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TKO 5-Piece Complete Junior Drum Set - Wine Red (FOR AIR EXPRESS SEE "SHIPPING INFORMATION")
This complete TKO101 Junior drum set is sized just right for the young student drummer. Its durable quality will hold up under hard playing. Features fully tunable top and bottom heads, real wood shells & chrome plated metal hardware! The snare drum (10") and adjustible angle small toms (8" & 10") have 4 lugs each. The floor tom (13") and bass drum (16") have 12 lugs each. Attractive color-matched inlaid rims on the bass drum give this drum set a pro-like "look".
Includes: bass mounted cymbal holder, snare drum stand, and drum stool (all adjustable height), spring-loaded bass drum pedal, 10" brass ride cymbal, hi-hat stand with a pair of 8" brass hi-hat cymbals, drum sticks and tuning key. Recommended for ages 3 to 7 and smaller 8 year olds. Makes a wonderful music gift for kids! Replacement parts are also available. Some assembly is needed for this drum set. Easy set-up instructions are included. Also available in black and these metallic colors: blue, red and silver.
: Durable quality - will hold up under hard playing., Real wood shells & chrome plated metal hardware., Height adjustible stands & stool - Fully tuneable top & bottom heads., Full 1 Year Warranty, Color-matched inlaid bass drum rims for a pro-like "look".
Company: TKO
List Price: $175.95
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This complete TKO101 Junior drum set is sized just right for the young student drummer. Its durable quality will hold up under hard playing. Features fully tunable top and bottom heads, real wood shells & chrome plated metal hardware! The snare drum (10") and adjustible angle small toms (8" & 10") have 4 lugs each. The floor tom (13") and bass drum (16") have 12 lugs each. Attractive color-matched inlaid rims on the bass drum give this drum set a pro-like "look".
Includes: bass mounted cymbal holder, snare drum stand, and drum stool (all adjustable height), spring-loaded bass drum pedal, 10" brass ride cymbal, hi-hat stand with a pair of 8" brass hi-hat cymbals, drum sticks and tuning key. Recommended for ages 3 to 7 and smaller 8 year olds. Makes a wonderful music gift for kids! Replacement parts are also available. Some assembly is needed for this drum set. Easy set-up instructions are included. Also available in black and these metallic colors: blue, red and silver.: Durable quality - will hold up under hard playing., Real wood shells & chrome plated metal hardware., Height adjustible stands & stool - Fully tuneable top & bottom heads., Full 1 Year Warranty, Color-matched inlaid bass drum rims for a pro-like "look".
Company: TKO
List Price: $175.95
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Large White Cardboard CD Mailer with Adhesive Flap - 50 Pack
This is the perfect mailer for delivering your disc via USPS, UPS or Fedex. The mailer doesn't require any additional packaging to send via these carriers. Easy to seal, and easy for the enduser to open. Our most popular mailer.
: Self Sealing Mailer, Easy to open pull tab, Ideal size for up to 3 discs, Ideal for USPS shipping
Company: Information Packaging
List Price: $0.00
Amazon Price: $7.55
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This is the perfect mailer for delivering your disc via USPS, UPS or Fedex. The mailer doesn't require any additional packaging to send via these carriers. Easy to seal, and easy for the enduser to open. Our most popular mailer.: Self Sealing Mailer, Easy to open pull tab, Ideal size for up to 3 discs, Ideal for USPS shipping
Company: Information Packaging
List Price: $0.00
Amazon Price: $7.55
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Platinum Comedy Series - Sheryl Underwood: Too Much Information
Sheryl Underwood is a brilliant comedian and one of the funniest, topical stand-up comics working today. Sheryl is no stranger to television, film or radio having appeared on Def Comedy Jam, I Got The Hook Up, Beauty Shop and Bulworth. Her intense comedy stems from her diverse background including college life, dating, a stint in the Armed Forces and being regarded as a leading radio show host. As a testament to her talent, Sheryl has been named the 2005-06 host of BET's top-rated show, Comic View. Sheryl Underwood brings to the stage a heavy dose of adult comedy. Her "in your face" brand of comedic flair consists of brutal honesty and side-splitting observations of life.
Director: Leslie Small
DVD: Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
Company: Urban Works (2005-11-22)
List Price: $9.99
Amazon Price: $5.43
Used Price: $4.96
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Sheryl Underwood is a brilliant comedian and one of the funniest, topical stand-up comics working today. Sheryl is no stranger to television, film or radio having appeared on Def Comedy Jam, I Got The Hook Up, Beauty Shop and Bulworth. Her intense comedy stems from her diverse background including college life, dating, a stint in the Armed Forces and being regarded as a leading radio show host. As a testament to her talent, Sheryl has been named the 2005-06 host of BET's top-rated show, Comic View. Sheryl Underwood brings to the stage a heavy dose of adult comedy. Her "in your face" brand of comedic flair consists of brutal honesty and side-splitting observations of life.Director: Leslie Small
DVD: Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
Company: Urban Works (2005-11-22)
List Price: $9.99
Amazon Price: $5.43
Used Price: $4.96
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Oxo Good Grips Strawberry Huller
Kitchen:
Simple, efficient tool for removing strawberry hulls, Works in a single motion to pierce and scoop, Plunger push-button releases the removed hull, Signature non-slip surface and comfortable grip, Safe in the dishwasher; button removes for cleaning
Company: OXO
List Price: $6.95
Amazon Price: $4.99
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Company: OXO
List Price: $6.95
Amazon Price: $4.99
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Bestselling author Nassim Nicholas Taleb continues his exploration of randomness in his fascinating new book, The Black Swan, in which he examines the influence of highly improbable and unpredictable events that have massive impact. Engaging and enlightening, The Black Swan is a book that may change the way you think about the world, a book that Chris Anderson calls, "a delightful romp through history, economics, and the frailties of human nature." See Anderson's entire guest review below.
