«Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures Topics and Cultures»
Carol R. Ember | Springer | ISBN: 030647770X | 1 edition (Dec 31, 2003) | 2760 pages | PDF | 4.6 Mb

The central aim of this encyclopedia is to give the reader a comparative perspective on issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality. The encyclopedia is divided into two volumes: Topics and Cultures.

The combination of topical overviews and varying cultural portraits is what makes this encyclopedia a unique reference work for students, researchers and teachers interested in gender studies and cross-cultural variation in sex and gender. It deserves a place in the library of every university and every social science and health department.

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Internet and Intranet Security Management: Risks and Solutions
By   * Publisher:   IGI Global
* Number Of Pages:   302
* Publication Date:   2000-05
* Sales Rank:   2532051
* ISBN / ASIN:   1878289713
* EAN:   9781878289711
* Binding:   Paperback
* Manufacturer:   IGI Global
* Studio:   IGI Global  Book Description:
In the last 12 years we have observed amazing growth of electronic communication. From typical local networks through country-wide systems and business-based distributed processing, we have witnessed widespread implementation of computer-controlled transmissions encompassing almost every aspect of our business and private lives. Internet and Intranet Security Management: Risks and Solutions addresses issues of information security from the managerial, global point of view. The global approach allows us to concentrate on issues that could be influenced by activities happening on opposite sides of the earth.

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Windows Vista Security: Securing Vista Against Malicious Attacks
By Roger A. Grimes,&nbspJesper M. Johansson,

* Publisher:   Wiley
* Number Of Pages:   582
* Publication Date:   2007-07-02
* Sales Rank:   433337
* ISBN / ASIN:   0470101555
* EAN:   9780470101551
* Binding:   Paperback
* Manufacturer:   Wiley
* Studio:   Wiley  Book Description:
Written by two veteran Windows security experts-one a Microsoft Security MVP and Foundstone Security Consultant, and the other a former senior member of Microsoft's Security Engineering Team-this essential resource prepares end users and technical administrators to handle various security problems that exist in Windows Vista as well as possible future threats. Offering in-depth coverage of all significant new security technologies in Windows Vista, this book addresses User Account Control, the new Firewall, Internet Explorer 7.0, Windows Defender, Service Hardening, and BitLocker.

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Digital Signal Processing--Principles, Algorithms & Applications

Presents the fundamentals of discrete-time signals, systems, and modern digital processing algorithms and applications for students in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science. Textbook. DLC: Signal processing - Digital techniques.

The publisher, Prentice-Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics
Giving students a sound balance of theory and practical application, this no-nonsense text presents the fundamental concepts and techniques of modern digital signal processing with related algorithms and applications. Covering both time-domain and frequency- domain methods for the analysis of linear, discrete-time systems, the book offers cutting-edge coverage on such topics as sampling, digital filter design, filter realizations, deconvolution, interpolation, decimation, state-space methods, spectrum analysis, and more. Rigorous and challenging, it further prepares students with numerous examples, exercises, and experiments emphasizing software implementation of digital signal processing algorithms integrated throughout.

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Title: The Reader's Digest Merry Christmas Songbook - Spiral edition
Author: Reader's Digest Editors
Pages: 252
Publisher: Readers Digest
Edition: Fourteenth Printing, Sept 1995
Originally published: November 1, 1981
Language: English
ISBN: 0895771055
Format: PDF (Scanned)
Size: 29.8 MB

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This is probably the finest highest quality collection of Christmas songs for Americans on the market. It is said to be "hardcover", but is spiral bound with a "hard" outerlayer and is printed on quality paper. There is also included a separate lyric book for sing-a-long with accompaniment. It contains 110 songs arranged for intermediate piano and also has plenty of notations for organ pedal and guitar chords. The songs range from traditional to modern (Adeste Fideles to Winter Wonderland and Silver Bells, for example) and there are a number of suprise favorites (Chestnuts Roasting, Friendly Beasts). Almost every tune is on adjacent pages so there is no page turning problem. Color coding makes lyrics stand out. Lyricists, composers and origin are clearly identified. You might find as I have that it is already a cherished family heirloom.

