Publisher: Springer
Language: English
ISBN: 3642008402
Paperback: 186 pages
Data: Aug 2009
Format: PDF

Description: A major challenge in grid computing remains the application software development for this new kind of infrastructure. Grid application programmers have to take into account several complicated aspects: distribution of data and computations, parallel computations on different sites and processors, heterogeneity of the involved computers, load balancing, etc. Grid programmers thus demand novel programming methodologies that abstract over such technical details while preserving the beneficial features of modern grid middleware.

For this purpose, the authors introduce Higher-Order Components (HOCs). HOCs implement generic parallel/distributed processing patterns, together with the required middleware support, and they are offered to users via a high-level service interface. Users only have to provide the application-specific pieces of their programs as parameters, while low-level implementation details, such as the transfer of data across the grid, are handled by the HOCs. HOCs were developed within the CoreGRID European Network of Excellence and have become an optional extension of the popular Globus middleware. The book provides the reader with hands-on experience, describing a broad collection of example applications from various fields of science and engineering, including biology, physics, etc. The Java code for these examples is provided online, complementing the book. The expected application performance is studied and reported for extensive performance experiments on different testbeds, including grids with worldwide distribution.

The book is targeted at graduate students, advanced professionals, and researchers in both academia and industry. Readers can raise their level of knowledge about methodologies for programming contemporary parallel and distributed systems, and, furthermore, they can gain practical experience in using distributed software. Practical examples show how the complementary online material can easily be adopted in various new projects.

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0471757055
Paperback: 208 pages
Data: Feb 2006
Format: PDF







Description: A real estate guide unlike any other, The Insider’s Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks is the true story of a seemingly impossible investing challenge and the two investors who pulled it off—all to prove that you can do it too.

Successful real estate investors Dolf de Roos and Gene Burns wanted to show skeptical investors that there are always great deals to be found. So they set out to buy fifty-two homes in just one year. Not only did they succeed, they did it in less than ten months and earned a lot of money in the process! Tracing this ten-month real estate adventure in depth and detail, The Insider’s Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks explains the authors’ strategies and techniques for acquiring almost any property in any market. Inside, you’ll find step-by-step guidance on:

* Finding the perfect market to invest in
* Designing your strategy and getting started
* Making your first deal
* Finding the help you need to succeed
* Changing strategies midstream
* Networking to find new leads and opportunities
* And much more

Combining unbeatable investing guidance with firsthand accounts of real deals, The Insider’s Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks arms investors with a diverse mix of strategies and tactics that will turn every real estate deal into a moneymaker.

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0471769193
Paperback: 304 pages
Data: Jul 2006
Format: PDF









Description: 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.

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0471548251
Paperback: 336 pages
Data: May 2004
Format: PDF






Description: More and more people are discovering that real estate investing is a safe and affordable way to increase their cash flow and build lasting wealth. If you want to achieve financial freedom, then look no further. 5 Magic Paths to Making a Fortune in Real Estate reveals the proven real estate investment strategies that many of today’s millionaires used to make their fortunes. In fact, you don’t even need a lot of money to start investing and start putting cash in your pocket today!

Real estate expert James Lumley offers simple, straightforward explanations of the most common and lucrative approaches to property investment–including fixer-uppers, lease/options, wholesales, buy-and-hold, and single-and multifamily rentals. You’ll understand all the basics of real estate and learn to use these five strategies to make a killing in any economy. Packed with new information–including sections on the IRS’s simplified tax exchange rules and the capital gains exclusion–5 Magic Paths to Making a Fortune in Real Estate will show you how to:

* Find foreclosed, repossessed, or condemned properties
* Research the markets and perform valuations
* Determine what you can safely afford
* Negotiate with sellers and buyers
* Find the best financing terms, including seller financing
* Price and perform money-making repairs
* Work with agents and contractors
* And much more!

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0471548251
Paperback: 336 pages
Data: May 2004
Format: PDF






Description: More and more people are discovering that real estate investing is a safe and affordable way to increase their cash flow and build lasting wealth. If you want to achieve financial freedom, then look no further. 5 Magic Paths to Making a Fortune in Real Estate reveals the proven real estate investment strategies that many of today’s millionaires used to make their fortunes. In fact, you don’t even need a lot of money to start investing and start putting cash in your pocket today!

