Emergency managers and officials have seen a tremendous increase in the planning responsibilities placed on their shoulders over the last decade. Crisis Management and Emergency Planning: Preparing for Today's Challenges supplies time-tested insights to help communities and organizations become better prepared to cope...

The only thing standing between you and your writing is your word processor. Yeah, I know: It’s supposed to be helpful. Well, it tries. Computers can do only so much. But you, as a smart person, are capable of so much more. I’m guessing that’s why you’ve opened this book. Welcome to Word 2010 For Dummies, which takes...

Here's the first and only book on aromatherapy solely devoted to the beauty industry. Designed for all skill levels, it offers a full spectrum of non-product specific recipes, definitions, and tried-and-true techniques in the hair, skin, and nail products commonly used by cosmetologists and helps you determine which mixtures of various...

During his campaign for reelection in 1996, the Internet-savvy President Bill Clinton used the slogan “Building a Bridge to the 21st Century.” It turns out that the bridge is operated and maintained in cyber form, and that malevolent actors can practice their black arts to disrupt or destroy the bridge, its cyber traffic, and all...

Nowadays, it’s rare for malicious hackers to rely on just one exploit or tool; instead, they use “chained” exploits that integrate multiple forms of attack to achieve...

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An extensively updated version of the bestselling single-source study guide on the market, The CISSP and CAP Prep Guide: Platinum Edition, provides a complete study resource for the full spectrum of security certifications. It provides unparalleled breadth and depth of coverage of the numerous major changes to the CISSP exam, the new...

Mathematical and computational biology is playing an increasingly important role in the biological sciences. This science brings forward unique challenges, many of which are, at the moment, beyond the theoretical techniques available. Developmental biology, due to its complexity, has lagged somewhat behind its sister disciplines (such as...