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In 2010, Uwe and Hannelore Romeike, who lived with their five children in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, were faced with a choice: abandon their Evangelical Christian religious beliefs or lose custody of their children. The Romeikes had withdrawn their children from German public schools in 2006, after becoming concerned that the educational material employed by the school was undermining the tenets of their Christian faith. After accruing the equivalent of $10,000 worth of fines and the forcible removal of their children from the home, they chose to flee their homeland and seek asylum in the United States. They believed our government was more respectful of religious liberties.
They soon discovered that was not the case.
On January 26, 2010, a federal immigration judge granted the Romeikes political asylum, ruling they had a reasonable fear of persecution for their beliefs if they returned to their homeland. The judge also denounced the German policy, saying it was, "utterly repellent to everything we believe as Americans." However, President Obama's Justice Department disagreed. They argued that the family should be denied asylum based on their contention that governments may legitimately use its authority to force parents to send their kids to government-sanctioned schools.
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SUBJECT 1: WIC May Invoices
SUBJECT 2: Income Guidelines
SUBJECT 3: Over the Telephone Foreign Language Interpretation-New Statewide Contract
SUBJECT 4: Plastic Sleeve Shipment
SUBJECT 5: WIC Job Announcements
- WIC May Invoices: WIC Invoices for May 2010, or prior months, submitted for payment in the month of June, must be submitted through the Online WIC Invoicing Application by close of business on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Invoices submitted after that date will be held and paid in July 2010. This change in schedule complies with the close of State Fiscal Year 2010 payment processing deadlines. If you have questions please contact Laura Weiler at: email@example.com or 573-526-7901.
- Income Guidelines: The release of the income guidelines for April 1, 2010- March 31, 2011 has been delayed again. In the meantime, continue to use the current income guidelines (April 1, 2009- March 31, 2010). These income guidelines have recently been extended thru May 31, 2010. As soon as updated income guidelines are available, the local WIC agencies will be notified. If you have questions, contact Mark Davis at email@example.com or 573-526-5323 or 800-392-8209.
- Over the Telephone Foreign Language Interpretation-New Statewide Contract:
The State WIC office was notified that the new statewide contractor for over the telephone foreign language interpretation will be Language Select effective May 1, 2010. CTS Language Link contract will be available through April 30, 2010 only. If you are a local public health agency and have been using the statewide contract with CTS Language Link, please make the necessary arrangements (i.e. setting up an account number) to make the change in service to Language Select if you wish to continue using the statewide contract. Please note that charges for language interpretation are allowable expenses under your Local WIC Provider contract.
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- Plastic Sleeve Shipment: The State WIC office has been shipping plastic sleeves to local WIC providers on a quarterly basis. WIC Coordinators/Supply Contact Persons will receive an e-mail message on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 with a link to the survey monkey to answer questions about quantities of plastic sleeves that your agency needs. Please complete the questionnaire by May 7, 2010. If you have any suggestions and/or questions, please feel free to contact Takako Tagami at email@example.com.
- WIC Job Announcements: At the request of local WIC agencies, we are adding a section at the end of the WIC Update for local WIC providers to post WIC job announcements. This is a service specifically for local agencies to let each other know of the availability of WIC jobs. The attached guidelines have been developed for agencies to use in preparing a short job posting. We encourage agencies to submit short descriptions with contact information and/or internet links to longer job descriptions. If you have questions, please contact your district TA team.
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Before you add Zhu Zhu pets to your holiday shopping list, buyer beware! Consumer Group, Good Guide is saying that Zhu Zhu hamsters, which have been a very high in demand holiday gift this year for kids, actually contain harmful levels of antimony.
Antimony is a toxic substance which can irritate your eyes and lungs, cause heart an dung problems, stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach ulcers. But despite this warning from Good Guide, Cepia, the manufacturer behind the Zhu Zhu hamsters claims that their toys are safe and that they have been thoroughly tested.
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Ed Chamberlin looks ahead to the weekend' Premier League action and some fantastic racing at Newbury and Leopardstown.
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Manchester United 4-4 Everton was one of 'the' games of last season and played a big part bringing City back in to the title race.
Man Utd were 4-2 up after 82 minutes through Wayne Rooney's double, Danny Welbeck and Nani, before Everton claimed a point with late goals from Nikica Jelavic and Steven Pienaar.
It proved costly. The two dropped points left United three points ahead of Man City with three games to go and we all know what happened from there.
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United went in to that game at Old Trafford long odds on to win the title and go in to Super Sunday's game 1/10 to be crowned champions. Surely history can't repeat itself? United have now won 62 points - the most they have ever won at this stage of a season and it is 10 years since the side top on February 1st has failed to win the title, which was Arsenal in 2002-03.
Man Utd (8/13 with Skybet to win on Sunday) have a superb record against Everton (4/1) in the Premier League beating them 29 times - a joint-best total as they also have 29 wins against Tottenham - and scored more goals against Everton (82) than against any other club.
Everton's only win was Man Utd's first ever Premier League game at Old Trafford - 3-0 in August 1992.
However, Everton have fared much better of late because as well as the 4-4 thriller last season, they won 1-0 when the sides met on the opening weekend of the season on the Monday Night Football and are aiming to complete a League double over United for the first time since August 1969.
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Marouane Fellaini scored the only goal in August and was a massive thorn in United's side in both games. He was almost unplayable at Goodison in August and United could not handle him. Worryingly for Everton he's a doubt for the game with a hip problem and his availability will play a big part in the outcome. If he plays, he can give United's back four another torrid time and it will be fascinating to see the plan Sir Alex comes up with to deal with him.
Before the game at Old Trafford we have Aston Villa (6/4) v West Ham (7/4) live from Villa Park. This is such an important game for Paul Lambert's side, who are 4/7 with Skybet to be relegated. The home side will have a similar problem to United as Everton's strikers bullied Villa's central defenders at times last week and they now have to deal with Andy Carroll, who looked a real handful against Swansea.
We start at 1pm on Sky Sports 1HD.
Manchester will dominate my weekend as I'll be at St Mary's on Saturday evening to watch Southampton (9/2) against Manchester City (4/7) before travelling north to present Super Sunday at Old Trafford.
Saints suffered heartbreak on the opening weekend of the season at the Etihad on the first Super Sunday of the season. The home fans will fancy their chances of getting something against the champions as they have started very brightly under Mauricio Pochettino.
City will be desperate to close the gap at the top to 6pts but Skybet's price on the draw (3/1) makes some appeal. Southampton haven't won under the new boss yet but have played with real energy and the pressing, high tempo game that the Argentinian favours.
Rickie Lambert and Luke Shaw tend to get the headlines but for me Jack Cork and Morgan Schneiderlin have been outstanding in central midfield.
Southampton have looked a different side since Cork returned from injury after the team had conceded 29 goals in the first 11 games. Schneiderlin has been a key figure at St Mary's for a long time now but has been under the radar. He makes the side tick and is starting to get the recognition he deserves.
Horse Racing
I wrote last week about how the Champion Hurdle was shaping up like a classic renewal and the hardest Grade One puzzle to solve at the Cheltenham Festival. That now has a hollow feel to it after the tragic loss of Darlan at Doncaster on Monday afternoon.
It's desperately sad to lose any horse, from a top notcher to a point-to-pointer, but anyone who has read this column over the last two seasons will know how special AP McCoy thought Darlan was. The champion jockey was inconsolable.
Darlan took a similarly nasty fall in the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury last year. I would love it if My Tent Or Yours could win the race on Saturday for JP McManus, Nicky Henderson and AP McCoy.
The latter gave Darlan as his horse for us to follow last season and went with My Tent Or Yours at the start of this term. He's seriously talented but the handicapper seems determined to make life harder of novices in this contest and has My Tent Or Yours on a mark of 149, which is 3lbs higher than Darlan in this race last year.
He will surely run well but the hype around him and his trainer's record in the race, means My Tent Or Yours could go off a crazy price in a red hot race.
I like the chance of his stablemate Cash And Go.
Very promising when trained by Eddie O'Grady in Ireland last season winning the Future Champions Hurdle at Leopardstown, Cash And Go made an excellent start for Henderson when second in the Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham in November.
I then fancied him to run a big race at Ascot in December but he unseated early on. Cash And Go has been saved for this and looks a decent each-way bet at 10/1.
If the ground dries out to good to soft or better, which is not impossible, keep a close eye on Claret Cloak. The Emma Lavelle team think a lot of this horse.
