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The mobile society; a history of the moving and storage industry. by Hess, John,1931-;

Subjects: Storage and moving trade; Moving, Household.;

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Smooth moves / by Harte, Marie,author.(CARDINAL)502759;

Former Marine Cash Griffith is a brawny beacon for trouble, always finishing a fight that someone else starts. Working at his family's moving company, he does his best to keep a low profile, but he can't help but tangle with the newest employee, Jordan Fleming. When Jordan joins Vets on the Go! she has her hands full with her new job and her rebellious teenage brother, not to mention going toe to toe with the obnoxious, arrogant, incredibly hot Marine at work. Soon their battles turn to camaraderie, and one kiss leads to a connection neither of them expected. But when dark secrets come to light, will their bond break...or strengthen into a happily-ever-after they desperately desire?

Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Storage and moving trade; Veterans; Man-woman relationships;

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Handle with care / by Harte, Marie,author.(CARDINAL)502759;

"Evan Griffith has had many careers in his life. But who knew working for his family's moving company would hold just as much action as his stint in the Marine Corps? On an unforgettable job, Evan finds himself taken by a teenage conman and confronted by a woman wielding a knife - and promptly falls head over heels for her. Kenzie Sykes is doing her best to raise her little brother and keep him out of jail - all while dealing with her own broken heart that just hasn't healed. She doesn't have time for romance. He's not asking... Until he is, and she finds herself saying yes" --

Subjects: Romance fiction.; Veterans; Storage and moving trade; Accountants; Guardian and ward; Man-woman relationships;

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Live a little better : one man's journey of survival, sobriety, and success / by Beyer, John,author.; Plaskin, Glenn,author.(CARDINAL)166576;

"John Beyer is the founder and owner of Men on the Move, one of the East Coast's premier moving and self-storage companies. While although John's journey to the top of the moving game has brought him incredible success, the ride up was a bumpy one. From the dark stairwells of LeFrak City, to the Manhattan discos of 1970s, to the dive bars of Long Island and the truck cabs of a man on the move, Beyer's highs and lows have been as extreme as the personality that got him in and out of trouble along the way. Live a Little Better is the story of a talented kid in an alcoholic household, an alcoholic young adult himself turned entrepreneur, a recovering addict whose life was saved by AA, and the devoted parent of a child with special needs. Above all, it is a story of perseverance, discernment, and transformation"--

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Beyer, John.; Businesspeople; Storage and moving trade; Self-service storage facilities;

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Beyond the light switch [videorecording] by Biello, David.; Mellits, Marc.; Moore, Ed.;

Designed and produced by Ed Moore ; written by Ed Moore, David Biello ; music composed by Marc Mellits.Host David Biello.Considers the trade-off of carbon capture and storage, hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a nuclear renaissance, the costs of solar power, the sprawl of wind power and the feasibility of a super grid.Not rated.DVD; widescreen.

Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Atmospheric carbon dioxide; Carbon sequestration.; Electric power consumption.; Electric power production.; Electric power-plants.; Energy consumption.; Hydraulic fracturing.; Nuclear power plants; Wind power.;

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The language of climate politics : fossil-fuel propaganda and how to fight it / by Guenther, Genevieve,author.(CARDINAL)895739;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : why words matter in climate politics -- Alarmist -- Cost -- Growth -- "India and China" -- Innovation -- Resilience -- After words : walking the talk."The Language of Climate Politics dismantles fossil-fuel propaganda and offers new strategies for climate communication. It argues that partisans on the right and the left often repeat the same fossil-fuel talking points and that this repetition produces a centrist consensus upholding the status quo. The book uncovers the falsehoods of this centrist consensus using rhetorical and ideological analyses of the terms that dominate current climate-change discourse: we, alarmist, cost, growth, "India and China," innovation, and resilience. It discusses climate change, climate science, and climate denial, as well as the recent history of American climate politics, climate economics, international climate negotiations, climate policy in China, carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon dioxide removal (CDR), climate disinformation campaigns, fossil-fuel subsidies, climate psychology, anti-racism, and climate justice. Finally it provides a new vocabulary for climate activism and offers guidance on initiating conversations about the climate crisis that can move people to take climate action"--

