Download or read book Saving Meghan written by D.J. Palmer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saving Meghan is a riveting new thriller full of secrets and lies from author D.J. Palmer. Can you love someone to death? Some would say Becky Gerard is a devoted mother and would do anything for her only child. Others, including her husband Carl, claim she's obsessed and can't stop the vicious circle of finding a cure at her daughter's expense. Fifteen-year-old Meghan has been in and out of hospitals with a plague of unexplained illnesses. But when the ailments take a sharp turn, clashing medical opinions begin to raise questions about the puzzling nature of Meghan’s illness. Doctors suspect Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare behavioral disorder where the primary caretaker seeks medical help for made-up symptoms of a child. Is this what's going on? Or is there something even more sinister at hand? As the Gerards grow more and more suspicious of each other and their medical team, Becky must race against time to prove her daughter has a deadly disease. But first, she must confront her darkest fears and family secrets that threaten to not only upend her once-ordered life...but to destroy it. Praise for Saving Meghan: "Plenty of twists...will keep you turning the pages as you guess...and guess again." —Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of After Anna "An acute, sensitive portrayal of family love under extreme stress...[with] a touch of Hitchcock." —William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob
Download or read book Service Included written by Phoebe Damrosch and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A head server at a renowned NYC restaurant dishes out stories and trade secrets from the world of fine dining in this behind-the-scenes memoir. While recent college grad Phoebe Damrosch was figuring out what to do with her life, she supported herself by working as a waiter. Before long she was a captain at the legendary four-star restaurant Per Se, the culinary creation of master chef Thomas Keller. Service Included is the story of her experiences there: her obsession with food, her love affair with a sommelier, and her observations of the highly competitive and frenetic world of fine dining. Along the way, she provides insider dining tips, such as: Never ask your waiter what else he or she does. Never send something back after eating most of it. Never make gagging noises when hearing the specials—someone else at the table might like to order one.
Download or read book The Bitchy Waiter written by Darron Cardosa and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious tales from the trenches of food service from the popular blog—perfect for fans of David Sedaris, Anthony Bourdain, Erma Bombeck and Mo Rocca. For all those disenchanted current and former food service employees, Darron Cardosa (a.k.a. The Bitchy Waiter) has your back. Based on his popular blog, this riotous book is full of waitstaff horror stories—plus heartwarming tales—from three decades in the industry. Cardosa knows you want your beer cold (“You want a cold beer? Thank you for clarifying so I didn’t bring you the one that just came out of the oven”). And while he may hate children (“I know the kid at Table Eight is trouble the moment he rolls into the restaurant in his fancy stroller”), he will at least consider owning up to his mistakes: “Do I take the steak from the floor, citing the “three-second rule,” and put it in the to-go box and carry it back to the woman?” From crazy customers to out-of-control egos, these acerbic tales offer a hilarious glimpse into what really goes on in that fancy restaurant—and inside the mind of a server. Praise for The Bitchy Waiter “Cardosa does for wait staff what Anthony Bourdain did for kitchens: he exposes the ugly side of food service from the perspective of those working on the front lines. And he puts the potential restaurant customer on notice that someone is watching and recording their bad behavior.” —Shelf Awareness
Download or read book Waiter Rant written by Steve Dublanica and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to The Waiter, eighty percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining twenty percent, however, are socially maladjusted psychopaths. Waiter Rant offers the server's unique point of view, replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogant misbehavior, and unseen bits of human grace transpiring in the most unlikely places. Through outrageous stories, The Waiter reveals the secrets to getting good service, proper tipping etiquette, and how to keep him from spitting in your food. The Waiter also shares his ongoing struggle, at age thirty-eight, to figure out if he can finally leave the first job at which he's truly thrived.
