Performance of a Lifetime

Performance of a Lifetime
Author: Cerise Merola
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1483698084

Cerise Merola or CC as affectionately addressed by her friends was a cross between Antie Mame, Gypsie Rose Lee, and a jigger of Tulalla Bankhead.

Performance Breakthrough

Performance Breakthrough
Author: Cathy Rose Salit
Publisher: Hachette Books
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2016-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0316382477

Break through to your peak performance! Whether you're navigating your way on a new team, expanding your leadership role, or just trying to get heard in a meeting, you're facing the kind of workplace challenge we all run into sooner or later: you need a new performance. In Performance Breakthrough, Cathy Salit presents the revolutionary strategies that she's proven successful through over twenty years' experience custom-creating workshops for powerhouse clients including American Express, Nike, Coca-Cola, and DIRECTV. Artfully blending techniques from theatrical performance with the new science of performative psychology, Salit guides readers through forging new relationships guaranteed to yield greater success and satisfaction. Performance Breakthrough outlines proven techniques, including taking an emotional inventory; crafting new scripts for greater confidence, stronger relationships, and better outcomes; building ensembles; improvising; and listening -- really listening -- including accepting others' criticism and input. No matter what your challenge, Salit's innovative philosophy, case studies, practical exercises, and inspiring advice will help you deliver your own top performance.

Performance-Driven Thinking

Performance-Driven Thinking
Author: David L Hancock
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 161448693X

Performance Driven Thinking is a challenging journey that will encourage you to embrace the greatest performance of your life. During this journey, you will experience the call to perform in both your personal and professional existence. The truth is you were born to perform. But the question is at what level will your performance take place? During this journey you will learn how your life from the day you were born until the day you started reading this book was all in preparation for the performance of a lifetime. This journey will challenge you to never accept a sense of entitlement but to embrace a level of performance that will take you to greater heights both personally and professionally. Performance Driven Thinking will serve as your personal coach to a life of personal and professional prosperity. This journey will take you to a feeling of embracing life in the winner’s circle. It will assist you in overcoming the simple challenges of everyday issues to existing at a level which will benefit those who choose to take it. The key to this journey will begin when you discover the desire to perform and will end up with you embracing the will to perform. Non-performance in your life is no longer an option. Your stage is set. You have had a lifetime to prepare. Performance Driven Thinking will be your ticket to your personal and professional performance of a lifetime. What’s stopping you? You were born to perform.

Bridge Safety, Maintenance and Management in a Life-Cycle Context

Bridge Safety, Maintenance and Management in a Life-Cycle Context
Author: Dan M. Frangopol
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2022-02-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000564517

During the past two decades, it has been generally acknowledged that life-cycle bridge analysis can be a systematic tool to address efficient and effective bridge management under uncertainty life-cycle management at the bridge network level can lead to an improvement in the allocation of limited financial resources, ensuring the safety and functionality of the bridge network life-cycle management of bridges and bridge networks based on resilience and sustainability can improve their resistance and robustness to extreme events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and hurricanes bridge management should consider the impact of environmental conditions and climate change This book addresses important concepts and approaches developed recently on bridge safety, maintenance, and management in a life-cycle context. Bridge life-cycle performance and cost analysis, prediction, optimization, and decision making under uncertainty are discussed. The major topics include bridge safety and service life prediction; bridge inspection and structural health monitoring; bridge maintenance; life-cycle bridge and bridge network management; optimum life-cycle bridge management planning; resilience and sustainability of bridges and bridge networksunder hazards; and bridge management considering climate change. By providing practical applications of the presented concepts and approaches, this book can help students, researchers, practitioners, infrastructure owners and managers, and transportation officials to build up their knowledge of life-cycle bridge performance and cost management at bothproject level and network level under various deteriorating mechanisms, hazards and climate change effects.