Subjects: Communication in climatology.; Climatic changes; Fossil fuels; Petroleum industry and trade; Environmental sciences;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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Power after carbon : building a clean, resilient grid / by Fox-Penner, Peter S.,1955-author.(CARDINAL)836644;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. The need for power and the grids that deliver it: Les jeux sont faits: Leapfrogging and euthanasia -- Beyond decarbonization -- The future is electric: Deconstructing electricity growth -- Long term efficiency trends -- Enter carbon -- The AI wild card -- Electricity's third act -- La vida local: Solar in the city, 2016 -- Solar in the city, 2050 -- Local power versus the grid, 2050 -- Why we grid: The case for big -- Aggregation and trading -- Grids and geographic diversity -- Not quite case closed -- The fragmented future: How to damage a grid (1): summon Poseidon -- Grid vulnerabilities and the climate -- Grid coping skills -- The microgrid revolution -- How to damage a grid (2): hire a hacker -- New architectural paradigms -The fragmented future -- Decarbonizing the big grid: The old design paradigm -- The new paradigm -- The clean power toolkit -- From lab bench to toolkit -- From toolkit to reality -- Part II. The big grid and its challenges: Not in my backyard-state-region: Planning the no-carbon future -- Not in my backyard / city / state / region... -- Searching for supergrids -- The future of grid expansion -- The big grid bucks stop here: A power plant's early retirement package -- Power markets and plant financing in a carbon-free future -- Contracts and capacity markets: pro's, cons, and tradeoffs -- Fixing the long-term markets -- The big grid's future -- Part III. Running and regulating post-carbon utilities: The utility business in three dimensions: The business model rainbow -- Public power and cooperatives -- New products and horizons -- Towards customer love -- The really smart grid: The prosumer ESCO marketplace -- Market optimum and public interest -- Grid pricing and "optimizing" the system -- Machine over market -- Retail choice's next act -- Governing a really smart grid: Setting regulation's goals -- Pricing grid services -- The problem of fixed costs -- Planning and building the distribution system -- Of elegance and complexity -- The business and regulation of ESUs: The case for ESUs -- Changing utilities' cultural stripes -- Regulating an ESU -- Cross subsidies and the space for political bargains -- Forces and fault lines beyond the industry: Big tech and monopoly power -- Privacy and the smart grid -- Energy democracy -- Political fault lines -- Money talks: Wall Street and new business models -- Power without carbon."As the damaging and costly impacts of climate change increase, the rapid development of sustainable energy has taken on great urgency. The electricity industry has responded with necessary but wrenching shifts toward renewables, even as it faces unprecedented challenges and disruption brought on by new technologies, new competitors, and policy changes. The result is a collision course between a grid that must provide abundant, secure, flexible, and affordable power, and an industry facing enormous demands for rapid, systemic change and power. The fashionable solution is to think small: smart buildings, small-scale renewables, and locally distributed green energy. But Peter Fox-Penner makes clear that these will not be enough to meet our increasing needs for electricity. He points instead to the indispensability of large power systems, battery storage, and scalable carbon-free power technologies, along with the grids and markets that will integrate them. The electric power industry and its regulators will have to provide all of these, even as they grapple with changing business models for local electric utilities, political instability, and technological change. Power after Carbon makes sense of all the moving parts, providing actionable recommendations for anyone involved with or relying on the electric power system"--

Subjects: Electric power systems; Renewable energy sources;

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Downsizing your home with style : living well in a smaller space / by Ward, Lauri.(CARDINAL)649325;

Preparing for change -- What to pack and what to part with -- What to do with what you part with -- The truth about storage--you can never have enough -- Repurpose your stuff -- Camouflage and sleight of hand -- Make it multifunctional -- For kitchens and bathrooms only -- New tactics for living smaller -- One year later--time to reassess.No matter your reason for downsizing--whether you are trading the larger family home for a smaller, more manageable one, or perhaps just looking to simplify life--the transition can be a challenge. When you're moving a lifetime's accumulation of belongings, the task can seem overwhelming--and so can your emotions. How do you decide what to pack and what to part with? Where will you put the contents of your attic, basement, and/or garage? How can you use the stuff you've got so that it functions well and looks right? This book answers these questions and more. New York decorator Ward is an expert in making small spaces both elegant and functional. From the initial evaluation to one year after you have settled in, she takes you through every step with detailed tips and tricks.--From publisher description.

