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All about astronauts [videorecording] : All about cowboys / by Bell Canyon Entertainment Group.; Bottom Line Productions.; GoodTimes Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)356385;
DVD.
Subjects: DVD-Video discs.; Astronauts; Cowboys;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The map and the territory : risk, human nature, and the future of forecasting / by Greenspan, Alan,1926-(CARDINAL)141627;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Animal spirits -- The crisis begins, intensifies, and abates -- The roots of crisis -- Stock prices and equity stimulus -- Finance and regulation -- Schooner intelligence and then some -- Uncertainty undermines investment -- Productivity : the ultimate measure of economic success -- Productivity and the age of entitlements -- Culture -- The onset of globalization, income inequality, and the rise of the gini and the crony -- Money and inflation -- Buffers -- The bottom line.Explains how the financial crisis has challenged fundamental assumptions about leading economic models, drawing on twenty-first-century technologies and the expertise of behavioral economists to outline new forecasting practices.
Subjects: Economic forecasting.; Economic forecasting; Financial crises; Risk.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 11
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The truth about organic gardening : benefits, drawbacks, and the bottom line / by Gillman, Jeff,1969-(CARDINAL)473084;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-201) and index.Organic basics -- What is organic gardening? -- How organic is organic enough? -- History of organic growing -- Understanding pesticides -- The label -- Pesticide delivery -- Environmental impact quotients (EIQs) and toxicological effects -- Soil enrichment and fertilization -- Choices free of synthetic chemicals -- Choices that include synthetic chemicals -- The best choices for you -- Weed control -- Choices free of synthetic chemicals -- Synthetic herbicides -- The best choices for you -- Insect control -- Organic cultural practices -- Traps and barriers -- Beneficial insects and other organisms -- Organic insecticides -- Synthetic insecticides -- Practices designed to increase pesticide efficacy -- The best choices for you -- Disease control -- Organic cultural practices -- Organic chemicals for disease control -- Synthetic chemicals for disease control -- The best choices for you -- Controlling birds, deer, rodents, and mollusks -- Bird control: the organic choices -- Bird control: the synthetic choices -- Deer control -- Rodent control: the organic choices -- Rodent control: the synthetic choices -- Slug and snail control: the organic choices -- Slug and snail control: the synthetic choices -- The best choices for you -- Organic practices and our ecosystem -- Environmental benefits -- Environmental drawbacks -- What to do? -- The question of organic food -- Pesticide residues -- Nutrition -- Contamination -- Antioxidants -- What to do?Provides an introduction to organic gardening, and rates the safety and effectiveness of over one hundred organic and synthetic gardening products and practices.
Subjects: Organic gardening.; Agricultural pests;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Green your work : boost your bottom line while reducing your carbon footprint. by Carlson, Kim(Kim E.),1959-(CARDINAL)560751;
Subjects: Business enterprises; Green products.; Industrial management; Social responsibility of business.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Someday I wanna be-- An astronaut [videorecording] Someday I wanna be-- a cowboy / by Arcuragi, Arabella.; Arcuragi, Tom.; Chapman, Stanley.; Moser, Dale.; Redovian, Tim.; Reedus, Narcel G.; Reitz, Ric.; Bell Canyon Entertainment Group; Bell Canyon Entertainment Group.; Bottom Line Productions.; GoodTimes Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)356385;
Director of photography, Joe Jowers ; art director, Tony Grillo ; editors, Joe Jowers, Adam Boozer, Dave Sims, Sean Finocchio ; original music, Jeffrey S. Johnson.Arabella Arcuragi, Tim Redovian, Dale Moser, Stanley Chapman.Astronauts: Step into the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama to train for a mission in space. At U.S. Space Camp, learn what it takes to earn a place in the cockpit of the Atlantis Flight Simulator. Experience zero gravity, a walk in space and more.Cowboys: Meet real cowboys at the rough and tough Evans Ranch in Colorado, where you'll learn everything about life on the range.DVD, full frame presentation (1.33:1) aspect ratio ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Nonfiction films.; Cowboys; Space flight; Space simulators;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The product manager's survival guide : everything you need to know to succeed as a product manager / by Haines, Steven,author.;
Introduction: Welcome to the second edition of The Product Manager's Survival Guide -- Introduction to product management -- Understanding the role of the product manager and assessing your product management acumen -- Navigating the organization -- Influence and the art of being a product manager -- Who's the customer? -- Garnering industry and competitor insights -- Getting from here to there: product strategy and roadmaps -- After strategy: what's next? -- Execution: developing and launching products -- Harnessing data and running the product's business -- Improving your experience as a product manager."Regardless of company type or industry, product managers across the globe must embrace the discipline of business, strategy, performance, and results. They must also harness the softer skills to motivate their teams, finesse the complexity of company politics, and deliver bottom-line results. Steven Hines invested a year and a half meeting with executives and product mangers from Silicon Valley to New York City... In this brand-new edition of his classic work, he draws on that knowledge and reveals everything you need to know to compete in the digital age."-- Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Product management.; New products.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Make millions selling on QVC : insider secrets to launching your product on television and transforming your business (and life) forever / by Romer, Nick.(CARDINAL)801339;
How a niche product generated $441,158.40 in ten minutes -- The home shopping phenomenon -- How to find or create hot products -- Be first and fastest to mass market -- How to protect your product -- How to get on QVC -- What QVC looks for in a product -- Your first meeting--pitching your product for acceptance -- Your product has been accepted, now what? -- How to prepare for your big moment on TV -- A day in the life at QVC -- The most important word you can associate with your product -- Getting paid, returns, backorders and surges -- How to add easy money to your bottom line and other ways to drive your success -- Six mistakes that can snap the back of your business and how to avoid them -- Open doors to greater success -- Beyond QVC? The big picture.
