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In this book, self-discipline means committing yourself to long-term goals, and working towards them even at the expense of shorter term goals. Using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques, it looks at the skills and beliefs needed. ... Read more

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Self-stabilization, an important concept to theoreticians and practitioners in distributed computing and communication networks, refers to a system's ability to recover automatically from unexpected faults. In this book Shlomi Dolev presents the fundamentals of self-stabilization and demonstrates the process of designing self-stabilizing distributed systems. He details the algorithms that can be started in an arbitrary state, allowing the system to recover from the faults that brought it to that state. The book proceeds from the basic concept of self-stabilizing algorithms to advanced applications. ... Read more

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Excellent book for an important concept
Self-stabilization is the property of a system guaranteeing that starting from an arbitrarty state, the system will return to a legitimate state in finite steps. Since proposed by Dr. Dijkstra in 1974, self-stabilization has been a desirable property in designing distributed systems, howeverthis book is just the first one devoted to the introduction of thisimportant concept. The book shows you how to appreciate the beautifulnessof self-stabilization, and teaches you how to implement this property indistributed systems. A bunch of good examples are handy in the book foryour guidance. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested inthe area of distributed computing. ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Self-Stabilizing Systems, SSS 2003, held in San Francisco, CA, USA, in June 2003.

The 15 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. The papers address self-stabilization issues for various types of systems and software including communication protocols, sensor networks, biological systems, and directed networks; several new algorithms are presented. ... Read more

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NLP is the new art and science of personal excellence. It shows you how, by following successful models of thought and behaviour, you too can achieve astounding results in the areas of:* Selling and negotiating* Personal and professional creativity* Public speaking* Long-term memory* Personal relationships* Spelling and mental arithmetic* Career advancement and personal finance* Listening and visual skills and many others. By employing the practical techniques in Harry Alder's inspiring 21-day programme, you too can uncover your hidden genius and start getting what you want right away. ... Read more

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Superb read - really helps you understand how to change yourself with NLP
Nlp: Neuro Linguistic Programming the New Art and Science of Getting What You Want

I read this book a few year ago and really enjoyed it! I had at that time a friend who studied NLP from masters and he got me into NLP studies. We can change ourselves simply by changing our language about ourselves and programming positive responses to all events.

Anna Kubit
Konsultar Corporation

To the Point and Right On Target
A well written and straight forward book on NLP.As I looked through the available books on NLP this was the one that seemed to provide an informative and readable explanation of the subject.I agree with the comments of other reviewers who indicate that many of the other publications on the subject seem to take off into a different universe where beads, candles, and sandals are customary regalia.

I highly recommend Adler's book as a helpful primer on the subject.

NLP without tears
very readable and ideal introduction for skeptics like me

The making of a classic
It's not surprising that this has become a non-negotiable NLP text for people who want to get something out of the subject without donning sandals and letting their hair grow scruffy. He has kept NLPspeak to a bare minimum(no sign of `elegant') and has not been slow to deviate from the party lineto appeal more to real `OK' business people. I gather it's in umpteenlanguages so seems to appeal very widely for such a potentially heavysubject. Also refreshing, he spares British readers `Robbins' rhetoric' andgoes straight for the grey matter and long-term change in the reader. Anideal all round introduction before moving on to his other books fortrainers, managers, golfers and NLP practitioners (NLP in 21 Days). I seeNLP: New Art etc isendorsed by John Seymour, another respectedtrainer/writer whose own `Introduction to NLP' set the standards beforeAlder's more recent books broke into a wider business audience. A classicso worth investing in.

Excellent book but deviates from actual NLP practices.
NLP: The new art and science of getting what you want seems to look more into the aspects of the brain management through visualization, goal setting, and simple but very effective tools in life. Despite it portraying these ideas lucidly, the books absolutely fails to deliver any type of substantial art form of NLP and rarely ever mentions persuasion or any aspect of NLP. This book was a good book, but is NOT for the NLP scholar. ... Read more

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If you are one of the millions of people who have already discovered the power of NLP, Neuro-linguistic Programming Workbook For Dummies will allow you to perfect its lessons on how to think more positively and communicate more effectively with others.

