Showing posts with label Lessons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lessons. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Rethinking Risk in National Security: Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Risk Management




Rethinking Risk in National Security: Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Risk Management
Palgrave Macmillan US | Risk Management | April 28 2016 | ISBN-10: 1349918415 | 246 pages | pdf | 791 kb


Authors: Mazarr, Michael J.


Presents innovative analysis applying lessons from the 2007-2008 financial crisis to risk management issues in national security
Offers incisive suggestions for improving national security risk strategy
Casts new light on how skewed incentives, cognitive biases, groupthink, and other human factors have led to excessive risk-taking and should be understood with caution

This book examines the role of risk management in the recent financial crisis and applies lessons from there to the national security realm. It rethinks the way risk contributes to strategy, with insights relevant to practitioners and scholars in national security as well as business. Over the past few years, the concept of risk has become one of the most commonly discussed issues in national security planning. And yet the experiences of the 2007-2008 financial crisis demonstrated critical limitations in institutional efforts to control risk. The most elaborate and complex risk procedures could not cure skewed incentives, cognitive biases, groupthink, and a dozen other human factors that led companies to take excessive risk. By embracing risk management, the national security enterprise may be turning to a discipline just as it has been discredited.


Topics

Military and Defence Studies


Risk Management


Political Theory


Comparative Politics


Statistics for Business, Economics, Mathematical Finance, Insurance


Behavioral/Experimental Economics


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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Lynda - PowerPoint for Teachers: Create Interactive Lessons




Lynda – PowerPoint for Teachers: Create Interactive Lessons
Size: 92 MB | Duration: 0h 37m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280×720 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch
Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English


Do you want to breathe new life into your classroom? Although the lecture method of teaching may feel comfortable, today’s classroom needs an active learning experience. This can be achieved with clever use of Microsoft PowerPoint. Join Faith Brill as she demonstrates how to create dynamic, student-centered, hands-on learning activities using PowerPoint. If you’ve used PowerPoint as a book replacement in the past, learn how to transition to using it as a tool, enhancing your instruction with discussion, activities, and multimedia. Get ready to try new techniques so you can embed these new approaches into your practice. This course helps teachers of any grade level, K–12 and higher ed, to move beyond passive teaching with bullet points to teaching with interactive lessons that engage students.




* Transition from traditional use of PowerPoint to dynamic use
* Use speaker notes
* Design effective teaching slides
* Evaluate and revise your classroom setup
* Create activities in PowerPoint
* Teach using games
* Organize your day and your curriculum





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Sunday, May 29, 2016

TTC Video - How to Play Chess: Lessons from an International Master [Reduced]



From the basics of the game to advanced strategy and tactics, and everything in between, How to Play Chess: Lessons from an International Master is any chess enthusiast’s opportunity to enhance your understanding of the game. Taught by International Master and renowned chess teacher Jeremy Silman, these 24 engaging lessons walk you through every aspect of the game. After grounding you in the rules of chess, Mr. Silman offers strategic insight into openings and endgames, shows you typical pitfalls to avoid, and examines an array of famous gambits, positions, defenses, mates, and more.


One of the most rewarding aspects of chess is that amateurs and professionals alike can unlock new secrets, discover fresh patterns, and sharpen their skills as players. Amateurs may wonder:


Where do I even begin?
How do all the pieces move?
Which pieces are more valuable?
What are the key “rookie mistakes” to avoid?


The rules are simple to learn, but the game is vastly complex. Therefore, even seasoned players with many years of experience always have more to learn. For instance:


When does the en passant rule apply?
How do I make more effective combinations?
How does pawn structure point toward the best next move?
Is it possible to secure a checkmate with just a king and a pawn?


Whether you’re a chess novice or a long-time player, this course will help you see the game in a whole new way. Striking visual examples from some of the most famous—and infamous—matches in history offer a wealth of strategic insight. You’ll also explore the game’s history and meet some noted and flamboyant players, from André Philidor to Bobby Fischer to Garry Kasparov. How to Play Chess: Lessons from an International Master is your guide to becoming a formidable chess opponent.


Improve Your Game—No Matter Your Skill Level


From kings to commoners and coast to coast around the world, chess is a universal game that anyone can enjoy, regardless of language or nationality or social class. And it’s a game that anyone can learn. Mr. Silman reviews everything from how pieces move and basic notation to advanced strategy and complex combinations. Players at all levels will find something of value here, and a wealth of interactive examples make every lesson worth revisiting to mine key information.


Among the many topics Mr. Silman covers are:


Game Fundamentals:
Review how all the pieces move, and discover a few surprises—such as that the humble pawn is actually the most complex piece on the board. Then examine the basics of notation and etiquette during the game.