Download or read book Renegade Server written by Tim Kirkland and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best-seller by Tim Kirkland details creative ways for full-service restaurant servers, bartenders, managers and owners to sell more, serve better, and build repeat business with every customer. The #1 tool in North America for exploding tips and increasing customer loyalty! Used in over 20,000 full-service restaurants, bars and hotels worldwide. Over 300 ways to build sales, improve service and exponentially increase your personal income. The Renegade Server provides fresh, unique insights on how servers can better engage customers on a personal level and use those connections to drive sales, improve service and develop repeat business. Front-line service teams, managers and owners alike will benefit from The Renegade Server's powerful, easily-applied techniques for determining every Guests' unique expectations and exceeding them every time. You will learn: - Why the 'Up-Sell' is DEAD. - Why people no longer bade thir tips on quality of service. - The 10 commonly used phrases that kill service, sales AND tips. - How to ditch pushy, outdated sales techniques and explode tip income with tools that WORK. - The 4 secrets for discovering each guest's unique expectations and EXCEEDING them every time. PLUS: - 10 scientifically proven techniques for increasing tip percentages. - 60 BONUS service techniques that will blow away your guests!
Download or read book Apache Server for Windows Little Black Book written by Greg Holden and published by Coriolis Group Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will find hundreds of immediate solutions for turning Apache into a powerhouse Web server. Key topics include setting up a virtual Web site, mastering security, creating optimized CGI scripts, tuning and customizing Apache servers, using the Apache Module API, setting up Apache as a proxy server, and setting up commerce sites.
Download or read book Linux Server Hacks written by Rob Flickenger and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and valuable collection of tips, tools, and scripts provides direct, hands-on solutions that can be used by anyone running a network of Linux servers.
Download or read book Tips The Server s Guide to Bringing Home The Bacon written by Tricia Spencer and published by . This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tips, The Server's Guide To Bringing Home The Bacon - The Customer Speaks!" is the perfect accessory for every restaurant uniform. Featuring the results of a national survey of restaurant patrons, this book is the only restaurant industry self-help resource written from the customer's point of view. Delightfully illustrated and straight-shooting, "Tips..." helps servers and restaurants make more money.
Download or read book How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications Server 2007 written by Anthony Piltzecker and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 is Microsoft's latest version of Live Communications Server 2005. The product provides management for all synchronous communications that takes place in real time. This includes instant messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP), and audio conferencing and videoconferencing. It will work with your company's existing telecommunications systems without major hardware upgrades. This means your business can deploy advanced VoIP and conferencing without tearing out its preexisting legacy telephone network.How to Cheat at Administering Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 provides the busy system administrator with any easy-to-access reference that provides step-by-step instructions on how to install, configure, manage and troubleshoot Communicator across the network. It is the perfect tool for those who simply need to complete a task without reading through lots of theory and principles. - Get Inside Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Learn what's new in OCS 2007, compare the previous editions, understand OCS 2007 server roles, plan an OCS 2007 installation - Install the First OCS 2007 Front-End Server Address the prerequisites, prepare active directory, install and configure OCS 2007 Enterprise Edition, and verify the installation summary - Configure the Edge Server Install the Edge Server, work with certificates, deal with security issues, and test the Edge Server - Configure the Mediation Server Install the Configuration Server, configure dialing rules, configure users for voice functionality, and test voice functionality - Configure Archiving Address compliance requirements, understand archiving topology, and install the Archiving Server - Configure Conference Servers Understand on-premises conferencing, use on-premises conferencing, understand Microsoft RoundTable, and install conferencing - Integrate OCS with PBX and IP-PBX Systems Use a gateway, configure Cisco CallManager as a Gateway, and understand CSTA/SIP gateways - Integrate OCS with Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging Master Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging and architecture, Configure Exchange 2007 UM, and Combine OCS with Exchange 2007 UM - Upgrade to Office Communications Server 2007 Plan your migration from LCS 2005 to OCS 2007, upgrade perimeter servers, upgrade director servers, upgrade front-end servers, perform user migration, and remove LCS 2005 from the network environment
Download or read book Setting the Table written by Danny Meyer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is now the co-owner of a restaurant empire. How did he do it? How did he beat the odds in one of the toughest trades around? In this landmark book, Danny shares the lessons he learned developing the dynamic philosophy he calls Enlightened Hospitality. The tenets of that philosophy, which emphasize strong in-house relationships as well as customer satisfaction, are applicable to anyone who works in any business. Whether you are a manager, an executive, or a waiter, Danny’s story and philosophy will help you become more effective and productive, while deepening your understanding and appreciation of a job well done. Setting the Table is landmark a motivational work from one of our era’s most gifted and insightful business leaders.
