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Estimating Construction Profitably: Developing a System for Residential Estimating

Estimating the cost of a project is critical to your business success. Done correctly, your company is profitable. Done wrong, you lose money. Michael Stone, a successful construction business consultant and trainer, shares his years of experience estimating residential projects in this manual. If you're estimating remodeling, renovation, new homes, specialty work, or light commercial projects, this book is for you. The book is divided into multiple short chapters for easy reference, discussing: - methods of estimating - details to tie down - estimating labor - labor rates, how to calculate and which to use - working with other contractors - accounting for errors - adjusting for difficulty - material and installed allowances - much more Estimating isn't difficult when you have a system. The purpose of this book is to help you create that system. It's an approach that helps you estimate without having to think about the process. An orderly approach makes estimating easier and more accurate. Estimating is work, requiring dedication, focus, and practice to get right. It isn't as difficult when you have a system in place. The size of the project might vary but the process doesn't change. This book is about learning the process. This book doesn't guarantee perfect estimates or a profit on your jobs. It's up to you to do the work. By following the principles, the system you develop will improve the ease and accuracy of your estimates, and that will make your company more profitable. Written and narrated by Michael Stone, author of Markup & Profit; A Contractor’s Guide Revisited, a top-selling business management book for the construction industry, and Profitable Sales: A Contractor's Guide, a guide to successfully navigating the world of residential remodeling and specialty sales.

Michael C. Stone (Author), Michael C. Stone (Narrator)

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Willkommen im Metaverse: Wie Sie das Metaversum leicht verstehen und gezielt für sich nutzen - inkl.

Das Metaverse ist im Kommen und wird als die Zukunft beworben, doch was ist das Metaverse? Was kann man damit machen? Und wozu brauchen wir das Metaverse? Diese Fragen werden in diesem Buch beantwortet, sodass Sie bald wissen, was das Metaverse ist und wie Sie es für sich selbst nutzen können. Sie erfahren etwas über die Geschichte des Metaverse und woher es so plötzlich kommt und was es damit auf sich hat. Wir werden auch etwas tiefer gehen und uns die Technologien anschauen, welche für ein funktionierendes Metaverse nötig sind, und wie Sie ein Teil von der Entwicklung des Metaverse werden können.

Paul Tashew (Author), Frank Krimphove (Narrator)

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RMF ISSO: NIST 800-53 Controls: NIST 800 Control Families in Each RMF Step

This is a breakdown of each of the NIST 800-53 security control families and how they relate to each step in the NIST 800-37 risk management framework process. It is written by someone in the field in layman's terms with practical use in mind. This book is not a replacement for the NIST 800 special publications, it is a supplemental resource that will give context and meaning to the controls for organizations and cybersecurity professionals tasked with interpreting the security controls.

Bruce Brown (Author), Frank Block (Narrator)

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Heavy Metal: The Hard Days and Nights of the Shipyard Workers Who Build America's Supercarriers

An extraordinary story of American can-do, an inside look at the building of the most dangerous aircraft carrier in the world, the John F. Kennedy. Tip the Empire State Building onto its side and you’ll have a sense of the length of the United States Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the most powerful in the world: the USS John F. Kennedy. Weighing 100,000 tons, Kennedy features the most futuristic technology ever put to sea, making it the most agile and lethal global weapon of war. Only one place possesses the brawn, brains and brass to transform naval warfare with such a creation – the Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia and its 30,000 employees and shipyard workers. This is their story, the riggers, fitters, welders, electricians, machinists and other steelworkers who built the next-generation aircraft carrier. Heavy Metal puts us on the waterfront and into the lives of these men and women as they battle layoffs, the elements, impossible deadlines, extraordinary pressure, workplace dangers and a pandemic to complete a ship that will be essential to protect America’s way of life. The city of Newport News owes its very existence to the company that bears its name. The shipyard dominates the town—physically, politically, financially, socially, and culturally. Thanks to the yard, the city grew from a backwater to be the home of the premier naval contractor in the United States. Heavy Metal captures an indelible moment in the history of a shipyard, a city, and a country. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Michael Fabey (Author), Paul Heitsch (Narrator)