Tactical Patterns: Pins, skewers, forks, decoys, double attacks, and more—build your skills with every piece to help you trap your opponent and unleash carnage on the board.


Strategic Planning: From pawn structure to imbalances in position to cat-and-mouse development and combinations, learn to read the board and determine the best series of moves—for you and your opponent.


Open vs. Closed Positions: Should you play in the center or go for the wings? When should you rely on knights versus bishops? When should you sacrifice a pawn? Find out how to navigate any mid-game setup.


Statics vs. Dynamics: Chess relies on strategic thinking and long-term planning, but it also requires the ability to strike at weaknesses and wage battle. Hone your skills in all types of play.


Endgames: It might not be as sexy as tactical strikes, but learning a few basic endgame strategies can give you a powerful edge over your competition. With a wealth of examples, Mr. Silman shows you how to win—and makes the study of endgames fun.


Study Classic Games for Lessons in Technique and Style


One of the joys of this course is that Mr. Silman takes you beyond the board and explores the history of the game. He transports you to old-time chess clubs (which were known in 18th century Paris as “dens of iniquity”) and introduces you to many of the game’s colorful characters and International Masters—players who changed the game and serve as models for today’s aspiring players. Among others, you will meet:


Alexander Alekhine
André Philidor
Vera Menchik
José Raúl Capablanca
Bobby Fischer
Garry Kasparov


In addition to revealing personalities and presenting biographical details, Mr. Silman reviews many classic—often heated—games, offering a play-by-play to show how these chess heroes have trapped and mated each other and forced resignations. You’ll delight in discovering different styles of play, from cautious development to hyper-aggressive tactics to surprising mates—and learn much from studying these games. And you’ll come away with a trove of masters you can look to as models for your own game.


Indeed, one of the most important ways to improve your game is to play often. Mr. Silman gives you plenty of opportunities to spot the next best move or discover weaknesses in these fast-paced games. Thanks to detailed custom graphics that make each chess move come alive, you’ll learn to spot patterns and make connections. You also learn to read the board and become fluent in chess notation, which will change the way you view the game.


Learn from an International Master


As an International Master and a well-regarded author of numerous chess books and articles, Mr. Silman is an ideal guide to help you build your skills. Using clear examples and a step-by-step approach, these lessons feel more like an intimate tutorial than a series of lectures. The course is intensively illustrated, helping you follow each move as it plays out.


With his deep knowledge of chess history and the chess community, Mr. Silman also gives you an insider’s take on many of the more intriguing aspects of the game, including simultaneous exhibitions, blindfolded chess, computers, and chess engines. Computers in particular play an intriguing role in today’s game. Mr. Silman offers recommendations for how to use chess engines to improve your tactical abilities, but he also gives a useful perspective on the limits of artificial intelligence.


Ultimately, chess is a human game, and an enjoyable pastime. It’s about more than rote memorization and brute-force calculations. In How to Play Chess: Lessons from an International Master, you’ll encounter more than a prescription for better play. You’ll discover the romance and joy of the game—and become a better thinker to approach any chess match or strategic thinking challenge with confidence.




Sunday, May 8, 2016

Charles Carroll - Leadership Lessons From a Chef: Finding Time to Be Great [Repost]




Charles Carroll – Leadership Lessons From a Chef: Finding Time to Be Great
2007 | ISBN: 0470125306 | English | 192 pages | PDF | 5.2 MB


Leadership Lessons from a Chef is about creating excellence in the professional kitchen. Here the difference between good and great comes down to the details, and attention to these details comes from the right attitude reaching across all staff. A good culinary manager, according to author and award-winning Certified Executive Chef Charles Carroll, skillfully cultivates this attitude for success, and so leads the way toward kitchen excellence.


Using stories and examples drawn from his many years’ experience, Chef Carroll gives you a leader’s tour through the working kitchen. Offering proven wisdom in plainspoken terms instead of abstract management theories, the practical tools and ideas found in this groundbreaking book can be used immediately to motivate and develop an effective team environment among kitchen staffs.


Leadership Lessons from a Chef features:


Chef Carroll’s formula for managing kitchen staffs?SEF: Scheduling, Empowering, and Follow up?and how the formula works in practice


Take-away boxes that reinforce key points


Chapters that progress logically, helping you evaluate and refine your goals, develop a mission and principles, and implement these in a motivational and positive way


Helpful forms for both greater efficiency and esprit de corps


Inspiring quotations, as well as life and work tips from Chef Carroll


Whether you’re a student just starting your culinary education, or an executive chef seeking to take your operation to a whole new level of excellence, Leadership Lessons from a Chef is an indispensable resource for all stages of your culinary career.




