Author: Luciano Baresi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540729127
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The authors have here put together the first reference on all aspects of testing and validating service-oriented architectures. With contributions by leading academic and industrial research groups it offers detailed guidelines for the actual validation process. Readers will find a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art approaches as well as techniques and tools to improve the quality of service-oriented applications. It also includes references and scenarios for future research and development.
Guarded Conversations
Author: Ken Albertsen
Publisher: Ken Albertsen
ISBN: 1879338122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Subtitle; 'How Thailand was Won and Lost in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century' takes a cheeky view of the topsy turvy career of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin, or 'Sintax' in the book. Whether his clandestine conversations with his wife 'Manpoj', his son 'Elm', or his many lawyers and underlings ring true, is up to the reader. Also offers poignant insight to the Red rallies of 2010.
Publisher: Ken Albertsen
ISBN: 1879338122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Subtitle; 'How Thailand was Won and Lost in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century' takes a cheeky view of the topsy turvy career of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin, or 'Sintax' in the book. Whether his clandestine conversations with his wife 'Manpoj', his son 'Elm', or his many lawyers and underlings ring true, is up to the reader. Also offers poignant insight to the Red rallies of 2010.
The Guarded Gate
Author: Daniel Okrent
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1476798052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
NAMED ONE OF THE “100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR” BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW From the widely celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Last Call—this “rigorously historical” (The Washington Post) and timely account of how the rise of eugenics helped America keep out “inferiors” in the 1920s is “a sobering, valuable contribution to discussions about immigration” (Booklist). A forgotten, dark chapter of American history with implications for the current day, The Guarded Gate tells the story of the scientists who argued that certain nationalities were inherently inferior, providing the intellectual justification for the harshest immigration law in American history. Brandished by the upper class Bostonians and New Yorkers—many of them progressives—who led the anti-immigration movement, the eugenic arguments helped keep hundreds of thousands of Jews, Italians, and other unwanted groups out of the US for more than forty years. Over five years in the writing, The Guarded Gate tells the complete story from its beginning in 1895, when Henry Cabot Lodge and other Boston Brahmins launched their anti-immigrant campaign. In 1921, Vice President Calvin Coolidge declared that “biological laws” had proven the inferiority of southern and eastern Europeans; the restrictive law was enacted three years later. In his trademark lively and authoritative style, Okrent brings to life the rich cast of characters from this time, including Lodge’s closest friend, Theodore Roosevelt; Charles Darwin’s first cousin, Francis Galton, the idiosyncratic polymath who gave life to eugenics; the fabulously wealthy and profoundly bigoted Madison Grant, founder of the Bronx Zoo, and his best friend, H. Fairfield Osborn, director of the American Museum of Natural History; Margaret Sanger, who saw eugenics as a sensible adjunct to her birth control campaign; and Maxwell Perkins, the celebrated editor of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. A work of history relevant for today, The Guarded Gate is “a masterful, sobering, thoughtful, and necessary book” that painstakingly connects the American eugenicists to the rise of Nazism, and shows how their beliefs found fertile soil in the minds of citizens and leaders both here and abroad.
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1476798052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
NAMED ONE OF THE “100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR” BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW From the widely celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Last Call—this “rigorously historical” (The Washington Post) and timely account of how the rise of eugenics helped America keep out “inferiors” in the 1920s is “a sobering, valuable contribution to discussions about immigration” (Booklist). A forgotten, dark chapter of American history with implications for the current day, The Guarded Gate tells the story of the scientists who argued that certain nationalities were inherently inferior, providing the intellectual justification for the harshest immigration law in American history. Brandished by the upper class Bostonians and New Yorkers—many of them progressives—who led the anti-immigration movement, the eugenic arguments helped keep hundreds of thousands of Jews, Italians, and other unwanted groups out of the US for more than forty years. Over five years in the writing, The Guarded Gate tells the complete story from its beginning in 1895, when Henry Cabot Lodge and other Boston Brahmins launched their anti-immigrant campaign. In 1921, Vice President Calvin Coolidge declared that “biological laws” had proven the inferiority of southern and eastern Europeans; the restrictive law was enacted three years later. In his trademark lively and authoritative style, Okrent brings to life the rich cast of characters from this time, including Lodge’s closest friend, Theodore Roosevelt; Charles Darwin’s first cousin, Francis Galton, the idiosyncratic polymath who gave life to eugenics; the fabulously wealthy and profoundly bigoted Madison Grant, founder of the Bronx Zoo, and his best friend, H. Fairfield Osborn, director of the American Museum of Natural History; Margaret Sanger, who saw eugenics as a sensible adjunct to her birth control campaign; and Maxwell Perkins, the celebrated editor of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. A work of history relevant for today, The Guarded Gate is “a masterful, sobering, thoughtful, and necessary book” that painstakingly connects the American eugenicists to the rise of Nazism, and shows how their beliefs found fertile soil in the minds of citizens and leaders both here and abroad.
