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Joe's Coin Shop


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This new business analytics case study challenges readers to help a retail coin shop owner build an Internet sale and auction site that complements his existing business while reaching customers who prefer to purchase online. Crystallizing realistic analytical challenges faced by companies in many industries and markets, it exposes readers to the entire decision-making process, providing opportunities to perform analyses, interpret output, and recommend the best course of action. Author: Charles A. Wood, Duquesne University.




Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck


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Independent Publishers Awards (IPPY) Silver Medalist in LGBT+ Fiction The eclectic stories in this collection are bound by the threads of desire in its many forms, above all, the desire for love and a place of safety in a world where being Black and gay can thwart the fulfillment of that longing. The characters are complex, driven, difficult, and even, at times, unsympathetic, but always compelling. In other words: fully rounded human beings living complicated lives. A proud Black woman who escaped her rural, impoverished town returns after the collapse of her marriage and faces the scorn of those she left behind. A middle-aged gay man finds his loneliness temporarily relieved by the arrival of a stray cat. An unhappily married woman becomes enmeshed in her bisexual husband's attempt to create a ménage à trois with a much younger man. A 16-year-old boy discovers the power of his sexuality when he embarks upon a dangerous seduction. Two Black men, one mature and rich, the other young and struggling, are drawn into a contentious affair by their shared love of opera. The legendary blues singer Glady Bentley crashes up against the barriers of race and gender when she gets caught up in a police raid. Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck is a masterful collection of stories by a gifted writer who has fully hit his stride.




Sex and the Internet


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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.







The Applied Business Analytics Casebook


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The first collection of cases on "big data" analytics for supply chain, operations research, and operations management, this reference puts readers in the position of the analytics professional and decision-maker. Perfect for students, practitioners, and certification candidates in SCM, OM, and OR, these short, focused, to-the-point case studies illustrate the entire decision-making process. They provide realistic opportunities to perform analyses, interpret output, and recommend an optimal course of action. Contributed by leading "big data" experts, the cases in The Applied Business Analytics Casebook covers: Forecasting and statistical analysis: time series forecasting models, regression models, data visualization, and hypothesis testing Optimization and simulation: linear, integer, and nonlinear programming; Monte Carlo simulation and risk analysis; and stochastic optimization Decision analysis: decision making under uncertainty; expected value of perfect information; decision trees; game theory models; AHP; and multi-criteria decision making Advanced business analytics: data warehousing/mining; text mining; neural networks; financial analytics; CRM analytics; and revenue management models




At the Speed of Irrelevance


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Get the inside story of American Artificial Intelligence (AI) failure and fall: Learn how to reassume American AI leadership and win against China On the eve of the Sino-American great power competition General Mattis challenged America to move forward at the speed of relevance. To compete effectively America needed to excel in its AI capacity. The call fell on deaf ears - and years later the nation found itself sliding towards a state of irrelevance on the global stage. A series of blunders contributed to what President Biden calls American AI's "failing and falling behind." This is the story of American AI's fall from grace. Capturing the live moments of American excitement and mastery of AI to the tragedy of ending up behind China, the authors give a behind the scenes account of what transpired. Get an inside view on who dropped the ball at a time when America needed its best leadership. As the mystery unravels, it shows the great misses and deceptions, colossal mistakes, policy failures, and negligence that cost America its leadership position. This story could become the story of America’s own decline and fall. But there is hope. In the past America has shown resilience to bounce back from the agony of defeat to win in the long run. This book gives a path to rebuild American AI and secure such a victory. Whether you are a business leader or a policy analyst, a supply chain expert or an academic, a congressmember or an agency head At the Speed of Irrelevance: How America Blew Its AI Leadership Position and How to Regain It will change your thinking about your responsibility to your firms, agencies, and the country. This will be the most timely and patriotic book you will ever read.




A Modern Method for Guitar Scales


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(Berklee Guide). Improve your command of the guitar by mastering the essential scales and their fingerings. This reference will help you play scales up, down and across the fingerboard, in all keys. You will learn multiple scale fingering options to suit different musical contexts. Practice exercises will help you build your muscle memory as you play different fingering patterns across the strings, and then expand them to three octaves. Graphical illustrations, exercises, and etudes will help reinforce all the most useful scale types. Traditional notation and tablature are included.




Introduction to You (TV series)


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"You" is a psychological thriller television series that premiered on Lifetime in 2018 and was later picked up by Netflix for its second season. The show centers around a charming and intelligent bookstore manager named Joe Goldberg, who becomes obsessed with a customer named Guinevere Beck after a chance encounter in his store. As he begins to stalk her through social media and manipulate his way into her life, Joe’s dark and dangerous personality is revealed, and his actions escalate to murder in order to eliminate anyone who threatens his relationship with Beck. The show has gained a cult following for its captivating storyline and superb acting from both Penn Badgley, who portrays Joe, and Victoria Pedretti, who plays Love Quinn, Joe’s love interest in season two. Additionally, the show explores themes such as toxic masculinity, mental illness, social media obsession, and the blurred lines of morality. Viewers are left questioning their own perceptions of love and the lengths one will go to protect it. Overall, "You" is a gripping and thought-provoking show that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.




Truth


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Brands are rooted in trust - but consumers these days are more skeptical and distrusting than ever. A recent market research study (Datamonitor) concluded that 86 per cent of US and European consumers feel that they have become more skeptical about corporations in the last 5 years. In particular, consumers lack trust in the mainstream media channels and the specifics of product claims. Truth is a timely and seminal book that gives marketers the tools they need to win over today's wary consumers.; The author is a renowned marketing consultant with major companies on his client roster. He has written articles for numerous publications including Brandweek, Advertising Age, and the Journal of Brand Management. He shows readers how to: promote more persuasively; achieve greater returns through integrity in marketing; replace their pricing strategy with a more convincing value promise; build stronger customer partnerships; and seize the lead share of credibility in a hypercompetive marketplace.