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MSDN Magazine covers all development angles including distributed computing, Web development, and Windows application development. The focus of MSDN Magazine is to generate creative and accurate content on using Microsoft development technologies across the entire spectrum of desktop to enterprise and .NET applications.

As part of Microsoft's indispensable MSDN family of developer resources (msdn.microsoft.com), MSDN Magazine provides in-depth, cutting-edge information written by industry experts and edited by Microsoft professionals. [Download]

Every two months the mag is packed with the latest freebies, discounts & travelinfo on Europe's hottest destinations and activities.

packed magazine is up for grabs at over 100 distribution partners such as Europe's best hostels.

packed is brought to you by an international team of travel pro's and is supported by some of the best brands in Europe's independent & student travel community. [Download]

KidScreen Magazine: The leading business publication in the world serving the information needs and interests of kids’ entertainment executives. Published 9 times a year, KidScreen is delivered to 13,000 kid’s entertainment decision-makers around the world, in addition to bonus copies distributed at major industry events. [Download]

Electronic Retailer Magazine is a monthly B2B publication for business professionals and entrepreneurs seeking expansion of their branding and advertising message via multi-channel methods including television, radio, the Internet and mobile. The worldwide readership of Electronic Retailer Magazine's print publication reaches more than 21,000 c-level executives. The online readership of Electronic Retailer Magazine's eZine is over 40,000. [Download]

Published 6 times a year, it has been hailed by industry experts as an authoritative, trusted publication. Designed to help forensics specialists keep current with today's demands, each issue features valuable trade tips, invigorating articles and more. [Download]

The interactive version of Vision Systems Design brings you daily updates and news in the technical industry as well as access to four years of editorial archives. Check the calendar of events for the next industry-related conference or refer to the Buyers Guide for product and manufacturer information. A subject search is also at your fingertips.[Download]

The pitfalls of the Sino-foreign joint venture in China are well documented. For many foreign business people in China, the phrase conjures up all manner of frightening images, from disregarded contracts and foot-dragging partners to stolen trademarks, embezzled funds and bitter lawsuits.

However, since more industries became open to 100 percent foreign ownership in the late 1990s, it has become an accepted truth for many that investing through a wholly foreign-owned entity, or WFOE (pronounced “woofie”), is preferable in any sector in which foreign direct investment (FDI) is not restricted. The numbers show a clear trend: Utilised FDI has declined steadily over the last 10 years – roughly since restrictions on many sectors were removed – while so-called “organic” investment through WFOEs has soared (see graphs). [Download]

For more than 52 years, Appliance Manufacturer Magazine served the global appliance industry. Recognizing the changes and the increasing role of the Design Engineer in the appliance industry, Appliance Manufacturer changed its focus and re-launched as appliance DESIGN in September 2004, with a completely new look, increased circulation to Design Engineers and increased focus on the editorial they need. [Download]

The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada or UNR) is a university located in Reno, Nevada, USA, and is known for its programs in agricultural research, journalism, animal biotechnology, and mining-related engineering and natural sciences. Additionally, the university is fast becoming known for its journalism school, which has produced several Pulitzer Prize winners, and for its program in seismology, which is one of the most technologically advanced in North America. It is the land grant institution for the state of Nevada.

In conjunction with the other schools and colleagues of the university, Wharton grants B.S., MBA, offers a Ph.D. program, and holds several diploma programs.

With the most electives of any business school[citation needed], Wharton offers concentrations in Accounting, Business and Public Policy, Entrepreneurial Management, Environmental Management, Finance, Health Care Systems, Human Resource and Organizational Management, Insurance and Risk Management, Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Management, Marketing, Multinational Management, Operations and Information Management, Real Estate, Retailing, Statistics and Strategic Management. [Download]

The organization of the World Cup was a great opportunity for Germany to present itself to the world as very friendly towards visitors, keen on sports and also environmentally aware. The World Cup Organizing Committee (OC), with its President Franz Beckenbauer, and the German Football Association (DFB) recognized this opportunity and challenge.

With Green Goal, the DFB and OC have underscored their sense of responsibility for the environment. [Download]

As this issue of the NIJ Journal goes to press, 2008 has just begun. I want to take this opportunity to say a few words about NIJ’s work over the past year.

Law enforcement is undergoing rapid change in the areas of recruitment, training, technology, immigration, and counterterrorism, among others. How, for example, are police departments balancing their daily operations with the post-9/11 pressure to prevent and respond to another terrorist attack? Last year, NIJ joined forces with Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government to take a hard look at these changes and the new demands they are creating for police departments. The 3-year collaboration will not only help refine NIJ’s research agenda, it also will produce practical policy and best practices for policing. [Download]

Fifteen miles away was NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, where engines for the Saturn V rocket were being tested. When these tests took place, Hamilton recalled, “The ground would shake, the house would shake, the windows would rattle. I would run out into the yard, and you could feel it as a rumbling, you could feel it as a low-frequency thump in your chest, and you could see the smoke billowing up on the horizon.