Conversations with Derek Walcott
Author: Derek Walcott
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9780878058556
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
When Derek Walcott was awarded the Nobel Prize, he was cited for "a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment." The lively interviews in this collection reveal Walcott's generous and brilliant intelligence as well as his strong, forthright opinions. He discusses the craft of poetry, the status of contemporary poetry and drama, his founding of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, and his views on a number of influential writers, including Eliot, Auden, Brodsky, Heaney, and Naipaul. Boldly speaking his mind, Walcott takes many controversial positions on a wide range of subjects, such as Caribbean and U.S. politics, literary instruction in American universities, the proper role of sound in modern poetry, and the "ego" apparent in contemporary American poetry, and problems of race. Whatever the subject, Walcott responds fully and candidly.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9780878058556
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
When Derek Walcott was awarded the Nobel Prize, he was cited for "a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment." The lively interviews in this collection reveal Walcott's generous and brilliant intelligence as well as his strong, forthright opinions. He discusses the craft of poetry, the status of contemporary poetry and drama, his founding of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, and his views on a number of influential writers, including Eliot, Auden, Brodsky, Heaney, and Naipaul. Boldly speaking his mind, Walcott takes many controversial positions on a wide range of subjects, such as Caribbean and U.S. politics, literary instruction in American universities, the proper role of sound in modern poetry, and the "ego" apparent in contemporary American poetry, and problems of race. Whatever the subject, Walcott responds fully and candidly.
Test and Analysis of Web Services
Author: Luciano Baresi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540729127
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The authors have here put together the first reference on all aspects of testing and validating service-oriented architectures. With contributions by leading academic and industrial research groups it offers detailed guidelines for the actual validation process. Readers will find a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art approaches as well as techniques and tools to improve the quality of service-oriented applications. It also includes references and scenarios for future research and development.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540729127
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The authors have here put together the first reference on all aspects of testing and validating service-oriented architectures. With contributions by leading academic and industrial research groups it offers detailed guidelines for the actual validation process. Readers will find a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art approaches as well as techniques and tools to improve the quality of service-oriented applications. It also includes references and scenarios for future research and development.
Trauma and Life Stories
Author: With Graham Dawson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134623747
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In this volume leading academics explore the relationship between the experiences of terror and helplessness, the way in which survivors remember and the representation of these memories in the language and form of their life stories.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134623747
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In this volume leading academics explore the relationship between the experiences of terror and helplessness, the way in which survivors remember and the representation of these memories in the language and form of their life stories.
Saving Graces
Author: Elizabeth Edwards
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 9780767925372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched hundreds of similarly grieving families when her own son, Wade, died tragically at age sixteen in 1996. Now she shares her experiences in Saving Graces, an incandescent memoir of Edwards’ trials, tragedies, and triumphs, and of how various communities celebrated her joys and lent her steady strength and quiet hope in darker times. Edwards writes about growing up in a military family, where she learned how to make friends easily in dozens of new schools and neighborhoods around the world and came to appreciate the unstinting help and comfort naval families shared. Edwards’ reminiscences of her years as a mother focus on the support she and other parents offered one another, from everyday favors to the ultimate test of her own community’s strength—their compassionate response to the death of the Edwards’ teenage son, Wade, in 1996. Her descriptions of her husband’s campaigns for Senate, president, and vice president offer a fascinating perspective on the groups, great and small, that sustain our democracy. Her fight with breast cancer, which stirred an outpouring of support from women across the country, has once again affirmed Edwards’ belief in the power of community to make our lives better and richer.
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 9780767925372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched hundreds of similarly grieving families when her own son, Wade, died tragically at age sixteen in 1996. Now she shares her experiences in Saving Graces, an incandescent memoir of Edwards’ trials, tragedies, and triumphs, and of how various communities celebrated her joys and lent her steady strength and quiet hope in darker times. Edwards writes about growing up in a military family, where she learned how to make friends easily in dozens of new schools and neighborhoods around the world and came to appreciate the unstinting help and comfort naval families shared. Edwards’ reminiscences of her years as a mother focus on the support she and other parents offered one another, from everyday favors to the ultimate test of her own community’s strength—their compassionate response to the death of the Edwards’ teenage son, Wade, in 1996. Her descriptions of her husband’s campaigns for Senate, president, and vice president offer a fascinating perspective on the groups, great and small, that sustain our democracy. Her fight with breast cancer, which stirred an outpouring of support from women across the country, has once again affirmed Edwards’ belief in the power of community to make our lives better and richer.
