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Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Against a backdrop of nuns, hit men, gangsters, rugby and ice-cream, Noisy at the wrong times is an inspiring memoir by Michael Volpe, General Manager and founder of Opera Holland Park, now one of the UK’s finest and most popular opera festivals. Volpe’s upbringing in a fatherless Italian family in London is hardly recognised as being one from which champions of the high, classical arts emerge, but at the heart of this story is his time at Woolverstone Hall, a prestigious state boarding school that took bright inner city boys and gave them an Eton-style education - with culture at the heart of the curriculum. Volpe's sudden immersion in a world of rules, traditions and high expectation p...
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The aim of this publication is to provide comprehensive coverage of the regulation of recruitment agencies, employment agencies and agency workers in a single work. The Work is broken into two parts. Part 1 deals with the statutory regulation of employment agencies and recruitment agencies under the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 together with their ancillary Regulations. It also provides analysis of the recent reforms introduced in the Immigration Act 2016 which are likely to have a profound effect upon the regulation of employment agencies and recruitment agencies operating in the labour market. Part 2 discusses the various strands of employment law t...
The explosive growth of computer networking is creating new pressures on computer professionals not only to have a firm grasp of networking basics, but also to understand the latest developments in network design, software implementation, and network management. This comprehensive, practical book provides that critical understanding by clearly detailing networking fundamentals, operating system essentials, and cutting-edge LAN and WAN design features.
An in-depth analysis of how the Fortune 1000 companies have dealt with the strategic use of computers and communications, what applications have been successful and which have faltered, and how upcoming technologies will provide the foundation for a new generation of strategic applications.
This work provides a detailed introduction to: the current state of mobile data communications systems; the future wireless network; the radio propagation environment; error-control techniques; protocols; architectures; applications; and systems standards that support data communications.
For researchers and engineers in video-processing system, terminal and application design, and those in the visual media service industry, this work deals with SHD images and provides a comprehensive analysis of media integration, multimedia communications and supporting technologies.
While emphasizing the engineering-related issues, this book examines the business, engineering, and regulatory factors shaping the growth of the distance learning industry, and proposes specific business and application solutions that can speed the process of industry development. The book examines issues affecting potential providers and users, application and networking solutions, and current efforts to build a National Information Infrastructure.