Subjects: QVC (Firm); Cable television advertising.; Telemarketing.; Teleshopping.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Beyond fossil fools : the roadmap to energy independence by 2040 / by Shuster, Joseph M.(CARDINAL)559119;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-381) and index.8: Biofuels -- Ethanol -- Biodiesel -- Subsidies 101 -- Bottom line -- 9: Other renewable energy sources -- Dams and hydro-electric power -- Tides -- Waves -- Geothermal energy -- Other -- Bottom line -- 10: Nuclear energy -- No other source: the nuclear energy powerhouse -- No other choice, no other option -- Nuclear energy background -- How elegant is nuclear energy? -- History of nuclear energy in the United States -- Nuclear energy worldwide -- Nuclear energy and the media -- Global nuclear energy partnership -- Bottom line -- 11: Concerns about nuclear power -- Radiation -- Accidents -- Proliferation and global stockpiles of nuclear weapons -- Nuclear waste disposal -- About Uranium -- Transport of nuclear materials -- Bottom line -- 12: Water -- Grasping the problem -- Survey of problems -- What can be done? -- Bottom line -- 13: Hydrogen economy -- Hope and hype -- Low down -- Debate -- Auto industry -- Bottom line -- Part 3: New Dawn -- 14: Transportation -- Challenges -- Even political favors cannot cure incompetence -- Past -- Present -- Future transportation -- Foot-draggers, resisters, and opponents -- Political issues -- Bottom line -- 15: Bridging the gap -- False bridges -- Canadian Oil Sands -- US oil shale -- Bottom line -- 16: Energy independence by 2040 -- Use of nuclear power provides many benefits -- About US electricity -- How many nuclear, wind, and solar power plants does the United States (and world) need and what will they cost? -- Wise man speaks: Dr Dan Meneley's presentation in 2006 -- Future electricity needs -- Financial epiphany: this plan is affordable -- Implementation -- July 4, 2040: energy independence day -- Economic expectation: very good news -- Bottom line for the United States and the world -- Epilogue -- References -- Glossary -- Index.List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Overview -- Part 1: Problems: Fossil Foolishness -- 1: Fossil fuels -- Fossil fuels in the United Sates -- Coal -- Natural gas -- Oil, petroleum, and gasoline -- Some conclusions, simple truths, and confusions -- Real costs of fossil fuels -- Bottom line -- 2: Fossil fuel disasters -- Growing acidity of the world's oceans -- Acid rain -- Smog and ground-level ozone -- Mercury -- Other nasty stuff -- Fossil fuels as mass murderers -- Regulation is no remedy -- Bottom line -- 3: Population -- Population demographics -- How population growth will affect worldwide energy use -- Bottom line -- 4: Global warming -- Mr Gore, global warming is a symptom, not the problem -- Greenhouse gases -- Global warming and the media -- What are scientist and Al Gore saying about global warming? -- More questionable evidence for global warming -- Difficulties and uncertainties of modeling global climate -- Solutions? -- Real solution -- True believers, contrarians, dismayed skeptics, and the disinterested -- Bottom line -- 5: Energy problems around the world -- United States -- European Union -- China -- India -- World -- Bottom line -- Part 2: Solutions -- 6: Solar energy -- Don't believe the hype -- Direct solar energy -- More light on solar energy -- Solar energy in the future -- Solar roadmap, September 2004 -- Bottom line -- 7: Wind -- Wind basics -- Wind-energy production worldwide -- Future of wind power in the United States -- Don't get blown away -- Bottom line --From the Publisher: If the U.S. solves only its own energy problem, but the world does not, then everyone still loses. Pollution knows no borders and a sinking ship takes down everyone on board. That is why all countries must do what they can to affect a global transition to all-renewable, clean energy by 2040. That means a coordinated global effort with global scope. That means leadership from the United States, Europe, China, India, and Japan. That means diligent commitment from average citizens around the world, and corporate and national leaders.
Subjects: Energy policy; Power resources; Renewable energy sources; World politics;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The green workplace : sustainable strategies that benefit employees, the environment, and the bottom line / by Stringer, Leigh.(CARDINAL)495343;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The case for change -- The global picture -- Greening the organization -- Your green road map -- Encouraging green behavior -- Green recruiting -- Leveraging technology -- Greening operations -- Transformative design -- Changing when, where, and how you work -- The green workplace of the future.As 21st century companies realize they'll need to be green to compete, sustainable ideas are spreading like wildfire throughout all fields of modern business. In this book, the author, an expert on sustainable workplace design and strategy, shows companies on the cusp of radically transforming their practices how to bring together diverse teams and establish new organizational governance for creative problem solving in greening their workplace. Her hands on green strategies are based on concrete and cost effective changes such as: working from home, ways to cut commuting costs, video conferencing to cut down on travel, increasing access to natural light to save energy, and more. She also explains how managers can implement these changes smoothly and efficiently. In solving key problems, she shows companies how a green business reduces costs, increases productivity, improves recruiting and retention, and increases shareholder value, in addition to benefiting the environment.
Subjects: Industrial management; Organizational change.; Sustainable development.; Work environment.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Red Wing stoneware / by DePasquale, Dan.(CARDINAL)173331; DePasquale, Gail.(CARDINAL)173332; Peterson, Larry(Red Wing collector);
Subjects: Catalogs.; Stoneware;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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