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February 21st, 2012
Map Supply
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World Placemat by M. Ruskin $2.99 Make learning fun with an educational placemat. An educational experience for the entire family. Age: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,Adult Manufacturer: M. Ruskin… |
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United States Placemat by M. Ruskin $1.99 Make learning fun with an educational placemat. An educational experience for the entire family. Age: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,Adult Manufacturer: M. Ruskin… |
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Magnetic Poetry Kit: Original $13.71 This is the kit that started it all. This original kit has over 400 words and word fragments for literally billions of poetic possibilities. Reveal creative parts of yourself you never knew existed or just leave messages on your fridge or any other magnetic surface…. |
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Jake & The Never Land Pirates $5.86 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
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Jake And The Never Land Pirates $9.49 … |
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Leaving Through the Window $6.88 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
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Bernzomatic TS4000 Trigger Start Torch $33.09 The BernzoMatic trigger-started cast aluminum torch head light is a self-igniting high-temperature torch head designed for easy operation. Simply pull the trigger for ignition, and release it to turn off. This head produces a swirl flame and burns propane or mapp gas. Pressure regulation allows the flame to burn in any direction and ensures consistent performance. Even while the flame burns, the r… |
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Hydrofarm MT10006 9-by-19-1/2-Inch Seedling Heat Mat $17.38 Hydrofarm MT10006 9″ x 19.5″ 17 Watts Seedling Heat MatHydrofarm MT10006 9″ x 19.5″ 17 Watts Seedling Heat Mat Features:; Increases success of seedlings and cuttings; Warms root area 10 ºF to 20 ºF over ambient temperature to improve germination; Light watering and planting information on mat; Waterproof construction; The only UL Listed seedling heat mats on the market; 50% thicker construction;… |
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Fulcrum 20019-301 Battery-Operated LED Clip-On Task Light $22.71 Add extra light at the BBQ and other workspaces with this LED light. Its clip-on design lets you install it anywhere in seconds. An adjustable gooseneck lets you aim the light from 6 bright LEDs right where you need it. Battery-operated…. |
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Seinfeld – Seasons 1 & 2 $6.43 Nothing? Seinfeld is a show about everything! It’s about the appeal of the posse and coma etiquette. It’s about importing and exporting. It’s about sneaking a peek, and seeing the baby. It’s about this, that, and the other. TV Guide ranked Seinfeld the best TV series of all time. It has become the master of its syndication domain. Its most devoted fans can quote each episode chapter and verse; the… |
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Marie Antoinette $2.24 Writer/director Sofia Coppola’s lavish and offbeat biopic stars Kirsten Dunst as the teenage Austrian princess sent to France to marry young royal Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman) to unite their countries and produce an heir. Initially balking at the etiquette of the French court, Marie’s rebellious ways put her at odds with the ultimately doomed aristocracy. With Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Asia Argento; … |
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Treasure Island $5.53 Strap on your pantaloons and prepare to travel with Jim Hawkins and Blind Pew to one of the most famous fictional islands in history. Walt Disney’s 1950 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s swashbuckling masterpiece has held up extremely well, with action and characterizations that feel freshly minted (although it’s unlikely that the Mouse of today would sanction the high level of booze flowing… |
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Priva Ultra Plus Waterproof Sheet Protector, 34 x 52, White $14.95 Keeps sheets dry all night. Unique brushed polyester fabric channels fluid away from the surface for maximum comfort and ultra-dry surface. Absorbs quickly and locks in moisture for the best in skin care. Goes over the bottom sheet to protect mattress AND sheets from moisture and staining. No more middle-of-the-night bed stripping, simply replace the Priva sheet protector with a fresh one in secon… |
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BonaKemi WM710013348 Hardwood-Floor Spray Mop with Replaceable Cleaner Cartridge $33.30 Bona Hardwood Spray Mop, Durable, Ergonomic Design, Non-Toxic, No Dulling Residue, Micro Fiber Cleaning Pad Can Be Washed Up To 300 Times, Interchange Hardwood Cleaner Cartridge and Stone, Tile, Laminate Cartridge For Easy Use On Multiple Floor Surfaces, Ultimate Cleaning Tool For Your Floors…. |
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Bona Pro Series Wt760051163 Hardwood Floor Refresher, 32-Ounce $11.38 WT760051163 Features: -32 oz. Refresher only.-Restores shine.-Easy application.-Urethane maintenance coating.-Dries in one hour.-Non-toxic.-#1 Choice of professionals.-GREENGUARD certified for indoor air quality. Color/Finish: -Recoatable with finish…. |
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Netgear WPN824N N150 Wireless Router $39.99 Surf the Internet, play games online, download programs and more with the help of this wireless router that features a personalized network monitor display that provides instant network status. The Push ‘N Connect technology allows for easy setup. Increasing numbers of networking products make working from anywhere in your home easier than ever before. Knowing which products to purchase and how to… |
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NETGEAR RangeMax WNR1000 Wireless Router $36.00 Better wireless performance for older and newer notebooksProvides better wireless coverage than older Wireless-G routersExtra performance boost when connected to Wireless-N devices Surf, email, stream music, play on-line games, and make Internet phone calls Push ‘N Connect can securely connect devices at the push of a button NETGEAR GreenConvenient on/off switch helps save energy when not in use E… |
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Targus PA248U1 Chill Mat for Laptops $9.50 The Targus Chill Mat for Laptops features two fans that generate cool air to keep the laptop running efficiently and to help prevent overheating. The Chill Mat can be also used in the office to protect furniture from heat damage, or on the go to protect your lap from heat. Rubber grips keep your laptop in place to provide a sturdy workspace. Ideal for travel, the Chill Mat is highly portable an… |
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Garmin nüvi 2555LMT 5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Maps and Traffic $189.87 These powerful units feature Garmin Guidance 2.0 - an advanced navigation engine that is fast, intuitive and enhances the speed and accuracy of searches and routing for everyday driving. This series debuts a new advanced traffic avoidance system called Garmin 3D traffic. Street navigation is made simple with voice prompted turn-by-turn directions, lane assist and picture-quality Garmin photoR… |
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Garmin nüvi 2595LMT 5-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator with Lifetime Maps and Traffic $229.99 The Garmin Nuvi 2595LMT Automotive GPS helps you find your destination with its cutting-edge navigation technology. Its 5” touch-screen display presents you with updated maps in high quality to ensure that you don’t get lost. This GPS features the groundbreaking Garmin Guidance 2.0 engine that delivers quick, accurate searches and routing options to get you to your destination faster. It is … |
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5th-Century Bc Greek Colonies: Ancient Amphipolis, Battle of Amphipolis, Brasidas, Heraclea in Trachis, Military Decree of Amphipolis, Berge $8.87 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Amphipolis – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia View of the delta of the river Strymon from the acropolis of AmphipolisArchaeology has uncovered remains at the site dating to approximately 3000 BC. Due to the strategic location of the site it was fortified from very early. Xerxes I of Persia passed during his invasion of Greece of 480 BC and buried alive nine young men and nine maidens as a sacrifice to the river god. Near the later site of Amphipolis Alexander I of Macedon defeated the remains of Xerxes’ army in 479 BC. Throughout the 5th century BC, Athens sought to consolidate its control over Thrace, which was strategically important because of its primary materials (the gold and silver of the Pangaion hills and the dense forests essential for naval construction), and the sea routes vital for Athens’ supply of grain from Scythia. After a first unsuccessful attempt at colonisation in 497 BC by the Miletian Tyrant Histiaeus, the Athenians founded a first colony at Ennea-Hodoi (Nine Ways) in 465, but these first ten thousand colonists were massacred by the Thracians. A second attempt took place in 437 BC on the same site under the guidance of Hagnon, son of Nicias. Map of AmphipolisThe new settlement took the name of Amphipolis (literally, “around the city”), a name which is the subject of much debates about lexicography. Thucydides claims the name comes from the fact that the Strymon flows “around the city” on two sides; however a note in the Suda (also given in the lexicon of Photius) offers a different explanation apparently given by Marsyas, son of Periander: that a large proportion of the population lived “around the city”. However, a more probable explanation is the one given by Julius Pollux: that the name indicates the vicinity of an ist… More: |
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America’s Private Forests: Status and Stewardship $36.75 <p>Nearly 430 million acres of forests in the United States are privately owned, but the viability, and indeed the very existence, of these forests is increasingly threatened by population growth, sprawling urbanization, and patchwork development. Scientists, policymakers, and community leaders have begun to recognize the vital role of private forests in providing society with essential goods and services, from sustainable timber supplies to clean water. Yet despite the tremendous economic and ecological importance of private forests, information about their status and strategies for their protection have been in short supply.<p>America’s Private Forests addresses that shortcoming, presenting extensive data gathered from diverse sources and offering a concise overview of the current status of privately owned forests in the United States. As well as describing the state of private forests, the book sets forth detailed information on a wide range of approaches to conservation along with an action agenda for implementing those strategies likely to be most effective. The book: <ul><li>identifies the major threats to private forests in the U.S. <li>considers barriers to conservation <li>outlines the available tools and programs for promoting conservation <li>presents a “road map” to guide collective efforts for the conservation of private forests and their native biodiversity</ul><p>Based on extensive research of existing literature as well as interviews and consultation with leading forestry and conservation experts, America’s Private Forests is a unique sourcebook that offers a solid basis for discussion of threats to private forests along with an invaluable compendium of potential solutions. It will serve as an invaluable reference for all those working to conserve and steward forest resources, including forest owners and their consultants, conservation organizations, and agency personnel, as well as researchers and students involved with |
