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A Little Taste of Heaven
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ingersoll, Don, PUBLISHER: E-Booktime, LLC, "As if in a dreamland, Nancy and Joy started up the golden street into the mansions above. Higher and higher they went. The view changed from every angle. Wide verandas curved into spiraling stairs and winding hallways. Gold and silver archways framed the entrances to intersecting terraces and spacious courtyards. Glistening stairways opened into living gardens with flowing waterfalls and vibrant, green lawns. When they spoke out loud their voices returned to them, bouncing off the polished pillars and crystal walls. Fruits of all kinds spread their beauty before any who wished to eat them. Plums, peaches, apricots, and apples of gold and silver, beckoned to the hungry traveler, 'Partake and be filled.'" "The buzzing of bees blended with the beating wings of the ruby- throated humming bird. A little sparrow sang from his perch on the flowering branches of the wisteria vine. Gems of rarity and beauty sparkled from every nook and cranny. Joy found herself blending her voice with the songs of the birds. Higher and higher they climbed until all of heaven stretched out beneath them." What is heaven like? Where is it located? Who will go and who won't? Do good people really go there when they die? Are we going to have bodies in heaven? Will we have wings? What are people going to do there? What are the angels like? Do people become angels and come back to earth? Will we be married in heaven? Will the inhabitants have children there? What does the Bible have to say about the eternal home of the saved? These and other questions will be answered in this descriptive, adventure novel. Experience heaven first hand through the eyes of two children, Joy and Trust. Travel with them to a place sowonderful that even those with the most fantastic imagination cannot comprehend it all. In this book you will find numerous pen portraits of the world of the hereafter. Meet Jesus there in a new and meaningful way. Read for yourself over 100 Bible passages that talk about heaven and eternal life. So find a comfortable place to sit down. Your heavenly adventure is about to begin
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Lotto: 22 CD Jazz, Soul, Blues, Enigma, Aerosmith
Tutti i CD sono originali, prodotti da etichette indipendenti e major. Condizioni ottime senza graffi. Elenco dei 22 CD presenti nel lotto: PETER CINCOTTI - Metropolis, , Heads Up, Pop Vocal. ART OF ALLEY - Another Angel, , Modern Times, MDT , Jazz italiano. MARCO TARDITO quartet - OISEAUX, , Promojazz, PRJ , Jazz italiano. AEROSMITH - Big Ones, , Geffen, P. AEROSMITH - Greatest Hits , Columbia, , Digitally Remastered. ENIGMA 2 - The Cross of Changes, , Virgin, CDVIR 20, New Age ENIGMA 3 - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive le Roi, , Virgin, New Age KEITH EMERSON - Emerson Plays Emerson, , EMI, Piano solo, Jazz, Classical. BOSSA NOSTRA - SOLARIA, , IRMA Records, Jazz italiano. CAFEINE - La Citadelle, , not on label, French Progressive. The CRUSADERS - Live in Japan, , GRP Records, Jazz Instrumental. ROD PIAZZA & The Mighty Flyers - Beyond The Source, , Tone-Cool Records, Blues. DOSDOS - Habla Habla Emigrante, , Arroyo Records, Rap. THE DISTANCE - Live and Learn, , Escape Music, Melodic Hard Rock. OMNIBUS SDF (Società Di Fatto) - C'è chi scende c'è chi sale, , Free Life srl, Pop italiano. CLINT BLACK - The Hard Way, , RCA/BMG, Country. PRIMUS - Tales from the Punchbowl, , Interscope/Atlantic, Alternative Rock. SIDNEY JOE QUALLS - I Don't Do This, , Expansion, Soul/Funk/Dance. Riedizione di "I Enjoy Loving You", LP del . ASPHALT JUNGLE - Electro Ave, , ROIR, Electronic Rock. ALAN PARSONS - A Valid Path, , Eagle Records, EAGCD 221, Prog-Rock. OPETH - Ghost Reveries, , Roadrunner Records, RR , Death Metal, Prog-Metal. OPETH - Damnation, Music for Nations, Sony/BMG, Acoustic, Prog-rock. Pagamento tramite bonifico, postagiro o altro metodo da concordare. Spedizione con metodo tracciabile al costo di 9 euro, compreso imballaggio, verrà fornito il codice per la tracciatura del pacco. Possibilità di ritiro a mano in La Spezia, Sarzana, Pisa centro.
The Power of Purpose: Living Well by Doing Good
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Temes, Peter S., PUBLISHER: Three Rivers Press (CA), "The Power of Purpose" begins with a simple but remarkable statement: "The more you focus on helping others, the more you will succeed in reaching your own goals." Peter S. Temes builds on this fundamental insight to share a simple plan for living with the truest and most enduring kind of happiness. At the heart of "The Power of Purpose" are the "three levels of thinking." At the first level, we ask, Who am I? and What do I want? At the second level, we ask, Who do other people think I am? How do I look to them? But the real magic happens when we hit the third level, forgetting about ourselves and asking the questions that lend a powerful sense of purpose to our lives: How do others look to themselves? How can I help others become the people they want to be? To help us along the way, Temes, who teaches humanities at Columbia University, draws on the wisdom of great thinkers including Aristotle, Soren Kierkegaard, and Abraham Lincoln; the life lessons of great achievers ranging from Mother Teresa to Michael Jordan; and home truths he's gathered from his parents, his grandparents, and his three children. From all these sources and from his own life of great personal accomplishment, Temes identifies the essential knowledge that brings people happiness and success. He cites Aristotle's notion that happiness is not a psychological state but a moral one, resulting from doing good in the world. Temes also believes in the pivotal importance of trust and team-building in every area of life, from the family to the workplace to the street corner. "The Power of Purpose" is a map for finding the confidence and power, the opportunities and occasions, and--most important--the techniques and strategies for centering your relationships and work on helping others. It is a book with a point of view: the clearest path to your own success and happiness lies in helping others get to where they want to go. "From the Hardcover edition."
Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lovins, Amory / Odum, Marvin / Rowe, John W., PUBLISHER: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, Imagine fuel without fear. No climate change. No oil spills, no dead coalminers, no dirty air, no devastated lands, no lost wildlife. No energy poverty. No oil-fed wars, tyrannies, or terrorists. No leaking nuclear wastes or spreading nuclear weapons. Nothing to run out. Nothing to cut off. Nothing to worry about. Just energy abundance, benign and affordable, for all, forever. That richer, fairer, cooler, safer world is possible, practical, even profitable-because saving and replacing fossil fuels now works better and costs no more than buying and burning them. "Reinventing Fire" shows how business-motivated by profit, supported by civil society, sped by smart policy-can get the US completely off oil and coal by , and later beyond natural gas as well. Authored by a world leader on energy and innovation, the book maps a robust path for integrating real, here-and-now, comprehensive energy solutions in four industries-transportation, buildings, electricity, and manufacturing-melding radically efficient energy use with reliable, secure, renewable energy supplies.Popular in tone and rooted in applied hope, "Reinventing Fire" shows how smart businesses are creating a potent, global, market-driven, and explosively growing movement to defossilize fuels. It points readers to trillions in savings over the next 40 years, and trillions more in new business opportunities.Whether you care most about national security, or jobs and competitive advantage, or climate and environment, this major contribution by world leaders in energy innovation offers startling innovations will support your values, inspire your support, and transform your sense of possibility.Pragmatic citizens today are more interested in outcomes than motives. "Reinventing Fire" answers this trans-ideological call. Whether you care most about national security, or jobs and competitive advantage, or climate and environment, its startling innovations will support your values, inspire your support, and transform your sense of possibility.
Jane Kurtz and You
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kurtz, Jane, PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited, Award-winning author Jane Kurtz spent most of her childhood in East Africa. In "Jane Kurtz and YOU," she writes about animal spotting on the savanna, all-day treks on a treacherous road, and periodic visits to the United States where her fellow students asked, Did you see Tarzan? Each chapter contains a section that focuses on writing traits and the writing process, unlocking the mysteries of how authors come up with interesting ideas, hunt for vivid details, use words with sparkle and pizzazz, craft sentences and paragraphs that have pleasing rhythms, organize in clear and compelling ways, find their writing personality, and revise for big and little changes. Grades K-6. This title features the personal reflections on Kurtz's books for readers in grades K-6; including insight into her life, her path to becoming a successful children's author and the back story behind her books. Kurtz provides many suggestions for ways to think about writing- suggestions for connecting her books to common traits of good writers. Award-winning author Jane Kurtz spent most of her childhood in East Africa. In "Jane Kurtz and YOU," she writes about animal spotting on the savanna, all-day treks to manage thirty-two miles on a treacherous road, periodic visits to the U.S. where her fellow students asked, Did you see Tarzan? Each chapter contains a section that focuses on writing traits and writing process, unlocking the mysteries of how authors come up with interesting ideas, hunt for vivid details, use words with sparkle and pizzaz, craft sentences and paragraphs that have pleasing rhythms, organize in clear and compelling ways, find their writing personality, and revise for big and little changes. The book's many photographs offer fascinating glimpses into the experiences that shaped Jane's picture books and novels for young readers and that nudged her to help start the first free library for children in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. Grades K-6.
William McKinley and His America
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morgan, H. Wayne, PUBLISHER: Kent State University Press, An extensively revised and expanded edition of the authoritative biography of William McKinley When George W. Bush won the White House, he was the first incumbent Republican governor elected president since William McKinley in . William McKinley was the last of the Civil War veterans to reach the White House. Known widely as the Major, in honor of his military rank, he rose through Congress to head the crucial Ways and Means Committee where, in the early s, he passed a strong and popular tariff bill. That success caught the eye of Marcus Hanna, a Cleveland industrialist with a passion for politics and an ambition to help make and elect a president. Democrats complained that McKinley was a mere puppet of the wealthy Hanna, but historians generally believe they were a well-matched team of two strong-willed men. With Hanna's help, McKinley was elected governor of Ohio in . In McKinley swept away all rivals to win the presidential nomination on the first ballot. Faced in the general election by the well-respected and highly touted orator William Jennings Bryan, Republicans adopted their "Front Porch Campaign. "Thousands of citizens from across the country were brought to McKinley's home in Canton for a handshake and a few words. Hanna arranged for this $3.5 million campaign to be paid for by big business, with oil baron John D. Rockefeller writing the largest check. McKinley's military service and his support among veterans were significant factors in his campaign. He became the first presidential candidate in a generation to win a majority of the popular vote. McKinley was a popular president. Pushed reluctantly into the Spanish-American War, McKinley was instrumental instarting America on the path to becoming a global power. He was reelected by a landslide, and in , after delivering a speech at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, he was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. McKinley's vice president, Theodore Roosevelt became the nation's 26th president. H. Wayne Morgan's extensively revised and expanded edition of McKinley and His America will prove to be a welcome resource to historians and scholars.
