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Business Continuity Planning and HIPAA: Business Continuity Management in the Health Care Environment

Rothstein Associates, 2004

This book includes the precautions and procedures that address the concerns of HIPAA, but presents them along with other business components in order to emphasize the need for a holistic approach when constructing and maintaining a business plan.

This book examines business continuity planning as adapted to encompass the requirements of...

$30 Film School

Course Technology PTR, 2003

Alt.culture.guide™, Keith Gordon, 2004
One of the most important tools available to an a artist.

We are entering a new era. Mini-DV filmmaking is the new folk, the new punk rock, the new medium where anyone can tell his story. "$30 Film School" is an alternative to spending four years and a...

The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

" … The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey is an important, amazing book that tells the story of these kids and adults as they explore a new frontier."
—John Baichtal (Wired Blog, August, 2008)

"...a testament to a culture which thrived before computers and the internet mattered to most of...

The Mafia Encyclopedia

Facts on File, 2005

Organized crime is the greatest criminal phenomenon of our time. From Al Capone, who boldly claimed his bootlegging activities were a public service, to John Gotti, the "Teflon don" who died in prison, these criminals have garnered headlines and captured the public imagination with their flamboyant lifestyles and colorful attitudes....

Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today

FT Press, 2010

“Clear, thoughtful, and thought-provoking, Germs, Genes & Civilization makes the case that infectious diseases have played a major role in shaping society. Clark argues that religion, morals, and even democracy have all been influenced by the smallest and most dangerous organisms on our planet. While...

Games Diversions & Perl Culture: Best of the Perl Journal

O'Reilly, 2004

This is the third of three “Best of The Perl Journal” O’Reilly books, containing the créme de la créme of the 247 articles published during The Perl Journal ’s five-year existence as a standalone magazine. This particular book contains 47 articles about the leisure pursuits of Perl programmers....

Avanti! (Italian)

McGraw-Hill, 2017

Informed by second-language acquisition research and supported by cutting-edge digital tools, the complete Avanti! program creates a dynamic learning environment that fosters communication and motivates students to succeed. With Connect and LearnSmart, Avanti's learning platform gives instructors...

Practical DataOps: Delivering Agile Data Science at Scale

Apress, 2019

Gain a practical introduction to DataOps, a new discipline for delivering data science at scale inspired by practices at companies such as Facebook, Uber, LinkedIn, Twitter, and eBay. Organizations need more than the latest AI algorithms, hottest tools, and best people to turn data into insight-driven action and useful...

Supply Chain Imperative, The: How to Ensure Ethical Behavior in Your Global Suppliers

AMACOM, 2004

Like many companies in all industries, yours is making an admirable new commitment to higher ethical standards. You’ve worked hard to build or restore your reputation and the trust of your stakeholders. But all your best efforts may be undermined if the many links in your supply chain do not follow suit.

The Supply Chain...

Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software

O'Reilly, 2002

In 1984, Richard Stallman launched the GNU Project for the purpose of developing a complete UNIX-like operating system that would allow for free software use. What he developed was the GNU operating system. (GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not UNIX,'' and it is pronounced guh-NEW. Linux is a variant of the GNU operating system.) This...

Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround

Harper Perennial, 2002

In 1990, IBM had its most profitable year ever. By 1993, the computer industry had changed so rapidly the company was on its way to losing $16 billion and IBM was on a watch list for extinction -- victimized by its own lumbering size, an insular corporate culture, and the PC era IBM had itself helped invent.

Then Lou Gerstner was...

Psychiatry and Decolonisation in Uganda (Mental Health in Historical Perspective)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This open access book investigates psychiatry in Uganda during the years of decolonisation. It examines the challenges facing a new generation of psychiatrists as they took over responsibility for psychiatry at the end of empire, and explores the ways psychiatric practices were tied to shifting political and development priorities, periods of...

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