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Your Modeling Career: You Don't Have to Be a Superstar to Succeed - Original PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Shoot for the moon, and even if youmiss, you’ll land among the stars.” That was the quote that fell out of mycoworker’s fortune cookie.“Here, you take it. You need it more than I do,” my friend said as hehanded me the tiny piece of paper. I taped it on the first page of my newday planner and finished writing out a list of all the agencies I plannedto visit during my first week in New York. That quote stayed with methroughout my journey.I’m proud of this book for many reasons, but mostly because it hasallowed me the opportunity to help others gain insight into the mod-eling business. I have been given a wonderful opportunity to helppotential models make educated decisions concerning the direction oftheir modeling careers. It has been a privilege to hear from readers fromall over the world and hear their stories as well as offer them encour-agement.XMy modeling journey began with aglance through the local Sunday news-paper in my hometown of Beckley,West Virginia. For some reason, my eyeslocked on a small ad that read:Modeling Contest. Under Size 12 NeedNot Apply. Big Beauties and LittleWomen of New York needs new faces intheir full-figure division. Twelve finalistswill be selected and flown to New YorkCity to compete for cash, prizes andmodeling contracts.“I could do that,” I thought tomyself. After all, I had the required fullfigure. Other people would tell me,however, that it was a silly idea. At agetwenty-three, I still lived in a smalltown in southern West Virginia where I grew up. I had a fine job with alocal coal company. For some reason, though, I could not get that littlead out of my mind.
Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones (And It's Not the Way You Think) - Original PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: our team is a loser.They’re not irredeemably awful—they have a handful of elite per-formers, and there are worse clubs. But your team isn’t within hail-ing distance of the truly great teams of the day. They’re graced withthe odd All-Star and what seems to be a spare menagerie of haphaz-ardly identified prospects, but your team’s high command does a poorjob of filling out the roster and navigating the club through the treach-erous shoals of the late season. They either mindlessly adhere to thetactical approaches of the past or, on occasion, fecklessly ape the strat-egy du jour. They misread the markets, judge hitters with flawed met-rics, and fail to covet repeatable skills in pitchers. So they lose. Andthey lose.You may have picked up this book because you’d like to be a bet-ter fan, a better unpaid organizational watchdog. You’d like to knowwhat your team can learn from the winners of the recent past. You’dlike to know what they’ve got that your team doesn’t.The book in your hands attempts to answer the following queries:How do baseball teams win? More specifically, what things are impor-tant? What do they tend to excel at? What do they tend to ignore? Inessence: How’d they do that?1IntroductionTo cobble together answers to these questions, I’ve examined eachteam to make the postseason between 1980 and 2003, with the 1981and 1994 seasons excluded. I’m excluding those years because theyculminated like no two other seasons in baseball. In 1981, a players’strike forced the season to be truncated to a total of just more than 100games per team. Because MLB decided to determine the playoff poolbased on first-half and second-half division winners—a patently sillydecision—teams such as the Cardinals and the Reds, who had the twobest records in the NL that season, were left out despite meriting inclu-sion. So to include playoff teams from the ’81 season in my researchwould be to pollute the sample with teams that weren’t really playoffteams. As for the 1994 season, labor troubles once again fouled up theprocess, except this time no playoffs at all occurred. However, evenwith those two seasons left out of the calculus, 124 playoff teamsremain, and it’s those teams and what they did to be successful, toreach the wilder shores of October, that drive this book.As for the 1980 cutoff date, I think it’s more instructive to keep thefocus on recent history. Even so, since 1980 the vicissitudes of the gamehave allowed us to see an array of organizational styles and tacticalapproaches employed by great teams. That affords us a look at thestrains of greatness that have persisted over the past quarter century orso, despite broad and frequent changes to the playing environment.To divine what’s important and what’s not important to winningteams, I’ve used statistics of all sorts. First, know this: I’m a formerhumanities major who for many years had math skills that could becharitably characterized as tutor-worthy. So I’m not going to sail overanyone’s head with all things quantitative. From time to time I’ll wieldsome scary-sounding metrics, but they’ll be explained, and along theway I’ll also explain why they’re superior to the baseball stats you’reused to seeing. If you like, think of these statistics as an ideological coun-terweight to the stuff that’s on the backs of baseball cards. But moreoverthink of them as tools that help tell the stories of these great teams
