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BOOK REVIEW : “Communicate to Influence – How to Inspire Your Audience to Actionn” by Ben Decker and Kelly Decker
No full textThe authors: Ben Decker and Kelly Decker are leading experts in the field of business communication. They run Decker Communications, a firm that trains and coaches thousands of executives a year. Their trademarked Decker Method is dubbed “the gold standard” of communication training programs by “USA Today”. It shows leaders how to deliver messages that don’t just inform but influence and inspire others to action.The book: Business communication often sucks. “There is an endless deluge of data, facts, and figures”, say Ben and Kelly Decker. As a result of information overload, people are thirsting for inspiration. They want to be part of something greater. Every person in the audience is thinking: “What can you do for me? How does this relate to me?” And therein lies the great opportunity to influence them. However, many presenters miss out on it
Impact of Coupling an Ocean Model to WRF Nor’easter Simulations
No full textThe impact of ocean–atmosphere coupling and its possible seasonal dependence upon Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model simulations of seven, wintertime cyclone events was investigated. Model simulations were identical aside from the degree of ocean model coupling (static SSTs, 1D mixed layer model, full-physics 3D ocean model). Both 1D and 3D ocean model coupling simulations show that SSTs following the passage of a nor’easter did tend to cool more strongly during the early season (October–December) and were more likely to warm late in the season (February–April). Model simulations produce SST differences of up to 1.14 K, but this change did not lead to significant changes in storm track ( 1) and have low-to-moderate threat scores (0.31–0.59). Analysis of the storm environment and the overall simulation failed to reveal any statistically significant differences in model error attributable to ocean–atmosphere coupling. Despite this result, ocean model coupling can reduce dynamical field error at a single level by up to 20%, and this was slightly greater (1%–2%) with 3D ocean model coupling as compared to 1D ocean model coupling. Thus, while 3D ocean model coupling tended to generally produce more realistic simulations, its impact would likely be more profound for longer-term simulations.© Copyright 2015 American Meteorological Society (AMS). Permission to use figures, tables, and brief excerpts from this work in scientific and educational works is hereby granted provided that the source is acknowledged. Any use of material in this work that is determined to be “fair use” under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act September 2010 Page 2 or that satisfies the conditions specified in Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act (17 USC §108, as revised by P.L. 94-553) does not require the AMS’s permission. Republication, systematic reproduction, posting in electronic form, such as on a web site or in a searchable database, or other uses of this material, except as exempted by the above statement, requires written permission or a license from the AMS. Additional details are provided in the AMS Copyright Policy, available on the AMS Web site located at (http://www.ametsoc.org/) or from the AMS at 617-227-2425 or [email protected] reviewe
Impact of coupling an ocean model to WRF nor’easter simulations
No full textThe impact of ocean-atmosphere coupling and its possible seasonal dependence upon Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model simulations of seven, winter-time cyclone events was investigated. Model simulations were identical aside from the degree of ocean model coupling (static SSTs, 1D mixed-layer model, full-physics 3D ocean model). Both 1D and 3D ocean model coupling simulations show that SSTs following the passage of a nor’easter did tend to cool more strongly during the early season (Oct-Dec) and were more likely to warm late in the season (Feb-Apr). Model simulations produce SST differences of up to 1.14 K, but this change did not lead to significant change in storm track ( 1) and have low-to-moderate threat scores (0.31 – 0.59). Analysis of the storm environment and the overall simulation failed to reveal any statistically significant differences in model error attributable to ocean-atmosphere coupling. Despite this result, ocean model coupling can reduce dynamical field error at a single level by up to 20%, and this was slightly greater (1-2%) with 3D ocean model coupling as compared to 1D ocean model coupling. Thus, while 3D ocean model coupling tended to generally produce more realistic simulations, its impact would likely be more profound for longer-term simulations.© Copyright 2015 American Meteorological Society (AMS). Permission to use figures, tables, and brief excerpts from this work in scientific and educational works is hereby granted provided that the source is acknowledged. Any use of material in this work that is determined to be “fair use” under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act September 2010 Page 2 or that satisfies the conditions specified in Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act (17 USC §108, as revised by P.L. 94-553) does not require the AMS’s permission. Republication, systematic reproduction, posting in electronic form, such as on a web site or in a searchable database, or other uses of this material, except as exempted by the above statement, requires written permission or a license from the AMS. Additional details are provided in the AMS Copyright Policy, available on the AMS Web site located at (http://www.ametsoc.org/) or from the AMS at 617-227-2425 or [email protected] reviewe
A Cross-Layer Multicast-Push Unicast-Pull (MPUP) Architecture for Reliable File-Stream Distribution
No full textThe growing deployment of OpenFlow/SDN networks makes it increasingly possible to leverage network multi-cast services. This work proposes a novel cross-layer Multicast- Push Unicast Pull (MPUP) architecture that includes functionality in the application, transport and link layers to offer users a reliable file-stream distribution service to multiple subscribers. A prototype implementation of the MPUP architecture was realized in a new version of Local Data Manager (LDM), LDM7, a software program that has been in use since 1994 for real-time meteorology data distribution. LDM6, the currently deployed version, uses application-layer multicast. Experiment were run on the GENI infrastructure to compare LDM7 and LDM6. The two main findings are (i) LDM7 can be run at a higher sending rate than LDM6 allowing for improved performance (lower file-delivery latency), and (ii) to achieve the same performance, LDM7 uses significantly lower bandwidth and compute capacity. A three-fold improvement in performance improvement was possible with LDM7, and a bandwidth reduction from 350 Mbps to 21.4 Mbps was observed with 24 receivers.Peer reviewe
What happened to the tripple-decker?
