6x9 Hard Cover with dust Cover, Amazon, Barnes & Noble - Cream Background - The FIRST SCI-FI book about an Upstate New York town called Watertown and its urban legend The Vortex at Thompson Park. Volume 2 continues the stories began in the previous volume and a prequal to one of the chapters along with a news story from the website of the watertown Daily Times set in the future with comments from local residents of the area all revolving around the Vortex at Thompson Park.

6x9 Hard Cover with Dust Cover, Amazon, Barnes & Noble - Cream Background - The FIRST SCI-FI book about an Upstate New York town called Watertown and its urban legend The Vortex at Thompson Park. Volume 2 continues the stories began in volume 1 along with a news story from the website of the Watertown Daily Times set in the future with comments from local residents of the area and it all revolves around the Vortex at Thompson Park.

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Hard Cover - Volume 4 of 4, Amazon, Barnes & Noble - The FIRST SCI-FI book about an Upstate New York town called Watertown and its urban legend The Vortex at Thompson Park. Real locations and residents of Watertown along with a local NEWS crew interact with which may be fictional situations through out time; who knows for sure? Volume 4 continues the stories began in the previous volumes with different points in time addressed in each chapter with a stunning conlusuion.

Hard Cover - The FIRST SCI-FI book series about an Upstate New York town called Watertown and its urban legend The Vortex at Thompson Park. Real locations and residents of Watertown along with a local NEWS crew interact with which may be fictional situations through out time; who knows for sure? Volume 3 continues the stories began in the previous volumes with different points in time addressed in each chapter, along with the introduction and the identity of the GUARDIAN is revealed.

Hard Cover - 4 books in 1 - The FIRST SCI-FI book about an Upstate New York town called Watertown and its urban legend The Vortex at Thompson Park. Real locations and residents of Watertown along with a local NEWS crew interact with which may be fictional situations through out time; who knows for sure? And it all revolves around...The VORTEX at Thompson Park Volume 2 continues the stories began in the previous volume and a prequal to one of the chapters along with a news story from the website of the Watertown Daily Times set in the future with comments from local residents of the area all revolving around the Vortex at Thompson Park. Volume 3 continues the stories began in the previous volumes with different points in time addressed in each chapter, along with the introduction and the identity of the Guardian is revealed. Volume 4 concludes the stories began in the previous volumes with different points in time addressed in each chapter with a very surprising and interesting conclusion.

Hard Cover with dust cover - Amazon, Baenes and Noble Version - White Background - The FIRST SCI-FI book about an Upstate New York town called Watertown and its urban legend The Vortex at Thompson Park. Real locations and residents of Watertown along with a local NEWS crew interact with which may be fictional situations through out time; who knows for sure? And it all revolves around...The VORTEX at Thompson Park

Emphasizing leadership principles and practices, Antipatterns: Managing Software Organizations and People, Second Edition catalogs 49 business practices that are often precursors to failure. This updated edition of a bestseller not only illustrates bad management approaches, but also covers the bad work environments and cultural traits commonly found in IT, software development, and other business domains. For each antipattern, it describes the situation and symptoms, gives examples, and offers a refactoring solution.

The authors, graduate faculty at Penn State University, avoid an overly scholarly style and infuse the text with entertaining sidebars, cartoons, stories, and jokes. They provide names for the antipatterns that are visual, humorous, and memorable. Using real-world anecdotes, they illustrate key concepts in an engaging manner. This updated edition sheds light on new management and environmental antipattems and includes a new chapter, six updated chapters, and new discussion questions. Topics covered include leadership principles, environmental antipatterns, group patterns, management antipatterns, and team leadership.

Following introductory material on management theory and human behavior, the text catalogs the full range of management, cultural, and environmental antipatterns. It includes thought-provoking exercises that each describe a situation, ask which antipatterns are present, and explain how to refactor the situation. It provides time-tested advice to help you overcome bad practices through successful interaction with your clients, customers, peers, supervisors, and subordinates.

Updates content and introduces topics such as business changes and outsourcing. Addresses new cyber security risks such as IoT and Distributed Networks (i.e., blockchain). Covers strategy based on the OODA loop in the cycle. Demonstrates application of the concepts through short case studies of real-world incidents chronologically delineating related events. Discusses certifications and reference manuals in cyber security and digital forensics. Includes an entire chapter on tools used by professionals in the field.