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Archaeological Sites in Anglesey: Castles in Anglesey, Prehistoric Sites in Anglesey, Beaumaris Castle, Bryn Celli Ddu, Castell Bryn Gwyn $9.16 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Castles in Anglesey, Prehistoric Sites in Anglesey, Beaumaris Castle, Bryn Celli Ddu, Castell Bryn Gwyn, Llyn Cerrig Bach, Caer Lêb, Caer Gybi, Llys Rhosyr, Barclodiad Y Gawres, Din Lligwy, Lligwy Burial Chamber, Bodowyr. Excerpt: Beaumaris Castle – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A 17th-century by John Speed map showing the castle showing the adjacent town.Beaumaris Castle (beau mareys – beautiful marsh) was the last of Edward I’s fortresses in North Wales. Work started in 1295 and continued for 35 years, with over 3,500 workmen employed at the peak of construction. Finances and material ran out when King Edward turned his attentions towards Scotland, and the castle was not completed, although an impressive £15,000 (£6,000,000 as of 2010) was expended on its construction. During the course of construction Edward I of England ordered that the inhabitants of nearby Llanfaes be evicted from their homes and relocated to the far side of the island at Newborough. The King’s architect, Master James of St. George, brought all his experience to bear in designing Beaumaris its defences and lines of supply are superbly planned. It was constructed according to a concentric plan the inner ward is completely surrounded by the outer ward. The castle has a tidal dock allowing it to be supplied directly by sea and is surrounded by a water-filled moat. The defences include numerous ingeniously sited arrow slits, and the entrances are protected by murder holes from which substances such as hot oil could be poured over enemy forces. Attackers of Beaumaris Castle would have met 14 separate obstacles and four lines of fortification resulting from the ‘walls within walls’ design. The plan of the castle is nearly square, sharing much in common with Caerphilly and… More: |
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Bluefield, West Virginia (Images of America Series) $21.99 The remarkable story of Bluefield represents a unique combination of geology, geography, and opportunity. Once just the confluence of a handful of family farms in southern West Virginia, Bluefield was put on the map, literally,in the 1880s, when the Norfolk & Western Railway came to town. The company’s influence on the rural landscape was overwhelming, and soon, Bluefield was transformed into the center of a coal-fired universe and became a major thoroughfare for the then-thriving mining industry. Though the company—not the coal—was king in Bluefield, enterprising men and women could, and did, share in itssuccess. The city evolved into a successful supply center for the enormous network of towns that sprung up almost overnight throughout the region’s coalfields. For the next 60 years, Bluefield experienced dramatic growth, enticing a diverse group of newcomers who helped to build the strong cultural heritage that continues to play a prominent role in the community to the present day. |
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Boulder, Colorado: 1859-1919 (Images of America Series) $21.99 Born out of the 1859 Pikes Peak gold rush, Boulder sits along the Front Range where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. Discoveries of gold, silver, telluride, and coal nearby put the little supply town on the map, and early miners, farmers, and businessmen prospered there. The railroad’s arrival in 1873 brought more newcomers who cultivated a diverse community full of new businesses, social organizations, and schools, and the town flourished despite the social problems and economic fluctuations that were typical of early mining towns. By the 1890s, education, health, and tourism had become significant to Boulder’s economic development, a pattern that continues to this day. Great change came about during the early 1900s in the form of a citywide alcohol prohibition, the influenza epidemic, and the closure of the “Switzerland Trail” railroad in 1919, but Boulder weathered these difficult times even as it witnessed the end of the great railroading era. |
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Boulder: 1859-1919 $21.99 Born out of the 1859 Pikes Peak gold rush, Boulder sits along the Front Range where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. Discoveries of gold, silver, telluride, and coal nearby put the little supply town on the map, and early miners, farmers, and businessmen prospered there. The railroad”s arrival in 1873 brought more newcomers who cultivated a diverse community full of new businesses, social organizations, and schools, and the town flourished despite the social problems and economic fluctuations that were typical of early mining towns. By the 1890s, education, health, and tourism had become significant to Boulder”s economic development, a pattern that continues to this day. Great change came about during the early 1900s in the form of a citywide alcohol prohibition, the influenza epidemic, and the closure of the Switzerland Trail railroad in 1919, but Boulder weathered these difficult times even as it witnessed the end of the great railroading era. |
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Braddock’s March: How the Man Sent to Seize a Continent Changed American History $4.69 Winner of the 2011 New York Society of Colonial Wars Distinguished Book Award“The strength of this book lies in Crocker’s presentation of the battle and the complicated logistics involved.”—Times Literary Supplement “Braddock’s March is arguably the first truly comprehensive history devoted exclusively to the calamitous march that remade North America. . . . Braddock’s story is superb history.”—Weekly Standard “Drawing on original sources, Crocker grittily reconstructs the advance of Edward Braddock’s army on Fort Duquesne. . . . Attentive to detail, Crocker will engage colonial-history readers in this well illustrated book.”—Booklist “Both Braddock’s epic march and subsequent destruction are brought to life by Thomas E. Crocker in Braddock’s March, his impeccably researched account of an important but largely forgotten chapter in American history. . . . It all adds up to a stirring tale.”—Washington Times   “Before we parted, the General told me he should never see me more; for he was going with a handful of men to conquer whole nations; and to do this they must cut their way through unknown woods. He produced a map of the country, saying at the same time, ‘Dear Pop, we are sent like sacrifices to the altar.’” – George Anne Bellamy on General Edward Braddock’s departure  In January 1755, Major General Edward Braddock was sent by Great Britain on a mission to drive France once and for all from the New World. Accompanied by the largest armed expeditionary force ever sent to North America, Braddock’s primary target was the Forks of the Ohio, where he planned to seize Fort Duquesne (at present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), and then march north into Canada. After landing in Alexandria, Virginia, and organizing his troops and supply chain, |
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Braddock’s March: How the Man Sent to Seize a Continent Changed American History $15.95 Winner of the 2011 New York Society of Colonial Wars Distinguished Book Award“The strength of this book lies in Crocker’s presentation of the battle and the complicated logistics involved.”—Times Literary Supplement “Braddock’s March is arguably the first truly comprehensive history devoted exclusively to the calamitous march that remade North America. . . . Braddock’s story is superb history.”—Weekly Standard “Drawing on original sources, Crocker grittily reconstructs the advance of Edward Braddock’s army on Fort Duquesne. . . . Attentive to detail, Crocker will engage colonial-history readers in this well illustrated book.”—Booklist “Both Braddock’s epic march and subsequent destruction are brought to life by Thomas E. Crocker in Braddock’s March, his impeccably researched account of an important but largely forgotten chapter in American history. . . . It all adds up to a stirring tale.”—Washington Times   “Before we parted, the General told me he should never see me more; for he was going with a handful of men to conquer whole nations; and to do this they must cut their way through unknown woods. He produced a map of the country, saying at the same time, ‘Dear Pop, we are sent like sacrifices to the altar.’” – George Anne Bellamy on General Edward Braddock’s departure  In January 1755, Major General Edward Braddock was sent by Great Britain on a mission to drive France once and for all from the New World. Accompanied by the largest armed expeditionary force ever sent to North America, Braddock’s primary target was the Forks of the Ohio, where he planned to seize Fort Duquesne (at present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), and then march north into Canada. After landing in Alexandria, Virginia, and organizing his troops and supply chain, |
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Braddock’s March: How the Man Sent to Seize a Continent Changed American History $15.95 Winner of the 2011 New York Society of Colonial Wars Distinguished Book Award“The strength of this book lies in Crocker’s presentation of the battle and the complicated logistics involved.”—Times Literary Supplement “Braddock’s March is arguably the first truly comprehensive history devoted exclusively to the calamitous march that remade North America. . . . Braddock’s story is superb history.”—Weekly Standard “Drawing on original sources, Crocker grittily reconstructs the advance of Edward Braddock’s army on Fort Duquesne. . . . Attentive to detail, Crocker will engage colonial-history readers in this well illustrated book.”—Booklist “Both Braddock’s epic march and subsequent destruction are brought to life by Thomas E. Crocker in Braddock’s March, his impeccably researched account of an important but largely forgotten chapter in American history. . . . It all adds up to a stirring tale.”—Washington Times   “Before we parted, the General told me he should never see me more; for he was going with a handful of men to conquer whole nations; and to do this they must cut their way through unknown woods. He produced a map of the country, saying at the same time, ‘Dear Pop, we are sent like sacrifices to the altar.’” – George Anne Bellamy on General Edward Braddock’s departure  In January 1755, Major General Edward Braddock was sent by Great Britain on a mission to drive France once and for all from the New World. Accompanied by the largest armed expeditionary force ever sent to North America, Braddock’s primary target was the Forks of the Ohio, where he planned to seize Fort Duquesne (at present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), and then march north into Canada. After landing in Alexandria, Virginia, and organizing his troops and supply chain, |
