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20621. |  By: Cyrill Harnischmacher Publisher: Rocky Nook Publication Date: 28-AUG-2008 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Digital Infrared Photography
To record the "invisible light" has always been an intriguing and fascinating experiment. The infrared part of the light spectrum is outside the range of what the human eye can see, but with a digital camera, we are able to record only this "invisible light" while blocking the "visible" part. The results are often unusual, yet beautiful, renderings of otherwise fairly common scenes.
Since as far back as the 1960 's artists have experimented with analog infrared photography, as seen on the album covers of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa. But as we enter the digital age, new equipment and...
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20622. |  THE SIX SIGMA WAY: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance By: Peter S. Pande; Robert P. Neuman; Roland R. Cavanagh Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Publication Date: 27-APR-2000 Insert Date: 08-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: THE SIX SIGMA WAY: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance
Six Sigma is a data-driven management system with near-perfect-performance objectives that has been employed to acclaim at leading corporations like General Electric. Its name is derived from the eye-catching statistical target of operating with no more than 3.4 defects per one million chances, but Peter Pande, Robert Neuman, and Roland Cavanagh--associates in a firm providing Six Sigma implementation, training, and management services--contend its principles can be applied in businesses of all types to routinely reduce costs, improve productivity, increase market share, and achieve other...
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20623. |  Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep: Exam CX-310-202, Part II By: Bill Calkins Publisher: Pearson Certification Publication Date: 06-MAY-2009 Insert Date: 07-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep: Exam CX-310-202, Part II Solaris 10 System Administration Part II
Exam CX-310-202
Bill Calkins
In this book you’ll learn Advanced
Topics in Solaris 10
System Administration for SPARC and
x86-based systems including:
Administering the network environment in Solaris 10
Setting up RAID metadevices using SVM
Configuring ZFS storage pools and file systems
Configuring and administering Solaris zones and containers
Administering virtual file systems and swap space
Creating and administering user and Role-Based access accounts
(RBAC)
Using advanced installation tools to install, clone,...
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20624. |  By: Olav Martin Kvern; David Blatner Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 19-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 07-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Real World Adobe InDesign CS4 Adobe InDesign is a full-fledged, sophisticated program, tightly
integrated with the other Adobe industry leading graphics and Web
programs in the Creative Suite. It's the essential tool for anyone
doing page layout and design.
Real World Adobe InDesign CS4 offers industrial-strength and
time-saving techniques for design professionals who need to start
laying out, proofing, and printing pages with InDesign CS4, without
missing a beat (or a deadline!) in their fast-paced production
cycles. Design pros will find everything they need here to
successfully master InDesign's advanced page...
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20625. |  The 1-2-3 Money Plan: The Three Most Important Steps to Saving and Spending Smart By: Gregory Karp Publisher: FT Press Publication Date: 06-MAY-2009 Insert Date: 07-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The 1-2-3 Money Plan: The Three Most Important Steps to Saving and Spending Smart 100% Practical, 100% Specific Financial
Advice Everyone Can Use: Exactly What to Do and Exactly How to Do
It
“Greg Karp makes managing your money
as easy as 1-2-3. He offers sensible, time-tested advice to help
you make smart decisions and get your finances on track.”
--Liz Pulliam Weston, “The
most-read personal finance columnist on the Internet”
(Nielsen//NetRatings), author of Easy Money, Your Credit
Score, and Deal with Your Debt
“I love this book. Greg’s simple
strategies push you to be smart with your dough and act right
away.”
--Clark Howard, The Clark Howard
Show
“Within one...
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20626. |  By: Andrew Mason Publisher: Cisco Press Publication Date: 17-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 07-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: CCSP SNRS Quick Reference As a final exam preparation tool, the
CCSP SNRS Quick Reference provides a concise review of all
objectives on the SNRS exam (642-504). This digital Short Cut
provides you with detailed, graphical-based information,
highlighting only the key topics in cram-style format.
With this document as your guide, you will
review topics on securing networks using Cisco routers and
switches. This fact-filled Quick Reference allows you to get
all-important information at a glance, helping you focus your study
on areas of weakness and to enhance memory retention of essential
exam concepts....
