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Devising a Clean Energy Strategy for Asian Cities
by Hooman FarzanehThis book capitalizes on two hot topics: the Low Carbon Emission Development Strategies and climate change in Asian cities. There is resurgence in making policies to investigate more aspects of the energy-environment spectrum for the global energy market in the future. This book helps the policy makers and researchers to understand which actions should be taken to reduce the environmental impacts of economic activities in different regions in Asia. The clean energy strategy proposed in this book refers to the development and implementation of policies and strategies that simultaneously contribute to addressing climate change and solving local environmental problems, which also have other development impacts. It provides insights to a wide audience on successful ways to promote, design and implement the clean energy policies in Asian cities. To determine the global actions, it is necessary to make breakthroughs by promoting further research and to present scenarios that achieve Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) goals without dependence upon fossil fuels. The scenarios and case studies discussed in this book are helpful to plan for the SDGs, where various objectives have to be achieved at the same time. The UN 2030 development agenda needs innovative planning to achieve multiple goals with limited resources and generate synergy among sectors. This book will be one of the first books available on this subject.
Devising Consumption: Cultural Economies of Insurance, Credit and Spending (CRESC)
by Liz McfallThe book explores the vital role played by the financial service industries in enabling the poor to consume over the last hundred and fifty years. Spending requires means, but these industries offered something else as well – they offered practical marketing devices that captured, captivated and enticed poor consumers. Consumption and consumer markets depend on such devices but their role has been poorly understood both in the social sciences and in business studies and marketing. While the analysis of consumption and markets has been carved up between academics and practitioners who have been interested in either their social and cultural life or their economic and commercial organisation, consumption continues to be driven by their combination. Devising consumption requires practical mixtures of commerce and art whether the product is an insurance policy or the next gadget in the internet of things . By making the case for a pragmatic understanding of how ordinary, everyday consumption is orchestrated, the book offers an alternative to orthodox approaches, which should appeal to interdisciplinary audiences interested in questions about how markets work and why it matters.
Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development: The UK Experience (Regions and Cities)
by Jonathan BradburyDevolution, Regionalism and Regional Development provides an overview and critical perspective on the impact of devolution on regionalism in the UK since 1999, taking a research-based look at issues central to the development of regionalism: politics, governance and planning. This multidisciplinary book is written by academics from the fields of geography, economics, town planning, public policy, management, public administration, politics and sociology with a final chapter by Patrick Le Gales putting the research findings into a theoretical context. This will be an important book for those researching and studying economic and political geography and planning as well as those involved in regional development.
DevOps: Ein Überblick (essentials)
by Jürgen Halstenberg Bernd Pfitzinger Thomas JestädtDevOps, eine Zusammensetzung aus den Begriffen Development und IT Operations, ist ein Ansatz, der in vielen Start-ups, aber auch in großen Konzernen erfolgreich ist. DevOps definiert das Zusammenspiel von IT-Entwicklung, IT-Betrieb und dem Kunden mithilfe von Kultur, Werkzeugen und Prozessen neu. Dieses essential vermittelt das Wichtigste, was man dazu wissen muss. Die Autoren sind DevOps-Master und beschäftigen sich seit vielen Jahren mit DevOps sowie der Optimierung von IT-Services.
DevOps for Data Science (Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series)
by Alex GoldData Scientists are experts at analyzing, modelling and visualizing data but, at one point or another, have all encountered difficulties in collaborating with or delivering their work to the people and systems that matter. Born out of the agile software movement, DevOps is a set of practices, principles and tools that help software engineers reliably deploy work to production. This book takes the lessons of DevOps and aplies them to creating and delivering production-grade data science projects in Python and R.This book’s first section explores how to build data science projects that deploy to production with no frills or fuss. Its second section covers the rudiments of administering a server, including Linux, application, and network administration before concluding with a demystification of the concerns of enterprise IT/Administration in its final section, making it possible for data scientists to communicate and collaborate with their organization’s security, networking, and administration teams.Key Features:• Start-to-finish labs take readers through creating projects that meet DevOps best practices and creating a server-based environment to work on and deploy them.• Provides an appendix of cheatsheets so that readers will never be without the reference they need to remember a Git, Docker, or Command Line command.• Distills what a data scientist needs to know about Docker, APIs, CI/CD, Linux, DNS, SSL, HTTP, Auth, and more.• Written specifically to address the concern of a data scientist who wants to take their Python or R work to production.There are countless books on creating data science work that is correct. This book, on the otherhand, aims to go beyond this, targeted at data scientists who want their work to be than merely accurate and deliver work that matters.