Subjects: House cleaning.; Moving, Household.; Orderliness.; Simplicity.;

Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 26

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The complete idiot's guide to electronics 101 / by Westcott, Sean.(CARDINAL)492735; Westcott, Jean Riescher.(CARDINAL)492736;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index.Part 1: Fundamentals: -- Theory behind electricity: -- Atoms and their structure -- Electrons -- Valence shell -- Conductors, insulators, and semiconductors -- Conductors -- Insulators -- Semiconductors -- Electron flow versus hole flow -- How electricity works: -- Circuits -- Electromotive force or voltage -- Current -- Resistance -- Ohm's law -- Power -- Joule's law -- Putting it all together -- Lab 2-1: Constructing a simple circuit -- Currents and circuits: -- Direct current -- Alternating current -- War of currents -- Waveforms -- Sine wave -- Other waveforms -- Phase -- Using waves to measure AC voltage -- Direct current waveforms -- More about circuits -- Circuit diagrams -- Short circuits -- Fuses and circuit breakers -- Serial and parallel circuits -- Learning the language of electronics -- Part 2: Your Workspace And Tools: -- Tools of the trade: -- Essential hand tools -- Essential instruments -- Electronic specialty items -- Essential safety items -- Lab 4-1: Taking a DC voltage reading -- Lab 4-2: Taking an AC voltage reading -- Lab 4-3: Measuring resistance -- Lab 4-4: Measuring current -- Shop setup and safety: -- Clean, well-lit workshop -- Claim your space -- Your workbench -- Adequate power -- Lighting -- Ventilation -- Storage -- Safety equipment -- Good work habits are good safety habits -- Come ready to work -- Dress for the job -- Be neat and work deliberately -- Know how electricity flows -- First aid for electrical shock -- Part 3: Electronic Components: -- Switches: -- Switches symbols -- Mechanical switches -- Poles and throws -- Push-button switches -- Knife switches -- Bi-metal switches -- Mercury switches -- Other mechanical switches -- DIP switches -- Electromagnetic switches or replays -- Lab 6-1: SPDT switch -- Resistors: -- Mighty resistor -- Fixed-value resistors -- Resistor color codes and power ratings -- Reading the code -- Power ratings -- Surface mount resistors -- Single in line resistors -- Variable resistors -- Kirchhoff's law -- Calculating resistance -- Resistors in series circuits -- Resistors in parallel circuits -- Voltage division circuits -- Lab 7-1: Using Ohm's & Kirchhoff's laws to determine the proper resistor -- Lab 7-2: Resistors in a series circuit -- Lab 7-3: Resistors in a parallel circuit -- Lab 7-4: Voltage division using fixed-value resistors -- Lab 7-5: Voltage division using a variable resistor -- Capacitors: -- How a capacitor works -- Farads -- Relative permittivity -- Capacitor ratings -- Nominal value and tolerance -- Temperature coefficients -- Breakdown voltage or DC working voltage -- Polarized capacitor types -- Electrolytic capacitors -- Tantalum capacitors -- Nonpolarized capacitor types -- Variable capacitors -- Capacitors in a circuit -- Transient time of capacitors in A DC RC circuit -- Lab 8-1: Charging capacitance -- Diodes: -- How diodes work -- Types of semiconductor diodes -- Common silicon diodes -- Zener diodes -- Schottky diodes -- Power rectifiers -- Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) -- Photodiodes -- Handling diodes -- Transistors: -- Bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) -- How amplifiers work -- BJTs under varying voltages -- Gain -- Darlington pairs -- Field effect transistors -- Lab 10-1: Using a transistor to amplify current -- Power sources and power supplies: -- Batteries -- How batteries produce energy -- Primary vs secondary batteries -- Voltages in batteries -- Batteries in series and in parallel -- Amp-hours -- AC-to-DC power supplies -- Transformers -- Variable DC power supplies -- Uninterruptible power supplies -- Switched-mode power supplies -- Lab 11-1: Making a potato battery --Part 4: Getting To Work: -- Soldering: -- Solder -- Lead-free solder -- Flux -- Soldering