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Brave New Unwired World $0.01 Get ready for the new boom! Digital wireless technology is poised to set off a blast of economic growth that will make the 1990s look measly by comparison. With more than a billion wireless Internet users expected by 2005-and billions more after that-the industries and companies that can supply these users with fourth-generation (4G) connectivity, devices, and services will be the big winners in the wireless world. Will your company be in the race?Brave New Unwired World leads you on a whirlwind tour through trends, technologies, and massive profit opportunities that have already begun to emerge and will reach critical mass very, very soon. This road map to riches introduces the contestants currently lining up to wrestle for a share of the wireless pie, identifies thirteen trends to watch for the direction and timing of the events to come, and previews an amazing array of 4G technologies that will put any information you want or need at your fingertips anywhere, at any time.You’ll discover which agents of technological change, business consolidation, and government policy are driving the wireless revolution, and which factors may tend to slow it down. And you’ll find out which currently dominant marketers and manufacturers are at risk of being overtaken by the flood of change, who’s in position to dominate future markets, and which up-and-comers may steal the prize, seemingly from out of nowhere.Whether you’re an IT professional, executive, or manager looking to stake a claim to the future or an investor with an eye toward the next wave of fabulous opportunities in tech stocks, success will require a solid understanding of all of the issues. Brave New Unwired World gives you both the big-picture perspective and the detailed information you’ll need to get into shape for the battle and come out swinging. |
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Community Schools In Action $55.93 A community school differs from other public schools in important ways: it is generally open most of the time, governed by a partnership between the school system and a community agency, and offers a broad array of health and social services. It often has an extended day before and after school, features parent involvement programs, and works for community enrichment. How should such a school be structured? How can its success be measured? Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice presents the Children’s Aid Society’s (CAS) approach to creating community schools for the 21st century. CAS began this work more than a decade ago and today operates ten such schools in three low-income areas of New York City. Through a technical assistance center operated by CAS, hundreds of other schools across the country and the world are adapting this model. Based on their own experiences working with community schools, the contributors to the volume supply invaluable information about the selected program components. They describe how and why CAS started its community school initiative and explain how CAS community schools are organized, integrated with the school system, sustained, and evaluated. The book also includes several contributions from experts outside of CAS: a city superintendent, an architect, and the director of the Coalition for Community Schools. Co-editors Joy Dryfoos, an authority on community schools, and Jane Quinn, CAS’s Assistant Executive Director of Community Schools, have teamed up with freelance writer Carol Barkin to provide commentary linking the various components together. For those interested in transforming their schools into effective child- andfamily-centered institutions, this book provides a detailed road map. For those concerned with educational and social policy, the book offers a unique example of research-based action that has significant implications for our society. |
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Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice $52.99 A community school differs from other public schools in important ways: it is generally open most of the time, governed by a partnership between the school system and a community agency, and offers a broad array of health and social services. It often has an extended day before and after school, features parent involvement programs, and works for community enrichment. How should such a school be structured? How can its success be measured? Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice presents the Children’s Aid Society’s (CAS) approach to creating community schools for the 21st century. CAS began this work more than a decade ago and today operates thirteen such schools in three low-income areas of New York City. Through a technical assistance center operated by CAS, hundreds of other schools across the country and the world are adapting this model. Based on their own experiences working with community schools, the contributors to the volume supply invaluable information about the selected program components. They describe how and why CAS started its community school initiative and explain how CAS community schools are organized, integrated with the school system, sustained, and evaluated. The book also includes several contributions from experts outside of CAS: a city superintendent, an architect, and the director of the Coalition for Community Schools. Co-editors Joy Dryfoos, an authority on community schools, and Jane Quinn, CAS’s Assistant Executive Director of Community Schools, have teamed up with freelance writer Carol Barkin to provide commentary linking the various components together. For those interested in transforming their schools into effective child- and family-centered institutions, this book provides a detailed road map. For those concerned with educational and social policy, the book offers a unique example of research-based action that has significant implications for our society. |
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Company of Heroes: List of Czw World Tag Team Champions $9.43 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Microsoft Windows Gameplay screenshotCompany of Heroes is a real-time strategy computer game developed by Relic Entertainment. It was released on September 12, 2006, and was the first title to make use of the Games for Windows label. A standalone expansion, Opposing Fronts, was released on September 25, 2007. A second standalone expansion, Tales of Valor was released in April 2009. The game was released as a free-to-play download in South Korea in April 2010. Company of Heroes is set during World War II. In the single-player campaign the player commands two U.S. military units during the Battle of Normandy and the Allied capture of France. Depending on the mission, the player controls either Able Company of the 29th Infantry Division or Fox Company of the 101st Airborne’s 506th PIR. The resource management in Company of Heroes retains micromanagement details such as reinforcing troops, which has the effect of creating a more tactical RTS experience. Players must take control of certain points on the map. The more of these points a player controls, the more resources they acquire. This concept demands constant expansion of a player’s territory. These points are connected like supply lines, and so, during the course of a battle a player can capture one point in the supply line, isolating the rest which had been connected to the base through it, therefore reducing the enemy’s resource intake. Players collect three resources: manpower, munitions, and fuel. Manpower is necessary to produce all units. Munitions allows players to upgrade individual squads or vehicles and use special abilities. Fuel allows players to purchase tanks and other vehicles, build base buildings and acquire global upgrades. The player can decide, at a manpower cost, to pla… More: |
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Data Warehousing: The Route to Mass Communication $105 Data warehousing is about transforming the data which an organization possesses and turning it into information of strategic significance. Data Warehousing explores the most pressing issue in business today — the means to improve strategic decision making. Data Warehousing represents a map for a new way of looking at data and information. Data exists in abundance but it is often unusable to support decision making because it is unstructured, unintegrated, aged or polluted.explores the issue whether to build a full enterprise data warehouse, or whether to go for a scaled down data mart updated to include the latest developments, acronyms, and techniquescompares and contrasts relational and multidimensional databasesevaluates the use of data warehousing to support operational processingreports on innovative designs for optimal performance of relational databases for a query intensive worldanalyzes artificial intelligence data mining toolsexamines new case historiesand the reactions of the organizations involvedIt has been a momentous change. Information Technology is no longer a business resource, it is the business environment. The Economist 1994 Successfully combines theory with hard-headed practical advice for those who want to proceed with a data warehouse project. Technology Strategies 1995 this intriguing no-nonsense guide to the pleasures and pitfalls will illuminate your steps Cant do without it. Managing Information 1995 Data warehousing is used in marketing, strategic decision making even crime detection. Whichever business youre in, if you supply data to management, or need information in order to manage — youll need to know about datawarehousing. |
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Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: Insights from Corporate India $20.77 Today’s large business organizations in India have a voracious need for effective managers and talented leaders; but demand far exceeds supply. This timely and practical book offers thoroughly-researched pointers on how Indian managers can become high-performing business leaders.The leadership development curriculum proposed in these pages is based on extracting lessons from on-the-job experience. Given that the workplace is the medium through which the essentials of leadership are learned, executives and managers at all levels need to know which experiences matter, what are the foremost lessons learned, and how learning occurs. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today offers a complete template for effective leadership, including: The seven experiences vital for developing leadership abilityThe 11 lessons in leadership essential for managerial effectivenessOver 50 stories and 100 wise quotations from today’s senior executives that portray how leadership acumen sharpens over timeReflective exercises, self-assessments, and guidelines for self-improvementThe underlying research was conducted in cooperation with the Tata Management Training Center in Pune, India, and captures the experiences and leadership lessons learned by over 100 senior Indian business leaders. As such, it offers readers both a compass and a map for traversing the terrain of leadership development.In these pages, early and mid-career managers will find a roadmap for steering their careers towards the higher echelons of executive leadership. Senior executives, at the top of their game, will find a systematic and proactive approach to cultivating the leadership talent that their organizations will require in the future. Global executives operating in India will find out how leadership and management are practiced in India. |
