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A Step-by-Step Guide to Building an Electric Bicycle From the Ground Up

<p>Filled with do-it-yourself project, this hands-on manual gives you all the technical information and easy-to-follow instructions you need to assemble and customize an electric bike.</p>

<p>Build Your Own Electric Bicycle gets you on the road on a reliable, economical, environmentally friendly ride. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of every component, including motors, controllers, batteries, and frames, as well as details on soldering, electrical wiring, safety, and other essential skills. The book covers commercially available electric bicycles and shows you how to make modifications and upgrades for improved power, speed, range, and safety. Pictures, diagrams, and charts illustrate each step along the way. With this how-to guide on hand, you'll be riding your own tricked-out electric bike in no time!</p>

<p>BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC BICYCLE COVERS:</p>

 Energy savings and environmental benefits

Electrical, battery, and road safety

Long-range, folding, and high-power bikes

Hub motor kits

Motors, controllers, and batteries

Electrical connections and wiring

Brakes

Troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair

Performance and safety modifications

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Take your MySQL skills to the top tier

<p>Maximize every powerful feature available in MySQL 5.1 with hands-on instruction from a MySQL expert. This definitive guide shows you how to use MySQL's advanced suite of data management tools, optimize performance and reliability, and secure and administer a robust RDBMS. MySQL Database Usage & Administration includes detailed code examples in each chapter to highlight real-world applications of the material covered. If you want to get the most out of MySQL, you need this practical handbook.</p>

 Understand MySQL's features, technical architecture, subsystems, and commands

Make database design decisions that optimizre performance, storage, and reliability

Write complex queries using joins, subqueries, and views

Group SQL statements into transactions and execute them atomically

Build and use sophisticated stored procedures and functions

Automate database operations with triggers and scheduled events

Import and export data in different formats, includiong SQL, CSV, and XML

Optimize server and query performance

Administer a secure, high availability MySQL RDBMS

Manage users and control access

Perform database maintenance, replication, backup, and recovery



<p>Vikram Vaswani is the founder and CEO of Melonfire (www.melonfire.com), a consultancy firm with special expertise in open-source tools and technologies. His previous books include MySQL: The Complete Reference, PHP: A Beginner's Guide, and PHP Programming Solutions.</p>

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Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics!

Get your eBay business started right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions show you how to establish and run a profitable eBay business in no time. Follow along and learn how to create a business plan, build inventory, set up processing centers, create appealing listings, set up an eBay store, and market your business. You'll also find out how to become an eBay Trading Assistant, use eBay sales outlets, and even raise money for your nonprofit on eBay. Use these handy guideposts:
Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks Need-to-know facts in concise narrative Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things Bonus information related to the topic being covered Errors and pitfalls to avoid

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Written by the most knowledgeable Oracle JDeveloper author team in the world

This Oracle Press guide shows how to build Web applications using the Fusion Middleware development tool, Oracle JDeveloper. The book discusses the latest technologies and explains how to develop code using multiple techniques.

Oracle JDeveloper 11g Handbook: A Guide to Fusion Web Development covers the Oracle Application Development Framework and JavaServer Faces. Hands-on practice examples walk you through the creation of a complete sample application that employs highly-interactive user interface components and declarative development methods. You will learn the techniques required to implement Fusion-oriented software solutions in JDeveloper.

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Duncan Mills, Peter Koletzke, Avrom Roy-Faderman

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analytics & Data Visualization

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Microsoft's BI growth rate is twice that of the industry, averaging close to 30 percent annually with analytics growing 40 percent

Technical editor is Sean Boon, Microsoft Product Manager for the new Dundas Analytics for SQL Server 2008

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Doug Harts, Jim Dugan, Tricia Wilcox Almas

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Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics!

Get started using your PC right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions show you how to manage, customize, and troubleshoot your desktop or laptop PC. Follow along and learn how to install and configure hardware and software, use Windows Vista, manage files, access and navigate the Internet, set up a home network, secure your PC, and much more. Get the book that gets you up and running on your PC in no time.

Use these handy guideposts:
Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks Need-to-know facts in concise narrative Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things Bonus information related to the topic being covered Errors and pitfalls to avoid

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Using New Social Technologies to Lead Business Transformation

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Integrate Web 2.0 trends and technologies into the enterprise

Written by a team of experts from the Web 2.0 community and Oracle Corporation, this innovative guide provides a blueprint for leveraging the new culture of participation in an enterprise environment. Reshaping Your Business with Web 2.0 offers proven strategies for the successful adoption of an enterprise 2.0 paradigm and covers the technical solutions that best apply in specific situations. You will find clear guidelines for using Web 2.0 technologies and standards in a productive way to align with business goals, increase efficiency, and provide measurable bottom line growth.
Foster collaboration and accelerate information dissemination with blogs and wikis Implement folksonomic strategies to achieve business intelligence, analytics, and semantic web goals Capture and broadcast connection graphs and activity streams via social networks Bring together application data, business analytics, unstructured information, and collaborative interactions in enterprise mashups Enable rich Internet applications with Ajax, Ruby on Rails, Flash, FLEX, and other technologies Connect your Web 2.0 ecosystem through Web services, such as REST and JSON Ensure security and compliance management