Thursday, April 14, 2016

Let"s Code JavaScript - Lessons Learned




Let’s Code JavaScript – Lessons Learned
HDRips | MP4/AVC, ~1951 kb/s | 1280×720 | Duration: 05:07:32 | English: AAC, 96 kb/s (1 ch) | 3.64 GB
Genre: Development / Programming


A concise reference. The Lessons Learned channel distills out what we learn from the main series. Each episode explains the theory and practice of a specific topic. They’re great for reference, review, or just catching up.


Lint & JavaScript

In this early screen test for Let’s Code TDJS, we look at what linting is, how to use it, and how to incorporate it into your automated build.


Continuous Integration with Git

We review version control fundamentals and how they apply to Git, then look at what continuous integration is and how it’s often misunderstood. Next, we look at how to make continuous integration work with Git and a team of multiple developers. We close with a handy utility to make it easier to use continuous integration on your team.


Test-Driven Development with NodeUnit

We talk about what test-driven development is and why it works, then take a look at Node.js basics. Next, we tie the concepts together and test-drive a simple Node.js module. Finally, I share some code for running NodeUnit in a Jakefile or other JavaScript program.


Integration Testing a Node.js Web Server

We look at what integration testing is, how it’s different from unit testing, and why and when it’s useful. Next, we take a brief look at Node server fundamentals. Finally, we tie it together by using integration tests and test-driven development to create a simple Node.js web server from scratch.


Smoke Testing a Node.js Web Server

We look at what smoke testing is, the unique spot it occupies in the TDD ecosystem, and when—and when not—to use it. Next, we have a refresher on the basic Unix process model and how to work with processes in Node. Finally, we tie it all together by writing a basic smoke test for our WeeWikiPaint server.


Deploying a Node.js Web Server to Heroku

We discuss what Heroku is and how to deploy an application to Heroku, then apply the concepts to deploying our WeeWikiPaint application. We close with a convenient automated deployment script you can use on your own projects.


Cross-Browser Testing with Karma

We look at the unfortunately-named Testacular tool (since renamed to Karma) and how to use it. We create a simple test and run it across multiple browsers and platforms, then close with an automated script for running Testacular.


Unit Testing DOM Manipulation Code

We look at the essential components of a unit test and how they change when you’re testing the DOM. Then we demonstrate those ideas by building a simple DOM test from scratch.


Automatopia

We look back at everything we’ve done so far and tie it into a cohesive suite of automation tools that you can use to get a jump-start on your own test-driven JavaScript development.


Unit Test Strategies, Mock Objects, and Raphaël

It’s easy to test pure functions and stateful objects. But testing functions with side effects is much harder. We look at three strategies for testing side effects: Asking; Inspecting; and Injecting. We demonstrate the strategies with Raphaël, the vector graphics library, and discuss when to use each one.


DOM Events, UI Testing Strategies, and Selenium

Let’s say you want to write some simple client-side form validation code. How do you test it? In this episode, we take a close look at DOM Events, then consider three strategies for testing UIs: Robots (such as Selenium), Simulation, and Thin UIs. We demonstrate the strategies in code and discuss the tradeoffs of each approach.


Front-End Unit Testing in a Nutshell

In recent videos, we’ve spent a lot of time on front-end testing. But how does it all tie together? What, exactly, should you do when test-driving front-end code? If you’ve been hoping for someone to just lay it all out for you, I have good news: this one’s for you.


Definitive Guide to Object-Oriented JavaScript

If you hang around the JavaScript world long enough, you’ll come across a bunch of different recipes for object-oriented programming. The “standard way,” so much as there can be a standard way, is the classical model. But why this? Why this… mess? In this episode, we’ll build it up from first principles.


PhantomJS and Front-End Smoke Testing

Sometimes, unit tests aren’t enough. Sometimes, you need to make sure your code works when loaded in a real browser by a user. But how do you do that? In this episode, we look at how you can use PhantomJS to test your code end-to-end.


Front-End Modules

Once a program gets past a certain size, it’s no longer practical to store everything in a single file. So what do you do when your code outgrows your editor? How can you create maintainable, modular front-end code in JavaScript? In this episode, we take a look at three options: namespaces, AMD, and CommonJS.


Large-Scale JavaScript Fundamentals

In recent episodes, we’ve spent a lot of time and effort on getting Karma to work with CommonJS modules. But why bother? What’s the point of going to all that work, when it’s so much easier to just load a test page in the browser? We look at getting the fundamentals right.


JavaScript Workflow 2015

Everything you need for a great development environment in 2015 and beyond. This episode brings all my front-end workflow recommendations together into a complete package that’s updated with my latest recommendations. Topics include reproducible builds, continuous integration, linting, front-end modules, and cross-browser testing.



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