Guest Reviewer: Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and the author of The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.
Four hundred years ago, Francis Bacon warned that our minds are wired to deceive us. "Beware the fallacies into which undisciplined thinkers most easily fall--they are the real distorting prisms of human nature." Chief among them: "Assuming more order than exists in chaotic nature." Now consider the typical stock market report: "Today investors bid shares down out of concern over Iranian oil production." Sigh. We're still doing it.
Our brains are wired for narrative, not statistical uncertainty. And so we tell ourselves simple stories to explain complex thing we don't--and, most importantly, can't--know. The truth is that we have no idea why stock markets go up or down on any given day, and whatever reason we give is sure to be grossly simplified, if not flat out wrong.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb first made this argument in Fooled by Randomness, an engaging look at the history and reasons for our predilection for self-deception when it comes to statistics. Now, in The Black Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable, he focuses on that most dismal of sciences, predicting the future. Forecasting is not just at the heart of Wall Street, but its something each of us does every time we make an insurance payment or strap on a seat belt.
The problem, Nassim explains, is that we place too much weight on the odds that past events will repeat (diligently trying to follow the path of the "millionaire next door," when unrepeatable chance is a better explanation). Instead, the really important events are rare and unpredictable. He calls them Black Swans, which is a reference to a 17th century philosophical thought experiment. In Europe all anyone had ever seen were white swans; indeed, "all swans are white" had long been used as the standard example of a scientific truth. So what was the chance of seeing a black one? Impossible to calculate, or at least they were until 1697, when explorers found Cygnus atratus in Australia.
Nassim argues that most of the really big events in our world are rare and unpredictable, and thus trying to extract generalizable stories to explain them may be emotionally satisfying, but it's practically useless. September 11th is one such example, and stock market crashes are another. Or, as he puts it, "History does not crawl, it jumps." Our assumptions grow out of the bell-curve predictability of what he calls "Mediocristan," while our world is really shaped by the wild powerlaw swings of "Extremistan."
In full disclosure, I'm a long admirer of Taleb's work and a few of my comments on drafts found their way into the book. I, too, look at the world through the powerlaw lens, and I too find that it reveals how many of our assumptions are wrong. But Taleb takes this to a new level with a delightful romp through history, economics, and the frailties of human nature. --Chris Anderson
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Hardcover: 400 pages
Company: Random House (2007-04-17) (2007-04-17)
ISBN: 1400063515
List Price: $27.00
Amazon Price: $15.03
Used Price: $11.98
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Bestselling author Nassim Nicholas Taleb continues his exploration of randomness in his fascinating new book, The Black Swan, in which he examines the influence of highly improbable and unpredictable events that have massive impact. Engaging and enlightening, The Black Swan is a book that may change the way you think about the world, a book that Chris Anderson calls, "a delightful romp through history, economics, and the frailties of human nature." See Anderson's entire guest review below.
Guest Reviewer: Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and the author of The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More. Four hundred years ago, Francis Bacon warned that our minds are wired to deceive us. "Beware the fallacies into which undisciplined thinkers most easily fall--they are the real distorting prisms of human nature." Chief among them: "Assuming more order than exists in chaotic nature." Now consider the typical stock market report: "Today investors bid shares down out of concern over Iranian oil production." Sigh. We're still doing it.
Our brains are wired for narrative, not statistical uncertainty. And so we tell ourselves simple stories to explain complex thing we don't--and, most importantly, can't--know. The truth is that we have no idea why stock markets go up or down on any given day, and whatever reason we give is sure to be grossly simplified, if not flat out wrong.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb first made this argument in Fooled by Randomness, an engaging look at the history and reasons for our predilection for self-deception when it comes to statistics. Now, in The Black Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable, he focuses on that most dismal of sciences, predicting the future. Forecasting is not just at the heart of Wall Street, but its something each of us does every time we make an insurance payment or strap on a seat belt.
The problem, Nassim explains, is that we place too much weight on the odds that past events will repeat (diligently trying to follow the path of the "millionaire next door," when unrepeatable chance is a better explanation). Instead, the really important events are rare and unpredictable. He calls them Black Swans, which is a reference to a 17th century philosophical thought experiment. In Europe all anyone had ever seen were white swans; indeed, "all swans are white" had long been used as the standard example of a scientific truth. So what was the chance of seeing a black one? Impossible to calculate, or at least they were until 1697, when explorers found Cygnus atratus in Australia.
