Download or read book M Is for Data Monkey written by Ken Puls and published by Tickling Keys, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power Query is one component of the Power BI (Business Intelligence) product from Microsoft, and "M" is the name of the programming language created by it. As more business intelligence pros begin using Power Pivot, they find that they do not have the Excel skills to clean the data in Excel; Power Query solves this problem. This book shows how to use the Power Query tool to get difficult data sets into both Excel and Power Pivot, and is solely devoted to Power Query dashboarding and reporting.

Download or read book PDX 2021 Spring written by L.J. Breedlove and published by L.J. Breedlove. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Then They Came for the Journalists Will Bristol never intended to be editor-in-chief of Eyewitness News in downtown Portland. He had planned to coast through his senior year as an investigative reporter, build his portfolio and go out to a newspaper somewhere to start his career. When there was no one else to do but an unqualified white supremacist who wanted to dismantle the newsroom piece by piece, Will knew he had to step up. He was terrified he wasn't good enough, however. The white supremacists that had infiltrated the university campus security weren't done. Not by a long shot. This is a boxed set of books in Newsroom PDX, a series about a college newsroom in downtown Portland during some of the most tumultuous times the city has ever faced. Meet Will Bristol, the reluctant editor-in-chief, Bianca Parks, whose face on the nightly news has made her a target, and Ben Waters, who has always done what his tribe has asked, even now, when he's asked to come home. Welcome to PDX Year 2, books 1-3, now out in an omnibus.

Download or read book The Thinking Woman s Guide to Real Magic written by Emily Croy Barker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative story of a woman caught in an alternate world—where she will need to learn the skills of magic to survive Nora Fischer’s dissertation is stalled and her boyfriend is about to marry another woman. During a miserable weekend at a friend’s wedding, Nora wanders off and walks through a portal into a different world where she’s transformed from a drab grad student into a stunning beauty. Before long, she has a set of glamorous new friends and her romance with gorgeous, masterful Raclin is heating up. It’s almost too good to be true. Then the elegant veneer shatters. Nora’s new fantasy world turns darker, a fairy tale gone incredibly wrong. Making it here will take skills Nora never learned in graduate school. Her only real ally—and a reluctant one at that—is the magician Aruendiel, a grim, reclusive figure with a biting tongue and a shrouded past. And it will take her becoming Aruendiel’s student—and learning magic herself—to survive. When a passage home finally opens, Nora must weigh her “real life” against the dangerous power of love and magic. For lovers of Lev Grossman's The Magicians series (The Magicians and The Magician King) and Deborah Harkness's All Souls Trilogy (A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night).

Download or read book The Exterminators written by Bill Fitzhugh and published by Prelude Books. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Bob Dillon ever wanted was a truck with a big fiberglass bug on the roof. All he had to do was survive a half dozen assassination attempts, pull a ten million dollar con on a Bolivian drug lord, and then fall off the face of the earth with his family and his new best friend, Klaus. Six years later, they've surfaced in Oregon where they are continuing to work on an all-natural means of pest control. Bob and Klaus are using advanced gene sequencers to consolidate the perfect insectkilling traits into one deadly bug. All this serious DNA tampering is expensive and they're running low on funds. But who will invest? The interested outfit turns out to be a front for an agency of the Department of Defense, and they want to enlist Bob, Klaus, and the bugs in the War on Terror. Things go swimmingly until that Bolivian drug lord discovers he was conned: he offers twenty million to whomever kills Bob and Klaus. Some of the world's best assassins descend on Hollywood and the weirdness reaches an apocalyptic level... Reviews for the Assassin Bugs series 'One of the funniest, most off-beat thrillers... an action-packed plot stuffed with streetwise lines and larger than life characters.' The Times 'Wild and clever fun.' Carl Hiaasen 'Does for beetles what Jurassic Park did for dinosaurs... within its fascinating pages is a cast of creepy crawlies whose murderous methods put human predators to shame. Perfect holiday reading.' Liverpool Daily Post

