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Great Irish Reportage
by John HorganReports and dispatches from Ireland's finest writers: the first-ever anthology of Irish reportage.Alongside its world-famous tradition of great fiction, Ireland has a less well known but thrilling tradition of reportage: journalism, dispatches and eyewitness accounts. From Elizabeth Bowen to Colm Toibin, from Flann O'Brien to Maeve Binchy, some of Ireland's greatest writers have produced first-rate journalism. And from R.M. Smyllie and Conor Cruise O'Brien to Eamon Dunphy and Olivia O'Leary, Ireland has also produced a remarkable number of journalists who can really write. Now, for the first time, the best of Irish reportage - some of it legendary, some of it unjustly forgotten - is gathered into a single volume. Whether it's Kate O'Brien on the reinterment of W.B. Yeats or Emily O'Reilly on the election to Westminster of Gerry Adams, whether it's Hubert Butler on the Fetherd-on-Sea boycott or Joseph O'Connor at the 1994 World Cup, the pieces in Great Irish Reportage illuminate Irish life in a way that no other form of writing can.'There is so much to admire and digest between the covers ... All of them put you right there, right on the frontline, right in the moment' RTE Guide 'You'll learn much about this great little nation of ours, and what makes it tick, from this incredibly well chosen collection' Hot Press 'There are superb examples of reportage here that combine hard fact and descriptive narrative' Irish Times'Excellent ... In such time, the need for brave individuals to believe in the power of the words they write is essential. Despite changes in the media landscape in recent years ... it appears as if that hunger from journalists, to question, inspire, and hold those who we democratically elect to accountability, is as strong as ever' Sunday Independent 'Probably unbeatable for showing how Ireland has changed ... The editor has done a remarkable job' Irish Catholic
Great Monologues: And How to Give Winning Auditions
by Glenn AltermanA must-have resource for aspiring actors: both monologues to audition with and a step-by-step guide on the best monologue audition preparation!Great Monologues: And How to Give Winning Auditions is primarily for actors looking for excellent acting monologues for their monologue auditions. There are original monologues written specifically for auditions, as well as monologues from award-winning playwright Glenn Alterman&’s plays. There are comedic, dramatic, and serio-comedic monologues for all audition calls.Great Monologues also offers a step-by-step process to prepare for all monologue auditions. The monologues offered run from one minute to five minutes, thus covering all audition times. There are also a number of in-depth interviews with major casting directors, directors, and theatre company artistic directors. If you are an aspiring actor in need of an audition monologue, or want the best advice on how to properly audition with a monologue, Great Monologues: And How to Give Winning Auditions is a must-have in your collection!Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Great Negotiations
by Fredrik StantonWords as much as weapons have shaped the course of history. Whether to avert, resolve, assist, or secure the outcome of a conflict, diplomacy in the modern age has had great triumphs and bitter failures, from the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, which narrowly spared humanity from a nuclear Armageddon, to the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, which created problems that still confront us today. Drawing on primary sources, transcripts, and interviews, Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World tells the stories of eight key episodes in modern diplomacy. From Benjamin Franklin securing crucial French support for the American revolution to Reagan and Gorbachev laying the groundwork to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons, Fredrik Stanton explains what each party brought to the negotiating table, the stakes, the obstacles to success, and how they were overcome.
Great PR: Bullet Guides
by Brian SalterWhat's in this book?Open this book and you will... - Improve communication - Foster development - Establish goals - Encourage successLearn how to be a mentor:- Understanding mentoring- The mentoring process- Successful mentoring relationships- Skills for successful mentors and mentees- Common pitfalls- The benefits of mentoring- Advice about giving advice- Bringing it to a successful closeSample page spread: What are Bullet Guides?The answers you need - now.Clear and concise guides in a portable format. Information is displayed in an easy-to-read layout with helpful images and tables. Bullet Guides include all you need to know about a subject in a nutshell. Get right to the point without wading through loads of unnecessary information.
Great PR: Bullet Guides
by Brian SalterWhat's in this book?Open this book and you will... - Improve communication - Foster development - Establish goals - Encourage successLearn how to be a mentor:- Understanding mentoring- The mentoring process- Successful mentoring relationships- Skills for successful mentors and mentees- Common pitfalls- The benefits of mentoring- Advice about giving advice- Bringing it to a successful closeSample page spread:What are Bullet Guides?The answers you need - now.Clear and concise guides in a portable format. Information is displayed in an easy-to-read layout with helpful images and tables. Bullet Guides include all you need to know about a subject in a nutshell. Get right to the point without wading through loads of unnecessary information.
