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Trust Me: Frauds, Schemes, and Scams and How to Avoid Them
by Gordon G. LeekCon men, swindlers, snake-oil salesmen, carpetbaggers, and plain everyday liars and cheats - these names and the scoundrels behind them have been around for hundreds of years, though their dodges and deceptions have been refined with the passage of time. The worldwide growth of criminal fraud has mushroomed to such a degree that traditional law-enforcement techniques have been unable to cope effectively with the fallout. Criminal fraud is a billion-dollar industry and has become a staple of organized crime rivalling drugs and prostitution as major sources of income. In North America the courts and governments fail to treat these crimes with the seriousness they deserve, often placing the blame on victims, or at the very least making them culpable. Former Calgary police detective and fraud expert Gordon Leek illustrates how a variety of frauds work and how to protect yourself from them, including simple cheque scams, elaborate telemarketing schemes, Internet swindles, and identity theft.
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by Nick MorganNick Morgan shows how anyone can be an effective speaker by presenting an image of authenticity and respect for their audience, whether in a group presentation or a one-on-one conversation. He presents a four-step process, perfected in his teaching at Harvard, that enables the reader to use their own personal speaking style while becoming a more persuasive and charismatic communicator and leader. The basis of this process is the fact that when words and body language are in conflict, body language wins every time. This isn't easy to overcome, because normally body language is immediate, while the words lag slightly behind, and even a momentary conflict is perceptible to the audience. The key to success is to train your body language to unconsciously align with your message. The four steps: Form the attitude and intent to be open, and then let your body naturally express that intent. This feeling of openness will naturally affect the content of what you are saying, and it's that natural evolution that is at the heart of the process. Become connected to your audience. This creates a mutual energy, and you will naturally begin to think in terms of what the audience wants and needs in shaping your content. Ask yourself, what's my underlying emotion? Why does this matter to me? Becoming passionate about what you have to say naturally makes your audience care about it too. Really listen to the audience. Understanding their needs and reactions will enable you to direct your communication in mutually beneficial ways.
Trust Me: Trust Me Stop Me Watch Me (The Last Stand #1)
by Brenda NovakTrust Me by Brenda Novak The Last Stand (Book 1) This classic story of romantic suspense by New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak “generates genuine thrills.” (Publishers Weekly) Four years ago, Skye Kellerman was attacked in her own bed. She managed to fend off her knife-wielding assailant, but the trauma changed everything about her life. As a result of that night, she joined two friends—also survivors—in starting The Last Stand, an organization to help victims of crime. But now, her would-be rapist is getting out of prison. Skye knows that Dr. Oliver Burke hasn't forgotten that her testimony cost him his reputation—and his freedom. Sacramento detective David Willis, who investigated her case, believes Burke is a clear and present danger—and guilty of at least two unsolved murders. And now Burke is free to terrorize Skye again. Unless David can stop him. Unless Skye can fight back. Because Oliver Burke has every intention of finishing what he started. And that's a promise. Trust me. Originally published in 2008
Trust Me
by Brenda NovakFour years ago...Skye Kellerman was attacked in her own bed. She managed to fend off her knife-wielding assailant, but the trauma changed everything about her life. As a result of that night, she joined two friends-also survivors-in starting The Last Stand, an organization to help victims of crime.But now...Her would-be rapist is getting out of prison. Skye knows that Dr. Oliver Burke hasn't forgotten that her testimony cost him his reputation-and his freedom.Sacramento detective David Willis, who investigated her case, believes Burke is a clear and present danger-and guilty of at least two unsolved murders.And now Burke is free to terrorize Skye again. Unless David can stop him. Unless Skye can fight back. Because Oliver Burke has every intention of finishing what he started. And that's a promise. Trust me.
