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Electrical Fires and Failures: A Prevention and Troubleshooting Guide is must reading for electrical supervisors, engineers and managers. Author A.A. Hattangadi shows you how improvements in specification and design...manufacture and installation...and operation and maintenance of minor components, can prevent failures and fires, while reducing capital and maintenance costs. He introduces the concept of "seed-defect", basic flaws that can be identified and eliminated to achieve zero-failure performance. You'll explore... *Failures of transformers, connectors and terminals *Fractures and overheating/burning of crimped sockets *Failures of wire strands, terminal boards, connector cable insulation and welded brazed and soldered joints *Metal fatigue and creep *Electrical contact resistance and shrinkage of non-metallic materials *Thermal degradation of insulating materials *Electrical tracking *And more.

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The new edition of this successful text analyses the current economic issues facing a rapidly changing Europe. The authors combine policy, history and data to present a global perspective of the EU, written with a range of students taking an introductory module in European Economics in mind. With new material on the economic relationship between the EU and the US, Enlargement and the Lisbon process the authors consider the changing landscape and Europe's development as a major global player. The authors use history, theory and analysis including comparative data to evaluate Economic policies ranging from the Common Agricultural Policy and Competition Policy to Social Policy and Monetary Policy and to assess issues such as unemployment and foreign aid. The contributors are drawn from a range of Universities such as Vienna, Manchester, Brussels, LSE and Purdue, as well as institutions such as the IMF and the European Central Bank.

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The classic in the field.......2003-09-26

This is one of the classic text in the area. It covers most of the main policy areas in a series of chapters written by separate authors. The multi-author thing is a bit disturbing given very different levels. Another drawback is that it contains relatively little economics and not all of that is up-to-date -- most of the book presents policy and institutional details. The latest version is quite up-to-date but nothing on the Constitutional Treaty and little on the 2004 enlargement.

Economic Research on the Determinants of Immigration: Lessons for the European Union (World Bank Technical Paper)

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Economic Research on the Determinants of Immigration: Lessons for the European Union (World Bank Technical Paper)
George J. Borjas
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Employment, Technology and Economic Needs: Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy

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Employment, Technology and Economic Needs: Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy

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After more than twenty years of orthodox economic policy in Europe, the scourge of unemployment remains. This impressive book goes beyond the neo-classical theory of employment and develops sound policy guidelines to tackle the global problem of unemployment. Employment, Technology and Economic Needs provides the latest thinking on issues of employment, unemployment and economic policy. The book is explicitly interdisciplinary in scope and international in coverage, including European and US country case studies. Its authors include economists, management scientists, sociologists and economic geographers. Together they provide the most comprehensive analysis to date of the problems of unemployment and poor economic performance from a broadly institutional and evolutionary perspective. The book reports the latest academic research, while clearly documenting the implications for public policy. The authors discuss the effectiveness of policy prescriptions such as negative income taxes, the International Labour Organization agenda, a fiscal system based on eco-taxation, a reduction of working time and developing a 'corporatist' system as a means to develop employment opportunities. Written in an accessible style, this book will be vital reading for all those interested in the fields of employment, technology and macroeconomic and industrial policy. It will also be of interest to anyone concerned with economic policy issues and human welfare.

European Union Discourses on Un/Employment: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Employment Policy-Making and Organizational Change (Dialogues on Work and Innovation)

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European Union Discourses on Un/Employment: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Employment Policy-Making and Organizational Change (Dialogues on Work and Innovation)
Peter Muntigl , Gilbert Weiss , and Ruth Wodak
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Full Employment and High Growth in Europe: A New Cycle of Reforms to Play a Leading Role in the New World Economy

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Full Employment and High Growth in Europe: A New Cycle of Reforms to Play a Leading Role in the New World Economy
Mario Baldassarri , and Francesco Busato
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ASIN: 1403920702

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Mario Baldassarri and Francesco Busato evaluate the impact produced by a new cycle of structural reforms over European Union economies. The structural reforms concern the size and the composition of government expenditure, the good and services markets, and the labour market. The book illustrates how the key challenge for European countries is not to discuss how policies could be implemented (e.g. fiscal policy competition vs fiscal policy coordination), but to implement them.

