Mac Kung Fu

After they've learned the basics in Lion, Mac users will master everyday tools such as the Dock, Spotlight, Mission Control, Launchpad, and Dashboard. They'll discover other amazingly useful tools and built-in add-ons that they never knew existed.

Squeeze every drop of juice from OS X with over 400 quick and easy tips, tricks, hints and hacks in Mac Kung Fu: Second Edition . Exploit secret settings and hidden apps, push built-in tools to the limit, radically personalize your Mac experience, and make "it just works" even better. In addition to core OS X technologies, this significantly revised and expanded update to the best-selling first edition dissects new OS X Mountain Lion tools such as iCloud, Notifications, Reminders, and Calendar. Mac Kung Fu: Second Edition will blow your mind with secret hacks never before made public and little-known tricks that will change the way you work forever. From big tasks through everyday jobs, this book will improve your productivity and refine your workflow. You'll customize and manage the OS X interface, boost the power of built-in apps, efficiently handle the filesystem, implement important security tricks, and much more. Working with files in iCloud? We have tips to help. Managing program windows on your desktop? Hacks will make life easier. Creating reminders or notes? Use our tricks to make the process more productive. Emailing, tweeting, browsing, printing, word processing, testing and exploiting hardware, working with photos, movies, and documents... There's no area Mac Kung Fu: Second Edition doesn't touch upon, making it a unique and utterly necessary addition for any Mac lover's bookshelf. Each tip is deliberately short and readable, often detailing things even Mac Geniuses don't know, and you can dip in and out whenever you want. Most tips take less than a minute to complete, yet the results last for a lifetime of better computing. What You Need: A Mac running OS X Mountain Lion and above.

This is an introduction to my lifes events. All the things are all facts and no fiction. Names have been changed to protect peoples identity. I hope you enjoy my book.

The journey of a man through the world of martial arts from his youth to middle age from beginner to World Champion.

Uses satirical parodies of screenplays and political blogs to reveal the cracks in our post-9/11 American psyche.

A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music had gained national recognition was convicted of manslaughter after the prosecutor quoted liberally from his album Shell Shocked. Mac was sentenced to thirty years in prison, where he remains. And his case is just one of many nationwide. Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, evidence of gang affiliation, or revelations of criminal motive—and judges and juries would go along with it. Detectives have reopened cold cases on account of rap lyrics and videos alone, and prosecutors have secured convictions by presenting such lyrics and videos of rappers as autobiography. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts. Rap on Trial places this disturbing practice in the context of hip hop history and exposes what's at stake. It's a gripping, timely exploration at the crossroads of contemporary hip hop and mass incarceration.

Spike & Lucy is an adventure story that takes place in the central Oregon coast with Grandpa Mac's real twin step grandaughters. Cape Perpetua is a few miles south of where they live and one of the best hiking national parks in the country. Mac created the Kung-Fu Hiking Stick for a female neighbor who hiked alone in the Coast Range where there are black bear, cougars and other potentially dangerous animals. He has filed a provisional patent but on the back cover offers do-it-yourself instructions for non-commercial use, believing everyone who purchases a comic might want to make their own KFHS. You can purchase directly from the author for $32.50 + 12.00 S&H or make one yourself for $10.00 or less. This fun and visually bright story for both children and adults presents fascinating insights to both hiking and martial arts. There is also a comic designed, accurate map of the main hiking trails at Cape Perpetua, located on the inside of the back cover. A portion of the proceeds from this comic story goes into a college trust fund for the real Spike and Lucy. Thanks Your Purchase!

This introduction to modern Druidism provides a comprehensive overview of today's Pagan religion and philosophy, whose roots are in the Celtic tribal societies of ancient Britain and Ireland. The author covers Druidism's mythology, history and important figures and its beliefs and moral system, and describes practices, rituals and ceremonies. A gazetteer of important sacred sites is included, along with information about modern Druid groups and organizations.