Ian Taylor

Matthew Hilger

In this groundbreaking book, Taylor and Hilger lay bare the secrets of the Poker Mindset: seven core attitudes and concepts that ensure you have the optimal emotional, psychological, and behavioral framework for playing superior poker. The Poker Mindset deeply explores vital topics that most poker books only touch upon: - Tilt: What it really is, why and when you are most prone to it, and how you can avoid it.- Bankroll: A complete examination of bankroll management from a technical, but more importantly, from a psychological and emotional viewpoint.- Opponents: How to determine your competitors' mental and emotional processes so that you can dominate, out think and outplay them.- Downswings: Every poker player experiences them, but you will truly understand and be armed against low ebbs when they occur.- Bad Beats: The Poker Mindset will enable you to overcome the trauma of bad beats and losing big pots. Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. The Poker Mindset may be the most valuable poker book you will ever read. Embrace its concepts and you can overcome the unseen obstacles that are limiting your success at the table.

Essential Attitudes for Poker Success

The Poker Mindset

Taylor (international relations, U. of St. Andrews, Scotland; and political science, U. of Stelenbosch, South Africa) evaluates the prospects that the New Partnership for Africa's Development, Nepad, can accomplish its supporters' claims that it will promote democracy, stability, good governance, human rights, and economic development on the contin

Towards Africa's Development Or Another False Start?

Nepad

"Mastering Go Network Administration" is a structured beginning for network administrators looking to improve network efficiency, scalability, and security. This book provides a one-stop solution for all of your network administration needs, with comprehensive coverage of automation, security, containerization, monitoring, and performance testing. Beginning with the fundamentals of creating a network automation lab with the EVENG network simulator and the Go programming language, readers will learn the step-by-step process of installing EVE-NG, followed by the importance of service mesh in automation and how it can simplify network operations. The book delves deeply into critical topics such as deploying ingress controllers and implementing service mesh with Linkerd. Readers will learn about container-native storage, container storage management with Docker, and automated SSL certificates, firewall configuration, and network policies. Monitoring and performance tuning are also covered in the book, including how to monitor container performance and automatically roll out updates. The book covers a series of performance testing strategies like load testing, stress testing, and scalability testing. It shows readers how to find performance bottlenecks and optimise their network with the help of tools like Vegeta and Apache JMeter through the use of real-world examples. Key Learnings Setting up an EVE-NG network simulator, VIM IDE, kubeadm, and a comprehensive network automation lab to improve network efficiency, scalability, and security. Configuring ports, hosts, and servers using Go scripting to streamline network automation. Writing, testing, and validating network automation scripts to ensure smooth and reliable network administration. Building Docker images, running containers, and managing container deployments for efficient containerization. Automating load balancing, firewall configuration, and Kubernetes network policies for seamless network management. Working with popular tools such as Puppet, Zookeeper, Traefik, Envoy, and various Go networking packages. Automating SSL setup, container storage, container performance monitoring, and rolling updates. Using powerful load testing tools like Vegeta and Apache JMeter for efficient load testing, stress testing, and scalability testing to identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks. Table of Content Go Essentials for Networks Setting Up Network Automation Environment Configuring Modern Networks Write, Test and Validate Automation Scripts Automation of Configuration Management Networking with Container and Docker Orchestrating Containers and Automating Workloads Automate SSL, Container-native Storage and Performance Kubernetes Automation Service Mesh, Firewall and Network Policies Network Performance Testing Audience If you're a network administrator who wants to level up your game, "Mastering Go Network Administration" is the book for you. This book will help you become a more efficient, effective, and confident network administrator by providing clear explanations, practical examples, and comprehensive coverage.

Automating Networks, Container Orchestration, Kubernetes with Puppet, Vegeta and Apache JMeter

Mastering Go Network Automation

VLSI Implants for Skeletal Muscle Assistance to the Heart

Paul Williams

Introduction : understanding Africa's place in world politics / Ian Taylor and Paul Williams -- The contending currents in United States involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa / James J. Hentz -- Britain and Africa after the Cold War : beyond damage limitation? / Paul Williams -- France's policy towards Africa : continuity or change? / Daniela Kroslak -- The "all-weather friend"? : Sino-African interaction in the twenty-first century / Ian Taylor -- Russia and Africa : moving in the right direction? / Vladimir Shubin -- Japan-Africa relations : patterns and prospects / Scarlett Cornelissen -- Canada and Africa : activist aspirations in straitened circumstances / David Black -- the European Union's external relations with Africa after the Cold War : aspects of continuity and change / Stephen R. Hurt -- The international financial institutions' relations with Africa : insights from the issue of representation and voice / Caroline Thomas -- From Congo to Congo : United Nations peacekeeping in Africa / Adekeye Adebajo.