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20627. |  Color Management in Digital Photography: Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop By: Brad Hinkel Publisher: Rocky Nook Publication Date: 05-DEC-2006 Insert Date: 07-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Color Management in Digital Photography: Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop
Color management is one of the essential elements, yet major stumbling blocks in digital photography. The vast majority of digital photographers really wish they didn't have to be concerned with color management, yet the basic process of moving images from capture to print becomes impractical without it. And the more sophisticated the photography workflow becomes, the more important it is to manage colors from capture to print.
In this book, Brad Hinkel simplifies the language of color management. It is based on classes and workshops the author has given to hundreds of students of...
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20628. |  CISSP Exam Cram, Second Edition By: Michael Gregg Publisher: Pearson Certification Publication Date: 10-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: CISSP Exam Cram, Second Edition Updated for 2009
Covers the critical information you’ll
need to know to score higher on your CISSP exam!
Build and manage an effective, integrated security
architecture
Systematically protect your physical facilities and the IT
resources they contain
Implement and administer access control
Use cryptography to help guarantee data integrity,
confidentiality, and authenticity
Secure networks, Internet connections, and communications
Make effective business continuity and disaster recovery plans,
and execute them successfully
Address today’s essential legal, regulatory,...
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20629. | Overview: SharePoint® 2007 How-To SharePoint® 2007 How-To
Ishai Sagi
Real Solutions for SharePoint Users
SharePoint 2007 How-To delivers
quick, to-the-point answers to common problems and tasks in
SharePoint 2007. You’ll find answers to the most common
end-user tasks, as well as some of the more complex problems and
tasks faced by content and site managers. From the basics of
navigating a site, to more complex tasks such as customizing a site
and managing site security, SharePoint 2007 How-To is a
focused resource that provides access to all the answers you
need—now!
Fast, Accurate, and Easy to Use!
. Discover all...
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20630. |  Facebook Me!: A Guide to Having Fun with Your Friends and Promoting Your Projects on Facebook By: Dave Awl Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 06-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Facebook Me!: A Guide to Having Fun with Your Friends and Promoting Your Projects on Facebook So you’ve heard about Facebook—maybe your friends
have invited you to join or it’s the hot topic around the
water cooler—but you’re not sure what it’s all
about. Relax and join in. There are more than 110 million members
of Facebook these days, and adults are the fastest-growing segment
of users. And it’s about more than just kid stuff; Facebook
can actually be a good business tool as well as a great way to
promote creative projects. In Facebook Me! Dave Awl shows
you around the newly redesigned Facebook and helps you take full
advantage of all it has to offer, while helping you avoid some...
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20631. |  CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration A Process Improvement Approach By: Ralf Kneuper Publisher: Rocky Nook Publication Date: 28-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration A Process Improvement Approach
CMMI is a well-known and standardized model for assessing and improving software and systems development processes. It can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization. CMMI was developed at the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI). The current version, 1.2, was published in 2006 and is being adopted worldwide.
This book provides hands-on experience and will help the reader to gain an understanding of CMMI. It is an introduction to the model and its fundamental ideas. Through numerous examples, it helps the reader to get...
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20632. |  Java Application Development for CICS By: Chris Rayns; George Burgess; Scott Clee; Tom Grieve; John Taylor; Yun Peng Ge; Guo Qiang Li; Qian Zhang; Derek Wen Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 24-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 05-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Java Application Development for CICS We wrote this IBM® Redbooks publication for clients who
implement the Java™ language support that is provided by
CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS® V3.2. Our prime
audience is CICS and z/OS system programmers who provide support
for Java application development and Java application programmers
who need a gentle introduction to Java development for CICS.
In this book, we assume that you have knowledge of z/OS, CICS,
UNIX® System Services, and Java.
We start by reviewing the basic concepts of the z/OS, CICS TS
V3.2, and Java environments, and introduce new terminology. We...
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20633. |  When Search Meets Web Usability Publisher: New Riders Publication Date: 25-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 04-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: When Search Meets Web Usability This book delivers a proactive approach to building an effective
Web site that is search engine friendly and will result in better
search rankings. It outlines the steps needed to bridge the gap
between a Google search and a Web site, and also improve the users'
experience once they get to the site. By understanding the wide
variety of information-seeking strategies and the individual
behaviors associated with them, this book helps information
architects, Web designers/developers, SEOs/SEMs, and usability
professionals build better interfaces and functionality into Web
sites. Creating a...
