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Sunday, July 28, 2019

Data Science for Business Download

ISBN: 1449361323
Title: Data Science for Business Pdf What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking
Author: Foster Provost
Published Date: 2013
Page: 384

What you need to know about data mining and data-analytic thinking

Written by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today.

Based on an MBA course Provost has taught at New York University over the past ten years, Data Science for Business provides examples of real-world business problems to illustrate these principles. You’ll not only learn how to improve communication between business stakeholders and data scientists, but also how participate intelligently in your company’s data science projects. You’ll also discover how to think data-analytically, and fully appreciate how data science methods can support business decision-making.

Understand how data science fits in your organization—and how you can use it for competitive advantage
Treat data as a business asset that requires careful investment if you’re to gain real value
Approach business problems data-analytically, using the data-mining process to gather good data in the most appropriate way
Learn general concepts for actually extracting knowledge from data
Apply data science principles when interviewing data science job candidates

Instead it has some businessy sounding bits and the start and end which feel like an afterthought This isn't really a book about the business applications of data science. Instead it has some businessy sounding bits and the start and end which feel like an afterthought. The middle seems like it was taken from a data mining textbook (or perhaps previously was one). Particularly strangely, it presents some math for machine learning but in a dumbed down way using notation the author invented (the strangest was a replacement for sigma as sum notation).Rather than reading this you're probably better off reading a book about how business might be impacted by machine learning and related things (The Second Machine Age or Average is Over). Alternatively, if you want to know more about data science / data mining (now fairly deprecated term this book uses) or machine learning you'd be better off picking up Hastie's or Mitchell's book or taking Andrew Ng's course on Coursera.The perfect balance When trying to learn about a new field, one of the most common difficulties is to find books (and other materials) that have the right "depth". All too often one ends up with either a friendly but largely useless book that oversimplifies or a heavy academic tome that, though authoritative and comprehensive, is condemned to sit gathering dust in one's shelves. "Data Science for Business" gets it just right.What I mean might become clearer if I point out what this book is *not*:- It is *not* a computer science textbook with a focus on theoretical derivations and algorithms.- It is *not* a "cookbook" that provides "step-by-step" guidance with little to no explanation of what one is doing.- It is *not* your standard "management" title on the cool tech du jour available at airport stands and meant to be read in one sitting (buzzwords, hype and overly enthusiastic statements making up for the dearth of actual content).Instead, it is close to being the perfect guide for the intelligent reader who -- regardless of whether s/he has a tech background -- has a sincere desire to learn how the tools and principles of data science can be used to extract meaningful information from huge datasets. Highly recommended.I thought this would be an easy argument to make during the interview process I recently made a career transition from academia as a Professor of IT Management to industry as Senior Data Scientist at one of the Big Four consulting firms. The research skills that I use for academic research are the same ones that I use to help my firm discover data-driven insights that are actionable and transformative for restructuring strategies and operations to drive business value. I thought this would be an easy argument to make during the interview process, but in the end I had to develop a less academic-sounding argument for the interviews. Provost and Fawcetts’ Data Science for Business was ideally suited for this purpose.Provost and Fawcett is THE text if you want to learn advanced statistical methods in business-related problem-solving contexts separate from any specific programming language like R. It’s also the right choice if you want to understand data science from a strategic perspective and its process characteristics. Provost and Fawcett is extremely useful for anyone who is trying to get up to speed and demonstrate knowledge in business analytics or data science in relatively short manner. This text is extremely well written—the authors use non-technical language for the most part—and it’s interesting!

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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

We Want to Negotiate Free Pdf

ISBN: 0999745425
Title: We Want to Negotiate Pdf The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages and Ransom
Author: Joel Simon
Published Date: 2018-10-09