Talking of hype, Simonsig is being talked about as the next big thing and gets another chance to impress over fences in the Game Spirit. He's been foot perfect so far and has looked like a superstar.
"A big part of me wants Flemenstar to run a blinder in the Irish Hennessy but not quite stay. I think he's a machine but badly want to see Flemenstar v Sprinter Sacre in the Champion Chase."
Ed Chamberlin
I just have a nagging question about what he will find under pressure. After all, he was out-battled by Fingal Bay up the Sandown hill last season. He's yet to be put under any kind of pressure over fences and I doubt he will be on Saturday. Overturn certainly will in the Arkle.
There will be Cheltenham clues all over the place this weekend with brilliant cards at Newbury and Leopardstown, which has been moved from Sunday because of the rugby. I've backed Un Atout to win the Supreme at 7/1 with Sky Bet so hope he impresses again in the Deloitte.
A big part of me wants Flemenstar to run a blinder in the Irish Hennessy but not quite stay. I think he's a machine but badly want to see Flemenstar v Sprinter Sacre in the Champion Chase.
With the likes of Boston Bob, Silviniaco Conti, Our Conor, Our Father and River Maigue also in action it promises to be a brilliant and informative weekend.
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One day after the inaugural hoopla in Washington a quiet measure honoring the contributions of Catholic schools was approved by voice vote in the House. The measure praised Catholic schools for their academic accomplishments, education of minority students, and emphasis on values. It also supported the celebration of Catholic Schools Week Jan. 25-31 .
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At the moment they will play whatever is being played through the speakers in the cafe.
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Longtime Portland folk troubadours Chris "Zydeco Skeeter" Miskow and Pat Buckley have revived the band they originally founded back in 1993. The Pagan Jug Band's current incarnation features an all-acoustic lineup of banjo, dobro, accordion, fiddle, guitar, upright bass and percussion, deftly mixing straight-ahead bluegrass, folk and country blues, and Louisiana Zydeco. The material is drawn from a variety of classic country, folk and roots sources, along with a large body of original songs.
"Their songs are packed with drunkenness and sex and the wages of sin, the musicians have the look of men once involved in bloodsport, but they have rather little to do with any organized religion. Organization itself, they have something of a problem with... they perform most every type of music, from bluegrass to Celtic to old-time funk and beyond, with an infectious vigor and memorable form... More bands should be like this." - Willamette Week
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Charlottes make for a very sophisticated dessert presentation. This recipe is no exception with its raspberry swirled vanilla sponge cake dome, filled with velvety white chocolate mousse. However, don't let appearances fool you - the preparation is surprisingly easy. This cake is best made the day before serving so you can cross it off of your to-do list the day of your event.


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Skip to comments.JENNA AND BARBARA BUSH GAVE SECRET SERVICE FITS
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WHEN it came to protecting Jenna and Barbara Bush, the Secret Service truly had its hands full, with President George W. Bush's wild and crazy daughters doing everything in their power to escape them, a new book reveals.
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I miss those girls. What babes.
This is what I care about for sure ......good try Bushhaters but it won't fly - economy - too bad....people are too mad.
i doubt they ever were as low class as the clintoons and their spawn
what did chelsea call them to their face? rent a pig?
If this really happened there is no way the new york times wouldn't have had it on the front page....several times!
Typical teenagers. What a surprise.
But somehow I don't see anything going to their heads.
No one cares about Bush or his kids.....the disaster taking place in DC between the commies in congress and the commie in the WH...YES, Americans are very upset...
I'd hit that!
The more I read about what is IN the Deathcare bill - the more it becomes clear why they are doing EVERYTHING possible to push this through before the majority of Americans have heard (they won't read) the draconian measures it encompasses especially dealing with end of life issues!!!!!!!
I'm sure the SS just LOVES the current First Malady.
I'm guessin some of them have never been told, until now, just how "white" they are.
Why no SS revelations about Hillary's private escapades?
Oh yeah right. That Spiro was quite a sex symbol wasn't he.
B & J were pretty much brats. That's old news.
When she wasn't passed out drunk...
Yes, the house in trying to pass it before the August recess. Let's pray it is not.
It is a good thing we aren't allowed to make fun of politicians kids..................... if their Democrats...
I think that was a mirror
Jeopardy is on NBC so naturally every other week they have to have some big spin on zero....
I'm still trying to figure out the rules. You can't report on the minor children of presidents, but you can report on the emancipated children of presidents? Can you report on the activities of emancipated children from when they were still minors, but only after they reach the majority, or is it "what happens as minors, stays with minors?"
Or is it just because they're Republicans, so there are no rules?
Keep arguing - use the info at this blog (thanks to AZ Carolyn for the link)....
What is there in the first 400 pages is so horrible, it would take well a whole blog....to list all the heinous measures just in those pages! Nothing less than Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia come to mind......
EVERYONE gives the Secret Service fits. Just ask Clinton.
Yes, thank you.....and the woman who also had a brian tumor and was going blind from it.....could not be seen in Canada for weeks by a specialist....came to the US for tests.....then had to come back because the Canada specialists would not even look at the tests taken at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona for this lady....had the surgery done in the US (paid out of pocket) and immediately her eyesight started to improve.
Without the wonderful excellent US doctors, this lady would have become blind waiting for the right care in Canada and/or would have died.
What to do to stop this?
Am I to believe that the Bush girls were a bigger handful than Bill?
I saw this story on Hotmail or Yahoo tonight and thought—wow, Barry must really be sinking fast if they have to bring out the Bush twins.
Keep reading, keep posting, keep writing, keep calling Congress, write or call local news channels or post on their blogs - such as
Read the comments under this story - will tell you the majority are waking up to the disaster this deathcare bill is.....
Keep fighting....the battle is not over by a long shot.
Where is the Clinton administration tell-all?
Oh those wascaleee young girls. How dare they go out and have some fun? They were in college weren't they? Glad they tried to get out on their own and have a good time. They are not the first and won't be the last. They were fun to watch and beautiful to see. They are missed as is President Bush and especially the First Lady Laura Bush.
Exactly. The biggest hoopla was Jenna ordering a drink in a restaurant when out with her girlfriends and that story was dragged out forever.
Oh please.......
The contestants last week were 10, 11, and 12 year olds, so that category made absolutely perfect sense. My 11 yo got 4 out of 5 (and wasn't too happy that Mom got 5 of 5)and she is more in the mold of her father who makes me look like Hillary Clinton when it comes to conservatism.
Frankly, the brunette one gives me the hots. She seems a bit more conservative in her behavior than the other, party girl.
not sure what you mean
Movie title - 2004. Daughter of the Pres takes off in Europe.
Letter to Obama girls, from Bush girls upon leaving the WH.
Ahhh, now I understand. Thanks! :)
Heh! Awesome.
Class act.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac, as Kissinger once said. Even Eisenhower most likely had a mistress when he was in Europe away from Mamie.
Of course, both men are now dead, and not here to defend themselves.
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August 30, 1862, proved to be yet another bloody day. Henry Clark was in the thick of things, fending off Federal troops in the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, when the Confederate private caught an enemy shell in the thigh. Clark was swarmed by bluecoats and taken prisoner.
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It was presumably when a Union medic treated Clark's wound that the soldier's tightly held secret was unmasked. Henry's real name was Mary Ann. Indeed, she was a divorced mother of two.
When Federal troops realized that they had a woman on their hands, they moved quickly to release her—as long as she swore to return to the life of a proper lady. They even gave her a dress to wear. She agreed and was freed, then quickly cast off the frock and made her way back to the rebel army, where she was promptly promoted. Not long after, a young Confederate soldier—having joined a crowd gathered around Clark, then apparently serving openly as a female officer—wrote home: "Pa among all the curiosities I have seen since I left home one I must mention, a female Lieutenant."
A curiosity, yes, but to the surprise of many Civil War buffs even today, Clark was by no means unique. She was one of an estimated 400 women who took up arms in the war; they were not nurses, or laundresses or cooks, but actual female soldiers disguised as men, who marched, mastered their weapons, entered into battle and even gave their lives.
Various histories have alluded to women's roles in combat during the War Between the States, but none have made so detailed and convincing a case as They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War, to be published this month by the Louisiana State University Press. Coauthors Lauren Cook and DeAnne Blanton spent more than ten years combing through letters, archives and news reports to document some 250 women warriors.