Full Employment for Europe: The Commission, the Council and the Debate on Employment in the European Parliament 1994-95 (European Labour Forum Report)

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Full Employment for Europe: The Commission, the Council and the Debate on Employment in the European Parliament 1994-95 (European Labour Forum Report)
Ken Coates , and Stuart Holland
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Globalization of the Economy, Unemployment and Innovation: Structural Change, Schumpetrian Adjustment, and New Policy Challenges

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Globalization of the Economy, Unemployment and Innovation: Structural Change, Schumpetrian Adjustment, and New Policy Challenges
Paul J.J. Welfens
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Economic globalization has intensified since the 1980s and created faster channels of international interdependence and an accelerating technology race. In this new asymmetric world economy the EU is facing a dynamic and flexible US system which takes advantage of the global quest for foreign direct investment. Innovation policies in the EU - in particular in Germany - are found to be rather inadequate. There are also new theoretical challenges where a "structural macro model" and a Schumpetrian model of innovation and full employment are presented as new approaches. Besides theoretical challenges the increasing global dynamics raise new problems of international policy coordination which could lead to unsustainable economic globalization.

The Interaction of Monetary Policy and Wage Bargaining in the EMU: Lessons from the Endogenous Money Approach

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The Interaction of Monetary Policy and Wage Bargaining in the EMU: Lessons from the Endogenous Money Approach
Sebastian Dullien
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ASIN: 1403941513
Release Date: 2004-12-23

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Sebastian Dullien gives a novel explanation for unemployment and inflation in the Euro-Zone. He argues that unemployment stems from a lack of cooperation between unions and monetary authorities: In an economy with endogenous money as EMU, wage setters are responsible for price stability while the central bank is responsible for the level of output. Cooperation between both actors is necessary for high employment and low inflation. The current institutional set-up is found to be unable to assure cooperation.

Long Term Unemployment (Social Change in Western Europe)

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Long Term Unemployment (Social Change in Western Europe)
Odile Benoit-Builbot
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Monetary Policy and Unemployment: The US, Euro-area and Japan (Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking)

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Monetary Policy and Unemployment: The US, Euro-area and Japan (Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking)
Willi Semmler
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ASIN: 0415700876

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This book pulls together papers presented at a conference in honor of the 1981 Nobel Prize Winner for Economic Science, the late James Tobin. Among the contributors are Olivier Blanchard, Edmund Phelps, Charles Goodhart and Marco Buti.

One of the main aims of the conference was to discuss what potential role monetary policy has on economic activity and unemployment reduction in three key currency zones - the United States, European Union and Japan.

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Great comic, great draftsmanship, great art...

The first volume of Winsor McCay's classic comic strip

Before Calvin, there was Nemo ...

Winsor McCay was more important then Walt Disney !!

The Fantastic Dreamworld of Little Nemo

The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol. 1: 1905-1907
Winsor McCay
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The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Volume II: 1907-1908 (Complete Little Nemo)

Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend

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Winsor McCay's beautiful dreamscapes appeared in the New York Herald between 1905 and 1911, and the comic strip "Little Nemo" is considered by some to be the best, most brilliant comic strip ever published. Six-year-old Nemo (Latin for no one) falls asleep in his bed and is transported to the fantastical Slumberland--at the request of King Morpheus--where he encounters all kinds of strange creatures. At the end of each trip he wakes up, unsure of what was real and what was a dream. The exquisitely detailed, art-nouveau-style colored panels in this edition are reproduced from rare, vintage file-copy pages. Alongside George Herriman's bizarre Krazy Kat, McCay's work helped to create the grammar of comic art. This Little Nemo collection--an entertaining romp into Slumberland--also provides a lovely glimpse into the origins of an art form.

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Fantagraphics'Books award-winningseries reprintingWinsor McKay's masterpiece has setthe standards for classic comics reprints. McKaywas an amazing draftsman, an incisive social commentator, and one of the most ingenious creative minds in any artform. This magnificent series is a glorious testament to his genius, and includes extensive biographical information on McKay as well as much rare art (including some of his more obscure strips).

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Great comic, great draftsmanship, great art..........2005-05-07

What's to say? The greatest cartoon ever is out of print and can't be seen by anyone. Thankfully his animated work is available on DVD through Amazon and it's a humbling experience. Those were the first animated cartoons and in some respects they've seldom been equalled. His first one--THE first one--is a shocker, like some amateur building the Taj Mahal on the first try. In terms of raw, fantastic, dizzying, imagination coupled with stunning craftsmanship McCay may have no equal.

If this material is not made available pressure should be exerted somewhere, maybe with the Smithsonian, to release new editions. The lack of availability is almost criminal: like finding out that Don Quixote's gone out of print or something. Really, I'm not being hyperbolic. For all the interest there is in comic art these days, all the Manga, Fantastic Fours and graphic novels, this has to be accepted as the medium's Shakespeare.

