Download or read book Speak Up Spike written by Franzeska G. Ewart and published by New York ; St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spike is a small, quiet, boy who is afraid of his own shadow, until a teacher finds a way to help him conquer his fear using a shadow puppet and a lesson about the festival of Divali. Includes facts about shadows and instructions for making a shadow puppet.
Download or read book The Spike written by Mark Humphries and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains work We see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one another, sending blips of voltage through our sensory and motor regions. Neuroscientists call these blips “spikes.” Spikes enable us to do everything: talk, eat, run, see, plan, and decide. In The Spike, Mark Humphries takes readers on the epic journey of a spike through a single, brief reaction. In vivid language, Humphries tells the story of what happens in our brain, what we know about spikes, and what we still have left to understand about them. Drawing on decades of research in neuroscience, Humphries explores how spikes are born, how they are transmitted, and how they lead us to action. He dives into previously unanswered mysteries: Why are most neurons silent? What causes neurons to fire spikes spontaneously, without input from other neurons or the outside world? Why do most spikes fail to reach any destination? Humphries presents a new vision of the brain, one where fundamental computations are carried out by spontaneous spikes that predict what will happen in the world, helping us to perceive, decide, and react quickly enough for our survival. Traversing neuroscience’s expansive terrain, The Spike follows a single electrical response to illuminate how our extraordinary brains work.
Download or read book Take A Stand written by Jorge Ramos and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emmy Award-winning journalist and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos looks back on groundbreaking interviews with rebels such as President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Spike Lee, Barbara Walters, Fidel Castro, and more. After 30 fascinating years uncovering the hard truth, journalist Jorge Ramos opens up for the first time about life-altering lessons by sharing captivating never-before-told stories. Widely recognized for his unapologetic, no-holds-barred approach to interviewing global leaders, business titans, democratic policy makers, and dictators, Ramos unearths their one common trait—they were all rebels at one point in their lives. Rebels are different. They decided to challenge the prevailing status quo. Sometimes they rebelled to change a regime, other times to prevent abuse or discrimination, but in most cases they strived to correct an injustice. Candid and at times controversial, Ramos draws invaluable awareness of issues that influence the mindset of the largest minority in the country—Latinos—and how they will undoubtedly shape not only Presidential elections but also the future of America.
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Download or read book Those Spikes of Spike Milligan written by Natasha Tristan and published by UB Tech. This book was released on with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terence Alan Sean Milligan was born on April 16, 1918. He was an actor-comedian writer and also a very talented poet. He was famous for his work on ‘’The Goon Show", which turned out to be the greatest hit of that time. Spike Milligan tried to hide his pain with his sense of humour. Most of his works were based on comedy, but he also wrote a book about his memories of wartime. Milligan had a great sense of humor, which became a handful when he started writing. He turned his emotions in a funny way and liked to be entertained. His creativity and crazy sense of humor dominated the Goons. Throughout his life, Milligan wrote a great deal, including multiple volumes of memoir in which he adopted a wholly unique perspective on the truth, as well as screenplays, poetry, cartoon drawings, parodies, and fiction. He was one of the most unconventional and consistently humorous performers on the British comedy circuit from the conclusion of the Second World War until his death. Spike Milligan will be remembered for his humorous style forever. Spike Milligan was a jokester, even when discussing death. Let's have a short flash of his razor-sharp humor, unrestrained invention, and how he transformed British comedy by flipping everything he came across.
Download or read book Speak Up written by Douglas M. Fraleigh and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When was the last time you actually looked forward to reading a textbook? With "Speak Up", thousands of students have been doing just that -- getting more out of their speech courses and having fun while doing it. It's a different kind of textbook, combining great writing and examples with more than 500 hand-drawn illustrations that bring speechmaking to life. It's all designed to help you ace the course and prepare you to speak effectively on campus, on the job, and beyond. -- From publisher's description.
Download or read book Spike your Brand ROI written by Adele R. Cehrs and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increase ROI through more effective brand marketing According to CMO.com, we are exposed to more than 5,000 brand messages each day. Marketers call this “creating engagement," and each comment, share, or re-tweet is supposed to be a win. But is this deluge of content really working to shift perception, change behavior, or sell products? The truth is, only 5% of people say that social media has a profound effect on their purchasing decisions. Moreover, only 2.7% of people are willing to stick their neck out on the line to recommend your brand via social media, a factor known as “social risk.” In SPIKE Your Brand ROI, public relations maven Adele Cehrs shares her strategy for effective engagement: it’s all about timing. This book will teach you how to recognize, anticipate, or even create a SPIKE – a Sudden Point of Interest that Kick-starts Exposure. This is your opportunity to reach people when they are primed to hear your message, and your brand is most relevant to their lives. Based on the author′s actual engagements with clients like Yum Brands, Lockheed Martin, DuPont, and more, this practical guide outlines a new, pragmatic approach that will enable you to: Learn to recognize brand patterns that are driven by audience interests and outside events Focus your energy, resources, and money when your brand is top-of-mind Decrease your marketing spend while increasing your bottom-line benefits Maximize benefits or mitigate damage by anticipating when your company, association, or nonprofit is going to be in the spotlight Retool traditional word-of-mouth initiatives for optimum results With Adele Cehrs' proven methodology, you can turn a SPIKE into a strategic platform from which to improve results, build respect, and boost your ROI.
