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Book Rise to the Occasion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hedda Gioia Dowd
  • Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Release : 2010-12-07
  • ISBN : 9781589808560
  • Pages : 302 pages

Download or read book Rise to the Occasion written by Hedda Gioia Dowd and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The owners of Rise No. 1 restaurant share their take on cooking and entertaining in this beautifully photographed book. Recipes for souffl‚s, salads, soups, seafoods, tarts, and more illustrate their dedication to food and tradition. Anecdotes and ideas for entertaining round out this charming volume.

Book Rise to the Occasion

Download or read book Rise to the Occasion written by Brad Ross and published by SME. This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a crisis of epic proportion and the lessons of leadership, innovation, motivation, and teamwork that effectively saved lives and the mine. Rise to the Occasion tells the dramatic story of the men and women who safely led Utah’s 107-year-old Bingham Canyon Mine through the largest mining highwall failure in history. The Manefay failure resulted in 144.4 million tons of rock plummeting more than 2,000 feet and traveling 1.5 miles within 90 seconds—without a single death or injury. The story is told through the eyes of an insider, as the author was brought into the mine just six short weeks before the failure and was a key member of the management team. It’s a Story Only He Can Tell. Illustrated with 160 full-color aerial and ground photos, charts, and illustrations, Rise to the Occasion details the unfolding events of the preparation, failure, and recovery efforts in moment-by-moment accounts. The author then leads the reader to valuable lessons that were learned and how to apply these lessons to any organization that faces risks. The reader will learn to manage a crisis or normal operations by: • Understanding, measuring, and acting on the greatest risks facing the organization. • Creating a culture, based on communication, that inspires dedication, trust, and success. • Wearing a “Black Hat” to challenge thinking that can blind an organization. • Setting “impossible” goals that will not only be met but exceeded. • Breaking down silos to improve teamwork and solve problems. • Reducing bureaucracy and empowering people to increase innovation and expedite solutions. • Using independent experts to provide different points of view and audit the processes.

Book The Brave Athlete

Download or read book The Brave Athlete written by Simon Marshall and published by VeloPress. This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brave Athlete solves the 13 most common mental conundrums athletes face in their everyday training and in races. You don’t have one brainyou have three; your ancient Chimp brain that keeps you alive, your modern Professor brain that navigates the civilized world, and your Computer brain that accesses your memories and runs your habits (good and bad). They fight for control all the time and that’s when bad things happen; you get crazy nervous before a race, you choke under pressure, you quit when the going gets tough, you make dumb mistakes, you worry about how you look. What if you could stop the thoughts and feelings you don’t want? What if you could feel confident, suffer like a hero, and handle any stress? You can. The Brave Athlete from Dr. Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson will help you take control of your brain so you can train harder, race faster, and better enjoy your sport. Dr. Marshall is a sport psychology expert who trains the brains of elite professional athletes. Paterson is a three-time world champion triathlete and coach. Together, they offer this innovative, brain training guide that is the first to draw from both clinical science and real-world experience with athletes. That means you won’t find outdated “positive self-talk” or visualization gimmicks here. No, the set of cutting-edge mental skills revealed in The Brave Athlete actually work because they challenge the source of the thoughts and feelings you don’t want. The Brave Athlete is packed with practical, evidence-based solutions to the most common mental challenges athletes face. Which of these sound like you? Why do I have thoughts and feelings I don’t want? I wish I felt more like an athlete. I don’t think I can. I don’t achieve my goals. Other athletes seem tougher, happier, and more badass than me. I feel fat. I don’t cope well with injury. People are worried about how much I exercise. I don’t like leaving my comfort zone. When the going gets tough, the tough leave me behind. I need to harden the f*ck up. I keep screwing up. I don’t handle pressure well. With The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion, you can solve these problems to become mentally strong and make your brain your most powerful asset.

Book If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion

Download or read book If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion written by Paige Shelton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Gram’s Country Cooking School, Isabelle “Betts” Winston and her grandmother share their home-style culinary secrets. But what they keep to themselves are the secrets of Broken Rope, a quiet little Missouri town, that isn't nearly as quiet as it seems... A fresh school year begins as Gram and Betts anxiously await the arrival of their new crop of students. But their enthusiasm is thwarted when a stranger named Freddie O’Bannon arrives and claims to have proof that he was accepted to the school despite what is in their files. And when the ghost of Cylas Gent, a young man who might have a romantic past with Gram, also appears, there are suddenly two mysteries demanding their attention. But just as Gram and Betts start sifting through the past, one of their new students is murdered. Does the seemingly sweet Freddie O’Bannon have something sinister to hide, or are Gram’s ghosts trying to teach her a lesson? Either way, it’s up to the country cooks to catch a killer before another living soul gets burned. Includes delicious recipes!

