< 29 gifts: how a month of giving can change your life.(IN PRINT)(Book review): An article from: Momentum >
Cami Walker







price:$9.95
National Multiple Sclerosis Society(2010-08-24)
Available for download now customer 's reviewThis digital document is an article from Momentum, published by National Multiple Sclerosis Society on June 22, 2010. The length of the article is 369 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details Title:29 gifts: how a month of giving can change your life.(IN PRINT)(Book review) Author:Cami Walker Publication:Momentum(Magazine/Journal) Date:June 22, 2010 Publisher:National Multiple Sclerosis Society Volume:3Issue:3Page:53(1)
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< Yunus, Muhammad: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism.: An article from: Mensaje >
Gonzalo Arroyo







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Residencia San Roberto Bellarmino(2009-05-28)
Available for download now customer 's reviewThis digital document is an article from Mensaje, published by Residencia San Roberto Bellarmino on August 1, 2008. The length of the article is 1146 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details Title:Yunus, Muhammad: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism. Author:Gonzalo Arroyo Publication:Mensaje(Magazine/Journal) Date:August 1, 2008 Publisher:Residencia San Roberto Bellarmino Volume:57Issue:571Page:58(2)
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< SQL Pocket Guide >
Jonathan Gennick

price:$11.99
O'Reilly Media(2008-08-05)
Available for download now customer 's reviewSQL is the language of databases. It's used to create and maintain database objects, place data into those objects, query the data, modify the data, and, finally, delete data that is no longer needed. Databases lie at the heart of many, if not most business applications. Chances are very good that if you're involved with software development, you're using SQL to some degree. And if you're using SQL, you should own a good reference or two. Now available in an updated second edition, our very popularSQL Pocket Guideis a major help to programmers, database administrators, and everyone who uses SQL in their day-to-day work. TheSQL Pocket Guideis a concise reference to frequently used SQL statements and commonly used SQL functions. Not just an endless collection of syntax diagrams, this portable guide addresses the language's complexity head on and leads by example. The information in this edition has been updated to reflect the latest versions of the most commonly used SQL variants including: - Oracle Database 10g, Release 2 (including the free Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE))
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- MySQL 5
- IBM DB2 8.2
- PostreSQL 8.1 database
< Making Things Happen >
Scott Berkun