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Eckhart Tolle is emerging as one of today's most inspiring teachers. In The Power of Now, already a word-of-mouth bestseller in Canada, the author describes his transition from despair to self-realization soon after his 29th birthday. Tolle took another ten years to understand this transformation, during which time he evolved a philosophy that has parallels in Buddhism, relaxation techniques, and meditation theory but is also eminently practical. In The Power of Now he shows readers how to recognize themselves as the creators of their own pain, and how to have a pain-free existence by living fully in the present. Accessing the deepest self, the true self, can be learned, he says, by freeing ourselves from the conflicting, unreasonable demands of the mind and living present, fully, and intensely, in the Now.

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# Publisher: Cisco Systems; 1st edition (January 15, 2000)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1578700841
# ISBN-13: 978-1578700844

Book Description
CCIE Professional Development: Large-Scale IP Network Solutions is a core textbook for preparation for the CCIE Routing and Switching exam track. As well as CCIE preparation, Large-Scale IP Network Solutions provides solutions for network engineers as IP networks grow and become more complex. The book discusses all major IP protocols in depth, including RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP. It evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of each protocol, helping you to choose the right ones for your environments. Special sections address scalability, migration planning, network management, and security for large-scale networks. Router configuration examples, network case studies, and sample scenarios all help you put the information presented in the book to use.

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Provides practical advice for network engineers as IP networks grow and become more complex. Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of each protocol, allowing you to decide which ones are right for your environment.

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MCAD/MCSD/MCSE Training Guide (70-229): SQL Server 2000 Database Design and Implementation is the perfect study guide to help you pass the 70-229 exam, which is an elective for the MCSD, MCAD, MCDBA, and MCSE programs. If you are preparing for this exam, you'll find our Training Guide to be the most effective self-study tool in the market! This book is your one-stop shop because of its teaching methodology and superior Web site support at www.examcram.com. The book follows the exam objectives and features numerous exercises to give you hands-on opportunities, exam tips that give you advice for test day, and warnings that alert you to possible mistakes. The Fast Facts section condenses the most important information for last-minute review, and the practice exam is representative of the actual exam. Each book in the Training Guide series is published under the direction of Series Editor Ed Tittel, the leading authority on IT certification. This book has been subjected to rigorous technical review by a team of industry experts, ensuring content is superior in both coverage and technical accuracy, and has earned the distinction of Cramsession Approved Study Material. This ebook does not include the CD that accompanies the print edition.

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The Most Comprehensive Perl Resource Available!

Learn all you need to know about Perl from this definitive, hands-on reference. Perl expert Martin Brown will walk you through everything--from the basics of writing your first script and understanding Perl's syntax to the complexities of processing data, communicating with external databases, and communicating over the Web. Along the way, you'll learn how to network, design user interfaces, and write scripts that work under UNIX, Windows, and MacOS. Also covers how to interface to an external C library and embed the Perl interpreter into your C programs. For building, developing, and fine-tuning robust Perl applications, you'll want this thorough guide!

Master Perl basics--understand the building blocks of expressions, statements and declarations
Learn to create your code with subroutines, packages and modules
Communicate with external files, databases and other machines over your network
Convert your subroutines and modules into methods and objects
Organize your data with Perl's complex structures and interfaces
Create cross-platform compatible user interface solutions
Work with XML, HTML, and generate Web scripts to solve your problems
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Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: New Riders Press (February 9, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321472667

A step-by-step guide to enhancing Web sites with Ajax.
Uses progressive enhancement techniques to ensure graceful degradation (which makes sites usable in all browsers).
Shows readers how to write their own Ajax scripts instead of relying on third-party libraries.
Web site designers love the idea of Ajax-of creating Web pages in which information can be updated without refreshing the entire page. But for those who aren't hard-core programmers, enhancing pages using Ajax can be a challenge. Even more of a challenge is making sure those pages work for all users. In Bulletproof Ajax, author Jeremy Keith demonstrates how developers comfortable with CSS and (X)HTML can build Ajax functionality without frameworks, using the ideas of graceful degradation and progressive enhancement to ensure that the pages work for all users. Throughout this step-by-step guide, his emphasis is on best practices with an approach to building Ajax pages called Hijax, which improves flexibility and avoids worst-case scenarios.