Trust Me: A Novel
by Hank Phillippi RyanTrust Me is the chilling standalone novel of psychological suspense and manipulation that award-winning author and renowned investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan was born to write.CAN YOU SPOT THE LIAR?An accused killer insists she's innocent of a heinous murder.A grieving journalist surfaces from the wreckage of her shattered life. Their unlikely alliance leads to a dangerous cat and mouse game that will leave you breathless.Who can you trust when you can't trust yourself?"Grief and deception are at the helm of Hank Phillippi Ryan’s latest thriller, Trust Me, in which a crime writer and an accused criminal’s lives collide, as they come to discover that no one can be trusted, not even oneself. The tension mounts at a blistering pace, while Ryan dazzles on page, weaving a sinister story that readers won’t be able to put down. A must read!"--New York Times bestselling author Mary KubicaAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Trust Me
by John UpdikeThe theme of trust, betrayed or fulfilled, runs through this collection of short stories: Parents lead children into peril, husbands abandon wives, wives manipulate husbands, and time undermines all. Love pangs, a favorite subject of the author, take on a new urgency as earthquakes, illnesses, lost wallets, and deaths of distant friends besiege his aging heroes and heroines. One man loves his wife's twin, and several men love the imagined bliss of their pasts; one woman takes an impotent lover, and another must administer her father's death. Bourgeois comforts and youthful convictions are tenderly seen as certain to erode: "Man," as one of these stories concludes, "was not meant to abide in paradise."From the Trade Paperback edition.
Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful Schools
by Megan Tschannen-MoranTrust Matters offers educators a practical, hands-on guide for establishing and maintaining trust within their schools as well as providing information on how to repair trust that has been damaged. Written by Megan Tschannen-Moranan expert on the topic of trust and schools, Trust Matters is based in solid research. It outlines the five key elements on which individuals base their trust judgments (benevolence, honesty, openness, reliability, and competency) and explores the factors that influence the development of trust. The book explores the leader's role in fostering high quality relationships among teachers, students, and parents and examines examples of positive outcomes of trusting school environments.
Trust Matters
by Megan Tschannen-MoranMake your school soar by escalating trust between teachers, students, and familiesTrust is an essential element in all healthy relationships, and the relationships that exist in your school are no different. How can your school leaders or teachers cultivate trust? How can your institution maintain trust once it is established? These are the questions addressed and answered in Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful Schools, 2nd Edition. The book delves into the helpful research that has been conducted on the topic of trust in school. Although rich with research data, Trust Matters also contains practical advice and strategies ready to be implemented. This second edition expands upon the role of trust between teachers and students, teachers and administrators, and schools and families.Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful Schools also covers a range of sub-topics relevant to trust in school. All chapters in the text have questions for reflection and discussion. Engaging chapters such as "Teachers Trust One Another" and "Fostering Trust with Students" have thought-provoking trust-building questions and activities you can use in the classroom or in faculty meetings. This valuable resource:Examines ways to cultivate trustShares techniques and practices that help maintain trustAdvises leaders of ways to include families in the school's circle of trustAddresses the by-products of betrayed trust and how to restore itWith suspicion being the new norm within schools today, Trust Matters is the book your school needs to help it rise above. It shows just how much trust matters in all school relationships--administrator to teacher; teacher to student; school to family--and in all successful institutions.
The Trust Manifesto: What you Need to do to Create a Better Internet
by Damian BradfieldFrom the moment we wake up and unlock our phones, we're producing data. We offer up our unique fingerprint to the online world, scan our route to work, listen to a guided meditation or favourite playlist, slide money around, share documents and update our social media accounts. We reach for our phones up to 200 times a day, not knowing which companies are storing, using, selling and manipulating our data. But do we care? We're busy. We've got lives. We're pressed for time! There aren't enough hours in the day to read the terms and conditions. Or, maybe we're happy to trade our personal data for convenient services and to make our lives easier?Big data is the phenomenon of our age, but should we trust it without question? This is the trust dilemma.In 2009, Damian Bradfield founded WeTransfer, the largest file-sharing platform in the world with 50 million global users shipping more than one billion files of data a month. His unique experience of the big data economy has led him to question if there is another way to build the internet, one that is fairer and safer for everyone and, in The Trust Manifesto, he lays out this vision.
Trust Management XIII: 13th IFIP WG 11.11 International Conference, IFIPTM 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 17-19, 2019, Proceedings (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #563)
by Weizhi Meng Piotr Cofta Christian Damsgaard Jensen Tyrone GrandisonThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th IFIP WG 11.11 International Conference on Trust Management, IFIPTM 2019, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2019.The 7 revised full papers, 3 short papers, and 6 work-in-progress papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers cover a broad range of topics related to trust, security and privacy and focus on trust in information technology and identity management, socio-technical and sociological trust, and emerging technology for trust.
