Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers

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Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers
Information Today, Inc. | June 1, 2003 | 260 pages | ISBN: 0910965641 | PDF | 1.5Mb

Companies operating in today's roller-coaster economy have increasingly turned to competitive intelligence (CI) as an effective means of building and maintaining a business edge. Revealing their secrets for monitoring competitive forces and keeping on top of the trends, opportunities, and threats within their industries, this book presents 15 leading CI researchers and their hard-earned secrets. These CI researchers are from such Fortune 100 firms as Compaq Computer, Dell Computer, Lockheed Martin, Merck, and United Technologies. The tips, techniques, and models provided can be successfully applied to any business intelligence project, and the range of sources and strategies discussed will help any organization stay several steps ahead of the competition.

The Encyclopedia of Leadership: A Practical Guide to Popular Leadership Theories and Techniques

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The Encyclopedia of Leadership: A Practical Guide to Popular Leadership Theories and Techniques
McGraw-Hill | 1 edition (December 12, 2000) | 479 pages | ISBN: 0071363084 | PDF | 2.5 Mb

The Encyclopedia of Leadership is a comprehensive reference guide to over 200 of the most important business leadership principles, theories, tools, and techniques. Each entry features a brief, one-page summary of an influential theory or tool—often illustrated graphically—followed by a worksheet or exercise. Thoroughly cross-referenced, it allows busy leaders to find what they need, review it, and even implement it—often in as little as 15 minutes.

MSDN Magazine - August 2007

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MSDN Magazine - August 2007
English | chm & sample code | 6 MB

MSDN Magazine is a developers' guide to Microsoft tools, development environments, and technologies for Windows and the Web. It provides technical experts with real-world solutions, business applications for new technology, and first looks at the latest products. MSDN Magazine covers all development angles including distributed computing, Web development, and Windows application development. The focus of MSDN Magazine is to generate creative and accurate content on using Microsoft development technologies across the entire spectrum of desktop to enterprise and .NET applications. As part of Microsoft's indispensable MSDN family of developer resources (msdn.microsoft.com), MSDN Magazine provides in-depth, cutting-edge information written by industry experts and edited by Microsoft professionals.

Futures & Options Trader - August 2007

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Futures & Options Trader - August 2007
PDF | English | 51 pages | 12 MB

Trading strategies: Beyond the glitter / Lumber: The other weather market / Putting put call parity to work / Bull call ladders / Futures strategy lab: The price movement index (PMI) / Options Strategy Lab: ADX credit spread system / Options news / Congress continues Amaranth query …

Digital Futures: Living in a dot.com World

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Digital Futures: Living in a dot.com World
Earthscan Publications | August 2002 | 228 pages | ISBN: 1853838985 | PDF | 1.7 Mb

Beyond the hype about dot-coms, WAP phones and dot-com entrepreneurs, what impacts will e-commerce have on society? How will it affect jobs and local communities? What will it mean for energy use, transport and the future shape of our cities? How can we ensure that everyone enjoys the benefits of the new digital technologies? With contributions from leading researchers at many of Britain's most influential think-tanks, this book is a groundbreaking exploration of the social and environmental impacts and opportunities of e-commerce. This is an essential book for anyone - from CEO to consumer- who wants to understand the impact of the new economy on our environment.

Code Check Electrical: An Illustrated Guide to Wiring a Safe House, 4th Edition

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Code Check Electrical: An Illustrated Guide to Wiring a Safe House, 4th Edition
Taunton | 4th edition (February 7, 2006) | 32 pages | ISBN: 1561587389 | PDF | 10Mb

Code Check Electrical, 4th edition, outlines the principles behind the various accepted electrical codes and provides information on the code requirements for all types of residential electrical systems. It is cross-referenced to the most recent National Electrical Code. The Code Check series is one of Taunton’s most successful book lines, selling over 400,000 copies. Spiral bound, with durable laminated pages, the books in this series are designed to be used on-site for quick reference, ensuring that all jobs meet the highest safety standards while drastically reducing code violation call-backs. The Code Check series is endorsed by the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO)

Prototype and Scriptaculous: Taking the Pain out of JavaScript

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Prototype and Scriptaculous: Taking the Pain out of JavaScript
O'Reilly Short Cut | November 2006 | 56 pages | ISBN: 0596529198 | CHM | 1.2Mb

JavaScript is carrying more and more programming load lately as Ajax has become popular. Scripting Ajax from scratch isn't much fun, but fortunately there are libraries to help. Prototype and Scriptaculous will let you get much more work done in much less time, automating tasks from processing XMLHTTP requests to creating animations that draw attention to your interfaces. This Short Cut demonstrates how to use Prototype for a wide range of tasks, including event handling, DOM processing, string and form process, and Ajax communications. It explores Scriptaculous' visual effects library, from pulsate to squish to fold and beyond. Need interface components? You'll find form autocompletion as well as drag and drop support.

O'Reilly Learning Ruby

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Learning Ruby
O'Reilly Media | May 14, 2007 | 275 pages | ISBN: 0596529864 | CHM | 1.5Mb

You don't have to know everything about a car to drive one, and you don't need to know everything about Ruby to start programming with it. Written for both experienced and new programmers alike, Learning Ruby is a just-get-in-and-drive book – a hands-on tutorial that offers lots of Ruby programs and lets you know how and why they work, just enough to get you rolling down the road. Interest in Ruby stems from the popularity of Rails, the web development framework that's attracting new devotees and refugees from Java and PHP. But there are plenty of other uses for this versatile language. The best way to learn is to just try the code! You'll find examples on nearly every page of this book that you can imitate and hack.

SERVO magazine - August 2007

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SERVO magazine - August 2007
PDF | English | 12 MB

A CAN Networking Introduction / Beginner’s Guide to Programming: Lesson 2 / BIPED Experiments / Developing the Guardian 5 Robot / RFID Localization / The Day that Robots Took Over the Park / Use the Magic of Infrared Remote Control on Your Bot

The Ancient Egyptians For Dummies

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The Ancient Egyptians For Dummies
For Dummies | August 24, 2007 | pages | ISBN: 0470065443 | PDF | 4Mb

Unravel the history behind of one of the most fascinating ancient civilisations with this engaging, entertaining and educational guide to the ancient Egyptians. With a complete rundown of ancient Egyptian history and culture alongside insights in to the everyday lives of the Egyptians, you’ll discover how they kept themselves entertained, the gory details of mummification, the amazing creation of the pyramids, the deciphering of hieroglyphs and much more.

First Steps: Developing BizTalk Applications

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First Steps: Developing BizTalk Applications
Apress | April 09, 2007 | 100 pages | ISBN: 1590598490 | PDF | 3Mb

First Steps: Developing BizTalk Applications is a primer to most other introductory BizTalk books. If you feel like traditional beginning books are too abstract, and that you are mired in detail and missing the “big picture,” check out this book. It's not a reference – it's a jumpstart to learning BizTalk. You learn about the product in a phased approach. This way, you learn just what you need to know, when you need to know it. And the entire book is example-based: you learn by doing. Each phase provides detailed instructions for creating, deploying, and testing a BizTalk project. Through the book's projects, you will be exposed to orchestrations, pipelines, maps, schemas, messages, ports, shapes, the BizTalk Server Administration console, and the Health and Activity Tracking (HAT) tool. To quickly get ahead and quick-start your BizTalk learning process, this book is for you.

Practical Ruby Gems

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Practical Ruby Gems
Apress | April 16, 2007 | 271 pages | ISBN: 1590598113 | PDF | 3Mb

Practical Ruby Gems is a comprehensive guide to utilizing and creating Ruby Gems–ready-made Ruby code modules that can be easily added to Ruby and Rails projects. This book is ideal for Ruby programmers as well as web developers who use Rails and wish to extend the functionality of their projects. You'll get a prime selection of 34 of the best and most useful Gems, which makes up the core of this book. Each of these also comes complete with actual use cases and code examples that you can use immediately in your own projects. You'll learn how Ruby Gems can be used to
  • Validate credit cards.
  • Create graphical interfaces on multiple platforms.
  • Speed up Rails applications.
  • Develop lightweight web applications.
  • Use ActiveRecord to make databases easy.
  • Process RSS feeds.
  • Prevent spam using CAPTCHA.
  • Crop and scale images.
  • Tap into the same caching system that runs LiveJournal.com. And much, much more! You'll also learn how to package and distribute your own Ruby Gems. This lets you tap into powerful mechanisms for resolving dependencies. And the book takes a detailed look at how Gems differ between operating systems, so you'll be prepared whether your desktop runs OS X, Windows, or Linux. You'll also learn how you can share code more easily between projects, optionally sharing your contributions with the world!
  • Pro NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition

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    Pro NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition
    Apress / April 02, 2007 | 472 pages | ISBN: 1590597885 | PDF | 14Mb

    Written for Java™ developers of varying skill and familiarity with the open source NetBeans™ IDE as well as Java IDEs in general, Pro NetBeans™ IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition focuses on using NetBeans IDE as a professional Java EE 5 software development platform. Experienced author Adam Myatt provides a comprehensive guide to mapping out the functionality of NetBeans IDE and its enterprise add-ons: Enterprise Pack and Visual Web Pack. Coverage of such diverse topics as web applications, web services, and UML modeling, along with real-life case studies and clear, topical information, all combine to offer everything you need to get started with the NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition platform. So whether you're an experienced IDE user or a Java developer who works only with Emacs, you'll find what you need in this book to get started with the more vibrant, more productive extensible NetBeans platform project found on netbeans.org

    Practical JavaScript, DOM Scripting and Ajax Projects

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    Practical JavaScript, DOM Scripting and Ajax Projects
    Apress / April 16, 2007 | 576 pages | ISBN: 1590598164 | PDF | 13Mb

    Practical JavaScript, DOM, and Ajax Projects is ideal for web developers already experienced in JavaScript who want to take their knowledge to the next level. It presents ten complete example projects for you to learn from and adapt for use in your own work. The book starts with a quick recap of the fundamentals of modern JavaScript development before moving right along to the applications. For each application, you are taken through the planning, design, and implementation stages. There's something for everyone here–a utility library, a validation framework, a GUI widget framework, a dynamic event calendar application, a drag-and-drop shopping cart, and more! Over the course of the book, author Frank Zammetti covers JavaScript best practices, Ajax techniques, and some of the most popular JavaScript libraries, such as Prototype, Script.aculo.us, and the Yahoo YUI. One of the main premises of this book is to help you learn by example so you can then apply your knowledge to your own projects. This book will save you countless hours of development time and help further your JavaScript knowledge!

    Measurement Errors and Uncertainties: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition

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    Measurement Errors and Uncertainties: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition
    Springer | 3rd ed. (August 15, 2005) | 320 pages | ISBN: 0387253580 | PDF | 2.5Mb

    The objective of this book is to give well-grounded methods for estimation of the uncertainly of measurement results. Starting from the basics of metrology, the book studies this subject in detail, from theoretical analysis all the way to concrete practical recommendations in areas ranging from single measurements in industry, trade, etc. to multiple measurements in experimental sciences. The book derives these recommendations by systematic development of the measurement accuracy theory. An important aspect of this book is that it develops the theory from the strong practical perspective, by giving priority to the physical essence of the problems and paying special attention to properties of measuring instruments and their influence on the uncertainty of measurements. The book also presents basics on characterization, standardization and calibration of measuring instruments as well as methods for calculating limits of errors of measuring instruments. All recommendations are illustrated by detailed examples from measurements of both electrical and mechanical quantities.