Hiking in Jordan
Hiking in Jordan

Author: Chris Grant Bsc

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781492811893

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Plan your next holiday with Hiking in Jordan. With this detailed guide, you save valuable time when you plan your hiking adventure in Jordan. Over a period of three years, the authors have described in detail over 400 km (248 miles) of astonishing hiking trails and walks in amazing landscapes. Most trails can be completed in 4-6 hours as day trips from Amman, Wadi Rum village or Aqaba and are in and around Jordan's main tourist attractions including Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba and the Dead Sea area. Trails include the Seven Pillars of Wisdom and the Lawrence of Arabia Spring trails with magnificent views in Wadi Rum and the High Place of Sacrifice Trail with more monuments than most tourists see in Petra. Other highlights include the Wadi Ghuweir to Feynan Trail with its remarkable oasis and narrow canyon and the Wadi Mujib Malaqi Trail that has a waterfall near the lowest point on earth at the Dead Sea. The book provides easy to understand custom-made hiking maps, trail descriptions and travel directions. Users of the book also have access to a unique collection of 80+ tutorials, trail animations and hiking videos in HD format and interactive maps. Although most trails can be completed without a GPS device, owners of the book can download 58 carefully recorded E-trails to maximize their time on the trail using GPS enabled smart phones and tablets. Users of the book also have access to the Day Trip Finder and the Itinerary Planner. These interactive planning tools provide hikers easy access to trail descriptions based on a large number of search criteria including hot springs, waterfalls, sand dunes, palm trees, historic sites, and other interesting places on the trail. The guidebook has been written with the independent traveler in mind, but is also a valuable source of hiking ideas if you plan to organize your holiday with a travel company. Travelers will find Hiking in Jordan and its multimedia resources an invaluable "next generation" resource guide to explore the country from a truly unique perspective. More Details: Explore over 400 km (248 miles) of hiking trails We have researched thousands of trail kilometers / miles to find the best hiking spots. Optimize your travel schedule in Jordan and make the most out of your holiday The majority of trails are in and around Jordan's main tourist attractions including Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba and the Dead Sea area. Travel independently with Hiking in Jordan Most hiking trails can be reached with a normal rental car (2WD) and start and end at your car or drop-off point, making it easier to plan your trip. Hiking videos Prepare for your adventure with 80+ HD hiking videos and tutorials We have produced the world's largest collection of hiking videos in Jordan, so you know what to expect on the trail. Animations The trail animations provide an overview of the surroundings of each trail. Interactive Maps Study hiking trails in detail with interactive maps. E-Trails for Your Compatible GPS Device We have recorded trails using the latest GPS technology in various formats for your GPS device. You can download 58 carefully recorded E-trails from our website to maximize your time on the trail. Video Tutorials The tutorials focus on hike preparation in the desert and staying safe on the trail in Jordan. Off the Record Join Chris and Greg during unexpected and funny events while they recorded trails in Jordan. Soundtracks Enjoy the music used for the hiking videos while you plan your hiking itinerary (released under Creative Commons CC BY-SA). Trail Photos Download our carefully selected photos from each trail for your projects. Itinerary Planner Check hiking statistics with the Itinerary Planner. Day Trip Finder Find day hiking trips from Amman, Wadi Rum Village and Aqaba.

Investing in Low-Carbon Energy Systems
Investing in Low-Carbon Energy Systems

Author: Venkatachalam Anbumozhi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-09-22

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 9811007616

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This book focuses on multi-level actions that have attracted considerable interest and discussion within academia, decision makers and the public as a tool to assess anthropogenic effects of low-carbon energy development. The book begins with an overview of the state of the art policies in emerging economies, which provides a starting point for understanding the concept of low-carbon green growth. A unified framework for structuring, categorizing, and integrating various regional-level actions is established on the basis of a thorough investigation into the theoretical and methodological aspects of non-conventional energy policies that have been widely adopted. Furthermore, the book brings clarity to the relationship between clean energy policies and stakeholder participation, and the significance of coordinated actions at the regional level. The findings provide novel insights and policy tools to help decision-makers in identifying ways to mobilize private investment in low-carbon energy systems.