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Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

In this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems. Any understanding of complex energy systems must rely on quantitative measures of many fundamental variables. Power density-the rate of energy flux per unit of area-is an important but largely overlooked measure. Smil provides the first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of the power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, thermal electricity generation, and all common energy uses. Smil shows that careful quantification, critical appraisals, and revealing comparisons of power densities make possible a deeper understanding of the ways we harness, convert, and use energies. Conscientious assessment of power densities, he argues, proves particularly revealing when contrasting the fossil fuel-based energy system with renewable energy conversions. Smil explains that modern civilization has evolved as a direct expression of the high power densities of fossil fuel extraction. He argues that our inevitable move to new energy arrangements involving conversions of lower-density renewable energy sources will require our society-currently dominated by megacities and concentrated industrial production-to undergo a profound spatial restructuring of its energy system.

Vaclav Smil (Author), Daniel Henning (Narrator)

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GO! The Bettenhausen Story

If “Top Gun: Maverick” or “Ford Versus Ferrari” kept your attention, “Go! The Bettenhausen Story” will keep you riveted. What prompts these men to climb into small spaces and propel themselves at death defying speeds? Subtitled “A Race Against A Dream,” this audiobook attempts to answer that question through the eyes of the Bettenhausen family, one of the greatest racing families in the history of the sport of automobile racing. Whether a casual or passionate racing fan, you’ll be fascinated at the closeup of the racing industry as this book chronicles its growth from the 1930s to the 1980s through the eyes of patriarch Tony Bettenhausen and his three racing sons as they conduct “A Race Against A Dream.” As the author Carl Hungness writes, “It’s not the win at Indy the racers want, it’s the challenge. The way of life. It’s the feeling that can’t be conveyed until it’s experienced. What makes the breed of man they call a race car driver tick? Some respect them and others pity them. Don’t pity them; they’ve seen the consequences. They all think they’ll beat the odds. For some, driving in the race is living and everything else is just waiting. They’re more alive inside the car than out of it.” A very small percentage of humans will experience the peril and thrill of the Indy 500, an annual spectacle that fuels the dreams of men and women alike seeking the thunderous adrenaline rush that the race provides. This audiobook dares to drive you close to experiencing “the aura surrounding the fervor for driving a race car.” Buckle up- it’s quite a ride.

Carl Hungness (Author), Stark Wilson (Narrator)

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Broken Icarus: The 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the Golden Age of Aviation, and the Rise of Fascism

The 1930s still conjure painful images: the great want of the Depression, and overseas, the exuberant crowds motivated by self-appointed national saviors dressing up old hatreds as new ideas. But there was another story that embodied mankind in that decade. In the same year that both Adolf Hitler and Franklin D. Roosevelt came to power, the city of Chicago staged what was, up to that time, the most forward-looking international exhibition in history. The 1933 World's Fair looked to the future, unabashedly, as one full of glowing promise.No technology loomed larger at the Fair than aviation. And no persons at the Fair captured the public's interest as much as the romantic figures associated with it: Italy's internationally renowned chief of aeronautics, Italo Balbo; German Zeppelin designer and captain, Doctor Hugo Eckener; and the husband-and-wife aeronaut team of Swiss-born Jean Piccard and Chicago-born Jeannette Ridlon Piccard.This golden age of aviation and its high priests and priestesses portended to

David Hanna (Author), Karen Commins (Narrator)

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Thomas y sus amigos - Historias de 5 minutos y cuentos para dormir