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Diplomacy $22.99 In this challenging game, each player represents one of the Great Powers of Europe (England, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Italy, France and Austria). As soon as one Great Power controls 18 supply centers, it is considered to have gained control of Europe. To survive, a player needs help from others, but to win the game, a player must eventually stand alone. Knowing whom to trust, when to trust them, what to promise, and when to promise it is the heart of the game. You’re a diplomat first, a military commander second. The game is most exciting with 7 players.Contents: 1 game board, 20 count strategy map pad, 315 army, navy and national control markers and 24 page rulebook. |
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Diplomacy (Game) $85 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Diplomacy is a strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 and released commercially in 1959. Its main distinctions from most board wargames are its negotiation phases (players spend much of their time forming and betraying alliances with other players) and the complete absence of luck. Set in Europe just before the beginning of World War I, Diplomacy is played by seven players, each controlling the armed forces of a major European Power. Each player aims to move his or her few starting units-and defeat those of others-to win possession of a majority of strategic cities and provinces marked as “supply centers” on the map; these supply centers allow players who control them to produce more units. Diplomacy was the first commercially published game to be played by mail (PBM); only chess, which is in the public domain, saw significant postal play earlier. Diplomacy was also the first commercially published game to generate an active hobby with amateur fanzines; only science-fiction/fantasy and comics fandom saw fanzines earlier. Competitive face-to-face (FtF) Diplomacy tournaments have been held since the 1970s. |
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Early American Villages $12.32 - Award-winning author-photographer- Stunning original photographs of historical sites- Engaging stories of the people who created the communities- Map- Places to visitGrades K-4 National Social Studies Standards- Time, Continuity, & Change: IIc. Compare and contrast different stories or accounts about past events, people, places, or situations, identifying how they contribute to our understanding of the past.d. Identify and use various sources for reconstructing the past.- Production, Distribution, & Consumption: VIIe. Describe how we depend upon workers with specialized jobs and the ways in which they contribute to the production and exchange of goods and services.i. Use economic concepts such as supply, demand, and price to help explain events in the community and nation. |
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Food and Beverage Packaging Technology $222.95 The major food and beverage packaging materials — glass, metal, plastic, paper and paperboard — increasingly compete with each other in the battle over which type of container is optimal for a given application. Increasingly, food and beverage product innovators need to consider which packaging materials — or combination of materials, systems, pack designs and processes — will best serve the market and enhance brand value with due consideration of the sustainability credentials of the product and its packaging. Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, the book provides a contemporary overview of the preservation and packaging of food and beverages. It focuses initially on the core issues of biodeterioration, product quality and shelf life, before discussing logistical packaging and the importance of integrating packaging with all the activities in a supply chain. Each of the main packaging materials is then examined in depth, alongside the techniques of active packaging and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). This new edition also addresses environmental and sustainability concerns. A new chapter discusses bioplastics, which continue to establish niche markets in the packaging of food and beverage products.The contributors are an authoritative team close to the latest developments in food and beverage packaging technologies. This book will provide a resource for those in and associated with the food and beverage industry who need to know about the packaging needs of the products. It will help those in the manufacture of food and beverage products to understand how their products packaging needs are met in manufacture, storage, distribution and retailing. It will be useful to those who create and manufacture packaging materials and packaging products, for packaging engineers and for students studying packaging technology, food science and all packaging-related subjects. |
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Food and Beverage Packaging Technology $161.15 The major food and beverage packaging materials — glass, metal, plastic, paper and paperboard — increasingly compete with each other in the battle over which type of container is optimal for a given application. Increasingly, food and beverage product innovators need to consider which packaging materials — or combination of materials, systems, pack designs and processes — will best serve the market and enhance brand value with due consideration of the sustainability credentials of the product and its packaging. Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, the book provides a contemporary overview of the preservation and packaging of food and beverages. It focuses initially on the core issues of biodeterioration, product quality and shelf life, before discussing logistical packaging and the importance of integrating packaging with all the activities in a supply chain. Each of the main packaging materials is then examined in depth, alongside the techniques of active packaging and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). This new edition also addresses environmental and sustainability concerns. A new chapter discusses bioplastics, which continue to establish niche markets in the packaging of food and beverage products.The contributors are an authoritative team close to the latest developments in food and beverage packaging technologies. This book will provide a resource for those in and associated with the food and beverage industry who need to know about the packaging needs of the products. It will help those in the manufacture of food and beverage products to understand how their products packaging needs are met in manufacture, storage, distribution and retailing. It will be useful to those who create and manufacture packaging materials and packaging products, for packaging engineers and for students studying packaging technology, food science and all packaging-related subjects. |
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Fossil Legends of the First Americans $28.95 Engaging, enlightening, and most of all, educationally entertaining. We have precious few examples of Native American interpretation of prehistoric events as they have been passed down through the generations, and in this book Adrienne Mayor unveils several. In so doing, she opens up a new world. –Jack Horner, coauthor of Digging Dinosaurs, Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University Adrienne Mayor has absolutely done it again. In Fossil Legends of the First Americans she has taken up exactly where she left off last time with The First Fossil Hunters. She has done a superb job of researching her topic and making it interesting. Just a wonderful job all around. –Peter Dodson, author of The Horned Dinosaurs Adrienne Mayor is a wonderfully independent-minded scholar and a fine writer who works the edge lines between disciplines, where others don’t go. She’s a brilliant researcher but never forgets about character and story. Give her a fossil or a legend, and she’ll supply flesh, blood, narrative, cultural context, and a smile. In this book she also delivers an important sense of justice. –David Quammen, author of Monster of God and Song of the Dodo A brilliant and well-researched book that creates a new field of inquiry. Mayor opens a wide landscape in which native knowledge and use of fossils becomes an integral part of the academic and popular interest. Undoubtedly a landmark in American thought. –Vine Deloria, Jr., author of Evolution, Creationism, and Other Modern Myths, former executive director of the National Congress of American Indians This is a surprising, convincing, and most interesting book, which I read withpleasure. It is an intelligent book, one that continues to map out a new field of scholarship of which Mayor is the prime exponent. It is a novel book, because of its unique content and its unusual and yet valuable insight that all ‘scientific’ knowledge does not and need not follow the |
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Foundations of Stochastic Inventory Theory $36.95 In 1958, Stanford University Press published Studies in the Mathematical Theory of Inventory and Production (edited by Kenneth J. Arrow, Samuel Karlin, and Herbert Scarf), which became the pioneering road map for the next forty years of research in this area. One of the outgrowths of this research was development of the field of supply-chain management, which deals with the ways organizations can achieve competitive advantage by coordinating the activities involved in creating products—including designing, procuring, transforming, moving, storing, selling, providing after-sales service, and recycling. Following in this tradition, Foundations of Stochastic Inventory Theory has a dual purpose, serving as an advanced textbook designed to prepare doctoral students to do research on the mathematical foundations of inventory theory and as a reference work for those already engaged in such research. The author begins by presenting two basic inventory models: the economic order quantity model, which deals with “cycle stocks,” and the newsvendor model, which deals with “safety stocks.” He then describes foundational concepts, methods, and tools that prepare the reader to analyze inventory problems in which uncertainty plays a key role. Dynamic optimization is an important part of this preparation, which emphasizes insights gained from studying the role of uncertainty, rather than focusing on the derivation of numerical solutions and algorithms (with the exception of two chapters on computational issues in infinite-horizon models). All fourteen chapters in the book, and four of the five appendixes, conclude with exercises that either solidify or extend the concepts introduced. Some of these exercises have served as Ph.D. qualifying examination questions in the Operations, Information, and Technology area of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
