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"An utterly original and entertaining investigation into one of the most unrecognized but influential forces in modern American urban and social life-the humble parking spot. You may not yet realize it, but parking has a death grip on life in America. All too often, quite literally: tragically, each year many Americans are killed by their fellow citizens over parking spots. But even when we don't resort to violence, we routinely do ridiculous things...
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"This illustrated book extends the field guide genre from natural phenomena to human-made structures, making their design and construction approachable and understandable to non-engineers. Readers will learn to identify characteristics of the electrical grid, roadways, railways, bridges, tunnels, waterways, and more"--
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#1 The taller your building is, the less down-to-earth a mindset you must have. The architecture of these skyscrapers echoes our relationship with high finance, as most people stand beneath them, on the outside looking up.
#2 Bankers are rarely in control of their own institutions, and are often channelling a logic that transcends them. The suits they wear are like protective...
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On this digital age, it's crucial to leverage the latest technologies to give your organization the edge. With Digital Transformation your organization can: • Become more competitive, through innovation and collaboration • Get work done faster and better than ever before • Attract and retain top talent who want to work dynamically • Become the disruptor rather than the disrupted But how can you achieve this where so many have failed? In Digital...
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#1 I thought about going back to Venezuela, as I had done many times before, to see my paternal grandparents and feel the humidity of the streets, and to be back in my childhood home in El Hatillo, a working-class neighborhood on the slopes of Mount Parque.
#2 I had been working nonstop since the start of the pandemic, traveling from one city to the next, and I felt nostalgic for...
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David. C. Bentall shares family business insights gleaned from 20 years of working with the Bentall group and Dominion Construction. Skillfully marrying his own experience with bet practices in the field, he offers solutions to the distinct challenges faced by all families in business. Practical examples are also included from the following prominent entrepreneurial business families from across North America: Peter Armstrong Rocky Mountaineer, Victor...
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The Second Volume of Laws of Infrastructure Development deals with requirement of regulatory laws in certain growing infrastructure sectors in India. For example, the Natural Gas sector requires an independent Sectoral Regulator. Presently the regulator which regulates oil also regulate natural gas sector. Indian Retail Sector which is a very important sector does not have a regulatory law or a regulator. There had been controversy in the context...
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#1 The price we pay for the illusion of free information is that most of the overall economy isn't about information. Eventually, most productivity will become software-mediated. This could lead to a period of hyper-unemployment and political and social chaos.
#2 People are becoming poorer than they need to be because popular digital designs do not treat people as being...
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#1 The financial sector is the science of goal architecture, and those who work in it are the architects who structure these goals and manage the risks of small businesses, families, school systems, cities, and corporations.
#2 The CEO of a company is in a very special position, because he or she stands for an idea that defines the work of all company employees....
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With his signature straightforward candor, Washington D.C. infrastructure guru Norman F. Anderson unleashes a fascinating, nation-saving plan for the future that is rooted in two questions: What will the U.S. look like in 2030, and what do we want it to look like? Anderson's analysis is driven by the crisis facing America as the cornerstones of society - vast, fast highways; power stations; and telecommunications networks - languish from lack of funds,...
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#1 A license grants the customer rights to copy software or to exploit it in other ways. It leaves ownership with the vendor. A license is like a rental agreement. The customer gets to use the software, but not share it or modify it.
#2 The customer should always get the right to use the software. Reproduction rights, on the other hand, are not always necessary. If the...
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#1 Blockchain is software. It is as simple as that. It exists only as a string of code on computers, phones, and other devices. You join a chain by connecting your phone, computer, or other device to it via software and the Internet.
#2 Blockchain is a digital ledger that can track the flow of goods, money, the provenance of artworks, and the health of the tundra. It...
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A decade and a half into the twenty-first century, the United States is more than 20 years behind where it should be relative to constructing fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure to deliver advanced, Internet-based telecommunications services. Moreover, the nation has no credible, comprehensive plan to build this critical infrastructure to ensure it adequately serves all American homes, businesses and public institutions. In the late 1980s...
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This book aims to serve as a guide to LLCs, and will take you step-by-step through the process of establishing one, as well as, educating you on the considerations you should take before deciding upon an LLC structure.
Inside, you will learn about the different company structures available, and the pros and cons of each. For many, the LLC structure, or a variation thereof, will be the most suitable.
This book also covers what you need to do and...
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Britain does not have a coherent transport policy, and conventional transport economics has reached a dead end. A transport policy should incorporate systematic thinking about the travel needs of society, but in Britain, public investment in the transport system has been extraordinarily volatile. We closed underused railways and then experienced a doubling of passenger numbers, prompting huge new investment. We gave up making substantial investments...
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The Asian Development Bank and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) are looking to explore options to promote green local currency-denominated bonds to meet the region's infrastructure development needs. Green bonds---supported within the ASEAN+3 framework---would help meet the long-term financing of the region especially in its transition to a low-carbon region....
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Este libro lo ayudará a comprender la tecnología blockchain, a comprender las complejidades de Bitcoin como una moneda digital emergente y le mostrará cómo hacer para que se transforme en una parte rentable de su cartera de inversiones.
Los temas que puede esperar ver en este libro incluyen:
• ¿Qué es Bitcoin?
• ¿Quién es Satoshi Nakamoto?
• ¿Por qué los hackers usan bitcoins?
• ¿Qué es la minería y por qué la necesitamos?
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The combined budgets of the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, and every other development organization in the world make up just a drop of the economic fuel needed to power billions of people into greater prosperity. Those who work in development have long known that the private sector must play a major role in the enormous economic change needed to lift large numbers of people out of poverty. But it is not that simple. Though their motives...
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