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The Practice of Cloud System Administration, Volume 2 focuses on today's fastest-growing areas of system administration: cloud computing and DevOps. For the first time, it brings together comprehensive knowledge and best practices for administering systems in the age of cloud computing, and for architecting, scaling, and operating services that perform reliably and well. The new companion volume to our best-selling Practice of System and Network Administration, it offers expert coverage of these and many other crucial topics.

For undergraduate Marketing Research courses. Basic Marketing Research usesExcela add-in software for data analysis, an integrated case, and experiential learning exercises to present a concise introduction to fundamentals of market research, offering resources students can use in their future careers.

This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes Introduction to the Trade, Trade Safety, Trade Tools and Equipment, Trade Math, Stationary Scaffolds, Mobile Scaffolds and Suspension Scaffolds.

This book is a quick, hands-on introduction to building responsive web sites with the powerful yet easy to use Bootstrap front end framework. Sams Teach Yourself Bootstrap in 24 Hours breaks down Bootstrap into small, manageable chunks, presented in an easily digested format. Students will learn to use responsive web design techniques to build websites that automatically reflect each user's device size, screen resolution, and other aspects of the viewing experience -- simplified with the Bootstrap framework. The book teaches how to download and integrate Bootstrap, work with Bootstrap's grid-based layouts, utilize resources to integrate base CSS, navigation systems, JavaScript/jQuery, and advanced CSS styling, and to rapidly create visually appealing functional prototypes with Bootstrap.

The Truthful Art is an introduction to quantitative thinking and statistical and cartographical representation written specifically for journalists and designers. A follow-up to The Functional Art, it goes into the specifics of how to create functional charts, maps, and graphs.

In The Headshot: The Secrets to Creating Amazing Headshot Portraits, author Peter Hurley shares everything the student needs to know in order to get great images of their subjects—whether it's on assignment, a personal project, or simply shots of family and friends. Starting with his trademark "recipe"—"white background, flat light, chopped-off heads"—in over a dozen chapters he covers the following: the technical aspects of the shot, including lighting, composition, and camera setup; establishing a rapport with your subject, as well as provoking thought in order to drive expression; and how to direct the subject, including detailed discussions of how to influence the jaw, the smile, the eyes, and the eyebrows. With The Headshot, students will be equipped to dramatically improve their headshot photographs—from lighting to composition to directing the best expression from their subjects.Peter Hurley is well known among headshot and portrait photographers as a passionate photographer and teacher. His business has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, and he is a go-to resource as both a photographer and an educator. He teaches his own workshops, and is a regular instructor at conferences such as Photo Plus, WPPI, and Photoshop World.

The Java EE 7 Tutorial: Volume 1, Fifth Edition, is a task-oriented, example-driven guide to developing enterprise applications for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 7 (Java EE 7). Written by members of the Java EE documentation team at Oracle, this book provides new and intermediate Java programmers with a deep understanding of the platform.

This Study Guide complements the strong pedagogy in Giancoli's text with overviews, topic summaries and exercises, key phrases and terms, self-study exams, problems for review of each chapter, and answers and solutions to selected EOC material.

This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes: Finishing and Grading, Compaction Equipment, Backhoes, Off-Road Dump Trucks, Dozers, Excavators, and Motor Graders.

This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes: Introduction to Masonry, Masonry Safety, Masonry Tools and Equipment, Measurements, Drawings, and Specifications, Mortar, and Masonry Units and Installation Techniques.

Research-based recommendations for weaving formative assessment practices into daily teaching and assessment activities at all levels. This title is also available as a more affordable e-book with embedded video to illustrate key concepts. This book presents seven strategies structured around three essential questions-Where am I going? Where am I now? and How can I close the gap?-to give teachers quality, research-based recommendations about assessment practices for improving student achievement. The book is sequenced to help teachers easily weave formative assessment practices into daily teaching and assessment activities at all levels. The first chapter introduces the strategies and the research base for formative assessment practices. The remaining chapters explain each strategy in detail, provide a research-based rationale for using the strategy, describe how the strategy can be applied in contexts ranging from kindergarten through high school in a range of subject areas, and offer instructions for carrying out core procedures and suggestions for adaptations. The seven strategies synthesize the best thinking in the field about high-impact formative assessment practices and provide a practical classroom framework for using assessment to grow learning. This new edition builds on the research from the previous edition and includes a number of new features to ensure the best use of the strategies, including: New, more recent research helps teachers better understand goal orientations, what makes an effective goal, how to diagnose student learning needs, the role of practice in improving learning, and more. Extended examples of the strategies make the ideas and concepts come to life for teachers. Improved features make the text easier to use for collaborative learning. This title is also available as a loose-leaf packaged with the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a loose-leaf version, use ISBN 013405895X. Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eTextThe Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with embedded video, Discussion Questions, Reflection Journal, and Defining Assessments. The Enhanced Pearson eText is also available without a print version of the textbook. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks.

The Truth About Negotiations, Second Edition shares even more proven principles for handling virtually every negotiation situation. Building on her widely praised First Edition, Leigh Thompson delivers more than 50 real solutions for the make-or-break scenarios faced by every negotiator. In this edition, Thompson adds powerful new "truths” and techniques for negotiating across generations and cultures, negotiating in virtual/online environments, and more. Thompson: Provides realistic game plans that work in any negotiation situation Focuses on the two key tasks of any negotiation: how to create win-win deals by leveraging information carefully collected from the other party; and how to effectively lay claim to part of the win-win goldmine Demonstrates how to handle less-than-perfect situations, such as getting called on a bluff, establishing trust with someone you don't trust, recognizing when to walk away, negotiating with people you don't like - and conversely, negotiating with people you love, and who love you She guides you every step of the way, helping you plan strategy, understand your "best alternative to a negotiated agreement,” make the first offer, control the process (and your emotions), resolve difficult disputes, and achieve the negotiation goals that matter most.

This is a student supplement associated with: Pharmacy Technician, The: Foundations and Practice, 2/e Mike Johnston ISBN: 0132897598

Leading embedded systems developer Rudolf Streif gives readers a solid grounding in the basics, then guides them through more advanced topics -- ranging from building board support packages to managing compliance. Students master the Yocto Project toolbox by working through the entire development lifecycle on a realistic project: a distributed home automation system consisting of multiple embedded devices with diverse functionality, all communicating via networking infrastructure.