Can a mother's love save the universe? In the aftermath of Artifacts Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado reconstructed the fabric of the universe to save his daughter Hope & resurrect his previously murdered lover Jenny Romano What seemed like an innocent transgression to set things right for himself has created cracks that have allowed older greater evils to enter our world Rapture bearer & defrocked priest Tom Judge knows what Jackie has done & is assembling an army of Artifacts bearers to stop him & set things right but will the Witchblade bearer Sara Pezzini be willing to help him? ...

Discover a new & exciting way to put your stash of fabric scraps to good use with this collection of adorable three-dimensional rag-rug projects which can be adapted for use as children's playthings pet toys & home accessories Progging' is the name for this style of rag mat-making in north-east England where the author creates her range of Proggy (R) kits supplies & tools but the method is familiar the world over The technique is easy to master & has been a traditional way of creating mats for centuries
- simply cut your fabric into strips & push it through the holes in some hessian backing Here you will find it given a refreshingly modern twist that moves it beyond the usual two-dimensional rug format with instructions for making 20 fun & funky three-dimensional stuffed animals With a few simple adaptations to the backing filling & eye materials the projects can safely be used as soft toys by children chew toys by pets or put to use as door stops & draught excluders around your home
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Program management (Pg M) is fast developing as the essential link between strategy & projects & as a vehicle for organizational change It offers the means to manage groups of projects with a common business purpose in an integrated & effective way The Second Edition of Michel Thiry's Program Management builds on the bestselling title first published in 2010 The heavily revised text reflects the latest program management guides & international standards &

Includes:: a new section on agile management in programs; the author's own program management maturity measure; a new section on change management which is now integral to many programs Michel has also reviewed & revised the program lifecycle to align with the more unified view of program management that has emerged since the book was first published The result is an essential guide to program management that incorporates a robust theoretical framework complemented by examples & advice from one of the world's leading practitioners

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Written by Peter Milligan Art & cover by CP Smith Collecting issues 1-6 of the acclaimed maxiseries! In 1991 the Cold War ended without the two primary players ever facing each other in direct conflict But now a long-forgotten Soviet weapon is awakened on one of America's many battlegrounds threatening the global balance of power Does America have an answer to The Programme? Advance-solicited; on sale June 11 o 144 pg FC 1799 US ...

This mini book will act as an extension to Programming Entity Framework 2nd Edition Code First is an additional means of building a model to be used with the Entity Framework & is creating a lot of excitement in the NET development community The reader will begin with an overview of what Code First is why it was created how it fits into the Entity Framework & when to use it over the alternatives Next the reader will gain an understanding of how Code First's built in conventions work & how to override them with configuration
- whether they choose to use attribute based Data Annotations or strongly typed Fluent API configurations The mini-book will then review the modeling possibilities of Code First looking first at the impact of its conventions & then demonstrating how to override that behavior (and its impact on the database) first with the Annotations & then with the Fluent API The book will also explore how Code First Database initialization works the options it provides & how they impact your application development & database Finally the reader will get a chance to see Code First in action in a small application Because more complex application development with Code First will depend on an understanding of the Db Context API which is the focus of Minibook 2 readers will see additional application scenarios with Code First in that following mini-book
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A multi-user game web site cloud application or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time You need a powerful industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel concurrent environments You need Erlang In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems Using Erlang you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems & how much faster & more efficiently your programs run That's because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes-not a single sequential process as found in most programming languages Joe Armstrong creator of Erlang introduces this powerful language in small steps giving you a complete overview of Erlang & how to use it in common scenarios You'll start with sequential programming move to parallel programming & handling errors in parallel programs & learn to work confidently with distributed programming & the standard Erlang Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming The chapters are packed with hands-on real-world tutorial examples & insider tips & advice & finish with exercises for both beginning & advanced users The second edition has been extensively rewritten New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features maps the type system & the Dialyzer Web Sockets programming idioms & a new st&-alone execution environment You'll write programs that dynamically detect & correct errors & that can be upgraded without stopping the system There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system) & information on how to share & use Erlang projects on github illustrated with examples from cowboy & bitcask Erlang will change your view of the world & of how you program ...

Haskell is a purely functional language that allows programmers to rapidly develop clear concise & correct software The language has grown in popularity in recent years both in teaching & in industry This book is based on the author's experience of teaching Haskell for more than twenty years All concepts are explained from first principles & no programming experience is required making this book accessible to a broad spectrum of readers While Part I focuses on basic concepts Part II introduces the reader to more advanced topics This new edition has been extensively updated & expanded to include recent & more advanced features of Haskell new examples & exercises selected solutions & freely downloadable lecture slides & example code The presentation is clean & simple while also being fully compliant with the latest version of the language including recent changes concerning applicative monadic foldable & traversable types ...

Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-480-and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of programming with HTML5 Java Script & CSS3 Designed for experienced developers ready to advance their status Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking & decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Specialist level Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives Implement & manipulate document structures & objects Implement program flow Access & secure data Use CSS3 in applications This Microsoft Exam Ref Organizes its coverage by exam objectives Features strategic what-if scenarios to challenge you ...

If you're grounded in the basics of Swift Xcode & the Cocoa framework this book provides a structured explanation of all essential real-world i OS app components Through deep exploration & copious code examples you'll learn how to create views manipulate view controllers & add features from i OS frameworks 810 pages Neuberg Matt ...