Great Power Diplomacy in the Hellenistic World
by John D GraingerDiplomacy is a neglected aspect of Hellenistic history, despite the fact that war and peace were the major preoccupations of the rulers of the kingdoms of the time. It becomes clear that it is possible to discern a set of accepted practices which were generally followed by the kings from the time of Alexander to the approach of Rome. The republican states were less bound by such practices, and this applies above all to Rome and Carthage. By concentrating on diplomatic institutions and processes, therefore, it is possible to gain a new insight into the relations between the kingdoms. This study investigates the making and duration of peace treaties, the purpose of so-called 'marriage alliances', the absence of summit meetings, and looks in detail at the relations between states from a diplomatic point of view, rather than only in terms of the wars they fought. The system which had emerged as a result of the personal relationships between Alexander's successors, continued in operation for at least two centuries. The intervention of Rome brought in a new great power which had no similar tradition, and the Hellenistic system crumbled therefore under Roman pressure.
Great TED Talks Creativity: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers (Great TED Talks)
by Tom MayInsights and advice on the creative process from 100 prominent TED Conference speakers. Online TED Talks have provided inspiration to a worldwide audience since 2006, focusing not only on subjects of technology, entertainment, and design but also on cultural, social, and political issues. Great TED Talks: Creativity gathers the ideas presented by 100 speakers and condenses them into a nutshell of practical advice for boosting your own creativity. Also included are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety.
Great TED Talks Innovation: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers (Great TED Talks)
by Neil C. HughesBecome more innovative by applying the ideas of 100 prominent TED Conference speakers to your own life.Great TED Talks: Innovation features words of wisdom from 100 speakers and condenses their ideas into accessible advice for becoming more innovative in how you approach and organize your life. Since 2006, online TED Talks have provided inspiration to a worldwide audience. Besides subjects like technology, entertainment, and design, TED Talks also focus on cultural, social, and political issues. Included in each section are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety.
Great TED Talks Leadership: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers (Great TED Talks)
by Harriet MinterThe words of 100 prominent TED Conference speakers will help you achieve your personal and professional goals. In 2006, TED Talks became accessible online, and have since been viewed more than a billion times by people across the world. Great TED Talks: Leadership highlights the words of 100 TED Conference speakers and discusses how their ideas can be applied to your own life. Whether you’re a leader of a business group or the organizer of a small social club, the advice in this book will help you visualize and achieve your goals. Included in each section are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety.
Great on the Job: What to Say, How to Say It: The Secrets of Getting Ahead
by Jodi GlickmanGreat on the Job offers a much-needed "people skills" primer and masterclass in all facets of workplace communicationDo you know how to ask for help at work without sounding dumb? Do you know how to get valuable and useful feedback from your colleagues? Have you mastered your professional elevator pitch so that every time you meet someone, they remember and are impressed by you? If you answered "no" to any of these questions, you need Great on the Job. In 2008, Jodi Glickman launched Great on the Job, a communications consulting firm whose distinguished client list includes Harvard Business School, Wharton, The Stern School of Business, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup. Now, Glickman's three-step training program is available in book form for the first time. With case studies, micro strategies, and example language, readers will learn communication skills that can be practiced and implemented immediately. In today's economy, it's not typically the smartest, hardest working or most technically savvy who succeed. Instead, the ability to communicate well is often the most important precursor to success in the workplace. So whether you're a star performer or a struggling novice, Great on the Job will give you the building blocks you need for every conversation you'll have at work.
Green Communication with Field-programmable Gate Array for Sustainable Development
by Bishwajeet Pandey Keshav KumarThe text discusses the designing of field-programmable gate array based green computing circuits for efficient green communication. It will help senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers from diverse engineering domains such as electrical, electronics and communication, and computer. Discuss hardware description language coding of green communication computing (GCC) circuits. Presents field-programmable gate arrays-based power-efficient models. Explored the integrations of universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter and field-programmable gate arrays. Covers architecture, and programming tools of field-programmable gate arrays. Showcases Verilog and VHDL codes for green computing circuits such as finite impulse response filter, parity checker, and packet counter. The text discusses the designing of energy-efficient network components, using low voltage complementary metal-oxide semiconductors, high-speed transceiver logic, and stub series-terminated logic input/output standards. It showcases how to write Verilog and VHDL codes for green computing circuits including finite impulse response filter, packet counter, and universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields including electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, and computer engineering.
