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Cybersecurity attacks grow more complex every day. The first
edition of Wilson's COMPTIA PENTEST+ GUIDE TO PENETRATION TESTING
helps you gain the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze
systems in the same way hackers do. It provides the information you
need to successfully pass the CompTIA PenTest+ PTO-002
certification exam and contains detailed examples, projects, and
hands-on activities (including virtual machine labs and interactive
online features) where you can practice using the actual tools and
methodologies needed to be a successful penetration tester. The
author begins by exploring the concept of penetration testing, and
then walks you through the process of building your own penetration
testing lab of virtual machines (hosted on your own computer, which
is used to practice the use of pen testing tools and methods). A
final project guides you in the creation of a penetration testing
report that includes all the areas covered in earlier modules.
Wilson/Simpson/Antill's HANDS-ON ETHICAL HACKING AND NETWORK
DEFENSE, 4th edition, equips you with the knowledge and skills to
protect networks using the tools and techniques of an ethical
hacker. The authors explore the concept of ethical hacking and its
practitioners -- explaining their importance in protecting
corporate and government data -- and then deliver an in-depth guide
to performing security testing. Thoroughly updated, the text covers
new security resources, emerging vulnerabilities and innovative
methods to protect networks, mobile security considerations,
computer crime laws and penalties for illegal computer hacking. A
final project brings concepts together in a penetration testing
exercise and report, while virtual machine labs, auto-graded
quizzes and interactive activities in the online learning platform
help further prepare you for your role as a network security
professional.
The most up-to-date and in-depth book on the business of
professional team sports Pro team sports are the biggest and most
important sector of international sport business Strong focus on
applied analysis and performance measurement, invaluable real-world
skills Covers sports, teams and leagues all over the world from the
EPL to the NFL Addresses key themes from ownership and competitive
balance to media revenue and the role of agents
ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How
can public services and social interventions create and sustain
good outcomes for the populations they serve? Building on research
in public health, social epidemiology and the social determinants
of health, this book presents complexity theory as an alternative
basis for an outcome-oriented public management praxis. It takes a
critical approach towards New Public Management and provides new
conceptual inroads for reappraising public management in theory and
practice. It advances two practical approaches: Human Learning
Systems (a model for public service reform) and Learning
Partnerships (a model for research and academic engagement in
complex settings). With up-to-date and extensive discussions on
public service reform, this book provides practical and
action-oriented guidance for a radical change of course in
management and governance.
The most up-to-date and in-depth book on the business of
professional team sports Pro team sports are the biggest and most
important sector of international sport business Strong focus on
applied analysis and performance measurement, invaluable real-world
skills Covers sports, teams and leagues all over the world from the
EPL to the NFL Addresses key themes from ownership and competitive
balance to media revenue and the role of agents
Still the only textbook to introduce the fundamental principles of
sport and leisure management together Essential course text for all
undergraduate sport management or leisure management courses
Torkildsen is a classic textbook, used by hundreds of thousands of
sport and leisure students over nearly 40 years Seventh edition is
fully revised and updated, with new cases and examples in every
chapter Contains completely new chapters on outdoor recreation and
adventure; sport business consultancy; the global sport and leisure
economy, and corporate social responsibility Provides core theory
and practical guidance of the key functional areas of sport and
leisure management Companion website includes additional material
for teaching and learning
Still the only textbook to introduce the fundamental principles of
sport and leisure management together Essential course text for all
undergraduate sport management or leisure management courses
Torkildsen is a classic textbook, used by hundreds of thousands of
sport and leisure students over nearly 40 years Seventh edition is
fully revised and updated, with new cases and examples in every
chapter Contains completely new chapters on outdoor recreation and
adventure; sport business consultancy; the global sport and leisure
economy, and corporate social responsibility Provides core theory
and practical guidance of the key functional areas of sport and
leisure management Companion website includes additional material
for teaching and learning
The story of hill farming on Exmoor is told here for the first time
through archaeological evidence newly revealed after two years of
systematic survey work. This compelling narrative of human
endeavour against a beguiling, yet harsh landscape takes the reader
from the pioneer farmers of the medieval period through to the
inexhaustible energy of the Victorian 'improvers' who transformed
the landscape of Exmoor. The focus of the book is the battle - and
it is a battle - to make the wastes and moorland of this upland
landscape as productive as possible. Meticulous survey work is
presented showing how nearly 700 years of 'reclamation' on the
royal forest of Exmoor, its surrounding commons and its hill farms,
has helped to shape the landscape of Exmoor National Park. This
includes recent air photographs, reconstructions, detailed plans
and maps. This book will appeal to those who know and love Exmoor;
those with an interest in hill farming and how the uplands have
been farmed through time; and those who wish to know more about
Victorian innovation.