Trust Management XII: 12th IFIP WG 11.11 International Conference, IFIPTM 2018, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 10–13, 2018, Proceedings (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #528)
by Nurit Gal-Oz Peter R. LewisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th IFIP WG 11.11 International Conference on Trust Management, IFIPTM 2018, held in Toronto, ON, Canada, in July 2018.The 7 revised full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers feature both theoretical research and real-world case studies and cover the following topical areas: trust in information technology; socio-technical, economic, and sociological trust; trust and reputation management systems; identity management and trust; secure, trustworthy and privacy-aware systems; trust building in large scale systems; and trustworthyness of adaptive systems. Also included is the 2018 William Winsborough commemorative address.
Trust Management XI: 11th IFIP WG 11.11 International Conference, IFIPTM 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 12-16, 2017, Proceedings (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #505)
by Jan-Philipp Steghöfer and Babak EsfandiariThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 11.11 International Conference on Trust Management, IFIPTM 2017, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2017. The 8 revised full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: information sharing and personal data; novel sources of trust and trust information; applications of trust; trust metrics; and reputation systems. Also included is the 2017 William Winsborough commemorative address and three short IFIPTM 2017 graduate symposium presentations.
Trust Management X
by Sheikh Mahbub Habib Julita Vassileva Sjouke Mauw Max MühlhäuserThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th IFIP WG 11. 11 International Conference on Trust Management, IFIPTM 2016, held in Darmstadt, Germany, in July 2016. The 7 revised full papers and 7 short papers presented together with an invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics including trust architecture, trust modeling, trust metrics and computation, reputation and privacy, security and trust, sociotechnical aspects of trust, and attacks on trust and reputation systems.
Trust Management IX
by Christian Damsgaard Jensen Stephen Marsh Theo Dimitrakos Yuko MurayamaThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 11. 11 International Conference on Trust Management, IFIPTM 2015, held in Hamburg, Germany, in May 2015. The 10 revised full papers and 5 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. In addition, the book contains one invited paper and 5 papers from a special session on trusted cloud ecosystems. The papers cover a wide range of topics including trust and reputation and models thereof, the relationship between trust and security, socio-technical aspects of trust, reputation and privacy, trust in the cloud and behavioural models of trust.
Trust Management in the Internet of Vehicles
by Adnan Mahmood Michael Sheng Wei Emma Zhang Sira YongchareonThe Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is referred to as an efficient and inevitable convergence of the Internet of Things, intelligent transportation systems, edge / fog and cloud computing, and big data, all of which could be intelligently harvested for the cooperative vehicular safety and non-safety applications as well as cooperative mobility management. A secure and low-latency communication is, therefore, indispensable to meet the stringent performance requirements of the safety-critical vehicular applications. Whilst the challenges surrounding low latency are being addressed by the researchers in both academia and industry, it is the security of an IoV network which is of paramount importance, as a single malicious message is perfectly capable enough of jeopardizing the entire networking infrastructure and can prove fatal for the vehicular passengers and the vulnerable pedestrians. This book thus investigates the promising notion of trust in a bid to strengthen the resilience of the IoV networks. It not only introduces trust categorically in the context of an IoV network, i.e., in terms of its fundamentals and salient characteristics, but further envisages state-of-the-art trust models and intelligent trust threshold mechanisms for segregating both malicious and non-malicious vehicles. Furthermore, open research challenges and recommendations for addressing the same are discussed in the same too.
Trust Management in Cloud Services
by Talal H. Noor Quan Z. Sheng Athman BouguettayaThis book describes the design and implementation of Cloud Armor, a novel approach for credibility-based trust management and automatic discovery of cloud services in distributed and highly dynamic environments. This book also helps cloud users to understand the difficulties of establishing trust in cloud computing and the best criteria for selecting a service cloud. The techniques have been validated by a prototype system implementation and experimental studies using a collection of real world trust feedbacks on cloud services. The authors present the design and implementation of a novel protocol that preserves the consumers' privacy, an adaptive and robust credibility model, a scalable availability model that relies on a decentralized architecture, and a cloud service crawler engine for automatic cloud services discovery. This book also analyzes results from a performance study on a number of open research issues for trust management in cloud environments including distribution of providers, geographic location and languages. These open research issues illustrate both an overview of the current state of cloud computing and potential future directions for the field. Trust Management in Cloud Services contains both theoretical and applied computing research, making it an ideal reference or secondary text book to both academic and industry professionals interested in cloud services. Advanced-level students in computer science and electrical engineering will also find the content valuable.