price:$31.99
O'Reilly Media(2008-04-24)
Available for download now customer 's reviewIn the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of projects everywhere.
Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Internet Explorer, and lead program manager for Windows and MSN, Berkun explains to technical and non-technical readers alike what it takes to get through a large software or web development project.Making Things Happendoesn't cite specific methods, but focuses on philosophy and strategy. Unlike other project management books, Berkun offers personal essays in a comfortable style and easy tone that emulate the relationship of a wise project manager who gives good, entertaining and passionate advice to those who ask.
Topics in this new edition include:- How to make things happen
- Making good decisions
- Specifications and requirements
- Ideas and what to do with them
- How not to annoy people
- Leadership and trust
- The truth about making dates
- What to do when things go wrong
Complete with a new forward from the author and a discussion guide for forming reading groups/teams,Making Things Happenoffers in-depth exercises to help you apply lessons from the book to your job. It is inspiring, funny, honest, and compelling, and definitely the one book that you and your team need to have within arm's reach throughout the life of your project.
Coming from the rare perspective of someone who fought difficult battles on Microsoft's biggest projects and taught project design and management for MSTE, Microsoft's internal best practices group, this is valuable advice indeed. It will serve you well with your current work, and on future projects to come.
Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Microsoft’s biggest projects, Berkun explains to technical and non-technical readers alike what it takes to lead critical projects from start to finish. Here are 16 chapters on the critical and common challenges of leading projects and managing teams, diagrams, photography, and war stories of success and failure. Berkun offers practical tools and methods to make sure your projects succeed. What To Do When Things Go Wrong FromMaking Things Happen, Chapter 11
1. Calm down.Nothing makes a situation worse than basing your actions on fear, anger, or frustration. If something bad happens to you, you will have these emotions whether you’re aware of them or not. They will also influence your thinking and behavior whether you’re aware of it or not. (Rule of thumb: the less aware you are of your feelings, the more vulnerable you are to them influencing you.) Don’t flinch or overreact—be patient, keep breathing, and pay attention.
2. Evaluate the problem in relation to the project.Just because someone else thinks the sky has fallen doesn’t mean that it has. Is this really a problem at all? Whose problem is it? How much of the project (or its goals) is at risk or may need to change because of this situation: 5%? 20%? 90%? Put things in perspective. Will anyone die because of this mistake (you’re not a brain surgeon, are you?)? Will any cities be leveled? Plagues delivered on the innocent? Help everyone frame the problem to the right emotional and intellectual scale. Ask tons of questions and get people thinking rather than reacting. Work to eliminate assumptions. Make sure you have a tangible understanding of the problem and its true impact. Then, prioritize: emergency (now!), big concern (today), minor concern (this or next week), bogus (never). Know how long your fuse is to respond and prioritize this new issue against all existing work. If it’s a bogus issue, make sure whoever cried wolf learns some new questions to ask before raising the red flag again.
3. Calm down again.Now that you know something about the problem, you might really get upset (“How could those idiots lethappen!?”). Find a way to express emotions safely: scream at the sky, workout at the gym, or talk to a friend. But do express them. Know what works for you, and use it. Then return to the problem. Not only do you need to be calm to make good decisions, but you need your team to be calm. Pay attention to who is upset and help them calm down. Humor, candor, food, and drink are good places to start. Being calm and collected yourself goes a long way toward calming others. And taking responsibility for the situation (see the later section “Take responsibility”), regardless of whose fault it was, accelerates a team’s recovery from a problem.
4. Get the right people in the roomAny major problem won’t impact you alone. Identify who else is most responsible, knowledgeable, and useful and get them in together straight away. Pull them out of other meetings and tasks: if it’s urgent, act with urgency, and interrupt anything that stands in your way. Sit them down, close the door, and run through what you learned in step 2. Keep this group small; the more complex the issue, the smaller the group should be. Also, consider that (often) you might not be part of this group: get the people in the room, communicate the problem, and then delegate. Offer your support, but get out of their way (seriously—leave the room if you’re not needed). Clearly identify who is in charge for driving this issue to resolution, whether it’s you or someone else.
5. Explore alternatives.After answering any questions and clarifying the situation, figure out what your options are. Sometimes this might take some research: delegate it out. Make sure it’s flagged as urgent if necessary; don’t ever assume people understand how urgent something is. Be as specific as possible in your expectation for when answers are needed.
6. Make the simplest plan.Weigh the options, pick the best choice, and make a simple plan. The best available choice is the best available choice, no matter how much it sucks (a crisis is not the time for idealism). The more urgent the issue, the simpler your plan. The bigger the hole you’re in, the more direct your path out of it should be. Break the plan into simple steps to make sure no one gets confused. Identify two lists of people: those whose approval you need for the plan, and those who need to be informed of the plan before it is executed. Go to the first group, present the plan, consider their feedback, and get their support. Then communicate that information to the second group.
7. Execute.Make it happen. Ensure whoever is doing the work was involved in the process and has an intimate understanding of why he’s doing it. There is no room for assumption or ambiguity. Have specific checkpoints (hourly, daily, weekly) to make sure the plan has the desired effect and to force you and others in power to consider any additional effort that needs to be spent on this issue. If new problems do arise, start over at step 1.
8. Debrief.After the fire is out, get the right people in the room and generate a list of lessons learned. (This group may be different from the right people in step 4 because you want to include people impacted by, but not involved in, the decision process.) Ask the question:“What can we do next time to avoid this?” The bigger the issue, the more answers you’ll have to this question. Prioritize the list. Consider who should be responsible for making sure each of the first few items happens.
< Barry Lyndon >
William Makepeace Thackeray