Virtual Teams For Dummies
Author: Tara Powers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111945378X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Set your virtual team on a path to success In the global marketplace, people can work practically anywhere and anytime. Virtual teams cut across the boundaries of time, space, culture, and sometimes even organizations. Rising costs, global locations, and advances in technology are top reasons why virtual teams have increased by 800 percent over the past 5 years. Packed with solid advice, interviews and case studies from well-known companies who are already using virtual teams in their business model and their lessons learned, Virtual Teams For Dummies provides rock-solid guidance on the essentials for building, leading, and sustaining a highly productive virtual workforce. It helps executives understand key support strategies that lead virtual teams to success and provides practical information and tools to help leaders and their teams bridge the communication gaps created by geographical separation—and achieve peak performance. Includes research findings based on a year-long study on the effectiveness of virtual teams Mindset and skill shift for managers from old school traditional team management to virtual team management Covers the communication and relationship strategies for virtual teams Examines how the frequency of in-person meetings affects a remote team’s success Written by an award-winning leadership expert, this book is your one-stop resource on creating and sustaining a successful virtual team.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111945378X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Set your virtual team on a path to success In the global marketplace, people can work practically anywhere and anytime. Virtual teams cut across the boundaries of time, space, culture, and sometimes even organizations. Rising costs, global locations, and advances in technology are top reasons why virtual teams have increased by 800 percent over the past 5 years. Packed with solid advice, interviews and case studies from well-known companies who are already using virtual teams in their business model and their lessons learned, Virtual Teams For Dummies provides rock-solid guidance on the essentials for building, leading, and sustaining a highly productive virtual workforce. It helps executives understand key support strategies that lead virtual teams to success and provides practical information and tools to help leaders and their teams bridge the communication gaps created by geographical separation—and achieve peak performance. Includes research findings based on a year-long study on the effectiveness of virtual teams Mindset and skill shift for managers from old school traditional team management to virtual team management Covers the communication and relationship strategies for virtual teams Examines how the frequency of in-person meetings affects a remote team’s success Written by an award-winning leadership expert, this book is your one-stop resource on creating and sustaining a successful virtual team.
Reveal to Shield
Author: Sandeep Chavan
Publisher: Sandeep Chavan
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Reveal to Shield: Learn the Game of Facades by Sandeep Chavan takes readers on an enlightening journey through the intricate landscape of human facades—the social masks we wear to protect ourselves, build relationships, and achieve success in a world driven by expectations and appearances. Blending personal insight with practical wisdom, this book explores the art of managing facades thoughtfully, revealing how they can either enhance our lives or cause us to lose touch with our authentic selves. The book begins with relatable stories of everyday situations, from workplaces and social gatherings to intimate relationships, where we instinctively wear masks to shield our vulnerabilities or fit in. Chavan examines why we adopt these facades and the toll they can take when used unconsciously. For instance, readers may see themselves in the ambitious young professional wearing a mask of invincibility to climb the corporate ladder, only to find that it distances them from their loved ones and their true aspirations. Chavan’s narrative then shifts to his own transformative journey, beginning as a promising student and dedicated professional, only to grapple with challenges of identity, ambition, and addiction. Through deeply personal anecdotes, he recounts the pressures to conform to societal ideals of success and strength, detailing his journey toward self-awareness. This journey led him to embrace his real passions and ultimately find balance and fulfillment as an educator. He invites readers to reflect on their own lives, asking: Are my facades helping me grow, or are they holding me back? In the latter part of the book, Chavan empowers readers to use facades as tools rather than barriers. With practical advice, he explains how to intentionally adopt facades in ways that are authentic and aligned with one’s core values. From the mentor who wears a calm, wise facade to support young learners, to the professional using a confident exterior to lead a team through challenges, Reveal to Shield offers insight into balancing personal truth with the demands of modern life. Designed for anyone seeking a more authentic, balanced life, this book is a thoughtful exploration of how to navigate the roles and expectations placed upon us while staying true to ourselves. With an engaging blend of relatable scenarios, personal reflections, and practical tips, Reveal to Shield is a guide for those who wish to live intentionally, connecting deeply with themselves and others. Whether you’re striving to find success, meaning, or simply a bit of peace in a busy world, this book is a powerful resource for embracing authenticity while skillfully managing the social dynamics around you.