The first volume of Winsor McCay's classic comic strip.......2002-11-11

Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo in Slumberland" is a rare combination of artistry and imagination that deserves to be considered the first classic comic strip. "The Yellow Kid" came first, but it never demonstrated the superb craftsmanship of McCay's work, which is done in a distinctive "art nouveau" style that presages the coming of surrealism. Within the frames of his story McCay was able to create illusions of vast size and space, showing a word that was remarkably futuristic. Each of Little Nemo's weekly adventures told of a dream of the tousle-haired boy (of about six?) and concluded with him falling out of bed or waking up. McCay's son Robert served as the model for Nemo. Before working on the Slumberland strips McCay had experimented with other comics including "Little Sammy Sneeze," "Hungry Henriette," "Poor Jake," "Tales of Jungle Imps," and "Dream of the Rarebit Fiend" (the last one under the pseudonym Silas), but none of them even hinted at the splendor of "Little Nemo." In 1909 McCay would go on to create "Gertie the Dinosaur," the first commercially successful animated cartoon, which is probably how most people know of McCay's work. But that can only be because they have yet to be exposed to this comic strip.

The "Little Nemo in Slumberland" comics in this book originally appeared in the "New York Herald" Sunday color supplement from October 15, 1905 to March 31, 1907 and are faithfully reproduced in their original colors from rare, vintage file-copy pages in the hands of a few choice collectors. There is even a special strip that appeared in the European edition of the "Herald" that was never printed in the U.S. The strip continued until 1911 and those strips are published in the other volumes in this series. In these early adventures Little Nemo first enters Slumberland and learns to cope with his unpredictable flying bed, pursues the beautiful Princess of Slumber, searches for the castle of King Morpheus, and endures the ministrations of Dr. Pill. Nemo also meets up with the devilish Flip, a green-faced clown in a plug hat and ermine collared jacket, who starts off always trying to summon the Dawn and wake Nemo from his dreams but then becomes our little heroes boon companion in his Slumberland adventures which involved an impressive array of strange giants, beautiful mermaids, humongous elephants, mysterious space creatures, exotic parades, fantastic dirigible rides, a jolly green dragon, and anything else McCay could imagine.

By both artistic and historical standards "Little Nemo in Slumberland" is the first truly great comic strip. When you look at the great strips that followed, such as George Herriman's "Krazy Kat," George McManus' "Bringing Up Father," Bud Fisher's "Mutt and Jeff," and Frank King's "Gasoline Alley," they are all decidedly different from what McCay was doing, although the use of "art nouveau" interiors and zany byplay by McManus is clearly an homage to "Little Nemo" as far as I am concerned. There is a sense in which those who see nothing similar appearing on the funny pages until Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" have a point, although I would acknowledge Snoopy's imaginative life in "Peanuts" as well.

This volume includes "Perchance to Dream," an essay by Richard Marschall, who I think was the single biggest contributor of the strips reprinted in this volume. The essay provides a concise summary of McCay's life and career, with examples of some of his earlier work, "Little Nemo" postcards, and an incredibly detailed editorial cartoon. But the most important thing is that Marschall's efforts have preserved the premier American comic strip for the enjoyment of posterity. There has never been a more magical comic strip. Never.

Before Calvin, there was Nemo ..........2000-08-08

Long before a little boy and his tiger explored the imagination with wry social commentary and surrealism, Winsor McCay did the same with this amazing series of full page newspaper comics. This is a veritable treasure trove of comics history.

Admittedly, the jokes are not the same as Calvin and Hobbes so do not expect the same feelings. I find that Nemo evokes more feelings of wonder and delight while C and H brings about the hearty "guffaw". Also, the ending of every episode is exactly the same in that Nemo awakes to find the night's adventures were all within his head.

On the other hand, this book gives wonderful background of McCay and his world as well as beautiful reprints of the original prints.

I would heartily recommend this to anyone who enjoys fantasy, childhood, comics, or the dreams of past days.

Winsor McCay was more important then Walt Disney !!.......1998-12-10

Winsor McCay has been forgotten by the mainstream Nostalgia R' US spoon-fed media circus that we are all tapped into. Winsor McCay was a pioneering creative genius. He may not have been the very first motion picture animator but created some of the first animated shorts which featured CHARACTERS. His first was Gertie the Dinosaur. McCay would actually tour with his short and interact with the dinosaur on the screen, making it roll over and other tricks. McCay's Little Nemo is a feast

for the eyes. His eye for detail gives us a window to the early days of the 20th Century. The characters are completly fantastic. He was decades ahead of his time.