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.
Libro di interesse per la gioventu'
La mia vita meravigliosa. 100 cose e lavori fatti con buona volonta, dedizione e umilta: La vita di un imprenditore audace, un uomo che ha saputo ottimizzare le proprie risorse e investire al meglio i propri talenti, fino al raggiungimento dei propri obiettivi e soprattutto di un solido equilibrio interiore. Gianni Barbieri racconta di se e lo fa senza filtri ne ipocrisie, ammettendo i propri errori e senza tacere i fallimenti che hanno costellato la sua ascesa, un percorso segnato, sin da giovanissimo, dalla dedizione al lavoro e alle proprie passioni; con buona volonta, un pizzico di furbizia e di inventiva, e riuscito, crescendo, a ricoprire qualsiasi incarico, dall'operaio in Germania a imprenditore e industriale in Italia, con lo sguardo sempre puntato in avanti, a un orizzonte sempre piu ampio, in cerca di nuove sfide e avventure. Un libro che ricorda a tutti come sia compito delle stesse persone costruirsi il proprio futuro, senza lasciarsi spaventare dalle piu diverse difficolta che la vita puo porre lungo il cammino e senza perdere mai la voglia di fare. The life of a daring entrepreneur, a man who knew how to optimize their resources and make the most of their talents, until achieving their goals and above all a solid inner balance. Gianni Baba tells about himself and does so without filters or hypocrisy, admitting their mistakes and no silenced the failures that have marked his ascent, a marked path, since he was very young, from devotion to work and their passions; with goodwill, a hint of cunning and inventiveness, is successful, growing, to fill any Office, from the worker in Germany to entrepreneur and industrialist in Italy, with our eyes focused forward, a broader horizon, looking for new challenges and adventures. A book that reminds everyone that it is the task of the same people build their own future, without being daunted by the most different difficulties that life can lay along the way and without losing the desire to do. Traduci Th
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Follow the Money
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McWilliams, David, PUBLISHER: Gill & Macmillan Ltd, The Pope's Children are turning 30 and in the four years since David McWilliams introduced us to the generation that could have had it all, the Pope's Children have been betrayed. This book is about real people and how good people can be broken by bad economics. But it doesn't have to be like this. There is a way out. We catch up with old friends, Breakfast Roll Man and Miss Pencil Skirt, and meet new characters like the Merchant of Ennis, Shylock and the Godfather. We have late night tea with Brian Lenihan and cross swords with Seanie Fitzpatrick. We learn why the average drug dealer on the side of the street has more in common with the banker than either would care to mention, as we follow the money -- in both rackets -- from its source at the very top right down to the 'buy now, pay later' deals at rock bottom. Why should we trust the people who got us into this mess in the first place? They were wrong then and they are wrong now. The politicians, bankers and developers think they can hand us the bill and walk away from the carnage. They want us to follow a route that will make things worse for the ordinary man on the street while saving the bankers at the top of the tree, insisting that there is no other way. But there is an obvious alternative which has been adopted by every economy that has successfully emerged from this type of crisis. With the same sense of fun as The Pope's Children, David McWilliams makes answering hard questions easy. In his typical breezy style, he suggests where to go from here. To be led up the garden path once in the past ten years is a tragedy; to be led up twice by the same people is unforgiveable. There is an alternative. Follow the Money is an optimistic and uplifting book about that alternative, which is well within our grasp if only we'd wake up and seize it.
162 Audio Cassette ORIGINALI il meglio del POP, JAZZ,
162 Audio Cassette ORIGINALI con il meglio della musica anni (alcune anche introvabili) ed il top dei musicisti internazionali di musica POP, JAZZ, FUSION e BLUES. Tutte le Audiocassette sono in perfette condizioni sia estetiche che funzionali (si riproducono tutte benissimo e non sono smagnetizzate e/o difettose). Tra gli artisti, solo per citarne alcuni dei tanti: Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa (diversi album), Robbie Williams, Simply Red, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Tina Turner (diversi album), Wall Street Crash, Genesis, Gun's Roses, Santana (diversi album), Rondò Veneziano (diversi album), Paul Mc Cartney, Talking Head, U2 (diversi album), The Clash (diversi album), Steve Wonder, Gilbert O' Sullivan, Tear For Fears, Gloria Estefan (diversi album), Elton John (diversi album), Rod Stewart, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Aerosmith, Path Metheney (diversi album), Pat Metheney Group, Chik Corea (diversi album), George Benson (diversi album), Mahavisnu Orchestra, Chet Beker, Mc Coy Tyner, Weather Report (diversi album), Larry Carlton (diversi album), Crusaders, The Platters, Jim Croce, Bob james, Joni Mitchell, Yes, Style Council, Manhattan Transfert (diversi album), Neil Young (diversi album), Crosby Still Nash & Young (diversi album), Steve Ray Vaughan (diversi album), Eric Clapton (diversi album), Al Di Meola (diversi album), Paco De Lucia, Jonny Winter, Pink Floyd (diversi album), The Shadows, Cat Stevens (diversi album), Jonathan Butler, Roxy Music, Joe Cocker (diversi album), Genesis (diversi album), Stray Cats, The Smits, The Police (diversi album), Fleetwood Mac, Symon & Gartfunkel, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Dylan, Chicago, James Taylor, Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick, Blood Sweet and Tears, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Terence Trend D'Arby, Dire Straits, REM (diversi album), Electric Light Orchestra, John Lennon, Lionel Richie, Barbara Streisand, Sting (diversi album), Eddie Van Halen, Prefab Sprout, Donna Summer, John Mc Laughin (diversi album), Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Traffic, Bruce Sprengsteen … e molti altri ancora. Tutte le 162 audiocassette sono alloggiate in un comodo espositore portacessette che do in dotazione (per comodità/praticità l'espositore può essere applicato al muro o ad un mobile). In blocco a 150 eu (meno di 1 euro l'una).