"No one has accumulated this much data," says Cook, 46, who first tilled this turf in her 1994 An Uncommon Soldier (Oxford University Press), a compilation of letters from a female Civil War soldier. The authors' mission was not just to catalog the combatants. Their extensive research convinced them that the prevailing notions about women's participation in the war—that they had to be deranged or depraved—were way off the mark.
"We felt those women had not been given their due, that they were thoroughly misunderstood by military historians and the general public," says Cook, a special assistant to the chancellor for communications at Fayetteville State University-UNC in North Carolina. In fact, Cook contends, "they were just as successful as their male comrades, and what enabled them to be so successful was that no one knew that they were women."
Edwin C. Bearss, former chief historian for the National Park Service, is particularly impressed by the scope of the authors' work. "I'm sure some will take issue with their conclusions," he says, "but this is a very significant study. They were able to document a far greater number of women than I, and others, thought they would."
What would compel a woman to march into that terrible combat—and how could she conceal her identity in what must have been uncomfortably close quarters? Blanton and Cook offer a number of persuasive answers. In the case of Clark, for example, a bad marriage and the death of a brother-in-law at the hands of a pro-Union mob took such an emotional toll that she sought refuge in the military, according to a letter from her mother uncovered by the authors. But Martha Parks Lindley joined up just two days after her husband left for the 6th U.S. Cavalry. "I was frightened half to death," she told a newspaper. "But I was so anxious to be with my husband that I resolved to see the thing through if it killed me." It did not, and fellow troopers simply assumed that Lindley and the "young man" known as Jim Smith were just good friends. Then there was Charlotte Hope, who signed up in the 1st Virginia Cavalry to avenge the death of her fiancé, killed in a raid in 1861. Her goal: to slay 21 Yankees, one for each year of her beau's life.
Some joined to escape the misery of prostitution or destitution—a common problem with so few jobs open to women. Finance clearly figured into the decision of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, to sign up for the Union army. "I got 100 and 52$ in money," she wrote proudly. "I can get all the money I want."


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Information is quickly becoming the most significant asset of business practice, and it must be protected and secured in order to be useful. Information security, intrusion detection, and privacy were in the top-10-issues list from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) survey ("Information Security Heads Top 10," 2003). Furthermore, the potential severity of attacks encourages collaboration between vendors and business clients, including educational institutions, in combating threats (Cox & Kistner, 2003). Essentially, transactions generate data that must be stored for future access in the form of information1. Therefore, data integrity is essential because it directly impacts information quality and any decisions based on that information (Brogan & Krupin, 2003; Ross, Stoneburner, Katzke, Johnson, & Swanson, 2003).
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Chapter 1
Adoption of Communication Products and the Individual Critical Mass
(pages 1-7)
Markus Voeth, Marcus Liehr
Communication products are characterized by the fact that the benefit that results from their use is mainly dependent on the number of users of the...
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Adoption of Communication Products and the Individual Critical Mass
Chapter 2
Affective Computing
(pages 8-14)
Maja Pantic
We seem to be entering an era of enhanced digital connectivity. Computers and the Internet have become so embedded in the daily fabric of people's...
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Affective Computing
Chapter 3
Agent Frameworks
(pages 15-21)
Reinier Zwitserloot, Maja Pantic
Software agent technology generally is defined as the area that deals with writing software in such a way that it is autonomous. In this definition...
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Agent Frameworks
Chapter 4
Application of Genetic Algorithms for QoS Routing in Broadband Networks
(pages 22-30)
Leonard Barolli, Akio Koyama
The networks of today are passing through a rapid evolution and are opening a new era of Information Technology (IT). In this information age...
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Application of Genetic Algorithms for QoS Routing in Broadband Networks
Chapter 5
Application Service Providers
(pages 31-35)
Vincenzo Morabito, Bernardino Provera
Until recently, the development of information systems has been ruled by the traditional "make or buy" paradigm (Williamson, 1975). In other words...
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Application Service Providers
Chapter 6
Assessing Digital Video Data Similarity
(pages 36-41)
Waleed E. Farag
Multimedia applications are rapidly spread at an ever-increasing rate, introducing a number of challenging problems at the hands of the research...
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Assessing Digital Video Data Similarity
Chapter 7
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
(pages 42-48)
Leo Tan Wee Hin, R. Subramaniam
The plain, old telephone system (POTS) has formed the backbone of the communications world since its inception in the 1880s. Running on twisted...
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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Chapter 8
ATM Technology and E-Learning Initiatives
(pages 49-55)
Marlyn Kemper Littman
The remarkable popularity of Web-based applications featuring text, voice, still images, animations, full-motion video and/or graphics and spiraling...
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ATM Technology and E-Learning Initiatives
Chapter 9
Biometric Technologies
(pages 56-62)
Mayank Vatsa, Richa Singh, P. Gupta, A. K. Kaushik
Identity verification in computer systems is done based on measures like keys, cards, passwords, PIN and so forth. Unfortunately, these may often be...
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Biometric Technologies
Chapter 10
Biometrics Security
(pages 63-68)
Stewart T. Fleming
Information security is concerned with the assurance of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information in all forms. There are many...
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Biometrics Security
Chapter 11
Biometrics, A Critical Consideration in Information Security Management
(pages 69-75)
Paul Benjamin Lowry, Jackson Stephens, Aaron Moyes, Sean Wilson, Mark Mitchell
The need for increased security management in organizations has never been greater. With increasing globalization and the spread of the Internet...
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Biometrics, A Critical Consideration in Information Security Management
Chapter 12
Broadband Solutions for Residential Customers
(pages 76-81)
Mariana Hentea
The term "home networking" implies that electronic network devices work together and communicate amongst themselves. These devices are classified in...
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Broadband Solutions for Residential Customers
Chapter 13
Challenges and Perspectives for Web-Based Applications in Organizations
(pages 82-88)
George K. Lalopoulos, Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou-Chochliourou
The last decade is characterized by the tempestuous evolution, growth, and dissemination of information and communication technologies in the...
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Challenges and Perspectives for Web-Based Applications in Organizations
Chapter 14
Collaborative Web-Based Learning Community
(pages 89-95)
Percy Kwok Lai-yin, Christopher Tan Yew-Gee
Because of the ever-changing nature of work and society under the knowledge-based economy in the 21st century, students and teachers need to develop...
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Collaborative Web-Based Learning Community
Chapter 15
Constructing a Globalized E-Commerce Site
(pages 96-101)
Tom S. Chan
Traditional boundaries and marketplace definitions are fast becoming irrelevant due to globalization. According to recent statistics, there are...
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Constructing a Globalized E-Commerce Site
Chapter 16
Consumer Attitude in Electronic Commerce
(pages 102-109)
Yuan Gao
As a valuable communications medium, the World Wide Web has undoubtedly become an important playground of commercial activities. Founded on a...
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Consumer Attitude in Electronic Commerce
Chapter 17
Content Repurposing for Small Devices
(pages 110-115)
Neil C. Rowe
Content repurposing is the reorganizing of data for presentation on different display hardware (Singh, 2004). It has been particularly important...
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Content Repurposing for Small Devices
Chapter 18
Content-Based Multimedia Retrieval
(pages 116-122)
Chia-Hung Wei, Chang-Tsun Li
In the past decade, there has been rapid growth in the use of digital media such as images, video, and audio. As the use of digital media increases...
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Content-Based Multimedia Retrieval
Chapter 19
Context-Awareness in Mobile Commerce
(pages 123-129)
Jun Sun, Marshall Scott Poole
Advances in wireless network and multimedia technologies enable mobile commerce (m-commerce) information service providers to know the location and...
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Context-Awareness in Mobile Commerce
Chapter 20
Core Principles of Educational Multimedia
(pages 130-136)
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele
The notion of using technology for educational purposes is not new. In fact, it can be traced back to the early 1900s during which school museums...
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Core Principles of Educational Multimedia
Chapter 21
Corporate Conferencing
(pages 137-142)
Vilas D. Nandavadekar
Today's corporate need for manpower is growing—the number of remote relationships, mobile workers, and virtual teams. The efficiency and...
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Corporate Conferencing
Chapter 22
Cost Models for Telecommunication Networks and Their Application to GSM Systems
(pages 143-150)
Klaus D. Hackbarth, J. Antonio Portilla, Ing. Carlos Diaz
Currently mobile networks are one of the key issues in the information society. The use of cellular phones has been broadly extended since the...
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Cost Models for Telecommunication Networks and Their Application to GSM Systems
Chapter 23
Critical Issues in Global Navigation Satellite Systems
(pages 151-157)
Ina Freeman, Jonathan M. Auld
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) is a concept that relays accurate information of a position or location anywhere on the globe using a...
