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Un libro che si legge benissimo: la trama è avvincente e leggera nonostante la dimensione del volume. I temi trattati, anche se alcuni solo marginalmente, sono di grande attualità: la finanza criminale che sta opprimendo l’economia, il ruolo della stampa indipendente, il rapporto tra uomini e donne, sempre più problematico. Ed è difficile anche per il protagonista, l’autobiografico Mikael, giornalista d’assalto (ce ne fossero…) cavaliere senza macchia e senza paura (anche troppo) districarsi tra le sue donne: l’ex moglie, la figlia, l’eterna amica-amante-socia Erika, la straordinaria (e un po’ improbabile) Lisbeth, la matura Cecilia.
Bei colpi di scena, anche se manca un po’ di suspense: un altro esempio di giallo hollywodiano, già pronto per la sceneggiatura.
Bella però l’ambientazione in una Svezia, abbastanza diversa dallo stereotipo.
La saga familiare degli industriali Vanger fa da sfondo al mistero che Mikael e Lisbeth riusciranno a risolvere e all’orrore del serial killer “che odia le donne” (ma non è il solo, nel libro…) e che i due smaschereranno.
Nel complesso, un gran bel libro per passare alcune ore (poche, perché “prende”) di vero relax e rimanere anche con qualche pensierino.
Il seguito è già in lettura!

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Le Google Apps cominciano ad essere parecchie.. A me personalmente in genere piacciono e le uso in modo sempre più esteso, a partire dalla start page personalizzata, passando per email, calendario, fino all’aggregatore RSS. Google Docs poi sta assumendo un ruolo di primo piano e mi sta facendo evitare diversi… viaggi . Parodiando una certa pubblicità: lavorare da casa sullo stesso documento con un collega via Google Docs, dialogando a voce via Skype, non ha prezzo!

Per conoscere meglio le diverse applicazioni sono disponibili una serie di tutorial interattivi (sorry, only in English..), molto ben realizzati, che coprono anche la parte per amministratori di rete che volessero integrare le Google Apps nelle proprie organizzazioni. Manca purtroppo una sezione dedicata a Google Reader, la mia applicazione preferita!

http://first.emeraldinsight.com/quality/interviews/feigenbaum.htm

Dr Armand V. Feigenbaum is President and Chief Executive of General Systems Company, a company which designs and implements management operating systems in major manufacturing companies throughout the world. Read what he has to say about the concept of total quality control and the crucial importance of customer orientation.

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Download Just-in-time, just-for-me reading, TTT113 - 07.16.08Listen to a lively conversation about how to use Shelfari– or how to get a similar site built — to create a social networking site for students to share their book logs, reviews, and recommendations with each other.
Susan Ettenheim and Paul Allison (and Lee Baber in the chat room) [...]

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Here is how, I was able to generate graph of the workflow being used in Trac. This helps quite a bit when trying to visualize the workflow that is being setup.

The packages required were ghostscript (ps2pdf conversion) and graphviz (graph creation).

Graphviz is available in DAGs/rpmforge repository, so do an install via:

Once graphviz is installed generate config files:

Download the corresponding contrib files from the trac svn:

Make the files executable and run:

This should generate a pdf file in the same directory as trac.ini file.

Note: If doing this on a server xpdf will fail, so move the pdf to a web accessible directory to view it.

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The transformation of the public sector has fundamental consequences for those working within it. Recent attention has focused on the transformation of the industrial relations systems in this sector. In the context of Western Europe, where there are some of the most regulated systems of industrial relations, this attention has become an acute debate, both for trade unionists and employees.

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North Kirklees Primary Care Trust came into being in 2002 as a National Health Service organization situated in England's North East. The Primary Care Trust (PCT) provides primary and community health care via approximately 80 general practitioners and 350 health professionals. This case study describes how a team of PCT clinicians used performance management principles to improve coronary heart disease services.

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Air China is the largest air carrier in China in terms of traffic volume and company assets. It owns the most updated fleet and competent repairs and maintenance expertise. It has a good reputation in both international and domestic markets, and the number of loyal frequent flyers continues to increase. However, the airline industry has undergone significant restructuring in recent years. Find out more with this case study.

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If you're a manager, you can't afford to have negative, non-performing employees on your payroll. Negative employees destroy morale and turn off customers by talking negatively. They do just enough to get by. They don't have a lot of drive, and they don't take a lot of initiative. This article outlines four positive employee behaviours that can lead you towards success.