DevOps for Salesforce: Build, test, and streamline data pipelines to simplify development in Salesforce
by Priyanka Dive Nagraj GornalliImplement DevOps for Salesforce and explore its featuresKey FeaturesLearn DevOps principles and techniques for enterprise operations in SalesforceImplement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using tools such as Jenkins and Ant scriptUse the Force.com Migration Tool and Git to achieve versioning in SalesforceBook DescriptionSalesforce is one of the top CRM tools used these days, and with its immense functionalities and features, it eases the functioning of an enterprise in various areas of sales, marketing, and finance, among others. Deploying Salesforce applications is a tricky event, and it can get quite taxing for admins and consultants. This book addresses all the problems that you might encounter while trying to deploy your applications and shows you how to resort to DevOps to take these challenges head on.Beginning with an overview of the development and delivery process of a Salesforce app, DevOps for Salesforce covers various types of sandboxing and helps you understand when to choose which type. You will then see how different it is to deploy with Salesforce as compared to deploying with another app. You will learn how to leverage a migration tool and automate deployment using the latest and most popular tools in the ecosystem. This book explores topics such as version control and DevOps techniques such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and testing. Finally, the book will conclude by showing you how to track bugs in your application changes using monitoring tools and how to quantify your productivity and ROI.By the end of the book, you will have acquired skills to create, test, and effectively deploy your applications by leveraging the features of DevOps.What you will learnImplement DevOps for Salesforce and understand the benefits it offersAbstract the features of Force.com MigrationTool to migrate and retrieve metadataDevelop your own CI/CD Pipeline for Salesforce projectUse Qualitia to perform scriptless automation for Continuous TestingTrack application changes using BugzillaApply Salesforce best practices to implement DevOpsWho this book is forIf you are a Salesforce developer, consultant, or manager who wants to learn DevOps tools and set up pipelines for small as well as large Salesforce projects, this book is for you.
DevOps for SharePoint: With Packer, Terraform, Ansible, and Vagrant
by Oscar Medina Ethan SchumannDeploy a SharePoint farm in a repeatable, predictable, and reliable fashion using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques to automate provisioning. Savvy IT pros will learn how to use DevOps practices and open source tools to greatly reduce costs, and streamline management operations for SharePoint farms deployed via Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or on premise. DevOps for SharePoint will help you navigate the complex challenges of deploying and managing SharePoint Server farms. You will learn how to reduce time-consuming tasks and errors when generating development, testing, or production environments. And you will benefit from learning proven methods to apply Microsoft updates with minimal downtime and productivity loss. Whether you are a SharePoint architect, IT pro, or developer helping customers with the SharePoint platform, this book will teach you the most useful DevOps practices to tackle those issues and broaden your skill set.What You’ll LearnUnderstand the basics of the most popular open source tools—Vagrant, Packer, Terraform, and Ansible—and how to use them in the context of deploying and scaling a SharePoint farmUse Vagrant to build SharePoint development environments in less than an hour, and add automated testingUse Packer to create a “golden image” with preconfigured settings, and then use it as the base image in your Terraform configuration for both AWS and Azure farmsUse Terraform to scale your SharePoint farm topologyUse Red Hat’s Ansible Playbooks to perform configuration management on your farmUse Terraform to deploy immutable infrastructure environments using IaC (Infrastructure as Code)Use InSpec 2.0 to stay in compliance by testing your cloud infrastructureUse Ansible to apply Microsoft updates and patches Who This Book Is ForIT pros and developers who are looking to expand their knowledge and take a modern approach by using open source technologies to work with Microsoft products. Experience installing SharePoint, and a basic understanding of either Azure or AWS, is helpful.