The Ascent Of Rum Doodle
The Ascent Of Rum Doodle

Author: W E Bowman

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-08-31

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1446468402

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An English comic novel about a World War II expedition to a Himalayan peak. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BILL BRYSON An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodle has been a cult favourite since its publication in 1956. Led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men -- including Dr Prone (constantly ill), Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) -- and 3,000 Yogistani porters sets out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas.

The Art of Capacity Planning
The Art of Capacity Planning

Author: Arun Kejariwal

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2017-09-21

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1491951516

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In their early days, Twitter, Flickr, Etsy, and many other companies experienced sudden spikes in activity that took their web services down in minutes. Today, determining how much capacity you need for handling traffic surges is still a common frustration of operations engineers and software developers. This hands-on guide provides the knowledge and tools you need to measure, deploy, and manage your web application infrastructure before you experience explosive growth. In this thoroughly updated edition, authors Arun Kejariwal (MZ) and John Allspaw provide a systematic, robust, and practical approach to capacity planning—rather than theoretical models—based on their own experiences and those of many colleagues in the industry. They address the vast sea change in web operations, especially cloud computing. Understand issues that arise on heavily trafficked websites or mobile apps Explore how capacity fits into web/mobile app availability and performance Use tools for measuring and monitoring computer performance and usage Turn measurement data into robust forecasts and learn how trending fits into the planning process Examine related deployment concepts: installation, configuration, and management automation Learn how cloud autoscaling enables you to scale your app’s capacity up or down

Simple Steps for Fourth Grade
Simple Steps for Fourth Grade

Author: Thinking Kids

Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1483826740

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Simple Steps for Fourth Grade helps your child master math and language arts skills such as addition, subtraction, numbers, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, measurement, geometry, place value, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, usage, and sentence structure. --A standards-based resource that simplifies key concepts for easy understanding, Simple Steps for Fourth Grade provides learners with easy-to-follow units, clear explanations, skill-reinforcing activities, and an answer key to check accuracy. By preparing students for todayÕs rigorous academic standards, this comprehensive resource is ideal for supporting classroom learning and enhancing home school curriculum. --A unique workbook series that offers step-by-step guidance, Simple Steps breaks down essential concepts so that learners can develop a deep understanding of both math and ELA skills for improved academic performance. --With Simple Steps for Fourth Grade, your child is one step closer to complete school success!

Architectures of Emergency in Turkey
Architectures of Emergency in Turkey

Author: Eray Çayli

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-10-21

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1788319915

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Challenging existing political analyses of the state of emergency in Turkey, this volume argues that such states are not merely predetermined by policy and legislation but are produced, regulated, distributed and contested through the built environment in both embodied and symbolic ways. Contributors use empirical critical-spatial research carried out in Turkey over the past decade, exploring heritage, displacement and catastrophes. Contributing to the broader literature on the related concepts of exception, risk, crisis and uncertainty, the book discusses the ways in which these phenomena shape and are shaped by the built environment, and provides context-specific empirical substance to it by focusing on contemporary Turkey. In so doing, it offers nuanced insight into the debate around emergency as well as into recent urban-architectural affairs in Turkey.

Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia
Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia

Author: Amrita G. Daniere

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 3319989685

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This volume explores how climate change impacts interact with poverty and vulnerability to increase the risk for urban residents in Southeast Asia. It combines knowledge from both academic literature and action research to explore the creation of climate resilient urban governance that is both inclusive and equitable. The book contains contributions from researchers in different cities in Southeast Asia involved with the major research project Building Urban Climate Change Resilience in Southeast Asian Cities (UCRSEA). The authors respond to three urgent questions: How does climate change interact with poverty and vulnerability to create risk for urban residents in Southeast Asia? What does knowledge, from both academic literature and action research, tell us about creating climate resilient urban governance that is both inclusive and equitable? How can we strengthen the agency of individuals, groups and institutions to improve economic, physical and social well-being in urban areas, particularly in response to climate change? The book hopes to answer to current challenges posed by climate change. In the volume, the authors discuss how the agency of individuals, groups and institutions can be strengthened to improve economic, physical and social well-being in urban areas, particularly in response to climate change.