The Joy of Mathematics: Discovering Mathematics All Around You - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: The Joy Of Mathematics and More Joy of Mathematics unveilconcepts, ideas, questions, history, problems, and pastimeswhich reveal the influence and nature of mathematics.To experience the joy of mathematics is to realize mathematics isnot some isolated subject that has little relationship to the thingsaround us other than to frustrate us with unbalanced checkbooks and complicated computations. Few grasp the true natureof mathematics - so entwined in our environment and in ourlives. So many things around us can be described bymathematics. Mathematical concepts are even inherent in thestructure of living cells.These books seek to help you become aware of the inseparablerelationship of mathematics and the world by presentingglimpses and images of mathematics in the many facets of ourlives.The joy of mathematics is similar to the experience ofdiscovering something for the first time. It is an almost child-likefeeling of wonder. Once you have experienced it you will notforget that feeling - it can be as exciting as looking into amicroscope for the first time and seeing things that have alwaysbeen around you that you have been unable to see before.When deciding how to organize The Joy Of Mathematics, at firstcertain divisions immediately came to mind-for example,mathematics and nature, mathematics and science, mathematicsand art, and so forth. But mathematics and its relationship to oursurroundings does not come already packaged into categories.Rather, mathematics and its occurrences are spontaneous withelements of surprise. Thus, the topics are randomly arranged toretain the true essence of discovery. The Joy Of Mathematics andMore Joy of Mathematics are designed to be opened at any point.Each section, regardless of how large or small, is essentiallyself-contained.After one experiences the sheer joy of mathematics, theappreciation of mathematics follows and then the desire to learnmore
The Bully at Work: What You Can Do to Stop the Hurt and Reclaim Your Dignity on the Job, Second Edition - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Life for the Namies changed in 1996 when Dr. Ruth ran into ahorrific woman supervisor as an employee in a psychiatric clinic.In her life before completing a PhD in clinical psychology and special-izing in chemical dependency treatment, Ruth had been a corporatetraining director, management consultant, and retail manager. Gary(PhD, social psychology) was a professor at several universities, thedirector of two corporate training departments, and a managementconsultant.The couple’s fight for justice began in 1998 with the founding of theCampaign Against Workplace Bullying. The nonprofit organizationmorphed during its first decade into the Workplace Bullying Institute,which serves Americans and Canadians. The accomplishments ofwhich we are most proud are that we imported the British term “work-place bullying” to the United States, started the national dialogue,and sustain it in more ways than originally imagined.Research—data from empirical surveys and over 5,000 intensiveinterviews—distinguishes WBI from well-intentioned newcomers tothe fight against bullying. Surveys started with a modest set of ques-tions in 1998, growing to the national scientific survey conductedwith partner Zogby International, and continuing with state-of-the-artdescriptive empirical studies, scientific conference presentations, andpublications in peer-reviewed academic journals. Interviews beganxiiThe Bully at Workwhen we offered toll-free advice starting in 1998. Financial compli-cations from the practice compelled its termination, but we learnedmuch of what we know from those who shared their suffering.The Namies educate the public. Their bullying-related researchand work have been featured numerous times on network TV—CNBC,The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, Nightline,CNN—on local TV, and in the national press—New York Times,Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, ChicagoTribune, Wall Street Journal, National Post, Financial Post, TorontoStar, Maclean’s—and radio across the United States and Canada.Appearances total over 700 in all media.Work Doctor, Inc., is the premier consulting firm that focuses onemployer solutions to correct and prevent workplace bullying. Thefirm, established in 1985, has focused exclusively on bullying-relatedorganizational problems since 1998.The original website grew into the Namie network of eight websitesreflecting the breadth of their services and information on the topic.
