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Randall Raus
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* ...................................... Books published by Research & Education Association that I authored: .... Essentials of Computer Science I .... Essentials of Computer Science II .... Computer Networks Super Review .... Java Super Review .........As contributing technical editor orwriter: .... SAT The Best Preparation For .... GRE Computer Science .... Fundamentals of Engineering Exam .... Super Review of C++ .... Careers 2000 .... AP Computer Science Exam Guide .... * ............................................................................ * ......................................Education: .......... California State University at Long Beach (CSULB): .... BA Math 1970 .... BS Computer Science & Engineering 1985 .... MS Computer Engineering 1993 ......... * ............................................................................. * .....................................Work background: ......... Statistician - (time studies) industrial engineering work .... Actuarial work: pension fund of major city. .... Telecommunications Engineer .... Technical Writer/Editor .... Computer Consultant ......... * ............................................................................. * .....................................Hobbies: ......... Running (ran three races in my life): .... 1999 Long Beach Marathon - 6:07:16 .... (I coudn't walk for 5 days) .... 2000 Seal Beach 10k - 57:49 .... (my shoelace came untied) .... 2000 Long Beach Marathon - 5:46:46 .... (I think I'm getting the nack of it) .... Have entered Utah Ironman - June 2002 .... (It's always been a dream, but maybe not this year) ......... * ............................................................................. * .....................................Music: .... Play saxophone and guitar: pop, blues, jazz, country .... Favorite songwriter(s): Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson .... Favorite composer: I don't have one .... Music listen to the most: Classical .... (I don't listen to music that much.) ......... * ............................................................................. * .....................................Literature: Favorite writers - in order: Raymond Chandler, WilliamFaulkner, John Steinbeck, SaulBellow, John Updike .... Favorite book: The Testament by John Grisham ......... * ............................................................................. * .....................................TV: I don't watch TV ......... * ............................................................................. * .....................................Ex-hobbies ......... Weight lifting: no longer muscle bound .... San Jose State University - 1969 .... Awarded track & field scholarship .... (Shotputter and discus thrower) .... Maybe Best College Track Team Ever .... (Downside - I wasn't that good) .... Gradually quit weight lifting. ......... * ............................................................................. * .....................................Movies .... Ex-movie buff: Liked - foreign, arty, & mainstream .... Worked at Main Street Video 4 yrs. .... See much fewer movies now. ......... * ............................................................................. * ......................................Travel (a lot - mostly when I was a kid) .... Philippines (lived there two years) .... Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand,Sri-Lanka, Somalia, Egypt, France,England, Scotland, 34 States. ......... * ............................................................................. * .....................................Personal Dimensions: Height: 6'2', Weight: 190 lbs, Age: I'll let you figure it out. ......... * ............................................................................ * .....................................Interests: Economics (strong interest)I know a lot about economics - as an amateur. .... * ............................................................................ * .....................................Education (very strong interest) - Am empathetic, I want to help. Also, I overcame a learningdisability (severe ADD).
Accomplishments: See Background and Major Influences
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Books
|  | Java Super Review by Randall Raus
This book covers the essentials of Java:
The fundamentals (names, variables, integer and floating point data types, Boolean data types, arrays, operators, control structures).
Object-oriented programming concepts
(classes, interfaces, overloading and overriding of variables and methods, constructors, packages, import statements, static nested classes, ...
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble.com
Research and Education Association
Caltech Bookstore
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 | Computer Networks Super Review by Randall Raus
Taking a conceptual approach, it describes:
Telecommunications (T1 hierarchy and encoding, QAM modems, DSL, ADSL, twisted pair standards, coaxial cable, fiber optic technology and encoding, SONET protocol), network architecture (comparison of OSI model and TCP/IP suite, peer-to-peer communication, Berkeley (BSD), client server model, sockets, system calls, network topology), wide area networks ...
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble.com
Research and Education Association
Caltech Bookstore
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Poetry
The Trek Song by Randall Raus
This is a song, really, to be played in a Sci-Fi movie--as three teenagers (two boys and a girl) trek across spectacular scenary in the Sahyadris Mountains. I hope interupted filming is completed, b...
Soar by Randall Raus
I wrote this to be the lyrics of the closing song of He Came! -- A science fiction movie based on an unfinished novel by my friend Sanjay Sonawani. I couldn't help but be aware of its similarity to...
The Marathon Song by Randall Raus
The Marathon Song
Verse:
In the middle of the desert
there stands a mountain so high
that if you reach the top
you can almost touch the sky.
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The River of the Sun by Randall Raus
Both our names,
are on the wall.
It's just a feeling,
and that is all.
There's a price to be paid,
for the lives that we made.
Still our names,
a...
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Articles
The Monetary Policy of the USA by Randall Raus
There are those who stubbornly believe in the gold standard (in fact, Alan Greenspan did at one time). They (the critics) say our banking system is so elastic, it's illogical.
Why do we ...
The Best Man for the Job by Randall Raus
What Do You Think of George W. Bush?
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The American Perspective of: What Is Culture? by Randall Raus
Americans have a different perspective of what culture is, and some unique insights. It's important to allow for the American perspective.
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Links
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| My Real Web Site -- RandallRaus.com
This is intended to be a step along the way, but Author's Den does have better information about my books.
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Amazon
Five books by other authors, are shown, but I wrote the reviews - including a review of a book by Sanjay Sonawani (see below).
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Homepage of L.A. writer Alan Rifkin
This is the web site of Alan Rifkin, article writer for for magazines. His first fiction book was Signal Hill Stories (five stories plus the title novella). Click on reviews--he got some some great ones for this book; also click on articles.
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Web Site of Author Sanjay Sonawani
Has a great future. Novelist, playwrite, poet, writes articles, this guy does it all.
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Additional information
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| Will be posting some articles on this site. Also, check out my web site. below (although still in progrees). |
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Contact
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400 Marina Drive #4
Seal Beach
CA
90740
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