Download or read book The Painter written by Deirdre Quiery and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An artist on the Spanish island of Majorca goes to terrifying lengths to achieve greatness in this thriller by the author of Eden Burning. In a desire to impress those who visit his studio, renowned artist The Painter employs a gardener to create an inspirational landscape which includes a labyrinth, an orange grove, and Moorish-inspired fountains. They develop an intimate relationship, and The Painter, whose life and talent had become increasingly dissipated, finds himself slowly recovering his original talent. However, the relationship is tainted by The Painter’s jealousy when visitors express more interest in the magical garden than in his art. As the jealously blossoms into deadly rage, The Painter will stop at nothing to pursue his dreams, even if it means murder . . . Deirdre Quiery’s compelling thriller explores themes of love, life and deceit, and examines the lengths we will go to pursue and protect our passions.

Download or read book The Breaking Storm Conspiracy written by Christopher Fox and published by Foxwise. This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A disillusioned young women in a religious cult, a deadly conspiracy, a divided America on the verge of civil war. In a politically divided America, insurgents plan to overthrow the government. While helping to rescue a friend’s daughter from a religious cult, Maria Delgado is inadvertently drawn into a sinister plot that threatens to destabilize the elected U.S. administration. Maria must intervene to stop hell from breaking loose where thousands could die in a potential civil war.

Download or read book Who Killed Homer written by Victor Davis Hanson and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, this title shows how we might save classics and the Greeks. It is suitable for those who agree that knowledge of classics acquaints us with the beauty and perils of our own culture.

Download or read book Loyalty Above All There Are No Exceptions written by Mima and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact that Jorge Hernandez is contemplating ‘doing good’ in the world should be enough to send a shiver through anyone’s spine. He may be living a seemingly legit lifestyle with his family in Canada, but don’t be fooled; this former Mexican cartel boss holds a powerful grip on everything from politics to media, and he’s never beyond getting a little blood on his hands. When his daughter Maria steps up to someday head the familia, it is with great pride that Jorge breaks down the lessons that will secure her position in life. Giving her a glimpse into his daily activities, she quickly witnesses the stark view of the criminal mastermind at work. It doesn’t matter if he’s yelling at the prime minister or making plans to take someone down; Jorge does so with a powerful and unapologetic swoop. But how much is he willing to reveal? Is he ready for his daughter to learn about his brutal, murderous side? In a world where trust is essential, Jorge teaches her the powerful lesson; Loyalty above all. There are no exceptions.

Download or read book 14 Hours and 23 Minutes written by Tom Munroe and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2021-11-06 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In search of a man to share his life, Miguel decides to try looking online on several websites, with little success. Just as he is about to give up, he suddenly connects with Shamus. It seems too good to be true. He and the attractive young man soon form a bond, and Shamus quickly declares his love for Miguel. Completely taken aback, Miguel finds he can’t resist, and the two begin talking about a life together. But those plans are soon interrupted when Shamus tells Miguel he is being deployed to Afghanistan. He promises he will return shortly and they will then be together. But as he continues to communicate with Shamus while he is overseas, Miguel becomes suspicious he is being used when Shamus begins to ask him for money. He tells himself the man he loves would never do this to him, but the nagging doubt continues to grow until it is impossible to ignore. Will the two men ever finally meet and share a life together? Or is it all just a scam?

Download or read book Harlequin Intrigue August 2021 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Barb Han and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. DECODING A CRIMINAL Behavioral Analysis Unit by Barb Han Dashiell West’s sister is in trouble, and recruiting computer whiz Raina Andress to work with him in cybercrimes at the Behavioral Analysis Unit is his only hope. Raina knows her friend would never embezzle millions, but joining forces with the agent from her past will mean risking her heart again… SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE The Saving Kelby Creek Series by Tyler Anne Snell When he takes a job to prove himself, fate introduces Deputy Marco Rossi to Bella Greene—a small-town beauty terrorized by a mysterious stalker. As they discover clues leading to the truth, crucial evidence must take priority over the feelings suddenly breaking through his walls. AN ABSENCE OF MOTIVE A Raising the Bar Brief by Maggie Wells Attorney Marlee Masters’s brother was murdered. Proving it means working with Sheriff Ben Kinsella and facing the nasty gossip in their rural Georgia town. Although the gossips accuse Marlee of being the real threat, there's a stalker vowing retribution if the two don’t end the investigation. Look for Harlequin Intrigue’s August 2021 Box Set 1 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue!