You Can Cope with Peripheral Neuropathy: 365 Tips for Living a Full Life - Original PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: When I was in school, back in the 1950s, from third grade throughtwelfth, everyone was required to take athletics, Monday throughFriday. How I loved getting out of sports. Mother wouldn’t give me a“Sports Excuse” very often, so I had to run in field hockey, lacrosse, basket-ball. In winter, we had the dreaded running races in the gym. But I did like towalk. My Mom and I went into New York City from Larchmont on weekendsand traipsed up and down Madison or Fifth Avenues at a breakneck pace. Ididn’t have neuropathy. Yet.Feet to Brain: Are You There?When we moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, in 1991, I enjoyed walking toLakeside, a community near mine; however, in 1996, people passed me byand soon were far ahead. My 30-minute walk took 40 minutes. Friendswanted me to go faster, but my feet didn’t like the idea. My legs were losingstrength, a common problem with neuropathy. My feet were tingling, burn-ing, and numb—especially at night. I felt stabbing, shooting pains. Ding.Ding. Ding. Bells and whistles should have sounded an alarm, but they did-n’t. In the 1990s, few people knew about peripheral neuropathy, myselfincluded. A huge number still haven’t a clue about it, even though 20 millionpeople in the United States have peripheral neuropathy. And the numbersare growing.In 1996, I went to an internist because the symptoms made me crabby. Shesaid, “You may have peripheral neuropathy. See a neurologist.” Her quick diag-nosis was unusual. Not so long ago, some patients weren’t diagnosed for along time. Thirty-four years is the longest I’ve heard of.
An Insider's Guide to Refinancing Your Mortgage: Money-Saving Secrets You Need to Know - Original PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: Having been in the mortgage business for nearly two decades,I’ve seen mortgage companies come and go. And I’ve seen mort-gage loan programs come and go along with them.Technology has made an impact on the mortgage industry.Mortgage loan approvals used to take several weeks to accom-plish. Now, it’s only a matter of days. Loans are approved usingautomated systems and no longer need human beings makingjudgment calls as to the borrower’s creditworthiness.Since loans are so easy to approve and take very little time tocomplete, the entry-level qualifications for loan officers are verylow. Sure, loan officers have to get licensed in the state wherethey place mortgage loans. But trust me, the licensing procedureis typically nothing more than taking a rudimentary test and get-ting fingerprinted. There are more inexperienced loan officers inthis business than ever before, all trying to get a piece of the‘‘refinance pie.’’Because of the ease of mortgage approvals, interest ratesdon’t have to fall very much in order to make a refinance a rea-sonable proposition. And mortgage companies, in all their glory,can market themselves silly trying to convince you to refinanceyour loan with them. Heck, there are even classes that loan officerscan take to learn how to convince you to refinance your mortgage
PETA's Vegan College Cookbook: 275 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: special thanks to: Rebecca Fischer, Lara Sanders, and PatriciaTrostle for their invaluable assistance throughout the entire cook-book writing process. To Dan Shannon, Joel Bartlett, Ryan Huling, ChrisGarcia, and P.J. Smith for their guidance and input. To Becky Fenson,Amy Elizabeth, Heidi Parker, and Lindsay Pollard-Post for their amazingability to capture the college voice. To Blake Simmons and Laura Brownfor their organizational and research abilities. To Erin Nevius, SaraAppino, and Carrie Gellin at Sourcebooks, Inc., for their help in makingthis work come together. And to the following people for lending us theirrecipes, opinions, and taste buds in order to make this book come to life:Claire Marlatt, Christine Doré, Rachel Owen, Jennifer Cierlitsky, AlkaChandna, David Perle, Kelly Respess, Paul Kercheval, Chris Holbein,Jenny Lou and Josh Browning, Sean Conner, Caleb Wheeldon, MichaelCroland, Teresa Cooper, Christine Tynes, Sarah Pearson, Megan Hartman,Karen Porreca, Patti Tillotson, Meg Caskey, Kelli Provencio, ColleenHiggins, Roxanne Conwell, Jannette Patterson, Julian Carr, DesireeAcholla, Colleen Borst, Jessica Johnston, Jennifer Hurst, Melissa Kessler,Elizabeth O’Mara, Tracy Reiman, Liesel Wolff, Kim DeWester, TravisPoland, Laura Frisk, Kaci Fairbanks, Jenny Woods, Allison Liu, JessicaJagmin, Carrie Ann Knauss, Katie Smith, Kim Terepka, Anita DeWester,Jessica Roland, Madalyn Grimm, Ashley Byrne, and Libby Simons.Finally, a big thank you to Ingrid E. Newkirk for trusting us with thisproject, writing a rockin’ foreword, and submitting many, many recipes.aCKnoWledgments