No full textThesis (S.M. and M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2006.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-115).This thesis examines the three-decker, a type of small apartment house ("superposed flats") that is common in the Boston metropolitan region and elsewhere in New England. The three-decker is distinctive in two ways: its physical form, which is moderately dense and yet modest in scale; and its tenancy structure, which typically involves one household owning the entire building, while residing in one apartment and renting out the other two. This thesis poses three, interrelated questions: What is the origin of the three-decker? Why did it substantially disappear in the Boston area after 1920, and altogether by 1930? And what has kept it from coming back? In order to get at these questions, the thesis both examines the three-decker in its local context, and compares and contrasts it with similar building types in three other North American cities that have a rich tradition in them: Chicago, Montreal, and New York City. Chapter 1 introduces the topic and describes the three-decker and its counterparts elsewhere. Chapter 2 is a historical analysis that addresses the questions of the origins and decline of the three-decker.(cont.) Chapters 3, 4, 5 examine in turn design, economic, and regulatory factors that impinge, either negatively or positively, on the prospects for the three-decker and similar building types in the present day. Chapter 6 offers a summary of the findings, along with policy recommendations pertaining to the encouragement of superposed flat production and some final thoughts on the viability of the three-decker today. The three-decker is found to be a building type that is problematic in all but a few limited applications in the current era. However, the broader category of superposed flats is found to offer a great deal of potential, both for urban form-giving and for affordable housing. This potential is currently being realized, to different extents and in different ways, in Chicago, Montreal and New York, but not in Boston. This thesis argues that this should change, and that furthermore the superposed flats family of buildings has a lot to offer to cities - the majority of metropolitan areas on the North American continent - where it has never been part of the palette of residential forms.by Jacob Wegmann.S.M.and M.C.P
Review of A. Knight Powell. Depositions: Scenes from the late Medieval Church and the Modern Museum
No full textAuthor manuscript version of review published in:
Decker, John. Review of A. Knight Powell. Depositions: Scenes from the late Medieval Church and the Modern Museum (Brooklyn: Zone Books, 2012) in Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, Vol. 82, No. 3 (September, 2013): 723 – 725. doi:10.1017/S0009640713000917.</p
Templated tetramerization of dicyanobenzenes to form mixed porphyrinato and phthalocyaninato rare earth (III) triple-decker complexes
No full textHeteroleptic porphyrinato/phthalocyaninato rare earth(III) triple-decker compounds M-2(Por)(2)(Pc') (1a-4a) and M-2(Por)(Pc')(2) (1c-4c) (M = Eu, Tb; Por = TDOPP, Pc' = OOPc or Por = TpClPP, Pc' = Pc where H-2(TDOPP) = 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-n-dodecyloxyphenyl)porphyrin, H-2[OOPc] = 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octakis(n-octyloxy)phthalocyanine, H-2(TpClPP) = 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)porphyrin, H-2(Pc') = general phthalocyanine, and H-2(PC) = unsubstituted phthalocyanine) were obtained by the cyclic tetramerization of the corresponding dicyanobenzenes 7 using monoporphyrinato rare earth(III) acetylacetonates M(Por)acac as templates with catalysis by the organic base 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU). Double-decker complexes M(Por)(Pc') (M = Eu, Tb; Por = TDOPP, Pc' = OOPc or Por = TpClPP, Pc' = Pc) (1b-4b) were isolated as side products. For the purpose of comparative study, homo- and hetero-dinuclear rare earth triple-deckers with one porphyrinato and two phthalocyaninato ligands M-2(Por)(Pc')(2) (1c, 2c) (M = Eu, Tb; Por = TDOPP, Pc' = OOPc) and (Por)M(Pc')M'(Pc') (M not equal M' = Eu, Tb) (5c, 6c) were also prepared using the raise-by-one-story method. The complexes were characterized by UV-vis, near-IR, IR and mass spectra. The comparison between H-1 NMR spectra of the two series of triple-decker compounds a and c, and also between the substituted phthalocyanine- and unsubstituted phthalocyanine-containing europium triple-deckers, renders it possible to assign the aromatic proton signals unambiguously. Copyright (C) 2002 Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines.Chemistry, MultidisciplinarySCI(E)14ARTICLE5347-357
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