Trust Life, Trust Yourself, Find Peace
by Katie Rose'Pure gold.' - Biet Simkin, Author of Don't Just Sit There'Wise and practical.' - Sharon Gannon, Founder of Jivamukti Yoga'Practical and enriching in equal measure.' - Elena Brower, AuthorHave you lost faith in the idea that the Universe is working for you, rather than against you? Have you dreamt of making big changes in your life but find yourself stuck in a routine, with habitual patterns that feel hard to break out of? Or maybe you jump into change and adventure a little too quickly, and as a result you've been burnt and find it hard to believe that things will ever work out again.Learning to trust your own judgement, and that the Universe supports you - even when things feel really tough - is within your reach. When trust is deep enough, we know that even if we fail, we've won because we had a go and that is all life is asking of us.Drawing on modern psychology as well as elements of ancient philosophy and yogic wisdom, author Katie Rose guides you through the dance between being in your power and surrendering, as you learn to trust yourself every step of the way.
Trust, Life Satisfaction and Opinions on Immigration in 15 European Countries (Netherlands Institute For Social Research Ser.)
by Jeroen Boelhouwer, Gerbert Kraaykamp and lneke StoopEurope is in flux. The economiccrisis, large migration flows, andterrorist attacks have put pressureon international solidarity and attitudestowards civil liberties suchas freedom of movement. To whatextent do European countries favorimmigration and receiving refugees?To what extent do they trust policymakersand one another? Are thereshared values, beliefs, and attitudesamong Europeans from differentcountries? This report analyzes the most recent data from theEuropean Social Survey (ESS), a large-scale biennial study ofattitudes and values in 15 European countries, with specialattention to attitudes towards immigration.
Trust Life: Love Yourself Every Day with Wisdom from Louise Hay
by Louise Hay365 affirmations and reflections drawn from the inspirational work of Louise Hay.Queen of the New Age . . . A founder of the self-help movement . . . The closest thing to a living saint . . .Louise Hay was called all this and more, and her work inspired millions worldwide, but she never set herself up as a guru with all the answers. She urged every attendee at her workshops and conferences, every reader of her dozens of books, to remember that it is you who has the power to heal your life. She was just here to guide you on the path of remembering the truth of who you are: powerful, loving, and lovable.In honor of Louise's life, you now hold in your hands this compilation of her most inspiring teachings from her greatest works. Our hope is that the 366 entries within this book allow you to carry the wisdom of Louise with you each and every day, and inspire you to trust the process of Life. As Louise said:"Very simply, I believe that what we give out, we get back; we all contribute to, and are responsible for, the events that take place in our lives--both the good and the so-called bad. We create our experiences based on the words we say and the thoughts we think. When we create peace and harmony in our minds and think positive thoughts, we will attract positive experiences and like-minded people to us. In essence, what I'm saying is that what we believe about ourselves and about Life becomes true for us."
Trust Law in Asian Civil Law Jurisdictions
by Lusina Ho Rebecca LeeThe reception of the trust in civil law jurisdictions has generated considerable conceptual debate internationally and in East Asia. In Trust Law in Asian Civil Law Jurisdictions, the authors: - provide a detailed comparative examination of trusts laws in Asian civil law jurisdictions from both operational and theoretical perspectives; - discuss the reception of the trust laws in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China and the challenges facing them; - engage in in-depth comparative inquiries as to how these Asian legal systems resolve questions pertaining to the trust; and - evaluate the distinctive features of Asian trusts and how they are moulded to suit the civilian legal frameworks within which they are situated. The analysis intersects with the Trento trust project in Europe, but also differs from it by providing valuable perspectives of the 'Asian' approaches to trusts researchers in Asia and the Anglophone world at large.