Nassim argues that most of the really big events in our world are rare and unpredictable, and thus trying to extract generalizable stories to explain them may be emotionally satisfying, but it's practically useless. September 11th is one such example, and stock market crashes are another. Or, as he puts it, "History does not crawl, it jumps." Our assumptions grow out of the bell-curve predictability of what he calls "Mediocristan," while our world is really shaped by the wild powerlaw swings of "Extremistan."
In full disclosure, I'm a long admirer of Taleb's work and a few of my comments on drafts found their way into the book. I, too, look at the world through the powerlaw lens, and I too find that it reveals how many of our assumptions are wrong. But Taleb takes this to a new level with a delightful romp through history, economics, and the frailties of human nature. --Chris Anderson
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Hardcover: 400 pages
Company: Random House (2007-04-17) (2007-04-17)
ISBN: 1400063515
List Price: $27.00
Amazon Price: $15.03
Used Price: $11.98
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Ty Jumbles - Calico Cat
Official product from Ty Classic Collection
Look for the familiar heart-shaped tag that means you've purchased an authentic Ty product
Requires no additional gift tag; inside allows you to insert TO and FROM information
Handmade with the finest quality standards in the industry for 20 years
3 years and up
Toy: Official product from Ty Classic Collection, Look for the familiar heart-shaped tag that means you've purchased an authentic Ty product, Requires no additional gift tag; inside allows you to insert TO and FROM information, Handmade with the finest quality standards in the industry for 20 years, 3 years and up
Company: Ty (2006-06-01)
List Price: $10.00
Amazon Price: $9.96
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Official product from Ty Classic Collection
Look for the familiar heart-shaped tag that means you've purchased an authentic Ty product
Requires no additional gift tag; inside allows you to insert TO and FROM information
Handmade with the finest quality standards in the industry for 20 years
3 years and upToy: Official product from Ty Classic Collection, Look for the familiar heart-shaped tag that means you've purchased an authentic Ty product, Requires no additional gift tag; inside allows you to insert TO and FROM information, Handmade with the finest quality standards in the industry for 20 years, 3 years and up
Company: Ty (2006-06-01)
List Price: $10.00
Amazon Price: $9.96
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Transcend StoreJet 320 GB 2.5-Inch USB 2.0 Anti Shock Hard Drive TS320GSJ25M
Transcend's StoreJet 25 mobile is compact and portable, with measurements of only 134 mm by 80.8 mm by 18.8 mm. Weighing in at just 206g, the StoreJet 25 mobile is easy for users to conveniently carry around.Transcend's StoreJet 25 mobile features advanced dual stage anti-shock technology and meets strict U.S.military drop-test standards to help protect your data against accidental bumps or falls. In order to ensure maximum compatibility with most desktop and notebook computers, the StoreJet 25 mobile uses a high-speed USB 2.0 interface, which provides data transfer rates up to 480Mb per second while offering the convenience of plug and play.
Personal Computers: Transcend StoreJet 25 Mobile 320 GB 2.5-inch USB 2.0 External Hard Drive General Features:, 320 GB capacity 2.5-inch SATA hard drive, High-speed USB 2.0 interface (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) High transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps, One Touch Auto-Backup button LED indicates power on and data access, Advanced dual stage anti-shock technology
Company: TRANSCEND
List Price: $125.99
Amazon Price: $95.24
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Personal Computers: Transcend StoreJet 25 Mobile 320 GB 2.5-inch USB 2.0 External Hard Drive General Features:, 320 GB capacity 2.5-inch SATA hard drive, High-speed USB 2.0 interface (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) High transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps, One Touch Auto-Backup button LED indicates power on and data access, Advanced dual stage anti-shock technology
Company: TRANSCEND
List Price: $125.99
Amazon Price: $95.24
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The Better Sex Video Series: Sexplorations Vol 2 - 22 Sex Secrets, Tips & Turn Ons DVD
Learn exciting new ways to rev up your sex life. Volume 2 features explicit scenes of expert lovers demonstrating powerful techniques sure to add heat and inspire passion. Watch as they explore the art of seduction, practice erotic dance, live out their sexual fantasies, including the seldom talked about and often misunderstood sexual power play. Plus, riveting demonstrations of male, female and mutual masturbation.
