Learn how to code, package, deploy, and test functional Enterprise JavaBeans with the latest edition of this bestselling guide. Written by the developers of the JBoss EJB 3.1 implementation, this book brings you up to speed on each of the component types and container services in this technology, while the workbook in the second section provides several hands-on examples for putting the concepts into practice. Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 presented a radical departure from its predecessors with a lightweight alternative that met with enthusiastic response from the Java development community. With version 3.1, EJB's server-side component model for building distributed business applications is simpler yet. And Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1 is the most complete reference you'll find on this specification. * Learn how to encapsulate business logic with Session Beans and Message-Driven Beans * Understand EJB's container services, such as dependency injection, concurrency, and interceptors * Handle persistence through the Entity Bean and EntityManager * Discover how to integrate with other technologies in the Java Enterprise Edition platform

Learn how to design and develop distributed web services in Java, using RESTful architectural principles and the JAX-RS 2.0 specification in Java EE 7. By focusing on implementation rather than theory, this hands-on reference demonstrates how easy it is to get started with services based on the REST architecture. With the book's technical guide, you'll learn how REST and JAX-RS work and when to use them. The RESTEasy workbook that follows provides step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and running several working JAX-RS examples, using the JBoss RESTEasy implementation of JAX-RS 2.0. Learn JAX-RS 2.0 features, including a client API, server-side asynchronous HTTP, and filters and interceptors Examine the design of a distributed RESTful interface for an e-commerce order entry system Use the JAX-RS Response object to return complex responses to your client (ResponseBuilder) Increase the performance of your services by leveraging HTTP caching protocols Deploy and integrate web services within Java EE7, servlet containers, EJB, Spring, and JPA Learn popular mechanisms to perform authentication on the Web, including client-side SSL and OAuth 2.0

A guidebook with a decidedly different approach, Mousejunkies! is a collection of humorous travelogues and insider how-to secrets compiled after scores of trips to Walt Disney World. The book draws on the insights of a panel of Disney fanatics — The Mousejunkies. This third edition brings everything up to date with countless new tips, tricks, and tales. Told through personal accounts, all of the most important topics are covered: when to go, where to stay, what to do, and where to eat. Readers also learn how to avoid melting down under the Florida sun, how to extract your family from Fantasmic with your sanity intact, where to catch a mid-afternoon catnap, and even how wrong things go when "Epcrotch" strikes. Mousejunkies! is more than one travel writer’s experiences: The Mousejunkies have found themselves inexplicably drawn to Walt Disney World, again and again. Each has taken his or her own path, finding his or her way separately. The stories — wry, humorous, and told with an affection gained through years of Disney addiction — paint vivid portraits of a creatively engineered world, where unexpected surprises create lasting memories. The tips are told with a sly wink and the desire to share the secrets.

The clandestine operations of American CIA Agent Patrick O'Leary and Israeli Mossad Agent Zivah Benjamin continue in this stand-alone sequel to The Persian Caper. After their teams successfully exposed and ocumented the Iranian nuclear weapons program, as related in The Persian Caper, a plan was devised by the CIA to eliminate the Iranian threat. O'Leary was subsequently assigned to Mossad as a liaison officer in Tel Aviv and the infatuated couple continue their deadly adventures battling terrorists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip territories in The Palestinian Caper. But even as the Mossad Special Ops teams hunted the enemy, they were targeted themselves by the most vicious and skilled enemy agents who relentlessly sought violent revenge for the Persian Caper success. This fast-moving thriller draws a sense of uthenticity drawn from the author's extensive Middle East background -both military and industrial-- replete with vivid details on cuisine, sights, aromas and customs of the diverse Palestinian population.

What do we really know about Iran's Nuclear Program? In the Persian Caper project, a fictional team of American, Turkish, British, and Israeli secret agents in Iran to determine the actual status and ultimate goals of Iran's Nuclear R&D facilities. A plan has been developed to destroy those facilities, if necessary, to prevent fruition of the suspected development of nuclear weapons to use on the United States, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Israel. This fast-moving thriller is all too realistic as it draws on the author's extensive experience as an American expatriate who lived, worked, and studied in Iran to describe the adventures of the team replete with vivid detail on cuisine, sights, aromas, and customs of the diverse Persian population. Bill Burke visited many of the locations mentioned in his story, and he thoroughly enjoyed residing in Persia with his wife before the advent of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Islamic Revolution and the subsequent downfall of the Shah.

"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise "
These words of fatherly advice helped shape Ted Turner's remarkable life, but they only begin to explain the colorful, energetic, and unique style that has made Ted into one of the most amazing business executives of our time. Along the way - among his numerous accomplishments -- Ted became one of the richest men in the world, the largest land owner in the United States, revolutionized the television business with the creation of TBS and CNN, became a champion sailor and winner of the America's Cup, and took home a World Series championship trophy in 1995 as owner of the Atlanta Braves.
An innovative entrepreneur, outspoken nonconformist, and groundbreaking philanthropist, Ted Turner is truly a living legend, and now, for the first time, he reveals his personal story. From his difficult childhood to the successful launch of his media empire to the catastrophic AOL/Time Warner deal, Turner spares no details or feelings and takes the reader along on a wild and sometimes bumpy ride.
You'll also hear Ted's personal take on how we can save the world...share his experiences in the dugout on the day when he appointed himself as manager of the Atlanta Braves....learn how he almost lost his life in the 1979 Fastnet sailing race (but came out the winner)...and discover surprising details about his dealings with Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Warren Buffett, and many more of the most influential people of the past half century.
Ted also doesn't shrink from the darker and more intimate details of his life. With his usual frankness, he discusses a childhood of loneliness (he was left at a boarding school by his parents at the tender age of four), and the emotional impact of devastating losses (Ted's beloved sister died at seventeen and his hard-charging father committed suicide when Ted was still in his early twenties). Turner is also forthcoming about his marriages, including the one to Oscar-winning actress, Jane Fonda.
Along the way, Ted's friends, colleagues, and family are equally revealing in their unique "Ted Stories" which are peppered throughout the book. Jane Fonda, especially, provides intriguing insights into Ted's inner drive and character.
In CALL ME TED, you'll hear Ted Turner's distinctive voice on every page. Always forthright, he tells you what makes him tick and what ticks him off, and delivers an honest account of what he's all about. Inspiring and entertaining, CALL ME TED sheds new light on one of the greatest visionaries of our time.

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