Green Communications and Networking
by F. Richard Yu Victor C. M. Leung Xi ZhangGreen Communications and Networking introduces novel solutions that can bring about significant reductions in energy consumption in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry-as well as other industries, including electric power. Containing the contributions of leading experts in the field, it examines the latest research advances
Green Communications and Networks
by Chenguang Yang Maode MaThe objective of GCN 2011 is to facilitate an exchange of information on best practices for the latest research advances in the area of green communications and networks, which mainly includes the intelligent control, or efficient management, or optimal design of access network infrastructures, home networks, terminal equipment, and etc. Topics of interests include network design methodology, enabling technologies, network components and devices, applications, others and emerging new topics.
Green Communications: Theoretical Fundamentals, Algorithms, and Applications
by Honggang Zhang Jinsong Wu Sundeep RanganNowadays energy crisis and global warming problems are hanging over everyone's head, urging much research work on energy saving. In the ICT industry, which is becoming a major consumer of global energy triggered by the telecommunication network operators experiencing energy cost as a significant factor in profit calculations, researchers have start
Green Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
by Muhammad Ismail Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir Khalid A. Qaraqe Erchin SerpedinThis book focuses on the emerging research topic "green (energy efficient) wireless networks" which has drawn huge attention recently from both academia and industry. This topic is highly motivated due to important environmental, financial, and quality-of-experience (QoE) considerations. Specifically, the high energy consumption of the wireless networks manifests in approximately 2% of all CO2 emissions worldwide. This book presents the authors' visions and solutions for deployment of energy efficient (green) heterogeneous wireless communication networks. The book consists of three major parts. The first part provides an introduction to the "green networks" concept, the second part targets the green multi-homing resource allocation problem, and the third chapter presents a novel deployment of device-to-device (D2D) communications and its successful integration in Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets). The book is novel in that it specifically targets green networking in a heterogeneous wireless medium, which represents the current and future wireless communication medium faced by the existing and next generation communication networks. The book focuses on multi-homing resource allocation, exploiting network cooperation, and integrating different and new network technologies (radio frequency and VLC), expanding the network coverage and integrating new device centric communication paradigms such as D2D Communications. Whilst the book discusses a significant research topic supported with advanced mathematical analysis, the resulting algorithms and solutions are explained and summarized in a way that is easy to follow and grasp. This book is suitable for networking and telecommunications engineers, researchers in industry and academia, as well as students and instructors.
Green Internet of Things (Wireless Networks)
by Zhenyu Zhou Zheng Chang Haijun LiaoEnergy efficiency issues for green internet of things (IoT) are investigated in this book, from the perspectives of device-to-device (D2D) communications, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, and air-ground networks. Specifically, critical green IoT techniques from D2D communications in the cellular network to M2M communications in industrial IoT (IIoT), (from single physical-layer optimization to cross-layer optimization, and from single-layer ground networks to stereoscopic air-ground networks) are discussed in both theoretical problem formulation and simulation result analysis in this book.Internet of Things (IoT) offers a platform that enables sensors and devices to connect seamlessly in an intelligent environment, thus providing intelligence services including monitoring systems, industrial automation, and ultimately smart cities. However, the huge potentials of IoT are constrained by high energy consumption, limited battery capacity, and the slow progress of battery technology. The high energy consumption of IoT device causes communication interruption, information loss, and short network lifetime. Moreover, once deployed, the batteries inside IoT devices cannot be replaced in time. Therefore, energy efficient resource allocation is urgent to be investigated to improve the energy efficiency of IoT, facilitate green IoT, and extend the network lifetime.This book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art key technologies, frameworks, related optimization algorithms, and corresponding integrated designs on green IoT. It also presents an easy-to-understand style in a professional manner, making the book suitable for a wider range of readers from students to professionals interested in the green IoT.
