The free desktop interface K Desktop Environment, or KDE, uses a consistent graphical user interface (GUI) style across applications. The handbook is designed to teach KDE concepts, how to build KDE applications and includes guidelines for licensing. Readers will need to know C++ at the beginner level or better and be familiar with UNIX- style operating systems. The authors are all programmers; Sweet is also a physicist. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

KDE 2.0 Development

Computers & Technology

Sweet, David

Operating Systems

Sams.

The ability to remove a trapped victim from a vehicle or other machinery is vital for fire and rescue personnel. Based on the 2008 edition of NFPA 1006, Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications, this text provides rescue technicians with the knowledge and step-by-step technical instruction needed to fully understand all aspects of vehicle extrication incidents.Vehicle Extraction: Levels I & II: Principles and Practice:Addresses the latest hybrid and all-electric vehicles, such as the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf.Provides extensive coverage of agricultural extrication for incidents involving tractors and other machinery. Includes National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reports, where applicable, to stress safety and lessons learned.

Vehicle Extrication: Levels I & II: Principles and Practice: Levels I & II: Principles and Practice

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Jones& Bartlett Learning

Do you want to take your sales success to the next level? Some sales programs drape a shroud around sales success as if it's a guarded secret; others set out strict rules and steps without regard to context and expertise. But in reality, making the sale is much simpler. In his new book, Sweet Sales, Dr. Sweet presents powerful selling techniques, rarely seen or spoken of in sales training. Dr. Sweet uses an organic approach forged out of necessity during the most recent economic recession. Throughout the toughest selling climate in many years, Dr. Sweet studied the processes of companies that survived the collapse and even flourished. His research unlocked the concepts for his book. Unlike other training books, this one will show you how to improve, then how to practice. Only through practice will you master any technique or strategy. Following the author’s guiding principles will make a rookie into a professional and a professional into a world-class salesperson. To start making Sweet Sales, read this book today!

Sweet Sales: Successful Sales with Synergy (Sweet Success)

Business & Money

Business Culture

Sound Wisdom

This textbook is packaged with Navigate 2 Advantage Access which unlocks a complete eBook, Study Center, homework and Assessment Center, and a dashboard that reports actionable data. Experience Navigate 2 today at www.jblnavigate.com/2. Vehicle Rescue and Extrication: Principles and Practice, Second Edition meets and exceeds all the job performance requirements as outlined in Chapter 8: Vehicle Rescue from the 2017 Edition of NFPA 1006: Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications, to achieve the competencies at the awareness, operations, and technical levels. Technical rescuers need to know how to safely and effectively operate at small and large vehicle incidents, as well as at commercial/heavy vehicle incidents. Vehicle Rescue and Extrication: Principles and Practice, Second Edition provides all the critical knowledge and skills necessary for technical rescue personnel to perform successfully in these complex environments. The Second Edition has been thoroughly updated to meet the needs of technical rescuers who are confronted with the continual and rapid advancement in vehicle technology. Advances in alternative-fuel vehicles, propulsion technology, and other prominent developments in vehicle technology are examined to expand the rescuer’s knowledge base. Stand-alone chapters on commercial vehicles and school buses are addressed at the Technician level. Dynamic Features The features in this text will help responders take that extra step toward becoming outstanding vehicle rescue and extrication technical rescuers. These features include: • Scenario-Based Learning. Technical Rescue Incident and On Scene case scenarios are found in each chapter to encourage and foster critical thinking skills. • After-Action Review Section. End-of-chapter review includes detailed chapter summaries and key terms to reinforce important principles. • Practical Tips for Technical Rescuers. Safety Tips and Listen Up segments are integrated into each chapter to provide helpful advice and encouragement. • Voice of Experience. Firsthand accounts from experienced technical rescuers are presented in each chapter with details of actual incidents and experiences. • Skill Drills. Skill Drills provide written step-by-step explanations and visuals for important skills and procedures. This clear, concise format enhances student comprehension of complex procedures. In addition, each Skill Drill identifies the corresponding NFPA 1006 job performance requirement (JPR). • Updated photos. New and improved photos enhance learning with visuals of incidents and training simulations, as well as technological advances in tools and vehicles.