Director: Dr. Mark Schoen
DVD: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSCsexual health information, better sex tips
Company: Sinclair Institute (2005-01-01)
List Price: $24.95
Amazon Price: $7.60
Used Price: $19.99
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Learn exciting new ways to rev up your sex life. Volume 2 features explicit scenes of expert lovers demonstrating powerful techniques sure to add heat and inspire passion. Watch as they explore the art of seduction, practice erotic dance, live out their sexual fantasies, including the seldom talked about and often misunderstood sexual power play. Plus, riveting demonstrations of male, female and mutual masturbation.Director: Dr. Mark Schoen
DVD: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSCsexual health information, better sex tips
Company: Sinclair Institute (2005-01-01)
List Price: $24.95
Amazon Price: $7.60
Used Price: $19.99
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Datapilot Samsung Kit
The kit includes the DataPilot software and 3 Samsung cables. Software includes 1 year of free updates as new phones are added to the support list. The DataPilot software supports other phones manufactures, the proper cable, IRDA or Bluetooth adapter are required, which are sold separately. For the current supported phone list, go to datapilot.com Technical Info - (ports, connectors, rams, speed, volts, etc) - Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Pentium 100 MHz or higher CPU, 32MB minimum RAM, 60MB of free HDD space, 800x600 or higher resolution, 256 colors or higher, USB port, CD-ROM drive.
CD-ROM: CD-ROMBackup address book information-for instances of a lost, broken or damaged phone, Transfer MP3 and MIDI files stored on a PC to a cell phone, Download/upload wallpapers, pictures and movies, Sync a cell phone calendar with Outlook appointments and contacts, Includes 3 Samsung cables, USB cable and DataPilot software
Company: Susteen
List Price: $45.00
Amazon Price: $23.80
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The kit includes the DataPilot software and 3 Samsung cables. Software includes 1 year of free updates as new phones are added to the support list. The DataPilot software supports other phones manufactures, the proper cable, IRDA or Bluetooth adapter are required, which are sold separately. For the current supported phone list, go to datapilot.com Technical Info - (ports, connectors, rams, speed, volts, etc) - Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Pentium 100 MHz or higher CPU, 32MB minimum RAM, 60MB of free HDD space, 800x600 or higher resolution, 256 colors or higher, USB port, CD-ROM drive.CD-ROM: CD-ROMBackup address book information-for instances of a lost, broken or damaged phone, Transfer MP3 and MIDI files stored on a PC to a cell phone, Download/upload wallpapers, pictures and movies, Sync a cell phone calendar with Outlook appointments and contacts, Includes 3 Samsung cables, USB cable and DataPilot software
Company: Susteen
List Price: $45.00
Amazon Price: $23.80
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HAI Nu-Stik 1 inch Professional Ceramic Flat Iron
Newest ceramic heating element technology replaces old fashioned 8 Track straightening and Curling Irons. Use it to rapidly shape and add sheen to Hair, actually seal in natural oils. You can Smooth It, Twist It, Flip It, Twirl and Curl Itall with one innovative Ceramic Flat Iron. New Ergonomic Shape makes styling easy for clients at home and saves stylists time and fatigue. New Convertable design lets you curl, wave, straighten and flip hair, all with one appliance. New Super-Rapid Heating Element with Auto temperature control is ideal for pressing shine into all hair types before Dry-Cuts! Create Flats, Straights, Flips, Bends, Coilseven Pressed Pin Curls and beyond with the new Convertable Ceramic Pressing Irons. We promise that you'll love the results.
Health and Beauty: Rapid heating tool that will rise to the desired temperature in less then 25 seconds from being turn, Temperature control thermostat for variable temperature settings., Hai Stick can achieve higher temperature than conventional irons, Fused safety plug / reset feature, Extremely consumer friendly for curling, straightening and twisting. 1 inch plates
Company: Hair Art and Information, Inc.
List Price: $100.00
Amazon Price: $63.99
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Newest ceramic heating element technology replaces old fashioned 8 Track straightening and Curling Irons. Use it to rapidly shape and add sheen to Hair, actually seal in natural oils. You can Smooth It, Twist It, Flip It, Twirl and Curl Itall with one innovative Ceramic Flat Iron. New Ergonomic Shape makes styling easy for clients at home and saves stylists time and fatigue. New Convertable design lets you curl, wave, straighten and flip hair, all with one appliance. New Super-Rapid Heating Element with Auto temperature control is ideal for pressing shine into all hair types before Dry-Cuts! Create Flats, Straights, Flips, Bends, Coilseven Pressed Pin Curls and beyond with the new Convertable Ceramic Pressing Irons. We promise that you'll love the results.Health and Beauty: Rapid heating tool that will rise to the desired temperature in less then 25 seconds from being turn, Temperature control thermostat for variable temperature settings., Hai Stick can achieve higher temperature than conventional irons, Fused safety plug / reset feature, Extremely consumer friendly for curling, straightening and twisting. 1 inch plates
Company: Hair Art and Information, Inc.
List Price: $100.00
Amazon Price: $63.99
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The Amazing Book of Useless Information: More Things You Didn't Need to Know But Are About to Find Out
From the creators of the #1 New York Times,/I> bestseller The Book of Useless Information comes another fun, foolhardy and completely frivolous, fact-filled book.
The Useless Information Society’s latest collection, The Amazing Book of Useless Information, will answer questions readers never even knew they had. From space travel to the history of jelly beans, this wideranging, brain-teasing, and altogether useless book will give readers information to out-trivialize even their cleverest of companions. Features such fascinating facts as:
• There is a town in West Virginia called Looneyville
• Women can talk with less effort than men
• Lemons have more sugar than oranges And answers to these life-changing questions:
• What was the Ancient Roman cure for a stomachache?
