Up To Speed

Author : Caroline Taggart
Publisher : Reader's Digest
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1606525182

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In the Loop & Up to Speed by Caroline Taggart Pdf

In the Loop and Up to Speed uncovers the origins and meanings of many useful—and some not so useful—phrases that can be heard in the workplace and in everyday life. The bottom line is this: The workplace is a minefield of business jargon that people exchange on a daily basis, and it can all start to sound like everyone around you is speaking another language. So if you have ever wondered whether you have hit the glass ceiling or if a cubicle monkey will respond to mushroom management, become bogged down in the marzipan layer or are confused about what to do about the elephant in the room, this is the book for you. From indecipherable abbreviations and business terminology to buzzwords, motivational phrases, and more, In the Loop and Up to Speed uncovers the origins and meanings of many useful—and some not so useful—phrases that can be heard in the workplace and in everyday life, such as: · level playing field touching base · reinventing the wheel firing on all cylinders · brainstorming corporate DNA · methodology keeping your options open · raising the bar blue-sky thinking Amusing and informative, this book covers all the bases and guarantees you’ll be on the fast track to becoming fluent in business speak!

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on the Future of Supercomputing
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780309095020

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Getting Up to Speed by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on the Future of Supercomputing Pdf

Supercomputers play a significant and growing role in a variety of areas important to the nation. They are used to address challenging science and technology problems. In recent years, however, progress in supercomputing in the United States has slowed. The development of the Earth Simulator supercomputer by Japan that the United States could lose its competitive advantage and, more importantly, the national competence needed to achieve national goals. In the wake of this development, the Department of Energy asked the NRC to assess the state of U.S. supercomputing capabilities and relevant R&D. Subsequently, the Senate directed DOE in S. Rpt. 107-220 to ask the NRC to evaluate the Advanced Simulation and Computing program of the National Nuclear Security Administration at DOE in light of the development of the Earth Simulator. This report provides an assessment of the current status of supercomputing in the United States including a review of current demand and technology, infrastructure and institutions, and international activities. The report also presents a number of recommendations to enable the United States to meet current and future needs for capability supercomputers.

Author : Stephen C. Minne,Scott R. Manalis,Calvin F. Quate
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461551676

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Bringing Scanning Probe Microscopy up to Speed by Stephen C. Minne,Scott R. Manalis,Calvin F. Quate Pdf

Bringing Scanning Probe Microscopy Up to Speed introduces the principles of scanning probe systems with particular emphasis on techniques for increasing speed. The authors include useful information on the characteristics and limitations of current state-of-the-art machines as well as the properties of the systems that will follow in the future. The basic approach is two-fold. First, fast scanning systems for single probes are treated and, second, systems with multiple probes operating in parallel are presented. The key components of the SPM are the mechanical microcantilever with integrated tip and the systems used to measure its deflection. In essence, the entire apparatus is devoted to moving the tip over a surface with a well-controlled force. The mechanical response of the actuator that governs the force is of the utmost importance since it determines the scanning speed. The mechanical response relates directly to the size of the actuator; smaller is faster. Traditional scanning probe microscopes rely on piezoelectric tubes of centimeter size to move the probe. In future scanning probe systems, the large actuators will be replaced with cantilevers where the actuators are integrated on the beam. These will be combined in arrays of multiple cantilevers with MEMS as the key technology for the fabrication process.

Author : Jon Reed
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780133066289

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Get Up to Speed with Online Marketing by Jon Reed Pdf

This book shows you how to get up to speed with online marketing and go where your market is so you can effectively promote your business on a limited budget. The book explains in a straightforward style all there is to know about promoting small businesses online, and covers all the major online tools available, including websites, search engine marketing, email marketing, blogging, podcasts, online video, social networks, virtual worlds, and social bookmarking. Get Up to Speed with Online Marketing shows readers how to use each medium to their best effect on a limited marketing budget, if not for free! This straightforward, step-by-step guide to online marketing shows you affordable and effective ways to: Create a website Get found on Google Get your email marketing right Create content your market will value with blogs, podcasts, video and images Promote your business with social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter Develop a coherent online marketing plan Manage your online marketing workload Measure your results