Slow Cities
Slow Cities

Author: Paul Tranter

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2020-06-18

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0128153172

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Slow Cities: Conquering Our Speed Addiction for Health and Sustainability demonstrates, counterintuitively, that reducing the speed of travel within cities saves time for residents and creates more sustainable, liveable, prosperous and healthy environments. This book examines the ways individuals and societies became dependent on transport modes that required investment in speed. Using research from multiple disciplinary perspectives, the book demonstrates ways in which human, economic and environmental health are improved with a slowing of city transport. It identifies effective methods, strategies and policies for decreasing the speed of motorised traffic and encouraging a modal shift to walking, cycling and public transport. This book also offers a holistic assessment of the impact of speed on daily behaviours and life choices, and shows how a move to slow down will - perhaps surprisingly - increase accessibility to the city services and activities that support healthy, sustainable lives and cities. - Includes cases from cities in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia - Uses evidence-based research to support arguments about the benefits of slowing city transport - Adopts a broad view of health, including the health of individuals, neighbourhoods and communities as well as economic health and environmental health - Includes text boxes, diagrams and photos illustrating the slowing of transport in cities throughout the world, and a list of references including both academic sources and valuable websites

No Useless Mouth
No Useless Mouth

Author: Rachel B. Herrmann

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1501716123

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"Rachel B. Herrmann's No Useless Mouth is truly a breath of fresh air in the way it aligns food and hunger as the focal point of a new lens to reexamine the American Revolution. Her careful scrutiny, inclusive approach, and broad synthesis―all based on extensive archival research―produced a monograph simultaneously rich, audacious, insightful, lively, and provocative."―The Journal of American History In the era of the American Revolution, the rituals of diplomacy between the British, Patriots, and Native Americans featured gifts of food, ceremonial feasts, and a shared experience of hunger. When diplomacy failed, Native Americans could destroy food stores and cut off supply chains in order to assert authority. Black colonists also stole and destroyed food to ward off hunger and carve out tenuous spaces of freedom. Hunger was a means of power and a weapon of war. In No Useless Mouth, Rachel B. Herrmann argues that Native Americans and formerly enslaved black colonists ultimately lost the battle against hunger and the larger struggle for power because white British and United States officials curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms. By describing three interrelated behaviors—food diplomacy, victual imperialism, and victual warfare—the book shows that, during this tumultuous period, hunger prevention efforts offered strategies to claim power, maintain communities, and keep rival societies at bay. Herrmann shows how Native Americans, free blacks, and enslaved peoples were "useful mouths"—not mere supplicants for food, without rights or power—who used hunger for cooperation and violence, and took steps to circumvent starvation. Her wide-ranging research on black Loyalists, Iroquois, Cherokee, Creek, and Western Confederacy Indians demonstrates that hunger creation and prevention were tools of diplomacy and warfare available to all people involved in the American Revolution. Placing hunger at the center of these struggles foregrounds the contingency and plurality of power in the British Atlantic during the Revolutionary Era. Thanks to generous funding from Cardiff University, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.

Animated Lands
Animated Lands

Author: Andrea Mubi Brighenti

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2020-11

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1496222385

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In Animated Lands Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Mattias Kärrholm focus on territory as a living phenomenon—and territoriality as an active and constantly reshaping force. They explore the complexity of territorial production through a series of parallel investigations into fundamental territorial themes, such as rhythm, synchronization, melody, morphogenesis, and animism. The notion of territory is excavated through case studies including the analysis of urban playgrounds, homemaking, the transformations of urban walls, and the stabilization of peculiar building types such as the house-museum. These empirical examples span such cities as Ahmedabad, Amsterdam, London, and Rome. Animated Lands provides a broad introduction to what a theory of territories could be and how it could help to advance sociospatial studies.