From the command line to Apple's graphical tools, this book uses a thorough, fundamental approach that leads readers to mastery of every aspect of the server. Full of much-needed insight, clear explanations, troubleshooting tips, and security information in every chapter, the book shows system administrators how to utilize the software's capabilities and features for their individual needs.

When the first television was demonstrated in 1927, a headline in The New York Times read, "Like a Photo Come to Life." It was a momentous occasion. But the power of television wasn't fully harnessed until the 1950s, when the medium was, as Eric Burns says, "At its most preoccupying, its most life-altering." And Burns, a former NBC News correspondent who is an Emmy-winner for his broadcast writing, knows about the impact of television. Invasion of the Mind Snatchers chronicles the influence of television that was watched daily by the baby boomer generation. As kids became spellbound by Howdy Doody and The Ed Sullivan Show, Burns reveals, they often acted out their favorite programs. Likewise, they purchased the merchandise being promoted by performers, and became fascinated by the personalities they saw on screen, often emulating their behavior. It was the first generation raised by TV and Burns looks at both the promise of broadcasting as espoused by the inventors, and how that promise was both redefined and lost by the corporations who helped to spread the technology. Yet Burns also contextualizes the social, cultural, and political events that helped shape the Fifties--from Sputnik and the Rosenberg trial to Senator Joseph McCarthy's Red Scare. In doing so, he charts the effect of television on politics, religion, race, and sex, and how the medium provided a persuasive message to the young, impressionable viewers.

This text explains how to audit the controls and security over all types of information systems environments, and provides a detailed examination of contemporary auditing issues from privacy laws to computer forensics.

This text explores connectivity options, then delves into optimization methods that can be implemented in the Crystal environment, including the use of SQL Expressions and SQL Commands, and much more.

Information markets have proven to be so remarkably accurate at predicting a wide range of events, from presidential elections to Oscar winners, that scholars are challenged to examine the potential for using this innovative tool in other areas. This book brings together nine leading scholars to evaluate the applicability of information markets to the work of policymakers, non-profit organizations, and the private sector.

The aim of writing this marketing manual is to promote the use of the Information Literacy IFLA – UNESCO logo (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The logo was selected from an international competition with the objective of creating an image that would strengthen communication between participants in Information Literacy (IL) programs: those who fund them, the institutions and organizations; those who facilitate the programs, the trainers; and those who benefit from developing information competencies, the learners. The adoption and use of the logo by information literacy professionals will make it an easily recognizable symbol for IL across countries, and will therefore, make IL communication easier.

Written for an audience embracing both students being introduced to theories and terminology of literacy and specialists in the field, the A-Z entries fall into five categories. The first and most numerous covers "definitions, process, influences, issues, types, and theories." The others cover "literacy assessment, literacy instruction, literacy resources and organizations, and literacy professional publications and reports." Throughout, literacy is examined not just as the capability of an individual to read and write but also as a dynamic force in society. Entries such as Gender and writing, Literacy and culture, Social nature of literacy, and Television and reading demonstrate literacy's inseparability from the society in which it functions. So, too, do articles on forms of expression that express social trends; these include Comics, Graffiti, and Instant messaging. The great majority, however, treat concepts and terms related to the study, acquisition, and teaching of literacy. These include Ebonics, Fluency, Reading clinics, Spelling, and Writing assessment. Complementary articles treat both sides of controversial issues such as the phonics-whole language debate.

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At one time, computer hardware was the key differentiator in information technology—what gave an organization it's competitive edge. Then, as hardware prices fell, software took center stage. Today, software having become a broadly shared commodity, a new differentiator has emerged—usability. Applications, including Web sites, are usable if they are practical, useful, easy to work with, and satisfying. Usability is now the factor likeliest to give an organization a distinct advantage. Institutionalization of Usability shows how to make user-centered design and development a routine practice within an enterprise. Other excellent books explain precisely how to make software usable; this book builds on that foundation, and focuses instead on how to get usability recognized and incorporated into an organization's values and culture. Based on author Eric Schaffer's extensive experience, the book provides a solid methodology for institutionalizing usability, guiding readers step-by-step with practical advice on topics like organizational change, milestones, toolsets, infrastructure, and staffing requirements needed to achieve fully mature usability engineering.

