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TCP/IP is always a hot topic because it is and always will be the glue that holds the Internet and the World Wide Web together To be well connected (network-wise, that is), sooner or later you have to become familiar with TCP/IP. So if you want to understand what it is, what it does, what it’s for, why you need it, and what to do with it, but you just don’t know where to start – this book is for you. If you have to install and set up TCP/IP on your computer at home or on lots of computers for your company, you'll find lots of Hands-On sections that take you through the process step by step.

TCP/IP For Dummies, 5th Edition, is both an introduction to the basics and a reference to help you use TCP/IP applications and tools on all kinds of computers connected to networks. Here are some of the many subjects that this book covers:

Uncovering the relationships among TCP/IP, the Net, and the Web

Exploring client/server and how it is the foundation of TCP/IP

Installing and configuring TCP/IP and its applications on clients and servers

Understanding intranets, extranets, and virtual private networks (VPNs)

Building and enforcing security

Boldly going to the next generation: IPv6

If you’re concerned about the security of your data – and who isn’t? – don’t miss the practical security tips in this book, including a Quick Start Security Guide. You can read about advanced security topics, including the security protocols that are part of TCP/IP. You also find out how to use encryption, authentication, digital certificates, and signatures. And if you’re interested in e-commerce, walk through a secure Internet credit card transaction..
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As one of the newest offerings in the Jones and Bartlett Essential Public Health series, Essentials of Health Policy and Law provides students of public health with a firm foundation of the basics of American health policy and law. Given the prominent role played by policy and law in the health of all Americans, the aim of this book is to help readers understand the broad context of health policy and law, the essential policy and legal issues impacting and flowing out of the health care and public health systems, and the way health policies and laws are formulated. Think of this textbook as an extended manual introductory, concise, and straightforward to the seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, and thus as a jumping off point for discussion, reflection, research, and analysis..
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Essential Readings in Health Policy and Law is a compilation of carefully selected readings offers deeper analysis of the topics covered in the companion text, Essentials of Health Policy and Law. Featuring the thought-provoking perspectives of individual authors, policymakers, and judges that span the spectrum of political and social thought, this book includes practical articles describing the methods and potential pitfalls of policy analysis, as well as examples of the administrative regulations, informal government memoranda, and budget proposals that serve as important instruments in a policymaker s toolbox. It is an outstanding addition to Jones and Bartlett's Essential Public Health series..
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I am crazy. But maybe I am not. For most of her life, these thoughts plagued Amy Wilensky as her mind lurched and veered in ways she didn't understand and her body did things she couldn't control While she excelled in school and led an otherwise "normal" life, she worried that beneath the surface she was a freak, that there was something irrevocably wrong with her. Passing for Normal is Wilensky's emotionally charged account of her lifelong struggle with the often misunderstood disorders Tourette's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. A powerful witness to her own dysfunction, Wilensky describes the strain it bore on her relationships with the people she thought she knew best: her family, her friends, and herself. Confronting the labels we apply to ourselves and others--compulsive, crazy, out of control--Amy describes her symptoms, diagnosis, and her treatment with courage and a healthy dose of humor, gradually coming to terms with the absurdities of a life beset by irrational behavior. This compelling narrative, by turns
tragic and comic, broadly extends our understanding of the won-drously complex human mind, and, with subtlety and grace, challenges our notion of what it is to be "normal."
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Few books or pamphlets have had as much influence on the course of human history as Thomas Paine's Common Sense. The Declaration of Independence severed political bonds with England, but it was Paine's dynamic pamphlet that conceptualized the idea of unity and freedom months before Thomas Jefferson put pen to parchment. Paine's publication energized a vast number of colonists to embark on a long and bloody war that imperiled their livelihoods and dismantled their cultural identity-all in the hope of creating a new nation constructed upon the concepts of liberty and independence.

Fifth-grade history teacher Mark Wilensky rectifies this oversight with the publication of The Elementary Common Sense of Thomas Paine: An Interactive Adaptation for All Ages. This remarkable interactive version is adapted for young and old alike, and makes Paine's words and the concepts he espoused widely available to everyone.

Although many people know of Tom Paine and his famous Common Sense, the historic pamphlet has not been readily accessible or widely read. But it needs to be, because it is one of our nation's most important founding documents.

Wilensky's interactive Common Sense offers a rich array of colonial history sprinkled with audio, video, and text graphics linked to a dynamic online website. This adaptation includes the original Common Sense, a new adapted version in plain language everyone can understand today, an extensive chronology of important pre-revolutionary events leading up to the publication of Paine's pamphlet, and adapted versions of the Olive Branch Petition, A Proclamation For Suppressing Rebellion And Sedition, and the Boston Port Act. Wilensky also includes a wide variety of insights on colonial coins and mercantilism, and many humorous illustrations designed to convey the important concepts of independence and liberty.

Instructors and parents will especially appreciate Wilensky's decision to include supplementary materials such as teaching plans for classroom and home schooling use. These include a wide variety of activities to engage students, all based on National Curriculum Standards.