The Lean: A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan for
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Freston, Kathy, PUBLISHER: Weinstein Books, If you've ever dieted, you've undoubtedly worked very hard to achieve results--only to experience the disappointment of having the pounds creep back on. But now wellness expert Kathy Freston lets readers in on her secret: losing weight doesn't have to be difficult, and it can last. With this book she shares the powerful concept of The Lean--a radically effective approach to positive change--with a practical 30-day plan to transform your health and jump-start weight loss in the most gentle, easy, and automatic way possible. "Leaning in" is about setting an intention for what you want, weight- and health-wise, and then nudging yourself ever so gently in that direction, even if getting there seems impossible. It's about choosing to eat foods that are delicious, filling, and supportive of your goals. Each day of the scientifically based, vegan-friendly Lean plan, Kathy shows how to make and commit to small diet and lifestyle changes that, over time, yield unexpectedly significant results--something as simple as swapping in nondairy milk for cow's milk, eating an apple a day, or having an afternoon power shake. These changes propel you almost effortlessly into a forward momentum of ever more healthy choices, and work together to bolster your progress. There are only two rules: 1. All you need is the willingness to take "just one step." 2. As you add the healthier foods to your diet, eat the new foods first. By gradually adding in these nutrient-dense and fiber-rich foods, you'll crowd out the problem foods, feel fuller for longer, and simply stop feeling cravings. On Kathy's Lean plan, readers can experience sustained, healthy, and permanent weight loss of 1-3 pounds per week--plus increased energy, improved digestion, clearer skin, and renewed purpose. Complete with exercises, recipes, and powerful testimonials, "The Lean" offers not only a truly leaner frame, but also the little push we all need to get on the path to lasting change.
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Me, Inc. How to Master the Business of Being You: A
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ventrella, Scott W., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Advance praise for Me, Inc "Ventrella takes the best practices of Fortune 500 companies and shows how you can apply them to another important venture--you Your life deserves at least as much attention as your job does, so read this book and turn your time on Earth into a satisfying, meaningful enterprise." --Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager? and Leading at a Higher Level "Rarely does a book so authentically capture the essence of what a true personal brand transformation is all about. Me, Inc. provides a unique approach to discovering your personal brand and making it a reality. Through Ventrella's insights and invaluable self-discovery tools, readers quickly learn that when you build your personal brand, you build a brand of value--value that eloquently translates into success throughout every facet of your life." --Laura Tessinari, Senior Partner, Director of Training, Ogilvy & Mather "The Me, Inc. program has guided me on the path to even greater personal and professional achievement and life satisfaction than I ever thought possible." --Jack Hallahan, Vice President, Advertising and Brand Partnerships, MobiTV "In all of the thirteen years since I first heard Ventrella speak on this subject, I have consistently been impressed by the value of his approach and the responses of the hundreds of students who have benefited from his structured program. With the publication of Me, Inc., Ventrella reveals to a much larger audience the way to create successful, happy lives. His students at Fordham and executive coaching clients have been applying it with excellent results for years." --James A. F. Stoner, Professor Fordham University, Graduate School of Business Administration "Me, Inc. provides a clear road map to achieving your goals and finding greater work-life balance. Ventrella's approach offers an interesting and powerful way to assume control; by managing your life's ambitions as seriously as you might a business endeavor, you can clarify your thoughts, set priorities, and turn your dreams into reality. Ventrella is a very effective coach and, like any good boss, he doesn't let you off the hook. You want to change things? Look no further." --Teri Schindler, Media Consultant, Patrick Davis Partners
IBM System x x MC2G - Gar.ITALIA
x M4, Xeon 6C EW 2.0GHz/MHz/15MB, 1x8GB, O/Bay HS 2.5in SAS/SATA, SR Me, 550W p/s, Rack IBM x M4, System x. Velocità processore: 2 GHz, Famiglia processore: Intel Xeon, Processore: E. Capacità totale hard disk: 0 GB, Dimensione hard disk: 6,35 cm (2.5''), Interfaccia hard disk: SATA, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). RAM installata: 8 GB, Tipo di RAM: DDR3-SDRAM, RAM massima supportata: 768 GB. Memoria massima adattatore grafico: 16 MB, Adattatore grafico: G200eR2, Famiglia della scheda grafica: Matrox. Particolarità networking: Gigabit Ethernet, Controller LAN: Intel I350AM4, Tecnologia di cablaggio: Base-T(X) Caratteristiche principali - Design innovativo, con ottimizzazione di costi e prestazioni, per il supporto di applicazioni business-critical e implementazioni cloud - Eccellenti caratteristiche RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) e straordinari tempi di attività, per un ambiente aziendale migliorato - Facilità di implementazione, integrazione, manutenzione e gestione. Prestazioni e costi ottimizzati L'IBM® System x M4 coniuga eccezionali tempi di attività, massime prestazioni e flessibilità di input/output (I/O), per garantire efficienza dei costi e affidabilità ultra-solida. Questo server potente è una soluzione rack, con design energy-smart, conveniente e di semplice utilizzo, che garantisce anche scalabilità pay-as-you-grow per contenere i costi e gestire i rischi. La dotazione tecnica di altissima qualità, che include maggiore potenza di elaborazione per watt, processori Intel® Xeon® E di ultima generazione, memoria avanzata e capacità disco più elevata per le imprese che necessitano di funzioni storage di massima efficacia, consente all'x M4 di assicurare prestazioni e densità bilanciate. Tempi di attività eccezionali Le ventole, i dischi e gli alimentatori ridondati hot-swap rendono la resiliente architettura del server x M4 ideale per le applicazioni business-critical. Le funzioni Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) e Light Path Diagnostics provvedono alla segnalazione anticipata di eventuali problemi a carico di alimentatori, ventole, regolatori di tensione, dischi, processori e memoria. I componenti ridondati hot-swap facilitano la sostituzione delle parti malfunzionanti senza alcun fermo del sistema. Alcune configurazioni del sistema x M4 fanno parte dell'IBM Express Portfolio, un portafoglio di prodotti progettato per soddisfare le esigenze delle piccole e medie imprese (PMI). Semplici da gestire, i modelli Express variano a seconda del Paese.