The Fantastic Dreamworld of Little Nemo.......1998-12-07

Although originally published as a weekly comic strip at the turn of the century, time has hardly diminished the charm or imaginative experiences of Little Nemo. As an unscripted character in his episodic dreams, a little boy named Nemo endeavors to keep up with the developments in "Slumberland" as they rapidly unfold. Recurrent characters show up to join in on the adventures, usually already in progress, and to clue Nemo in on where he is expected to go. As in dreams, the logic is usually skewed, and the storylines quickly gain momentum till they peak in a cataclysmic event that ultimately awakens Little Nemo. The wonderfully illogical development of the dreams are still as fresh today as they were a century ago. The only reminder of the era they came from is the quaint clothing and manner of the characters. The innovative story developments, though, are still uniquely fresh, having come from the visionary mind of Winsor McCay, who is credited with being the father of modern animation.

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the best book on film that you've never read.......2000-08-05

The title to this slim volume of lyrical mini-essays on film is deceptively academic. Coates is a rarity in film writing--a really great writer. The essays here on such apparently banal subjects as color vs. black and white, the aesthetic and political ramifications of dubbing, the iconography of the western, etc. are closer to poetry in tone and insight rather than traditional criticism. Coates is able to say more penetrating things about a filmmaker in one paragraph than most critics can say in an entire book. His essays on Herzog, Tarkovsky, Truffaut, Coppola, Bunuel, etc are essential. Whenever I was in a film class this book came in handy no matter what the subject matter. Coates is the Walter Benjamin of film writing. BTW I picked this book up after reading a highly positive review by the esteemed New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael.

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"Cheese" isn't only a dairy product, it's also a smile; when you "schmab," you're burning rubber; and when you're "ghost," you're gone. These are just a couple of the coined phrases clever enough to earn their creators - students in Berkeley High's Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) program - spots on the national news and Webster's approved list. The Berkeley High School Slang Dictionary contains a striking array of words the students of Berkeley High have identified as part of the cultural and linguistic fabric of spoken English. The words come from both the margins and the mainstream - African American, Chicano, Jewish, and sports culture, along with hip-hop, the church, the drug scene, and even movies. This book is more than a list of new slang terms; it's also an exciting look at how different cultures and communities reclaim their language in creative ways.

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Greatest chess book EVER!!!.......2003-11-21

At last count I have 350+ chess books, and probably 35 of them are games collections by GMs. My favorites are, in no order, "Secrets of Grandmaster Chess" by Nunn, Korchnoi's recent two-volume work, Kasparov's "The Test of Time," Tarrasch's "Three Hundred Chess Games", Timman's Best Games, Alekhine's Best Games, and Taimanov's Best Games. But over time, one book has emerged for me as head and shoulders above all of them, and this is Tartakower's "My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954." It is a shockingly brilliant work, on every level that matters to me. It contains 210 games, annotated with brilliant wit, humor, and chess insight. Tartakower was so placed historically to have crossed swords with the old masters, the hypermoderns, and some of the modern Soviet era post-war players. He saw it all, and created some of it. His opening repertoire was varied and interesting. There are Catalans, Frenches, of course his namesake variation in the Queen's Gambit, Retis, Blumendfeld Counter-Gambits, Nimzo-Indians, orangutangs! (which he invented after 'consulting' with an orangutang during a pre-tournament visit to a zoo with other players), and many more. He talks often about static versus dynamic action, of critical moments, coordination of forces, outposts, etc., in a wonderfully instructive and enlightening manner. But it is his writing style that really stands out. One reads Alekhine's annotations and pictures this severe man, chain-smoking cigarettes, pounding the table to make his point. One sees Nimzowitsch as the slightly deranged mad scientist, fascinating but obscure. Tartakower comes across as the brilliant and kind professor, who holds you spellbound as you soak up everything he says. Many games collections ebb and flow. Sometimes I get bored with them or decide to only play through certain openings. This massive book (450 pages) has me glued to every game, not wanting to miss a thing. The games are introduced by little stories of the setting that shed humorous light on many figures in chess history. He gives personalities to many of the secondary lights, whose names we have only seen in books. For instance, check out his introduction to game 57 against Mieses (I have babbled enough and it is better to give you a sample of his writing): "As was said by the French master, Alphonse Goetz (who had come as a journalist representing several French newspapers) in a fine speech during the opening ceremony, one could not find a place more idyllically suited for a tournament than Baden-Baden. In the first week of this tournament, although I ran all sorts of risks, I only succeeded in drawing my first five games. Relying then, on this 'law of series,' Master Mieses facetiously apostrophised me on the eve of our encounter with these bantering words: 'Have you had sufficient preparation for obtaining your 6th draw?' These thoughtless words must have evidently provoked Destiny, who sleeps (according to a Homeric phrase) 'on the knees of the gods,' and here is how this anticipated 'draw' turned out." Here are a couple of remarks from that game: "7. QxP P-K3 Giving himself up to passive defence, Black shelters behind bastions that still seem intact."; "13. 0-0 B-Q2 Asthma-breathlessness-suffocation: as usually occurs, the germ of an incurable sickness does not stop spreading, and so gradually leads to catastrophe." The book also explores critical variations at length where appropriate. This book may be hard to find these days, but I cannot recommend it enough. It is may favorite chess book.