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Green Recovery: Get Lean, Get Smart, and Emerge from the Downturn on Top $0.01 When the economy turns rough, many companies sideline their green business initiatives. That’s a big mistake. In Green Recovery, Andrew Winston shows that no company can afford to wait for the downturn to ease before going green.Green initiatives ratchet up your company’s resource efficiency, creativity, and employee motivation. They save energy, waste, and money, preserving precious capital-and give precise focus to your innovation efforts and strategic priorities.Part manifesto and part how-to guide, this concise and engaging book provides a road map for using green initiatives to deliver short-term gains and position your company for long-term strategic growth. You’ll discover how to:-Get lean: Amp up your energy and resource efficiency to survive tough times-Get smart: Use environmental data about products and supply chains for competitive advantage-Get creative: Rejuvenate your innovation efforts by asking heretical questions such as “How might we operate with no fossil fuels?”-Get going: Engage and excite employees to solve the company’s, the customer’s, and the world’s environmental challengesGreen Recovery is your guide to establishing your competitive positioning in difficult times and emerging even stronger into a vastly changed economy. |
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Green Recovery: Get Lean, Get Smart, and Emerge from the Downturn on Top $20 When the economy turns rough, many companies sideline their green business initiatives. That’s a big mistake. In Green Recovery, Andrew Winston shows that no company can afford to wait for the downturn to ease before going green.Green initiatives ratchet up your company’s resource efficiency, creativity, and employee motivation. They save energy, waste, and money, preserving precious capital-and give precise focus to your innovation efforts and strategic priorities.Part manifesto and part how-to guide, this concise and engaging book provides a road map for using green initiatives to deliver short-term gains and position your company for long-term strategic growth. You’ll discover how to:-Get lean: Amp up your energy and resource efficiency to survive tough times-Get smart: Use environmental data about products and supply chains for competitive advantage-Get creative: Rejuvenate your innovation efforts by asking heretical questions such as “How might we operate with no fossil fuels?”-Get going: Engage and excite employees to solve the company’s, the customer’s, and the world’s environmental challengesGreen Recovery is your guide to establishing your competitive positioning in difficult times and emerging even stronger into a vastly changed economy. |
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Haskell County, Texas (Images of America Series) $21.99 Though the story of the land runs far back in time, Haskell County was first platted on the map of Texas on February 1, 1858. Its name honors Texas revolutionary soldier Charles Ready Haskell, who was martyred at Goliad. Cradled by two forks of the Brazos River, the county’s open prairies were a favorite American Indian hunting ground. Stories of Spanish treasure buried along the river still linger. Gold seekers following Capt. Randolph Marcy’s 1849 expeditionary trail camped on what came to be called California Creek, and Col. Ranald Mackenzie’s trail through southern Haskell County was a key supply route for cavalry engaged in the Red River War. By the late 1870s, cattle replaced herds of buffalo, and ranching became the cornerstone of the economy. As news of this promising country traveled east, settlers arrived and established farms. In the words of historian R. E. Sherrill, “There was something about this country fresh from the hand of the Creator . . . a kind of drawing power that was irresistible.” Today, as a modern agricultural region, Haskell County continues to capture the heart of its people. |
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Hiking Trails of Nova Scotia 8 $16.95 Michael Haynes is Mr. Hiking in Nova Scotia. The 7th edition of his Hiking Trails of Nova Scotia sold 15,000 copies, and his eight-year series of CBC Radio spots has been so popular that people he meets on the trails recognize him by his voice. Eager to supply the best information about the delights (and possible hazards) of self-propelled excursions into the woods and mountains and along the shores of his province, he has now prepared Hiking Trails of Nova Scotia, 8th edition. The 8th edition of Hiking Trails of Nova Scotia is completely revised and updated. More than 30 of the 50 trails are new, and 25 of these new trails did not exist when the 7th edition was published. Haynes re-hiked and updated the descriptions of about 20 trails, and he charted the current condition of 7th-edition trails. Users will find the new 8th edition of Hiking Trails of Nova Scotia as trustworthy a guide as ever to hikes long and short, challenging and easy, in all corners of the province. As well as instructions for finding each trail and descriptions of the trails themselves, Hiking Trails of Nova Scotia, 8th Edition, includes maps and synoptic information on length, time, difficulty, other uses, facilities, and the correct topographical map to use. New to this edition are trailhead GPS listings for all hikes, and, for those who carry cellphones as safety devices, information about the often-uncertain reception in Nova Scotia’s mountains and woodlands. Also new to this edition are sidebars on plants, animals, historic sites, and other interesting features of the trails. |
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Indispensable $32.5 Praise for 1ndispensable I loved this book. Joe continues to teach a practical and powerful road map for a company’s success through personal connecting and service. Read this book and become truly indispensable to your customers. Fred Wilson Chairman and CEO, Saks Fifth Avenue If your key customers don’t think of you as indispensable, they should. In his latest straight-talking book, Joe Calloway tells you why that is true and teaches you what you need to know to make it happen. Larry Morse President, Quill Corporation I hate business books. . . too many graphs, studies, and analysis. They make me work. They make me have to figure out how the information will help me. Not this book. Joe has already done the work so I don’t have to. Joe tells me great stories of real companies full of real people that entertain me while I learn the lesson. He gives me understandable, easy-to-implement lessons that I know I can do. I hate business books, but I LOVE this one. Larry Winget Author of Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life If you want to run a truly superior business, this book is practical, sensible, down- to-earth advice on providing customer service that will simply separate you from the competition. Joe Scarlett Chairman of the Board, Tractor Supply Company Joe Calloway has provided us with another gift Indispensable. In his book, he takes us on the journey of companies that every day maintain their focus on an ever-ascending, ever-improving path. The journey never ends, but far from discouraging, Joe’s book only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. This is a gift that should be opened and shared and provides alifetime of opportunities for us all. Marti Eulberg Executive Vice President, Sales Operations Volvo Cars of North America, LLC |
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Lean Distribution: Applying Lean Manufacturing to Distribution, Logistics, and Supply Chain $68.5 Many companies in diverse industries have implemented Lean manufacturing practices and successfully reduced operating costs, slashed inventories, reduced floor space, and improved customer service. However, few companies have successfully implemented Lean principles across distribution operations. The barrier: most distribution systems are based on inherently inaccurate forecasts that “push” inventory to warehouses to accommodate fluctuations in customer demand. This book shows how to break through the forecast accuracy barrier by applying proven Lean practices that reduce costs and simplify distribution processes. Lean Distribution addresses the most challenging issues currently facing industry: forecast revisions and inaccuracies, customer demands to limit inventory exposure, and the need to reduce supply chain costs. Compounding these issues is the global sourcing firmly entrenched in industry. Global sourcing entails longer supply-chains, compounding the chronic limitations of forecasting, planning, and supply chain optimization. While these problems appear to have mutually exclusive solutions, Lean simplifies distribution operations and processes to bring results. Lean Distribution resolves the forecasting dilemma and provides an actionable road map to transform the supply chain with specific recommendations to implement improvements. Lean embraces the variation and inaccuracy inherent in forecasts and customer orders to focus on reducing lead time, reducing lot sizes, and increasing reliability, yielding the flexibility and simplicity required to achieve consistent results. This book goes beyond describing the principles and a foundation to provide a comprehensive, real-world framework and specific recommendations for customizing a Lean approach to transform distribution in any business. Derived from the author’s experiences assessing product flow and implementing Lean principles in diverse companies and industries, Lean Distribution |
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Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials: A Framework for Materials Managers $59.95 Presenting an alternate approach to supply chain management, Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials: A Framework for Materials Managers explains why the traditional materials planning environment, typically embodied by an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, is an ineffective support system for a company that wants to adopt Lean practices. It begins by defining supply chain management basics, including roles, objectives, and responsibilities from a traditional framework. Next, it describes Lean basics and explores the conflicts between Lean and the traditional framework.The book focuses on the materials management aspects of Lean, such as leveling work into the value stream, heijunka scheduling, standard work, and the concept of intervals, including Every Part Every Interval (EPEI). By combining traditional materials management tools, such as Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), with Lean manufacturing approaches and applying them to different manufacturing environments, the authors clarify the logic behind why you are doing what you’re doing with Lean components and how they fit together as a system. Specifically, they explain how to: Determine which leveling strategy to use to smooth production Calculate interval to determine lot sizes in various production environments Apply Lean to purchasing, warehouse, and logistics areas Use your value stream map for green initiatives and risk management Replace capacity planning and shop floor control with visual factory, operator balance charts, EPEI, and plan for every part Illustrating why balancing demand and capacity is better than trying to balance supply and demand, the book includes a definitive chart that matches Lean tools to the planning and control charts that have served as the model for ERP systems. It integrates the principles learned from Toyota’s fifty-plus-year journey with Lean principles to |
