Offering hundreds of tips, templates, checklists, and pointers to information in the public domain, Business Resumption Planning, Second Edition assists you in creating a rock solid recovery plan for any size organization. It provides the information you need in order to coordinate first responders to meet any disaster scenario head on, whether involving computers, telecommunications, or infrastructure in a timely and effective manner.

Long-time friends Lewis Buzbee and Dave Tilton join together for a unique literary collaboration, two novellas set in the Central Valley of California. Novelist and essayist Lewis Buzbee (YELLOW-LIGHTED BOOKSHOP, STEINBECK'S GHOST) contributes FIRST TO LEAVE, a fictional account of his family's move from Oklahoma to Modesto in the first years of the Dust Bowl. Dave Tilton, solo recording artist and member of SEVENTH TRIANGLE, adds BEFORE THE SUN, a tale of growing up in Manteca in the 1960s; bookended by the Kennedy assassinations, it's about baseball, sugarbeets, and Catholicism. FIRST TO...

This third edition of a bestselling text provides a continuous quality framework for the software testing process within traditionally structured and unstructured environments. It takes a comprehensive look at software testing as part of the project management process, emphasizing testing and quality goals early on in development.

LINDA LOVES LOUIE That's what was tattooed all over my heart. And it's no wonder. Louis was handsome, smart...and older. Unfortunately, I couldn't tell how he felt about me. Sometimes it seemed like he liked me, but other times he practically drooled over that creepy Ellen. It was so confusing. While I was pining away over Louie, guys I liked just as friends were falling for me. And to make matters worse, my best friends Fran and Roz were both practically going steady. I was the only one having so much trouble with older boys. I just had to find a real boyfriend. But who? And then I...

MAKE UP TO BREAK UP...THAT'S LENNY AND ME I thought I'd have it made once I had a steady boyfriend...until Lenny and I got together. At first it was heaven, just like I'd imagined. Nobody could make me feel as happy as he did. But then the fireworks started. Lenny was wild, and sometimes I loved the crazy things he did. But I sure didn't love the way he cut school and flirted with other girls. He had a talent for making me mad, and when that happened...watch out We'd always kiss and make up, and I'd fall in love all over again. But then he'd pull some crazy new stunt, and I'd blow up again....

Take Jeff, for instance. Sometimes I think he really likes me, and then he goes nuts over that stuck-up Sue-Ann, who chases him like mad. And I'm not the only one with boy trouble - my friends are in the same boat. That why I started the WE HATE EVERYTHING BUT BOYS club. I made each of the members swear to do anything to find out who her true love really likes. Of course, I had no idea how much trouble that would cause. Me and my bid ideas

"Oh, no, not in this small apartment," my parents said. You'd think I asked for a baby elephant. If we just got rid of my bratty kid brothers, there would be plenty of room. But just try telling that to my mom Then Dad decided we could squeeze in one little kitten, so we got Scratchy. She was smarter - and nicer - than my brothers, that's for sure. Unfortunately, she also got into even more trouble than the twins...First, she destroyed Mom's favorite plant, and then she got caught eating right off the dinner table. My parents got so fed up, they decided I had just two weeks to teach Scratchy...

"You'll love Camp Winnepeg," my mother said. "They've got swimming, hiking, sports..." Yeah. All that and Brenda Roman, too. I couldn't stand that prissy little creep And then when she ruined my plan to bunk with the boys - my real friends - I swore I'd get even. So we declared war. First she rooted for that jerk Jed in our tree-climbing contest. Then I caught her kissing one of the boys from bunk 9 and let everyone know about it. Next she slipped a salamander into my bed. And then - just when I was about to really get her good - she pulled the nastiest trick ever, and blamed it on me I had...