Download or read book Love Terror in Malaya written by Michael Baudrier and published by Michael Baudrier. This book was released on 2005 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love and Terror has a historic background: the Malay Emergency; actually a guerilla war fought between Malayans and Japanese occupiers of Malaya (1942-45) that later became a war against the returning British by Malayan communists (mostly of Chinese extraction) and lasted until the late fifties. Spike, a British sapper, together withe two comrades is flown to Singapore in 1947. The Japanese are still in Malaya, but in POW work camps. Spike soon adapts to the Malay culture, learns the language with the help of Malay friends and lovers, and is transferred to a Malay training battalion as interpreter. He also meets and has an affair with a Chinese-Malayan taxi-dancer, Angelene (a.k.a, Aiwa Kam), sister of Ying Kam, a communist leader. His first love, the Malay woman, Kamariah, has a young son, Daud, who is kidnapped by the communist terrorists (CTs) in an attempt to persuade Kamariah to get information from Spike about a cache of arms hidden in the house in which he was quartered. Daud is executed by Ying Kam. Spike accepts Islam and marries Kamariah; tries to remain in Malaya, but is repatriated to Britain. When Ying Kam is betrayed by a comrade who is seeking the large reward offered by the British, he is ambushed and injured, but escapes. Incognito in a hospital, where Kamariah's sister is a nurse, Ying Kam is exposed and captured by Kamariah. She assists in the capture of other CTs and becomes a rich woman. Comrades of Spike have different encounters in Malaya, and later in Britain. Taffy, marries a Chinese-Malayan and stays on as an estate manager. He is ambushed and assassinated by CTs. The book, Love and Terror, illustrates many features of Malay, Chinese, and British culture and how they interact. East and West do meet in many instances.
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Download or read book Microsoft Encarta Thesaurus written by Microsoft and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-07-14 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This portable guide features over 200,000 synonyms and antonyms in a quick-reference A-to-Z format of over 25,000 entries, including clearly labeled slang, informal, technical, and literary terms. Also features panels to compare and contrast words with similar meanings, "Word bank" panels with lists for selected topics, and a "Test Your Wordpower" section enabling users to assess their vocabulary range and verbal speed. Martin's Press. (July)
Download or read book Speak Up Giving an Oral Presentation written by Jeff McHugh and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to prepare and give an oral presentation with these fun activities. Using their prior relevant knowledge of public speaking, students will learn foundational skills that will benefit them both academically and personally. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
Download or read book Morrison s Sound it out Speller written by Penelope Kister McRann and published by Pilot Light Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to finding words when you do not know how to spell them. Users simply look up the word by its pronunciation (without the vowels).
Download or read book Speaking Up Without Freaking Out written by Matt Abrahams and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Scientifically-Supported Techniques to Create More Confident and Compelling Speakers
Download or read book Bryony Bell s Star Turn written by Franzeska G. Ewart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is coming and the Bell household is busier than ever. Fresh from recent success on Broadway, they now star in their own reality TV show, plus there's rehearsals for the school Nativity Play to perform and Bryony's got a secret plan to ensure that the festive season is full of surprises...
Download or read book Dungeons n Durags written by Ron Dawson and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny Stories About White Privilege and Black Identity from a Black Nerd’s Perspective Author and Ebony Magazine podcaster Ron Dawson lends his wit and comical social commentary to tell the story of how one of the “whitest” and nerdiest of black men finally woke up, found his blackness, and lost all inhibitions at dropping the f-bomb. A coming-of-age story of black identity. In the suburbs of Atlanta, Ron was a black nerd (aka “blerd”) living very comfortably in his white world. He loved his white wife, worked well with his white workmates, and worshiped at a white church. On November 8, 2016, everything changed when Trump became POTUS. Ron began a journey of self-discovery that made him question everything —from faith to friendships. Part social commentary and part fantastical narrative. This book goes where no blerd has gone before. In a psychedelic way, Ron is guided by a guardian “angel” in the guise of Samuel L. Jackson’s character from Pulp Fiction. Sam is there to help Ron, well, be more black. Ron confronts his black “sins” and wrestles with black identity, systemic racism, and what it means to be “black” in America. Uncomfortable conversations. Throughout this book, you’ll learn lessons from a man who deconstructs his faith and confronts personal demons of racial identity. Gain new perspectives through these funny stories that will reshape your current views on black identity. Inside, you’ll find: The funniest social commentary on white privilege and black identity Political satire wrapped in funny stories of a man’s journey to confront the systemic racism and Christian hypocrisy around him Comical if not uncomfortable conversations about what it means to be black in America If you liked You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, or I’m Judging You, you’ll love Dungeons ‘n’ Durags.
Download or read book Speak Up Tommy written by Jacqueline Dembar Greene and published by Kar-Ben Publishing ™. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tommy’s classmates tease him about his Israeli accent and the way he speaks English. But his knowledge of Hebrew makes him a hero when a policeman and his dog come to visit Tommy’s school.
Download or read book Under the Spell of Bryony Bell written by Franzeska G. Ewart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bryony's back. Her family dreams of starring on Broadway but their first stop is the local Empress Theatre. Bryony, the only non-singing Bell, has to make do with befriending the has-been magician, Ken Undrum. The trouble begins when Ken and his white rabbits move into the Bell household. But can Ken's dark secret make everyone's dreams come true?