This workbook is packed with hands-on exercises and practical techniques to help you make the most of NLP’s toolkit for new thinking and personal change. These can have an impact on many aspects of your life: from helping you change your negative beliefs, to building rapport and influencing others, to taking charge of the direction your life is taking. Take your understanding of NLP to the next level, and reap the benefits.

Neuro-linguistic Programming Workbook For Dummies includes:

Getting Your Mindset Right with NLP

Setting Sound Goals

Recognising Your Unconscious Values

Recognising How You Distort Thinking  

Developing Personal Rapport

Managing Your Emotions and Experiences

Changing Habits and Modeling Success

Recognizing What Works

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very useful
nlp workbook is an easy, fun, practical read book which will have you examine how you view the world.it gives strategies on how to rid yourself of negative thoughts, communicate in a positive manner and change your attitude about life.the book is full of worksheets and examples on how to fill them out.this is a book that requires you to do work!you are given options on how you view yourself, your identity, values and beliefs.you examine internal dialogue and cause and effects.overall a very enlightening read.i would love to pursue nlp training and have coaches in my area because this is indeed life changing material.

An NLP Great
The authors have outdone themselves in writing an easy to read and follow book on NLP.It am an NLP Master Practitioner, and still refer to this book becasue it is clear, concise and easy to follow, not like some NLP books that are out in the stratosphere somewhere.

Outstanding!
I was 1st introduced to NLP through Anthony Robbins...I was amazed at the benefits that resulted in just one weekend! Wanting to know more, I entered into a 7 day NLP Practioner course...again fabulous! I picked up NLP Workbook For Dummies as a recommended read for a Master NLP training course I will be taking soon....I was surprised that a highly reputable school would recommend NLP For Dummies ...I obviously knew nothing about the quality of these books...whether you have a clear understanding of NLP, or just curious, and want to know more....this book is outstanding! The workbook is consise, clear,thought provoking, and most definatly a gift to anyone desiring personal growth! Cheers to Romilla and Kate! You have given the world an opportunity to easily learn, and use what many believe to be the most powerful tools in creating change today! ... Read more

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Get the inside track on how to write system administration scripts with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), straight from Microsoft scripting experts. This practical learning guide teaches how to use WMI scripting techniques to gain control over your Microsoft Windows–based, IIS-based, and Microsoft Exchange Server–based environments—all at your own pace.

Build practical skills on everything from understanding the ins and outs of WMI and producing your first WMI Script to writing advanced WMI scripts that automate the management of systems, network services, files, printers, the registry, network services, and more. The companion CD features the complete eBook, 140 sample scripts, and timesaving scripting tools, plus more than 500 bonus scripts! ... Read more

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A book for IT PROs
What a great book!I resolved a complex problem I had in less than 12 lines of code when I discovered the power of Associators on page 83.I have been using consumer events in other languages for many years, until I read Ed's book, I had no idea they could be used with WMI.This book is a very nice complement to chapters 8, 9 and 10 from his Microsoft Windows Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide.

Although Ed's book is not a technical reference book (MSDN already provides syntax information), the appendixes provide all the key information required to search MSDN, SDK, CIM studio and other tools presented in the book.Rather than being focused on syntax and formal grammar, Ed's approach is to show IT PROs how to use WMI to resolve real life problems that need to be addressed on a daily basis.The CD contains many scripts that can be put to work with no or little modifications for your environment.

Ed's book goes further.It has a complete chapter on configuring and administering WMI, material which is typically not found in manuals but that are key for understanding and working with WMI.

Being a consultant, I consult the printed book on a regular basis and I have a copy of the electronic version on my laptop.