En la isla de Sodor, ¡ningún día es aburrido! Únete a Thomas y sus amigos Percy, James, Kevin y Percy en sus aventuras. Thomas tendrá que trabajar duro, solucionar misterios y conocer a otras locomotoras en estas 12 historias llenas de aventura, emoción y amistad. ¡Embárcate en trepidantes aventuras con Thomas, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diésel, Dexter, Henry y el resto de las locomotoras de la isla de Sodor! Ve en busca de un tesoro, participa en misiones de rescate, resuelve misterios fantasmagóricos y asiste a la coronación del rey de Sodor junto a todas las locomotoras. ¡Chu, chu! ¡Viajeros al tren! Thomas y sus amigos es una serie creada por Britt Allcroft basada en la colección de libros infantiles «The Railway Series», del reverendo W. Audry. Miles de niños de todo el mundo llevan disfrutando de las historias de la pequeña locomotora azul y sus aventuras en la isla de Sodor desde 1984. La serie ocupa un lugar especial en el corazón de niños y mayores y la pequeña locomotora ha estado presente en habitaciones, ferrocarriles y estanterías de todo el mundo durante muchos años. Puedes disfrutar de las aventuras de Thomas y sus amigos en Netflix y YouTube y ahora también en formato libro electrónico y audiolibro. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends CREADO POR BRITT ALLCROFT Basado en The Railway Series de The Reverend W Awdry. © 2021 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends y Thomas & Friends son marcas registradas de Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends y Design son Reg. U.S. Pat y TM. Off. © 2021 HIT Entertainment Limited.

Mattel (Author), Juan Diego Rodriguez (Narrator)

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En Thomas i els seus amics - Contes de 5 minuts

A l'illa de Sodor, no hi ha temps per l'avorriment! Uneix-te a en Thomas i els seus amics, en Percy, en James i en Kevin, a les seves aventures. En Thomas haurà d'esforçar-se molt, solucionar misteris i aprendre a treballar en equip amb els altres trens en aquestes dotze històries plenes d'aventures, emocions i amistat. Acompanya a en Thomas, en Gordon, en James, en Cranky, en Dièsel, en Dexter, en Henry i els altres trens de l'illa de Sodor a trepidants aventures! Vine a buscar el tresor, participa en missions de rescat, resol misteris fantasmagòrics i assisteix a la coronació del rei de Sodor, junt amb totes les locomotores. Xucuxú, xucuxú! Viatgers, al tren! En Thomas i els seus amics és una sèrie creada per Britt Allcroft, basada en una col·lecció de llibres infantils anomenada «The Railway Series», escrita per W. Audry. Des de l'any 1984, milers de nens i nenes de tot el món han gaudit de les històries del tren blau i les seves aventures per l'illa de Sodor. La sèrie és molt estimada per nens, nenes i adults i la petita locomotora s'ha guanyat un lloc a habitacions, estanteries i al cor dels seus espectadors. Pots gaudir de les aventures de Thomas y sus amigos en Netflix i Youtube, i ara també en format audiollibre i en llibre electrònic. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends CREAT PER BRITT ALLCROFT Basat en The Railway Series de The Reverend W Awdry. © 2021 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends y Thomas & Friends son marcas registradas de Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends y Design son Reg. U.S. Pat y TM. Off. © 2021 HIT Entertainment Limited.

Mattel (Author), Carles Llado, Carles Lladó (Narrator)

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En Thomas i els seus amics - Les històries preferides d'en Thomas