• What is a “buckle bunny”?
• Where is the coldest place in the universe?
Author: Noel Botham
Paperback: 240 pages
Company: Perigee Trade (2008-08-05)
ISBN: 0399534687
List Price: $12.95
Amazon Price: $6.94
Used Price: $6.75
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From the creators of the #1 New York Times,/I> bestseller The Book of Useless Information comes another fun, foolhardy and completely frivolous, fact-filled book.The Useless Information Society’s latest collection, The Amazing Book of Useless Information, will answer questions readers never even knew they had. From space travel to the history of jelly beans, this wideranging, brain-teasing, and altogether useless book will give readers information to out-trivialize even their cleverest of companions. Features such fascinating facts as:
• There is a town in West Virginia called Looneyville
• Women can talk with less effort than men
• Lemons have more sugar than oranges And answers to these life-changing questions:
• What was the Ancient Roman cure for a stomachache?
• What is a “buckle bunny”?
• Where is the coldest place in the universe?
Author: Noel Botham
Paperback: 240 pages
Company: Perigee Trade (2008-08-05)
ISBN: 0399534687
List Price: $12.95
Amazon Price: $6.94
Used Price: $6.75
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More Information Than You Require
The bestselling author of The Areas of My Expertise— also known as The Daily Show’s “Resident Expert” and the PC in the iconic Mac ads—picks up exactly where his first book left off. Exactly.
Like its predecessor, MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE compiles incredibly handy made up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes such as:
THE PAST (because there is always more)
THE FUTURE (because they say there is still some left to discuss)
THE METHOD BY WHICH WE “ELECT” OUR PRESIDENTS (as this will be happening soon)
THE STRANGE OKAPI (an actual animal) GAMBLING: THE SPORT OF THE ASTHMATIC MAN (includes hermit crab racing)
HOW TO BE A FAMOUS MINOR TELEVISION PERSONALITY (hint: go on television)
PLUS: 700 MOLE-MAN NAMES (and their occupations)
Yes. HODGMAN MAY HAVE BEEN BRIEFLY ABSENT FROM YOUR LIFE, but with this volume he is ready to pick up exactly where THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE left off—specifically AT PAGE 237.
Author: John Hodgman
Hardcover: 368 pages
Company: Dutton Adult (2008-10-21)
ISBN: 0525950346
List Price: $25.00
Amazon Price: $13.41
Used Price: $15.00
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The bestselling author of The Areas of My Expertise— also known as The Daily Show’s “Resident Expert” and the PC in the iconic Mac ads—picks up exactly where his first book left off. Exactly.Like its predecessor, MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE compiles incredibly handy made up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes such as:
THE PAST (because there is always more)
THE FUTURE (because they say there is still some left to discuss)
THE METHOD BY WHICH WE “ELECT” OUR PRESIDENTS (as this will be happening soon)
THE STRANGE OKAPI (an actual animal) GAMBLING: THE SPORT OF THE ASTHMATIC MAN (includes hermit crab racing)
HOW TO BE A FAMOUS MINOR TELEVISION PERSONALITY (hint: go on television)
PLUS: 700 MOLE-MAN NAMES (and their occupations)
Yes. HODGMAN MAY HAVE BEEN BRIEFLY ABSENT FROM YOUR LIFE, but with this volume he is ready to pick up exactly where THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE left off—specifically AT PAGE 237.
Author: John Hodgman
Hardcover: 368 pages
Company: Dutton Adult (2008-10-21)
ISBN: 0525950346
List Price: $25.00
Amazon Price: $13.41
Used Price: $15.00
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The Best Book of Useless Information Ever
From the creators of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Useless Information comes another enlightening, entertaining, and ultimately useless assortment of trivia.
If you find yourself transfixed by the most trivial of trivia, or mesmerized by the most minor of minutiae, The Useless Information Society's latest findings can satisfy your every need. This wide-ranging collection will fill every nook and cranny of your brain with information you'll surely never need, but will enjoy learning anyway!
Did you know...
- that penguins can jump six feet out of the water?
- that everyone is color-blind at birth?
Would you care to know...
- what the first meal eaten on the moon was?
- what country drinks the most Coca-Cola? (Hint: It's not the United States.)
In 1995, a secret society was formed comprising Britain's foremost thinkers, writers, and artists to trade and share in useless information (or, as founding member Keith Waterhouse, playwright and journalist, would have it, "totally bloody useless").
Author: Noel Botham
Paperback: 224 pages Bargain Price
Company: Perigee Trade (2007-12-18)
List Price: $12.95
Amazon Price: $4.49
Used Price: $4.44
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From the creators of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Useless Information comes another enlightening, entertaining, and ultimately useless assortment of trivia. If you find yourself transfixed by the most trivial of trivia, or mesmerized by the most minor of minutiae, The Useless Information Society's latest findings can satisfy your every need. This wide-ranging collection will fill every nook and cranny of your brain with information you'll surely never need, but will enjoy learning anyway!