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Letters On Applied Tactics $20.31 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:MODEL FOR A MARCH ORDER. (G.F.S.R., para. S3-)1 Copy No OPERATION ORDER No Colonel C., Commanding Detached Force. Reference: House. Map used. Place. Date. Information as to the enemy and our other forces. Intention of O.C. Detachment. (In the most general terms.) Distribution in margin. Order for the Advanced Guard. (Time of starting ;4 place whence it will start;4 road by which it will march; reconnoitring to be performed; communication to be maintained with parallel columns,4 etc.; any special duties.) Order for the Main Body. (Either the distance to be pre- served between it and the advanced guard,4 or place and hour of starting.) Order for the Flank Guard. (As No. 3, but with special mention, as a rule, of recon- noitring duties. Sometimes the point at which the flank guard is to be detached is mentioned.) Orders for the Outposts. (Instructions as to how they are to join the column of route.) 1 E.F.S.R., Part I, sect. 12 (4). — Trans. 2 Should be seniority of arms and units. — E. F.S.R., Part I, sect. 12 (8). 3 E.F.S.R., Part I, sect. 27 (2).—Trans. 4 Ibid., sects. 67 (2) (3) and 68 (l) are at variance with this. — Trans. Advanced Guard: 2 O.C. Infantry. Machine-Gun Detachment. Cavalry. Artillery. Engineers. Field Ambulance (rarely). , Main Body (in order given): O.C. Cavalry (orderlies or troops). Infantry. Artillery. Infantry. Machine-Gun Detachment. Engineers.3 Field Ambulance.3 Artillery Brigade Ammunition Columns. . Right (Left) Flank Guard: O.C.Same as Advanced Guard. 7. Order for the 2nd Line Transport1 and Supply Columns. (Distance to be preserved between it and the main body, or special arrangements.) 8. Position of the officer commanding:— at … |
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Lights Out: The Electricity Crisis, the Global Economy, and What It Means To You $27.95 Electricity powers almost every part of our lives. Yet many of us pay little attention to our electricity service. It’s something that’s noticed only by its absence—such as when service is disrupted, and our water, telecommunications, transportation, and banking systems grind to a halt, and our homes, our businesses, indeed, our daily lives, shut down. Curiously, electricity doesn’t hold the headlines or dramatic power of oil, even though the ability to ensure its uninterrupted supply at a reasonable price is even more essential to global survival and prosperity. That’s because it is still treated and viewed as a parochial industry, the “local utility,” despite the fact that it is being moved and shaken by a sophisticated global energy business, and deeply implicated in global environmental issues.Written by Jason Makansi, one of the world’s most seasoned electricity industry experts, Lights Out calls attention to this dangerous paradox—one that is quietly immobilizing progress—and proposes a comprehensive road map that will put us on a more rational path and help us avoid the serious consequences of an unhealthy electricity infrastructure.Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, Lights Out examines our “third-world” transmission grid, one that is in desperate need of upgrading; offers an honest assessment of how to deal with electricity’s contribution to global warming; and addresses numerous hot-button economic, environmental, and political issues related to the current debate—from free markets versus regulation to energy independence versus foreign imports. Beyond just uncovering and illuminating the problems, however, Lights Out also presents a comprehensive collection of technical solutions and regulatory reforms from both the productionand demand sides of the equation—a framework forrethinking, rebuilding, and enhancing our entire electricity production and delivery infrastructure.Divided into three engaging |
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Lowepro 5.0 Navi Shield LP36327-0AM Carrying Case for Portable GPS Navigator – Black – Water Resistant, Bump Resistant – Polyurethane $24.99 The 5.0 Navi Shield from Lowepro is the protective and inventive way to safeguard your GPS device, power supply and SD or map extension cards. Its streamlined shape is designed to easily fit in a glove compartment or sit in a stable position on a center console. The 5.0 Navi Shield features a durable, molded hardshell on the exterior and soft, tricot lining on the interior. A protective, padded pocket secures a GPS and includes an adjustable flap with hook/loop closure to fit a variety of device shapes. Behind the pocket, a secondary compartment offers ample space to store a charger, cord and mount. Two built-in SD card slots are right inside the lid. Additional features include wrap-around dual zippers and a D-ring attachment. |
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Manufacturing Execution System – MES $129 The production plants of today develop into modern service centers. Economic efficiency of modern added value is not a property of products alone but of the process. Decisive potential in business now is a question of process capability, rather than production capability. Process capability in business requires real-time systems for optimization. Business-IT needs to be developed from telecommunications and ERP to real time services, which are not offered by the prevailing ERP systems.Today, only modern Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) offer real-time applications. They generate current as well as historic mappings of production facilities and thus they can be used as basis for optimizations. It is important to map the supply chain in real time. Increasing complexity in production requires an integrated view of the production and service facilities: detailed scheduling, status collection, quality, performance analysis, tracing of material and so on have to be recorded and displayed in an integrated way.MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) standardized applications. Further standardizations on this subject are already being developed, like ISA S95. Expectations regarding MES are high, related to TQM, SIX Sigma, production scheduling or optimized material movements.This book describes the requirements for optimized Manufacturing Execution Systems. |
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Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES): Optimal Design, Planning, and Deployment $89.95 Implement Enterprise-Wide Manufacturing Execution Systems Solutions”The clearest exposition I have seen of the ideal anatomy of a production-oriented IT system. …Palatable to decision makers within an organization…IT professionals [and] academics in IT and operations management. …Useful and interesting.” —From the Foreword by Dr. Anand Paul, Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida, GainesvilleStreamline the production process from top-tier management to the plant floor using cutting-edge MES tools and techniques. Manufacturing Execution Systems shows, step-by-step, how to select hardware and software, develop implementation plans, and maintain an integrated MES solution across your entire enterprise. Learn how to maximize process capability, generate manufacturing intelligence, handle order fulfillment and QA, and ensure optimal ROI. This practical guide includes real-world case studies, predictions for the future of production-oriented IT systems, and detailed technical appendices.Understand and apply MES, CPM, and integration conceptsAnalyze and assess the advantages of different MES solutionsDynamically map and model your facility, from supply chain to outputManage plant data, business information, and standards compliance Increase production efficiency using TQM and Lean techniquesCarry out production flow-oriented design and sequence planningGovern order fulfillment, quality control, and plant maintenance Incorporate human resources, ERP, and product lifecycle information |
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Mawson’s Will $15.99 MAWSON’S WILL is the dramatic story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls “the most outstanding solo journey ever recorded in Antarctic history.” For weeks in Antarctica, Douglas Mawson faced some of the most daunting conditions ever known to man: blistering wind, snow, and cold; loss of his companion, his dogs and supplies, the skin on his hands and the soles of his feet; thirst, starvation, disease, snowblindness – and he survived. Sir Douglas Mawson is remembered as the young Australian who would not go to the South Pole with Robert Scott in 1911, choosing instead to lead his own expedition on the less glamorous mission of charting nearly 1,500 miles of Antarctic coastline and claiming its resources for the British Crown. His party of three set out through the mountains across glaciers in 60-mile-per-hour winds. Six weeks and 320 miles out, one man fell into a crevasse, along with the tent, most of the equipment, all of the dogs’ food, and all except a week’s supply of the men’s provisions.Mawson’s Will is the unforgettable story of one man’s ingenious practicality and unbreakable spirit and how he continued his meticulous scientific observations even in the face of death. When the expedition was over, Mawson had added more territory to the Antarctic map than anyone else of his time. Thanks to Bickel’s moving account, Mawson can be remembered for the vision and dedication that make him one of the world’s great explorers. |
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Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age $8.99 "Magnanimity is in short supply," writes A. C. Grayling is this wonderfully incisive book, "but it is the main ingredient in everything that makes the world a better place" And indeed Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age is itself a generous, insightful, wide-ranging, magnanimous inquiry into the philosophical and ethical questions that bear most strongly on the human condition. Containing nearly fifty linked commentaries on topics ranging from love, lying, perseverance, revenge, racism, religion, history, loyalty, health, and leisure, Meditations for the Humanist does not offer definitive statements but rather prompts to reflection. These brief essays serve as springboards to the kind of thoughtful examination without which, as Socrates famously claimed, life is not worth living. As Graying notes in his introduction, "It is not necessary to arrive at polished theories on all these subjects, but it is necessary to give them at least a modicum of thought if one’s life is to have some degree of shape and direction." The book is divided into three sections-Virtues and Attributes, Foes and Fallacies, and Amenities and Goods-and within these sections essays are grouped into related clusters. But each piece can be read alone and each is characterized by brevity, wit, and a liveliness of mind that recalls the best of Montaigne and Samuel Johnson. Grayling’s own perspective on these subjects is broadened and deepened by liberal quotations from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Byron, Twain, Proust, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many others. For those wishing to explore ethical issues outside the framework of organized religious belief, Meditations for the Humanist offers an inviting map to the country of philosophical reflection. |