Publisher: Sandeep Chavan
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Reveal to Shield: Learn the Game of Facades by Sandeep Chavan takes readers on an enlightening journey through the intricate landscape of human facades—the social masks we wear to protect ourselves, build relationships, and achieve success in a world driven by expectations and appearances. Blending personal insight with practical wisdom, this book explores the art of managing facades thoughtfully, revealing how they can either enhance our lives or cause us to lose touch with our authentic selves. The book begins with relatable stories of everyday situations, from workplaces and social gatherings to intimate relationships, where we instinctively wear masks to shield our vulnerabilities or fit in. Chavan examines why we adopt these facades and the toll they can take when used unconsciously. For instance, readers may see themselves in the ambitious young professional wearing a mask of invincibility to climb the corporate ladder, only to find that it distances them from their loved ones and their true aspirations. Chavan’s narrative then shifts to his own transformative journey, beginning as a promising student and dedicated professional, only to grapple with challenges of identity, ambition, and addiction. Through deeply personal anecdotes, he recounts the pressures to conform to societal ideals of success and strength, detailing his journey toward self-awareness. This journey led him to embrace his real passions and ultimately find balance and fulfillment as an educator. He invites readers to reflect on their own lives, asking: Are my facades helping me grow, or are they holding me back? In the latter part of the book, Chavan empowers readers to use facades as tools rather than barriers. With practical advice, he explains how to intentionally adopt facades in ways that are authentic and aligned with one’s core values. From the mentor who wears a calm, wise facade to support young learners, to the professional using a confident exterior to lead a team through challenges, Reveal to Shield offers insight into balancing personal truth with the demands of modern life. Designed for anyone seeking a more authentic, balanced life, this book is a thoughtful exploration of how to navigate the roles and expectations placed upon us while staying true to ourselves. With an engaging blend of relatable scenarios, personal reflections, and practical tips, Reveal to Shield is a guide for those who wish to live intentionally, connecting deeply with themselves and others. Whether you’re striving to find success, meaning, or simply a bit of peace in a busy world, this book is a powerful resource for embracing authenticity while skillfully managing the social dynamics around you.
The Parable of the Raven
Author: Robert E. Kasey
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1425999077
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Whether you are a new supervisor for the first time, or an MBA graduate on your first job out of college, or the young entrepreneur of a market penetration business, or a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a large corporation, one of the most challenging problems or issue you will be challenged to deal with is those that are "people-focused". 90% of all major problems that authority figures face that affect productivity, morale, and teamwork are "People" problems. So whether you are new to the business of managing and supervising people or an experienced professional with little-to-no time to "train" subordinates or junior executives, this book will give you a solid foundation for dealing with some of the major people issues in any type of business by the examples you set. This book uses a short story in the form of a "parable", and a combination of to teach five critical principles for dealing with the really troublesome and often organization destroying "people problems" 1) Learn the ropes to skip and the ropes to jump that are associated with the art of critical decision making, 2) Learn and understand the factors that impact a person's desire to make a dedicated, personal commitment to an organization's mission or vision. 3) Learn how to use the Johari Window Model to open or unblock communication channels and to effectively address issues of trust and integrity. 4) Learn how to effectively deal with the tough and touchy dysfunctional communication problems most commonly associated with organizational grapevines: Rumors, Gossip, and Backbiting. 5) Learn to use the most overlooked tool in developing others for management and supervisory position - how to organize and conduct meetings effectively. By understanding and mastering these five principles, you will have a solid foundation for coping with and influencing almost anyone in any organizational communication situation and the foundation for developing a winning team.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1425999077
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Whether you are a new supervisor for the first time, or an MBA graduate on your first job out of college, or the young entrepreneur of a market penetration business, or a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a large corporation, one of the most challenging problems or issue you will be challenged to deal with is those that are "people-focused". 90% of all major problems that authority figures face that affect productivity, morale, and teamwork are "People" problems. So whether you are new to the business of managing and supervising people or an experienced professional with little-to-no time to "train" subordinates or junior executives, this book will give you a solid foundation for dealing with some of the major people issues in any type of business by the examples you set. This book uses a short story in the form of a "parable", and a combination of to teach five critical principles for dealing with the really troublesome and often organization destroying "people problems" 1) Learn the ropes to skip and the ropes to jump that are associated with the art of critical decision making, 2) Learn and understand the factors that impact a person's desire to make a dedicated, personal commitment to an organization's mission or vision. 3) Learn how to use the Johari Window Model to open or unblock communication channels and to effectively address issues of trust and integrity. 4) Learn how to effectively deal with the tough and touchy dysfunctional communication problems most commonly associated with organizational grapevines: Rumors, Gossip, and Backbiting. 5) Learn to use the most overlooked tool in developing others for management and supervisory position - how to organize and conduct meetings effectively. By understanding and mastering these five principles, you will have a solid foundation for coping with and influencing almost anyone in any organizational communication situation and the foundation for developing a winning team.
The Postmistress of Nong Khai
Author: Frank Hurst
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 178589479X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Postmistress of Nong Khai is a crime thriller and love story set in London and Thailand. It is a highly entertaining read full of fascinating characters and based on real incidents during a career with HM Government.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 178589479X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Postmistress of Nong Khai is a crime thriller and love story set in London and Thailand. It is a highly entertaining read full of fascinating characters and based on real incidents during a career with HM Government.