This book is a result of my increasing irritation at the colonization of our life-world by fear. Books motivated by irritation have a tendency to be polemical, and this book is no exception. It is an attack on the tendency to consider practically all phenomena from a perspective of fear. A paradoxical trait of the culture of fear is that it emerges at a time when, by all accounts, we are living more securely than ever before in human history. One of my most important arguments against the culture of fear is that it undermines our freedom. It might seem strange to be writing a book about our living in a culture of fear after having previously written a book about our living in a culture of boredom. The two diagnoses of our present culture as being one of fear and one of boredom respectively would seem on the face of it to be contradictory. If one is consumed by fear, one is not bored. But every life will contain both elements. In the poem ‘Dockery and Son’ (1963), Philip Larkin seems to imply that these two emotions, broadly speaking, sum up human existence: ‘Life is first boredom, then fear.’ Every society – and not least postmodern ones – is characterized by many contrasting movements and phenomena. Two phenomena such as boredom and fear, however, do not simply oppose each other but can also build up under each other. Fear is not simply something we are exposed to against our will; it is often also something we voluntarily expose ourselves to in an attempt to transcend a banal, boring everyday existence. I attempt in this book to unravel what kind of an emotion fear is, what role it plays in present-day culture and, not least, what political use is made of it. The book consists of seven chapters. In chapter One I give a brief account of ‘the culture of fear’, that is, how fear has become a kind of culturally determined magnifying glass through which we consider the world. Chapter Two is an attempt to describe what kind of a phenomenon fear is, and adopts a number of different approaches, ranging from neurobiology to phenomenology. In chapter Three I examine the role of fear in ‘the risk society’ and demonstrate how our attempts to minimize risk contain many irrational aspects. Chapter Four deals with the fact that we often voluntarily seek what is frightening – in extreme sports and entertainment, for example – something that is paradoxical, taking into consideration that we normally try to avoid sources of fear. In chapter Five I take a look at the concept of trust and point out that the culture of fear has an undermining effect on trust – something that in turn increases the scope of fear. When general trust decreases, this has a disintegrating effect on social relations, although fear for its part can also have an integrating effect. This integrating role of fear is central in a number of political philosophies, not least those of Machiavelli and Hobbes, and in chapter Six I look at the role of fear as a basis for political philosophy as well as the political use that has been made of fear in the ‘war against terror’ of recent years. Finally, the concluding chapter asks if there is any way out of fear, if we can break down the climate of fear that surrounds us today. A theme that will only be dealt with to a slight extent is the fear of death in general, as this is such a wide-ranging theme – because it calls for a thorough thematization of our conceptions of death – and must therefore be dealt with elsewhere. Anxiety – or Angst – will also be dealt with just as briefly. An obvious question is: Why write a ‘philosophy of fear’ when it is not so much fear as anxiety that has been traditionally dealt with in philosophy? Since anxiety is in addition ascribed major metaphysical implications, fear would seem to be trivial by comparison. Anxiety is ‘deep’, whereas fear is ‘shallow’. In Roland Barthes’ words we can say that fear would appear to be a ‘mediocre and unworthy emotion’.1 Nevertheless, fear would seem today to have greater cultural and political consequences than anxiety. Furthermore, it is basically rather pleasant to do away with all the ‘metaphysical hand-luggage’ that accompanies the concept of anxiety.

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У навчальному посібнику розглянуто сутність і зміст інформаційної безпеки суспільства та її місце у структурі національної безпеки; висвітлено поняття «інформації», «інформаційної культури», «інформаційної війни», «інформаційної зброї»; показано інформаційно-психологічні операції та основний спосіб їх здійснення інформаційно-психологічний вплив; розкрито основні шляхи протидії негативному інформаційно-психологічному впливу Навчальний посібник розрахований на студентів, курсантів, магістрів, ад‟юнктів та науково-педагогічних працівників вищих навчальних закладів. Усіх кого цікавлять питання інформаційної безпеки.

У монографії розглядаються нові тенденції та перспективи інформаційної політики України в контексті процесів європейської інтеграції, висвітлюються її зовнішньополітичні, правові, безпекові, економічні та іміджеві чинники, аналізується інформаційно-комунікаційний ресурсний потенціал держави, характеризується увесь спектр мас-медійної сфери України. Для фахівців з міжнародних відносин, дослідників інформаційно-комунікаційних проблем, представників ЗМІК, викладачів, аспірантів та студентів.

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Видання вміщує доповіді та виступи учасників ІІІ Всеукраїнської студентської науково-практичної конференції, що представляють вищі навчальні заклади Києва, Рівного, Умані, Харкова, Чернівців, Республіки Білорусь. У матеріалах збірника розкрито бачення ролі бібліотек і книг у цифровому медіасвіті, подано кращий досвід українських та зарубіжних бібліотечних установ. Окремо закцентовано увагу на питаннях створення і використання інформаційних ресурсів та інших аспектах інформаційної справи. Своє відображення у збірнику знайшли напрями розвитку, проблеми та підсумки з актуальних питань книгознавства, видавничої справи та книгорозповсюдження.

В книге рассматриваются свойства операций конъюнкции, дизъюнкции и отрицания нечеткой логики и определяемых ими операций пересечения, объединения и дополнения нечетких множеств. В первой главе рассматриваются классические операции нечеткой логики, введенные Заде, и исследуются свойства алгебры Клини. Во второй главе изучаются инволютивные и неинволютивные операции отрицания и методы их генерации. В третьей главе даются основные сведения о t- нормах и t-конормах, обсуждаются методы генерации параметрических классов неассоциативных операций конъюнкции и дизъюнкции и примеры применения этих операций в задачах нечеткого моделирования. Предназначено для студентов, аспирантов и научных работников, специализирующихся в области мягких вычислений и разработки интеллектуальных информационных систем.