Computer networking is a fascinating field that has interested many for quite a few years. The purpose of this brief book is to give a general, non-mathematical, introduction to the technology of networks. This includes discussions of types of communication, many networking standards, popular protocols, venues where net- working is important such as data centers, cloud computing and grid comput…
This book will show you how to: • Identify your Advocates by asking a single question, the Ultimate Question for customer loyalty. Yes, it really is that simple! • Energize your Advocates to recommend your brand and products plus drive sales. Advocacy isn’t a one-time event or marketing tactic. It’s a strategic and sustainable approach to building your brand and business. • Tra…
THIS BOOK is an analysis of economic fallacies that are at last so prevalent that they have almost become a new orthodoxy. The one thing that has prevented this has been their own self-contradictions, which have scattered those who accept the same premises into a hundred different "schools/* for the simple reason that it is impossible in matters touching practical life to be consistently …
Elihu Burritt, well known on both sides of the Atlantic by his devoted labours for the good of mankind, especially in the promotion of peace and universal brotherhood, has recently paid a visit to some of the distressed parts of Ireland, principally with a view of sending a statement of facts, from his own observation, to his native country, together with an appeal on behalf of the sufferers un…
For nearly a year New York City saw with wonder the spectacle of a few fearless radicals, organised into a vigilance committee of fifty, closing the doors of a custom-house, guarding the gates of an arsenal, embargoing vessels ladened with supplies for British troops, and removing cannon from the Battery, while an English fleet, well officered and manned, rode idly at anchor in New York harbour…
This book is intended for everyone who has a UNIX computer connected to a TCP/IP network. [2] This obviously includes the network managers and the system administrators who are responsible for setting up and running computers and networks, but it also includes any user who wants to understand how his or her computer communicates with other systems. The distinction between a "system administrato…
As if by magic, the street was now filled with women, arranging themselves in marching order, with the shout of command ringing clear upon the air, and down Fifth Avenue as far as he could see, other columns of women were forming to the strains of military music and to the stirring echoes of fife and drum. He grabbed his hat and stick, and joined the throng that packed the sidewalk. His six fe…
This handbook provides the growing number of people who are developing networks for social change with practical advice based on the experiences of network builders, case studies of networks small and large, local and international, and emerging scientific knowledge about “connectivity. ” It is intended to join, complement, and spur other efforts to capture and make widely available what i…
It is a fact that about 4 billion people worldwide live on less than US$2 per day (Microfinance Bulletin, 2008a, 7) and poverty is one of the major problems that is still prevailing in today’s world. Currently the eight Millennium Development Goals, to be reached by 2015, are a worldwide attempt that might really help to fight poverty.
The objective of the course is to develop the framework that will help you understand the structure of financial markets, money and its components and how interest rates are determined, the banking system, the Federal Reserve System and the role of monetary policy. Through the models that we will develop, you should gain enough knowledge and analytical tools to understand the latest develop…
Management Information System (MIS) provides information for the managerial activities in an organization. The main purpose of this research is, MIS provides accurate and timely information necessary to facilitate the decision-making process and enable the organizations planning, control, and operational functions to be carried out effectively. Management Information System (MIS) is basicall…