External Involvement on the Continent

Africa in International Politics

South Africa's ongoing incorporation into the international political economy as a global middle-power--a "bridgebuilder" between the global hegemons and those reluctant to follow their lead--has created in it a post-apartheid foreign policy that has been a bundle of contradictions and ambiguities. Through case studies of interaction with multilateral groupings and organizations, Taylor examines South African foreign policy during its ambivalent re-entry into the globalized neo-liberal political economy.

South Africa's Post-apartheid Foreign Relations

Stuck in Middle GEAR

Explores to what extent Africa's "rise" has impacted on development and whether the BRICS are creating a new version of dependency.

BRICS - Diversifying Dependency

Africa Rising?

Rosi Taylor

At the edge of the Pennine Moors, Detective Sergeant Blackshaw and his rookie colleague, Detective Constable Lumb, are called to the scene of a double murder committed on a burial ground. They discover that the case is connected to an ancient Celtic cult, in the remote village of Pen Crags. Desperate for career advancement and obsessed with solving the mystery, DC Lumb immerses himself in the group - and soon disappears. Amid a chain of unexplained deaths, Sergeant Blackshaw attempts to unravel the sinister plot. But with scarce evidence, can he prove his theory - or will he have to accept that there is no way to catch a phantom?

The Strange Case Of Martin Lumb

Catching Phantoms

Karen Jackson

This is a guide to how diversity of all kinds can be a major asset in teams. It shows how different types of diversity offer different strengths and resources (from ethnic, gender and religious differences through to differences of temperament, personality and capability). Most team leaders have far more material with which to solve problems than they realise within the personal make-up of their teams. This book describes how they can go about releasing this powerhouse of diversity for beneficial results.

The Power of Difference

Susan Black

Famously independent, Radiohead are their own masters to a degree that defies all the rules of the 21st century corporate music industry. Now amongst the world's top bands. With OK Computer having been acclaimed as one of the greatest albums of all time, they remain as inscrutable as ever. Famously independent, Radiohead are their own masters to a degree that defies all the rules of the 21st century corporate music industry. Now amongst the world's top bands. With OK Computer having been acclaimed as one of the greatest albums of all time, they remain as inscrutable as ever. Fully illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.

In Their Own Words

Radiohead

George Olds

- Go behind the scenes of 'Spin College' a top-secret media training centre where the Reporter From Hell teaches an engineer, a customer service executive and a police chief to use the common sense language of professional spokespersons. - Play the Spin Doctor's Game to avoid the traps of negative messages and negative people. - Write a One-Minute Power Message about the most important issues in your life or career, using a simple template.

How Spin Doctors Answer Questions

Never Say "No Comment"

David Brown

John Harrison

Brian Robb

John Foote

Darren Linder

Eric McNaughton

Rachel Bellwoar

Jules Boyle

Dawn & Jonathon Dabell

This is Issue 3 of Cinema of the '70s, a magazine dedicated to movies from the grooviest, grittiest decade of cinema. Our third edition contains 100 pages and features pieces by professional writers like John Harrison, Brian J. Robb, David Michael Brown, John H. Foote and others. The full contents are: Nosferatu the Vampyre by Rachel Bellwoar; Superman the Movie by Martin Dallard; The Night Porter by Ian Taylor; Watership Down by Eric McNaughton; Hal Ashby - Greatest Forgotten Filmmaker of the Seventies? by John H. Foote; Rabid Dogs by David Flack; Quadrophenia by David Michael Brown; Exclusive Interview with Franc Roddam; What's Up Doc? - Peter Bogdanovich and the 1970s Screwball Comedy Revival by Brian J. Robb; Michael Caine's 1974 Thriller Double Bill by Joe Secrett; The Black Windmill Locations Then & Now (photos courtesy of Andy Ellis); The Outfit by Julian Hobbs; The Biggest Battle by Jonathon Dabell; Cut-Throats Nine by Darren Linder: Summer Camps Blues: Coming of Age with Bless the Beasts and Children by John Harrison; Bread, Circuses and E - Rollerball and the Birth of Deathsport Cinema by Jules Boyle; Revisionism, Revenge, Revolution and Robbery! by John Mansell; Phantom of the Paradise by Dawn Dabell; You Can't Win 'em All by Jonathon Dabell. Full colour throughout.

Cinema of the '70s Magazine: Issue 3 (Colour)

Vincenzo Ruggiero

Nigel South

The New European Criminology gathers together leading criminologists from all over Europe to consider crime and responses to crime within and across national borders. For the first time it allows students to experience the most exciting work in European criminology and to compare approaches to crime in different parts of Europe. The five sections of the book look at: * the effects of European harmonisation on crime * criminal justice, law enforcement and penal reform * organised crime, from the Mafia in Italy to drug running in the Balkans * local crime in international contexts * possible future directions for criminology and some suggestions for a new criminology of war.