DevOps Hiring
by Dave ZwiebackIf your organization has embraced DevOps, you need people whose nonlinear career paths and wide-ranging interests will help you remove dysfunctional silos. But your efforts to hire DevOps practitioners aren't working. How do you unearth these DevOps creatures? Think like one.In this Web Ops & Performance report, Dave Zwieback describes a successful model for finding, hiring, and retaining talent based on the DevOps philosophy of Culture, Automation, Measurement, and Sharing.This concise report covers:Why the current recruiting model is brokenHow a culture of engagement gives candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers a common goalFinding "dark pools" of candidates via automationWhat attractive metrics to ditch in order to focus on what's business-criticalSharing the rich opportunities of failures as well as successesDownload this free report to learn unorthodox but effective ways to find people who fit your company, and discover why prioritizing employee engagement and fulfillment leads to increased productivity, profits, and customer satisfaction.Dave Zwieback has been managing large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure and teams for 17 years.
DevOps in Python: Infrastructure as Python
by Moshe ZadkaTake advantage of Python to automate complex systems with readable code. This new edition will help you move from operations/system administration into easy-to-learn coding.You'll start by writing command-line scripts and automating simple DevOps-style tasks followed by creating reliable and fast unit tests designed to avoid incidents caused by buggy automation. You’ll then move on to more advanced cases, like using Jupyter as an auditable remote-control panel and writing Ansible and Salt extensions.The updated information in this book covers best practices for deploying and updating Python applications. This includes Docker, modern Python packaging, and internal Python package repositories. You'll also see how to use the AWS API, and the Kubernetes API, and how to automate Docker container image building and running. Finally, you'll work with Terraform from Python to allow more flexible templating and customization of environments.What You'll LearnUnderstand operating system automation with PythonPackage Python applicationsUse Python as a DevOps consoleReview Cloud automation with PythonWho This Book Is ForDevOps engineer. Site Reliability Engineer, or similar (including Platform, Production, and Systems), and whose organization uses Python.
Devotions for Debtors
by Kristen Johnson IngramGetting out of debt, and staying out, is more than a financial formula--it's a daily choice that you can make. Filled with one hundred and twenty devotions that will help you break the habits that lead to debt and Scriptural passages to meet the very real needs of this difficult journey, Devotions for Debtors is a handy, helpful guide to learning to live within your means. Meditations address such topics as gift-giving temptation, the joys of no-money fun, and how to ask God for help dealing with the rollercoaster of emotions debt can bring on. Each devotion also includes thoughts for further reflection and exercises that may inspire you to pursue wellness in other areas of your life as well. An inspired, practical guide to changing your life, Devotions for Debtors is here to help.
Dewar's (A): Brand Repositioning in the 1990s
by Alvin J. Silk Lisa R. KleinDewar's, a major brand of Scotch whisky, produced by United Distillers of the U.K., and the U.S. leader in the Scotch category with a 15% market share, faced a declining market among traditional consumers of distilled spirits. Given the growing societal, legal, and regulatory opposition to drinking in the U.S., the marketing options were limited. In addition, drinking preferences had shifted away from distilled spirits to lighter, lower alcohol beverages like wine, wine coolers, and beer. In early 1993, Dewar's U.S. importer, Schieffelin and Somerset, in cooperation with the brand's longstanding advertising agency, Leo Burnett, began to explore the opportunities for repositioning Dewar's to younger adults. Repositioning Dewar's was a necessity for the brand to remain viable in the long term. Its existing customer base was aging, and younger drinkers who did drink Scotch were consuming less. The issue is how to update the brand's image to attract younger consumers. The brand manager faces the decision of planning the strategy for a repositioning or "recruitment" campaign for the brand.
Dewey, Pragmatism and Economic Methodology
by Elias L. KhalilThis book brings together, for the first time, philosophers of pragmatism and economists interested in methodological questions. The main theoretical thrust of Dewey is to unite inquiry with behavior and this book's contributions assess this insight in the light of developments in modern American philosophy, social and legal theories, and the theor
DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York
by David I. SpanagelHow did geology and politics inform scientific ideas and contribute to New York's prominence in the early nineteenth century?David I. Spanagel explores the origins of American geology and the culture that promoted it in nineteenth-century New York. Focusing on Amos Eaton, the educator and amateur scientist who founded the Rensselaer School, and DeWitt Clinton, the masterful politician who led the movement for the Erie Canal, Spanagel shows how a cluster of assumptions about the peculiar landscape and entrepreneurial spirit of New York came to define the Empire State. In so doing, he sheds light on a particularly innovative and fruitful period of interplay among science, politics, art, and literature in American history.
