In Bronx Faces and Voices, sixteen men and women tell their personal, uncensored stories of the New York City borough-before, during, and after the troubled years of arson, crime, abandonment, and flight in the 1970s and 1980s. The voices in this volume are as eclectic as the Bronx itself: elected officials, religious leaders, and activists who were determined to preserve the beauty of their parks and stability of their community. They had the courage to stay and fight against drug dealers, absent and indifferent landlords, banks that red-lined entire neighbourhoods, and a voracious media that made of the Bronx an international symbol of urban disaster. Some are no longer alive. But each of the sixteen played a positive role in a pivotal time, and they all deserve to be remembered and to have their voices heard. Portraits in this volume by noted photographers Georgeen Comerford and Walter Rosenblum document the Bronx "faces" in their beauty and diversity: young and old, witnesses to the history they lived and created.

It has become increasingly difficult to hire and keep warm bodies, not to mention competent IT personnel. Winning the Outsourcing Game covers everything an IT professional needs to make the decision whether or not to outsource and to make outsourcing work once the decision is made. It includes detailed checklists for everything from drafting the RFP and contract to procedures for onsite contractors to project management and monitoring. It provides the background and the framework for IT managers to develop a sound outsourcing strategy, choose the IT functions to outsource, and effectively manage the risk of third-party contractors.