Green Internet of Things Sensor Networks: Applications, Communication Technologies, and Security Challenges
by Adamu Murtala Zungeru Joseph M. Chuma Caspar K. Lebekwe Pendukeni Phalaagae Jwaone GaboitaolelweThis book presents methods for advancing green IoT sensor networks and IoT devices. Three main methods presented are: a standalone system to support IoT devices that is informed by the amount of energy the solar array system can produce; a model of securing a building's main power supply against unauthorized use; and security of the IoT devices and their networks. For each, the authors outline the methods, presents security and privacy issues, and their solutions. The work suggests a layered approach to expose security issues and challenges at each layer of the IoT architecture and proposes techniques used to mitigate these challenges. Finally, perspectives are drawn and discussed for future directions in securing IoT sensor networks, covering evolving areas such as artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, sensor Internet of People, context-aware sensing, cloud infrastructure, security and privacy, and the Internet of Everything.
Green Is the New Red
by Will PotterAt a time when everyone is going green, most people are unaware that the FBI is using anti-terrorism resources to target environmentalists. Here is a guided tour into an underground world of radical activism and an introduction to the shadowy figures behind the headlines. But here also is the story of how everyday people are prevented from speaking up for what they believe in. Like the Red Scare, this "Green Scare" is about fear and intimidation, and Will Potter outlines the political, legal, and public relations strategies that threaten even acts of nonviolent civil disobedience with the label of "eco-terrorism."
Green Machine Learning Protocols for Future Communication Networks
by Mubashir Husain Rehmani Saim GhafoorMachine learning has shown tremendous benefits in solving complex network problems and providing situation and parameter prediction. However, heavy resources are required to process and analyze the data, which can be done either offline or using edge computing but also requires heavy transmission resources to provide a timely response. The need here is to provide lightweight machine learning protocols that can process and analyze the data at run time and provide a timely and efficient response. These algorithms have grown in terms of computation and memory requirements due to the availability of large data sets. These models/algorithms also require high levels of resources such as computing, memory, communication, and storage. The focus so far was on producing highly accurate models for these communication networks without considering the energy consumption of these machine learning algorithms. For future scalable and sustainable network applications, efforts are required toward designing new machine learning protocols and modifying the existing ones, which consume less energy, i.e., green machine learning protocols. In other words, novel and lightweight green machine learning algorithms/protocols are required to reduce energy consumption which can also reduce the carbon footprint. To realize the green machine learning protocols, this book presents different aspects of green machine learning for future communication networks. This book highlights mainly the green machine learning protocols for cellular communication, federated learning-based models, and protocols for Beyond Fifth Generation networks, approaches for cloud-based communications, and Internet-of-Things. This book also highlights the design considerations and challenges for green machine learning protocols for different future applications.
Green Marketing and Entrepreneurship
by Arne NygaardThis comprehensive book reveals the intricate interplay between entrepreneurship, strategy, and marketing management in the context of sustainability. The book champions the green shift within businesses and organizations, equipping both companies and consumers with the knowledge needed to make well-informed decisions that drive positive market transformations. Providing a holistic understanding of sustainable and disruptive change processes for students and professionals, it looks into a spectrum of powerful strategies, ranging from green marketing approaches and segmentation techniques to the nuances of demarketing and green branding. Readers will uncover the critical role of companies and decision-makers in reshaping consumer behavior and supply chains, while navigating potential pitfalls like the "tragedy of the commons" and "greenwashing." Furthermore, they will gain valuable insights into how strategic positioning and targeted efforts can yield sustainable outcomes and increase consumer willingness to invest in environmentally conscious products. Green Marketing and Entrepreneurship allows readers to explore the profound impact of marketing strategies on the delicate balance of nature and discover actionable green marketing methodologies that can pave the way for a more sustainable and environmentally conscious world.