Dezentrales Marketing und Crowdsourcing: Warum und wie sich das Marketing neu erfinden muss
by Hans-Jürgen BorchardtKlassisches Marketing ist nicht selten geprägt durch eine systembedingte Trägheit, unzureichende Beachtung der Kundenerwartungen, zentralistische Strukturen, wunschbasierte Planzahlen oder unzureichende Koordination mit internen Partnern. All dies führt dazu, dass Unternehmen nicht oder zumindest weniger erfolgreich sind, als sie es sein könnten. Marketing muss sich neu erfinden, wenn die Unternehmen eine Zukunft haben wollen. Eine Komponente ist das dezentrale Marketing, bei dem Entscheidungen und Initiativen denjenigen überlassen werden, die sich in der Nähe der Kunden befinden. Dazu gehören kurze Reaktionszeiten, kompetentes Nutzen von Social Networks, Übernahme von direkter Verantwortung durch diejenigen, die Marketingmaßnahmen praktizieren, kurze Entscheidungswege, Open Innovation und Crowdsourcing oder erweiterte Serviceorientierung. Hans-Jürgen Borchardt zeigt Unternehmen, welche Elemente des Marketing in den nächsten Jahren relevant sein werden und worauf Unternehmen achten müssen, wenn sie dauerhaft Erfolg haben wollen. Marketingabteilungen, Unternehmenseinheiten und Filialen, aber auch Klein- und mittelständische Unternehmer können ihre aktuellen Strategien, Strukturen und Prozesse daran spiegeln und Ideen für neue Konzepte gewinnen.
Dhamani Jewels: Becoming a Global Luxury Brand
by Lisa Mazzanti Lynda M. ApplegateDhamani started as a loose gemstone dealer in 1969 in Jaipur, India. By the 2000s, it was headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and had expanded into diamonds and retail. The family business was now in its second generation of leadership and aimed to become a top global jewelry brand within the next 10 years. The family had been successful throughout its various inflection points in the past-had it positioned itself well to soon begin competing with the global, high-end jewelry houses such as Cartier and Bulgari?
The Dhandho Investor
by Mohnish PabraiA comprehensive value investing framework for the individual investor In a straightforward and accessible manner, The Dhandho Investor lays out the powerful framework of value investing. Written with the intelligent individual investor in mind, this comprehensive guide distills the Dhandho capital allocation framework of the business savvy Patels from India and presents how they can be applied successfully to the stock market. The Dhandho method expands on the groundbreaking principles of value investing expounded by Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, and Charlie Munger. Readers will be introduced to important value investing concepts such as "Heads, I win! Tails, I don't lose that much!," "Few Bets, Big Bets, Infrequent Bets," Abhimanyu's dilemma, and a detailed treatise on using the Kelly Formula to invest in undervalued stocks. Using a light, entertaining style, Pabrai lays out the Dhandho framework in an easy-to-use format. Any investor who adopts the framework is bound to improve on results and soundly beat the markets and most professionals.
Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (A)
by Namrata Arora John D. Macomber Lakshmi IyerMaharashtra state is accepting bids to redevelop Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia. A real estate developer assesses the risks and tenders a bid. The bid conditions include providing new free housing to tens of thousands of slum dwellers. The cost of constructing the housing is anticipated to be paid for from the revenues from developing and selling market-rate housing. While the primary concerns are cost of construction, cost of capital, and revenues from sale of units, the analysis must consider many aspects of risk, including political risk, foreign exchange risk, market risk, and execution risk. Further, the discussion covers social aspects, including whether the slum should be redeveloped at all, whether it should be redeveloped by government or by the private sector, and whether to accomplish it in large chunks or in smaller increments. Additional topics that can be covered include consideration of what happens to commercial activities formerly run from slum dwellings, whether the market-rate units will indeed sell for high prices if there are tens of thousands of former slum dwellers housed nearby, and whether the slum dwellers will be allowed to resell their units or whether they must remain in them. Other issues include timing of the project, guarantees to and from the government and the private parties to mitigate risk, and whether this model, if successful, can be extended to other slums in Asia.