Real estate expert James Lumley offers simple, straightforward explanations of the most common and lucrative approaches to property investment–including fixer-uppers, lease/options, wholesales, buy-and-hold, and single-and multifamily rentals. You’ll understand all the basics of real estate and learn to use these five strategies to make a killing in any economy. Packed with new information–including sections on the IRS’s simplified tax exchange rules and the capital gains exclusion–5 Magic Paths to Making a Fortune in Real Estate will show you how to:

* Find foreclosed, repossessed, or condemned properties
* Research the markets and perform valuations
* Determine what you can safely afford
* Negotiate with sellers and buyers
* Find the best financing terms, including seller financing
* Price and perform money-making repairs
* Work with agents and contractors
* And much more!

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0471769193
Paperback: 304 pages
Data: Jul 2006
Format: PDF






Description: 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.

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Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Language: English
ISBN: 0596008686
Paperback: 502 pages
Data: Jun 2005
Format: PDF






Description: More and more businesses today have their receive phone service through Internet instead of local phone company lines. Many businesses are also using their internal local and wide-area network infrastructure to replace legacy enterprise telephone networks. This migration to a single network carrying voice and data is called convergence, and it’s revolutionizing the world of telecommunications by slashing costs and empowering users. The technology of families driving this convergence is called VoIP, or Voice over IP.

VoIP has advanced Internet-based telephony to a viable solution, piquing the interest of companies small and large. The primary reason for migrating to VoIP is cost, as it equalizes the costs of long distance calls, local calls, and e-mails to fractions of a penny per use. But the real enterprise turn-on is how VoIP empowers

businesses to mold and customize telecom and datacom solutions using a single, cohesive networking platform. These business drivers are so compelling that legacy telephony is going the way of the dinosaur, yielding to Voice over IP as the dominant enterprise communications paradigm.

Developed from real-world experience by a senior developer, O’Reilly’s “Switching to VoIP” provides solutions for the most common VoIP migration challenges. So if you’re a network professional who is migrating from a traditional telephony system to a modern, feature-rich network, this book is a must-have. You’ll

discover the strengths and weaknesses of circuit-switched and packet-switched networks, how VoIP systems impact network infrastructure, as well as solutions for common challenges involved with IP voice migrations. Among the challenges discussed andprojects presented:

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Publisher: Apress
Language: English
ISBN: 1430218096
Paperback: 376 pages
Data: Dec 2008
Format: PDF










Description: Considered a classic by an entire generation of Mac programmers, this popular guide has been completely updated for Mac OS X. Don’t know anything about programming? No problem! Acclaimed author Dave Mark starts out with the basics and takes you through a complete course in programming C using Apple’s free Xcode tools. This book is perfect for beginners learning to program. It includes all–new Mac OS X examples!

* Provides best practices for programming newbies
* Written by the expert on C–programming for the Mac
* Presents all the basics with a pragmatic, Mac OS X-flavored approach

What you’ll learn

* Master C programming, the gateway to programming your Mac or iPhone.
* Write applications for the Mac OS X interface, the cleanest user interface around.
* Understand variables and how to design your own data structures.
* Work with the file system.
* Connect to data sources and the Internet.

Who is this book for

For anyone wanting to learn to program in Mac OS X, including developers new to the Mac, developers new to C, or students entirely new to programming. For anyone who wants to learn how to program their iPhone, this is also the core language primer.

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Publisher: Springer
Language: English
ISBN: 1402036744
Paperback: 326 pages
Data: April 2006
Format: PDF





Description: The sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) held in Porto in 2004, brought together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the advances and business applications of information systems. It is now the largest Conference in Europe in the area of Information Systems, and one of the most demanding with only 15% of the submissions accepted as full papers.

The papers selected in this book are selected from the different aspect covered at the conference including Databases and Information Systems Integration, Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Analysis and Specification, Software Agents and Internet Computing and Human-Computer Interaction.

