“…Shows how the orchestra brings young Arabs and Jews from the Middle East together to perform and live side by side. The Ramallah concert presents a performance that the orchestra gave in Ramallah in the West Bank despite substantial security and political challenges…”

“…This volume of specially commissioned essays explores the world of Anton Chekhov - one of the most important dramatists in the repertoire - and the creation, performance and interpretation of his works, his life, his Russia, and the original productions of his plays at the Moscow Art Theatre. …”
Acceso a las primeras páginas

“…"Rossini's rarely heard comedy receives a brilliant performance in Bartlett Sher's Met premiere production, with a trio of today's greatest bel canto stars in the leading roles: Juan Diego Flórez is Count Ory, a handsome rogue who finds women--all women--irresistible. …”

“…It integrates the best work in psychology, economics, management theory, and normative philosophy into a simple action plan for ensuring the best ethical performance at all levels of business practice. This is a book anyone in business, from an entry-level employee to CEO, can use -- Editor…”

“…Those texts classified as Liturgical, which are included in the present volume, always have as their framework or main theme some aspect of the conduct of services, rituals, liturgies, or worship, whether it be the act of Confession of sins or a related ritual, or the performance of Hymns of praise and Prayers of praise or appeal by individuals or within congregations engaged in private or public rituals. …”

“…"This is the first collection of scholarly essays on the 'Homeric Hymns', a corpus of 33 hexameter poems celebrating gods that were probably recited at religious festivals, among other possible performance venues, and were frequently attributed in antiquity to Homer. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Llera ; Spanish devolution and regional welfare systems : policy innovation and multilevel governance / Joan Subirats ; Colonial legacy and post-independence economic performance : Latin America in comparative perspective / Leandro Prados de la Escosura ; The institutionalization of political science : the case of Spain / Miguel Jerez Mir ; Political conflict (and consensus) in parliaments : the case of Spain's autonomous communities / Xavier Coller ; Latin American and Caribbean 20th century economic growth in the Spanish mirror / Albert Carreras ; Connecting the dots : chance and agency in path dependence / Robert Garvía ; Spain : a partisan, non-institutional democrxacy / Josep M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frequently asked questions about Oracle9i for zLinux -- Appendix B. Tools for VM performance data collection and analysis -- z/VM Control Program (CP) -- B.0.1 The CP INDICATE command -- B.0.2 Accounting records -- B.0.3 CP Monitor Facility -- B.1 Optional programs -- B.1.1 VM Performance Reporting Facility (VMPRF). -- B.1.2 VM Real Time Monitor (RTM) -- B.1.3 RMF PM -- B.1.4 FCON/ESA -- Appendix C. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Portal application design and development guidelines -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 WebSphere Portal -- 8.3 Introduction to object-oriented design patterns -- 8.3.1 Singleton -- 8.3.2 Factory -- 8.3.3 Abstract Factory -- 8.3.4 Proxy -- 8.3.5 Decorator -- 8.3.6 Command -- 8.3.7 Facade -- 8.3.8 Model-View-Controller (MVC) -- 8.3.9 Summary -- 8.4 Introduction to the Portlet framework -- 8.4.1 Background on Portlets -- 8.4.2 Navigational schema -- 8.4.3 General approach to Portlet development -- 8.4.4 State Pattern Portlet framework -- 8.4.5 Struts -- 8.5 Collaborative Portals -- 8.5.1 People awareness -- 8.5.2 Collaborative Components -- 8.5.3 How to add people awareness to your portlet -- 8.5.4 Advanced Domino database access -- 8.5.5 Reference material -- 8.6 Portlet development guidelines -- 8.7 Performance considerations -- 8.7.1 Performance analysis -- 8.8 Performance guidelines -- 8.8.1 Caching -- 8.8.2 Object pooling -- 8.8.3 Performance pitfalls -- 8.9 Portalization approach for existing applications -- 8.9.1 The portalization process -- 8.9.2 The portalizing challenge -- 8.9.3 Business applications -- 8.9.4 Performance considerations -- 8.9.5 Integration types -- 8.9.6 Considerations -- 8.9.7 Summary -- 8.9.8 Where to find more information: -- Appendix A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2 Using SQL to Manage Data -- 2.1 The Server SQL Mode -- 2.2 MySQL Identifier Syntax and Naming Rules -- 2.3 Case Sensitivity in SQL Statements -- 2.4 Character Set Support -- 2.5 Selecting, Creating, Dropping, and Altering Databases -- 2.6 Creating, Dropping, Indexing, and Altering Tables -- 2.7 Obtaining Database Metadata -- 2.8 Performing Multiple-Table Retrievals with Joins -- 2.9 Performing Multiple-Table Retrievals with Subqueries -- 2.10 Performing Multiple-Table Retrievals with UNION -- 2.11 Using Views -- 2.12 Multiple-Table Deletes and Updates -- 2.13 Performing Transactions -- 2.14 Foreign Keys and Referential Integrity -- 2.15 Using FULLTEXT Searches -- 3 Data Types -- 3.1 Data Value Categories -- 3.2 MySQL Data Types -- 3.3 How MySQL Handles Invalid Data Values -- 3.4 Working with Sequences -- 3.5 Expression Evaluation and Type Conversion -- 3.6 Choosing Data Types -- 4 Stored Programs -- 4.1 Compound Statements and Statement Delimiters -- 4.2 Stored Functions and Procedures -- 4.3 Triggers -- 4.4 Events -- 4.5 Security for Stored Programs and Views -- 5 Query Optimization -- 5.1 Using Indexing -- 5.2 The MySQL Query Optimizer…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Requirements for the Value for Money: A Measurement Process -- ROI Methodology -- Terminology: Projects, Solutions, Participants -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 4: Introducing the ROI Methodology -- Types of Data -- The Initial Analysis -- Using Design Thinking to Deliver and Measure Results -- The ROI Process Model -- Operating Standards and Philosophy -- Implementing and Sustaining the Process -- Benefits of This Approach -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 5: Start with Why: Align Programs with the Business -- Impact Measures are Critical -- The Challenge -- The Alignment Model -- Payoff Needs -- Business Needs -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 6: Make It Feasible: Select the Right Solution -- Performance Needs -- The Performance Dialogue -- Use Analysis Techniques -- Learning Needs -- Preference Needs -- Matching Solutions to Needs -- The Matrix Diagram -- Selecting Solutions for Maximum Payoff -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 7: Expect Success: Design for Results -- The Power of Expectations -- Defining the Success of Programs -- Designing for Results at Each Level -- Developing Objectives at Multiple Levels -- The Power of Objectives -- Defining Roles and Responsibilities -- Planning the Evaluation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5210 - Recurrent taxes on use of goods and on permission to use goods or perform activities -- 5220 - Non-recurrent taxes on use of goods and on permission to use goods or perform activities -- 6000 - Other taxes -- A.6 Conciliation with National Accounts -- A.7 Memorandum item on the financing of social security benefits -- A.8 Memorandum item on identifiable taxes paid by government -- A.9 Relation of OECD classification of taxes to national accounting systems -- A.10 The OECD classification of taxes and the International Monetary Fund (GFS) system -- A.11 Comparison of the OECD classification of taxes with other international classifications -- A.12 Attribution of tax revenues by sub-sectors of general government -- Sub-sectors of general government to be identified -- Supranational Authorities -- Criteria to be used for the attribution of tax revenues -- Notes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Converting Virtual Machines -- Converting physical machines to VMware Workstation -- Virtualizing a physical Windows machine with VMware Converter -- Performing a physical-to-virtual conversion of computers running Linux -- Performing a V2V conversion and virtual machine import -- Importing raw image files into VMware Workstation -- Importing VMDK files into VMware Workstation -- Importing other disk file formats into VMware Workstation using OVF -- Importing third-party virtual machines using VMware vCenter Converter -- Summary -- 8. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Protection de la nature et biodiversité -- Conclusions -- 1. Évaluation des performances -- 1.1 Objectifs nationaux -- 1.2 Engagements internationaux -- 1.3 Zones protégées -- Figure 5.1 Principales zones protégées -- Tableau 5.1 Réseau national d'aires protégées -- 1.4 Protection de la nature hors des zones protégées -- Figure 5.2 Ressources forestières -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mass conservation and Helmholtz wave equation -- Dynamic density -- Dynamic compressibility -- Wave number and characteristic impedance -- 4.24 FINITE LOSSY TUBES -- A two-port network for a finite tube of any length [13] -- A two-port network