Paperback: 560 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 2 edition (April 28, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0072228857
ISBN-13: 978-0072228854

Here is the foundation upon which you can build your relational database design and programming, then apply those skills to any SQL-based product. Carefully organized for beginners, you’ll learn step-by-step how to create a database, create tables, enforce data integrity, query and modify data, and implement advanced data access techniques.

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Hardcover: 388 pages
Publisher: The MIT Press (March 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0262033038
ISBN-13: 978-0262033039

When writers look at the birth of the computer age, they generally focus on the tangible hardware achievements of the likes of IBM and Intel and almost solely on Microsoft when it comes to software. Campbell-Kelly tells us that in the larger perspective, Microsoft is not the center of the software universe and indeed today makes up only about 10 percent of that industry. Mass-market “shrink-wrap” software is the retail version of a much larger sector that contributes to our lives constantly, running everything from airline reservations to bank transfers, credit-card transactions, and most corporate and government functions, including the space program. This is an area that is often ignored because software is hard to define; it is the nearest product we have that is virtually pure thought. Campbell-Kelly is the first historian to give us a comprehensive overview of this hidden industry, which spawned the first user groups when companies had to write their own programs for early IBM mainframes. He includes everything from the information infrastructure of IBM’s CICS and SAP’s R/3 to the ever-popular gaming software. David Siegfried
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Paperback: 758 pages
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 2 edition (May 5, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1558608028
ISBN-13: 978-1558608023

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“Clif’s book is both a pleasure to read and a useful reference…I’m sure you’ll find it a necessary addition to your professional toolkit.“Marshall T. Rose

“The best computer programmers are astonishingly more productive than average. One reason is that they use good tools, and they use them well. Clif Flynt helps you improve your effectiveness as a developer in both of these ways. Want to take your programming to the next level? Get Tcl/Tk: A Developer’s Guide, Second Edition.“Cameron Laird, vice president, Phaseit, Inc., and author of the “Regular Expressions” online column.

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“Clif’s book is both a pleasure to read and a useful reference…I’m sure you’ll find it a necessary addition to your professional toolkit.“—Marshall T. Rose

“The best computer programmers are astonishingly more productive than average. One reason is that they use good tools, and they use them well. Clif Flynt helps you improve your effectiveness as a developer in both of these ways. Want to take your programming to the next level? Get Tcl/Tk: A Developer’s Guide, Second Edition.”—Cameron Laird, vice president, Phaseit, Inc., and author of the “Regular Expressions” online column.

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Paperback: 55 pages
Publisher: Wetfeet (September 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1582073287
ISBN-13: 978-1582073286

At its broadest definition, “information technology” is an umbrella term that describes all fields that relate to the organization and dissemination of information: from the worker who lays cable wires to the telephone switchboard operator to the engineer who designs the circuits in your computer. However, keep in mind that just because IT is computer-related, it doesn’t mean that a job in the field is necessarily with a computer-intensive company. In fact, the majority of the IT services jobs today are in fields that have little to do with high tech. What this means for you, the job seeker, is that opportunities are not limited to one industry but cross a wide variety of industries. Interested in taking on an IT role? Learn more by reading this brand new guide.

In it, you will find:
Where the opportunities for entry are across various industries, from education to health care and the Internet

What kind of skills and education are required to get hired

What types of jobs you may want to consider, including creative, sales/marketing, support, and engineering positions

What life is like as a UI designer, IT consultant, or engineer

How to get in the door, and then put your best foot forward during your interviews

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Paperback: 500 pages
Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.; Pap/Cdr edition (November 25, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1556220316
ISBN-13: 978-1556220319

This book describes step-by-step everything you need to know about four-color seperations, using specialty films and vellums, and printing with Post-Script printers.

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HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis in Central Asia: Country Profiles is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion. The countries of Central Asia are still at the earliest stage of an HIV/AIDS epidemic. However, the region is experiencing: steep growth of new HIV cases; related epidemics of injected drug use, sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), and tuberculosis; a high percentage of youth in the total population; and low levels of knowledge about the epidemics. HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis may have devastating effects on human capital, economic development, and health system reform. To address this impending crisis, the World Bank has initiated the study of HIV/AIDS, STIs, and TB in Central Asia. This study presents country profiles that were developed to inform Bank management and other stakeholders about the main characteristics of the epidemics. The profiles cover epidemiology; strategic and regulatory frameworks; surveillance; preventive, diagnostic, and treatment activities; non-governmental and partner activities; and resources available. This report summarizes the main issues identified by this initial assessment and recommends further study and action.