Offers research-based examples and case studies to facilitate the understanding of each IoT primitive Highlights IoT's connection to blockchain Provides an understanding of benefits and challenges of IoT and its importance to a variety of engineering disciplines

Offers research-based examples and case studies to facilitate the understanding of each IoT primitive Highlights IoT's connection to blockchain Provides an understanding of benefits and challenges of IoT and its importance to a variety of engineering disciplines

This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how different jurisdictions have implemented them to enable meaningful engagement and participation by persons with disabilities in society. The philosophy of 'active citizenship' underpinning the Convention - that all citizens should (be able to) actively participate in the community - provides the core focal point of this book, which grounds its analysis in exploring how this goal has been imagined and implemented across a range of countries. The case studies examine how different jurisdictions have reformed disability law and policy and reconfigured how support is administered and funded to ensure maximum choice and independence is accorded to people with disabilities.

Updates content and introduces topics such as business changes and outsourcing. Addresses new cyber security risks such as IoT and Distributed Networks (i.e., blockchain). Covers strategy based on the OODA loop in the cycle. Demonstrates application of the concepts through short case studies of real-world incidents chronologically delineating related events. Discusses certifications and reference manuals in cyber security and digital forensics. Includes an entire chapter on tools used by professionals in the field.

The Almanac of State Legislative Elections, Third Edition combines detailed, state-by-state, district-by-district election results for the nation's 6,744 state legislative districts with a wide range of socioeconomic data for each district to present a comprehensive portrait of voting and demographic trends across the nation. This new edition features data from 2000 through 2006, covering the most recent trends and updates to district lines. It includes extensive state-by-state analyses and 290 maps of the district boundaries. Inside, researchers will find: An introductory overview of the major trends in all 50 states and their legislative districts In-depth data from each state showing the voting results and demographic changes in each of the districts from 2000 through 2006 Concise and informative essays on each state that offer context to the data presented and provide valuable historical perspective and analyze current major electoral and demographic changes Over 290 color maps showing district boundaries for state House and Senate districts, plus detail maps on urban areas and population that show how much each district has gained or lost in population during the period Statistical tables for each state, showing district-by-district population changes, along with up-to-date (2006) demographic data measuring average household income, degree of higher education, percent above/below the poverty line, and ethnic/racial mix This unique and valuable work is the only resource to bring together district maps, elections results, and demographics for all 50 states in one source.

This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how different jurisdictions have implemented them to enable meaningful engagement and participation by persons with disabilities in society. The philosophy of 'active citizenship' underpinning the Convention - that all citizens should (be able to) actively participate in the community - provides the core focal point of this book, which grounds its analysis in exploring how this goal has been imagined and implemented across a range of countries. The case studies examine how different jurisdictions have reformed disability law and policy and reconfigured how support is administered and funded to ensure maximum choice and independence is accorded to people with disabilities.

A post-apocalyptic novel with a cinematic twist from New York Times bestseller Barry Lyga, actor Peter Facinelli, and producer Robert DeFranco. On the ruined planet Earth, where 50 billion people are confined to mega-cities, and resources are scarce, Deedra has been handed a bleak and mundane existence by the Magistrate she works so hard for. But one day, she comes across a beautiful boy struggling to cross the river. A boy with a secretive past and special abilities, who is somehow able to find comfort and life from their dying planet. A boy with an unusual name...Rose. But just as the two form a bond, it is quickly torn apart by the murder of the Magistrate's son, and Rose becomes the prime suspect. Little do they know how much their relationship will affect the fate of everyone who lives on the planet.

6x9 Paperback - 4 books in 1 - The FIRST SCI-FI book about an Upstate New York town called Watertown and its urban legend The Vortex at Thompson Park. Real locations and residents of Watertown along with a local NEWS crew interact with which may be fictional situations through out time; who knows for sure? And it all revolves around... The VORTEX at Thompson Park Volume 2 continues the stories began in the previous volume and a prequal to one of the chapters along with a news story from the website of the Watertown Daily Times set in the future with comments from local residents of the area all revolving around the Vortex at Thompson Park. Volume 3 continues the stories began in the previous volumes with different points in time addressed in each chapter, along with the introduction and the identity of the Guardian is revealed. Volume 4 concludes the stories began in the previous volumes with different points in time addressed in each chapter with a very surprising and interesting conclusion.

6x9 Paperback - The FIRST SCI-FI book series about an Upstate New York town called Watertown and its urban legend The Vortex at Thompson Park. Real locations and residents of Watertown along with a local NEWS crew interact with which may be fictional situations through out time; who knows for sure? Volume 3 continues the stories began in the previous volumes with different points in time addressed in each chapter, along with the introduction and the identity of the GUARDIAN is revealed.

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