Estàs llest per viure fantàstiques aventures amb en Thomas i els seus amics? Coneix a en Thomas, a l'Edward, en Henry, en James, l'Emily i en Percy i les emocionants històries que els esperen. Vagons entremaliats, vaques desobedients, carbons defectuosos... els trens s'hauran d'enfrontar a moltes dificultats, però amb el poder de l'amistat se'n sortiran. Tens l'equipatge fet? Puja al tren! Acompanya a en Thomas, en Gordon, en James, en Cranky, en Dièsel, en Dexter, en Henry i la resta de trens de l'illa de Sodor a trepidants aventures! Vine a buscar el tresor, participa en missions de rescat, resol misteris fantasmagòrics i assisteix a la coronació del rei de Sodor, junt amb totes les locomotores. Xucuxú, xucuxú! Viatgers, al tren! En Thomas i els seus amics és una sèrie creada per Britt Allcroft, basada en una col·lecció de llibres infantils anomenada «The Railway Series», escrita per W. Audry. Des de l'any 1984, milers de nens i nenes de tot el món han gaudit de les històries del tren blau i les seves aventures per l'illa de Sodor. La sèrie és molt estimada per nens, nenes i adults i la petita locomotora s'ha guanyat un lloc a habitacions, estanteries i al cor dels seus espectadors. Pots gaudir de les aventures de Thomas y sus amigos en Netflix i Youtube, i ara també en format audiollibre i en llibre electrònic. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends CREAT PER BRITT ALLCROFT Basat en The Railway Series de The Reverend W Awdry. © 2021 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends y Thomas & Friends son marcas registradas de Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends y Design son Reg. U.S. Pat y TM. Off. © 2021 HIT Entertainment Limited.

Mattel (Author), Carles Llado, Carles Lladó (Narrator)

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Thomas y sus amigos - Los cuentos favoritos de Thomas (Spanish Neutral)

¡Sube a bordo de Thomas y sus amigos! Resuelve junto a Thomas, Edward, Henry, James, Emily y Percy los aprietos que causan los vagones problemáticos, sigue las indicaciones del operador gordinflón y disfruta de fantásticas aventuras repletas de amistad. ¿Tienes el equipaje listo? ¡Súbete a la locomotora! ¡Embárcate en trepidantes aventuras con Thomas, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diésel, Dexter, Henry y el resto de las locomotoras de la isla de Sodor! Ve en busca de un tesoro, participa en misiones de rescate, resuelve misterios fantasmagóricos y asiste a la coronación del rey de Sodor junto a todas las locomotoras. ¡Chu, chu! ¡Viajeros al tren! Thomas y sus amigos es una serie creada por Britt Allcroft basada en la colección de libros infantiles «The Railway Series», del reverendo W. Audry. Miles de niños de todo el mundo llevan disfrutando de las historias de la pequeña locomotora azul y sus aventuras en la isla de Sodor desde 1984. La serie ocupa un lugar especial en el corazón de niños y mayores y la pequeña locomotora ha estado presente en habitaciones, ferrocarriles y estanterías de todo el mundo durante muchos años. Puedes disfrutar de las aventuras de Thomas y sus amigos en Netflix y YouTube y ahora también en formato libro electrónico y audiolibro. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends CREADO POR BRITT ALLCROFT Basado en The Railway Series de The Reverend W Awdry. © 2021 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends y Thomas & Friends son marcas registradas de Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends y Design son Reg. U.S. Pat y TM. Off. © 2021 HIT Entertainment Limited.

Mattel (Author), Juan Diego Rodriguez (Narrator)

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Discovering Mars: A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet

Historian William Sheehan and astronomer and planetary scientist Jim Bell combine their talents to tell a unique story of what we've learned by studying Mars through evolving technologies. What the eye sees as a mysterious red dot wandering through the sky becomes a blurry mirage of apparent seas, continents, and canals as viewed through Earth-based telescopes. Beginning with the Mariner and Viking missions of the 1960s and 1970s, space-based instruments and monitoring systems have flooded scientists with data on Mars's meteorology and geology, and have even sought evidence of possible existence of life-forms on or beneath the surface. This knowledge has transformed our perception of the Red Planet and has provided clues for better understanding our own blue world. Discovering Mars vividly conveys the way our understanding of this other planet has grown from earliest times to the present. The narrative of our quest for the Red Planet has showcased some of our species' most hopeful attributes: curiosity, cooperation, exploration, and the restless drive to understand our place in the larger universe. Sheehan and Bell have written an ambitious first draft of that narrative even as the latest chapters continue to be added both by researchers on Earth and our robotic emissaries on and around Mars.

Jim Bell, William Sheehan (Author), Christopher Douyard (Narrator)

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