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• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Apress (December 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159059911X

Want to take to the limit? Looking for new, powerful, and creative ideas that will take Ruby beyond Rails and ? If you’re comfortable with Ruby, you’ll be itching to go further&emdash;apply Practical Ruby Projects: Fresh Ideas with Ruby and become a master of advanced Ruby techniques.

Rubyist Topher Cyll brings several imaginative projects to this book, ranging from making generative music, animations, and turn-based games to implementing simulations, algorithms, and even an implementation of Lisp!

Art, music, theory, and games&emdash;this book has it all. Best of all, it’s all done with Ruby.

Each chapter, in addition to making you say “Cool&emdash;I hadn’t thought of that before,” looks at solving tricky development problems, enforces best practices, and encourages creative thinking. You’ll be building your own exciting, imaginative Ruby Projects in no time.

• Create imaginative and innovative Ruby programming projects.
• Learn how to solve tricky development problems, be guided by best practices, and be inspired to think creatively.
• Don’t waste time on the basics&emdash;it’s assumed you know the fundamentals of Ruby already.

• How to set up Ruby on Windows, Mac OSX, and
• How to create UIs with RubyCocoa
• How to create a Lisp implementation in Ruby
• How to create generative music and turn-based adventure games in Ruby
• How to model things and create algorithms in Ruby
• Several more Ruby best practices and programming techniques that will save you hours of programming time

This book is for anyone who has mastered the basics of Ruby and wants to learn advanced Ruby techniques.

The Practical series from Apress is your best choice for getting the job done, period. From professional to expert, this series lets you apply project-motivated templates (or frameworks) step by step in a very direct, practical, and efficient manner toward current real-world projects that may be sitting on your desk. So whatever your career goal, Apress can be your trusted guide to take you where you want to go on your IT career empowerment path.

• Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional
• Beginning Ruby on Rails: From Novice to Professional
• Practical Ruby on Rails Projects

About the Author
Topher Cyll is a software engineer and writer living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Williams College and works for a small Boston-area startup.

In reverse alphabetical order, he finds programming languages, music, , education, bioengineering, and beer terribly exciting.

Topher loves Ruby not only for the language itself, but also the light-hearted and intellectually curious community that surrounds it.

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Palmistry, or Cheiromancy (pronounced “kei-ro-mansy” is a very popular and accurate way of divining. The famous nineteenth century palmist, Leic de Hamon (Louis Hamon) was named “Cheiro” after it.
The art of Palmistry can be traced back as far as the Stone Ages.Pictures of human hands are frequently found in cave drawings,indicating their special interest in this part of the body. These paintings can be seen in the Lascaux Caves in France, the remarkable Santander caves in Spain and in several caves in Africa.
The ancient Vedic scriptures contained an abundance of information on palmistry. K.C. Sen, an eminent Indian palmist, says the earliest writings on palmistry were ancient Sanskrit. These verses have been preserved and are still guarded from the public eye. Cheiro, the famous palmist, claimed to have seen one of these manuscripts in the early 1900’s.
Before the birth of Buddha in 563 B.C., leading seers of the time gathered at the royal palace. They were drawn by extraordinary indications revealed in the stars. They were ecstatic to find the mark of the wheel on Buddha’s hands and feet, indicating his future greatness. Palmists in India still look for this special mark in the palms of babies.
Gypsies came into the picture around the eleventh century, though they had been practising palmistry for centuries before. Sigismund, the Holy Roman Emperor, enlisted the gypsies as spies.

Word of this soon spread and when Gypsies arrived at the gates of Paris in 1427 they were not allowed inside. However, the citizens of the city, intrigued and excited by these romantic strangers, rushed outside to have their fortunes told. The tradition of crossing a Gypsy’s palm with silver, dates back to this era.
The church claimed the Gypsies were in league with the Devil. To counter this, the Gypsies explained that the Devil was afraid of both silver and the sign of the cross. Therefore, if you made a sign of the cross over a Gypsy’s hand with silver you would be protected.
Needless to say, the gypsies kept the silver. Interest in using palmistry for psychological analysis is a product of the last century. The first major work on this subject was Julius Spier’s The Hands of Children, which appeared in 1944. Not surprisingly, the introduction was written by Carl Jung. This was quickly followed by works from Noel Jaquin, Charlotte Wolf, and in 1990, by Andrew Fizherbert.
Since the Second World War, research on palm patterns has been going on at the Kennedy Galton Centre near London. This research has lead scientists to confirm that health factors can be determined in the hand.
The current research into dermatoglyphics (the study of skin patterns)is potentially the most exciting development in the history of palmistry.
Although palmistry dates back to the Stone Ages, its greatest period is just beginning.
The future of palmistry is assured now that scientists are proving its validity!

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