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Basic Guide to System Safety
By Jeffrey W. Vincoli

* Publisher:   Wiley-Interscience
* Number Of Pages:   240
* Publication Date:   2006-03-31
* Sales Rank:   733516
* ISBN / ASIN:   0471722413
* EAN:   9780471722410
* Binding:   Hardcover
* Manufacturer:   Wiley-Interscience
* Studio:   Wiley-Interscience 
Book Description:
Provides a nuts-and-bolts understanding of current system safety practices

Basic Guide to System Safety is an ideal primer for practicing occupational safety and health professionals and industrial safety engineers needing a quick introductionto system safety principles. Designed to familiarize the reader with the applicationof scientific and engineering principles for the timely identification of hazards, thisbook efficiently outlines the essentials of system safety and its impact on day-to-dayoccupational safety and health.

Divided into two main parts - The System Safety Program and System Safety Analysis: Techniques and Methods - this easy-to-understand book covers:

System safety concepts
System safety program requirements
Probability theory and statistical analysis
Preliminary hazard analysis
Failure mode and effect analysis
Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and what-if analyses
The Second Edition reflects current industry practices with a new chapter on the basic concepts, utility, and function of HAZOP and what-if analyses, two analytical techniques that have been routinely and successfully used in the petrochemical industry for decades. In addition, expanded coverage on the use of the job safety analysis (JSA) adds practical examples emphasizing its value and understanding.

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Elektor October 2005

English | PDF | 11 MB

. Pot as interrupt generator
. Elektor Time Standard (1988)
. Biometrical Imaging
. Fingerprint as Password
. Fingerprint Sensors
. Colossus Jr.
. 27C512 Emulator
. Delphi for Electronic Engineers (Cool
. Remote Control Operator
. WiMAX Primer
. TIRIS RFID Reader
. Flash Code Lock for PCs
. The Noiseless PC
. Cascode stage or 'collector follower'

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Elektor February 2005

English | PDF | 12 MB

Table of Contents Elektor

. Wireless Connectivity
. Wireless Microphone
. The Radio Frequency Spectrum
. Remote Thermometer for the PC
. Walking Bug
. RFID Detector for 13.56 MHz
. VHF FM Antenna Booster
. Butterfly Dipole for DVB-T
. PCB design basics Part 1
. DELPHI for Electronic Engineers
. Replacement for HT Battery
. Free Internet does (not) exist
. Step-up Converter for White LEDs
. RF Detection
. LED Bedside Lamp
. Marconi TF1152 RF Wattmeter
. QUIZZ' AWAY

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Blank Page to First Draft in 15 Minutes: The Most Effective Shortcut to Preparing a Apeech or Presentation (How to)
By Phillip Khan-Panni * Publisher:   How to Books
* Number Of Pages:   128
* Publication Date:   2002-01
* Sales Rank:   2349521
* ISBN / ASIN:   1857037308
* EAN:   9781857037302
* Binding:   Paperback
* Manufacturer:   How to Books
* Studio:   How to Books  Review:Even better than his first book! When I read Phillip Khan-Panni's first book, "2-4-6-8, How Do you Communicate?" I thought it was terrific. But when I read "Blank Page to First Draft in 15 Minutes" I thought it was even better. It is full of valuable information from beginning to end. It has everything I would ever want to know about preparing a speech or presentation. Phillip's style is easy to read. He makes powerful, important points, then illustrates them with narratives that take the reader into the subject and makes it even easier to understand and recall. This book not only gives you a simple-to-master template, it explains the underlying principles of effective presentations. As the author himself says, his purpose is to help you fashion your thoughts into messages that others will want to hear. At the end of the book he provides a complete checklist that you can consult when you have only a few moments to remind yourself of the essential steps - at times when you have to make a speech or presentation with little or no notice. For anyone who has to address audiences, large or small, this book is a must read. Whether you are a new member of Toastmasters International or the CEO of a large corporation, this book really ought to be on your shelf of essential reference works. What's more, it makes a superb gift for colleagues and clients! Download:
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Cisco LAN Switching Fundamentals