The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Nurses: What You Need to Know about Nursing and Health Care in the United States - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: When the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools(CGFNS) International was created in 1977, I was a member ofthe American Nurses Association Board of Directors and party to themany debates on the efficacy of recruiting foreign nurses to providepatient care to the U.S. population. I was intrigued with the discussionabout the advantages and disadvantages of foreign-educated nursesbeing a temporary or permanent element of the U.S. nursing work-force. What evolved from those discussions was the need to create aprogram of credentials evaluation that was professionally ethical andresponsible to both the foreign-educated nurse and the U.S. public.The need for an entity such as CGFNS was a novel, yet contro-versial idea—especially for foreign-educated nurses who felt that as-sessment of their nursing credentials and a pre-immigration examto test their nursing knowledge was burdensome and unnecessary.Nevertheless, CGFNS was created at the bequest of the U.S. De-partment of State, the then–Immigration and Naturalization Service(INS), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the then–U.S. De-partment of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Then and now,the need for such an organization emerged from the migration ofnurses. Now, as then, a rapidly expanding health care industry wel-comes foreign-educated nurses to fill vacancies and to provide careto the U.S. populace.Adele Herwitz, RN, MS, founding Executive Director of CGFNS,who previously served as an Executive of the American Nurses Asso-ciation and the International Council of Nurses, played a major rolein establishing CGFNS’s credibility and guiding the organization toachieve its dual mission—protecting the public of the United Stateswhile fostering equitable treatment of nurses around the world.Preface
The New Manager's Tool Kit: 21 Things You Need to Know to Hit the Ground Running - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: This book is intended for “new” managers (of any job title). Thatcertainly includes first-time managers (as well as those preparing forthat role). And it also includes experienced managers (at all levels)who feel a need for a fresh approach to the challenges of leading peo-ple in today’s workplace.If you are a first-time manager, we suspect that you were quitecompetent as an individual contributor, which is why you were cho-sen for your current role. However, you may not be feeling that samelevel of competence in your new position, yet. You’re facing a verydifferent set of challenges. Chief among them is getting things donethrough others. This book will guide you on your journey.If you are an experienced manager, you may be reeling from adizzying array of new challenges—a rapidly changing (even danger-ous) marketplace and workplace, increasing legal restrictions, ashrinking (but more demanding and different) workforce, and aglobal 24/7 world. This book will help you find your way through themaze.
How to Study: Discover How Your Personal Learning Style Can Help You Succeed - PDF
نویسندگان: خلاصه: GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH STUDYINGThis book asks a lot of questions to help you learn how to studyeffectively. But there are no “right” or “wrong” answers here. Every questionis designed to help you discover how you learn, and to help you do more ofwhat works for you—whether you’re reading a text, listening to a lecture,writing a paper, or preparing for a test.For example, in order to understand what you’re reading right now,you are doing something that works for you. Maybe you’re reading thisout loud. Or “hearing” your voice in your head as you read this silently.Perhaps you are making pictures on paper. Maybe you’re reading this asyou’re walking. You might be reading all this in an orderly way, making akind of outline in your head as you go along.Each of these ways is a different learning style. And the early chap-ters in this book focus on helping you find your own learning style. Laterchapters help you work with your learning style so you can use it moreoften. The icons shown to the left stand for the five learning styles you’llfind out about in this book. Once you’ve identified your learning style inChapter 2, “Discovering How You Learn,” you can look in the later chap-ters for the icon that stands for your style to find study tips that will helpyou take advantage of your strength.You’re more comfortable when you’re using your own style becauseyou’re understanding more. And when you’re comfortable, you’re morereceptive—you find it easier to get involved with what you’re studying, asyou’ll see in Chapter 9, “Getting Involved in Learning.” When you’reinvolved with what you’re studying, it doesn’t feel like work; it becomessomething you enjoy.Getting satisfaction from what you’re studying requires carefulplanning. Dividing big jobs into little ones makes overwhelming tasksmore bearable. There’s a chapter in this book on that, too. Sometimespeople can’t pay close attention to their studying because something elseneeds to be done. Spending a few minutes on that other job before studyingwill ease the conscience—thus making studying more productive.Also, some people work best if they work on several things at once.Maybe you’ve heard, “Can’t you just do one thing at a time?” Well, for youperhaps the answer is, “No, I can’t. I work best if I go back and forthbetween two or three projects. If I try to stick to one job at a time, I getdistracted and don’t work well.” Many people work best this wayآیا کتاب مورد نظر هنوز بر روی سایت قرار نگرفته است؟ جای نگرانی نیست! کافی است بر روی گزینه سفارش کتاب کلیک کرده و درخواست خود را ثبت کنید. در کمتر از چند ساعت کتاب شما را آماده خواهیم کرد.