The Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2013 provides a key benchmark, assessing the current state of play of renewable energy, identifying the main drivers and barriers to deployment and projecting renewable energy electricity capacity and generation through 2018. Starting with an in-depth analysis of key country-level markets, which represent 80% of renewable electricity generation today, the report examines the prospects for renewable energy finance and provides a global outlook for each renewable electricity technology.
According to Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris, “Flight has been part of the human dream for aeons, and its military application has likely been the dark side of that dream for almost as long.” In the twentieth century, this dream and its dark side unfolded as the air forces of the world went to war, bringing destruction and reassessment with each failure. Why Air Forces Fail examines the complex, often deep-seated, reasons for the catastrophic failures of the air forces of various nations. Higham and Harris divide the air forces into three categories of defeat: forces that never had a chance to win, such as Poland and France; forces that started out victorious but were ultimately defeated, such as Germany and Japan; and finally, those that were defeated in their early efforts yet rose to victory, such as the air forces of Britain and the United States.
The contributing authors examine the complex causes of defeats of the Russian, Polish, French, British, Italian, German, Argentine, and American air services. In all cases, the failures stemmed from deep, usually prewar factors that were shaped by the political, economic, military, and social circumstances in the countries. Defeat also stemmed from the anticipation of future wars, early wartime actions, and the precarious relationship between the doctrine of the military leadership and its execution in the field.
Anthony Christopher Cain’s chapter on France’s air force, l’Armée de l’Air, attributes France’s loss to Germany in June 1940 to a lack of preparation and investment in the air force. One major problem was the failure to centralize planning or coordinate a strategy between land and air forces, which was compounded by aborted alliances between France and countries in eastern Europe, especially Poland and Czechoslovakia. In addition, the lack of incentives for design innovation in air technologies led to clashes between airplane manufacturers, laborers, and the government, a struggle that resulted in France’s airplanes’ being outnumbered by Germany’s more than three to one by 1940.
Complemented by reading lists and suggestions for further research, Why Air Forces Fail provides groundbreaking studies of the causes of air force defeats.
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Author: Robin Higham; Stephen J. Harris Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 9780813137674 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: February 2006 416 pages
Southwest Airlines turns in-depth interviews with the company’s leaders, managers, employees, and passengers into a powerful case study of this highly successful, game-changing business. Ranging from the early days of the company to the present, the book covers the history of the airline and its founders, while also detailing the unique corporate culture that attracts employees and passengers alike.
Throughout its history, Southwest has championed a culture that puts employees first, creating a productive workforce by hiring for “attitude before aptitude” (because skills can be taught) and allowing employees to be themselves at work. The founders’ philosophies of “servant leadership” and a “fun-LUVing” attitude continue to attract employees and influence the company’s daily work today. In detailing the airline’s inner workings in the words of its own people, this book shows other companies how they can emulate Southwest’s powerful business model and strategies, as well as its hiring practices and corporate culture.
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Author: Chris Lauer Publisher: ABC-CLIO ISBN: 9780313378645 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: May 2010 202 pages
A Study of Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra
The opening chapter traces the history of the term ‘problem plays’ as applied to Shakespeare and defines it more clearly and precisely than has been done in the past. Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra are then discussed in separate chapters, not only as problem plays but from various points of view: such matters as themes, structural pattern, character-problems, the play’s relation to its sources as well as to other plays in the canon, are all touched upon.
Author: Ernest Schanzer Publisher: Taylor and Francis ISBN: 9781136564963 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: November 2013 208 pages
Sebastian Case relies on his irreplaceable assistant for everything. But since arriving in Vegas for a conference, mousy Missy Ward has transformed herself. From ordinary to ravishing. From modest and reserved to bold and sensual. And Sebastian, who’d barely noticed she was a woman, finds himself dazzled by her allure.
Now she’s quitting and Sebastian will do anything to keep her. Including accepting her outrageous bet. One spin of the roulette wheelblack and she’ll stayred and Sebastian owes her one night of passion. What can he lose, except maybe his heart?
Useful advice from the father of nymph fishing
Extraordinary observations of the trout’s world
George Edward MacKenzie Skues has been described not only as the father of nymph fishing but as the greatest fly fisher who ever lived. He was also a modest, humorous, and warmly companionable writer. Both beginners and experts find his work accessible, entertaining, and enormously informative.
Skues was that rarest of angling authorities, the iconoclast with a reverential respect for fly-fishing’s traditions. A leading student of the sport’s history and literature, Skues had a rare gift for sifting through many generations’ accumulation of opinion and advice, keeping only what was truly useful and adapting it to the needs of anglers in a rapidly changing world. Skues on Trout showcases one of angling’s greatest theorists sharing his hard-won wisdom along his beloved trout streams.
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Author: Paul Schullery Publisher: Stackpole Books ISBN: 9780811753357 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: December 2007 160 pages
Festschrift für Ludwig Vaubel zum siebzigsten Geburtstag
Die USW-Schriften für Führungskräfte sind als Unterlagen für die Arbeit des Universi tätsseminars der Wirtschaft gedacht. Sie sind keine Reihe, in der man Festschriften und Jubiläumseditionen erwarten würde – und sollte. Der Band 11 der USW-Schriften für Führungskräfte steht unter dem Thema “Le benslanges Lernen”. Er ist Ludwig Vaubel aus Anlaß seines 70. Geburtstages gewid met. Zugleich ist dieser Band Ausdruck der lebendigen Arbeit am Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft und der breiten und vielschichtigen Interessen seiner Träger und Refe renten. Der Band soll aber auch Bekenntnis ablegen. Ein Bekenntnis zu dem Prinzip, das Ludwig Vaubel uns allen vorgelebt hat und vorlebt: aufgeschlossen zu sein für neue Entwicklungen, bereit zu sein, Neues aufzunehmen und zu verarbeiten, lebenslang zu lernen. Dieses Prinzip ist, so meinen wir, im USW lebendige Institution geworden In diesem Sinne ist der Band 11 der USW-Schriften für Führungskräfte Arbeits papier und Festschrift zugleich. Er enthält Ergebnisse der Arbeit an aktuellen Proble men und zugleich die Glückwünsche der Autoren an Ludwig Vaubel, der dem Prinzip des lebenslangen Lernens in der praktischen Arbeit in mannigfacher Weise zur Geltung verholfen hat.
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Sandison’s Scotland is a wonderful collection of stories and tales about some of the country’s most wild and evocative places. From dark Loch Ness to the turbulent waters of the Pentland Firth, join Bruce on the path less travelled as he goes behind the scenes of Shetland’s Up Helly Aa festival and the raucous Kirkwall Ba’ Game, played for generations by the people of Orkney. There are also stops in remote townships – Helmsdale in the east, distant Glenelg in the west – visiting the crofts and castles that make Scotland so special. Throughout these exceptional tales, Bruce Sandison’s love for his native land shines through as he brings the people, culture and history of Scotland to life. Sandison’s Scotland is full of hidden gems and is a book for all times and all seasons. It will captivate, amuse and delight anyone with a love for Scotland.
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Author: Bruce Sandison Publisher: Black & White Publishing ISBN: 9781845025700 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: May 2012 288 pages
With warmth and clarity, the now-retired chaplain for the United States Senate offers thoughtful, biblical insights to modern questions.
Author: Lloyd John Ogilvie Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group ISBN: 9780307768919 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: December 2010 256 pages