Colonial America was a continent with multiple cultures and customs spanning vast geographic distances. Tom Paine's amazing persuasive essay Common Sense unified these seemingly conflicting characteristics into the most remarkable nation ever founded in the history of mankind. The Elementary Common Sense of Thomas Paine will reignite the ardor of our Founding Fathers for a new generation.

Mark Wilensky is a fifth-grade teacher in Jefferson County Colorado.
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Based on hands-on, real-world research and concepts used by CEOs, managers and employees in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 to nonprofit, There Is No Place Like Work shows how organizations have accomplished and can accomplish the ultimate goal of managing their CORE Culture.
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When good deeds become policy

American soldiers have provided medical aid to civilians in many wars, and no less in the Vietnam War, where there were more than forty million contacts between U.S. medical personnel and Vietnamese civilians.

Robert J. Wilensky, using data derived from extensive archival research as well as his personal experience in Vietnam, shows how medical aid to Vietnamese civilians, at first based simply on good will, became policy. The original Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP), by which unit medical teams treated civilians in their area, soon expanded to other acronymically designated programs: the Military Provincial Hospital (later Health) Assistance Program (MILPHAP), the Civilian War Casualty Program (CWCP), and the Provincial Health Assistance Program (PHAP).

Although MEDCAP treated many, American doctors were uniformly unhappy about the superficial care they were able to give. Labs, x-ray machines, and surgery were not available at the unit level; follow-up was sketchy or nonexistent. Other programs became so politicized that they were almost ineffective. Coordination with the government of South Vietnam was poor, creating areas that were underserved.

Most important, there is no evidence that the good will built by U.S. doctors transferred to South Vietnamese forces. American programs may have emphasized the inability of the Republic of Vietnam to provide basic health care to its own people and may have demonstrated to Vietnamese civilians that foreign soldiers cared more for them than their own troops did. If that is the case, the programs actually did more harm than good in the attempt to win hearts and minds..
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"Inside Sales Management is that rare business book which addresses the most challenging situations that managers encounter, often on a daily basis. Whether it's helping salespeople outgrow their fears and need for approval, eliminating excuse-making, powerful debriefing strategies, bottom-line interviewing techniques, bringing new hires up to speed quickly, win-win coaching - you'll find all these vital topics explored and explained with psychological insight and humor. In the second part of the book you'll learn sales psychology, from the points of view of managers, salespeople and even clients and prospects. The real world examples, role-plays and exercises enliven the strategies and make this a dynamic reading experience. If you're committed to success - whether it be in sales or management - learn these strategies by heart. This is nothing less than a course in the psychology of business, and it should be required reading in business schools. Vic Mallen, Vice-president of Sales, Patton Solutions This book should be required for every sales manager! Mark Wilensky clearly explains how to understand and grow the people you manage. It's about time somebody put it all together in one volume! Robin Domeniconi, President, Time Inc. Media Group To really serve your clients, you have to know how they think. In this book Mark Wilensky provides you with the codes to unlock your customers, your salespeople and what's happening between them. Even if you implement only a fraction of his strategies, you'll see a dramatic upward trend in sales revenues! Steve Sachs, Publisher, Real Simple Magazine Getting inside the mind of salespeople - and clients - is the key to successful sales management, and that is exactly what this book does. I gained dozens of invaluable insights into how to motivate people, buyers and sellers, and you will too! - Don Combs, president, Colonial Equipment Co. This is the first book I've seen that clearly describes how to grow people! Mark Wilensky's unique insights into what makes salespeople successful and what holds them back should be required reading for anyone hoping to develop a successful sales organization. - Ian Scott, CEO and President, Bauer Ad Sales. Managers - If you're tired of not meeting your forecasts, this is the book you've been waiting for. The stories and examples make this vital knowledge come alive. I've read the chapter on becoming an all star coach three times, and I'm not through learning from it. - Richard Daniels, Vice President of Sales, PDI. At last - an understanding of salespeople, and how to ensure better sales results, all written in a style that any sales manager can readily grasp. Everyone with a stake in their company's success will thank you for presenting the strategies in this book. - Charlie Browning, Publisher, New Homes Guide. I've read many books on the sales management process, and Mark Wilensky deals very effecively with the underlying causes of success and failure in managing sales. He demonstrates how to easily build a dynamic sales force that will exceed company goals. These insights will definitely increase your sales! - Frank Wintroub, president, The Rose Company There is nothing more important in managing the sales process than understanding the people involved.salespeople and clients - their expectations, their fears, and how to deal with them. Wilensky's book gets inside the minds of buyers and sellers, and managers will benefit tremendously from this penetrating knowledge. - Gib Dickey, President, Housing Guides of America. Mark Wilensky has helped us double sales year after year, and I'm delighted that he has collected his strategies in this volume, which truly leads you inside sales management. - Don Alducin, founder and CEO of HJ Ford. ".
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