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Critical Issues in Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Chapter 24
Dark Optical Fibre as a Modern Solution for Broadband Networked Cities
(pages 158-164)
Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou-Chochliourou, George K. Lalopoulos
The world economy is moving in transition from the industrial age to a new set of rules—that of the so-called information society—which is rapidly...
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Dark Optical Fibre as a Modern Solution for Broadband Networked Cities
Chapter 25
The Decision Making Process of Integrating Wireless Technology into Organizations
(pages 165-172)
Assion Lawson-Body, Glenda Rotvold, Justin Rotvold
With the advancement of wireless technology and widespread use of mobile devices, many innovative mobile applications are emerging (Tarasewich &...
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The Decision Making Process of Integrating Wireless Technology into Organizations
Chapter 26
Designing Web-Based Hypermedia Systems
(pages 173-179)
Michael Lang
Although its conceptual origins can be traced back a few decades (Bush, 1945), it is only recently that hypermedia has become popularized...
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Designing Web-Based Hypermedia Systems
Chapter 27
Digital Filters
(pages 180-196)
Gordana Jovanovic-Dolecek
A signal is defined as any physical quantity that varies with changes of one or more independent variables, and each can be any physical value, such...
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Digital Filters
Chapter 28
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Applications
(pages 197-203)
Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou-Chochliourou, George K. Lalopoulos
The topic of Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) applications (including both infrastructures and services) is a very broad one. It encompasses not...
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Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Applications
Chapter 29
Digital Watermarking Based on Neural Network Technology for Grayscale Images
(pages 204-212)
Jeanne Chen, Tung-Shou Chen, Keh-Jian Ma, Pin-Hsin Wang
Great advancements made on information and network technologies have brought on much activity on the Internet. Traditional methods of trading and...
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Digital Watermarking Based on Neural Network Technology for Grayscale Images
Chapter 30
Digital Watermarking for Multimedia Security Management
(pages 213-218)
Chang-Tsun Li
The availability of versatile multimedia processing software and the far-reaching coverage of the interconnected networks have facilitated flawless...
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Digital Watermarking for Multimedia Security Management
Chapter 31
Distance Education Delivery
(pages 219-225)
Carol Wright
The term distance education is used to describe educational initiatives designed to compensate for and diminish distance in geography or distance in...
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Distance Education Delivery
Chapter 32
Distanced Leadership and Multimedia
(pages 226-232)
Stacey L. Connaughton
At the dawn of the 21st century, more and more organizations in various industries have adopted geographically dispersed work groups and are...
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Distanced Leadership and Multimedia
Chapter 33
The Dynamics of Virtual Teams
(pages 233-241)
Norhayati Zakaria, Shafiz A. Mohd Yusof
The world continues to be driven by the rapid development of information technology and globalization. Not surprisingly, the working environments...
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The Dynamics of Virtual Teams
Chapter 34
E-Commerce and Usability
(pages 242-246)
Shawren Singh
The term "Electronic Commerce" (EC) conjures various interpretations. Figure 1.1 shows some of the different types of EC, of which there are many...
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E-Commerce and Usability
Chapter 35
Educational Technology Standards
(pages 247-256)
Michael O'Dea
The "holy grail" of e-learning is to enable individualized, flexible, adaptive learning environments that support different learning models or...
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Educational Technology Standards
Chapter 36
Efficient Method for Image Indexing in Medical Application
(pages 257-264)
Richard Chbeir
In last two decades, image retrieval has seen a growth of interests in several domains. As a result, a lot of work has been done in order to...
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Efficient Method for Image Indexing in Medical Application
Chapter 37
The Elaboration Likelihood Model and Web-Based Persuasion
(pages 265-270)
Kirk W. Duthler
Discussing Google's reliance on the AdWord as a major source of revenue, Wired's Josh McHugh (2004) wrote of the obstacles faced by Google founders...
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The Elaboration Likelihood Model and Web-Based Persuasion
Chapter 38
E-Learning and Multimedia Databases
(pages 271-277)
Theresa M. Vitolo, Shashidhar Panjala, Jeremy C. Cannell
E-learning covers the variety of teaching and learning approaches, methodologies and technologies supporting synchronous or asynchronous distance...
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E-Learning and Multimedia Databases
Chapter 39
Electronic Commerce Technologies Management
(pages 278-282)
Shawren Singh
The first e-commerce (EC) applications were started 30 years ago, in the early 1970s. The original applications were in the form of electronic fund...
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Electronic Commerce Technologies Management
Chapter 40
Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
(pages 283-289)
Mário M. Freire, Paulo P. Monteiro, Henrique J.A. da Silva, Jose Ruela
Recently, Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs) have received a great deal of interest as a promising cost-effective solution for...
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Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
Chapter 41
Evolution of GSM Network Technology
(pages 290-294)
Phillip Olla
The explosive growth of Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communication services over the last two decades has changed mobile communications from a...
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Evolution of GSM Network Technology
Chapter 42
Evolution of Mobile Commerce Applications
(pages 295-301)
George K. Lalopoulos, Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou-Chochliourou
The tremendous growth in mobile communications has affected our lives significantly. The mobile phone is now pervasive and used in virtually every...
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Evolution of Mobile Commerce Applications
Chapter 43
Exploiting Captions for Multimedia Data Mining
(pages 302-307)
Neil C. Rowe
Captions are text that describes some other information; they are especially useful for describing non-text media objects (images, audio, video, and...
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Exploiting Captions for Multimedia Data Mining
Chapter 44
Face for Interface
(pages 308-314)
Maja Pantic
The human face is involved in an impressive variety of different activities. It houses the majority of our sensory apparatus—eyes, ears, mouth, and...
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Face for Interface
Chapter 45
FDD Techniques Towards the Multimedia Era
(pages 315-323)
Athanassios C. Iossifides, Spiros Louvros, Stavros A. Kotsopoulos
Global rendering of personalized multimedia services is the key issue determining the evolution of next-generation mobile networks. The determinant...
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FDD Techniques Towards the Multimedia Era
Chapter 46
Fiber to the Premises
(pages 324-328)
Mahesh S. Raisinghani, Hassan Ghanem
Subscribers had never thought of cable operators as providers of voice services, or telephone companies as providers of television and entertainment...
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Fiber to the Premises
Chapter 47
Fiber-to-the-Home Technologies and Standards
(pages 329-335)
Andjelka Kelic
Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) refers to the provisioning of narrowband and broadband services to the residential customer over an optical cable rather...
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Fiber-to-the-Home Technologies and Standards
Chapter 48
From Communities to Mobile Communities of Values
(pages 336-341)
Patricia McManus, Craig Standing
The discussion around the impact of information communication technologies in human social interaction has been the centre of many studies and...
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From Communities to Mobile Communities of Values
Chapter 49
The Future of M-Interaction
(pages 342-347)
Joanna Lumsden
Many experts predicted that this, the first decade of the 21st century, will be the decade of mobile computing; although in recent years mobile...
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The Future of M-Interaction
Chapter 50
Global Navigation Satellite Systems
(pages 348-352)
Phillip Olla
There is a need to determine precise ground locations for use in a variety of innovative and emerging applications such as earth observation...
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Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Chapter 51
Going Virtual
(pages 353-358)
Evangelia Baralou, Jill Shepherd
Virtuality is a socially constructed reality mediated by electronic media (Morse, 1998). Characterized by the dimension of time-space distantiation...
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Going Virtual
Chapter 52
Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Using a Wireless ATM Platform
(pages 359-367)
Spiros Louvros, Dimitrios Karaboulas, Athanassios C. Iossifides, Stavros A. Kotsopoulos
Within the last two decades, the world of telecommunications has started to change at a rapid pace. Data traffic, where the information is...
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Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Using a Wireless ATM Platform
Chapter 53
(pages 368-374)
Nobuyoshi Terashima
On the Internet, a cyberspace is created where people communicate together usually by using textual messages. Therefore, they cannot see together in...
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Chapter 54
Improving Student Interaction with Internet and Peer Review
(pages 375-381)
Dilvan de Abreu Moreira, Elaine Quintino da Silva
In the last few years, education has gone through an important change—the introduction of information technology in the educational process. Many...
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Improving Student Interaction with Internet and Peer Review
Chapter 55
Information Hiding, Digital Watermarking and Steganography
(pages 382-389)
Kuanchin Chen
Digital representation of data is becoming popular as technology improves our ways of information dissemination, sharing and presentation. Without...