The essential guide for understanding Ethernet switched networks

Understand various Ethernet technologies from 10BASE-T to Gigabit Ethernet
Learn about common switching modes, paths, and architectures
Delve into the Cisco Catalyst switch architecture and examine the various Catalyst switch models, including the 6000/6500, 4500, and 3750
Become familiar with VLAN concepts, including types of trunks, VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), and private VLANs
Understand Multilayer Switching (MLS) and the various hardware components that make MLS work
Learn how to configure Cisco Catalyst switches in both native and hybrid mode
Implement QoS on Cisco Catalyst switches
Deploy multicast features and protocols, including PIM, IGMP snooping, and CGMP
Utilize data link layer features such as BPDU Guard, BPDU Filter, Root Guard, Loop Guard, RSTP, and MST
Evaluate design and configuration best practices
Learn how to manage LANs and troubleshoot common problems

Local-area networks (LANs) are becoming increasingly congested and overburdened because of a dramatic increase in traffic, faster CPUs and operating systems, and more network-intensive applications. Many organizations that use network and computing technology use LAN switching to take advantage of high-speed traffic forwarding and improved performance of traditional Ethernet technologies that don’t require costly wiring upgrades or time-consuming host reconfiguration. Cisco LAN Switching Fundamentals provides administrators of campus networks with the most up-to-date introduction to LAN switching within a traditional Ethernet environment.

Cisco LAN Switching Fundamentals presents an in-depth look at modern campus network requirements. It provides an easy-to-understand introduction to LAN switching best practices using Cisco Catalyst switches. This book provides you with a wealth of details on the architecture, operation, and configuration of the Cisco Catalyst family of switches. You learn about a wide range of topics, including quality of service (QoS), multicast, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Multiple Spanning Tree (MST), private virtual LANs (VLANs), and configuration using the native and hybrid software interfaces. Design advice and configuration examples are discussed liberally throughout the book to provide you with the best perspective on effective deployment techniques. Finally, the book wraps up with a discussion of steps necessary to troubleshoot common problems and optimize LAN performance.

Whether you are looking for an introduction to LAN switching principles and practices or a Cisco Catalyst configuration and troubleshooting reference, this book provides you with the invaluable insight you need to design and manage high-performance campus networks.

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Electric Machinery

The exciting new sixth edition of Electric Machinery has been extensively updated while retaining the emphasis on fundamental principles and physical understanding that has been the outstanding feature of this classic book.

This book covers fundamental concepts in detail as well as advanced topics for readers who wish to cover the material in more depth.

Several new chapters have been added, including a chapter on power electronics, as well as one on speed and torque control of dc and ac motors. This edition has also been expanded with additional examples and practice problems. The use of MATLAB has been introduced to the new edition, both in examples within the text as well as in the chapter problems.

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Publisher: Cisco Systems; Har/Cdr edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0735700745
Paperback: 550 pages
Data: February 2000
Format: PDF

CCDA Exam Certification Guide is a comprehensive study tool DCN Exam #640-441. Written by a CCIE and CCDA, and reviewed by Cisco technical experts. CCDA Exam Certification Guide will help you understand and master the exam objectives. In this sold review on the design areas of the DCN exam, you’ll learn to design a network that meets a customer’s requirements for performance, security, capacity and scalability. Each chapter of CCDA Exam Certification Guide teaches you CCDA-related technologies and solutions through specially designed assessment and study features. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes help you plan your chapter study, section-by-section objective lists keep you focused on the exam material you need to master, case studies challenge your design skills, and chapter-ending quizzes test your retention of chapter lessons. Finally, practice questions on the companion CD-ROM enable you to take random sample exams or to focus on an objective area of your choice.