Practical Rails Projects
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alameda, Eldon, PUBLISHER: Apress, The best way to learn Rails is by creating a variety of applications with it. You already know the basics of Rails, and you're familiar with the exciting features and benefits associated with using this Ruby-based framework. You're now at the point where you need to gain firsthand experience with Rails by thoroughly exploring the features and building several different types of web applications. Eldon Alameda takes a focused approach to guiding you through the creation of multiple real-world examples that are designed to get your hands dirty with the core features of Rails, while providing you with the valuable experience of creating real Rails applications. Projects you'll work on include creating a simple blog with an external API, constructing a workout tracker with a RESTful interface and graphs, and converting an existing PHP site to Rails while adding an advanced JavaScript interface. As an added bonus, the final project makes use of the edge version of Rails as you build an application that utilizes Active Resource, which provides an opportunity to explore the various changes and features that will be included with Rails 2.0. Each project is designed to provide you with the necessary information and tools to give you a running start at solving that problem yourself, and each project includes a number of additional ideas and exercises for ways that you can extend each application to fit your own needs. What you'll learn Implementing caching options Developing applications the RESTful way Adding graphs to your Rails application Connecting to a legacy database Building generators to automate installation of common files Building an XML-RPC API into your Rails applications Who is this book for? This book is for anyone who has gone beyond the basics of Rails and wants to learn higher-level Rails techniques. It is also useful for those experienced in other disciplines (such as Java and PHP) who want to learn Rails. About the Apress Practical Series The Practical series from Apress is your best choice for getting the job done, period. From professional to expert, this series lets you apply project-motivated templates (or frameworks) step by step in a very direct, practical, and efficient manner toward current real-world projects that may be sitting on your desk. So whatever your career goal, Apress can be your trusted guide to take you where you want to go on your IT career empowerment path.
Dream of the Blue Room
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Richmond, Michelle, PUBLISHER: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, On a warm night in July, thirty-two-year-old Jenny finds herself sitting on the deck of a Chinese cruise ship next to a charming but secretive stranger. Her husband, Dave, is down in their cabin sleeping, and in Jenny's lap is a cookie tin containing the ashes of her best friend, Amanda Ruth, brutally murdered fourteen years earlier. In this foreign landscape filled with ancient cities and doomed villages, removed from the comforts and rituals of home, Jenny must confront her haunted past and decide the direction of her future. Dream of the Blue Room explores the nature of friendship and the deep intimacy that often exists between young friends as they struggle toward adulthood. Set against the impressive landscape of the Yangtze River, the novel encompasses the dramatic changes of our world and the results of the human desire to control and tame what is ultimately untamable. No matter where I travel, I find that my fiction inevitably comes home, somehow, to the Southern landscape of my childhood. That is exactly what happened in Dream of the Blue Room. In the summer of , on a sleeper bus traveling through Northern China, I met a Chinese geologist, who lay on the adjacent bunk and related to me in soft tones his concerns about the Three Gorges Dam. As the bus trundled over bumpy dirt roads, a red moon rising in the black sky, I was struck by an almost overwhelming sense of the strange. That night, I tried to trace the events that conspired to propel the trajectory of my life in that direction. I found myself thinking, "How did I get here?" Over time, the question ceased to be one of fact, and instead became the driving force of a fiction. As I began to write about the Yangtze,another, smaller river took shape in my mind: a river in Alabama that feeds into the Gulf. On the banks of this hot, winding river, two girls fall in love. One of them, a Chinese-American, is murdered, and there is the beginning of our story. I've always been a little obsessed with the concept of obsession, especially as it pertains to love. And I'm mystified by the way childhood friendships so often rival in intensity and depth any relationships we have as adults. Dream of the Blue Room is a novel about obsession, about the ways we are haunted by people dead and gone. And it is about the places to which we are bound, not merely by birth, but by other, messier means. Michelle Richmond is an amazing author who has written a gentle Southern novel, which just happens to be set on a river in China--no small feat. She's a wonderful storyteller, both on the printed page and while trading anecdotes in a bar on a rainy afternoon.--P.W.