The Dharma and Socially Engaged Buddhist Economics (Studies in Buddhist Economics, Management, and Policy)
by Joel MagnusonThis book defends and articulates an “Engaged Buddhist” approach to economics as a response to the destructive effects of global capitalism. The author posits that Buddhist understandings of the distortions of greed, aversion, and ignorance can be read to apply not only to mental states but also to socio-political ones, and that such a reading suggests rational responses to current social and environmental challenges. The book proposes that we engage both “inner and outer” modes of transformation through which to free ourselves from our current human-made, dysfunctional systems: the former, by examining the workings of our own minds, the latter by criticizing and reforming our economic systems. Since traditional Buddhism provides few sources to build a Buddhist economic vision, this work brings together Buddhist notions of skillful practice, John Dewey’s pragmatic principles for social provisioning, and institutional economics. The author provides two case studies for experiments in Buddhist-based socioeconomic policies, Thailand and Bhutan. Of special interest is the implied parallel between worldviews emerging from modern socially-engaged Buddhism and Dewey’s notion of a human existential drive to shape the world in collectively beneficial ways.
The Dharma of Fashion: A Buddhist Approach to Our Life with Clothes
by Otto von BuschOur desires for fashion, our addiction to cheap clothes, our fixation on surface looks . . . can we find ways to make what we wear more positive? Here's a quirky, irreverent way to consider what's a more sustainable way to be with—and still enjoy—fashion. This little book shows that fashion isn't shallow but connects us to the depths of existence. Especially today, fashion can tell us something about life, and this series of meditations and conversations between fashion "hacktivist" von Busch and Buddhist teacher Josh Korda shows how a Buddhist perspective on fashion can help us engage with clothes in wiser ways. It may seem a Buddhist approach to fashion would be about denying fashion and living an ascetic life in dull robes. However, Buddhism can teach us to be more present and take more pleasure in fashion. With practice and reflection, we can live a wiser life with the consumption of clothes. Includes "action exercises" to help put ideas into practice in your life and closet.
DHL Worldwide Express
by Greg Conley John A. QuelchThe worldwide sales and marketing manager must determine the degree to which pricing strategy and tactics should be standardized or left to the discretion of the DHL subsidiary in each country.
Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese: A Guide to Wedges, Recipes, and Pairings
by Tenaya DarlingtonPeek behind Philadelphia’s largest and oldest cheese counter for a lively guide to pairing cheese with everything from beer and cocktails to olives and charcuterie. The store’s resident cheese blogger, Madame Fromage, brings to life 170 of the world’s greatest artisan cheeses, drawing on stories and knowledge from the store’s third-generation owners. The book offers 30 recipes, from Cheddar Ale Soup to Rogue River Sushi, along with a dairy lexicon, notes on how to taste cheese, and a variety of themed boards: a Fireside Party, an All-Goat Blow-Out, and a selection of Desk Bento. Beautiful four-color photographs serve to put names with wheels and wedges of cheese.
Dia Dia Practimercados: Meeting the Daily Needs at the Base of the Pyramid (B)
by Rosa Amelia Gonzalez Michael Chu Regina Garcia-CuellarSupplement
El día que David venció a Goliat
by David GomezCómo las pequeñas empresas pueden vencer a los grandes gigantes. El día que David venció a Goliat es un libro inspirador que explica cómo incrementar la visibilidad de un pequeño negocio y atraer más clientes utilizando el poder de internet. Cómo las pequeñas empresas pueden vencer gigantes apalancándose en herramientas de marketing online. Explica cada herramienta que necesita una pequeña empresa para sacar adelante su negocio usando el poder de internet: página web, motores de búsqueda, publicidad online, redes sociales, email marketing y comercio electrónico. El día que David venció a Goliat es la democratización del acceso a los clientes. Es la herramienta que necesita cualquier empresario para darse a conocer y atraer más clientes. La comercialización ya no es el problema.