Did you know...
- that penguins can jump six feet out of the water?
- that everyone is color-blind at birth?
Would you care to know...
- what the first meal eaten on the moon was?
- what country drinks the most Coca-Cola? (Hint: It's not the United States.)
In 1995, a secret society was formed comprising Britain's foremost thinkers, writers, and artists to trade and share in useless information (or, as founding member Keith Waterhouse, playwright and journalist, would have it, "totally bloody useless").
Author: Noel Botham
Paperback: 224 pages Bargain Price
Company: Perigee Trade (2007-12-18)
List Price: $12.95
Amazon Price: $4.49
Used Price: $4.44
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Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites
The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they're looking for quickly? This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and web site developers how to build large-scale and maintainable web sites that are appealing and easy to navigate.
The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they're looking for quickly? This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and web site developers how to build large-scale and maintainable web sites that are appealing and easy to navigate. The new edition is thoroughly updated to address emerging technologies -- with recent examples, new scenarios, and information on best practices -- while maintaining its focus on fundamentals. With topics that range from aesthetics to mechanics, "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" explains how to create interfaces that users can understand right away. Inside, you'll find: An overview of information architecture for both newcomers and experienced practitioners The fundamental components of an architecture, illustrating the interconnected nature of these systems. Updated, with updates for tagging, folksonomies, social classification, and guided navigation Tools, techniques, and methods that take you from research to strategy and design to implementation. This edition discusses blueprints, wireframes and the role of diagrams in the design phase A series of short essays that provide practical tips and philosophical advice for those who work on information architecture The business context of practicing and promoting information architecture, including recent lessons on how to handle enterprise architecture Case studies on the evolution of two large and very different information architectures, illustrating best practices along the way
How do you documentthe rich interfaces of web applications? How do you design for multiple platforms and mobile devices? With emphasis on goals and approaches over tactics or technologies, this enormously popular book gives you knowledge about information architecture with a framework that allows you to learn new approaches -- and unlearn outmoded ones.
Author: Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville
Paperback:
526 pages
Illustrated
Company: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
(2006-11-27)
ISBN: 0596527349
List Price: $39.99
Amazon Price: $17.99
Used Price: $17.98
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Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data
Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. Although dashboards are potentially powerful, this potential is rarely realized. The greatest display technology in the world won't solve this if you fail to use effective visual design. And if a dashboard fails to tell you precisely what you need to know in an instant, you'll never use it, even if it's filled with cute gauges, meters, and traffic lights. Don't let your investment in dashboard technology go to waste.
Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. Although dashboards are potentially powerful, this potential is rarely realized. The greatest display technology in the world won't solve this if you fail to use effective visual design. And if a dashboard fails to tell you precisely what you need to know in an instant, you'll never use it, even if it's filled with cute gauges, meters, and traffic lights. Don't let your investment in dashboard technology go to waste. This book will teach you the visual design skills you need to create dashboards that communicate clearly, rapidly, and compellingly. "Information Dashboard Design" will explain how to:
Avoid the thirteen mistakes common to dashboard design
Provide viewers with the information they need quickly and clearly
Apply what we now know about visual perception to the visual presentation of information
Minimize distractions, cliches, and unnecessary embellishments that create confusion
Organize business information to support meaning and usability
Create an aesthetically pleasing viewing experience
Maintain consistency of design to provide accurate interpretation
Optimize the power of dashboard technology by pairing it with visual effectiveness
Stephen Few has over 20 years of experience as an IT innovator, consultant, and educator. As Principal of the consultancy Perceptual Edge, Stephen focuses on data visualization for analyzing and communicating quantitative business information. He provides consulting and training services, speaks frequently at conferences, and teaches in the MBA program at the University ofCalifornia in Berkeley. He is also the author of "Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten," Visit his website at www.perceptualedge.com.
Author: Stephen Few
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223 pages
Company: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
(2006-01-01)
ISBN: 0596100167
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Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm (10th Edition)
Author: Jane Laudon, Kenneth Laudon
Hardcover: 736 pages
Company: Prentice Hall (2006-12-04)
ISBN: 0132304619
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For sophmore, junior, senior, and MBA-level MIS and Information Systems courses.
These authoritative authors continue to define the MIS course by integrating coverage of essential new technologies, their applications, and their impact on managerial decisions.
Author: Jane Laudon, Kenneth Laudon
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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition
A modern classic. Tufte teaches the fundamentals of graphics, charts, maps and tables. "A visual Strunk and White" (The Boston Globe). Includes 250 delightfullly entertaining illustrations, all beautifully printed.
Author: Edward R. Tufte
Hardcover: 197 pages
Company: Graphics Press (2001-05)
ISBN: 0961392142
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A modern classic. Tufte teaches the fundamentals of graphics, charts, maps and tables. "A visual Strunk and White" (The Boston Globe). Includes 250 delightfullly entertaining illustrations, all beautifully printed.Author: Edward R. Tufte
Hardcover: 197 pages
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Lexi-Comp's Drug Information Handbook
....quick access to all medications found in the Drug Information Handbook in a concise, abridged format...with a modified Adverse Reactions field that includes only those reactions >1%, unless significant or life-threatening.