This lively peek into the amazing world of microbes from an expert
entomologist is bursting with fascinating facts, laugh-out-loud
humour and fun (and at times, gross!) illustrations, perfect for
curious kids and fans of Kay's Anatomy. Microbes are everywhere:
outside, indoors, on your body, in your body. In fact, microbial
cells outnumber your human cells three to one. Whether helping
people digest their food or using mind-control techniques to lure
mice into the path of hungry cats (no, really), microbes form an
unseen jungle all around us. Through zany facts, hilarious and
sometimes disgusting illustrations, and interviews with experts in
their fields, aspiring young scientists (or kids who just want to
be grossed out) will discover a hidden world in which your health
depends on a myriad of microbes, houseflies get zombified by fungi,
and termites are saving the planet one fart at a time. With such
extras as sidebars, limericks, and even a lesson on how to draw E.
coli, this “eww”-worthy treasure trove for kids is an
engrossing romp into the microbe drama unfolding where you might
least expect it.
Can sport and physical activity (PA) be used to improve the
communities we live in? How do community groups manage facilities
that provide sport and PA? How can managers ensure the services
they deliver meet the needs of their community? What role should
community sport schemes play in society? Answer these questions and
more in this, the first textbook to focus on the theory and
practice of community-level sport management and development.
Bringing together academics and practitioners with expertise in
sport management, sport development, the sociology of sport, PA
programming and community coaching, this book outlines best
practice and explores contemporary issues relating to: Community
enhancement through sport and PA Leadership, enterprise and
innovation Budgeting and decision making Event and facility
management Corporate social responsibility (CSR) Monitoring and
evaluation. The book is divided into three sections: Part I
provides an introduction to developing and managing community
sport; Part II outlines the key issues and challenges that face
those working in the sector; and Part III examines the leadership
and management qualities needed to effectively manage and develop
community sport. Insightful and user-friendly, Managing and
Developing Community Sport is written in an easy to read style and
is a vital resource for sport management practitioners or students
hoping to work in community-level sport.
Can sport and physical activity (PA) be used to improve the
communities we live in? How do community groups manage facilities
that provide sport and PA? How can managers ensure the services
they deliver meet the needs of their community? What role should
community sport schemes play in society? Answer these questions and
more in this, the first textbook to focus on the theory and
practice of community-level sport management and development.
Bringing together academics and practitioners with expertise in
sport management, sport development, the sociology of sport, PA
programming and community coaching, this book outlines best
practice and explores contemporary issues relating to: Community
enhancement through sport and PA Leadership, enterprise and
innovation Budgeting and decision making Event and facility
management Corporate social responsibility (CSR) Monitoring and
evaluation. The book is divided into three sections: Part I
provides an introduction to developing and managing community
sport; Part II outlines the key issues and challenges that face
those working in the sector; and Part III examines the leadership
and management qualities needed to effectively manage and develop
community sport. Insightful and user-friendly, Managing and
Developing Community Sport is written in an easy to read style and
is a vital resource for sport management practitioners or students
hoping to work in community-level sport.