price:$27.95
Babblebooks
Usually ships in 24 hours customer 's reviewThe unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 11.8 hours (slow), 10.8 hours (medium), 9.8 hours (fast). An Irish knave progresses to rogue. His rollicking, wildly funny memoirs recount battles, card-playing and court intrigues.
< Excel 2007: The Missing Manual >
Matthew MacDonald

price:$31.99
Pogue Press(2007-02-06)
Available for download now customer 's reviewMicrosoft Excel continues to grow in power, sophistication, and capability, but one thing that has changed very little since the early '90s is its user interface. The once-simple toolbar has been packed with so many features over the years that few users know where to find them all. Microsoft has addressed this problem in Excel 2007 by radically redesigning the user interface with a tabbed toolbar that makes every feature easy to locate and use. Unfortunately, Microsoft's documentation is as scant as ever, so even if users can find advanced features, they probably won't know what to do with them.Excel 2007: The Missing Manualcovers the entire gamut of how to build spreadsheets, add and format information, print reports, create charts and graphics, and use basic formulas and functions. Like its siblings in the Missing Manual series, this book crackles with a fine sense of humor and refreshing objectivity about its subject, guiding readers through the new Excel with clear explanations, step-by-step instructions, lots of illustrations, and friendly, time-saving advice. It's a perfect primer for small businesses with no techie to turn to, as well as those who want to organize household and office information.
< Beach Road >
< Sail >
< Lifeguard >
< You've Been Warned >
< The Beach House >
< Private >
James Patterson

price:$49.99
Findaway World
Usually ships in 24 hours customer 's reviewPlayaway is the simplest way to listen to a book on the go. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, it comes with the audio content already on it and a battery to make it play. No Cassettes. No CDs. No Downloads. Simply plug in the earphones and enjoy. Tom Dunleavy has a one-man (and one-dog) law firm in the richest resort town in America legendary East Hampton, summer home to billionaires and megacelebrities. But his job barely keeps him in paper clips. His clients come from the year-rounders he grew up with, the people who make a living serving the rich. The movie moguls, models, and corporate honchos who swarm the beaches every summer already have lawyers on their payroll. Rerations < Beach Road >
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< The Budget Kit : The Common Cents Money Management Workbook >
Judy Lawrence

price:$16.95
AdvisorWorks(2003-04-01)
Available for download now customer 's reviewSimply having money does not necessarily guarantee your ability to manage it. In an age of information overload, many of us simply don't have the time, knowledge or organizational skills to set up a simple, functional system for managing our daily, monthly and yearly finances. That's where The Budget Kit comes in - practical, comprehensive and easy-to-use, this bestselling classic shows you how to put your financial house in order and take the first steps toward financial independence. Even if you are using a financial software program, you will find the concepts in The Budget Kit to be essential to your understanding of budgeting. Whether you make $30,000 or $100,000, if you follow the guidelines in this manual, you will be well on your way to creating the freedom and ability to achieve your personal and financial goals.
< Stuff: the secret lives of everyday things.: An article from: The Futurist >
John C. Ryan,Alan Thein Durning







price:$5.95
World Future Society(2005-07-28)
Available for download now customer 's reviewThis digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on March 1, 1998. The length of the article is 2692 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: Individuals can minimize the environmental impact of high consumption by examining closely the things that are consumed daily. Tracing the history of a cup of coffee, for example, presents alternative consumption behavior that is protective of the environment.
Citation Details Title:Stuff: the secret lives of everyday things. Author:John C. Ryan Publication:The Futurist(Magazine/Journal) Date:March 1, 1998 Publisher:World Future Society Volume:v32Issue:n2Page:p26(4)
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< The Creation Answer Book >
Hank Hanegraaff







price:$12.59
Oasis Audio(2012-07-01)
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