Great book with lots of good examples.Note correction below.
I recently attended a Microsoft sponsored workshop that was taught by the author of this book.I learned a great deal.If for nothing else, this book is worth purchasing to get a hold of the event consumer scripts.Important note:The author made the class aware that a line was missing in the event consumer script in both the print and companion CD versions.

To get the script to run, at the bottom of page 110 add the following line of code.

objfilter.EventNameSpace = "root\cimv2"

Its all good
They were real good at keeping me up to date on the shipment and it arrived on time.

Stongly advise against this book
I don't like being so harsh, but I strongly advise you NOT purchase this book. My reason for this is the poor coverage of the material presented.

The first three chapters were fine. The author was building logically, presenting material in a logical fashion. He demonstrated some simple queries, and described them clearly.The examples were pretty basic, and served no signifcant purpose.

Chapter 4 is where the wheels started to come off (and continued through to chapter 6).With no explanation, or background material, terms and undocumented examples began to show up everywhere.By the time the author got to event queries, it was obvious this was a lost cause.

For example, page 70 of the book used an query example that included the additional clause "WITHIN 10". I skipped around through pages, checked the indexed (and non existant glossary), but couldn't find an explanation.Eventually a check of MSDN explained what it was.

The section describing 'associators' on page 83 and 'references of' on page 85 were ambigious. The code examples provided no clarity, nor explanation.

I'm an experienced developer and administrator with 17 years in system's level programming.I had picked up this book to help get my hands around the topic of WMI -- to assist our administrative staff managing DFS-Replication services.

After two days, I've given up on the text, and purchased another more substantive manual "Developing WMI Solutions: A Guide to Windows Management Instrumentation".

BTW: So as not to completely trash this book, it does provide an excellant CD. There are a terrific number of tools, sample source code and script templates.In addition, the CD includes an electronic version of the book, and an electronic copy of "Microsoft Windows Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide". Also, the later chapters develop some more useful scripts. If you need a cook-book to drop in one of these, you may find it useful.

In my advice, you'd be better off purchasing something else.

Finally an excellent, well written indpeth wmi book
Over the years, I have purchased at least 5 wmi books. These books fall into two categories: the ones that never seem to go beyond the basics of running simple wmi queries, and those that are so far advanced, as to be virtually meaningless to a mere mortal. Now comes this book. This book is well written, with loads of analogies. It breaks the subject of WMI in to small enough chunks of information (each chapter is around 25 pages or so) so you can sit down read the book, and then do re-inforce the material by doing the labs. The fact that the person who wrote the book is a consultant, means the labs have real world application. I have taken many of the scripts from the book, and with only a few small changes, made them perform usefull work for me on my network. High points of the book: excellent coverage of WMI event driven scripts, and associators of type of queries. This has open new horizons for my scripts. Low points of the book: the labs for chapter one are lame ... I do not get this one. Every other chapter has awesome labs, but somehow chapter one kind of missed out. There are labs for chapter one, they just are not all that interesting. Would I buy this book again? You bet. In fact, I purchased 10 copies for the other network administrators at my company! I liked it that well. ... Read more

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Although the self-adaptability of systems has been studied in a wide range of disciplines, from biology to robotics, only recently has the software engineering community recognized its key role in enabling the development of future software systems that are able to self-adapt to changes that may occur in the system, its requirements, or the environment in which it is deployed.

The 12 carefully reviewed papers included in this state-of-the-art survey originate from the International Seminar on Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems, held in Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, in January 2008. They examine the current state-of-the-art in the field, describing a wide range of approaches coming from different strands of software engineering, and present future challenges facing this ever-resurgent and challenging field of research. Also included in this book is an invited roadmap paper on the research challenges facing self-adaptive systems within the area of software engineering, based on discussions at the Dagstuhl Seminar and put together by several of its participants. The papers have been divided into topical sections on architecture-based self-adaptation, context-aware and model-driven self-adaptation, and self-healing. These are preceded by three research roadmap papers.