Author: Charles F. Lacy, Lora L. Armstrong, Morton P. Goldman, Leonard L. Lance
Paperback: 1938 pages
Company: Lexi-Comp (2008-05-30)
ISBN: 1591952360
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....quick access to all medications found in the Drug Information Handbook in a concise, abridged format...with a modified Adverse Reactions field that includes only those reactions >1%, unless significant or life-threatening.Author: Charles F. Lacy, Lora L. Armstrong, Morton P. Goldman, Leonard L. Lance
Paperback: 1938 pages
Company: Lexi-Comp (2008-05-30)
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Foundations of Library and Information Science
Foundations of Library and Information Science is the most current introductory text available, covering the practice of librarianship, the place of libraries in the broader information infrastructure, the development of information science, and more. Library and information science students and professionals will find the background and concepts they need to meet today's - and tomorrow's - challenges. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. The Information Infrastructure: Libraries in Context; 2. Information Science: A Service Perspective; 3. Redefining the Library: The Impacts and Implications of Technological Change; 4. Information Policy: Stakeholders and Agendas; 5. Information Policy as Library Policy: Intellectual Freedom; 6. Information Organization: Issues and Techniques; 7. From Past to Present: The Library s Mission and Its Values; 8. Ethics and Standards: Professional Practices in Library and Information Science; 9. The Library as Institution: An Organizational View, and 10. Librarianship: An Evolving Profession.
Author: Richard Rubin
Paperback: 579 pages
Company: Neal-Schuman Publishers (2004-08-01)
ISBN: 1555705189
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Foundations of Library and Information Science is the most current introductory text available, covering the practice of librarianship, the place of libraries in the broader information infrastructure, the development of information science, and more. Library and information science students and professionals will find the background and concepts they need to meet today's - and tomorrow's - challenges. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. The Information Infrastructure: Libraries in Context; 2. Information Science: A Service Perspective; 3. Redefining the Library: The Impacts and Implications of Technological Change; 4. Information Policy: Stakeholders and Agendas; 5. Information Policy as Library Policy: Intellectual Freedom; 6. Information Organization: Issues and Techniques; 7. From Past to Present: The Library s Mission and Its Values; 8. Ethics and Standards: Professional Practices in Library and Information Science; 9. The Library as Institution: An Organizational View, and 10. Librarianship: An Evolving Profession.Author: Richard Rubin
Paperback: 579 pages
Company: Neal-Schuman Publishers (2004-08-01)
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Envisioning Information
A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visual thinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. -- Rudolf Arnheim
Author: Edward R. Tufte
Hardcover: 126 pages
Company: Graphics Press (1990-05)
ISBN: 0961392118
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A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visual thinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. -- Rudolf ArnheimAuthor: Edward R. Tufte
Hardcover: 126 pages
Company: Graphics Press (1990-05)
ISBN: 0961392118
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Oscillator
OSCILLATOR is the first new commercial release from INFORMATION SOCIETY in six years. The legendary electropop group returns with a taste of their forthcoming SYNTHESIZER full-length release. This EP features newcomer Christopher Anton on vocal duties, as well as a range of intriguing guests and remixers. The CD release also features a bonus CD-Rom video track.
Atists: Information Society
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Company: Hakatak International (2007-06-19)
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OSCILLATOR is the first new commercial release from INFORMATION SOCIETY in six years. The legendary electropop group returns with a taste of their forthcoming SYNTHESIZER full-length release. This EP features newcomer Christopher Anton on vocal duties, as well as a range of intriguing guests and remixers. The CD release also features a bonus CD-Rom video track.Atists: Information Society
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Don't Be Afraid, V.1.3
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Information Society
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Hack
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Information Society
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Information Society - Greatest Hits: Strange Haircuts/Cardboard Guitars/Computer Samples
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Information Society
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Company: Rhino / Ada (2001-04-24)
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Information Society
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Synthesizer
"Synthesizer" is the first new Information Society album in a decade. During the prior ten years, the band was patiently waiting for the music industry to catch up to it. Information Society was among the first bands ever to add computer-data content to a music CD (back in 1988) and has continued to push the boundaries of technology, not only in the creation of music but in the delivery of it. "Synthesizer" itself is innovative: an album that sounds like classic new wave synthpop...if the genre had just been invented today. It's fresh and vital but retains all of Information Society's signature sound.
Atists: Information Society
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Company: Dancing Ferret Discs (2007-10-09)
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"Synthesizer" is the first new Information Society album in a decade. During the prior ten years, the band was patiently waiting for the music industry to catch up to it. Information Society was among the first bands ever to add computer-data content to a music CD (back in 1988) and has continued to push the boundaries of technology, not only in the creation of music but in the delivery of it. "Synthesizer" itself is innovative: an album that sounds like classic new wave synthpop...if the genre had just been invented today. It's fresh and vital but retains all of Information Society's signature sound.Atists: Information Society
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Private/Public
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Flux Information Sciences
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Company: Young God Records (2001-01-16)
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Flux Information Sciences
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D.E. 7th / Information
Import two-on-one reissue combines the roots-rocker's 1982 album, 'D.E. 7th' with 1983's 'Information', both originally released on Columbia.
