Why Did Europe Conquer the World

Imagine that a time machine could carry you back to the year 900 and land you anywhere on earth for an extended stay. Where would you go live? As you consider the possibilities, you might want a bit of useful advice—namely, avoid western Europe at all costs.1 Why reside there, when it was poor, violent, politically chaotic, and by almost any yard- stick, hopelessly backward? There were no ci…

iOS and OS X Network Programming Cookbook

The Berkeley Socket API (where API stands for Application Programming Interface) is a set of standard functions used for inter-process network communications. Other socket APIs also exist; however, the Berkeley socket is generally regarded as the standard. The Berkeley Socket API was originally introduced in 1983 when 4.2 BSD was released. The API has evolved with very few modifications into a …

How to Increase Your Content's Discoverability

There was a content brief. Then research. Perhaps an interview. You outlined, wrote, rewrote, reviewed, revised, edited, tweaked and proofed. Total hours spent: 20. [source] Assuming modest $60/hour average salaries, creating that one blog post likely cost your company $1,200 or more. But by the time you hit “publish”, the next assignment was already overdue. And now the post you worked so…

The Future of Security Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Security, the security of society and of individuals, is at the centre of concerns of contemporary society. In recent years it has, however, become clear that developing new technologies alone will not improve our security. It is now widely accepted that secu- rity depends as much on attitudes and behaviour of individuals and groups as on availability of new technological solutions. If we want …

International Human Rights Law

The concepts of humanitarian intervention, self-determination, and providing relief to the wounded and other victims of armed conflicts can be viewed as the roots of human rights law. Modern international human rights law dates from World War II and its aftermath. The United Nations Charter (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/aunchart.htm), signed June 26, 1945, sought to acknowledge the impo…

The Ethics of Accounting and Finance

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Windows® Phone 7 for iPhone® Developers

This chapter provides you with a brief introduction to the material that will be pre- sented in this book,as well as some insight into the writing style,how best to read this book,and more.Hopefully,after reading this introduction,you will know whether you want to continue reading this book or skip it and go find the latest book in the Twilight series in another section of the bookstore. I know…