University graduation is over. Jack and Deborah are heading for Louisville, Kentucky. Jack to work for General Appliance on their Manufacturing Training Program. Deborah to work for Michaelson Electrical Contractors, her father's business.Follow Jack and Deborah as they experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in business and life.Immerse yourself in the decisions they make. Experience the twists and turns of those decisions. Cheer them on, celebrate with them...

Around the world, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems and other real-time process control networks run mission-critical infrastructure--everything from the power grid to water treatment, chemical manufacturing to transportation. These networks are at increasing risk due to the move from proprietary systems to more standard platforms and protocols and the interconnection to other networks. Because there has been limited attention paid to security, these systems are seen...

Low Tech Hacking teaches your students how to avoid and defend against some of the simplest and most common hacks. Criminals using hacking techniques can cost corporations, governments, and individuals millions of dollars each year. While the media focuses on the grand-scale attacks that have been planned for months and executed by teams and countries, there are thousands more that aren't broadcast. This book focuses on the everyday hacks that, while simple in nature, actually add up to th...

Picture a small town in Illinois in the 1950's. Tree lined streets, tranquil evenings, drinking lemonade on the front porch, a Major League baseball game on the radio while kids chase lightning bugs.The picture is shattered into a million pieces as one talented young man and his teammates undergo life changing societal events similar to those facing towns all across America today.The story, told through the eyes of baseball, details the life of Jack Madison from the age of ...

In the summer of 1932, with the Cubs in the thick of the pennant race, Billy Jurges broke off his relationship with Violet Popovich to focus on baseball. The famously beautiful showgirl took it poorly, marching into his hotel room with a revolver in her purse. Both were wounded in the ensuing struggle, but Jurges refused to press charges. Even without their star shortstop, Chicago made it to the World Series, only to be on the wrong end of Babe Ruth's legendary Called Shot. Using hundreds ...

Todays world is very complex. Technology is moving at supersonic speeds, communications are immediate sometimes with unthought of consequences, many forms of social media tend to make us judgmental and personal relationships are more difficult with electronics creating barriers between us. Jack Madison was written to provide young adults, or all others , an avenue to experience a series of life lessons that can be transferred and absorbed in todays culture. The story, told through the eyes...