In 2006, Lacanians from North America, South America, and Europe, gathered in Georgia, at the University of West Georgia and at Emory University for the seventh annual conference of the Affiliated Psycho- analytic Workgroups (APW) which was devoted to the topic of addictions as approached from a Lacanian psychoanalytic orientation. The conference participants explored the complexity of the prob…
Economic competition is global, focused, and unrelenting; there is no such thing as a “safe” job. Whatever it was that formed the basis of your state’s economy 50, 25, or even 10 years ago is now at risk; and whatever it is that is coming next is hard to see or define, let alone prepare for. This came home to me in the late 1990s when the bloom of the dot com bubble was beginning to fade…
this book is intended for developers interested in learning more about how to develop against the set of Microsoft cloud services: Windows Azure and Office 365. In some cases, you can combine the two technologies to build your solution, but in other cases you will use only one of the cloud solu- tions, so understanding what each has to offer enables you to decide on which cloud technology to b…
This book tells you how to improve the effectiveness of your software development process using version control. Version Control, sometimes called source code control, is the first leg of our project support tripod. We view the use of version control as mandatory on all projects. Version control offers many advantages to both teams and individuals. • It gives the team a project-wide undo but…
Computer networking is a fascinating field that has interested many for quite a few years. The purpose of this brief book is to give a general, non-mathematical, introduction to the technology of networks. This includes discussions of types of communication, many networking standards, popular protocols, venues where net- working is important such as data centers, cloud computing and grid comput…
PERHAPS the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason. As a long and violent abuse of power, is genera…
Nature (the art whereby God hath made and governes the world) is by the art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an Artificial Animal. For seeing life is but a motion of Limbs, the begining whereof is in some principall part within; why may we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheeles as doth a watch) have an artificia…
We investigate financial intermediaries’ interest rate risk management as the simultaneous decision of on-balance-sheet exposure and interest rate swap use. Our findings show that both decisions are substitute risk management strategies. A higher likelihood of bank distress makes banks reduce their on-balance sheet interest rate exposure and simultaneously intensify their swap use. Exogen…
Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the longrun performance of a corporation. It includes environmental scanning (both external and internal), strategy formulation (strategic or long-range planning), strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. The study of strategic management, therefore, emphasizes the monitoring and evaluating of exte…
Strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the longrun performance of a corporation. It includes environmental scanning (both external and internal), strategy formulation (strategic or long-range planning), strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. The study of strategic management, therefore, emphasizes the monitoring and evaluating of exte…