AMPLIFICATORE PER CUFFIE OPPO HA1 Black/Silver
The analog audio section of the HA-1 is a fully balanced design with an emphasis on keeping the audio signal in the analog domain once it leaves the DAC. The HA-1 is anchored by a hefty toroidal power transformer, and linear power regulators and filters with custom made capacitors ensure that the headphone amplifier has a clean power source with plenty of reserve energy. The fully balanced Class A power amplification section uses hand-picked and paired discrete components to ensure symmetry, and a motor-driven precision volume control knob allows for both manual and remote control volume adjustment while keeping the audio in a pure analog audio path. The HA-1 is especially suitable for high-resolution digital audio playback. Its digital inputs include coaxial, optical, balanced AES/EBU, and an asynchronous USB DAC. It is easy to connect the HA-1 to digital audio players or to a computer running the listener’s favorite playback software. The USB DAC supports PCM audio up to 384 kHz 32-bit resolution and DSD audio up to 256x the CD sample rate. The same ESS Sabre32 Reference DAC and output driving stage used in OPPO audiophile Blu-ray players ensure extremely low noise and low distortion performance. The HA-1 is compatible with Apple’s iPod, iPhone and iPad for use as an external DAC, enabling the listener to directly tap into digital music played from these devices. For additional convenience, the Bluetooth audio transport with high quality aptX CODEC sets music free from your mobile phones with a performance boost. OPPO designs the HA-1 headphone amplifier with the same versatile approach as the Blu-ray players. The HA-1 is a high performance headphone amplifier, and it doubles as an asynchronous USB DAC, a stereo pre-amplifier, a digital audio dock for mobile devices, and a Bluetooth audio transport. Users have a choice of using the 4-pin balanced XLR or the traditional quarter-inch headphone jack. Line level analog inputs and outputs are provided with both RCA and balanced XLR sockets. The HA-1 sports a classic design with contemporary elements. It is a desktop component housed in an aluminum chassis, and the familiar volume and source selection knobs are complemented by a 4.3-inch color screen for easy operation. While music is playing, the screen can show a classic VU meter, a modern spectrum display, or detailed technical information about the audio signal. A supplied IR remote and a smartphone app provide complete control and convenience.
SmartWatch Samsung Gear
SmartWatch Samsung Gear nero, touch screen per tutte le funzioni di controllo,tante utili applicazioni incluse e scaricabili, completo di dock di ricarica. Samsung Gear S2 funziona con smartphone Samsung purchè abbiano sistema operativo Android o superiore; connessione tramite:Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Camera 1.9 Mb, cavo, basetta di ricarica,scatola originale, perfetto e impeccabile. Usato, ma sembra nuovo! Ideale per un regalo natalizio! Product Features: •Bluetooth Support •1.63-inch •Samsung Apps •800 MHz Dual Core Processor •Accelerometer and Gyroscope •1.9 MP Camera •HD Video Playback and Recording Additional Features: Sensor Hub, Life 360, Samsung Kies, ChatON, Video Format: MP4, Audio Format: M4A, Memory: 4 GB Internal Memory and 512 MB RAM, Dimensions: 36.8 mm x 56.6 mm x 11.1 mm Camera Features: BSI Sensor, Auto Focus, Sound and Shot Featured Apps: Atooma is a Contextually Aware Horizontal Intelligence Platform that Makes Galaxy Gear Smarter Banjo Gives the Power to See What Happening Right Now Anywhere in the World Evernote Watch App Makes It Easy to Remember Things by Quickly Capturing Images and Memories and Bringing Important Reminders Right to Galaxy Gear Glympse Allows People to Easily Share their Location Temporarily and in Real-time Letting Recipients See their Movements On a Dynamic Map Line is a Global Messaging Service Available in Over 230 Countries World Wide MyFitnessPal Tracks Nutrition and Exercise Empowering to Achieve Personal Health and Fitness Goals Path is the Personal Network Designed to Bring Closer to Friends and Family Pocket the Leading Way to Save Web Content to View Later on any Device Brings Text-to-speech Article Playback to Galaxy Gear Run Keeper is the Personal Trainer in Pocket Helping Track Your Runs, Set Your Goals and Stay Motivated TripIt from Concur Makes it Easy to Organize Travel Plans in One Place Vivino Wine Scanner Allows to Take Photo of View any Wine and Get to Know All About it Instantly Additional Features: Smart Relay, S Voice, Memographer, Voice Memo Auto Lock, Find My Device, Media Controller, Pedometer, Stopwatch, Timer Safety Assistance: In Case of Emergency Press Power Button 3 Times Continuously and then User Location Information is transferred to the Saved Contacts with Message 2 Noise Cancellation Microphones and One Speaker
Finding George Orwell in Burma