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If you could change anything about yourself, what would you change? Would you want to be more capable, effective, wealthier? Self-motivation is often the key to change, but how does one motivate oneself to be capable or effective?

Each year millions of people attend motivational seminars based on the powers of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). Millions more wonder what NLP is all about. Finally, a book has arrived to introduce the practical techniques of NLP in easy to understand language.

Be the Person You Want to Be offers a refreshing and different view of the principles of NLP. It guides readers in assessing who they want to be and how to attain their goals by setting guidelines and slowly changing behavior. Said to be a self-motivational program without the hype, NLP is explained in detail by John J. Emerick Jr., who focuses on original applications of these time-tested principles. Emerick shows readers how to apply these key strategies to achieve personal and business success by:

Increasing confidence in social and business interactions
Handling difficult situations smoothly
Gaining new insight into how people think and act
Taking control and achieving results in all aspects of life

Be the Person You Want to Be will enable readers to make significant and lasting changes in any area of their lives. By utilizing the NLP principles, and developing structures and guidelines, anyone can be the person they want to be. ... Read more

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Save your money
This has got be one of the worst books I've read. Yes, even worse than those psychology books on tests and measurements that you took in university ... and those were pretty bad.

This book was obviously written to fill pages and make it look substantial (the only thing substantial about it is it's price).

It's opaque and the subject matter, which should be exciting, is agonizingly painful to grasp. Listen, you have to have a good command of the english language to communicate effectively in the written word ... especially in the written word. Repetition and recycling a limited vocabulary in annoying and irritating. What makes every turkey think they are qualified to write just because they have taken a few courses? Hey, if it was that easy, getting your jouralism degree could be done in an afternoon. Duh.

My recommendation to all of you that are considering this book is: A) save you money ... and more important, your time. B) You're better off to re-read 'using your brain .. for a change' by Richad Bandler. C) Wait for another book on NLP.

sign me
Hate being ripped-off

A big improvement over most NLP books.
Most NLP books are unreadable.

NLP is supposed to be about the study of excellent human performance, and how to model it. However, most NLP books get caught up in issues like hypnosis and therapy, and are written like psychiatric textbooks: bore, snore.

Most NLP "poobahs" thumb their nose at Anthony Robbins; let's face it, his works are popular because they're about self-improvement and are east to read. This book by John Emerick is along the same vein, but with more specific how-tos, and less cheerleading, than the Tony Robbins books.

Rather than spend hundreds of dollars on NLP and NLP-related books looking for a guide for specific self-improvement, buy this one.

Be the Person You Want to Be : Harness the Power of Neuro-Li
First, this book is great.It gives step by step procedures that really work. I've made a lot of money and increased my general happiness (and others around me) because of what the book taught me.My advice: read itwith an open mind and re-read it every so often.

Too many words make for a tedious read.
When seperated from all the chaff, Emerick's ideas are intriguing.The problem with this book is the chaff.On his way to (eventually) conveying his message, Emerick manages to bore and irritate the reader with pageafter page of empty and useless elaboration of a point that he has alreadymade.I found myself saying "enough already!" as I skimmed insearch of the next bit of substance.Ironic for a book aboutcommunication, eh?

By far the BEST NLP book there is!!!
I've read them all, and this one really delivers. I understood what he had to say, it all applied to my everyday life, and I just felt good about it all as a result of reading this book. If you're wanting to know about NLP,this is the book. If you're already into NLP and want people around you toknow what you're doing, this is the book too -- it will save you a lot ofefforts down the road! ... Read more

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A healthy perspective on health
This is a wonderful little book that takes a different slant on your health, one bias in NLP techniques. Even if you are not familiar with NLP, the authors give enough material here that is a worthwhile read with enough evidence to take your mind outside traditional wisdom. If you are a practitioner of NLP, don't overlook this little gem. Some of this is repeat, but some of the techniques are quite nice or explained more resourcefully.