Green Marketing und Unternehmertum
by Arne NygaardDieses umfassende Buch offenbart das komplexe Zusammenspiel von Unternehmertum, Strategie und Marketingmanagement im Kontext der Nachhaltigkeit. Das Buch befürwortet den grünen Wandel innerhalb von Unternehmen und Organisationen und stattet sowohl Unternehmen als auch Verbraucher mit dem Wissen aus, das erforderlich ist, um fundierte Entscheidungen zu treffen, die positive Markttransformationen vorantreiben. Es bietet ein ganzheitliches Verständnis für nachhaltige und disruptive Veränderungsprozesse für Studierende und Fachleute und untersucht ein Spektrum kraftvoller Strategien, die von grünen Marketingansätzen und Segmentierungstechniken bis hin zu den Feinheiten des Demarketings und des grünen Brandings reichen. Die Leser werden die entscheidende Rolle von Unternehmen und Entscheidungsträgern bei der Umgestaltung des Verbraucherverhaltens und der Lieferketten erkennen, während sie potenzielle Fallstricke wie die "Tragödie der Allmende" und "Greenwashing" navigieren. Darüber hinaus gewinnen sie wertvolle Einblicke, wie strategische Positionierung und gezielte Anstrengungen nachhaltige Ergebnisse erzielen und die Bereitschaft der Verbraucher erhöhen können, in umweltbewusste Produkte zu investieren. Green Marketing und Unternehmertum ermöglicht es den Lesern, die tiefgreifenden Auswirkungen von Marketingstrategien auf das empfindliche Gleichgewicht der Natur zu erkunden und umsetzbare grüne Marketingmethoden zu entdecken, die den Weg zu einer nachhaltigeren und umweltbewussteren Welt ebnen können.
Green Mobile Devices and Networks: Energy Optimization and Scavenging Techniques
by Gabriel-Miro Muntean Hrishikesh VenkataramanWhile battery capacity is often insufficient to keep up with the power-demanding features of the latest mobile devices, powering the functional advancement of wireless devices requires a revolution in the concept of battery life and recharge capability. Future handheld devices and wireless networks should be able to recharge themselves automaticall
Green Mobile Networks: A Networking Perspective
by Nirwan Ansari Tao HanGreen communications is a very hot topic. As mobile networks evolve in terms of higher rates/throughput, a consequent impact on operating costs is due to (aggregate) network energy consumption. As such, design on 4G networks and beyond have increasingly started to focus on `energy efficiency’ or so-called ‘green’ networks. Many techniques and solutions have been proposed to enhance the energy efficiency of mobile networks, yet no book has provided an in-depth analysis of the energy consumption issues in mobile networks nor has detailed theories, tools and solutions for solving the energy efficiency problems. This book presents the techniques and solutions for enhancing energy efficiency of future mobile networks, and consists of three major parts. The first part presents a general description of mobile network evolution in terms of both capacity and energy efficiency. The second part discusses the advanced techniques to green mobile networks. The third part discusses the solutions that enhance mobile network energy efficiency as well as provides future directions. Whilst the reader is expected to have basic knowledge of wireless communications, the authors present a brief introduction of the evolution of mobile networks, providing the knowledge base for understanding the content of the book. In addition, complicated network problems are illustrated using simple examples. This will help the reader understand the concept and intuition of various techniques and solutions. Incorporates the latest research results from both academia and industry, providing an up-to-date overview of existing technologies and solutions on making mobile networks greener Consists of three sections with a gradually increasing technical depth on green mobile networks, providing the reader with a systematic view of the research area, and helping those with different technical backgrounds to better understand the content Covers existing enabling technologies for green mobile networking, including an innovative discussion of state-of-the-art solutions and algorithms
Green Networking
by Francine KriefThis book focuses on green networking, which is an important topic for the scientific community composed of engineers, academics, researchers and industrialists working in the networking field. Reducing the environmental impact of the communications infrastructure has become essential with the ever increasing cost of energy and the need for reducing global CO2 emissions to protect our environment.Recent advances and future directions in green networking are presented in this book, including energy efficient networks (wired networks, wireless networks, mobile networks), adaptive networks (cognitive radio networks, green autonomic networking), green terminals, and industrial research into green networking (smart city, etc.).
Green Technology for Smart City and Society: Proceedings of GTSCS 2020 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #151)
by Janmenjoy Nayak Bighnaraj Naik Danilo Pelusi Renu Sharma Manohar MishraThis book includes selected papers from the International Conference on Green Technology for Smart City and Society (GTSCS 2020), organized by the Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, India, during 13–14 August 2020. The book covers topics such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, optimization algorithm, IoT, signal processing, etc. The book is helpful for researchers working in the discipline of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science. The researchers working in the allied domain of communication and control will also find the book useful as it deals with the latest methodologies and applications.