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FAA NYC Subway System

Astrophotography : Advanced Links

Interesting advanced astrophotography links

Astrophotography : Barn door tracker links

http://www.awrtech.co.uk/drivesys.txt
http://www.awrtech.co.uk/drivesys.txt

AstronomyPageFiveBarnDoor
http://www.geocities.ws/kendurkin/AstronomyPageFiveBarnDoor.html

A Quartz Controlled Scotch Mount
http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/projects/scotch/

Barn door tracker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_door_tracker

Double arm barn door

tangent arm drive

Double Arm Barn Door Drive - DaveTrott.com
http://davetrott.com/inventions/double-arm-barn-door-drive/


Double Arm Barn Door Drive - DaveTrott.com
http://davetrott.com/inventions/double-arm-barn-door-drive/

A Tracking Platform for Astrophotography | Gary Seronik.com
http://garyseronik.com/?q=node/52

Double Arm Barn-Door tracker general - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ZI5vTB1TY

The Astronomical Unit - TM Projects - Motorised Double-Arm Scotch Mount
http://astunit.com/atm.php?topic=scotch

The Astronomical Unit - TM Projects - Hand-driven Scotch Mount
http://astunit.com/atm.php?topic=handscotch

Basic astrophotography image processing in GIMP - Part 1: image calibration « Synergous.com
http://synergous.com/flatpress/index.php/2011/11/26/basic-astrophotography-image-processing-in-gimp-part-1-image-calibration/

Basic astrophotography image processing in GIMP - Part 2: increasing SNR (image alignment, integration and enhancement) « Synergous.com
http://synergous.com/flatpress/index.php/2011/11/29/basic-astrophotography-image-processing-in-gimp-part-2-increasing-snr-image-alignment-integration-and-enhancement/

Fred's astrophotography - A Scotch mount without tangent error
http://www.astrosurf.com/fred76/planche-tan-corrigee-en.html

Astrophotography Links

Astrophotography equipment Links

Re-enable right click and select in browser

1. Press F12

Strategic Management Links

https://www.google.gr/search?q=strategic+thinking+mit+course

https://www.mooc-list.com/

Foundations of Business Strategy (Coursera) | MOOC List
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/foundations-business-strategy-coursera

Competitive Strategy (Coursera) | MOOC List
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/competitive-strategy-coursera

Readings | Advanced Strategy | Sloan School of Management | MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-963-advanced-strategy-spring-2008/readings/

The Checklist - The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/12/10/the-checklist

Annals of Medicine Archives - The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/annals-of-medicine

"strategic planning tools"
https://www.google.gr/search?num=100&q=%22strategic+planning+tools%22&oq=%22strategic+planning+tools%22


The use of strategic planning tools and techniques by hotels in Jordan: Management Research Review: Vol 34, No 4
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/01409171111117898

Directory of Open Access Journals
http://doaj.org/search?source={%22query%22:{%22query_string%22:{%22query%22:%22\%22strategic%20thinking\%22%22,%22default_field%22:%22bibjson.keywords%22,%22default_operator%22:%22AND%22}},%22from%22:10,%22sort%22:[{%22id%22:{%22order%22:%22asc%22}}]}

Syllabus § Hybrid: Strategic Management (Fall 2014)
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k106545&pageid=icb.page694418

Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages by Gregory Dess, G.t. (tom) Lumpkin, Alan Eisner, Theodore Peridis - $109.95 - 9780070401815 - 0070401810 ...
http://www.mheducation.ca/highereducation/products/9780070401815/strategic+management:+creating+competitive+advantages/

Lessons from a case study for Greek banking M&A negotiations: Management Decision: Vol 47, No 8
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/00251740910984550

Open Yale Courses | Game Theory
http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/econ-159#syllabus

Amazon.com: A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) (9781927584026): IIBA: Books
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Business-Analysis-Knowledge%C2%AE-BABOK%C2%AE/dp/1927584027/ref=zg_bs_2694_13

Open Yale Courses
http://oyc.yale.edu/courses

Open Yale Courses | Economics
http://oyc.yale.edu/economics

Amazon.com: Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (Norton Paperback) (9780393310351): Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J....
http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Strategically-Competitive-Business-Paperback/dp/0393310353

Amazon Best Sellers: Best Systems & Planning
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/2694/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_3_4_last

"strategic tool"
https://scholar.google.gr/scholar?q=%22strategic+tool%22

Tourism Management - ScienceDirect.com
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02615177

Courses and Programs - Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
http://mitsloan.mit.edu/group/ties/courses.php

Strategic Thinking at the Top | MIT Sloan Management Review
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/strategic-thinking-at-the-top/

Amazon Best Sellers: Best Strategic Business Planning
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/10020724011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_2_4_last

Strategic Thinking | MIT Sloan Management Review
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/tag/strategic-thinking/

Strategic management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_management#Strategic_thinking

PEST analysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEST_analysis

Enterprise planning system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_planning_system

Business Strategy Tools and Techniques from MindTools.com
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_STR.htm

Strategic planning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_planning

Wiley: Strategic Thinking for the Next Economy - Michael Cusumano, Costas Markides
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787957291.html

A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge - Αναζήτηση Google
https://www.google.gr/search?q=A+Guide+to+the+Business+Analysis+Body+of+Knowledge

CriOS Browser

I found a browser identified as CriOS in the log files turns out it's Chrome for iOS.
For one minute I thought it was the operating system CRiOS then I noticed the capital R.

Controlled natural languages

Controlled natural language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_natural_language

Attempto Controlled English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempto_Controlled_English

Attempto Project
http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch/site/

E-Prime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime

Basic English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English

Gellish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gellish

Gellish
http://www.gellish.net/

Microsoft wired keyboard 200 USB problem

Last week I got a new Microsoft Wired Keyboard 200 for Business - Black to replace my old PS/2 one in windows 8.1 64 bit . As soon as I installed it  I observed strange behavior.

International archives of public domain works

http://quicknotes2015.blogspot.com/2015/02/international-archives-of-public-domain.html    ©2015 quicknotes 2015

Here is a list of archive sites providing public domain works.

Facebook : Error code 118 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT)

http://quicknotes2015.blogspot.com/2015/02/facebook-error-code-118.html          ©2015 quicknotes2015.blogspot.com

Today when I tried to open the Facebook site I got the dreaded 

Error code 118 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT)

error page instead.

How to enter the copyright symbol on windows

Entering the copyright symbol on windows is very easy :

Big Data

• Genomics complex big data.
  

Merge a large number of text files in a subdirectory

Suppose there are thousands of text files files in a subdirectory and they should be merged into one huge text file.

Tcl - Useful Commands : While

http://wiki.tcl.tk/1046

while - Execute script repeatedly as long as a condition is met

while test body

 set x 0
 while {$x<10} {
    puts "x is $x"
    incr x
 }

TCL: How to end program and close the program window

In order for the application to end and the window to close when running a Tcl script from the command line an

HTTrack :engine paused press ok to continue

If you receive the 

Engine paused press ok to continue message

The page you requested is invalid

If you are trying to create a new blog in blogger and you are getting the message

The page you requested is invalid

Google Define

If you urgently need a word definition google can be of great help.Using the "define:" command followed by a word  in the search box will give the definition for that word.

Website vs web site

Is it website or web site? This is a tough one to answer. The usage frequency of each term could shed some light on this.