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Nature’s Chemicals: The Natural Products that Shaped Our World $44.95 Natural Products (NPs) is the term used to describe the hundreds of thousands of chemical compounds or substances that are continually produced by living organisms (plants and microbes). Hundreds of millions of tons of these chemicals are generated annually, and the trade in just a few of these has dominated human economic activity for thousands of years. Indeed the current world geopolitical map has been shaped by attempts to control the supply of a few of these compounds. Every day of our lives each human spends time and money trying to procure the NPs of their choice. However, despite their overwhelming influence on human culture, they remain poorly understood. Yet a knowledge of NPs can help in our search for new drugs, further the debate about GM manipulation, help us address environmental pollution, and enable a better understanding of drug trafficking.Nature’s Chemicals is the first book to describe Natural Products (NPs) in an evolutionary context, distilling the few simple principles that govern the way in which organisms (including humans) have evolved to produce, cope with, or respond to NPs. It neatly synthesizes a widely dispersed literature and provides a general picture of NPs, encompassing evolution, history, ecology, and environmental issues (along with some deeper theory relevant to biochemistry), with the goal of enabling a wider section of the scientific community to fully appreciate the crucial importance of Natural Products to human culture and future survival. |
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Nature’s Chemicals: The Natural Products that Shaped Our World $65 Natural Products (NPs) is the term used to describe the hundreds of thousands of chemical compounds or substances that are continually produced by living organisms (plants and microbes). Hundreds of millions of tons of these chemicals are generated annually, and the trade in just a few of these has dominated human economic activity for thousands of years. Indeed the current world geopolitical map has been shaped by attempts to control the supply of a few of these compounds. Every day of our lives each human spends time and money trying to procure the NPs of their choice. However, despite their overwhelming influence on human culture, they remain poorly understood. Yet a knowledge of NPs can help in our search for new drugs, further the debate about GM manipulation, help us address environmental pollution, and enable a better understanding of drug trafficking.Nature’s Chemicals is the first book to describe Natural Products (NPs) in an evolutionary context, distilling the few simple principles that govern the way in which organisms (including humans) have evolved to produce, cope with, or respond to NPs. It neatly synthesizes a widely dispersed literature and provides a general picture of NPs, encompassing evolution, history, ecology, and environmental issues (along with some deeper theory relevant to biochemistry), with the goal of enabling a wider section of the scientific community to fully appreciate the crucial importance of Natural Products to human culture and future survival. |
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Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization $11.99  In The Journey of Man, renowned geneticist and anthropologist Spencer Wells traced human evolution back to our earliest ancestors, creating a remarkable and readable map of our distant past. Now, in his thrilling new book, he examines our cultural inheritance in order to find the turning point that led us to the path we are on today, one he believes we must veer from in order to survive.Pandora’s Seed takes us on a powerful and provocative globe-trotting tour of human history, back to a seminal event roughly ten thousand years ago, when our species made a radical shift in its way of life: We became farmers rather than hunter-gatherers, setting in motion a momentous chain of events that could not have been foreseen at the time.Although this decision to control our own food supply is what propelled us into the modern world, Wells demonstrates—using the latest genetic and anthropological data—that such a dramatic shift in lifestyle had a downside that we’re only now beginning to recognize. Growing grain crops ultimately made humans more sedentary and unhealthy and made the planet more crowded. The expanding population and the need to apportion limited resources such as water created hierarchies and inequalities. The desire to control—and no longer cooperate with—nature altered the concept of religion, making deities fewer and more influential, foreshadowing today’s fanaticisms. The proximity of humans and animals bred diseases that metastasized over time. Freedom of movement and choice were replaced by a pressure to work that is the forebear of the anxiety and depression millions feel today. Wells offers a hopeful prescription for altering a life to which we were always ill suited, recommending that we change our priorities and self-destructive appetites before it’s too late.A riveting and accessible scientific detective story, Pandora’s Seed is an eye-opening book for |
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Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization $24.99  In The Journey of Man, renowned geneticist and anthropologist Spencer Wells traced human evolution back to our earliest ancestors, creating a remarkable and readable map of our distant past. Now, in his thrilling new book, he examines our cultural inheritance in order to find the turning point that led us to the path we are on today, one he believes we must veer from in order to survive.Pandora’s Seed takes us on a powerful and provocative globe-trotting tour of human history, back to a seminal event roughly ten thousand years ago, when our species made a radical shift in its way of life: We became farmers rather than hunter-gatherers, setting in motion a momentous chain of events that could not have been foreseen at the time.Although this decision to control our own food supply is what propelled us into the modern world, Wells demonstrates—using the latest genetic and anthropological data—that such a dramatic shift in lifestyle had a downside that we’re only now beginning to recognize. Growing grain crops ultimately made humans more sedentary and unhealthy and made the planet more crowded. The expanding population and the need to apportion limited resources such as water created hierarchies and inequalities. The desire to control—and no longer cooperate with—nature altered the concept of religion, making deities fewer and more influential, foreshadowing today’s fanaticisms. The proximity of humans and animals bred diseases that metastasized over time. Freedom of movement and choice were replaced by a pressure to work that is the forebear of the anxiety and depression millions feel today. Wells offers a hopeful prescription for altering a life to which we were always ill suited, recommending that we change our priorities and self-destructive appetites before it’s too late.A riveting and accessible scientific detective story, Pandora’s Seed is an eye-opening book for |
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Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization $26  In The Journey of Man, renowned geneticist and anthropologist Spencer Wells traced human evolution back to our earliest ancestors, creating a remarkable and readable map of our distant past. Now, in his thrilling new book, he examines our cultural inheritance in order to find the turning point that led us to the path we are on today, one he believes we must veer from in order to survive.Pandora’s Seed takes us on a powerful and provocative globe-trotting tour of human history, back to a seminal event roughly ten thousand years ago, when our species made a radical shift in its way of life: We became farmers rather than hunter-gatherers, setting in motion a momentous chain of events that could not have been foreseen at the time.Although this decision to control our own food supply is what propelled us into the modern world, Wells demonstrates—using the latest genetic and anthropological data—that such a dramatic shift in lifestyle had a downside that we’re only now beginning to recognize. Growing grain crops ultimately made humans more sedentary and unhealthy and made the planet more crowded. The expanding population and the need to apportion limited resources such as water created hierarchies and inequalities. The desire to control—and no longer cooperate with—nature altered the concept of religion, making deities fewer and more influential, foreshadowing today’s fanaticisms. The proximity of humans and animals bred diseases that metastasized over time. Freedom of movement and choice were replaced by a pressure to work that is the forebear of the anxiety and depression millions feel today. Wells offers a hopeful prescription for altering a life to which we were always ill suited, recommending that we change our priorities and self-destructive appetites before it’s too late.A riveting and accessible scientific detective story, Pandora’s Seed is an eye-opening book for |
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Proteomic identification of novel regulators and effectors of osmoadaptation and autophagy of model filamentous fungi Aspergillus nidulans. $49.99 The Aspergilli are important filamentous fungi to study, being simultaneously both extremely helpful and harmful to human. Here, we characterize the proteomics of the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans during autophagy, a key cellular process which, when strategically manipulated, can help harness the benefits of fungi and downplay their detrimental effects. Autophagy (more specifically, macroautophagy) is an important cellular mechanism by which cells degrade and recycle portions of the cytosol when there is limited nutrient supply. Autophagy is highly conserved from yeast to man, and thus our study here have broad implications to all eukaryotes. Currently, only a few studies exist that characterized autophagy in fungi. We thus employed proteomic analysis, a systems biology tool which provides a panoptic, large-scale profiling of protein expression level changes, to better understand fungal autophagy. Thus, the broad goal here is to utilize proteomic analysis to develop a better fundamental understanding of protein expression associated with autophagy in filamentous fungi.;We first established one of the first A. nidulans proteome map. Osmoadaptation, a relatively better understood stress response than autophagy, was used to validate our proteomic approach. Our analysis also identified novel proteins that are implicated for the first time to be linked with osmoadaptation. Next, we studied the proteomic difference between two known inducers of autophagy, carbon-starvation and rapamycin treatment. Our data suggests that some effectors are shared between the rapamycin-regulated pathways and carbon-starvation regulated pathways (e.g. polar growth, cell wall degradation), that the mechanism by which they are regulated are different (e.g. 14-3-3 ArtA involved in regulating polar growth during carbon-starvation but not during rapamycin treatment), and that there are other effectors that are distinct between the two (e.g. reduced amino acid biosynthesis only observed in |
