Anthony Jones

The Wizard of Nod is the second book of the Bloodline Chronicles, an epic story of the struggle between the forces of good and evil as both sides hunt for the twelve holy artifacts that, when combined, forms a talisman which will ensure success in the final battle following the end of days. After having successfully obtained one of the artifacts, Jake Stanton, a newly awakened Shaddai Knight, and Steven Stross, Jake

DESCRIPTION Most software applications must handle user or system-generated events. The most widely-accepted event handling model is the Observer pattern, in which an object "listens" for changes in the application's state and then reacts by executing a unit of code—the problems is that this approach is prone to bugs. Functional Reactive Programming (FRP) is an alternative to the Observer pattern. It’s designed to deal with events as a stream of values over time rather than as a series of unique responses to discrete changes in state, keeping logic tidy and eliminating the bugs that plague event handling code with no loss of expressiveness. FRP is useful anywhere the Observer pattern is common, including user interfaces, video games, networking, and industrial applications. Functional Reactive Programming teaches the concepts and applications of FRP. It begins with a careful walk-through of the FRP core operations and introduces the concepts and techniques needed to use FRP in any language. Following easy-to-understand examples, readers will learn how to use FRP in greenfield applications and how to refactor existing applications. Along the way, the book introduces the basics of functional programming in a just-in-time style, so readers never learn anything before they need to use it. By the end of the book, readers will be able to use FRP to spend more time adding features and less time fixing problems. KEY SELLING POINTS Step by step guide to developing FRP applications Think differently about data and events Spend less time fixing problems and more time adding features AUDIENCE This book presents examples in Java, C++, and JavaScript using the Sodium, Flapjax, and BaconJS libraries. No prior experience with functional programming is required. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Reactive programming is a broad concept, where programs are event-based and viewed as a data flow. Functional Reactive Programming is a specific type of reactive programming that improves the quality of interactive applications, allowing developers to spend more time adding features and less time fixing problems.

When you die on your world, you are born in this world. Some may call this the afterlife, a spiritual rebirth, heaven, hell, damnation. For me, it s my playground. Lasaaj (a character from "Heaven s Hell") This book explores the world of Heaven s Hell, a place that takes place in the afterlife. The premise is that when you die, your spirit or soul is transported to another realm of being. The life you were living before was a test to prepare you for the afterlife. Because in your new life, you will have to fight, not only for your survival, but also for rewards. The rewards are given to those who are victorious in ending the existence of others in huge battle arenas, and they grant people divine intervention and power that essentially help them communicate back to their old worlds. Sometimes it s for good, sometimes for bad, helping to illuminate the existence of miracles and tragic disasters throughout all religious history. Follow top educator Anthony Jones on his adventure of creating a fascinating place where imagination has no bounds."

The immortals of heaven and hell are on the brink of another war although this time, the earth may not survive it. Generals are being recruited for both sides in preparation of the end. Devil Lilith, one of the seven regents of hell, has been ordered to stand before Lucifer regarding complaints about her son amongst the other devils. Only the overlord of the underworld has an idea what to do with this immoral and disrespectful boy and even he has a hidden agenda.

Gain an in-depth understanding of networking for the . NET Framework with the guidance of three Microsoft network programming experts. This book focuses on the System. Net and System. Net. Sockets namespaces—the core building blocks for all managed network applications—and demonstrates their relationship to high-level communication technologies available through XML Web Services and . NET Remoting. Topics covered include managed I/O, threading, serialization, URIs, . NET Remoting, HTTP, FTP, client and server sockets, DNS, security issues, and network performance—with code samples in Microsoft Visual Basic® . NET in the book and on the Web. Whether you’re a Win32®based network developer moving to the . NET Framework or you’re an XML Web services or . NET Remoting developer who wants a more grounded understanding of these technologies, this book delivers the code and instruction you need. Key Book Benefits: Provides a complete networking protocols reference for the . NET Framework. Focuses on the System. Net and System. Net. Sockets namespaces—the core building blocks for all managed network applications. Topics include managed I/O, threading, serialization, URIs, HTTP, FTP, client and server sockets, DNS, and security issues. Features code samples in Microsoft Visual Basic and C# on the Web.

Unlike autonomous professionals in Western industrialized democracies, professionals in a socialist, bureaucratic setting operate as employees of the state. The change in environment has important Implications not only for the practice of professions but also for the concept of professionalism itself. This collection of nine essays is the first to survey the major professions In the USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. The contributors investigate the implications of professional experience in a socialist economy as well as relating changes in professional organization and power to reform movements in general and perestroika in particular. In the series Labor and Social Change, edited by Paula Rayman and Carmen Sirianni.