CNN主播 為你開的英語聽力課(全新增修版)

CNN主播 為你開的英語聽力課(全新增修版)
Author: LiveABC編輯群
Publisher: 希伯崙股份有限公司
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2022-09-15
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9864415999

英語老師、教授一致推薦 聽CNN練英語聽力最有效率! 影片學習 CNN新聞影片原音教學 實戰測驗 每個單元安排多項英語聽力訓練題組 聽力技巧 反覆練習,按部就班找出英語聽力進步訣竅 想說道地的英語,聽不聽的懂才是關鍵! 不論是出國留學、外派出差或是移民,語言能力是首要的必備生活能力,除了一般基礎的食衣住行生活英語之外,想要再進階能與外國友人隨心所欲暢談各種主題,總是要先能夠聽的懂對方說什麼,才能有適當的回應,否則也只是雞同鴨講。因此想開口說的像母語人士,必須要先學會怎麼聽的懂,進而理解對話的結構,以期能達到真正對答如流的英語能力。 最真實生動的又貼近生活的對話,都在CNN新聞裡! 本書設計的目的在於幫助讀者,真實理解日常生活中的對話結構,能夠流利且貼切的用英語表達想法或是日常英語的交談。精選10篇主題,涵蓋多元主題的CNN真實報導,提供既有趣且生動的進階真實對話,藉由這些生活化的實際例子,有效訓練英語聽力,還可以增加在社交場合的聊天話題。 目錄介紹 Unit 1 The Natural World Listening Task A: North Pole to See Temperatures 50 Degrees Above Average Listening Task B: In the Shadow of a Killer Listening Task C: Four-Legged Aid: Animals Help Fight Covid Practice: Harvey’s Horrifying Destruction Unit 2 Globetrotting Listening Task A: Yellowstone Splendor Listening Task B: Volcano-Powered Pools Listening Task C: Sampling Büryani-Style Kebabs in Istanbul Practice: Cape Town’s Apex Predator Unit 3 Live for Fun Listening Task A: Electronic Emotion Listening Task B: Not Just Fun and Games Listening Task C: Making Layovers More Enjoyable Practice: Coin-Operated Convenience Unit 4 Entertainment Listening Task A: Award Artistry Listening Task B: Dance like a Bollywood Star Listening Task C: The Edge of Imagination Practice: Adele Soars Unit 5 Food Adventure Listening Task A: Food Innovators Listening Task B: Future Foods: Revolutionizing How and What We Eat Listening Task C: Food for Thought Practice: Sweet Obsession Unit 6 Health and Medicine Listening Task A: Canine Companion Listening Task B: Heart Disease Does a 180 Listening Task C: Digital Medicine Practice: Taking the Edge Off Unit 7 Sports and Leisure Listening Task A: The Greatest at His Greatest Listening Task B: Resplendent Roger Listening Task C: 5G: A Costly Network Practice: Studs or Spuds? Unit 8 Biz World Listening Task A: The Dark Side of Business Travel Listening Task B: Eyes on the Mobile Prize Listening Task C: Amazon’s Embrace of Future Technology Practice: Airfares: The Dark Arts Unit 9 Cutting-Edge Technology Listening Task A: Haptic Holograms Listening Task B: Glow-in-the-Dark Cityscapes Listening Task C: The Growing Importance of AI in the Workplace Practice: Performance Capture Pipe Dreams Unit 10 Politics and Social Justice Listening Task A: Man of the Hour Listening Task B: First, But Not the Last Listening Task C: The Price of Inequality Practice: A Platinum Reign

The TB12 Method

The TB12 Method
Author: Tom Brady
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1501180738