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Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Language: English
ISBN: 0071608281
Paperback: 384 pages
Data: Apr 2009
Format: PDF





Description: Fortunately for you, there’s Schaum’s Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum’s to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum’s is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills.

This Schaum’s Outline gives you

* Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge
* Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field
* In-depth review of practices and applications

Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum’s highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum’s to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!

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Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Language: English
ISBN: 1598220608
Paperback: 360 pages
Data: Jun 2008









Description: SQL for Microsoft Access, Second Edition provides a guide to getting the most out of Microsoft Access through the use of Structured Query Language. Step-by-step examples demonstrate how to use SQL script to create tables, add records to tables, and retrieve and manage records. Readers will also learn about calculated fields, Access projects, and the integration of SQL script in VBA and ASP code.

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Publisher: Springer
Language: English
ISBN: 3211854312
Paperback: 320 pages
Data: Nov 2008
Format: PDF




 Description: The fields of similarity and preference are still broadening due to the exploration of new fields of application. This is caused by the strong impact of vagueness, imprecision, uncertainty and dominance on human and agent information, communication, planning, decision, action, and control as well as by the technical progress of the information technology itself. The topics treated in this book are of interest to computer scientists, statisticians, operations researchers, experts in AI, cognitive psychologists and economists.

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Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Language: English
ISBN: 1598220594
Paperback: 754 pages
Data: Oct 2008
Format: PDF






 Description: Essential ZBrush offers a detailed overview of the popular digital sculpting tool as well as a guide to mastering digital sculpting. From the basics of ZBrush to the creation of a number of models that demonstrate hard surface sculpting, realisitic organic sculpting, and environmental sculpting, this book provides readers with the tools to produce high-quality digital sculpts. With this text, the reader will: Explore the various ZBrush palettes, brushes, and settings, and learn how to customize the interface. Discover how to create a base mesh using ZSpheres. Find out how to use normal and displacement maps in both 3ds Max and Maya. Understand the importance of properly posing your models. Explore a variety of production-tested pipelines and workflows. Learn how to create and apply materials to your models.

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0471392278
Paperback: 288 pages
Data: Jan 2001
Format: PDF




 Description: If you are among the 56 percent of Americans lagging behind in their financial goals for retirement——or a retiree with plenty of years ahead in which your money can grow–an investment club may be the perfect vehicle for you. There are more than 37,000 investment clubs across the United States today, and this number has been steadily increasing over the past decade. This comprehensive guide will show you, step-by-step, how to take control of your financial future by utilizing the benefits, both financial and social, that investment club membership has to offer. Here you will find:

* Proven strategies for setting up an investment club that will survive changes in membership
* Advice on how to conduct your club’s meetings, monitor its performance, and maintain members’ active interest
* Numerous tips and tricks to help investment club members build and monitor their investment portfolios
* Methods for finding, researching, and presenting stock recommendations to other club members

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Publisher: Happy About
Language: English
ISBN: 1600051367
Paperback: 148 pages
Data: Jan 2009
Format: PDF





 Description: “I’m on LinkedIn–Now What??? (Second Edition)” is a book designed to help you get the most out this popular business networking site. This new edition follows the best-selling first edition and includes the latest and great approaches for using LinkedIn. With over 32 million members there is a lot of potential to find and develop relationships to help in your business and personal life, but many professionals find themselves wondering what to do once they signup. This book explains the different benefits of the system and recommends best practices (including LinkedIn Groups) so that you can get the most out of LinkedIn.

If you are a professional interested in advancing your career, increasing your business or expanding your opportunities through relationships, this book is for you. It helps you understand and develop an effective online social networking strategy with LinkedIn.