El día que el mundo deje de comprar: Cómo el fin del consumo salvaría el medioambiente y a la humanidad
by J.B. MacKinnon¿Lo quieres o lo necesitas? Una gran crónica sobre lo que significaría dejar de comprar. Jamás los bienes materiales habían sido tan importantes para nuestra vida y nuestra identidad. Agotamos los recursos del planeta dos veces más rápido de lo que pueden regenerarse. Compramos el doble de prendas de ropa que hace veinte años y las conservamos durante la mitad de tiempo. Vivimos inmersos en la cultura del consumo compulsivo, conocemos las consecuencias y, sin embargo, no podemos parar. Pero ¿cómo sería nuestro mundo si dejásemos de hacerlo? ¿Se colapsaría la civilización? ¿Asistiríamos al renacimiento de la ecología del planeta? ¿Qué ocurriría con nuestra manera de pensar, crear productos, invertir el tiempo, expresar nuestra individualidad? J. B. MacKinnon entrevista a productores artesanales y sociedades de consumo cero, visita lugares donde las economías han experimentado cierres temporales y reúne una gran cantidad de opiniones de expertos. El resultado es una crónica profundamente perspicaz y actual, una exploración esencial de quiénes somos y qué consumimos, y una visión de un futuro, quizá, más sostenible. Sabemos que con nuestras propias decisiones hemos puesto al mundo en peligro; ahora debemos preguntarnos si seremos capaces de cambiar de paradigma. La crítica ha dicho: «Un análisis bien documentado y provocador que ofrece esperanza y optimismo para nuestro futuro».Kirkus «Ingenioso y erudito. Muestra con maestría la compleja relación entre la cultura del consumo y la naturaleza. Un agudo relato que ofrece un punto de partida para el cambio (y para el optimismo)».Library Journal «Una delicia. MacKinnon explora a fondo un enigma central en nuestros días: en qué medida somos lo que compramos y cómo comprar menos podría hacernos mucho mejores».Andrew Blum «Con ingenio, precisión y reflexiones sorprendentes, MacKinnon analiza en profundidad lo que hemos hecho y lo que podríamos hacer mucho mejor. Es uno de los libros más importantes y mejor escritos que he leído».Ronald Wright «Lleno de esperanza y de profundas reflexiones, sin pretensiones ni sermones, es una lectura emocionante y verdaderamente inspiradora. No pude parar de leerlo».Joel Bakan «Bien investigado y estimulante. Los lectores se animarán a realizar cambios en sus propios hábitos de compra».Publishers Weekly «En medio de una gran cantidad de manuales a menudo simplistas para una vida sencilla, este libro se destaca por su curiosidad, humanidad y apreciación genuinamente global de por qué consumimos demasiado y qué hacer al respecto».Frank Trentmann, autor de Empire of Things
The Diabetes Textbook: Clinical Principles, Patient Management and Public Health Issues
by Joel Rodriguez-SaldanaDiabetes has become a worldwide health problem, the global estimated prevalence approaches ten percent and the burden of this disease in terms of morbidity and mortality is unprecedented. The advances acquired through the knowledge of the mechanisms of the disease and the variety of therapeutic approaches contrast with the inability of private and public health systems in underdeveloped and even developed countries to achieve the goals of treatment. This paradox has been described in many sources: the surge of scientific advances contrast with an unprecedented amount of human suffering. Thus, a patient centered and an evidence based approach with the capacity to produce measurable clinical and economic outcomes is required. The purpose of this textbook is multiple: to offer a comprehensive resource covering all aspects of outpatient management; to address diabetes as a health problem from an epidemiological, economic and clinical perspective; to discuss the role of social determinants of health on the worldwide increase in diabetes; to highlight the challenges and obstacles in providing adequate care; and to outline a multidisciplinary approach to management in which medical visits retain their importance as part of a team comprising the patient, his or her family and a multidisciplinary group of health professionals who are able to move beyond the traditional approach of diabetes as a disease and greatly improve outcomes.