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Arnulf Von Quadt, “Top Quark Physics at Hadron Colliders”
Springer-Verlag New York | LLC - May 2007 | ISBN: 3540710590 | PDF | 8 MB | 166 pages

More than ten years after its discovery, still relatively little is known about the top quark, the heaviest known elementary particle. The present extensive survey summarizes and reviews top-quark physics based on the precision measurements at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, as well as the sensitivity of these experiments to new physics. Finally, an outlook on top quark physics at the Large Hadron Collider is given.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Top quark production and decay at hadron colliders
3. Accelerator and detectors
4. Measurement of the t¯t production cross section at the tevatron
5. Search for single top quark production
6. Top quark interactions with Gauge bosons
7. Fundamental properties of the top quark
8. Anomalous top quark production
9. Anomalous top quark decays
10. New physics in events with t¯t topology
11. Top quark physics at the LHC
12. Summary

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The Goon Show - Volume One - (BBC Audio Radio Collection)
MP3 | 128kbps Spoken Word Audio | 2 x RAR | Total Size 83 Mb | 2Hrs Approx

Go-on - in search of the dreaded batter pudding hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea. The trail is still warm (we hate cold batter pudding). Or join Brutus Moriartus and Caractacus Seagoon in an ancient Roman epic (they’ll fight up hill and down Mrs Dale), take tea with Bluebottle on a jet-propelled NAAFI and go lamp post hunting in darkest Bushey Spon.
Yes folks, it’s a crazy quartet of cult comedy classics from those higly esteemed wireless wizards Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. What’s the Tiber ? Half past niber. When in Rome…

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1 ~ The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea
2 ~ The Histories of Pliny the Elder
3 ~ The Jet-Propelled Guided Naafi
4 ~ The Evils of Bushey Spon

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Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
Seven Stories Press | ISBN 1888363495 | 1997 Edition | PDF | Pages | 350 KB

“Propaganda,” says Noam Chomsky, “is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state”–in other words, the means by which leaders keep the masses in line. In this slim pamphlet, he looks at American propaganda efforts, from the warmongering of Woodrow Wilson to the creation of popular support for the 1991 military intervention in Kuwait, and reveals how falsification of history, suppression of information, and the promotion of vapid, empty concepts have become standard operating procedure for the leaders of the United States–both Democrats and Republicans–in their efforts to prevent citizens from raising awkward questions about U.S. policy.

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Michael C. Thomsett “The Stock Investor’s Pocket Calculator: A Quick Guide to All the Formulas and Ratios You Need to Invest Like a Pro”
AMACOM/American Management Association (2007-07) | ISBN 0814474608 | 272 Pages | PDF | 1.27 Mb

Every stock market investor needs to be able to calculate value, profits, and cash flow in order to make basic decisions like whether to buy, hold, or sell. But it’s easy to get intimidated by all the ratios and formulas, especially when incorrect calculations can lead to costly investment mistakes.

The Stock Investor’s Pocket Calculator simplifies the math behind successful equity investing. Containing over 100 ratios and formulas, the book translates them into plain English, breaks them down into simple steps, and places them side-by-side with practical examples. Readers will learn how to:

* judge portfolio value * assess corporate strength or weakness (both cash flow and profitability) * follow revenue and earnings trends * and more.

Filled with worksheets, checklists, visual aids, and examples, this is a must-have guide for anyone investing in the stock market.

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Winfried Schirotzek, “Nonsmooth Analysis (Universitext)”
Springer-Verlag New York | LLC - July 2007 | ISBN-10: 3540713328 | PDF | 4 MB | 380 pages

The book treats various concepts of generalized derivatives and subdifferentials in normed spaces, their geometric counterparts (tangent and normal cones) and their application to optimization problems. It starts with the subdifferential of convex analysis, passes to corresponding concepts for locally Lipschitz continuous functions and finally presents subdifferentials for general lower semicontinuous functions. All basic tools are presented where they are needed; this concerns separation theorems, variational and extremal principles as well as relevant parts of multifunction theory. The presentation is rigorous, with detailed proofs. Each chapter ends with bibliographic notes and exercises.

The presentation strictly proceeds from simple to more difficult
The presentation is rigorous, with detailed proofs
Each chapter ends with suggestions for further study and exercises
The only prerequisite is a basic knowledge of functional analysis

Written for:
Lecturers and students in mathematics (nonsmooth analysis, nonlinear analysis, analysis of multifunctions, optimization theory)

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