That was real cool, for a kid growing up on a chicken farm.” Listening to the thundering roar of those rockets in the mid-1960s, Hamilton dreamed that one day he might get to work on those engines himself. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and joined the University’s Cooperative Education Program in 1979. That allowed him to take classes one semester and work the following semester for NASA’s Marshall Center. As luck (or fate) would have it, Hamilton’s very first assignment was to work in the exact same place where the Saturn V engines had roared. [Download]

CE Vision readers are the decision-makers driving the consumer electronics industry forward. CE Vision readers include the manufacturers and retailers that form the core of the International CES® audience – the largest tradeshow in North America and the largest CE tradeshow worldwide.

CE Vision provides senior leadership within the CE industry a unique and positive media environment to promote their organizations and exchange information, while offering an insider’s perspective on trends, issues, policies, technologies and business news in the industry. [Download]

Publication of our annual print issue is timed to coincide with San Diego Comic-Con International. [Download]

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Founded in 1996, the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth – known as MassINC – is an independent, nonpartisan research and educational institute. MassINC brings together diverse perspectives – including those held by conservatives and liberals, business and labor, advocates and policy makers – to focus on the challenge of achieving the American Dream in Massachusetts.

To pursue our goals, we use independent research, a wide range of public events, and a unique approach to journalism.

MassINC is a new kind of think tank – one that combines the intellectual rigor of academic research with the timeliness and energy needed to get our ideas into the public debate. Headquartered in Boston, MassINC is a tax-exempt, 501(c) 3 organization funded through grants and contributions from individuals and sponsors, which include foundations, businesses, and labor unions representing the full range of viewpoints in our community. [Download]

The consumer technology industry continues to help propel the economy forward with sales expected to top $148 billion in 2007. Although it's difficult to select only five, CEA analysts have taken their best shot at previewing some areas that hold enormous potential in the market. This year, Five Technology Trends to Watch has selected the following areas of promise.

• The business of consumer technologies
• The role of software
• CE retailing
• Consumer GPS services
• The future of radio

Innovation and cross-border absorption of knowledge are central forces behind economic convergence and sustained growth. Absorption of technology is considered a necessary step to promote the development of human capital and the productive base, paving the way for innovations at the global knowledge frontier. Research and development, patents, trade, and foreign direct investment are major channels of technological absorption, allowing diffusion of new ideas and manufacturing best practices among countries and firms. These channels constitute the central focus of this study.

For 27 years, Home Media Magazine's primary readers have been video retailers, distributors and studio executives. Now, we also are forging into the tech marketplace as well as the consumer press. Our core magazine is fortified through a daily e-news blast, a vibrant Web community and strategic alliances with The Hollywood Reporter, the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) and other key business and consumer media. [Download]

Black MBA Magazine is mailed directly to nearly 8,000 NBMBAA® members, as well as educators and subscribers, including top entrepreneurs and Fortune 1000 executives. The magazine is also distributed to NBMBAA® chapters and to the nation’s top full-time and part-time graduate MBA programs, undergraduate business school programs and to select high school guidance counselors.

Copies are also available for sale at select bookstores across the country. Each year, an additional 10,000 copies of the Fall issue are distributed on site at the NBMBAA® Annual Conference.

Black MBA Magazine addresses the topics and concerns that are relevant to the more than 95,000 minority MBA graduates nationwide. [Download]

In 1998, the International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI) began examining the trafficking of women and children for purposes of sexual exploitation within a human rights framework. Its research targeted international reports on trafficking by various United Nations bodies and Special Rapporteurs as well as existing national laws. A review of these efforts and a study of the publicly available literature on the subject suggested that a global approach was needed for an appropriate understanding of the phenomenon that could take into account various cultural, economic, and geographic differences.

IHRLI’s global research perspective highlighted the common elements of this practice to modern-day slavery and its consequences for every nation. It also underscored the need to establish and support a worldwide response regime to this human rights, social, and criminal problem.

Several important steps were taken in recent years to build momentum for an international response. The international community ratified the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000), which entered into force on September 29, 2003, and its supplemental Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2000), which entered into force December 25, 2003. In 2002, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a set of universally applicable Recommended Principles and Guidelines for Human Rights and Human Trafficking. [Download]

It builds on a growing awareness of the role of media and voice in the promotion of transparent and accountable governance, in the empowerment of people to better exercise their rights and hold leaders to account; and in support of equitable development including improved livelihoods, health, and access to education.