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Vince Casarez, Billy Cripe, Jean Sini, Philipp Weckerle

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Hundreds of practical steps to lower a tax bill this year, next year, and beyond

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Complete preparation for the more than 30,000 students taking the PCAT each year

The number of Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) test takers has doubled since 2001-and that number continues to grow. McGraw-Hill's PCAT provides comprehensive review of every test topic while preparing you for the new format of the test that was instituted in June 2007. With sample tests, test-taking strategies, and intricate scientific illustrations, you'll have all the preparation you need to perform at your very best on test day.

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George J. Hademenos, Shaun Murphree, Kathy A. Zahler, Mark Whitener, Jennifer M. Warner

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Unbelievably Good Deals and Great Adventures that You Absolutely Can't Get Unless You're Over 50, 2009-2010

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"Heilman is the leading expert on the senior-discount front"
--Money Adviser, Consumer Reports

If you're over 50, you're entitled to the BIGGEST bargains, BEST deals, and BOLDEST vacations of your life. In fact, there are hundreds of amazing discounts that can save you a fortune on everything from golfing to globetrotting. And you don't have to access the Internet to get them-they are all here at your fingertips in Unbelievably Good Deals and Great Adventures That You Absolutely Can't Get Unless You're Over 50. Take this wherever you go and save money!
Discover America at discount rates or go abroad on a budget Take a trip exclusively for 50-plus adventurers Save up to 50 percent off of hotel accommodations Take free classes and almost-free courses Choose walking trips, bike tours, golf vacations, ski adventures, and whitewater rafting trips designed just for you Get breaks on trains, buses, and car rentals Save a bundle on shopping, taxes, insurance . . . and so much more!
"One of the most-thumbed volumes on my desk. A fantastic piece of research."
--New York Times

"Great tips for the over-50--but not over the hill--crowd."
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"Those who fit the bill will find this trove of packages, discounts, and special tours invaluable."
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"The best single source of good deals for seniors."
--Selling to Seniors

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MCTS Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Services Study Guide (Exam 70-640) (SET)

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This certification will enable system administrators and network engineers to master server tasks

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The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk: Foreword by Martha Sears, RN

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Concerned about making enough milk for your baby? Wondering how to make more? Two lactation experts are here to help.

Separate fact from fiction with help from this comprehensive book about improving low milk supply. Written by two leading experts who have been there themselves and officially recommended by La Leche League International, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk incorporates the latest research and discoveries about causes of low milk supply, the way your body makes milk, and how babies contribute to your milk production. Best of all, you'll find valuable suggestions for both time-honored and innovative ways to make more milk.

Learn the facts about:
Determining if baby is really getting enough milk Supplementing without decreasing your supply Maximizing the amount of milk you can make Identifying the causes of your low supply Increasing your supply with the most effective methods, including pumping, herbs, medications, foods, and alternative therapies Making more milk when you return to work, exclusively pump, have a premie or multiples, relactate, or induce lactation

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Microsoft Office has an estimated 400 million users worldwide

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Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line

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Reduce Your Information System's Enviornmental impact While Adding to the Bottom Line

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An estimated 400 million units of obsolete electronics are scrapped annually in the U.S.

Virtualization can save an organization $560 annually in electricity costs per server; this books covers virtualization and other engery-saving techniques

A green IT organization can reduce operation costs, increase employee retention, and improve brand image in the market place

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Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert C. Elsenpeter

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The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks

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Named one of the "Best Books on Innovation, 2008" by BusinessWeek magazine

From the greatest minds in business today comes a groundbreaking new blueprint for executing the next stage of customer-created value. C.K. Prahalad, the world's premier business thinker, and IT scholar M.S. Krishnan unveil the critical missing link in connecting strategy to execution--building organizational capabilities that allow companies to achieve and sustain continuous change and innovation.

The New Age of Innovation reveals that the key to creating value and the future growth of every business depends on accessing a global network of resources to co-create unique experiences with customers, one at a time. To achieve this, CEOs, executives, and managers at every level must transform their business processes, technical systems, and supply chain management, implementing key social and technological infrastructure requirements to create an ongoing innovation advantage.

In this landmark work, Prahalad and Krishnan explain how to accomplish this shift--one where IT and the management architecture form the corporation's fundamental foundation. This book provides strategies for
Redesigning systems to co-create value with customers and connect all parts of a firm to this process Measuring individual behavior through smart analytics Ceaselessly improving the flexibility and efficiency in all customer-facing and back-end processes Treating all involved individuals--customers, employees, investors, suppliers--as unique Working across cultures and time-zones in a seamless global network Building teams that are capable of providing high-quality, low-cost solutions rapidly
To successfully compete on the battlefields of 21st-century business, companies must reinvent their processes and culture in order to sustain innovative solutions. The New Age of Innovation is a complete program for achieving this transformation to meet the needs of the end consumer of the future.