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Information Hiding, Digital Watermarking and Steganography
Chapter 56
Information Security Management
(pages 390-395)
Mariana Hentea
Information security management is the framework for ensuring the effectiveness of information security controls over information resources to...
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Information Security Management
Chapter 57
Information Security Management in Picture Archiving and Communication Systems for the Healthcare Industry
(pages 396-403)
Carrison K.S. Tong, Eric T.T. Wong
Like other information systems in banking and commercial companies, information security is also an important issue in the healthcare industry. It...
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Information Security Management in Picture Archiving and Communication Systems for the Healthcare Industry
Chapter 58
Information Security Threats
(pages 404-410)
Rana Tassabehji
Information security is an old concept where people, businesses, politicians, military leaders, and others have been trying to protect "sensitive"...
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Information Security Threats
Chapter 59
Information Systems Strategic Alignment in Small Firms
(pages 411-416)
Paul B. Cragg, Nelly Todorova
The concept of "alignment" or "fit" expresses an idea that the object of design—for example, an organization's structure or its information systems...
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Information Systems Strategic Alignment in Small Firms
Chapter 60
Information Technology and Virtual Communities
(pages 417-423)
Chelley Vician, Mari W. Buche
Information technologies have made virtual communities possible. A community is a gathering of individuals who share something—be it knowledge...
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Information Technology and Virtual Communities
Chapter 61
Integrated Platform for Networked and User-Oriented Virtual Clothing
(pages 424-427)
Pascal Volino, Thomas Di Giacomo, Fabien Dellas, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Fashionizer is an integrated framework that fits the needs of the garment industry of virtual garment design and prototyping, concentrating on...
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Integrated Platform for Networked and User-Oriented Virtual Clothing
Chapter 62
Interactive Digital Television
(pages 428-436)
Margherita Pagani
Interactive television (iTV) can be defined as the result of the process of convergence between television and the new interactive digital...
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Interactive Digital Television
Chapter 63
Interactive Memex
(pages 437-446)
Sheng-Uei Guan
With the development of the Internet, a great deal of information is on-line. Popular search sites could be visited million times daily and the...
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Interactive Memex
Chapter 64
Interactive Multimedia Technologies for Distance Education in Developing Countries
(pages 447-453)
Hakikur Rahman
With the extended application of information technologies (IT), the conventional education system has crossed physical boundaries to reach the...
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Interactive Multimedia Technologies for Distance Education in Developing Countries
Chapter 65
Interactive Multimedia Technologies for Distance Education Systems
(pages 454-460)
Hakikur Rahman
Information is typically stored, manipulated, delivered and retrieved using a plethora of existing and emerging technologies. Businesses and...
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Interactive Multimedia Technologies for Distance Education Systems
Chapter 66
International Virtual Offices
(pages 461-466)
Kirk St. Amant
Communication technologies are continually expanding our ideas of the office into cyberspace environments. One result of this expansion is the...
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International Virtual Offices
Chapter 67
Internet Adoption by Small Firms
(pages 467-474)
Paul B. Cragg, Annette M. Mills
Research shows that small firms make significant contributions to their economic environment. With the significant advances being made in...
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Internet Adoption by Small Firms
Chapter 68
Internet Privacy from the Individual and Business Perspectives
(pages 475-479)
Tziporah Stern
People have always been concerned about protecting personal information and their right to privacy. It is an age-old concern that is not unique to...
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Internet Privacy from the Individual and Business Perspectives
Chapter 69
Internet Privacy Issues
(pages 480-485)
Hy Sockel, Kuanchin Chen
Businesses need to understand privacy conditions and implications to ensure they are in compliance with legal constraints and do not step on...
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Internet Privacy Issues
Chapter 70
Interoperable Learning Objects Management
(pages 486-493)
Tanko Ishaya
The sharing and reuse of digital information has been an important computing concern since the early 1960s. With the advent of the World Wide Web...
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Interoperable Learning Objects Management
Chapter 71
Intrusion Detection Systems
(pages 494-499)
H. Gunes Kayacik, A. Nur Zincir-Heywood, Malcolm I. Heywood
Along with its numerous benefits, the Internet also created numerous ways to compromise the security and stability of the systems connected to it....
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Intrusion Detection Systems
Chapter 72
Investment Strategy for Integrating Wireless Technology into Organizations
(pages 500-506)
Assion Lawson-Body
Firms rely on IT investments (Demirhan et al., 2002; Tuten, 2003), because a growing number of executives believe that investments in information...
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Investment Strategy for Integrating Wireless Technology into Organizations
Chapter 73
IT Management Practices in Small Firms
(pages 507-511)
Paul B. Cragg, Theekshana Suraweera
Computer based information systems have grown in importance to small firms and are now being used increasingly to help them compete. For example...
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IT Management Practices in Small Firms
Chapter 74
iTV Guidelines
(pages 512-518)
Alcina Prata
Technology advances ceaselessly, often in the direction of improving existing equipment. Television, for example, has benefited greatly from the...
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iTV Guidelines
Chapter 75
Leadership Competencies for Managing Global Virtual Teams
(pages 519-525)
Diana J. Wong-MingJi
The demand for leadership competencies to leverage performance from global virtual teams (GVTs) is growing as organizations continue to search for...
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Leadership Competencies for Managing Global Virtual Teams
Chapter 76
Learning Networks
(pages 526-531)
Albert A. Angehrn, Michael Gibbert
Herb Simon once said that "all learning takes place inside individual human heads[;] an organization learns in only two ways: (a) by the learning of...
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Learning Networks
Chapter 77
Learning through Business Games
(pages 532-537)
Luigi Proserpio, Massimo Magni
Managerial business games, defined as interactive computer-based simulations for managerial education, can be considered as a relatively new tool...
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Learning through Business Games
Chapter 78
Local Loop Unbundling
(pages 538-546)
Alessandro Arbore
Local loop unbundling (LLU) is one of the most important and controversial policy instruments adopted in many countries since the second half of the...
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Local Loop Unbundling
Chapter 79
Local Loop Unbundling Measures and Policies in the European Union
(pages 547-554)
Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou-Chochliourou, George K. Lalopoulos
Recent European policies have very early identified (European Commission, 1999) the great challenge for the European Union (EU) to promote various...
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Local Loop Unbundling Measures and Policies in the European Union
Chapter 80
Making Money with Open-Source Business Initiatives
(pages 555-561)
Paul Benjamin Lowry, Akshay Grover, Chris Madsen, Jeff Larkin, William Robins
Open-source software (OSS) is software that can be used freely in the public domain but is often copyrighted by the original authors under an...
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Making Money with Open-Source Business Initiatives
Chapter 81
Malware and Antivirus Procedures
(pages 562-570)
Xin Luo, Merrill Warkentin
The last decade has witnessed the dramatic emergence of the Internet as a force of inter-organizational and inter-personal change. The Internet and...
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Malware and Antivirus Procedures
Chapter 82
Measuring the Potential for IT Convergence at Macro Level
(pages 571-578)
Margherita Pagani
Convergence describes a process change in industry structures that combines markets through technological and economic dimensions to meet merging...
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Measuring the Potential for IT Convergence at Macro Level
Chapter 83
Message-Based Service in Taiwan
(pages 579-584)
Maria Ruey-Yuan Lee, Feng Yu Pai
The number of cellular phone subscribers has increased 107% in Taiwan, based on the Directorate General of Telecommunications reports...
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Message-Based Service in Taiwan
Chapter 84
Methods of Research in Virtual Communities
(pages 585-592)
Stefano Pace
The Internet has developed from an informative medium to a social environment where people meet together, exchanging messages and emotions and...
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Methods of Research in Virtual Communities
Chapter 85
Migration to IP Telephony
(pages 593-600)
Khaled A. Shuaib
There are mainly two types of used communication systems; circuit switched and packet switched networks. In circuit switched networks, there must be...
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Migration to IP Telephony
Chapter 86
Mobile Ad Hoc Network
(pages 601-607)
Subhankar Dhar
A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a temporary, self-organizing network of wireless mobile nodes without the support of any existing infrastructure...
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Mobile Ad Hoc Network
Chapter 87
Mobile Agents
(pages 608-614)
Kamel Karoui
The concept of mobile agent is not new; it comes from the idea of OS process migration firstly presented by Xerox in the 1980's. The term mobile...
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Mobile Agents
Chapter 88
Mobile Commerce Security and Payment
(pages 615-621)
Chung-wei Lee, Weidong Kou, Wen-Chen Hu
With the introduction of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic commerce has revolutionized traditional commerce and boosted sales and exchanges of...