iron and tips -- Heat sink -- Circuit boards -- Printed circuit boards -- Prepping for soldering -- Place the items on the board -- Prepare your solder gun -- Soldering technique -- Desoldering -- Constructing a power supply: -- Power supply kit and construction -- Safety first -- Powering on -- Getting acquainted with your power supply -- Creating a positive DC wave -- Seeing caps and voltage regulators in action -- Using your variable DC power supply -- It's time for some comic relief -- Part 5: Going Digital: -- Digital theory: -- Ideas behind digital concepts -- Analog vs digital -- Truth tables -- Binary numbers -- Application to electronics -- Logic gates -- Lab 14-1: AND gate -- Lab 14-2: OR gate -- Integrated circuits: -- Analog ICs -- Digital ICs -- Flip-flops -- 555 and 556 timers -- Counters -- Encoders and decoders -- Mixed signal ICs -- Lab 15-1: Building a decoder circuit, part 1 -- Lab 15-2: Building a decoder circuit, part 2 -- Lab 15-3: Guitar amplifier -- Memory: -- Digital vs analog memory storage -- Parity bits and other error detection -- Hexadecimal -- Data and address -- Von Neumann computer model -- Memory registers -- Writing and reading -- Volatile and nonvolatile memory -- Storage media -- Microcontrollers: -- What are microcontroller? -- Microcontroller components -- Input/outputs -- Programming microcontrollers -- Microcontrollers for hobbyists -- Open source hardware -- Arduino microcontroller platform -- Netduino microcontroller -- Part 6: Constructing A Robot: -- Building your robot: -- Shopping for your robot -- Get the software you need -- Connecting your Netduino and getting to work -- Downloading to the Netduino microcontroller -- Motor and controllers: -- Brushed DC motors -- Brushless DC motors -- Stepper motors -- Servo motors -- Controllers -- Pulse width modulation -- H-bridge -- Getting your robot moving: -- Get your motor on board -- Assembling the motor driver shield -- Building a platform and mounting the parts -- Power it up -- Programming your robot to start and stop -- Identifying the I/O pins -- Adding speed control -- Sensors: -- What is a sensor? -- Electronic sensors -- Accelerometers -- Digital compasses or magnetometers -- Light and color sensors -- Microphones -- Alcohol and other environmental gas sensors -- GPS sensors -- Electronic communication: -- Basic of electronic communication -- Electomagnetic spectrum, revisited -- Radio waves -- Microwaves -- Infrared -- Visible light -- Ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays -- Encoding and decoding a signal -- Amplitude modulation -- Frequency modulation -- Phase modulation -- Rasterization -- Lab 22-1: Building an FM stereo transmitter -- Adding sensors to your robot: -- Adding collision control -- Ultrasonic range finder -- Adding the sensor to your robot -- Adding a power switch -- Planning and writing the code -- Letting your robot roam -- Lab 23-1: Sensing distance -- Appendixes: -- A: Glossary -- B: Component shopping list -- C: Electronics timeline -- D: Mathematics for electronics -- E: Careers in electronics -- F: Resources -- Index.Overview: A creative spark for electronic enthusiasts. The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Electronics 101 teaches readers the fundamentals of electronics in an engaging, hands-on way. Appropriate for students and aspiring hobbyists alike, this book is loaded with more than a dozen projects that start simple and progressively get more involved as the reader moves through the book. Topics include: fundamentals of electronics: electrons, voltage, current, power, conductors, insulators, semiconductors, etc.; designing, building, and modifying circuit boards; sensors and controllers; and transmitters and receivers. Community college enrollment-where basic courses in electronics are most often taught-is at an all time high, up 8% from 2008 enrollment to 3.4 million new students per year. Specifically designed to appeal to both students and hobbyists with lost of fun, hands-on projects to aid in the learning process.

Subjects: Electronics.;

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