“A powerfully detailed method of dealing with life’s pains and injustices.” Kirkus Book Reviews 
 Pain is often part of living; yet, humans naturally resist pain and – in the process of resisting – create more pain for themselves and those they love. In contrast, demonstrating acceptance means approaching the pain of living in a way that gives it less control and less ability to produce suffering. Acceptance is acknowledging what life is, rather than continuing to struggle with what life isn't. Acceptance lessens our struggle with pain and increases our ability to live fully. Acceptance helps us “become okay” – even when we really, really aren’t okay.
While many self-help books emphasize the importance of acceptance, how is it developed? Psychologist, Bryan Bushman, provides a step-by-step roadmap for anyone interested in learning how to rise above emotional or physical pain. Part I of the book suggests powerful ways we can avoid suffering through its innovative use of Buddhism's three paths of suffering. Part II of the book focuses on scientifically-grounded ways to develop acceptance. Combining the best of both eastern- and western-insights with the latest neuropsychological research, Dr. Bushman provides several, easy-to-remember steps that summarize information so people can live richer, more-balanced lives. Universal in its application, there is something here for everyone. Whether you experience depression, anxiety, chronic illness, emotional trauma, relationship problems, or addictive behaviors, pain doesn’t have to define you. Using playful humor and powerful case examples, Becoming Okay (When You’re Not Okay) provides readers with scientifically-grounded, yet soul-expanding, exercises and insights. You can build a life of vitality and action – even while experiencing some of life’s greatest trials. “The author packs a great deal of information into his pages, and he delivers all of it with the smooth skill of an expert teacher… He also includes many illustrations, including graphs and charts designed to convey multiple steps at a glance.” Kirkus Book Reviews

Becoming Okay (When You're Not Okay): A step-by-step guide to decrease suffering and develop acceptance

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Bushman Ph.D., Bryan

Mental Health

IT Service Management: A Guide for ITIL Foundation Exam Candidates

Business & Money

Brewster, Ernest

Lawes, Aidan

Griffiths, Richard

Management & Leadership

This book explains the principles of IT-related project management, including project planning, monitoring and control, change management, risk management and communication between project stakeholders. Each chapter includes detailed discussion of the syllabus content, activities and multiple choice questions for self-assessment. This is the only textbook tailored specifically to match BCS syllabus so the user can be confident of using exactly the right materials.

Project Management for IT-Related Projects

Smith, Norman

West, Brian

Ireland, Roger

The BCS Glossary is the most authoritative and comprehensive work of its kind on the market today. This unrivalled study aid and reference tool has newly updated entries and is divided into themed sections making it more than just a list of definitions. Written in a style that is easily accessible to anybody with an interest in computing, it is specifically designed to support those taking computer courses or courses where computers are used, including GCSE, A-Level, ECDL and 14-19 Diplomas in Functional Skills in schools and further education colleges.

BCS Glossary of Computing and Ict

Computers & Technology

Burdett, Arnold

Bowen, Dan

Butler, Diana

Computer Science

This book will empower experienced project managers and their business counterparts to understand and manage the risks of challenging business change projects. It does this by focusing on setting projects up for success and emphasising the importance of understanding the business context. Providing principles and guidance that can be adapted and applied to different situations, it will show project managers and owners how to guide difficult projects home when mere excellence of technique or blind adherence to procedures would leave them at sea. REVIEWS "An excellent resource for practitioners reflecting good practice in managing projects [...]. This much needed and well thought out book should enable managers and team members to improve their track record in delivering large business change projects." Professor Darren Dalcher, Director, National Centre for Project Management; Professor, University of Hertfordshire Business School -- "This book will get experienced project managers to the next level, showing them what they need to do to build a platform for success, then keep the project on track. If you've mastered the basics, got some battle scars, and want to succeed with bigger challenges, this is the book for you." Charles Change, FBCS CITP-- "Managing projects, particularly ICT projects is a subjective, hands-on process. Who better to write a book on this important topic than two guys who have seen the inside of many successful and some not so successful projects. They do not attempt to document a prescription for success, but offer clear guidelines for decision making at critical times. Readers will gain much by reading this book before, during and after a project journey." W. G. (Bill) Hewett, FACS CP, Indepedent IT and Services Professional

Managing IT Projects for Business Change: From Risk to Success

Dale, Chris

Morgan, Jeff

Commercial, personal and sensitive information is very hard to keep secure, and technological solutions are not the only answer. In today's technology-driven environment, there is an ever-increasing demand for information delivery on various devices in the office, at home and in public places. A compromise has to be struck between security of information and its availability. This book provides significant first steps along the path of dealing with information assurance in a realistic and comprehensive manner. The second edition has been expanded to include the security of cloud-based resources. The remainder of the contents have been reviewed and reordered to reflect the changes to the BCS Certification in Information Security Management Principles which the book supports. "The security of personal information has never been of greater concern to the public. The BCS provides valuable leadership in this area and this is a timely contribution to a vital process" (Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner). (Review of previous edition)

Information Security Management Principles

SUTTON, David

ALEXANDER, DAVID

Finch, Amanda

By implementing good practice in service offerings and agreements, IT departments can achieve high levels of customer satisfaction. This book is aimed at Intermediate Certificate candidates and people within organisations of any size who are tasked with service portfolio management, business relationship management, service catalogue management, service level management, demand management, supplier management and financial management. An intermediate level guide, it provides clarification and expansion of the core ITIL® texts. This new edition reflects the current thinking from ITIL, in particular the greater emphasis on business relationship management, and is aligned to the latest syllabus for the Intermediate Certificate in Service Offerings and Agreements. An ITIL licensed product.

Service Offerings and Agreements: A Guide for ITIL Exam Candidates - Second Edition

The 1st International Symposium for Industrial Control System & SCADA Cyber Security Research brings together researchers with an interest in the security of industrial control systems in the light of their increasing exposure to cyber space. Topics range from security for hardware/firmware used in industrial control systems, to system aspects of ICS such as secure architectures and vulnerability screening to the human aspects of cyber security such as behaviour modelling and training.

First International Symposium for ICS & Scada Cyber Security Research 2013

Networking & Cloud Computing

The role of a service desk manager is to provide the single point of contact between an IT organisation and its users. Responsibilities include developing, implementing, monitoring and improving processes and procedures relating to the management of incidents and service requests and handling the communication between an IT provider and its users. This book gives an excellent introduction to the role, covering areas such as purpose, required skills and career progression, as well as tools, standards and frameworks. Based on the author's extensive experience, it gives practical guidance to those new to the role and will also be of interest to suppliers of service desk and associated software so they can gain a deeper understanding of how the people who use their products need to work.

Service Desk and Incident Manager: Careers in It Service Management

Wheatcroft, Peter

Job Hunting & Careers

The field of feature selection has many different competing algorithms, selection criteria and measure functions, with little theoretical justification for the choice of one measure over another. This thesis focuses on feature selection algorithms that use information theoretic criteria and provide a solid theoretical justification for their use. It also presents experimental results showing how the different factorisation assumptions affect classification performance.

Feature Selection Via Joint Likelihood

Pocock, Adam C.

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