"A firm no-concessions policy that relies on meager evidence is inexcusable, he argues, when lives hang in the balance. We Want to Negotiate is a helpful, accessible contribution to a decades-old dilemma." -- Wall Street Journal"This excellent and careful book asks tough questions about whether and how governments should negotiate with kidnappers to get hostages released." -- Foreign Affairs< BR>“A wise and thorough investigation of the painful conundrum posed by terrorist kidnappings. Simon makes a cogent argument about how to change our current, failed approach to negotiation.” ~ Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower and The Terror Years"Joel Simon has written an invaluable insider’s account of the how and the why of the shadowy business of ransom negotiation at the highest level. For anyone who has ever wondered why some governments negotiate for the release of their captured citizens– while others -including our own- do not, Simon’s book is essential reading. As head of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Simon has seen the hostage crisis up close and this book reflects his intelligence, courage, and clear-eyed approach to this murky but, sadly, thriving business." ~ Kati Marton, Author, Journalist and former Board Chair of the Committee to Protect Journalists“This is an excellently researched and reasoned book on a terrible and complicated problem – what to do when someone is taken hostage. I hope all those who have had to face this awful dilemma will read it, and especially those who make and carry out government policy.” ~ Terry Anderson, Journalist, hostage in Lebanon for seven years“Joel Simon’s book about the dark world of kidnappers and their hostages is deeply reported, well written and well calibrated in its judgements. For anyone who wants to understand the many difficult questions raised by the kidnapping trade, Simon’s book will be the standard.”~ Peter Bergen, author of United States of Jihad: Who are America’s Homegrown Terrorists and How Do We Stop Them“In We Want to Negotiate, Joel Simon combines the breadth of his knowledge alongside stunning narratives to try to understand how the gruesome and murky trade of kidnapping really works. Simon’s international policy expertise and his compassion for his subjects – many of whom he knew and worked alongside – shine through to create a spellbinding, chilling and important read.” ~ Janine di Giovanni, Senior Fellow, the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, Yale University, and author of The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria"To Simon, who has worked for nearly 20 years at the Committee to Protect Journalists, the question is a matter not just of political will or moral philosophy but also of who lives and who dies....General readers will find the material enlightening, and those professionally involved will find it essential." --Publishers Weekly"A persuasive argument that deserves to be heard in Foggy Bottom, the Pentagon, and other corridors of power."--Kirkus Review Joel Simon is the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. He has written widely on media issues, contributing to Slate, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, The Guardian, and The Washington Post. He has led numerous international missions to advance press freedom. His book The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom was published by Columbia University Press in 2014. A graduate of Amherst College and Stanford University, he lives in New York City.

"A wise and thorough investigation." - Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower and The Terror Years

Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria -- journalists and aid workers -- began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane. In August 2014, the Islamic State began executing the Americans -- including journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, followed by the British hostages.

Joel Simon, who in nearly two decades at the Committee to Protect Journalists has worked on dozens of hostages cases, delves into the heated hostage policy debate. The Europeans paid millions of dollars to a terrorist group to free their hostages. The US and the UK refused to do so, arguing that any ransom would be used to fuel terrorism and would make the crime more attractive, increasing the risk to their citizens. We Want to Negotiate is an exploration of the ethical, legal, and strategic considerations of a bedeviling question: Should governments pay ransom to terrorists?

Interesting background. I thought this was a very interesting read. I have seen the high profile kidnappings on tv but there are many more than we realize. Joel goes into the stories behind some of the interesting kidnappings and what countries pay the ransom and what do not. How families have gotten involved and how kidnapped victims returned have gotten involved post-return. Well worth the read.Insightful read on hostage negotiation regarding journalism I was curious about this book. Have you watched the TV Series "Ransom?" If you haven't, well, google it after you're done reading this because with that in mind, reading this was insightful. Over the years, I've watched on international news outlets calls for the release of journalists or Aid workers who were kidnapped in turbulent areas and I never fully grasped the stress, anxiety, negotiations and trauma that surrounds it.In this book, the author explores the roles of governments and media houses in such cases and not all the stories have happy endings which ultimately broke my heart.I liked how he presented the stories on both sides. Thanks for the eARC Netgalley, this book would be a great conversation on policies that affect international news coverage and politics whilst protecting reporters.So important this book! Why we in the US refuse to look at data, then make uninformed, life-threatening decisions while in Europe (ok, continental Europe) on this matter at least, they look at data, then try to save people's lives, I do not know. Our government endangers its citizens by embarking on crazy, obscene wars in the Middle East. When anger over these wars bites American citizens in the ass, the USG replies, "who? me? I did something wrong? No, I didn't." In short, this book makes a wise and important argument: we must look after our people. It also debunks the silliness about ransoms inspiring more kidnappers. Wars inspire kidnappers. Ransoms can conceivably save lives. Some day, when the dark star that has lately risen over the US subsides--by which I mean, whenever we get around to getting rid of the Donald--we will come back to this book. Why? Because kidnapping, like prostitution, has a storied, ancient past. It produces cash. It's kinda fun, sometimes, for some of the people involved. It's gonna be with us forever. So how should we respond? This book is a wise, essential guide.

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Racing to the Finish Free Pdf

ISBN: 0785221603
Title: Racing to the Finish Pdf My Story
Author: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Published Date: 2018-10-16
Page: 208

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is an American professional stock car racing driver, champion team owner, businessman, and television analyst for NBC Sports Group. He began his racing career at seventeen years of age with his dad, Dale Earnhardt Sr. He won consecutive NASCAR Busch Series Championships in 1998 and 1999 and the Daytona 500 in 2004 and 2014. Dale lives in Mooresville, North Carolina, with his wife, Amy, and their daughter, Isla Rose.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s only authorized book revealing the inside track on his final year of racing and retirement from the driver’s seat.

“Time was running out on my charade… My secrets were about to be exposed to the world.”

It was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016 that ended the day early for Dale Earnhardt Jr. What he didn’t know was that it would also end his driving for the year. He’d dealt with concussions before, but concussions are like snowflakes, no two are the same. And recovery can be brutal, and lengthy.

When NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. retired from professional stock car racing in 2017, he walked away from his career as a healthy man. But for years, he had worried that the worsening effects of multiple racing-related concussions would end not only his time on the track but his ability to live a full and happy life.