Very useful - Muy útil
Lo recomiendo tanto a medicos como al público en general, sanos y enfermos. Tuve la oportunidad de leer la versión en español, y me pareció muy útil para comprender cómo tus ideas, creencias y conductas pueden ayudarte a mantener una salud física y mental. Los autores ofrecen ejemplos claros sobre cómo ciertas actitudes y creencias afectan el sistema inmunológico, mejoran nuestras deseos de salud. etc.; ofrecen consejos prácticos al respecto. Especialmente me agradó el capítulo sobre metáforas: ¿cómo es la salud para tí? ¿es como una guerra entre tu sistema inmunitario y los virus? ¿ó es como una gimnasta en constante movimiento, guardando su equilibrio? ¿consideras a tu cuerpo como un monton de tuberías, ó lo consideras un templo sagrado?

I recommend it for doctors, healthy people and sick people. I had oportunity to read spanish version and I believe it is very useful to understand how your own ideas, beliefs and actions can help you to maintain your phisical and mental health. Authors offer easy examples about how atittudes and beliefs influence inmunology system, how improve our health hopes, etc.; they offer practical advices about it. I liked very much chapter about metaphores: How is health for you? Does health is like a war between your inmunology system and viruses? Is this like a gymnast in constant movement, maintaining her equilibrium? Do you consider your body like a lots of pipes, or do you consider it like a sacred temple? ... Read more

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Tracking multiple targets in a high clutteredenvironment where multiple receivers are used is achallenging task due to the high level of falsealarms and uncertainty in the track hypothesis. Themulti-static active sonar scenario is an example forsuch systems where multiple source-receivercombinations are deployed. Due to the nature of theunderwater environment and sound propagationcharacteristics, tracking targets in the underwaterenvironment becomes a complex operation. Themethodology presented in this book provides a rapidand reliable tracking system capable of trackingmultiple targets without depending on a kinematicmodel of the target movement. In this algorithm, Self Organizing Maps, Dynamic Programming and the Hough transform are combined to produce tracks of possible targets? paths and estimate of targets? locations. Evaluation of the performance of the tracking algorithm is performed using three types ofsimulations and a set of real data obtained from asea trial. This research documents the results ofexperimental testing and analysis of the trackingsystem. ... Read more

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Book for the Kindle: Computer Programming 101: The Beginner's Starting Guide

WHAT IS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND WHY SHOULD I CARE?

If you have a personal computer, you have probably already used the software for word processing, to solve problems, or set up spreadsheets. We thought maybe you would be curious about how programmers write the software you have used.

A Program– is a set of instructions that tell the computer, step by step, how to perform the tasks you command it to, and produce the results you have in mind. There are three great reasons for learning computer programming:

• Programming will help you understand computers. The computer is a tool, and if you learn how to write simple programs, you will also learn how the computer works.

• After writing a few simple programs your confidence level will increase. There is a personal satisfaction in creating a program that will solve a problem.

• Learning basic programming will show you whether you like programming and possess an analytical mind, which is needed in computer programming. If it should become apparent that programming is not your cup of tea, you will find that an understanding of the programming process will increase your knowledge of the computer and your appreciation for the tasks that programmers and computers can perform.

Computer programming is a set of rules that tell a computer what operations the user needs it to perform, this is a programming language. There are many computer languages and they are listed later in this ebook.


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One of the most exciting and dramatic breakthroughs in self-motivation techniques is the development of TRIGGERS, a mind-programming, psychological system for acquiring new capabilities and talents. From totally erasing fears and phobias to healing illness and maintaining vigorous health to expanding your creativity up to five times...here is a simple self-help system that can help you fulfill your every goal and desire. Highlights: 1) How to motivate yourself to do anything. 2) Fast and easy triggers for erasing the fears that are running your life. 3) Breakthrough techniques that dramatically improve your learning ability. 4) How to improve your sports performance and master new skills. 5) Gain new relief from emotional pain using the triple split technique. 6) How to harness the power hidden in your negative personality traits. 7) How to turn conflict into personal power. And much, much more. ... Read more

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