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Larkin, Emma, PUBLISHER: Penguin Press, Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, she's come to know all too well the many ways this brutal police state can be described as "Orwellian." The life of the mind exists in a state of siege in Burma, and it long has. But Burma's connection to George Orwell is not merely metaphorical; it is much deeper and more real. Orwell's mother was born in Burma, at the height of the British raj, and Orwell was fundamentally shaped by his experiences in Burma as a young man working for the British Imperial Police. When Orwell died, the novel-in-progress on his desk was set in Burma. It is the place George Orwell's work holds in Burma today, however, that most struck Emma Larkin. She was frequently told by Burmese acquaintances that Orwell did not write one book about their country--his first novel, "Burmese Days"--but in fact he wrote three, the "trilogy" that included "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four." When Larkin quietly asked one Burmese intellectual if he knew the work of George Orwell, he stared blankly for a moment and then said, "Ah, you mean the prophet " In one of the most intrepid political travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma using the life and work of George Orwell as her compass. Going from Mandalay and Rangoon to poor delta backwaters and up to the old hill-station towns in the mountains of Burma's far north, Larkin visits the places where Orwell worked and lived, and the places his books live still. She brings to vivid life a country and a people cut off from the rest of the world, and from one another, by the ruling military junta and its vast network of spies and informers. Using Orwell enables her to show, effortlessly, the weight of the colonial experience on Burma today, the ghosts of which are invisible and everywhere. More important, she finds that the path she charts leads her to the people who have found ways to somehow resist the soul-crushing effects of life in this most cruel police state. And George Orwell's moral clarity, hatred of injustice, and keen powers of observation serve as the author's compass in another sense too: they are qualities she shares and they suffuse her book--the keenest and finest reckoning with life in this police state that has yet been written. A brave and revelatory reconnaissance of modern Burma, one of the world's grimmest and most shuttered police states, using as its compass the life and work of George Orwell, the man many in Burma call simply "the prophet"
Regret: The Persistence of the Possible
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Landman, Janet, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, "We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads," Lillian Hellman once wrote. "It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell upon them." Yet who in their lifetime has never regretted a lost love, a missed opportunity, a path not taken? Indeed, regret is perhaps a universal experience, but while poets and novelists have long explored its complexities, very little has been written from a scholarly perspective that examines this emotion. Now, in Regret, Janet Landman takes a lively and perceptive look at this multifaceted phenomenon. Much as Anthony Storr did in his best-selling Solitude, Landman here provides an insightful anatomy of an emotion, ranging far and wide to illuminate the nature of regret--what it is, how it changes you, how you experience it. She draws on a breathtaking variety of sources, ranging from psychology, economics, philosophy, and anthropology, to classic works of literature. We learn what people regret most--lack of education comes first, followed by employment, marriage, and children--and how regret differs from other emotions, such as remorse, disappointment, sadness, or guilt. In one of the most fascinating sections, Landman examines four "worldviews" of regret--the Romantic, the Tragic, the Comic, and the Ironic--as exemplified in four major novels: Great Expectations, Notes From Underground, The Ambassadors, and Mrs. Dalloway. In Dostoevsky, for instance, regret is a "poison of unfulfilled desires turned inward," destructive, incurable. Though it is common to regard regret as painful and destructive--being "stuck in the past" or "ruled by emotions"--Landman reveals some surprising benefits. At best regret is a dynamic changing process--one can transcend regret, and thus transform the self. In Anne Tyler's Breathing Lessons, for example, we witness how the characters Ira and Maggie Moran find themselves ready to move forward in their relationship only after they have accepted life's limits and losses without resignation or despair. "It is a good thing," Landman writes, "that the human mind is not limited by what actually exists, but works in such a way that it draws comparisons between what happens and what might have happened. It is in this ability to imagine alternatives, and the capacity to care about the particularities of experience, that we accomplish the task of becoming fully human." For anyone who has ever questioned, experienced, or avoided regret, here is a provocative and challenging look at this enduring emotion.