Crime and Social Order in Europe

The New European Criminology

Chris Englert

The ability to effectively use one’s thoughts, emotions and motivation to enhance performance and well-being is one of the most important skills in sport and exercise contexts. Motivation and Self-Regulation in Sport and Exercise explores the theories, research and processes that underpin these self-regulatory and motivational processes. A deeper understanding of motivation and self-regulation has far-reaching implications, from helping individuals to begin an active lifestyle, to seasoned athletes looking for a competitive edge. For the first time, the globally leading researchers in this research field come together to provide their unique, cutting-edge insight into how to exercise or perform more effectively. In doing so, the book provides new insight into established theories of motivation and self-regulation, but also breaks new ground by inspecting lesser-known or emerging paradigms. This book is intended for all scholars interested in self-regulation and motivation, from undergraduate students to experienced researchers, as well as practicing sport and exercise psychologists, coaches and athletes.

Motivation and Self-regulation in Sport and Exercise

Helen Taylor

Sumita Singha

Adam Scott

Julia Park

Nicola Gillen

Pippa Nissen

Sarah Featherstone

The world has changed. How will society emerge post-pandemic? Will we take the opportunity to reset the status quo? And, if so, what possibilities are there for architects to take the initiative in designing this new world? This innovative design guide draws together expert guidance on designing in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic for key architectural sectors: housing, workplace, civic and cultural, hospitality, education, infrastructure and civic placemaking. It provides design inspiration to architects on how they can respond to the challenges and opportunities of a post-pandemic environment and how architects ensure they are at the forefront of the best design in this new world. Looking at each sector in turn, it covers the challenges specific to each, and how delivering these designs might differ from the pre-pandemic world. As well as post-pandemic design, the vital issue of climate change will be threaded through each sector, with many cross-overs between designing for the climate emergency and designing for a world after a pandemic. Both seek to make the world a safer, happier and more resilient place. Written by set of contributing design experts, this book is for all architects, whether sole practitioners or working in a larger practice. As well as inspirational design guidance, it also provides client perspectives – crucial for understanding how clients are planning for the future too.

Architecture for a post-pandemic world

RETHINK Design Guide

In this book, Ian Taylor examines how a social movement, the anti-Iraq War movement in the UK, engaged with the media as a part of their campaigning against the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Moving beyond content analysis to draw upon interviews with locally based journalists and activists, Taylor examines how locally based anti-war groups engaged with their local press, as well as how those groups were reported on by the local press in their respective areas. In the process of exploring these ideas, the book takes on questions like: How did local journalists assess the legitimacy of the anti-war movement? How, why, and to what extent did opponents of the war pursue local press coverage? What bearing did the social composition of the movement have on the way they set about engaging with the media? How did the local press handle the controversy surrounding opposition to military action against Iraq? Media Relations of the Anti-War Movement makes a unique contribution to research on the interactions between social movements and the media and plugs a major gap in the literature on the Iraq War and the media.

The Battle for Hearts and Minds

Media Relations of the Anti-War Movement

Justin van der Merwe

Alexandra Arkhangelskaya

This empirically and theoretically grounded book provides insights into the ascendance of powers such as Turkey, South Korea and Indonesia and their relationship with Africa. Leading scholars present case studies from the BRICS and beyond to demonstrate the constantly evolving and complex character of these ties and their place in the global capitalist order. They also offer new theoretical insights, as well as theorisation of the spatio-temporal dynamics involved in processes of accumulation within the African space. Their contention is that, despite their supposed anti-imperialism, these emerging powers have become agents for continued uneven development. This innovative edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of international relations, political science, development studies, area studies, geography and economics.

A New Wave in the Relationship?

Emerging Powers in Africa

Matthew Jones

An essential guide to all aspects of car painting, for keen amateurs and professionals alike. With step-by-step instructions and illustrations throughout, Car Painting covers the entire process - from panel preparation to spraying and painting techniques - offering guidance and tips on painting your car to a professional standard. With a focus on safety throughout, the book also covers: selecting and understanding paint, including important legislation; materials and equipment, and building your own paint booth; preparing your car, including parts removal, sanding, chemical stripping and rust proofing; masking and priming; painting techniques - spraying, clear coats and drying; stripes and custom touches; polishing, reassembly and preservation and finally, troubleshooting. Superbly illustrated with 200 colour photographs.

Car Painting

Penny Fraser

Karen Evans

A Tale of Two Cities is a study of two major cities, Manchester and Sheffield. Drawing on the work of major theorists, the authors explore the everyday life, making contributions to our understanding of the defining activities of life.

Global Change, Local Feeling and Everday Life in the North of England

A Tale Of Two Cities

Spindle is the hilarious tale of Peter Turner's first week in the Space Force, facing unknown dangers as he tries to protect the solar system from crime, corruption, and a vast planet-eating space beast.

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