Trust, Institutions and Managing Entrepreneurial Relationships in Africa: An SME Perspective (Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa)
by Isaac Oduro AmoakoThis book highlights the importance of understanding how trust and indigenous African cultural institutions enhance the development of entrepreneurial networks and relationships in Africa. Drawing on institutional theories, the author re-examines the way that entrepreneurial behaviour can be shaped, with a focus on trust, networks and the development of relationships. Analysing a combination of existing literature and empirical data from 50 internationally trading SMEs in Africa, this book reflects the growing interests of entrepreneurs, investors and corporate executives to develop trust and relationships with customers in order to invest and grow. By addressing the need for a greater understanding of how social and cultural institutions in Africa affect the continent’s economy, this book not only offers theoretical frameworks, but also future implications for practice and policy, and will provide essential reading for those studying emerging markets and globalisation, African business, and entrepreneurship more generally.
Trust & Inspire
by Stephen M. CoveyBestselling author Stephen Covey has made it his mission to understand trust in organizations. In his new breakthrough leadership book Trust and Inspire, Covey shows that though our world has evolved, our style of leadership still has not—but it&’s time to change that. Traditionally, businesses have relied on a &“command and control&” management style, focusing on rigid hierarchies and compliance from employees. Covey argues we must shift from a &“command and control&” to a &“trust and inspire&” leadership model. Trusting and inspiring your team is defined by commitment from both sides, with a focus on effectiveness and fostering a growth mindset. It is based on the belief that employees are creative, collaborative, and full of potential; through trust, you can inspire them to do their best work. Trust and Inspire is a simple yet radical shift in how business must be done in the 21st century and an expansive, visionary, and inviting guide to the future of leadership.
Trust Inc.: How Business Wins Respect in a Social Media Age
by Matthew YeomansWe are entering the age of sustainability – a business era where every company, big and small, must adapt its way of doing business to meet the realities of climate change, a finite supply of natural resources, evolving attitudes about inequality, increasing digitisation and automation. At the same time companies must meet the demands of consumers as they adjust to this rapidly changing way of life. Supercharging this change in consumer behaviour is social media – a communications revolution that is democratising and disrupting society in ways never seen before. In this book, Matthew Yeomans explains why embracing sustainability is key to helping companies articulate their sense of purpose (and their reason to exist) in a world where social media is eroding trust in all institutions. The book shows how social media has made sustainability a mainstream concern for all society, how it compelled companies to be more authentic and accountable in their actions and how it will continue to shape how companies communicate the importance of sustainability to all of society. This book is a powerful guide for both communication and marketing professionals in business, especially Fortune 500, FTSE 250 companies and agencies, on how to use social media to communicate with their audiences and stakeholders in an authentic way. It is also a guide/text book for the growing field of sustainability communication in higher education.
Trust in Virtual Teams: Organization, Strategies and Assurance for Successful Projects
by Thomas P. WiseAs projects become more complex and the project teams are more geographically and culturally dispersed, so strong, trusting relationships come to the fore. Trust provides the security that enables project teams to work together effectively, even when they face project-threatening problems and challenges. Because today’s team members work virtually as much by choice as by geographic necessity, business leaders must understand how team relationships such as trust, cross-divisional projects, and how offshore team participation are all positively motivated by a solid quality assurance program. Offering real world solutions, Trust in Virtual Teams provides a clear view of how virtual projects can succeed, and how quality assurance compliments and promotes effective organizational design and project management to build solid trust relationships. Dr Wise combines the latest research in virtual team trust with simple and proven quality methods. He builds upon more than 20 years of experience in quality and project work to guide team managers in creating high performing project teams. Our understanding of the role human factors play in project performance and project resilience continues to grow. As it does, so does our need to address the behaviors and culture that enable good performance. Tom Wise’s book is a thoughtful and pragmatic guide to help project teams and managers do just that.
Trust In Us
by Altonya WashingtonFrom one night...to forever? With a successful boutique in Charlotte and plans to open another exclusive one in Aspen, Alythia Duffy feels as if she's finally arrived. Then a wild week in the Caribbean at her best friend's bachelorette celebration threatens to ruin everything, though Alythia doesn't regret her passionate idyll with a sensual stranger. Self-made developer Gage Vincent learned long ago not to believe the words of a beautiful woman. He thought Alythia was different. Yet, how can he trust her after he finds out that she is bidding for space in his hot new skyscraper? Will Alythia be able to prove to him that she is the special woman meant to share his life?