Download or read book Laptop from Hell written by Miranda Devine and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on Tucker Carlson Tonight! USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! The inside story of the laptop that exposed the president’s dirtiest secret. When a drug-addled Hunter Biden abandoned his waterlogged computer at a Mac repair shop in Delaware in the spring of 2019, just six days before his father announced his candidacy for the United States presidency, it became the ticking time bomb in the shadows of Joe Biden’s campaign. The dirty secrets contained in Hunter’s laptop almost derailed his father’s presidential campaign and ignited one of the greatest media coverups in American history. This is the unvarnished story of what’s really inside the laptop and what China knows about the Bidens, by the New York Post journalist who brought it into the open. It exposes the coordinated censorship operation by Big Tech, the media establishment, and former intelligence operatives to stifle the New York Post’s coverage, in a chilling exercise of raw political power three weeks before the 2020 election. A treasure trove of corporate documents, emails, text messages, photographs, and voice recordings, spanning a decade, the laptop provided the first evidence that President Joe Biden was involved in his son’s ventures in China, Ukraine, and beyond, despite his repeated denials. This intimate insight into Hunter’s dissolute lifestyle shows he was incapable of holding down a job, let alone being paid tens of millions of dollars in high-powered international business deals by foreign interests, unless he had something else of value to sell—which of course he did. He was the son of the vice president who would go on to become the leader of the free world.

Download or read book Yogasm written by Jane Henry and published by Jane Henry. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A quirky detective heroine, a grumpy alpha hero, an adorable young niece, a cute Shih Tzu, and a dash of kink add up to the perfect light, steamy summer read!" - Misha Bell, author of Hard Code Restaurant owner and bajillionaire Miguel Santiago literally tops the list of Boston's Most Notorious Bachelors. He's also handsome as sin, a world-class a*hole, and thanks to the fickle real estate gods? My new neighbor. When my BFFs and I opened Yogasm right next to his restaurant, we had no idea he wanted the space. Nothing personal, big guy. Now that we're here, we're not leaving, no matter what kind of Epic Playboy Tantrum he throws. The best way to handle a bully is to ignore them, right? So that's exactly what I plan to do. His smoldery dark eyes? Pfft. I barely notice them. His broad, muscled shoulders? Samesies. The way he smiles that slow, crooked smile like he wants to show me exactly how he earned that spot on the Notorious List? So. Super. Ignorable. But when his feisty little niece comes to me for help locating her mother... well, that's the kind of thing a girl like me can't ignore, even if it forces me to get right up close and way-too-personal with the force of nature next door. If Mr. Notorious wants a battle of the wills, he'd better buckle up, because this girl plays to win...

Download or read book Jos Mart s Liberative Political Theology written by Miguel A. De La Torre and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: José Martí's Liberative Political Theology argues that Martí's religious views, which at first glance might appear outdated and irrelevant, are actually critical to understanding his social vision. During a time in which the predominant philosophical view was materialistic (e.g., Darwin, Marx), Martí sought to reconcile social and political trends with the metaphysical, believing that ignoring the spiritual would create a soulless approach toward achieving a liberative society. As such, Martí used religious concepts and ideas as tools that could bring forth a more just social order. In short, this book argues Martí could be considered a precursor to what would come to be called liberation theology. Miguel De La Torre has authored the most comprehensive text written thus far concerning Martí's religious views and how they affected his political thought. The few similar texts that exist are written in Spanish, and most of them romanticize Martí's spirituality in an attempt to portray him as a “Christian believer.” Only a handful provide an academic investigation of Martí's theological thought based solely on his writings, and those concentrate on just one aspect of Martí's religious influences. José Martí's Liberative Political Theology allows for mutual influence between Martí's political and religious views, rather than assuming one had precedence over the other.