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Mobile Commerce Security and Payment
Chapter 89
Mobile Computing for M-Commerce
(pages 622-628)
Anastasis Sofokleous, Marios Angelides, Christos Schizas
The ubiquitous nature of modern mobile computing has made "any information, any device, any network, anytime, anywhere" a well-known reality....
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Mobile Computing for M-Commerce
Chapter 90
Mobile Location Based Services
(pages 629-637)
Bardo Fraunholz, Jürgen Jung, Chandana Unnithan
Mobility has become a key factor around the world, as the use of ubiquitous devices, including laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and...
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Mobile Location Based Services
Chapter 91
Mobile Multimedia for Commerce
(pages 638-644)
P. Melliar-Smith, L. Moser
The ready availability of mobile multimedia computing and communication devices is driving their use in commercial transactions. Mobile devices are...
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Mobile Multimedia for Commerce
Chapter 92
Mobile Radio Technologies
(pages 645-651)
Christian Kaspar, Svenja Hagenhoff
Mobile radio technologies have been subject to speculations in recent years. The initial euphoria about opportunities and market potentials of...
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Mobile Radio Technologies
Chapter 93
Mobility over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
(pages 652-659)
Lek Heng Ngoh, Jaya Shankar P.
Accessing wireless services and application on the move has become a norm among casual or business users these days. Due to societal needs...
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Mobility over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Chapter 94
Modeling Interactive Distributed Multimedia Applications
(pages 660-666)
Sheng-Uei Guan
In recent years, researchers have tried to extend Petri net to model multimedia. The focus of the research flows from the synchronization of...
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Modeling Interactive Distributed Multimedia Applications
Chapter 95
Modelling eCRM Systems with the Unified Modelling Language
(pages 667-677)
Calin Gurau
Electronic commerce requires the redefinition of the firm's relationships with partners, suppliers, and customers. The goal of effective Customer...
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Modelling eCRM Systems with the Unified Modelling Language
Chapter 96
Multimedia Communication Services on Digital TV Platforms
(pages 678-686)
Zbigniew Hulicki
Digital television (TV)-based communication systems provide cost-effective solutions and, in many cases, offer capabilities difficult to obtain by...
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Multimedia Communication Services on Digital TV Platforms
Chapter 97
Multimedia Content Representation Technologies
(pages 687-695)
Ali R. Hurson, Bo Yang
In recent years, the rapid expansion of multimedia applications, partly due to the exponential growth of the Internet, has proliferated over the...
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Multimedia Content Representation Technologies
Chapter 98
Multimedia Data Mining Concept
(pages 696-703)
Janusz Swierzowicz
The development of information technology is particularly noticeable in the methods and techniques of data acquisition, high-performance computing...
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Multimedia Data Mining Concept
Chapter 99
Multimedia Information Design for Mobile Devices
(pages 704-709)
Mohamed Ally
There is a rapid increase in the use of mobile devices such as cell phones, tablet PCs, personal digital assistants, Web pads, and palmtop computers...
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Chapter 100
Multimedia Information Retrieval at a Crossroad
(pages 710-716)
Qing Li, Jun Yang, Yueting Zhuang
In the late 1990s, the availability of powerful computing capability, large storage devices, high-speed networking and especially the advent of the...
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Multimedia Information Retrieval at a Crossroad
Chapter 101
Multimedia Instructional Materials in MIS Classrooms
(pages 717-723)
Randy V. Bradley, Victor Mbarika, Chetan S. Sankar, P. K. Raju
Researchers and major computing associations such as the Association of Information Systems (AIS) and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)...
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Multimedia Instructional Materials in MIS Classrooms
Chapter 102
Multimedia Interactivity on the Internet
(pages 724-730)
Omar El-Gayar, Kuanchin Chen, Kanchana Tandekar
With the interactive capabilities on the Internet, business activities such as product display, order placing and payment are given a new facelift...
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Multimedia Interactivity on the Internet
Chapter 103
Multimedia Proxy Cache Architectures
(pages 731-736)
Mouna Kacimi, Richard Chbeir, Kokou Yetongnon
The Web has become a significant source of various types of data, which require large volumes of disk space and new indexing and retrieval methods....
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Multimedia Proxy Cache Architectures
Chapter 104
Multimedia Technologies in Education
(pages 737-741)
Armando Cirrincione
MultiMedia Technologies (MMT) are all that kind of technological tools that make us able to transmit information in a very large meaning...
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Multimedia Technologies in Education
Chapter 105
The N-Dimensional Geometry and Kinaesthetic Space of the Internet
(pages 742-747)
Peter Murphy
What does the space created by the Internet look like? One answer to this question is to say that, because this space exists "virtually", it cannot...
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The N-Dimensional Geometry and Kinaesthetic Space of the Internet
Chapter 106
Network Intrusion Tracking for DoS Attacks
(pages 748-755)
Mahbubur R. Syed, Mohammad M. Nur, Robert J. Bignall
In recent years the Internet has become the most popular and useful medium for information interchange due to its wide availability, flexibility...
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Network Intrusion Tracking for DoS Attacks
Chapter 107
Network-Based Information System Model for Research
(pages 756-761)
Jo-Mae B. Maris
Cross-discipline research requires researchers to understand many concepts outside their own discipline. Computers are becoming pervasive throughout...
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Network-Based Information System Model for Research
Chapter 108
A New Block Data Hiding Method for the Binary Image
(pages 762-769)
Jeanne Chen, Tung-Shou Chen, Meng-Wen Cheng
Great advancements in Web technology have resulted in increase activities on the Internet. Users from all walks of life — e-commerce traders...
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A New Block Data Hiding Method for the Binary Image
Chapter 109
Objective Measurement of Perceived QoS for Homogeneous MPEG-4 Video Content
(pages 770-777)
Harilaos Koumaras, Drakoulis Martakos, Anastasios Kourtis
Multimedia applications over 3G and 4G (third and fourth generation) networks will be based on digital encoding techniques (e.g., MPEG-4) that...
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Objective Measurement of Perceived QoS for Homogeneous MPEG-4 Video Content
Chapter 110
The Online Discussion and Student Success in Web-Based Education
(pages 778-784)
Erik Benrud
This article examines the performance of students in a Web-based corporate finance course and how the technologies associated with communication on...
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The Online Discussion and Student Success in Web-Based Education
Chapter 111
Open Source Intellectual Property Rights
(pages 785-790)
Stewart T. Fleming
The open source software movement exists as a loose collection of individuals, organizations, and philosophies roughly grouped under the intent of...
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Open Source Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 112
Open Source Software and International Outsourcing
(pages 791-798)
Kirk Amant, Brian Still
The popularity of open source software (OSS) has exploded among consumers and software developers. For example, today, the most popular Web server...
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Open Source Software and International Outsourcing
Chapter 113
Optical Burst Switching
(pages 799-806)
Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues, Paulo P. Monteiro, Pascal Lorenz
The concept of burst switching was proposed initially in the context of voice communications by Haselton (1983) and Amstutz (1983; 1989) in the...
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Optical Burst Switching
Chapter 114
Peer-to-Peer Filesharing Systems for Digital Media
(pages 807-813)
Jerald Hughes, Karl Reiner Lang
In 1999, exchanges of digital media objects, especially files of music, came to constitute a significant portion of Internet traffic thanks to a new...
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Peer-to-Peer Filesharing Systems for Digital Media
Chapter 115
Personalized Web-Based Learning Services
(pages 814-820)
Larbi Esmahi
Computers have a great potential as support tools for learning; they promise the possibility of affordable, individualized learning environments. In...
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Personalized Web-Based Learning Services
Chapter 116
Picture Archiving and Communication System in Health Care
(pages 821-828)
Carrison K.S. Tong, Eric T.T. Wong
Radiology is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radiation. It is often used in X-rays in the...
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Picture Archiving and Communication System in Health Care
Chapter 117
Plastic Optical Fiber Applications
(pages 829-835)
Spiros Louvros, Athanassios C. Iossifides, Dimitrios Karaboulas, Stavros A. Kotsopoulos
Nowadays cabling based on symmetrical copper cables is dominant in almost all telecom applications; glass fibers predominate in long-distance...
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Plastic Optical Fiber Applications
Chapter 118
Potentials of Information Technology in Building Virtual Communities
(pages 836-841)
Isola Ajiferuke, Alexander Markus
In recent years, virtual communities have become the topic of countless books, journal articles and television shows, but what are they, and where...