Vehicle Rescue and Extrication: Principles and Practice: Principles and Practice

Product Description 
This textbook helps technical rescue professionals remain safe and capable by delivering the most current practical skills and information available on today’s increasingly technical vehicles. To help achieve to achieve the competencies at the awareness, operations, and technical levels the Revised Second Edition of Vehicle Rescue and Extrication: Principles and Practice meets and exceeds all the job performance requirements as outlined in 2021 Edition of NFPA 1006: Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications. Whether small, large, or heavy commercial vehicle incident, this resource provides all the critical knowledge and skills necessary for technical rescue personnel to perform successfully in even the most challenging environments. Skill Drills not only provide step-by-step visual explanation of important skills and procedures, but they do so using powered hydraulic rescue tools and non-powered rescue tools to cater to those with and without access to hydraulic rescue tools. Get prescriptive guidance at any scene by incorporating the 3-part philosophy reinforced throughout the text: Stabilize the Scene; Stabilize the Vehicle; and Stabilize the Patient. Stay up-to-date with advances in alternative-fuel vehicles, propulsion technology, and other prominent developments in vehicle technology, which are all examined to expand the rescuer’s knowledge base. Prepare to deal with any just about any vehicle. Dedicated chapters on commercial vehicles and school buses are even offered at the Technician level. Part of a complete teaching and learning system designed to make course delivery simple for educators and provide students with access to helpful tools that cater to a variety of learning styles and needs. 
 About the Author 
David Sweet has been in the Fire Rescue service since 1984. He retired in 2008 as the Division Chief of Operations for the city of North Lauderdale (FL) Fire Rescue Department, where he served 24 years and rose through the ranks of Firefighter to Division Chief; Dave Sweet currently works for the Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Marshals Bureau (FL). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Professional Administration; he is a FL-USAR coordinator for the Vehicle and Machinery Rescue (VMR) program at the Broward Fire Academy, and is owner/president of Pro-TEC Inc. (Professional Training and Extrication Consultants Inc.) where he offers programs on basic to advanced skills in vehicle extrication. He has coordinated several extrication competitions from local events to the 2005 International where 30 teams from all across the world competed in a week long event; in addition he has published several training articles in Fire Engineering Magazine, Carolina Fire Rescue Journal, and he has taught H.O.T. (hands on training) in vehicle extrication as the lead instructor at the Firehouse Expo in Las Vegas. He remains active in training through various teaching engagements, seminars, writing commitments, and vehicle extrication competitions.

Vehicle Rescue and Extrication: Principles and Practice, Revised Second Edition

The Complete Vehicle Extrication Technical Rescuer Level I and II Training Solution! Technical rescuers need to know how to safely and effectively operate at small and large vehicle and machinery extrication incidents. Vehicle Extrication Levels I &amp; II: Principles and Practice provides all the critical knowledge and skills necessary for technical rescue teams to perform in these environments. Vehicle Extrication Levels I &amp; II: Principles and Practice meets and exceeds all the job performance requirements as outlined in chapters 4, 5, and 10 from the 2008 Edition of NFPA 1006, Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications to achieve the competencies as a Level I and II Vehicle and Machinery technical rescuer. In addition, this text covers all the objectives outlined in NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents, 2009 Edition from chapters 4, 8, and 12 so that rescue organizations have the capabilities to deliver vehicle and machinery rescue successfully in their jurisdictions. Vehicle Extrication Levels I &amp; II: Principles and Practice combines current content with dynamic features and interactive technology to better support instructors and organizations to help prepare future high performing technical rescuers. Modern technologies including alternative powered vehicles and all electric vehicles are covered. Stand-alone chapters on Commercial Vehicles and Agricultural Extrication ensure Level II skills are comprehensively addressed. This text is packaged with an access code which provides free admission to www.Fire.jbpub.com/VehicleExtrication, the companion website to complement Vehicle Extrication Levels I &amp; II: Principles and Practice. This engaging companion website provides a wealth of resources that are free and available to all, including: •Crossword Puzzles •Flashcards •Glossary •Ready for Review Your personal access code gives you special user privileges and provides free admission to additional interactive educational resources such as: •Appendix D: Ropes and Rigging : Ropes and rigging is a critical technical rescuer skill. Get up-to-speed on the skills required of all technical rescues with this special comprehensive appendix covering all the JPR’s from Section 5.5 Ropes/Rigging as required from NFPA® 1006, Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications, 2008 Edition. •Chapter Pretests: Discover your strengths and weaknesses. •Interactive Skill Drills: Practice your skills in the safety of a virtual environment. Listen to a podcast with Vehicle Extrication Levels I &amp; II: Principles and Practice author David Sweet to learn more about this training program! Listen now: http://d2jw81rkebrcvk.cloudfront.net/assets.multimedia/audio/vehicleextrication.mp3.