Download or read book EATiQuette s the Main Course on Table Service written by David Rothschild and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn waiter/waitress skills, become more polished and professional and get a taste of the "restaurant lifestyle" with this comprehensive, easy-to-read waitstaff training manual written by a veteran waiter/trainer. As valuable a tool as your favorite order-taking pen or five-turn corkscrew!
Download or read book Server Load Balancing written by Tony Bourke and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2001 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide to the technology that is changing the way e- commerce sites, web infrastructures, and corporate networks are designed and implemented. Load balancing overcomes many of the scaling and flexibility obstacles that e-commerce sites and large corporate networks face today. "Server Load Balancing explains the concepts of load balancing and offers consistent terminology and practical guidance for planning and implementing it in most environments. It includes a configuration guide with diagrams and sample configurations for installing, configuring, and maintaining products from four major vendors: Alteon WebSystems, Cisco's CSS Series (formerly ArrowPoint), F5's BIG-IP, and the Foundry ServerIron series. By comparing several load balancing products, "Server Load Balancing enables a deeper understanding of the technology. No system administrator responsible for traffic management should be without this practical guide.
Download or read book Waiter Waitress Training written by Lora Arduser and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to how to train your wait staff and literally everything in between. They are easy and fast -to-read, easy to understand and will take the mystery out of the subject. The information is "boiled down" to the essence. They are filled to the brim with up to date and pertinent information."
Download or read book Tipping written by Kerry Segrave and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the history of tipping can be traced to the Middle Ages, the practice did not become widespread until the late 19th century. Initially, Americans reviled the custom, branding it un-American and undemocratic. The opposition gradually faded and tipping became an American institution. From its beginnings in Europe to its development as a quintessentially American trait, this work provides a social history of tipping customs and how the United States became a nation of tippers.
Download or read book Keep the Change written by Steve Dublanica and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the irreverent spirit of A.J. Jacobs and Michael Moore, Keep the Change by Steve Dublanica is a pavement-pounding exploration of tipping, a huge but neglected part of the American economy—the hilarious and eye-opening follow-up to his smash-hit New York Times bestseller Waiter Rant. Subtitled “A Clueless Tipper’s Quest to Become the Guru of the Gratuity,” Keep the Change follows the popular blogger known as “the Waiter” from restaurant to casino to strip club and beyond as he explores what to tip and how tipping truly plays out in practice in a series of candid, funny, and sometimes uproariously cringe-inducing adventures.
Download or read book SQL Server Transaction Log Management written by Tony Davis and published by Red Gate Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an understanding of the SQL Server transaction log, what it does and how it works, and its role in ensuring data integrity. Topics covered include: write ahead logging; how to perform transaction log backup and restore in FULL and BULK_LOGGED recovery models; managing log growth, and dealing correctly with an overgrown or full log; and optimizing log throughput and availability, and how to avoid log fragmentation. --
Download or read book Ready Set Serge written by Georgie Melot and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take the Mystery Out of Your Serger Explore the creative options with Georgie Melot's tried-and-true methods. Learn the ins, outs, overs and unders of your serger! Ready, Set, Serge is a fun, informative book that rewards you with success every time. Georgie's encouraging, learn-by-doing approach guides you through the basics so you'll be creating simple but attractive projects in no time. Gift bags, book covers, pot holders, bath mitts and other attractive pieces can be made from fabric scraps and fat quarters, or from ready-made items such as bath towels. In Ready, Set, Serge you'll find: • A thorough tour of the serger, from how to thread the needles and loopers to identifying specialty feet • A guide to serger stitches and what each is used for • 16 projects in both "basic" and "stepped-up" versions so you can learn general skills, then add more advanced techniques • Clear steps accompanied by photos, project templates and diagrams • Friendly expert advice from a professional serger and instructor Once you see how easy it is, you may find it hard to stop. Are you ready? If so, then get set to serge!