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Potentials of Information Technology in Building Virtual Communities
Chapter 119
Principles for Managing Information Security
(pages 842-848)
Rana Tassabehji
Information security has traditionally been the responsibility of information technology (IT) departments, where information security has commonly...
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Principles for Managing Information Security
Chapter 120
Privilege Management Infrastructure
(pages 849-854)
Darren P. Mundy, Oleksandr Otenko
Public Key Infrastructures (PKI) are now in place in a number of organizations, and there is a wide amount of material available that can be used to...
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Privilege Management Infrastructure
Chapter 121
Production, Delivery and Playback of 3D Graphics
(pages 855-862)
Thomas Di Giacomo, Chris Joslin, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Three-dimensional (3D) representation is one of the cornerstones of Computer Graphics (CG) and multimedia content. Advances in this domain, coupled...
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Production, Delivery and Playback of 3D Graphics
Chapter 122
Public Opinion and the Internet
(pages 863-868)
Peter Murphy
The development of the "World Wide Web" has had a significant impact on the formation of public opinion in democratic societies. This impact...
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Public Opinion and the Internet
Chapter 123
Quality of Service Issues Associated with Internet Protocols
(pages 869-874)
Jairo A. Gutiérrez, Wayne Ting
The objective of enabling the development of higher-level multimedia services with guaranteed quality of service (QoS) on networks has prompted...
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Quality of Service Issues Associated with Internet Protocols
Chapter 124
Reliability Issues of the Multicast-Based Mediacommunication
(pages 875-881)
Gábor Hosszú
Multimedia applications generally support the one-to-many group communication way. Multicasting decreases communication costs for applications that...
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Reliability Issues of the Multicast-Based Mediacommunication
Chapter 125
Re-Purposeable Learning Objects Based on Teaching and Learning Styles
(pages 882-886)
Abtar Kaur, Jeremy Dunning, Sunand Bhattacharya, Ansary Ahmed
Web-based distance learning is hampered in many cases by a failure to deliver material in a manner consistent with the ways in which students learn...
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Re-Purposeable Learning Objects Based on Teaching and Learning Styles
Chapter 126
A Risk-Control Framework for E-Marketplace Participation
(pages 887-894)
Pauline Ratnasingam
The increasing trend in the use of Internet-based e-marketplace applications has created tremendous opportunities for businesses to manage effective...
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A Risk-Control Framework for E-Marketplace Participation
Chapter 127
Road Map to Information Security Management
(pages 895-902)
Lech J. Janczewski, Victor Portougal
Developments in multimedia technology and networking offer organizations new and more effective ways of conducting their businesses. That includes...
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Road Map to Information Security Management
Chapter 128
Security Laboratory Design and Implementation
(pages 903-909)
Linda V. Knight, Jean-Philippe P. Labruyere
Security laboratories provide controlled environments that simulate enterprises' infrastructures. Such laboratories allow technical professionals to...
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Security Laboratory Design and Implementation
Chapter 129
Security Vulnerabilities and Exposures in Internet Systems and Services
(pages 910-916)
Rui C. Cardoso, Mario M. Freire
In order to guarantee a global security solution in network environments, it is necessary to take into account several issues such as security...
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Security Vulnerabilities and Exposures in Internet Systems and Services
Chapter 130
Semantic Web
(pages 917-924)
Rui G. Pereira, Mario M. Freire
The World Wide Web (WWW, Web, or W3) is known as the largest accessible repository of human knowledge. It contains around 3 billion documents, which...
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Semantic Web
Chapter 131
Software Ad Hoc for E-Learning
(pages 925-936)
Maria-Isabel Sánchez-Segura, Antonio de Amescua, Luis García, Luis A. Esteban
Although they are non-educational institutions, financial institutions have specific training needs. The greatest priority in employee training...
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Software Ad Hoc for E-Learning
Chapter 132
Supporting Online Communities with Technological Infrastructures
(pages 937-944)
Laura Anna Ripamonti
A lot of experiences with online communities (AOL, CompuServe, The WELL, Listserv and so forth) pre-date the Web, and some researchers have...
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Supporting Online Communities with Technological Infrastructures
Chapter 133
(pages 945-950)
Minako O'Hagan
The translation industry developed in response to the need to assimilate or disseminate information across different languages where the text in one...
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Chapter 134
Telework Information Security
(pages 951-956)
Loreen Marie Butcher-Powell
The sophistication of technology available to businesses as well as to homes has increased dramatically in the last 10 years. The speed of...
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Telework Information Security
Chapter 135
Text-to-Speech Synthesis
(pages 957-963)
Mahbubur R. Syed, Shuvro Chakrobartty, Robert J. Bignall
Speech synthesis is the process of producing natural-sounding, highly intelligible synthetic speech simulated by a machine in such a way that it...
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Text-to-Speech Synthesis
Chapter 136
2G-4G Networks
(pages 964-973)
Shakil Akhtar
The fourth-generation wireless mobile systems, commonly known as 4G, is expected to provide global roaming across different types of wireless and...
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2G-4G Networks
Chapter 137
Type Justified
(pages 974-979)
Anna Szabados, Nishikant Sonwalkar
There is growing global need for quality online education with increased classroom engagement and student-focused teaching approaches. The present...
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Type Justified
Chapter 138
Ubiquitous Commerce
(pages 980-984)
Holtjona Galanxhi-Janaqi, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah
Ubiquitous commerce, also referred to as u-commerce or übercommerce, is the combination of electronic, wireless-mobile, television, voice, and...
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Ubiquitous Commerce
Chapter 139
Understanding the Out-of-the-Box Experience
(pages 985-992)
A. Lee Gilbert
Appliances, ideally, are simple to use. You select one you think will meet your needs, get it home, take it out of the box, plug it in, and begin...
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Understanding the Out-of-the-Box Experience
Chapter 140
A Unified Information Security Management Plan
(pages 993-1000)
Mari W. Buche, Chelley Vician
Information is quickly becoming the most significant asset of business practice, and it must be protected and secured in order to be useful....
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A Unified Information Security Management Plan
Chapter 141
Universal Multimedia Access
(pages 1001-1007)
Andrea Cavallaro
The diffusion of network appliances such as cellular phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and handheld computers creates a new challenge for...
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Universal Multimedia Access
Chapter 142
(pages 1008-1013)
Shawren Singh
In this article we will examine some important issues related to human-computer interaction (HCI). This will be followed by a discussion of...
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Chapter 143
Usability Assessment in Mobile Computing and Commerce
(pages 1014-1020)
Kuanchin Chen, Hy Sockel, Louis K. Falk
Usability is an acknowledged important aspect of any system or product design. Researchers have found that a good interface design promotes higher...
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Usability Assessment in Mobile Computing and Commerce
Chapter 144
User-Centered Mobile Computing
(pages 1021-1026)
Dean Mohamedally, Panayiotis Zaphiris, Helen Petrie
Mobile computing and wireless communications continue to change the way in which we perceive our lifestyles and habits. Through an extensive...
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User-Centered Mobile Computing
Chapter 145
Using Semantics to Manage 3D Scenes in Web Platforms
(pages 1027-1032)
Christophe Cruz, Christophe Nicolle, Marc Neveu
Computer graphics has widely spread out into various computer applications. After the early wire-frame computer generated images of the 60s, spatial...
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Using Semantics to Manage 3D Scenes in Web Platforms
Chapter 146
Virtual Communities
(pages 1033-1039)
George Kontolemakis, Panagiotis Kanellis, Drakoulis Martakos
In recent years, computer mediated communication has been the enabling factor for connecting people to one another and establishing "virtual...
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Virtual Communities
Chapter 147
Virtual Communities on the Internet
(pages 1040-1046)
Abhijit Roy
With the advent of the Internet a little over a decade ago, technology has enabled communities to move beyond the physical face-to-face contacts to...
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Virtual Communities on the Internet
Chapter 148
Virtual Knowledge Space and Learning
(pages 1047-1054)
Meliha Handzic, Joanne Chia Yi Lin
The growing importance of knowledge and innovations for modern organisations (Davenport, DeLong, & Breers, 1998; Drucker, 1998; Nonaka, 1998;...
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Virtual Knowledge Space and Learning
Chapter 149
Virtual Learning Communities
(pages 1055-1063)
Stewart T. Fleming
The synthesis of global communication networks available at low cost, enormous growth in popular uptake of personal computers and communication...