Author : Galen Fries
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798889822974

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Up To Speed A Preppers Guide by Galen Fries Pdf

No scare tactics here. We all know bad things can happen and don't need to be scared into wanting to protect our loved ones. Up to Speed: A Prepper's Guide is just a discussion about what steps and in what order to take them in order to be ready for disasters, manmade or otherwise. It's good information with some humor thrown in for flavor. The book has been carefully broken up into levels of importance. It begins by addressing a survival mindset. It then goes on to discuss ways we can set ourselves up for success when it to comes to reuniting with loved ones, having a home to come home to, and finally what we should consider as we step out of our homes in order to keep our families safe. Up to Speed tries to take the daunting task of protecting what is truly important to us and break it down into small manageable pieces. This is not a survivalist book. This is just a discussion and shouldn't be considered the end-all in preppers' manuals. In it you will find references to many other books that will supplement your preparedness library.

Author : Liz Bywater
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781947441569

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Slow Down to Speed Up by Liz Bywater Pdf

Slow Down to Speed Up: Lead, Succeed, and Thrive in a 24/7 World is a powerful new resource for leaders from the C-Suite to the front line. Filled with innovative new approaches, pragmatic tools, and real-life success stories, this book tackles the universal challenge of getting better, faster, more sustainable results in a world of nonstop demands and constant connectivity. This book provides the concepts and tools to help leaders successfully strategize, prioritize, lead with purpose, find balance, and gain a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced business environment. Based on Dr. Liz Bywater’s 20 years of professional experience helping individuals, teams, and organizations thrive, the book contains real-world illustrations of the challenges faced by today’s business leaders. Beyond that, it pro­vides actionable guidance to help readers make the best decisions, create a proactive, future-focused work culture, catapult individual and team performance, and lead extraordinarily successful organizations.

Author : Lothar Seiwert,Ann McGee-Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3593383985

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Slow Down to Speed Up by Lothar Seiwert,Ann McGee-Cooper Pdf

Author : Steven Rosenbaum
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1543929257

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Up to Speed by Steven Rosenbaum Pdf

Up to Speed means reaching a desired level of performance. Every minute employees are less than 100% proficient in their jobs has a direct and significant financial impact. Getting up to speed in weeks, months or years sooner is the focus of this book. This book is the story of applying the Learning Paths Methodology over the past fifteen years to reduce time to proficiency significantly for hundreds of jobs across most major industries. The story starts after the publishing of the book, Learning Paths: Increase Profits by Reducing the Time It Takes to Get Employees Up to speed. The Learning Paths book is still a valuable resource for tools, forms, and great ideas. Up to Speed is based on three key principles about how people really learn. First, learning is a process, not an event. Second, knowing and doing are not the same in fact they are very, very different. Third, training should be by design not by accident. The Learning Path Methodology treats learning as a process and then takes steps to reduce time, waste and variability by applying the best of process improvement, accelerated learning and change management techniques.

Author : Pete Moulton
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781628382136

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Pete The Nerd’s How To Speed Up Your Slow Computer For Everyday Users by Pete Moulton Pdf

Pete the Nerd covers every inch of ground possible in this easy-to-read and easy-to-follow guidebook to speeding up slow computers. Computer beginners can follow step-by-step instructions, and more advanced computer users will enjoy the systemic separation of fact versus fiction in speed-up strategies. The name of the game is “every little bit helps,” so as the chapters progress, readers can implement as many or as few of the approaches as they wish. From tiny tweaks to dramatic, sweeping chances, Pete gives a wide range of options that cater to different computer users’ personal levels of comfort with troubleshooting. Instead of a simple list of techniques, read about the rationale behind the speed-up expectation, and make an educated decision which combination of tips and tricks works for you. You deserve to stop all the waiting, so take your computer from a whirring heap of frustration to a quietly humming, efficient machine.