Book Rising to the Occasion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Dickson
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2014-05-20
  • ISBN : 1620406659
  • Pages : 113 pages

Download or read book Rising to the Occasion written by Paul Dickson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect pocket guide for anyone who ever needs to give a toast. Paul Dickson's Rising to the Occasion is the ideal pocket reference for any moment when one might need to raise a glass. Organized by category, it contains sayings famous and profound, suitable and sentimental, created by the likes of Groucho Marx, Mark Twain, and Willard Scott alongside equally engaging anonymous toasts. Covering births, weddings, graduations, holidays, and many other events both major and minor, Paul Dickson also provides advice on how to give the best possible toast, and warnings about what one should never do.

Book Rising to the Occasion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edith Hazard
  • Publisher : Algonquin Books
  • Release : 2001-10-01
  • ISBN : 9781565123298
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Rising to the Occasion written by Edith Hazard and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on a host of skills and graces, including opening a bottle of champagne, arranging flowers, writing a thank-you note, and repairing a hem. Reprint.

Book Poems Rising to the Occasion

Download or read book Poems Rising to the Occasion written by Ronald L Faust and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thread that runs through these poems is a prophetic function of rising to the occasion in bubbling up truth hidden below the surface and at times questioning the status quo. Poetry that can do this serves an important role in facing evil intent and putting us on higher ground to do what is right and courageous and honest. I think poetry should be slightly dissident and have language to move us. Here is a springtime occasion to think and feel these provocative poems.

Book Trust First

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bruce Deel
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2019-07-23
  • ISBN : 0525538178
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book Trust First written by Bruce Deel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we choose to trust unconditionally, how many lives could we change? When Pastor Bruce Deel took over the Mission Church in the 30314 zip code of Atlanta, he had orders to shut it down. The church was old and decrepit, and its neighborhood--known as "Better Leave, You Effing Fool," or "the Bluff," for short--had the highest rates of crime, homelessness, and incarceration in Georgia. Expecting his time there to only last six months, Deel was not prepared for what happened next. One Sunday, he was approached by a woman he didn't know. "I've been hooking and stripping for fourteen years," she said. "Can you help me?" Soon after, Bruce founded an organization called City of Refuge rooted in the principle of radical trust. Other nonprofits might drug test before offering housing, lock up valuables, or veto a program giving job skills and character references to felons as "a liability." But Bruce believed the best way to improve outcomes for the marginalized and impoverished was to extend them trust, even if that trust was violated multiple times--and even if someone didn't yet trust themselves. Since then, City of Refuge has helped over 20,000 people in Atlanta's toughest neighborhood escape the cycles of homelessness, joblessness, and drug abuse. Of course, trust alone can't overcome a broken system that perpetuates inequality. Presenting an unvarnished window into the lives of ex-cons, drug addicts, human trafficking survivors, and displaced souls who have come through City of Refuge, Trust First examines the context in which Bruce's Atlanta neighborhood went downhill--and what City of Refuge chose to do about it. They've become a one-stop-shop for transitional housing, on-site medical and mental health care, childcare, and vocational training, including accredited intensives in auto tech, culinary arts, and coding. While most social services focus on one pain point and leave the burden on the poor to find the crosstown bus that'll serve their other needs, Bruce argues that bringing someone out of homelessness requires treating all of their needs simultaneously. This model has proven so effective that a dozen new chapters of City of Refuge have opened in the US, including in California, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, Texas, and Georgia. More than a narrative about a single place in time, this radical primer for behavioral change belongs on every leader's shelf. Heartfelt, deeply personal, and inspiring, Trust First will break down your assumptions about whether anyone is ever truly a lost cause. Bruce will donate a portion of his proceeds from Trust First to the charitable organization City of Refuge.

Book Moufflet

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  • Author : Kelly Jaggers
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2012-09-18
  • ISBN : 1440540705
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Moufflet written by Kelly Jaggers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puts ordinary muffins over the top! Indulge in the rich flavors of pumpkin and caramel. Savor the satisfying taste of maple and bacon. Experience the extraordinary combination of goat cheese and leeks. In this cookbook, you'll find enough gourmet muffins to entertain your every tastebud. Whether you're looking for the perfect side for a special dinner or a delightful dessert to end your soiree, the scrumptious ingredients in these recipes are sure to leave you wanting more. You and your guests won't be able to resist nibbling on sweet and savory muffins like: Mascarpone Pound Cake Pepper Jack Chorizo Double Shot Espresso Pistachio Rose Water Sun-Dried Tomato and Parmesan Dulce de Leche Spinach, Artichoke, and Jalapeno No longer just a complement to coffee, these flavorful muffins are sure to be the star of any meal.

Book What Are You Waiting For

Download or read book What Are You Waiting For written by Kristen Moeller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are you waiting for? Do you find yourself waiting for the right moment? The ideal relationship? The perfect job? Are you waiting for your “real” life to begin? Do think that the gifts of life are right around the corner? That one day you will arrive and everything will be okay? Do you endlessly search, yet never seem to find? Through the sharing of authentic personal stories and profound life lessons, Kristen Moeller explores our pervasive human tendency to wait for life and to look outside ourselves for answers. So we don’t try; we give up. We sell out and we forget who we are. We are afraid to succeed, afraid to fail, and afraid to say we are afraid. But as Wayne Gretzky said, “You'll always miss one-hundred percent of the shots you don't take!” Kristen Moeller's mission in life is to inspire you to get on the path, move forward and take the shot.