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Virtual Learning Communities
Chapter 150
Virtual Reality and HyperReality Technologies in Universities
(pages 1064-1069)
Lalita Rajasingham, John Tiffin
The term HyperReality (HR) was coined by Nobuyoshi Terashima to refer to "the technological capability to intermix virtual reality (VR) with...
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Virtual Reality and HyperReality Technologies in Universities
Chapter 151
Web Content Adaptation Frameworks and Techniques
(pages 1070-1077)
Tiong-Thye Goh, Kinshuk
Most Web pages are designed with desktop platform access in mind, but with the proliferation of mobile devices such as Personal Digital Assistants...
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Web Content Adaptation Frameworks and Techniques
Chapter 152
Web Site Usability
(pages 1078-1083)
Louis K. Falk, Hy Sockel
Strictly speaking, the term usability has evolved from one of use to also include design and presentation aspects. A large amount of research has...
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Web Site Usability
Chapter 153
Web-Based Learning
(pages 1084-1090)
James O. Danenberg, Kuanchin Chen
Web-based learning (a major subcomponent of the broader term "distance learning") is one of the tools with which education is delivered at a...
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Web-Based Learning
Chapter 154
(pages 1091-1095)
Mario A. Maggioni, Teodora Erika Uberti
The Internet is perhaps one of the newest and most powerful media that enables the transmission of digital information and communication across the...
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Chapter 155
Wireless Emergency Services
(pages 1096-1103)
Jun Sun
Generally speaking, wireless emergency services can refer to any services that provide immediate help to mobile phone users under emergency...
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Wireless Emergency Services
Chapter 156
WLAN Security Management
(pages 1104-1113)
Göran Pulkkis, Kay J. Grahn, Jonny Karlsson
In a wired local-area network (LAN), the network ports and cables are mostly contained inside a building. Therefore, a hacker must defeat physical...
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Pictobrowser8/24/2007 11:14:00 pm
This is another test. Last year several of my students asked how they could embed flickr slideshows in their blog posts. This was dead simple and visually attractive. The photos are from my flickr account tagged summer07. They were taken in Squamish, Whistler, Mt. Hood, Seattle and Banff.
Click on the picture to advance the images or select one from the thumbnails below.
If you like this tool check out Pictobrowser.


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Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility. 'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' - Independent 'Gripping and remarkably imagined' - London Review of Books
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In Oryx and Crake, a science fiction novel that is more Swift than Heinlein, more cautionary tale than "fictional science" (no flying cars here), Margaret Atwood depicts a near-future world that turns from the merely horrible to the horrific, from a fool's paradise to a bio-wasteland. Snowman (a man once known as Jimmy) sleeps in a tree and just might be the only human left on our devastated planet. He is not entirely alone, however, as he considers himself the shepherd of a group of experimental, human-like creatures called the Children of Crake. As he scavenges and tends to his insect bites, Snowman recalls in flashbacks how the world fell apart.
While the story begins with a rather ponderous set-up of what has become a clichéd landscape of the human endgame, littered with smashed computers and abandoned buildings, it takes on life when Snowman recalls his boyhood meeting with his best friend Crake: "Crake had a thing about him even then.... He generated awe ... in his dark laconic clothing." A dangerous genius, Crake is the book's most intriguing character. Crake and Jimmy live with all the other smart, rich people in the Compounds--gated company towns owned by biotech corporations. (Ordinary folks are kept outside the gates in the chaotic "pleeblands.") Meanwhile, beautiful Oryx, raised as a child prostitute in Southeast Asia, finds her way to the West and meets Crake and Jimmy, setting up an inevitable love triangle. Eventually Crake's experiments in bioengineering cause humanity's shockingly quick demise (with uncanny echoes of SARS, ebola, and mad cow disease), leaving Snowman to try to pick up the pieces. There are a few speed bumps along the way, including some clunky dialogue and heavy-handed symbols such as Snowman's broken watch, but once the bleak narrative gets moving, as Snowman sets out in search of the laboratory that seeded the world's destruction, it clips along at a good pace, with a healthy dose of wry humor. --Mark Frutkin, Amazon.caFrom the Inside Flap:
Seal Books is proud to release the audio version of Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood's new novel that is being billed as her most terrifying and brave. Oryx and Crake is sure to be an instant bestseller and contemporary classic. Do not miss out on the audio version.
Oryx and Crake is an astonishing novel in the tradition of Huxley, Orwell, Bradbury, and her own The Handmaid's Tale. It is so utterly compelling, so prescient, so relevant, so terrifyingly-all-too-likely-to-be-true, that readers may find their view of the world forever changed after reading it.
With breathtaking command of her material and with her customary sharp wit and dark humour, Atwood projects a conceivable future of the world, an outlandish yet wholly believable place left devastated in the wake of ecological and scientific disaster and populated by a cast of characters who will continue to inhabit dreams long after the book is closed.
This is Margaret Atwood at the absolute peak of her powers. For those who experience Oryx and Crake, nothing will ever look the same again.
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Topic: How to make textarea focus in Rails?
How to focus on textarea using helper form_tag? Or how is the best way to make focus in Rails?
Right now it opens new form (using ajax) but new form doesn't have focus. So user have to click in order to input text.
<%= link_to_remote 'Add a new', :update => 'add_a_new',
:url => {:action => 'add_a_new'},
:complete => 'document.chapter.name.focus();' %>
How to put form name using helper? I mean javascript would need this name (correct if i'm wrong)... document.formname.name.focus();
<%= form_tag (:action => 'create_remote_chapter', :kohalik => 'kohalik') %>
<%= text_field :chapter, :name, :size => 15 %>
<%= submit_tag "Submit" %>
<%= end_form_tag %>
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September 14, 2009 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: New WIC Participant and Transfer Participant Forms
SUBJECT 2: New WIC Food Package Formula Conversion Report
SUBJECT 3: Pictorial Missouri WIC New Food Packages – Samples
SUBJECT 4: Dr. Richter's Fresh Produce Guide Book
SUBJECT 5: UPDATE of WIC Forms
- New WIC Participant and Transfer Participant Forms: ITSD has created a program that is run on a weekly basis to match new WIC participants in MOWINS to their DCN number in HANDS (if one exists). You therefore no longer need to fax, email or send in the New WIC Participant form. There may still be participants that we cannot match automatically. These cases may require information from the agency. We will notify you via e-mail when your assistance is required. Also, with the conversion of all agencies from HANDS to MOWINS, the Transfer Participant form is no longer required to be completed. Both forms have been removed from the MOWINS News webpage under the Help Desk Information icon.
If you have questions, please contact the WIC Help Desk at email@example.com or 800-554-2544.
- New WIC Food Package Formula Conversion Report: The state WIC office has compiled a report indicating women and children (1 year of age and older) who's record indicates they have been issued a food instrument for a special formula or medical food. The purpose of this report is to provide the CPA a listing of records which will require a food prescription to be tailored starting October 1st due to the new food package conversion. We cannot place this report on the web since it includes names of WIC participants. This report was sent to the LWP WIC and Nutrition Coordinator on Friday, September 11th. If you have not received this report contact your district TA team.
- Pictorial Missouri WIC New Food Packages – Samples: The State WIC office has developed pictorial sample food packages. Please feel free to utilize samples to introduce new food packages to participants. If you have any suggestions and/or questions, please contact Takako Tagami at email@example.com.
- Dr. Richter's Fresh Produce Guide Book: The State office shipped "Dr. Richter's Fresh Produce Guide Book" to each local WIC provider between August 27, 2009 and September 4, 2009. Please utilize this resource to learn more about fresh produce and counsel WIC participants on eating more fruit and vegetables. If your agency has not received the books, please contact Takako Tagami at email@example.com by September 21, 2009.
- UPDATE of WIC Forms: Below are updates on WIC forms:
- Medical Documentation Form (WIC 27) – Health Care Provider Authorization
The WIC 27 form is being printed and will be shipped to all local WIC providers during the week of September 21, 2009.
- Medical Documentation Form (WIC 29)
The WIC 29 form will be discontinued effective October 1, 2009. If your agency has unused WIC 29 forms, please recycle them.
- WIC Supply Request Form (WIC 8) and WIC Nutrition Education Resource Request Form (WIC 7)
The WIC 7 and 8 forms are being updated and will be included in the WIC Weekly Update message (September 28, 2009).
If you have any suggestions and/or questions, please contact Takako Tagami at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Medical Documentation Form (WIC 27) – Health Care Provider Authorization
Pictorial Sample New Food Packages
USE of Dr. Richter F & V Book 09-11-09