Broadcasting, Voice, and Accountability provides development practitioners with an overview of the key policy and regulatory issues involved in supporting freedom of information and expression and enabling independent public service media. Country examples illustrate how these norms have been institutionalized in various contexts. [Download]

In every issue, Institutional Investor brings you: provocative, compelling editorial, industry acclaimed surveys like "All-America Research Team", "World's Greatest Hotels", "Fixed-Income Trading Rankings", "Euro 100", "Global Research Team", trends and implications, people who are leading innovations in the industry, portfolio strategy, and technology in the financial markets. [Download]

Athletic Business is a must-read source for the latest information on building and operating an athletic facility, liability issues, sports updates, athletic programs and special features vital to the athletic, fitness and recreation industry. Stay on top of your field and subscribe today.

Athletic Business, founded in 1977, is a monthly publication with high-quality editorial content and wide coverage of all aspects of facility planning, marketing, equipment, liability, operations and management topics. [Download]

For more than 52 years, Appliance Manufacturer Magazine served the global appliance industry. Recognizing the changes and the increasing role of the Design Engineer in the appliance industry, Appliance Manufacturer changed its focus and re-launched as appliance DESIGN in September 2004, with a completely new look, increased circulation to Design Engineers and increased focus on the editorial they need. [Download]

Hotel Design aims to be the source of inspiration for the individuals who help make it happen.[Download]

ABA Banking Journal, the official publication of the American Bankers Association, covers the commerical banking industry in the United States with articles focusing on community banking, e-commerce, technology, online banking, compliance, business lending, retail banking and operations.

The magazine serves commercial bank or trust companies, savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, mortgage banks, credit unions, finance/accounting/consulting companies, investment banks, brokerage houses, industrial/communications companies, retail/supplier/manufacturing companies, insurance companies, law firms, government, colleges, schools, libraries and associations.[Download]

Written for senior business and IT management, CRM magazine's goal is to foster and promote an understanding of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and the associated business and technological strategies. CRM magazine aims to assist senior managers to identify how to maintain and gain profitable customers, generate loyalty and reduce business costs.

"Service with a smile" is a longtime goal for how companies should deal with their customers. With the fifth annual CRM magazine Service Awards, we pay special attention to the vendors delivering that level of service, enabling their clients to do the same.[Download]

The results of this second annual survey of Internet speeds show that the United States has not made significant improvement in the speeds at which residents connect to the Internet. Our nation continues to fall far behind other countries.

Between May 2007 and May 2008, nearly 230,000 people in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico — most of them with broadband connections — have gone to the speedmatters.org site to take an Internet speed test and measure how fast their computers can upload and download data. The results of this national survey of actual Internet speeds show just how far the U.S. continues to lag behind other countries.[Download]

Styling & Performance goes beyond branding and lead generation to actively promote parts sales with three powerful tools: Search-AutoParts.com, a destination news information site for the entire aftermarket and featuring Catalograck.com, a powerful real-time specialty parts sourcing system; Styling & Performance, a monthly business-to-business magazine to help your business be more profitable selling specialty parts; and "Project Parts Chaser", the launch vehicle sweepstakes truck that ties all the elements of the Styling & Performance brand together.[Download]

AV Technology provides instructional, problem solving content to AV/IT professionals in the education, corporate, hospitality, entertainment, medical, gaming, worship, and government markets. The magazine helps readers navigate their jobs better and therefore generate more revenue for their employers. [Download]

Editor's Page:
Jennifer "Jen" Threat, Editor-in-Chief

Hey, girls!
This issue of Double Dutch represents a New Year, a new you. In this issue Double Dutch will help you make it happen! You have so many responsibilities: school, work, relationships, family, etc. It's time to put you first. It does not mean that you should be selfish. It mean to "take care of self."

As females we are often guilty of doning things for others and making ourselves last on the list. Decide today to do something nice for yourself and remove the toxic people form your life. This is the month of love so have fun tips on giving gifts to yourself in "Love Yourself." Break free from possessive and abusive guys by reading about the real deal on abuse in, 'Pain is Not Love.' Of course, life is not any fun without treating yourself to some great fasion, music and cookies every once in a while, too! LOL! [Download]

The Wave Magazine is a fortnightly pop-culture publication, covering movies, music, nightlife, art, dining, travel and anything else in the hearts and minds of our editorial team. In addition, the magazine is a fundamental resource for people looking for anything and everything to do that involves live music, dining, community events and art/theatre.

The Wave Magazine is distributed to more than 2,750 locations throughout Silicon Valley and beyond. We have a 97% average pick-up rate, and reach an estimated 360,000 readers between the ages of 21-55 every month. By placing advertisements in our magazine, you will be exposing your business to many, many potential clients and consumers.[Download]