Find the right big data solution for your business or organizationBig data management is one of the major challenges facing business, industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Data sets such as customer transactions for a mega-retailer, weather patterns monitored by meteorologists, or social network activity can quickly outpace the capacity of traditional data management tools. If you need to develop or manage big data solutions, you'll appreciate how these four ...

Build Future-ready Enterprise AI with IBM Granite and Watsonx AI.Key Features● Step-by-step instructions to install and configure Granite 3.0 using GitHub and VSCode on both Windows and Red Hat Linux systems.● Build advanced prompt strategies using Python and Ansible to enhance LLM response accuracy and adaptability in enterprise scenarios.● Prepare for the future of enterprise AI with forward-looking analysis of IBM’s Granite platform evolution.Book...

How to use ChatGPT to write fast validated Java codeKey Features● Discover how to leverage Java code generated with ChatGPT to expedite the development of practical solutions for everyday programming challenges.● Gain insight into the benefits of harnessing AI to elevate your effectiveness as a software engineer.● Elevate your professional journey by significantly boosting your programming efficiency to swiftly produce relia...

"... a diverse and fascinating array of perspectives on the history of Canada's national parks, illuminating many less well-understood aspects of the evolving place of people in and near these parks." - Stephen Bocking, Professor and Chair, Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University When Canada created a Dominion Parks Branch in 1911, it became the first country in the world to establish an agency devoted to managing its national parks. Over the past century this agency, ...

Upon its initial publication in 1973 this was the first textbook to present a unified view and comprehensive treatment of the economic development of Europe from a continental rather than a British perspective. At the same time, it is more than mere textbook: it is an interpretive analysis of a wide range of research on the subject in many countries which explores the objective validity of earlier theories and provides an ideal starting point for further research into economic development ...

***“We developed reputations real fast. We treated our entertainers right. We got them paid. Other agents and promoters and managers showed them the money. We got them the money. We brought respect to the African American artist in America. We brought them prestige. We really cared about our artists and those who worked for us, and it was obvious because we fought like hell for them. So when you listen to some of that music today—an Otis Redding record or Percy Sledge or anyone from our sh...

Volume 34 of Theatre History Studies revisits the foundations of theatre, explores the boundaries and definitions of theatre, and illuminates how writing about the history of theatre is itself a form of historiography.The five essays are arranged chronologically, starting with Alan Sikes’s discussion of the Abydos Passion Play. Sikes challenges the long-held interpretation of that ritualized annual reenactment of the death, dismemberment, and return to life of Egyptian god...

The Spectator's Guide to the Hemp Olympix is a tongue-in-cheek look at the Hemp Olympix, an international sporting event held annually in Nimbin, Australia, (and at selected cities all around the world) as part of Nimbin's MardiGrass, which is a celebratory rally to protest the unjust laws concerning hemp and cannabis. This book, written by two full-time fully accredited Hemp Olympix officials, gives a hilarious insight into the Hemp Olympix – its rules and etiquette as set down by the Int...

"In Consequences I," Kesselheim recalls how when things sometimes go wrong, the key players have to make an immediate decisions. In 1979, Kesselheim and companions were involved in a canoe capcize in the frigid lake waters of northern Quebec when he was thrust into the role of rescuer. In "Consequences II," the story is told from the perspective of one of the capcized paddlers. This selection is part of the full length audiobook, "Rescue: Stories of Survival From Land and Sea."

Instructions for downloading, installing, and upgrading IBM CMODKey Features● Master IBM CMOD installation on RedHat Linux and Windows, including optional software and upgrade steps.● Learn to configure CMOD with Content Navigator and FileNet using practical, real-world examples.● Acquire essential admin skills for Linux and Windows, focusing on user management and system optimization.● Hands-on examples of using the...

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of US economic policy from Kennedy to COVID—filled with lessons for todayIn this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world's most influential economists and one of the field's best writers, draws on his deep firsthand experience to provide an authoritative account of sixty years of monetary and fiscal policy in the United States. Spanning twelve presidents, from John F. Kennedy to Joe Biden, and ...

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Biden—filled with lessons for todayIn this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world’s most influential economists and one of the field’s best writers, draws on his deep firsthand experience to provide an authoritative account of sixty years of monetary and fiscal policy in the United States. Spanning twelve presidents, from John F. Kennedy to Joe Biden, an...