Vehicle Extrication Levels I & II: Principles and Practice: Principles and Practice

Engineering

KDE users program KDE to create a personalized desktop environment. KDE 2.0 Development covers programming the newest release of KDE. Topics include: KDE UI Compliance, KDE Style Reference, The Qt Toolkit, Responsive User Interface, Complex-Function KDE Widgets, Multimedia, DCOP, KParts, Creating Documentation, Packaging Code, CVS and CVSUP, and KDevelop: the Integrated Development Environment for KDE.

Waite Group Press

Learn practical and modern experimental methods used by engineers in technology and trading. Experimentation for Engineers: From A/B testing to Bayesian optimization is a toolbox for optimizing machine learning systems, quantitative trading strategies, and more. You'll start with a deep dive into tests like A/B testing, and then graduate to advanced techniques used to measure performance in highly competitive industries like finance and social media. The tests in this unique, practical guide will quickly reveal which approaches and features deliver real results for your business. In Experimentation for Engineers, you'll learn how to evaluate the changes you make to your system and ensure that your testing doesn't undermine revenue or other business metrics. By the time you're done, you'll be able to seamlessly deploy experiments in production while avoiding common pitfalls. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

Experimentation for Engineers: From A/B testing to Bayesian optimization

Programming

Manning

Galaxies away from today's numerous clichéd self-help and sales-pitch formula books, #SweetSuccess delves into the complexities of arête-excellence-and how to achieve it in all areas of life.The author intelligently and astutely explores myriad realms of topics that balance faiths, cultures, social mores, relational lifestyles, philosophies-the whole gamut of life-to expand and enhance readers' perspectives and worldview.For serious students of abundant life, the following are just a few of what readers will encounter: the wisdom of Socrates; genius of Hippocrates; talents of Mozart and da Vinci; creativity of The Beatles and Duke Ellington; beauty of poetry; courage of Captain James Cook; seriousness of the Sapri-Whorf hypothesis; imagination of Virginia Woolf and Stephen King; daring of Evel Knievel, and the humorous and intriguing life of the well-traveled, well-schooled, and well-read author himself. Author David Sweet writes: We are born an animal, a homo sapien, and each of us needs to progress into being a human: moving from just an animal with opposable thumbs who collects the most sticks in the best cave or in our modern-day collection of money and the creature comforts of home and food and Netflix, into something greater that creates, develops, and helps the human race progress.The 60 eclectic chapters will change every readers' outlook on life; thought-provoking and rumination-prompting topics include the following and many more:¿Earth and Space Science¿Parenting and Politics¿Fashion and Fitness¿Cooking and Literature¿Writing and Reading¿Music and Feng Shui¿World History and Warfare¿Memory and Dreams¿Childhood and Eulogies¿Aesthetics and Angels¿(And even) Dental HygieneEach chapter concludes with exercises designed for personal introspection and self-motivation, urging readers to dive into the next step of their journey toward #SweetSuccess with excellence as their core philosophy.

Sweet Success: Break Free from What's Holding You Back (Sweet Success Series)

Management & Leadership

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Books by Sweet, David

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KDE 2.0 Development

Vehicle Extrication: Levels I & II: Principles and Practice: Levels I & II: Principles and Practice

Sweet Sales: Successful Sales with Synergy (Sweet Success)

Vehicle Rescue and Extrication: Principles and Practice: Principles and Practice

Vehicle Rescue and Extrication: Principles and Practice, Revised Second Edition

Vehicle Extrication Levels I & II: Principles and Practice: Principles and Practice

KDE 2.0 Development

Experimentation for Engineers: From A/B testing to Bayesian optimization

Sweet Success: Break Free from What's Holding You Back (Sweet Success Series)