**"Ward is consistently clear-sighted and perceptive as he charts a genuinely fascinating personal and spiritual evolution."--**Publishers WeeklyJon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two decades outside of it.In Testimony, Wardtells the engaging story of his upbringing in, and eventual break from, an influential evangelical church in the 1980s and 1990s. Ward sheds light on the evangeli...

From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign for president against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, told in full for the first time.The Carter presidency was on life support. The Democrats, desperate to keep power and yearning to resurrect former glory, turned to Kennedy. And so, 1980 became a civil war. It was the last time an American president received a serious reelection challenge from inside ...

Clear guidelines and rules for using the latest modeling and simulation toolsWith this practical guide as a reference, engineers and students can select and take full advantage of the best tools for network modeling and simulation (M&S). It alerts readers to all the potential pitfalls that can occur in developing and implementing network M&S, offering a clear set of rules to streamline the entire process and ensure the validity of results. The book focuses on wirel...

From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign for president against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, told in full for the first time.The Carter presidency was on life support. The Democrats, desperate to keep power and yearning to resurrect former glory, turned to Kennedy. And so, 1980 became a civil war. It was the last time an American president received a serious reelection challenge from inside ...

Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two decades outside of it.In Testimony, Ward tells the engaging story of his upbringing in, and eventual break from, an influential evangelical church in the 1980s and 1990s. Ward sheds light on the evangelical movement's troubling political and cultural dimensions, tracing the ways in which the Jesus People movement was seduced by materialism and other factors to become politically...

CompTIA® Security+ SY0-301 Practice Questions Exam Cram, Third Edition, offers all the exam practice you’ll need to systematically prepare, identify and fix areas of weakness, and pass your exam the first time. This book complements any Security+ study plan with more than 800 practice test questions–all supported with complete explanations of every correct and incorrect answer–covering all Security+ exam objectives, including network security; compliance and operation security; th...

"Where this book is exceptional is that the reader will not just learn how LTE works but why it works"Adrian Scrase, ETSI Vice-President, International Partnership ProjectsFollowing on the success of the first edition, this book is fully updated, covering the latest additions to LTE and the key features of LTE-Advanced.This book builds on the success of its predecessor, offering the same comprehensive system-level understanding built...

CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide   Master IUWNE 640-721 exam topics with the official study guide Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes Review key concepts with Exam Preparation Tasks Practice with realistic exam questions on the CD-ROM   CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide is a best of breed Cisco® exa...

With a foreword by Kannan Kothandaraman"This is the first book about QOS that I actually enjoyed reading precisely because the authors focused on real-life QoS and not in academic discussions about it."Per Nihlen, IP Network Manager, NORDUnetThe new authoritative, practical guide to delivering QOS guaranteesThis new benchmark in quality of service (QOS) study is written by two experts in the field who deal wi...

As a final exam preparation tool, the CCNP Wireless (642-732 CUWSS) Quick Reference provides a concise review of all objectives on the new exams. The short eBook provides readers with detailed, graphical-based information, highlighting only the key topics in cram-style format.With this document as your guide, you will review topics on concepts and commands that apply to this exam. This fact-filled Quick Reference allows you to get all-important information at a glance, hel...

Provides an up-to-date, in-depth look at the current research, design, and implementation of cooperative vehicle safety communication protocols and technologyImproving traffic safety has been a top concern for transportation agencies around the world and the focus of heavy research and development efforts sponsored by both governments and private industries. Cooperative vehicle systems—which use sensors and wireless technologies to reduce traffic accidents—can play...

Thoroughly updated to reflect CompTIA’s Network+ N10-005 exam, Networking Essentials, Third Edition, is a practical, up-to-date, and hands-on guide to the basics of networking. Written from the viewpoint of a working network administrator, it requires absolutely no experience with either network concepts or day-to-day network management.Networking Essentials, Third Edition, includes expanded coverage of cabling, a new introduction to IPv6, and new chapters on basi...