This document which has been prepared for discussion, comes at an appropriate time just after the recently concluded United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janerio (Rio+20), and at a time when our thrust as a nation is towards economic stability, growth and sustainability. Trinidad and Tobago’s economy has been driven primarily by our rich oil and gas sectors and…
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The purpose of this volume is to outline the linguistic development of Old English (OE) phonology and morphology down to about AD or so, and the development of OE syntax to the end of the OE period. This difference in periodization is dictated by the nature of the material at our disposal. OE phonology and morphology underwent significant changes—some of which are poorly recorded …
Actuarial Science is a discipline with a fascinating blend of traditional approaches, developed over many decades of experience, and modern techniques which are available thanks to the fast development of statistical, computational, and mathematical tools, new insights into dependence modeling, analysis of big data, financial engineering, risk management, and insurance economics. At the same ti…
The first thing that should be said to someone who is thinking of “going offshore” is that it is like going into major surgery. The outcomes can differ enormously, depending on the skill of the surgeons and what they are trying to accomplish. You may simply want to protect your money from volatility that comes with market crisis, economic instability, and a turbulent U.S. dollar. Or maybe …
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Palm OS Programming is a comprehensive introduction to programming for the Palm operating system, the fastest growing computer operating system and platform ever created, and certainly the most popular mobile computing platform in existence today. Throughout my career in software, whenever I was confronted with the challenge of quickly and efficiently getting up to speed with a new operating s…
In 1849, at a time when classical liberalism was still the dominant ideological force and “economist” and “socialist” were generally considered antonyms, Gustave de Molinari, a renowned Belgian economist, wrote, If there is one well-established truth in political economy, it is this: That in all cases, of all commodities that serve to provide for the tangible or intangible need of the c…
The sales figures for smartphones continue to rise exponentially. Tablet computers are showing a similarly phenomenal adoption rate and are replacing laptop computers in many areas of life. We can imagine a time when nearly everyone is carrying around a powerful computer in the form of a smartphone or a tablet. The term mobile device is used to cover such devices. Typically, an app (an applicat…
The purpose of this book is to describe some of the main ideas and methods used in semantics, to illustrate these on interesting applications, and investigate the relationship between the various methods.
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Web 2.0 is an industry buzz word that gets thrown around quite often. The term is often used for new web technology or comparison between products/services that extend from the initial web era to the existing one. For the purposes of this book, Web 2.0 www.it-ebooks.info xx Hacking Exposed Web 2.0 addresses the new web technologies that are used to bring more interactivity to web applicati…
Taxes have a pervasive impact on our lives. They affect every individual in the United States from birth to death, and even beyond death (through taxation of an individual’s estate). Taxes likewise affect every business from formation of the business entity to its operations, distribution of profits to owners, and ultimate disposition or liquidation. Despite the wide-ranging impact of taxes,…