The Winters in Bloom
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tucker, Lisa, PUBLISHER: Atria Books, Kyra and David have been married for almost a decade and consider themselves happy - their home is comfortable, their jobs are stable, and their five year-old son, Michael, is simply perfect. Yet for reasons they've never fully shared with each other, the Winters have always been afraid that something will happen to the life they've created, and more importantly, to their little boy. David is a historian - he knows the past is inescapable, and yet he has spent fifteen years trying to escape the tragedy that ended his first marriage; trying to convince himself that if only he works hard enough, his new family will be safe. Kyra writes questions for a math textbook company; she loves puzzles and worships logic, yet she lives in fear of karma punishing her for the way she betrayed her sister, Amy, in college. After all, Amy was more than a sister - she was Kyra's only real family since their mother abandoned them as young children - and their estrangement weighs heavily on her conscience. So when Michael mysteriously disappears from his backyard one ordinary summer day, Kyra and David feel like the mistakes of their past have finally caught up to them. Each is convinced they know who has their son, but to find him, the Winters must embark upon an odyssey through time and memory. Their journey will involve David's mother, Sandra, who offers both her son and her daughter-in-law a path to understanding, and David's ex-wife Courtney, who lives just across town but in a universe away, where she struggles with the demons that caused her to lose everything she loved that fateful night fifteen years ago. It's only when a mysterious stranger enters their lives that they will discover it's not too late to become the kind of family they've always wanted to be--if only they can find a way to forgive themselves, and believe in the gift of a second chance. Lisa Tucker's most optimistic work since "Once Upon a Day, The Winters in Bloom "is a wise, life-affirming tale that is both poignant and surprisingly funny. Though the fast-paced, captivating story will keep readers turning pages, the novel's true power lies in its profound engagement with what it means to be alive: the mistakes we make, the price we pay, the fragility of human happiness but also the stubborn strength of the human heart.
Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benford, Gregory, PUBLISHER: Avon Books, Human civilization has evolved to the point at which we have begun consciously sending messages into the far future. How should we communicate who we are, what we know, to asyet-unmet intelligent beings elsewhere in both time and space? Will they be able to decipher what we say? And what information will we leave to Earth's occupants a million years hence? How can we address an unknown destiny in which human culture itself may no longer exist? Combining the logical rigor of a scientist with the lyrical beauty of a novelist, Gregory Benford explores these and other fascinating questions in a provocative analysis of humanity's attempts to make its culture immortal, to cross the immense gulf that such deep-time messages must span in order to be understood. In clear, crisp language, he confronts our growing influence on events hundreds of thousands of years into the future, and explores the possible "messages" we may transmit to our distant descendants in the language of the planet itself -- from nuclear waste to global warming to the extinction of species. We are already sending messages into nearby space; in the coming ages we will be able to launch probes accurately to other stars. Our indelible legacy to future generations, or to the next occupants of this planet, is already being constructed. As we begin our incredible journey down the path of eternity, Gregory Benford masterfully calls forth some of the intriguing, astounding, undreamed -- of futures which may await us in deep time.Human civilization has evolved to the point at which we have begun consciously sending messages into the far future. How should we communicate who we are, what we know, to as-yet-unmet intelligent beings elsewhere in both time and space? Will they be able to decipher what we say? And what information will we leave to Earth's occupants a million years hence? How can we address an unknown destiny in which human culture itself may no longer exist?Combining the logical rigor of a scientist with the lyrical beauty of a novelist, Gregory Benford explores these and other fascinating questions in a provocative analysis of humanity's attempts t make its culture immortal, to cross the immense gulf that such deep-time messages must span in order to be understood. In clear, crisp language, he confronts our growing influence on events hundreds of thousands of years into the future, and explores the possible "messages' we may transmit to our distant descendants in the language of the planet itself-from nuclear waste to global warming to the extinction of species.
Touching Winter
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rozelle, Ron, PUBLISHER: Texas Christian University Press, Ron Rozelle's new novel, Touching Winter, is a four-part-evocation of memory and place and the yearning for home. Each part of the novel begins with a meditation on one aspect of the protagonist's life as he watches the unpredictable weather of East Texas. When Will was a young boy, he and his grandfather enjoyed being out in the spectacular East Texas storms. These sessions taught Will many things about life--ranching, weather, character, how to be a man--and bound Will to the family land and to his grandfather. Only at the ranch does Will feel like the person he was, or would like to be, before wrong decisions turned his life down an entirely different path. A powerful, early romance proved disastrous, and the relationship haunts him. To compensate for lost love, Will carved a niche for himself in the competitive concrete industry, inventing a technique to make mixing trucks more efficient and becoming wealthier than he could have dreamed. His marriage to a Houston socialite is thin and brittle, unsatisfying for his wife, Lauren, and for himself. Their daughter Aimee lives in California, as far away from her family as possible. As Will ages, he turns to the ranch as a place of clarity in times of crisis, eventually moving back there entirely. He exchanges the public life he and Lauren led in Houston for the simplicity of walks along the rustic fence, lunch with old friends at the town's only diner, and long evenings on the porch watching the stars. Along the way, a fierce, red-breasted hawk comes to represent the spiritual for Will, and he is forced to face the consequences of earlier decisions. "After his soup and crackers he came out here, not interested in the inane offerings ontelevision on such a splendid night. All those years away from here-down in the flat, concrete and steel landscape of Houston--he missed this porch. These hills. These stars. This porch swing, and the larger one that once hung here. He finds Orion, the hunter, in a sky packed with stars. It is a clear, cool night that often precedes a big norther, as if Nature has done a good cleaning, making sure everything is scrubbed bright before the onslaught of a particularly rambunctious visitor. He listens for geese; hopes for them. For the reassurance of their presence, of things moving along... None yet. So far there's just been the sound of a car as it passes, and the slight rustling of leaves in the giant cottonwood that was already old before he was born."