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20634. |  Multitenant Utility Computing on IBM Power Systems Running AIX By: Chris Almond; Paulo Cesar Chiquito; Carlos Henrique Fachim; Sehee Kim; Masahiko Okajima; Pauli RŠmš Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 18-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 03-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Multitenant Utility Computing on IBM Power Systems Running AIX This IBM® Redbooks® publication presents concepts,
considerations, and high level deployment examples for technical
professionals who design and operate multitenant utility computing
environments hosted on IBM System p® and IBM AIX®
Enterprise Edition. AIX Enterprise Edition brings together IBM
enterprise management capabilities from Power Systems™, IBM
AIX, and Tivoli® Software to provide a powerful set of
integrated functions for infrastructure management in multitenant
utility computing environments.
In this book, we focus on the following topics:
* Using System p, IBM AIX 6,...
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20635. |  SAN Volume Controller Best Practices and Performance Guidelines By: Jon Tate; Katja Gebuhr; Alex Howell; Nik Kjeldsen Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 07-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 03-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: SAN Volume Controller Best Practices and Performance Guidelines This IBM Redbooks publication captures several of
the best practices based on field experience and describes the
performance gains that can be achieved by implementing the IBM
System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC).
This book is intended for extremely experienced storage, SAN,
and SVC administrators and technicians.
Readers are expected to have an advanced knowledge of the SVC
and SAN environment, and we recommend these books as background
reading:
?IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller, SG24?6423
?Introduction to Storage Area Networks, SG24?5470
?Using the SVC for...
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20636. |  Oracle Database 10g Linux Administration By: Edward Whalen Publisher: Oracle Press Publication Date: 06-OCT-2005 Insert Date: 03-MAR-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Oracle Database 10g Linux Administration
Oracle's Mr. Linux details everything from installing the OS (Red Hat and United Linux) to installing the database to debugging and troubleshooting to performance, availability, and scalability. Wim is the Director of Linux Engineering at Oracle.
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20637. |  Successful Project Management, Second Edition By: Larry Richman Publisher: AMACOM Publication Date: 30-DEC-2004 Insert Date: 28-FEB-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Successful Project Management, Second Edition Project management has emerged as the premier solution to today?s organizational challenges. Project managers deliver success by using a structured approach to project planning, sourcing, decision-making and control. Successful Project Management, Second Edition, is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to virtually every aspect of managing your project?from initial planning to final review. Focusing on practical application, this course enables you to acquire the concepts and tools you need to plan, manage, and deliver project success. This edition delivers the knowledge, skills, and...
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20638. |  Apple Training Series: iWork ’08 By: Richard Harrington; RHED Pixel Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 17-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 28-FEB-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apple Training Series: iWork ’08 iWork 08
Keynote, Pages, Numbers
Apple's enhanced iWork productivity suite is poised to allow Mac
users to create, present, and publish their work with style. iWork
'08 offers three powerful applications—Pages ’08,
Keynote ’08, and the brand-new spreadsheet program, Numbers
'08—for creating everything from newsletters and stationery
to polished business presentations to graphics-rich
spreadsheets.
This self-paced learning guide, which includes a companion CD
jam-packed with practical media files, takes readers step-by-step
through essential, real-life tasks for home and office that...
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20639. |  Experience Java EE! Using WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1 By: Ueli Wahli; Charles P Brown; Steven Calello; Rafael Coutinho; Patrick Gan; Cedric Hurst; Maan Mehta Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 18-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Experience Java EE! Using WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1 This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a hands-on guide to
developing a comprehensive Java™ EE application using
WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition v2.1 (WASCE),
including core functions, security, Web services, and
messaging.
Novice users are thus able to experience Java EE, and advance
from theoretical knowledge gained by reading introductory material
to practical knowledge gained by implementing a real-life
application.
Experience is one stage in gaining and applying knowledge, but
there are additional stages needed to complete the knowledge
acquisition cycle. This...
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20640. |  Certification Study Guide: IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Version 5.0 By: Axel Buecker; Vladimir Jeremic Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 19-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Certification Study Guide: IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Version 5.0 This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a study guide for
the "IBM Certified Deployment Professional - IBM Tivoli®
Identity Manager V5.0" certification test, test number 934, and is
meant for those who want to achieve IBM Certifications for this
specific product.
The IBM Certified Deployment Professional - IBM Tivoli Identity
Manager V5.0 certification, offered through the Professional
Certification Program from IBM, is designed to validate the skills
required of technical professionals who work in the implementation
of the IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Version 5.0 product.
This book...
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