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Describes the hardships and challenges Shannon Miller overcame to become an Olympic gold medalist
"By how I behave, you would think I care more about budget and schedules than people. That's not me." Barbara, project leader "It's not enough to be a solid contributor eight hours a day; work has to invade your weekends and be all encompassing." Stephanie, catalog buyer If you want to boil a frog (not that you would!), start with tepid water, where the frog will swim happily. By increasing the temperature one degree at a time, the frog will slowly adjust, but never recognize the increasing danger. Sadly, the frog will boil to death. This engaging -- and almost frightening -- analogy is Sharon Hoyle Weber's premise for Hot in the Pot. If you work in a hard-driving workplace, do you seem to c...
The Olympic Movement began with the Ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Greece on the Peloponnesus peninsula at Olympia, Greece. It is not clear why the Greeks instituted this quadrennial celebration in the form of an athletic festival. The recorded history of the Ancient Olympic Games begins in 776 B.C., although it is suspected that the Games had been held for several centuries by that time. The Games were conducted as religious celebrations in honor of the god Zeus, and it is known that Olympia was a shrine to Zeus from about 1000 B.C. In modern time The Olympic Movement attempts to bring all the nations of the world together in a series of multisport festivals, the Olympic Games, s...
"An in-depth resource with an easy-to-understand format, Finding Funding brings the reader up-to-date with 120 newly researched Web sites to help grant seekers be more efficient and effective at writing successful government, foundation, and private grants. The authors focus on four main phases of grantwriting and administration: exploring grants, writing proposals, implementing programs and managing acquired funds, and closing out funded projects"--Publisher website (May 2008).
The early years of Jim Carey, Sheriff of Umatilla County. Actual criminal investigations in Umatilla County. Also how to investigate the mysteries of the Bible.
Comprehensive and complete, Blumgart’s Surgery of the Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract – edited by Dr. William R. Jarnagin and a team of experts- delivers the comprehensive, cutting-edge guidance you need to achieve optimal outcomes in surgery of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas. Edited by a panel of experts and featuring contributions by many leading authorities, this 2-volume reference brings you the latest information on pathology, diagnostics, surgery, and non-operative intervention all in one source. At www.expertconsult.com you can not only access the complete contents online, but also an abundance of detailed illustrations and step-by-step procedural video clips from the Me...