Book Toasts

Download or read book Toasts written by Paul Dickson and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who will ever face a sea of expectantly raised glasses, or anyone who is fascinated by words and word-play, this rich compendium of toasts for every occasion will prove as entertaining as it is useful. The best toasts ever proclaimed (and a few of the worst), funny and sentimental toasts, cynical and heartfelt toasts, justly famous and unjustly forgotten toasts, they're all here in the latest compilation of verbal fun from wordsmith extraordinaire Paul Dickson. Impossible to put down when browsing and easy to use when looking something up, Toasts one of those books that will never gather dust on the shelf.

Book A Bubble in Time

    Book Details:
  • Author : William L. O'Neill
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 1566638062
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book A Bubble in Time written by William L. O'Neill and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the 1990s as a period of tranquility and prosperity in the United States, with attention to popular culture, politics, higher education, and economic policy.

Book Soraya and the Mermaid

    Book Details:
  • Author : Salima Alikhan
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-11-06
  • ISBN : 9781478868156
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book Soraya and the Mermaid written by Salima Alikhan and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not easy being the weirdest kid in fourth grade. Soraya finds her escape reading comic books about a space superhero who saves the day. But everything changes when Soraya's class goes on a field trip to an aquarium. Is that really a mermaid in the big tank, talking to Soraya and asking for her help? Can Soraya rise to the occasion and save the day like her superhero idol?

Book Little Toot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hardie Gramatky
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2007-09-06
  • ISBN : 0399247130
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Little Toot written by Hardie Gramatky and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I am delighted to know that this classic piece of Americana, Little Toot, will be enjoyed by readers of all ages for years go come." --Eric Carle Celebrate Little Toot's 80th anniversary! First published in 1939, this classic story of the energetic tugboat who didn't let his size or doubters stop him is brought to new life in this restored edition. With the help and support of Hardie Gramatky's estate, to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, we have used archived first editions and Hardie's original paintings to restore Little Toot to its full glory, bringing back a richness of color that has been lost in decades of reprintings. This new edition also features several of the artist's full-color manuscript sketches, never before seen in print, and reintroduces the book's exquisite original endpapers.

Book Chop Wood Carry Water

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joshua Medcalf
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2015-12-02
  • ISBN : 9781536984408
  • Pages : 122 pages

Download or read book Chop Wood Carry Water written by Joshua Medcalf and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guided by "Akira-sensei," John comes to realize the greatest adversity on his journey will be the challenge of defeating the man in the mirror. This powerful story of one boy's journey to achieve his life long goal of becoming a samurai warrior, brings the Train to be Clutch curriculum to life in a powerful and memorable way.

Book The Poetics of the Occasion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marian Zwerling Sugano
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN : 9780804719469
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book The Poetics of the Occasion written by Marian Zwerling Sugano and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although Mallarme is commonly viewed as the high priest of the autonomous work of art, by far the bulk of his actual poetic writing was occasional verse. With few exceptions the works written after 1873 manifest a reinvestment in the world subsequent to the metaphysical crises of the 1860's. In addition to the "Tombeaux," the toasts, and certain of the "Eventails," Mallarme composed the Vers de circonstance, more than 450 quatrains and distichs inscribed on envelopes, postcards, calling cards, Easter eggs, small stones, photographs, and jugs of Calvados. This is the first comprehensive reading and analysis of the neglected late poetry, heretofore dismissed as of marginal interest." "This book has a dual purpose. By exploring the occasional verse of Mallarme, which itself thematizes the problematics of the occasion, the author seeks to rehabilitate such writing for critical study. She does this not by proclaiming its high seriousness, but by insisting on its casual, amenable, public nature. Unlike previous critics, who have often apologized for straying into the fringes of the canon, the author delights in the marginal, insisting that in a poetics of the occasion, traditional oppositions such as center/margin become skewed and break down." "The author's second purpose is to come to a better understanding of Mallarme in light of what he actually wrote, rather than the work projected in his correspondence and prose articles, which has claimed so much critical attention. Each of the chapters of the book highlights one aspect of occasional poetry through an investigation of representative texts, both canonical and occasional. The author also discusses the relationship between Mallarme's poetics and the plastic arts, tracing the changing conception of the representation of the monument from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, as well as the correspondences between the more radical aspects of Mallarme's practice of writing and the contemporary arts." "Far more than a study of a single writer, this book is the first to propose a pragmatic definition of occasional literature, to undertake a broad study of the problem of occasion in literature, and to trace the historical trajectory of occasional writing as a specific discourse. The book is illustrated with 27 halftones."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Book International Studies on the Quaternary  Papers Prepared on the Occasion of the VII Congress of the International Association for Quaternary Research Boulder  Colorado  1965

Download or read book International Studies on the Quaternary Papers Prepared on the Occasion of the VII Congress of the International Association for Quaternary Research Boulder Colorado 1965 written by Herbert Edgar Wright and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1965 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: