ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sandel, Vic, PUBLISHER: Llumina Press, Sequel to the acclaimed Terrorist.com. After their daring rescue of a young girl, while helping to destroy a terrorist plot to take over military and government computers, Greg Norman and Morgan Hilliard settle in for a well-needed rest. A time to resume their lives and define their budding relationship. Then a surprise gift of basketball tickets puts them at the arena when a tiny explosive device behind the backboard injures the sport's best player. It is the first of several attacks on athletes in several sports over the next days and weeks. At the request of the FBI, Greg and Morgan are pressed into service in an effort to explain the attacks on athletes and put a stop to it. Who stands to gain? While they focus on the perp du jour, an old adversary resurfaces with revenge on his mind. About the Author: Victor Sandel recently retired after a 41 year career as a financial advisor. He resides in South Florida, as do his three grown children. When he is not writing, he can usually be found fishing or aboard his Harley.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ayckbourn, Alan, PUBLISHER: Samuel French Trade, Alan Ayckbourn Comedy Characters: 7 male, 5 female Multiple Interior Scenes England's master of satire is in top form in this comic morality play which was triumphantly presented by the National Theatre of Great Britain. Jack McCraken has the opportunity of a lifetime: he is the new head of a family furniture business and believes he will initiate a new age of honesty and integrity. He quickly learns that everyone else involved in the enterprise has a vested interest in maintaining business as usual, rife with dishonesty and deceit. "One of Alan Ayckbourn's best." -The New York Times "If you demand your fun fast and furious, this is your ticket." - The New York Post "You'll laugh 'till it hurts. Don't miss it " - WNEW Radio "The laughs never stop. Easily one of the best plays to arrive in this Broadway season." - USA Today "Ayckbourn has never written more skillfully." -Evening Standard "Brilliant." - Financial Times "The laughs heap up, but by the evening's end our theatre's master craftsman and finest recorder of social nuance has delivered a disturbing morality play."- London Daily News
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ziegler, Jean / Zeigler, Jean / Willen, Drenka, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Recent startling revelations that Switzerland helped to bankroll Nazi Germany's war effort, and Swiss intransigence in the face of redress claims by Holocaust survivors, have shaken Switerland's international reputation. In this uncompromising account, leading Swiss sociologist Jean Ziegler closely examines the shady relationship between Swiss bankers and Nazi Germany. Based on the records of the German Armaments Ministry and other official documents, The Swiss, the Gold, and the Dead shows how Switzerland's leading financial institutions provided Hittler with the foreign exchange essential to his war effort-laundering gold looted from the banks of occupied Europe and from the bodies of concentration camp victims; granting sizable loans; and supplying Germany's war economy with weapons, ammunition, and precision instruments. In returen, Switzerland was spared the devastation that befell the rest of Europe. Ziegler argues forcefully and authoritatively that without Swiss complicity the war in Europe would have ended earlier, sparing hundreds of thousands of lives. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience in Switzerland's domestic politic and international diplomacy, Professor Ziegler has made an important contribution to this highly controversial and emotional subject.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Imperiale, Richard, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT REITS GETTING STARTED IN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) offer small investors the chance to participate in a broad range of real estate opportunities across most major property sectors and geographic locations. But to make the most out of this proven investment vehicle, you must first gain a firm understanding of it. Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts provides an accessible introduction to the benefits and performance characteristics of REITs and examines the role they play in a well-diversified investment portfolio. Divided into three comprehensive parts, Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts covers a wide variety of issues within this field, including: * The legal and financial history of REITs * How REITs behave as an investment class and how they are best integrated into an investor's portfolio * The fundamental economic issues that affect real estate and how they impact REITs * Specific methods for analyzing REITs as an investment * Different types of REITs: residential, office, industrial, retail property, and more Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts is a valuable road map to an investment that can help stabilize and grow your portfolio for years to come.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Richelson, Hildy / Richelson, Stan, PUBLISHER: Bloomberg Press, Bonds are the financial Cinderellas of the new millennium. Investors became aware of their charms when they saw their stock portfolios tanking while bonds were delivering double-digit returns. With the discovery that bonds could be a lucrative as well as a safe investment came a major problem: no single source of easily accessible information has been available that uniformly describes bonds, compares their relative strengths and drawbacks, and tells how to select and profit from buying them -- until now. Registered investment advisers Hildy and Stan Richelson have written The Money-Making Guide to Bonds to serve as this solid and thorough, yet user-friendly, resource on the subject. Over 35 different types of bonds and 20 types of bond funds are described, highlighting the specific advantages, risks, and tax implications of each. The stock market decline clearly demonstrated to investors that bonds belong in every portfolio. The Money-Making Guide to Bonds not only gives readers the information they need to select bonds suited to their needs but also tells them how to allocate bonds within a portfolio and then concludes with specific strategies for reducing taxes and increasing income.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Foundation Center, PUBLISHER: Foundation Center, This volume represents a valuable source of information for organizations eager to enhance their services with the latest technologies. The National Guide provides essential facts on over 400 grantmakers, each with a history of awarding grant dollars to projects involving information technology. Imagine the time you will save by having, in a single convenient source, a list of grantmakers already interested in this field The National Guide covers all the facts you need to bolster your target list of funding prospects. Each entry provides crucial data -- address, financial data, giving priorities, application procedures, contact names, and key officials. The volume also includes close to descriptions of recently awarded grants -- a sure indication of foundation giving interests. A range of indexes will help you target funders by specific program areas favored and geographic areas preferred by grantmakers. Each year the grantmakers featured in this volume award millions of dollars for projects involving computer science, engineering and technology, telecommunications, and media and communications to a range of educational institutions and other nonprofit organizations. Don't let your organization miss its share of foundation grant dollars -- order your copy today.
Prodotto da: BMW Condizione: Usato BMW 318 d ** GARANZIA UFFICIALE* Caratteristiche del veicolo Chilometraggio: Immatricolazione: Tipo di veicolo: usato Carburante: Diesel Potenza: 105 kW / 143 CV Tipo di cambio: Manuale Marce:6 Colore: Bianco Garanzia: 12 Carrozzeria: 4/5-Porte Cilindrata: Cilindri: 4 Equipaggiamenti: Veicolo non fumatori, Specchietti laterali elettrici, Sistema Start&Stop, Isofix, Immobilizzatore elettronico, Filtro antiparticolato, Cerchi in lega, Volante multifunzione, MP3, Lettore CD, Autoradio, Specchietti laterali elettrici, Servosterzo, Sedili riscaldati, Isofix, Climatizzatore, Chiusura centralizzata, Boardcomputer, Alzacristalli elettrici, Fendinebbia, ESP, Controllo trazione, Airbag Passeggero, Airbag laterali, Airbag, ABS Descrizione: Vettura in pronta consegna, provenienza BMW tedesca, condizioni pari al nuovo,garanzia ufficiale BMW. Offriamo servizi di finanziamento e leasing a tassi agevolati. Finanziamento BMW Financial Service Importo € acconto € Rate mensili € Ciascun cliente verrà assistito dal nostro staff dalla fase d'acquisto fino alla fase di consegna della vettura. Lavoriamo con rete di partner affidabili e accuratamente selezionati sia in Italia che nel resto dell'Europa. Siamo sempre a vostra disposizione per soddisfare ogni vostra domanda. Referente - Elisabetta - 327 Contatti: LUCKY GARAGE SRL Via Veientana Vetere, - Roma (RM) Tel: 06 Cell: 327 Fax: Sito: Vuoi un finanziamento?
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Terrell, John Edward, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Ever since Darwin, the world has been struggling with the mystery of human diversity. As the historian Peter Bowler has written, "an evolutionary interpretation of the history of life on the earth must inevitably extend itself to include the origins of the human race." But this has proved to be a difficult and controversial task. Understanding human origins means accounting not only for the obvious differences between people and cultures around the world, but also for the unity of Homo sapiens as a single biological species. As Stephen Jay Gould has said, "flexibility is the hallmark of human evolution." Because so much of who we are is learned rather than genetically predetermined, a satisfactory understanding of human evolution--to use old parlance--must account both for the human body and the human soul. At any single moment of time, it is always possible to find instances where people seem to live in their own world, speak in their own distinctive ways, and have their own exclusive cultural traits and practices. Over the course of time, however, it is not so easy to find places where these dimensions of our diversity stay together. The essays in this collection show why we must stop thinking that "race," language, and culture go together, and why we should be wary of the commonsense beliefs that human races exist and that people who speak different languages come from fundamentally different biological lineages.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barteluk, Wendy D. M., PUBLISHER: Scarecrow Press, When governments face financial difficulties, among the first departments to feel cutbacks are resource centers. Today, promoting libraries and the services they offer has become a necessity. Displaying that wonderful book with uninteresting cover will get it off the shelf and increase circulation; promoting the library informs users that there is more to the research than books. Barteluk shows the library worker in small to mid-size libraries how to turn out eye-catching, interest-raising displays. Using three-dimensional exhibits rather than bulletin boards, she focuses on the actual fabrication of exhibits. Liberal illustrations and photographs reinforce the philosophy that creating appealing library displays is easy, fun, and economical. The author explains why promotions are necessary and tells where to place the displays, when to put them up and when to take them down, what materials to use and where to find them, how to build and use a mannequin, how to draw when you think you can't, and how to use color. Readers will also find tips on using and creating brochures and handouts, building displays that can be used more than once, scrounging and using props and ideas, and, lastly, how to store everything for further use.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thompson, Stephen M., PUBLISHER: Leland Energy Inc, "Your American Birthright" is a practical, how-to guide for the successful investor who wants to learn the necessary background for investing in domestic oil and natural gas production. Unlike most countries around the world, America offers its investors the opportunity to gain wealth through direct participation in domestic oil and gas production. "Your American Birthright" cogently describes the current world's energy markets as becoming more competitive. While there is still a substantial supply of oil and gas, locating it and bringing it to market is a difficult and arduous process. These limitations, coupled with the current surge in the growing global demand for energy consumption, will keep the energy markets increasingly profitable for those investors who are able to take advantage of these financial opportunities. "Your American Birthright" clearly explains all aspects involved in domestic oil and gas production and in energy investments. He also discusses how direct participation in energy production investments favorably compares to other investment alternatives, such as stocks, bonds and real estate. "Your American Birthright" contains a chapter of frequently asked questions that require objective answers all investors need to know. For the novice, Mr. Thompson provides a convenient glossary of energy related terminology.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Belli, Melvin M. / Belli / Krantzler, Mel, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Griffin, This is the one-step guide for all the problems you must confront. Whether you are just realizing your marriage must come to an end, or are embarking on your new life as a single person, or are at any stage in between, "Divorcing "reassuringly and clearly answers all the vexing questions-emotional, legal, financial-you are facing. Mel Krantzler, Ph.D., America's foremost divorce psychologist, offers uplifting advice to bring you through the emotional turmoil of divorce and let you use it as an opportunity for personal growth. His techniques for dealing with stress, coping with estrangement from spouse and children, and forming new relationships have brought Dr. Krantzler's many clients to new levels of confidence and self-esteem. Melvin M. Belli, Sr., the renowned trial attorney, gives you the same counsel his famous clients pay thousands of dollars for: How to choose the right lawyer, protect your finances, obtain the best conditions for custody and visitation, and keep your new relationships from adversely affecting child custody and support. Thoroughly up-to-date, "Divorcing "is one source that will keep you together, even if your marriage is breaking up.
Switch ProCurve vl HP vl. Larghezza: 44,2 cm, Profondità: cm, Altezza: cm. Alimentazione: V, Hz, Frequenza di ingresso: Hz, Voltaggio di ingresso: V. Tecnologia di cablaggio: Base-T(X) La serie di switch HP vl è costituita da chassis modulari che offrono una soluzione LAN flessibile ed economica, alternativa agli stackable. Questi switch offrono un formato di chassis collaudato e affidabile di qualità elevata in soluzioni scalabili e 10 Gigabit che si integrano facilmente in qualunque rete. Qualità di servizio (QoS) • Prioritizzazione del traffico (IEEE p): classificazione in tempo reale del traffico in otto livelli di priorità mappati su otto code Gestione • Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD): controlla il cavo dei due switch; se il cavo si rompe chiude le porte su entrambe le estremità trasformando il collegamento da bidirezionale in unidirezionale; evita problemi sulla rete quali i loop Connettività • Auto-MDIX: adeguamento automatico per cavi dritti o crossover su tutte le porte e Prestazioni • Architettura: il crossbar switching fabric fino a 76,8 Gbps consente lo switching intra e inter-modulare in wire-speed con throughput massimo di 48 milioni di pps basato su tecnologia ASIC personalizzata per HP Flessibilità e disponibilità elevata • Protocollo IEEE ad LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) e port trunking HP: supportano fino a 60 trunk, ciascuno con max otto collegamenti (porte) per trunk Gestibilità • sFlow (RFC ): accounting e monitoraggio del traffico wire-speed Switching layer 2 • Supporto e tagging VLAN: supporto simultaneo di IEEE Q ( ID VLAN) e 256 VLAN
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith, Ronald S., Jr., PUBLISHER: Quorum Books, Complying with environmental protection laws need not punch a hole in a firm's bottom line. Smith shows that compliance can be profitable. He provides corporate executives with easily accessed data and analyses of the theory of environmental management systems (EMS), and in doing so covers the major environmental concerns worrying corporate America. The result is a practical guide to the tools of environmental management and how they can be used to enhance a corporation's profitability while at the same time reducing its impact on the environment and consequent financial liabilities. Readers will find ways to tailor an appropriate strategy to their specific business needs, justify that strategy financially, and integrate the EMS into an existing business plan. Smith takes the reader through all of the environmental factors that affect profits and productivity. He demonstrates the practicality of not only considering the life cycle of a single product or service, but also the impact of life cycles throughout the entire company. A degree in environmental science is not needed to follow Smith's reasoning and advice, but solid business knowledge is important. Smith provides all of the background needed to start an EMS program, the benefits of which are limited only by management's priorities and the creativity of a company's people.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Severson, Rob, PUBLISHER: Dog Ear Publishing, "Rob Severson allowed me to laugh with and at myself more than any other human being, but always with a little life lesson to be gained." -Dean E. Johnson, Former Minnesota State Senator "Rob has a genius for expressing profound truths in simple ways, and there is much wisdom to be gained from the reading of this book." - Dick Amundson, CEO of Tentmakers "I really admire the way Rob has transposed his life experiences into something of value to others." - Mike Conley, Chairman and CEO of Conley Family Foundation Connecting Peace, Purpose & Prosperityis a practical and faith-based approach to finding success in life by addressing the issues of control, faith, and keeping the doors open to opportunity. Written with candor and humor directly addressing the author's daughters and granddaughters, this is also for anyone making their career start, or for those who are embarking on life-changing turns toward a better future. Rob Severson has run a successful financial consulting business for over 18 years. When not working or volunteering, Rob enjoys traveling with his family, playing golf, making new connections, and trying on new hats. He lives with his wife Judy in Deephaven, Minnesota. www.robseverson.com
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moschis, George P. / Lee, Euehun / Mathur, Anil, PUBLISHER: Praeger, The buying habits of baby boomers really do differ from those of their parents. The authors show how marketers can use each group's consumption patterns to reach both markets most effectively. Another insight: buying habits of these groups differ according to the product or service offered. By analyzing each cohort's buying habits in various purchasing situations, the book dramatizes the need for customized marketing strategies. Based on two national surveys conducted by the Center for Mature Studies, Georgia State University, the book will be essential for marketing professionals and their academic colleagues. Moschis and his coauthors concentrate on food products, apparel, footwear, drugs and cosmetics, housing, technology products and telecommunications services, health care, travel and leisure, and financial and insurance services. They cover preferences for selected products and services, patronage habits, methods of purchasing, motives for preferences for specific brands and services and for payment methods, and reasons for buying direct. Each chapter addresses a specific product or service category and includes analyses of survey respondents by demographic and lifestyle characteristics and media use habits. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications of their research and the ways in which it will lead marketers to design more effective strategies, not only today but in the future.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, Ross, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, "Crisis Control" puts managers ahead of the crisis agenda by providing plans to control and manage a serious event. " Crisis Control" is the new bible for corporate survival - "Geoff Kelley, WMC Limited Managing a corporate crisis is about bringing an organization under control, about deflecting threats and planning for the future " Crisis Control offers a wide range of responses for managers who have to create a crisis action plan Anywhere, anytime, a crisis can strike. Every organization is vulnerable to a wide range of threats. They strike without warning and can escalate to a point where they just won't go away. Bringing an organization under control is about deflecting threats and planning for the future. The purpose of this book is to give managers tried and tested solutions for better crisis management. "Crisis Control is aimed at anticipating and controlling crisis situations. It shows how to develop contingency plans in line with organizational policies. It quickly identifies methods of developing checklists and systems. Training, testing and maintenance of the program is outlined as a strategic process. This book offers a wide range of responses for those managers who have to create a crisis action plan for a wide range of stakeholders including employees, victims, financial markets, political leaders, and bureaucrats. Ross Campbell is the principal of a company which specializes in crisis management.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gillen, Mollie, PUBLISHER: Goodread Biographies, In keeping with the practice of the 18th century, Edward Augustus, son of George III and the Duke of Kent, commissioned a friend to find him a mistress. From this unpromising and unromantic beginning grew his 27-year-long love affair with Julie de St Laurent. Edward was sent to command the garrison at the British naval base of Halifax, and Julie went with him. Together they spent many happy years there and in Quebec City. The Duke inscribed his devotion on the landscape at his estate near Halifax, where walks were laid out to spell "Julie," and a heart-shaped pond was dug as a testament to their love. When the only heir to England's throne died, however, the Duke's duty to make a royal marriage and produce more heirs was clear. He and Julie parted, though he continued to concern himself about her well-being and financial stability. As it turned out, Edward was successful and the future Queen Victoria was born from his royal marriage. Edward died not long afterwards, leaving behind him several fine public buildings in Halifax as monuments of his time in that city. "The Prince and His Lady" is both a moving love story and a fascinating portrait of the social life of Canada's early history.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gottfried, Heidi, PUBLISHER: Polity Press, This engaging new text uses a feminist lens to crack open the often hidden worlds of gender and work, addressing enduring questions about how structural inequalities are produced and why they persist. Making visible the social relationships that drive the global economy, the book explores how economic transformations not only change the way we work, but how we live our lives. The full extent of changing patterns of employment and the current financial crisis cannot be fully understood in the confines of narrow conceptions of work and economy. Feminists address this shortcoming by developing both a theory and a political movement aimed at unveiling the power relations inherent in old and new forms of work. By providing an analysis of gender, work, and the economy, Heidi Gottfried brings to light the many faces of power from the bedroom to the boardroom. A discussion of globalization is threaded throughout the book to uncover the impact of increasing global interconnections, and vivid case studies are included, from industrialized countries such as the US and the global cities of New York, London, and Tokyo, as well as from developing countries and the emerging global cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Dubai. This comprehensive analysis of gender and work in a global economy, incorporating sociology, geography, and political economy perspectives, will be a valued companion to students in gender studies and across the social sciences more generally.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stoker, R. Bryan, PUBLISHER: Lifestyle Publishing, "Growth & Income" presents an easy, step-by-step plan for investing in the real world without timing or predicting the markets. This book fully explains new techniques to invest in mutual funds to create growing account values and increasing income for the rest of your life automatically. Dr. Stoker's simple worksheets and procedures include all the latest changes from the Tax Payer's Relief Act of and will show you how to minimize taxes and boost your returns. "Growth & "Income" also includes a special section on building retirement wealth. You will learn which tax-deferred investments to pursue first (e.g., IRA, 401 (k), SIMPLE, SEP-IRA, annuities, etc.) and how to make your investments last as long as possible after you retire. Buy this book now for yourself or a loved one, and learn how to retire early and how to earn 3 times your salary after you retire Dr. Stoker's academic research and personal quest for financial wealth over the last 20+ years have finally culminated in the exciting results published in this book. Dr. Stoker's techniques presented in this book show you how to magnify your mutual fund returns and create a growing income all with less risk than what you are doing now
Rolf Magener Probabilità zero Longanesi Pocket n. 82 Traduzione: Gilberto Forti Introduzione: - Anno: 28 marzo I edizione Pagine: 295 + Collana Codice ISBN: - Copertina: cartoncino editoriale. Stato: Buono stato. Molto buono. Peso del libro: gr. 235 Misure del libro: cm x cm La fotografia riproduce il libro. NOTA: Richiedete il catalogo per usufruire della promozione. Contenuto: L'avventurosa fuga di 2 prigionieri tedeschi da un campo inglese in Nepal fino alle linee giapponesi in Bermania. L'Autore: Rolf Magener (3 agosto maggio ) è stato il primo prigioniero tedesco a fuggire con successo dall'India durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. La sua rocambolesca fuga da un campo a Dehradun nel con l'alpinista Heinrich Harrer è documentata nel romanzo Probabilità zero. Dopo la guerra divenne un dirigente di successo e chief financial officer della BASF, e ha occupato un ruolo di alto livello presso la Mercedes-Benz. Prezzo: euro 5,00 + spese di spedizione (euro 2,00 piego di libri ordinario, euro 4,00 raccomandata piego di libri). Si fanno spedizioni multiple e, si ricorda, che la merce viaggia a carico del destinatario. Richiedendo il catalogo nel formato excel hai le promozioni 4 x 3, 20 x 13. I più economici sono in omaggio. Per avere il catalogo indicate il vostro indirizzo e-mail personale.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Phillips, Helen, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, Back Cover Multiple Sclerosis is an incurable disease and is becoming more and more prevalent. This true story of God healing from multiple sclerosis will give other sufferers the faith, hope, and tools to go to God for their healing. "Helen's painful testimony is written in a gripping style. You don't want to put this down once you start. As you read you feel as if you want to go to the last chapter to see whether it all ends well. For anyone who is sick and trusting God for a miraculous healing this is a must read." Pastor John Thomas. Baptist Union. This story is about God helping in all circumstances, not only sickness and paralysis, but also war, death, divorce and financial problems and will inspire people to trust Him for help in all their trials. This true story gives the means and methods God showed an ordinary woman in the ups and downs of her life, until victory was finally obtained. This is not about a perfect person but a fallible human being making mistakes and struggling in faith against steep odds. As readers 'fly with her' they will be able to embrace the lessons God taught her and obtain victory in their own lives. Add photograph of the author here
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bunn, Davis / Bunn, T. Davis, PUBLISHER: Howard Books, In the exciting sequel to "Book of Dreams" from bestselling author Davis Bunn, Elena Burroughs is attacked by dreams for which she has only one explanation: they are not her own.Elena Burroughs finds her life spiraling out of control. She is dismissed from her position as psychologist at the Oxford University clinic. And the man she hoped she might love is lost to the demands of new work in a distant land. Elena accepts her agent's request for another world tour, resulting in a huge rush of new publicity and some very public conflict with established authorities. Rachel, a clinical biologist and statistician, approaches Elena for help with the disturbing dreams of one of her patients. Oddly, they mirror Rachel's research findings about a dream pattern that has foretold every major global catastrophe stretching back to the dawn of civilization. That night Elena has precisely the same dream as Rachel's patient, predicting a cataclysmic financial collapse far worse than what brought on the Great Depression. She searches the professional websites and discovers that her most vehement critic has a client experiencing the same repetitive dreams. Together, they form an unlikely alliance, one that threatens to pierce Elena's emotional isolation. All the while, the clock is ticking down to devastation. It's no longer about the dreams. It's about survival.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Boyson, Sandor / Harrington, Lisa H. / Corsi, Thomas M., PUBLISHER: Praeger Publishers, The age of the real-time supply chain has finally arrived. Thanks to an emerging technology construct--the Internet-based "mega-portal"--companies can now connect instantaneously with suppliers, distributors, manufacturers, customers, and alliance partners around the world. Online access to up-to-the-minute information enables companies to improve communication and project management across the entire supply chain, promote collaboration across departments, and enhance customer service and financial operations. The results are stunning; for example, a recent survey reports dramatic increases in revenues and customer retention and decreases in operating costs and product cycle times. Drawing from extensive primary research, this book presents detailed examples of how organizations as diverse as Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Dell, and the U.S. Department of Defense are creating information and communication hubs online and reaping the rewards. The authors explain the basic technical and organizational infrastructure necessary for launching a mega-portal and how its successful management can have profound impact on every area and function of the extended enterprise--from strategy to logistics, product development to customer service. As competition heats up from every direction, the ability to design and manage your supply chain with precision and speed becomes a business imperative. In Real Time offers a practical blueprint for building, implementing, and sustaining supply chains in today's rapidly changing environment.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Amenta, Madalon O'Rawe / Miller, Gale, PUBLISHER: Routledge, With the rise of the AIDS epidemic, hospice units and care centers play an important role in the care of terminally ill AIDS patients. AIDS and the Hospice Community documents facts and discusses concerns in current AIDS hospice care. It presents an authoritative commentary on many common AIDS perceptions held in the United States and describes research projects and findings that detail these and other barriers to AIDS hospice care. This insightful book gives examples of hospices that have entered into AIDS patient care and shows that such programs can be extremely successful for everyone involved. By describing successful programs and barriers that still need to be overcome, it helps agency administrators plan AIDS policies and programs and promotes further research by identifying specific areas in need of study. AIDS and the Hospice Community discusses all aspects of AIDS and hospice care, including AIDS in prisons and rural areas, eligibility criteria, variations in the normal grieving process when the bereavement is a death from AIDS, and the great need for education to dispel myths and misconceptions about AIDS. Chapters also explore reasons hospices are often hesitant to take on AIDS patients, such as confusion and fear of transmission of the disease, the social stigma, financial considerations, and the severity of personal and professional demands on caregivers. All professionals involved in AIDS care, especially in hospice settings, including clinicians, managers, educators, planners, and policymakers will become aware of the specific challenges they face in providing AIDS care and discover ways to successfully meet these challenges.
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Winkler, Matthew, PUBLISHER: Bloomberg Press, The definitive guide to reporting and editing the story of money As more and more people are affected by the actions of Wall Street and the federal government, financial reporting has become even more important. Bloomberg's reputation for fast, accurate reporting is widely known and respected among not only journalists, but the general public. "The Bloomberg Way, " an internal Bloomberg publication for nearly twenty years, reflects the new realities of journalism where speed is paramount, the impact of news is instantaneous, and the lines between objectivity and opinion are increasingly blurred. "The Bloomberg Way" is the most thorough and comprehensive guide to reporting and editing the story of money. Outlining the central principles of Bloomberg News, this book is an essential guide for both journalism professionals and students, and will put any writer in a better position to report with accuracy and honesty.Details the basic tenets of solid reporting, the five F's: Factual, First, Fastest, Final, and FutureDiscusses the essentials of writing a good lead and offers insights on the proper use of voiceAddresses how to keep opinion and speculation out of your writing and how to organize storylines when preparing for breaking news on anything from an earnings release to a market crash "The Bloomberg Way" is the most important writer's resource of one of the largest news organizations in the world. It informs as it instructs, with coverage of essential topics ranging from how to conduct effective interviews to the importance of accuracy and integrity of news gathers and reporters.