Author : Maggie Berg,Barbara Seeber
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442645561

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Slow Professor by Maggie Berg,Barbara Seeber Pdf

In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter the erosion of humanistic education.

Author : John Doerr
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780593420485

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Speed & Scale by John Doerr Pdf

“If you care about climate change, John Doerr’s new book, Speed & Scale, offers concrete steps that we can all take to make a difference.” - Barack Obama With clear-eyed realism and an engineer’s precision, Doerr lays out the practical actions, global ambitions, and economic investments we need to avert climate catastrophe. Guided by real-world solutions, Speed & Scale features unprecedented, firsthand accounts from climate leaders such as Laurene Powell Jobs, Christiana Figueres, Al Gore, Mary Barra, John Kerry, and dozens of other intrepid policymakers, innovators, and scientists. In Speed & Scale, Doerr presents a compelling 10-step plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050–the global goal we need to reach to ensure a livable Earth for generations to come. From electrifying our energy grid to fixing our global food supply chain to capturing carbon from the air, Speed & Scale contains practical solutions for policymakers and entrepreneurs alike. As the world confronts an urgent climate crisis, Doerr reminds us that it is also the greatest economic opportunity of our lifetimes. Whether you’re a climate scientist or someone striving to make a difference in your local community, this book will help you to activate the sustainable solutions the world urgently needs. Praise for Speed & Scale: “Everybody should get Speed & Scale by John Doerr.” - Meryl Streep “A practical guide for participation in decarbonizing the global economy, a task as challenging as it is urgent.” - Christiana Figueres

Author : Rae Armantrout
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-23
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780819564504

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Veil by Rae Armantrout Pdf

First book of selected poems by this core member of the Language writing group.

Author : A. S. A. Harrison
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143189336

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The Silent Wife by A. S. A. Harrison Pdf

Jodi and Todd are at a bad place in their marriage. Both are at the mercy of their unrelenting wants and needs, and both are unaware that the path they are on is careening toward murder. Much is at stake, including the affluent life they lead in their beautiful waterfront condo in Chicago, as she, the killer, and he, the victim, rush haplessly toward the main event, oblivious of the destiny they are jointly creating, caught in the thrall of disaster unfolding. Chapter by chapter, the narrative evolves from their alternating perspectives. He is a committed cheater. She lives and breathes denial. He exists in dual worlds. She likes to settle scores. He decides to play for keeps. She has nothing left to lose. The alternating voices pitch the reader back and forth between protagonists in conflict who are fighting for self-preservation, both of them making deeply consequential mistakes, behaving in ever more foolhardy ways, losing at the games they’re playing. The Silent Wife is a finely wrought, emotionally charged psychological thriller about a marriage in the throes of dissolution, a couple headed for catastrophe, concessions that can’t be made, and promises that won’t be kept. Expertly plotted and reminiscent of Gone Girl and These Things Hidden, The Silent Wife ensnares the reader from page one and doesn’t let go.

Author : Joel Smith
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1720694621

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Speed Strength by Joel Smith Pdf

In training speed, the most elusive athletic quality, what really works, and what doesn't? What are the components of sprinting itself that elites do, where amateurs falter? And how can we arrange all of this in a training medium that facilitates high performance? Speed Strength is the product of hundreds of athletes trained, thousands of hours of study, dozens of expert mentors, and an open mind. If you are interested in the answer to these questions, then Speed Strength is the book that holds the answers you are looking for, and much more.Joel Smith is the host of the Just Fly Performance Podcast and a track and strength coach of 13 years. As a track coach to national champions and Olympic champions as a strength coach, Joel has seen the elements of speed inside and out. Featuring the insight of over 25 field leaders, Speed Strength touches on the most important trainable elements of sprinting in a holistic and thorough manner.

Author : Ann Leckie
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316246637

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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Pdf

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards: This record-breaking novel follows a warship trapped in a human body on a quest for revenge. A must read for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and James S. A. Corey. "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." -- John Scalzi On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the Justice of Toren -- a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.