This special issue aims to channel the energies, tactics, critical
forces, and comparative poetics Masao Miyoshi (1928-2009) carried
out in his work from the 1970s on: coming to terms with his concept
of aftering (the act of prolonging and transforming impacts across
cultural, political, and disciplinary borders) and its temporal,
border-crossing, translational, field-reframing, and revisionary
effects. Contributors do not assess his scholarship and photography
in any memorial, critical, or honorific sense. Instead, they seek
to renew the critical visions that he distributed across various
fields, from Asian to Asian American studies and beyond. Each takes
seriously the mandate inside Miyoshi's work that cultural criticism
envision its work broadly and courageously. Essays address the
state of Japan studies; China's role in twentieth-century
geopolitics, particularly involving Tibet; the critical ethos of
"the planetary" in the Anthropocene; and the Korean film
Snowpiercer, whose plot represents an embodiment of killer
capitalism. Contributors. Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Arif Dirlik, Harry
Harootunian, Reginald Jackson, Mary Layoun, Christine L. Marran,
George Solt, Keijiro Suga, Stefan Tanaka, Chih-ming Wang, Rob
Wilson
Sport Management: The Basics is an engaging and accessible
introduction to sport management which considers a range of
contemporary philosophical, social, cultural and political matters
as they impact on this growing field. Drawing links between
academic theory and practice, it explores the current challenges
facing managers in the sport industry, addressing topics including:
the history of sport management the role of the manager levels of
management the public, private and voluntary sectors sport
management in the global marketplace With suggestions for further
reading throughout the text, a comprehensive chapter on employment
and employability, and case studies which explore both theory and
practice, Sport Management: The Basics offers a clear and concise
introduction for anyone seeking to study or work in sport
management.
Globalization discourse now presumes that the "world space" is
entirely at the mercy of market norms and forms promulgated by
reactionary U.S. policies. An academic but accessible set of
studies, this wide range of essays by noted scholars challenges
this paradigm with diverse and strong arguments. Taking on topics
that range from the medieval Mediterranean to contemporary Jamaican
music, from Hong Kong martial arts cinema to Taiwanese politics,
writers such as David Palumbo-Liu, Meaghan Morris, James Clifford,
and others use innovative cultural studies to challenge the
globalization narrative with a new and trenchant tactic called
"worlding."
The book posits that world literature, cultural studies, and
disciplinary practices must be "worlded" into expressions from
disparate critical angles of vision, multiple frameworks, and field
practices as yet emerging or unidentified. This opens up a major
rethinking of historical "givens" from Rob Wilson's reinvention of
"The White Surfer Dude" to Sharon Kinoshita's "Deprovincializing
the Middle Ages." Building on the work of cultural critics like
Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, and Kenneth Burke, "The Worlding
Project "is an important manifesto that aims to redefine the
aesthetics and politics of postcolonial globalization
withalternative forms and frames of global becoming.
Sport Management: The Basics is an engaging and accessible
introduction to sport management which considers a range of
contemporary philosophical, social, cultural and political matters
as they impact on this growing field. Drawing links between
academic theory and practice, it explores the current challenges
facing managers in the sport industry, addressing topics including:
the history of sport management the role of the manager levels of
management the public, private and voluntary sectors sport
management in the global marketplace With suggestions for further
reading throughout the text, a comprehensive chapter on employment
and employability, and case studies which explore both theory and
practice, Sport Management: The Basics offers a clear and concise
introduction for anyone seeking to study or work in sport
management.
The first book to explore the historical development of Belgian
politics, this groundbreaking study of the rivalry between
Catholicism, Socialism, and nationalism is essential reading for
anyone interested in Europe before World War I.
Be always converting, and be always converted; turn us again, O
Lord, Thomas Shepard urged his Cambridge congregation in the 1640s.
This mandate coming down from American Puritan times to New Age
seekers, to be always converting, and always converted, places a
radical burden on the self as site of renewal and world-change,
even as conversion becomes surrounded by deconversion (rejection of
prior beliefs) and counterconversion (turns to alternative beliefs)
across global modernity.
Rob Wilson s reconceptualization of the American project of
conversion begins with the story of Henry Opukaha ia, the first
Hawaiian convert to Christianity, torn from the stomach of his
Native Pacific homeland and transplanted to New England. Wilson
argues that Opukaha ia s conversion is both remarkable and
prototypically American, because he dared to redefine himself via
this drive to rebirth.
By mapping the poetics and politics of conversion and
counterconversion, Wilson returns conversion to its central place
in the American literature, history, and psyche. Through Opukaha ia
s story, and through the works of the Tongan social scientist and
fiction writer Epeli Hau ofa, Wild West poet Ai, and the mercurial
Bob Dylan, Wilson demonstrates that conversion seemingly an
anachronistic concern in this secular age is instead a global, yet
deeply American subject, less about salvation or finality than
about experimentation and the quest for modern beatitude.
A fantasy novel about a Great Blue Heron who magically understands
English. This autobiographical story, as told to a human friend,
begins when he is developing in the egg then progresses through
many humorous adventures and mishaps. The book includes 40
beautiful bird photos.
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