Torn between a race-at-all-costs culture and the fear that something was terribly wrong, Earnhardt tried to pretend that everything was fine, but the private notes about his escalating symptoms that he kept on his phone reveal a vicious cycle: suffering injuries on Sunday, struggling through the week, then recovering in time to race again the following weekend. For the first time, he shares these notes and fully reveals the physical and emotional struggles he faced as he fought to close out his career on his own terms.

In this candid reflection, Earnhardt opens up about his frustration with the slow recovery, his admiration for the woman who stood by him through it all, and his determination to share his own experience so that others don’t have to suffer in silence. Steering his way to the final checkered flag of his storied career proved to be the most challenging race and most rewarding finish of his life.

Thank you Dale Jr! I know you needed to quit when you did and i understand that, this book helps with coming to terms with it on our side, this side that misses you most. You are doing awesome in the booth too!! Thanks for EVERYTHING!Great personal insight This book is a humble and honest insight into the life of an individual who has likely carried more fan expectations than anyone in sports. There may be certain personal benefits in telling of certain events that had not previously been told but it is clear this is not the intent of this book. The story reveals Dale's considerable growth as a person and the acceptance of responsibility in using his talents to help others. All the best Dale, on the next Chapter!A refreshing revelation of both Earnhardt and today's understanding of concussions Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is one of the most intriguing personalities in professional stock car racing. He's amassed one of the largest fan bases NASCAR has ever known, a "Junior Nation" that rallied around him after the death of his famous father in 2001. Yet, for all he's endured, he's never lost his sense of humility, and for all his popularity, has maintained a rather private, sometimes shy persona. Even those who've interviewed Earnhardt haven't succeeded in truly understanding who he is, what motivates him, and what he's endured. And that's what makes "Racing To The Finish" such a remarkable and refreshing book.What Earnhardt and ESPN's Ryan McGee have accomplished here is an honest and humble depiction of perhaps NASCAR's biggest name. It would've been easy for Earnhardt to write about his entire career from start to finish, his victories on and off the track, and to put a smiley face on the way his career ended. But, as Earnhardt himself says in the book, that isn't this story."Racing To The Finish" focuses almost exclusively on the most difficult chapter of the driver's career from 2012 through 2017, when a series of concussions began to catch up with him. It almost reads as a confession of sorts, an explanation for why things played out the way they did. He expresses regret over not telling those close to him about the effects he was feeling, goes moment by moment through his recovery, and clears up several misconceptions about his recovery and his decision to ultimately step out of the driver's seat. He even provides notes he kept to himself as he tracked his symptoms, described with such detail that it will get the reader to examine his own motor functions.Contrary to what one would expect from a book by a NASCAR driver, this is less of a story about the sport and more about today's understanding of concussions. What was most surprising was the revelation that there is a whole body of medicine geared toward overcoming concussion symptoms, that they involve exercises and training instead of invasive surgery, and that these methods are becoming more effective as the years pass. This was fascinating in light of the ongoing issue of CTE in the NFL, and the high-profile tragedies of players like Junior Seau. This makes Earnhardt's story even more of an inspiration, not simply to race fans, but to those dealing with similar conditions - there is help, and people should go and seek it.By the end of this book, you will understand as best any of us can the pressure Earnhardt felt to perform, and why he had to do what he did those final six years in elite competition. I left with an even greater respect for the man, and his bravery in sharing this story with others. Couldn't recommend it more.

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Thursday, July 4, 2019

Succubus Lord 3 Download

ISBN: B07MGH7WWW
Title: Succubus Lord 3 Pdf

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Best one yet Now I'm torn between which I like best this or Summoner. The 3rd Summoner was great, I agree it was his best one yet. This however is the best one yet in this Succubus Lord series. It gets more detailed, more developed and yet the pace doesn't let up. Again I couldn't put it down until I finished. With Azeal having 7 succubi I hope there are a lot more volumes left.Hopefully he gets done with another volume of either series by the time I get through with Metal Mage and the 2 planet brokers.Hope he doesn't run out of ideas. I like his style and the sex is fun but the stories can stand on their own. Although in this series the sex does serve a purpose.Excellent Just as good as the first two. The characters just keep getting better and better. I really like the way the fight between demons and angels is told in a different way. It’s a great book that you should read.The series just keeps getting better with every volume! I've read all of author Eric Vall's books to this point, and they are all very entertaining, with lots of action, interesting settings, fun characters, and harems. While I recommend all of his series (especially Metal Mage and Summoner) Succubus Lord has quickly become my favorite because it is ridiculously funny. I'm sure some people just see it as stoner humor coming from Todd the imp (one of the funniest characters I've ever seen in a book!), but there's a lot of poking fun at pop culture and the modern world in general going on that is really cool. I haven't quite finished Succubus Lord 3 yet (about 70% in), but I had to write a review before finishing so I could give this great series some more love. If you're looking for something funny, sexy, and action packed, look no further.