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OCA Oracle Database 11g SQL Fundamentals I Exam Guide

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A Fully Integrated Study System for OCA Exam 1Z0-051

Prepare for the Oracle Certified Associate Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. In each chapter, you'll find challenging exercises, practice questions, a two-minute drill, and a chapter summary to highlight what you've learned. This authoritative guide will help you pass the test and serve as your essential on-the-job reference. Get complete coverage of all OCA objectives for exam 1Z0-051, including:
SQL SELECT statements Restricting and sorting data Single-row functions Conversion functions and conditional expressions Group functions Displaying data from multiple tables Subqueries Set operators DML and DDL statements Schema objects
On the CD-ROM:
One full practice exam that simulates the actual OCA exam Detailed answers and explanations Score report performance assessment tool Complete electronic book Bonus exam available free with online registration

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The Plane Truth for Golfers Master Class

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Advanced Lessons for Improving Swing Technique and Ball Control for the One- and Two-Plane Swings

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Improve your swing with the teacher the pros trust:

"(Jim Hardy) was the one person who really had the greatest influence on me in terms of my teaching. Jim had such an incredible mind for the game of golf."
--From The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need by Hank Haney, Tiger Woods' golf coach

"Jim Hardy is the most knowledgeable teacher in golf. No other instructor has his understanding of golf swing techniques and what makes them work.
--Peter Jacobsen, Champions Tour player and winner of seven PGA Tour championships

"Jim Hardy's theories and explanation of the two distinct swing planes used in golf are perhaps the most important instructional book any golfer could ever own."
--Inside Golf

In my book, Jim Hardy is at the top. His information is the best. His presentation is logical and unique. He has discovered, through original thought, new information that will help every golfer. I have seen it at work and the results are amazing."
--Carol Mann, LPGA Hall of Fame member

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Building for Boomers (McGraw-Hill Construction Series)

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Design and Build Housing for the Boomer Generation

<p>This unique resource provides the latest housing data, options, and trends to help you plan, design, and construct homes and communities to meet the requirements and expectations of aging baby boomers. There are 77 million boomers in the United States alone who continue to set the new, higher standard for product change and innovation as they have been doing for decades. Building for Boomers offers targeted information for architects, builders, engineers, developers, remodelers, and suppliers interested in capitalizing on this exploding market.</p>

<p>LEARN HOW TO:</p>

 Plan neighborhoods based on local and regional factors, including zoning and other regulations

Understand different types of neighborhoods, such as age-targeted, mixed generations, transit-oriented design (TOD), traditional neighborhood developments (TNDs), cohousing, and others

Integrate aging in place, universal, and green building design concepts

Incorporate technology infrastructure into your designs, including communication, entertainment, lighting, environment, protection, and healthcare

Design single family homes, townhouses, condos, and apartments

Explore various design options for living spaces, bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and storage

Stay informed of growing trends such as green construction and smart homes

Determine and develop your niche

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GPS and Galileo: Dual RF Front-end receiver and Design, Fabrication, & Test

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Design State-of-the-Art GPS/Galileo Dual RF Receivers

This authoritative guide walks you through the process of designing, fabricating, and testing a highly integrated, low-noise, low-power, and low-cost RF front-end for GPS and Galileo, the leading satellite-based global navigation systems. Everything from standards analysis to characterization of the design is covered in the book.

GPS & Galileo focuses on developing seamlessly interoperable receivers that can access the wide variety of new services offered by these systems, such as increased service availability, centimeter-sensitive accuracy, emergency management, and data confidentiality. By the end of the book, you will have a prototype that achieves peak performance in terms of gain, NF, and current consumption, making it suitable for any high-accuracy, portable application.

Discover how to:
Determine the specifications of an interoperable dual GPS/Galileo RF front-end Design all RFIC blocks, including the receiver chain, PLL, control logic, and PADs Select the required external components Implement optimal floor planning Perform validation testing of the integrated RF front-end Understand real-world fields of application Gauge the performance of the front-end within a receiver linked to a full-solution platform

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Jaizki Mendizabal Samper, Juan Melendez Lagunilla, Roc Berenguer Perez

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Canoe and Kayak Building the Light and Easy Way

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How to Build Tough, Super-Safe Boats in Kevlar, Carbon, or Fiberglass

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The first quick-and-easy composite construction method for canoes and kayaks

This book is certain to appeal to any paddler with a DIY bent. Master craftsman Sam Rizzetta presents three attractive innovations: a new building method that makes Kevlar and carbon-fiber boats cheap and feasible for home builders; an ergonomically designed canoe that makes paddling easier and more comfortable; and a foam-flotation installation method that makes canoes and kayaks safe and unsinkable.