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RFID in the Supply Chain $60 A practical guide to secure and cost-effective RFID installation for automatic identification data acquisitionFilled with real-world case studies, RFID in the Supply Chain discusses design principles behind software applications and offers information to help you decide whether, when, and how to use RFID technology for improving supply chain operations. The book emphasizes the need of proper RFID network design, data collection, and information organization for achieving the desired benefits of automatic identification data acquisition. This practical volume begins with an introduction and overview of RFID, and includes the three architecture layers to the EPC global standards: identify, capture, and exchange. The second part of the book presents the current issues and challenges that managers may face with RFID. Using multiple case studies, the third part brings to light successful RFID applications. The final part of the book provides a summary of RFID applications, a road map to successful RFID applications, and a look ahead. RFID in the Supply Chain Thoroughly explains the use of standards built around RFID Is written by an active researcher in RFID applications across multiple industries Offers practical case studies to illustrate various applications Benefits both business managers and RF engineers Covers all the components required for RFID (tags, readers, and software) plus security Includes a framework and road map to successful RFID applicationsComprehensive RFID coverage:RFID 101; EPCglobal: Overview & Standards; Challenges in Designing RFID Applications; RFID Security & Privacy; Business Analytics; Case Studies; Supply Chain Visibility (Retail; Pharmaceutical); Asset Visibility (Hospitals and Health Care; Capital Goods Tracking); Work in Progress Tracking; Library Management System; Returnable Asset Tracking; Summing it Up and Looking Ahead |
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Raleigh, North Carolina Map $130.02 Manufactured by Tuffy Maps,Other Format – Laminated, English-language edition,Pub by Map Supply, Incorporated |
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Real Estate Market Valuation and Analysis $19.83 What is a property worth, and why? If you’re a real estate professional or an investor in real estate, answering that question is critical. Real estate market valuation is influenced by a myriad of factors. Analysis is complex, but new data and analytical tools can enhance the process and make it much more scientific. This book covers market valuation and analysis of: single-family homes and condos, multi-unit rental property, retail/commercial real estate, office and industrial properties, lodging and tourism industry properties, and mixed-use real estate. It emphasizes the importance of understanding local trends rather than relying on regional or national research. In easy-to-understand language and with great examples, this comprehensive reference: Covers the analysis of local economies, the market (supply and demand for a particular type of property), marketability, feasibility, and investmentDescribes the three appraisal methods: cost, market or sales comparison, and incomeExplains how investment features, such as liquidity, leverage, risk, and marketability, affect valuationThroughout the book there are valuable resources that real estate professionals will refer to again and again, plus real-life case studies that demonstrate the importance of proper valuation.CD-ROM demonstrates the latest technology for viewing comprehensive valuation dataThe book is complete with a demo CD-ROM and insert from ArcView®, the leading GIS (geographical information systems) software package for the real estate and urban planning industry. It displays data (household income, population, crime statistics, etc.) on a map, enabling the user to see how areas are changing over time. ArcView® has been a prominent tool in government and urban planning, and is quickly becoming a core tool for the real estate industry.Joshua Kahr is the President of Kahr Real Estate Services, LLC, a consulting firm with |
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Real Estate Market Valuation and Analysis $80 What is a property worth, and why? If you’re a real estate professional or an investor in real estate, answering that question is critical. Real estate market valuation is influenced by a myriad of factors. Analysis is complex, but new data and analytical tools can enhance the process and make it much more scientific. This book covers market valuation and analysis of: single-family homes and condos, multi-unit rental property, retail/commercial real estate, office and industrial properties, lodging and tourism industry properties, and mixed-use real estate. It emphasizes the importance of understanding local trends rather than relying on regional or national research. In easy-to-understand language and with great examples, this comprehensive reference: Covers the analysis of local economies, the market (supply and demand for a particular type of property), marketability, feasibility, and investmentDescribes the three appraisal methods: cost, market or sales comparison, and incomeExplains how investment features, such as liquidity, leverage, risk, and marketability, affect valuationThroughout the book there are valuable resources that real estate professionals will refer to again and again, plus real-life case studies that demonstrate the importance of proper valuation.CD-ROM demonstrates the latest technology for viewing comprehensive valuation dataThe book is complete with a demo CD-ROM and insert from ArcView®, the leading GIS (geographical information systems) software package for the real estate and urban planning industry. It displays data (household income, population, crime statistics, etc.) on a map, enabling the user to see how areas are changing over time. ArcView® has been a prominent tool in government and urban planning, and is quickly becoming a core tool for the real estate industry.Joshua Kahr is the President of Kahr Real Estate Services, LLC, a consulting firm with |
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Return to Prosperity: How America Can Regain Its Economic Superpower Status $0.01 With the economy flat on its back, unemployment at a twenty-five-year high, and the housing default crisis still worsening, people are eager to learn how America can become the land of economic opportunity and prosperity again. While Keynesian economist Paul Krugman offered his analysis of the crisis in the New York Times bestselling book, The Return of Depression Economics and The Crisis of 2008, supply-side economist Arthur B. Laffer, who helped design the policies that pulled America out of the low-growth, high-inflation 1970s and put the economy on the track that led to twenty-five years of prosperity, presents a completely different prescription for restoring America’s economic health.Asserting that the Bush-Obama plan is a failure that has only produced a cascade of trillions of dollars of debt, Dr. Laffer identifies the common sense principles of good economic behavior and lays out the changes that must be made in Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Trade Policy, and Incomes Policy to get the U.S. economy growing again. The Way Back presents an urgently needed road map to recovery from one of America’s most distinguished and highly experienced economists. |
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Rowan of Rin (Rowan of Rin Series #1) $6.99 Because only he can read the magical map, young, weak, and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back. |
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SE Full Page Magnifier, 7 X11 , Bulk – 2X $1.75 Excellent Magnifying Reader that magnifies object 200 percent! For travel, home, and office. Perfect for map reading, text books, telephone books and much more. It is flexible and lays flat in a book, which can be used as a book marker. The size is 11” x 7”. Sells really well at: book stores, variety stores, department stores, internet sales, ebay stores, stand-alone websites, show dealers, markets, office supply stores as well. |
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Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 2TB 10/100/1000 Ethernet USB 2.0 RAID Network Attached Storage $349.99 The BlackArmor NAS 220 server is a small-business-specific network attached storage solution designed to provide centralized storage and data backup, helping to deliver business continuity for up to 20 PCs. Automatically backup business-critical data with RAID 1 mirroring, full-system backup, SafetyDrill+ bare metal recovery software and powerful hardware-based encryption. Performance that Keeps Pace with Your Business The BlackArmor NAS 220 storage server makes no compromises when it comes to hardware, with Seagate Barracuda drives, 800 MHZ processor, 128 MB RAM and Gigabit Ethernet port, you will experience incredible performance including read speeds of up to 40 MB/s in RAID 1 configuration. The BlackArmor NAS 220 storage server includes two energy efficient, reliable Seagate hard drives, which are user-replaceable, allowing you to upgrade to larger capacity drives as your business grows. Expansion The two rear-mounted USB 2.0 ports allow you to connect external USB hard drives for additional storage, easily share a USB printer with your network connected computers or connect an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) to safeguard from power failure. You re in Control In addition to the included software, the web-based management interface and BlackArmor Discovery Tool are also straightforward to use. The BlackArmor Discovery Tool allows you to get up and running quickly by displaying all of the BlackArmor NAS products connected to your network. From the Discovery Tool, with a single click, you can view or map shared volumes to your computer, access the web-based management interface or back up the PC you are working from. The BlackArmor NAS 220 storage server can also be managed remotely with DDNS, which can be configured from the web-based management interface or backup. The BlackArmor NAS 220 storage server can also function as an FTP server, allowing remote access to files. Using the web-based manageme |