Download or read book I D for Smart Cities and Industry written by Marcelo Zambrano Vizuete and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Technological Research - RITAM 2021. RITAM 2021 was held on October 27–29, 2021. It was jointly supported and co-organized by the RITAM Research Network (Sucre, Central Técnico, Turismo y Patrimonio YAVIRAC, Luis Napoleón Dillon, Conservatorio Superior Nacional de Música, Luis A Martínez, Paulo Emilio Macías, La Maná, Luis A Martínez Agronómico Loja, Primero de Mayo, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Cotacachi, Alfonso Herrera) and GDEON. RITAM aims to provide a forum for discussion and the dissemination of results from R&D projects that have been developed both within and outside of Ecuador over the last few years.

Download or read book Implementing MLOps in the Enterprise written by Yaron Haviv and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With demand for scaling, real-time access, and other capabilities, businesses need to consider building operational machine learning pipelines. This practical guide helps your company bring data science to life for different real-world MLOps scenarios. Senior data scientists, MLOps engineers, and machine learning engineers will learn how to tackle challenges that prevent many businesses from moving ML models to production. Authors Yaron Haviv and Noah Gift take a production-first approach. Rather than beginning with the ML model, you'll learn how to design a continuous operational pipeline, while making sure that various components and practices can map into it. By automating as many components as possible, and making the process fast and repeatable, your pipeline can scale to match your organization's needs. You'll learn how to provide rapid business value while answering dynamic MLOps requirements. This book will help you: Learn the MLOps process, including its technological and business value Build and structure effective MLOps pipelines Efficiently scale MLOps across your organization Explore common MLOps use cases Build MLOps pipelines for hybrid deployments, real-time predictions, and composite AI Learn how to prepare for and adapt to the future of MLOps Effectively use pre-trained models like HuggingFace and OpenAI to complement your MLOps strategy

Download or read book The Ghost Perfumer written by Gabe Oppenheim and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a genius and a fraud. For more than half a century, Olivier Creed, heir to a French fashion empire but out to conquer an adjacent field by himself, created the most compelling and costly perfumes in the world - scents so successful - artistically and commercially - that the world's largest asset manager bought his small olfactory enterprise for nearly $1 billion in 2020. One could arguably have called him the world's most capable perfumer. Except Olivier Creed never authored the scents for which he has long received acclaim and lucre. Gabe Oppenheim reveals the heretofore untold story behind this supposed-cologne colossus of a man - and the eponymous company that became a social media sensation: That scents were authored by someone else entirely - a brilliant ghostwriter - a hidden, scholarly figure with a great passion for Proust and an unfortunate tendency to doubt the quality of his own compositions. How these two figures met and the arrangement was struck - how they circled each other warily for the next 40 years - how lies, told often enough, became truths - Gabe Oppenheim examines as he journeys into the heart of an industry mystifying and fanciful, enormous and intimate, sensuous and yet so-damn-insubstantial. It's an expedition that takes him to a Creed shop in Dubai and the castle in Normandy where the Ghost resides, having left behind a Parisian world that, in some sense, never acknowledged him. And yet, he's a legend in a certain section of the scented demimonde for a few achievements so innovative he wouldn't yield them even to a charismatic manipulator. Oppenheim explores issues of attribution and artistry, credit and craftsmanship, ingenuity and disingenuousness. "The Ghost Perfumer" is the story of a genius and a fraud. And perhaps the greatest con in the history of luxury retail.

Download or read book Siegfried Kracauer or The Allegories of Improvisation written by Miguel Vedda and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses multiple facets of Kracauer’s work, comprehending the essayistic, narrative, philosophical, theoretical and critical writings, and putting special emphasis on some aspects: the phenomenology of metropolis, the theory of historiographic method, the reflections on the crisis of the subject and the emergence of a new subjectivity, the new forms of perception and aesthetic behaviour in late capitalism, the function of critic-intellectuals, the sociology of the middle classes, the theory of fascism, the aesthetical and sociological reflections on literary genres, the politicization of melancholy. An original feature of this book is the attention it pays to the links between Kracauer’s theoretical and critical writings and the traditions of heterodox Marxism, against a habitual tendency to obliterate the political (and emancipatory) dimension in the German author.