for a short finite tube -- A two-port network for a short finite tube using approximate discrete elements -- Regimes for an open-ended tube -- Ultra-narrow tube -- REFERENCES -- Five - Microphones -- XV: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MICROPHONES -- 5.1 PRESSURE MICROPHONES -- 5.2 PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- 5.3 COMBINATION OF PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- XVI: PRESSURE MICROPHONES -- 5.4 ELECTROMAGNETIC MOVING-COIL MICROPHONE (DYNAMIC MICROPHONE) -- General features -- Construction -- Electro-mechano-acoustical relations -- Performance -- 5.5 ELECTROSTATIC MICROPHONE (CAPACITOR MICROPHONE) -- General features -- Construction -- Electromechanical relations -- Analogous circuits -- Acoustical relations -- Performance -- XVII: PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- 5.6 ELECTROMAGNETIC RIBBON MICROPHONES -- General features -- Construction -- Analogous circuit -- Performance -- XVIII: COMBINATION MICROPHONES -- 5.7 ELECTRICAL COMBINATION OF PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-GRADIENT TRANSDUCERS -- 5.8 ACOUSTICAL COMBINATION OF PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- 5.9 DUAL-DIAPHRAGM COMBINATION OF PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- Omnidirectional performance -- Bidirectional performance -- Unidirectional performance -- Condition for equal sensitivity in all three switch positions -- Condition for stability -- NOTES -- Six - Electrodynamic loudspeakers -- XIX: BASIC THEORY OF ELECTRODYNAMIC LOUDSPEAKERS -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 CONSTRUCTION [2] -- 6.3 ELECTRO-MECHANO-ACOUSTICAL CIRCUIT -- Voice-coil velocity at medium and low frequencies -- Voice-coil velocity at low frequencies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intensité et structure énergétiques -- Tableau 2.3 Prix de l'énergie dans quelques pays de l'OCDE -- 3. Performances environnementales -- 3. GESTION DE L'EAU -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Returns Reported by Mutual Funds Are Rarely Earned by Mutual Fund Investors -- Hint: Money flows into most funds after good performance, and goes out when bad performance follows -- The dual penalties of costs and investor behavior -- Inflamed by heady optimism and greed, and enticed by the wiles of mutual fund marketers, investors poured their savings into equity funds at the bull market peak -- When counterproductive investor emotions are magnified by counterproductive fund industry promotions, little good is apt to result -- Investor emotions plus fund industry promotions equals trouble…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Explaining vSAN failure domains functionality -- Configuring/managing VMware vSAN -- Creating/modifying VMware Virtual Volumes -- Configuring storage policies -- Enabling/disabling vSAN Fault Domains -- Creating Virtual Volumes given the workload and availability requirements -- Collecting vSAN Observer output -- Creating storage policies appropriate for given workloads and availability requirements -- Configuring vVOLs Protocol Endpoints -- Objective 3.3 - Configure vSphere Storage multipathing and failover -- Explaining common multi-pathing components -- Differentiating APD and PDL states -- Comparing and contrasting active optimized versus active non-optimized port group states -- Explaining features of Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) -- Understanding the effects of a given claim rule on multipathing and failover -- Explaining the function of claim rule elements -- Changing the path selection policy using the UI -- Determining required claim rule elements to change the default PSP -- Determining the effect of changing PSP on multipathing and failover -- Determining the effects of changing SATP on relevant device behavior -- Configuring/managing storage load balancing -- Differentiating available storage load balancing options -- Differentiating available storage multipathing policies -- Configuring storage policies including vSphere storage APIs for storage awareness -- Locating failover events in the UI -- Objective 3.4 - Perform VMFS and NFS configurations and upgrades -- Performing VMFS v5 and v6 configurations -- Describing VAAI primitives for block devices and NAS -- Differentiating VMware filesystem technologies -- Migrating from VMFS5 to VMFS6 -- Differentiating physical mode RDMs and virtual mode RDMs -- Creating a virtual/physical mode RDM -- Differentiating NFS 3.x and 4.1 capabilities…”

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