lived a family of local pariahs. Tales of their alleged misdeeds ranged from petit larceny to incest to murder, turning them into a band of provincial monsters. And, as if to cinch the case against them, all the daughters in the family had fingernails that were black and twisted, as though corruption sprouted directly from their fingertips. They kept to themselves, the girls bearing a disturbing shell-shocked look in their pale eyes, until they all simply picked up and left one day without a word, providing the town with yet more fodder for gossip. Only later, when I wrote about thefictional Mayborns, a much fiercer version of this real-life family, did I wonder about their aura of impending doom. Had they simply become trapped within the town's collective fiction of them, or were they truly a monstrous second cousin to the average human? For me, my first novel, The Average Human, will always be associated with schlepping bowls of pad thai, since I wrote the bulk of it while I waitressed in a Thai restaurant. Another waitress at the restaurant was also writing a novel, and together we made a pact to exchange at least two pages of writing every day. We kept the storylines and the characters alive by speculating about them endlessly, in between hauling plates of curried chicken or while we were polishing silverware. I'm sure we annoyed the hell out of the rest of the wait staff, but we finished our novels within months of each other. And we were each other's constant reminder that we were writers, not waitresses, despite the peanut sauce stains on our shirtsleeves. The Average Human is vivid, flawlessly written, and perfectly constructed. It's easy to remember whole passages at a time, because they instantly take root in your imagination. Ellen is the type of writer that readers will clamor for more of as soon as they finish this book.--P.W.
The Charlemagne Pursuit
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berry, Steve, PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton General Division, ONE Garmisch, Germany Tuesday, December 11, The Present 1:40 pm Cotton Malone hated enclosed spaces. His current unease was amplified by a packed cable car. Most of the passengers were on vacation, dressed in colorful garb, shouldering poles and skis. He sensed a variety of nationalities. Some Italians, a few Swiss, a handful of French, but mainly Germans. He'd been one of the first to climb aboard and, to relieve his discomfort, he'd made his way close to one of the frosty windows. Ten thousand feet above and closing, the Zugspitze stood silhouetted against a steel- blue sky, the imposing gray summit draped in a late- autumn snow. Not smart, agreeing to this location. The car continued its giddy ascent, passing one of several steel tres-tles that rose from the rocky crags. He was unnerved, and not simply from the crowded surroundings. Ghosts awaited him atop Germany's highest peak. He'd avoided this rendezvous for nearly four decades. People like him, who buried their past so determinedly, should not help it from the grave so easily. Yet here he was, doing exactly that. Vibrations slowed as the car entered, then stopped at the summit station. Skiers flooded off toward another lift that would take them down to a high- altitude corrie, where a chalet and slopes waited. He didn't ski, never had, never wanted to. He made his way through the visitor center, identified by a yellow placard as MYncher Haus. A restaurant dominated one half of the building, the rest housed a theater, a snack bar, an observatory, souvenir shops, and a weather station. He pushed through thick glass doors and stepped out onto a railed terrace. Bracing Alpine air stung his lips. According to Stephanie Nelle his contact should be waiting on the observation deck. One thing was obvious. Ten thousand feet in the high Alps certainly added a height-ened measure of privacy to their meeting. The Zugspitze lay on the border. A succession of snowy crags rose south toward Austria. To the north spanned a soup- bowl valley ringed by rock- ribbed peaks. A gauze of frosty mist shielded the German vil-lage of Garmisch and its companion, Partenkirchen. Both were sports meccas, and the region catered not only to skiing but also bobsledding, skating, and curling. More sports he'd avoided. The observation deck was deserted save for an elderly couple and a few skiers who'd apparently paused to enjoy the view. He'd come to solve a mystery, one that had preyed on his mind ever since that day when the men in uniforms came to tell his mother that her husband was dead. ""Contact was lost with the submarine forty- eight hours ago. We dispatched search and rescue ships to the North Atlantic, which have combed the last known position. Wreckage was found six hours ago. We waited to tell the families until we were sure there was no chance of survivors." " His mother had never cried. Not her way. But that didn't mean she wasn't devas
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