awesome, exciting, modern chess genius.......2002-05-22

Tartakower had tremendous flair, as a player and as a writer. He played the hypermodern openings, but he was around before and after their heyday too. He saw it all and played it all. This book is better, in my opinion, than Alekhine's collection of games, but it is not as famous since Alekhine was a world champ. Tartakower was a tremendous writer who poured himself completely into his work. I consider this book to be an essential part of my collection, and I will never part with it. I am pulling it off the shelf constantly. Get it.

A Master's Career in One Book!.......1998-07-29

Dr Tartakower, poet, chess master, romantiicist, gambler(!) patriot, was born in Russia, migrated to Poland and then to France. This book brings his almost 50 years of top class chess together in one volume. Great Chess and a bargain price! You can build an opening repertoire here; get the sense of proper endgame play; and see how a Master plans to beat other Masters. Descriptive notation; plenty of good diagrams.

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Lotus Notes and Domino 6 System Administrator Exam Cram 2 is the best exam preparation available and the only one of its type for the IBM Certified Professional exams. This book covers the three exams required to become an IBM CP. Those who are current Certified Lotus Professionals now become IBM Certified Professional System Administrators - Lotus Notes and Domino 6 (IBM CP). The desire to attain a Lotus certification is growing because Lotus is one of the top 10 certifications for salary level, % of salary increase, and promotional opportunities. CPs earn higher salaries with each certification and 80% of Lotus certified candidates continue from a specialist (CS) to a professional (CP). This Exam Cram 2 is perfect for those who have proven experience with Notes client and Domino server and are now ready to take the exam. The best-selling Exam Cram 2 series shows them exactly what they need to know to pass the exam.

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Well worth the price.......2006-07-24

I studied for the exam using this book and practice exams available from another vendor. Without a doubt, this book gave me the insight to pass the exams.

The book is clear about the exam requirements, and gives helpful tips on areas to study. The material is well - laid out, and follows the progression from one exam to another.

Since the exams cost $100 and over each to take, this book was well worth the cover price to ensure passing.

It is recommended.......2005-09-27

not bad and is recommended. The pratical test software attached helps me to review important issue for study.

Well-worth the price.......2004-02-03

If you want to find out what will be on the exams and learn to pass the exams, this is definitely the book for you. They basically took the list of topics from Lotus' own exam guide and fleshed it out (from Lotus' page or two to hundreds of pages). Now, it won't teach you everything, but it teaches you a lot. When the reading is coupled with taking the practice exams, you find out what areas you really need to learn more. For example, you'll read in here about profiles, but in order to understand them in a way that would prepare me for the exam, I had to read the red book on upgrading to R6. Similarly, you really do need to actually do the kind of work that the book describes in order to pass the exams. I managed to pass all 3 exams in about 4 days, but I am an extreme case - I'd been doing the work for 7 years (my certification was in development) and I had access to an exam prep room which had copies of every book I might need.

There are flaws in this book. For example, they recommend Bankes & Hatter's "Lotus Notes & Domino: Essential Reference" for administrators. I wrote a review on this site about that book. As I titled my review, it's an "Outstanding reference for LotusScript and Java" - it's not a book for any kind of administrator, as they don't need to learn LotusScript. (Oddly Bankes & Hatter wrote the App Dev Exam Cram book.) On occasion, there are also technical errors. I remember, but cannot find, one instance when it stated that the server was doing something when they intended to use some other noun. It was a proper English sentence, but it was just plain wrong.

So, buy this book, study other materials, do some actual installation and administration work and then take the tests. You will be happy with the time and money you invest.

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