Atists: Dave Edmunds
Audio CD: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
Company: Bgo - Beat Goes on (2002-05-20)
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Import two-on-one reissue combines the roots-rocker's 1982 album, 'D.E. 7th' with 1983's 'Information', both originally released on Columbia.Atists: Dave Edmunds
Audio CD: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
Company: Bgo - Beat Goes on (2002-05-20)
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The Information
Hailed as "a deeply natural songwriter" (THE NEW YORKER) who "defies expectations in his own way" (TIME) and "Gen X's most famous absurdist" (BLENDER), BECK is the single most inventive and eclectic figure to emerge from the '90s alternative revolution. In an era obsessed with junk culture, Beck seamlessly blends pop, folk, hiphop, indie/underground and electronica with the end result being an authentically uncategorizeable musical style that nevertheless has sold millions of records and scored multiple Grammy awards.
Hailed as "a deeply natural songwriter" (THE NEW YORKER) who "defies expectations in his own way" (TIME) and "Gen X's most famous absurdist" (BLENDER), BECK is the single most inventive and eclectic figure to emerge from the '90s alternative revolution. In an era obsessed with junk culture, Beck seamlessly blends pop, folk, hiphop, indie/underground and electronica with the end result being an authentically uncategorizeable musical style that nevertheless has sold millions of records and scored multiple Grammy awards. Three years in the making, THE INFORMATION is the album Beck began work on in 2003 with producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead's OK Computer, Kid A; Beck's Sea Change, Mutations) and finally completed this year once Guero's massive success and encore touring engagements, as well as Nigel's other commitments, were fulfilled.
THE INFORMATION is comprised of 15 songs and a DVD featuring homemade videos for each of the 15 songs shot in-studio during the actual sessions. The artwork for The Information is either non-existent or infinite, depending on one's point of view. Each copy will come in a blank package with one of four collectible sticker sheets specially designed by European and American artists and representative of the unique Beck aesthetic. The stickers will give every Beck fan the opportunity to participate in the creative process by designing his or her own one of a kind CD cover.
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Beck
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Company: Interscope Records
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Information Society
The earliest incarnation of this Minnesota band of tech-geeks was essentially a rock band with a deep love for club music, and their first widely distributed record splits the difference. The hit "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)," featuring a Leonard Nimoy sample, is essentially the great lost Duran Duran single, but the rest of the album is pleasingly all over the place. "Walking Away" owes as much to Latin freestyle as it does to mainstream dance-rock, "Lay All Your Love on Me" lights a fire under Abba's tailbone, and the last few tracks slow the tempo way down to an electro crawl. The album is inconsistent and fillery, but it demonstrates a bunch of routes dance music might have gone in the late '80s and didn't quite. --Douglas Wolk
Atists: Information Society
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Company: Warner Bros / Wea (1990-10-25)
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The earliest incarnation of this Minnesota band of tech-geeks was essentially a rock band with a deep love for club music, and their first widely distributed record splits the difference. The hit "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)," featuring a Leonard Nimoy sample, is essentially the great lost Duran Duran single, but the rest of the album is pleasingly all over the place. "Walking Away" owes as much to Latin freestyle as it does to mainstream dance-rock, "Lay All Your Love on Me" lights a fire under Abba's tailbone, and the last few tracks slow the tempo way down to an electro crawl. The album is inconsistent and fillery, but it demonstrates a bunch of routes dance music might have gone in the late '80s and didn't quite. --Douglas WolkAtists: Information Society
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Peace & Love, Inc.
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Information Society
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Information Society
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Walking Away (Album Version)
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Running (Album Version)
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Tomorrow (Album Version)
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What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
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What's On Your Mind (Remastered 12" Club Mix)
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Lay All Your Love On Me (Album Version)
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Think (LP Version)
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What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (LP Version)
Information Society
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Isaac Stern
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Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore Highlights
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Prismatic Hearing
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The Ultimate Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
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Arthur Sullivan, Isidore Godfrey, Royston Nash, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Wright, Donald Adams, George Cook, Gillian Knight, Jean Hindmarsh, Jeffrey Skitch, John Ayldon, John Reed, Joyce Wright, Kenneth Sandford, Lyndsie Holland, Owen Brannigan, Pauline Wales, Peggy Ann Jones, Thomas Round, Valerie Masterson, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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Atists:
Arthur Sullivan, Isidore Godfrey, Royston Nash, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Wright, Donald Adams, George Cook, Gillian Knight, Jean Hindmarsh, Jeffrey Skitch, John Ayldon, John Reed, Joyce Wright, Kenneth Sandford, Lyndsie Holland, Owen Brannigan, Pauline Wales, Peggy Ann Jones, Thomas Round, Valerie Masterson, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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