The reader will walk away with 1) an understanding of LinkedIn and why they should use it; 2) a set of best practices and tips to get started and keep moving, and 3) an understanding of how LinkedIn fits into their networking and career strategy

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 047178673X
Paperback: 288 pages
Data: Sep 2006
Format: PDF






 Description: Make Money in Abandoned Properties provides readers with new ideas and vital techniques for every aspect of abandoned property investment, from identifying the right properties to successfully negotiating with owners. There is enormous potential in abandoned properties, and Chantal and Bill Carey explain everything you need to know to get started:

* Why owners abandon properties
* Finding abandoned properties with profit potential
* Locating owners and qualified buyers
* Writing a foolproof offer for the property
* Counter-offers and negotiations
* Negotiating with owners in foreclosure
* Financing techniques for abandoned properties
* Rehabbing abandoned properties for instant equity
* Optioning abandoned properties
* Finding motivated partners for your deals
* Investment strategies that focus on abandoned property
* Dealing with owners in bankruptcy
* Closing deals and using escrow

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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 047178673X
Paperback: 288 pages
Data: Sep 2006
Format: PDF






Description: Make Money in Abandoned Properties provides readers with new ideas and vital techniques for every aspect of abandoned property investment, from identifying the right properties to successfully negotiating with owners. There is enormous potential in abandoned properties, and Chantal and Bill Carey explain everything you need to know to get started:

* Why owners abandon properties
* Finding abandoned properties with profit potential
* Locating owners and qualified buyers
* Writing a foolproof offer for the property
* Counter-offers and negotiations
* Negotiating with owners in foreclosure
* Financing techniques for abandoned properties
* Rehabbing abandoned properties for instant equity
* Optioning abandoned properties
* Finding motivated partners for your deals
* Investment strategies that focus on abandoned property
* Dealing with owners in bankruptcy
* Closing deals and using escrow

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Publisher: Happy About
Language: English
ISBN: 1600051367
Paperback: 148 pages
Data: Jan 2009
Format: PDF






Description: “I’m on LinkedIn–Now What??? (Second Edition)” is a book designed to help you get the most out this popular business networking site. This new edition follows the best-selling first edition and includes the latest and great approaches for using LinkedIn. With over 32 million members there is a lot of potential to find and develop relationships to help in your business and personal life, but many professionals find themselves wondering what to do once they signup. This book explains the different benefits of the system and recommends best practices (including LinkedIn Groups) so that you can get the most out of LinkedIn.

If you are a professional interested in advancing your career, increasing your business or expanding your opportunities through relationships, this book is for you. It helps you understand and develop an effective online social networking strategy with LinkedIn.

The reader will walk away with 1) an understanding of LinkedIn and why they should use it; 2) a set of best practices and tips to get started and keep moving, and 3) an understanding of how LinkedIn fits into their networking and career strategy


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Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
ISBN: 0471392278
Paperback: 288 pages
Data: Jan 2001
Format: PDF






Description: If you are among the 56 percent of Americans lagging behind in their financial goals for retirement——or a retiree with plenty of years ahead in which your money can grow–an investment club may be the perfect vehicle for you. There are more than 37,000 investment clubs across the United States today, and this number has been steadily increasing over the past decade. This comprehensive guide will show you, step-by-step, how to take control of your financial future by utilizing the benefits, both financial and social, that investment club membership has to offer. Here you will find:

* Proven strategies for setting up an investment club that will survive changes in membership
* Advice on how to conduct your club’s meetings, monitor its performance, and maintain members’ active interest
* Numerous tips and tricks to help investment club members build and monitor their investment portfolios
* Methods for finding, researching, and presenting stock recommendations to other club members

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Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Language: English
ISBN: 1598220594
Paperback: 754 pages
Data: Oct 2008
Format: PDF






Description: Essential ZBrush offers a detailed overview of the popular digital sculpting tool as well as a guide to mastering digital sculpting. From the basics of ZBrush to the creation of a number of models that demonstrate hard surface sculpting, realisitic organic sculpting, and environmental sculpting, this book provides readers with the tools to produce high-quality digital sculpts. With this text, the reader will: Explore the various ZBrush palettes, brushes, and settings, and learn how to customize the interface. Discover how to create a base mesh using ZSpheres. Find out how to use normal and displacement maps in both 3ds Max and Maya. Understand the importance of properly posing your models. Explore a variety of production-tested pipelines and workflows. Learn how to create and apply materials to your models.

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