The #1 New York Times bestseller by the 6-time Super Bowl champion The first book by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady--the 6-time Super Bowl champion who is still reaching unimaginable heights of excellence at 42 years old--a gorgeously illustrated and deeply practical "athlete's bible" that reveals Brady's revolutionary approach to sustained peak performance for athletes of all kinds and all ages. In modern sports, some athletes have managed to transcend their competition in a way that no one will ever forget: Jordan. Jeter. Ali. Williams. These elite legends have changed the game, achieved the unthinkable, and pushed their bodies to unbelievable limits. Joining their exclusive ranks is Tom Brady. "Brady is the healthiest great champion the NFL has ever had, both physically and mentally" (Sally Jenkins, The Washington Post). The longtime New England Patriots quarterback, who in 2017 achieved his fifth Super Bowl win and fourth Super Bowl MVP award, is widely regarded as an athlete whose training and determination pushed him from a mediocre draft position to the most-revered and respected professional football player of his generation. In The TB12 Method, Tom Brady explains how he developed his groundbreaking approach to long-term fitness, presenting a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to his personal practice. Brady offers the principles behind pliability, which is at the heart of a new paradigm shift and movement toward a more natural, healthier way of exercising, training, and living--and one that challenges some commonly held assumptions around health and wellness. Filled with lessons learned from Brady's own peak performance training, and step-by-step action steps to help readers develop and maintain their own peak performance, The TB12 Method also advocates for more effective approaches to strength training, hydration, nutrition, supplementation, cognitive fitness, recovery, and other lifestyle choices that dramatically decrease the risk of injury while amplifying and extending performance, as well as quality of life. After using his methods for over a decade, Brady believes that the TB12 approach has made him--and can make any athlete, male or female, in any sport and at any level--achieve their own peak performance. With instructions, drills, photos, in-depth case studies that Brady himself has used, as well as personal anecdotes and experiences from on and off the field, The TB12 Method is the only book an athlete will ever need, a playbook from Brady himself that will change the game.

Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures

Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures
Author: George Deodatis
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1112
Release: 2014-02-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1315884887

Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures contains the plenary lectures and papers presented at the 11th International Conference on STRUCTURAL SAFETY AND RELIABILITY (ICOSSAR2013, New York, NY, USA, 16-20 June 2013), and covers major aspects of safety, reliability, risk and life-cycle performance of str

CNN主播教你說關鍵時刻的英語

CNN主播教你說關鍵時刻的英語
Author: LiveABC編輯群
Publisher: 希伯崙股份有限公司
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2018
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9864412760

start-up 新創企業 foot traffic 客流量 superbug(不能被抗生素殺滅的)超級病菌 influenza(= the flu) 流行性感冒 microplastics 塑膠微粒 genetically modified 基因改造的 新聞主播都用這些關鍵字彙,你認得幾個呢? CNN官方授權 LiveABC主編為你解析重點新聞單字、用語 讓你說一口流利英語,隨時暢談全球大事! 快速聽看懂新聞英語,重點在掌握關鍵字彙! 新聞英語中往往夾雜特殊詞彙,可能是時下流行語、涉及相關知識的專業術語等,即使學習英語多年,要想跟上即時英語新聞的播報速度,完全理解一整篇國際英語新聞,仍舊不是件易事。如果能夠迅速掌握各領域新聞英語的關鍵字彙,即使無法從頭到尾聽懂主播所說的每一個字,但是一定能夠快速擷取新聞重點,進而汲取新聞新知,累積英語實力! 熟悉國際新聞中高頻率出現的新聞用語,讓你輕鬆聽懂CNN! 本書取材自CNN,精選近年來的重點新聞共計35篇,彙整5大主題新聞關鍵字彙,包含商業、科技、科學、保健及環境等多元領域的新聞要事。在每一大主題新聞之前,會先彙整該類型新聞相關的關鍵字彙,這些字彙都是國際新聞中高頻率出現的新聞用語,將有效幫助快速掌握新聞重點。 關鍵字彙依詞性區分為三大類,系統化條列字彙之音標、詞性、字義及例句,並提供詳盡解說。同時輔以同反義字、相關用語、補充說明等延伸學習。每篇文章皆採中英對照,幫助讀者迅速了解文章內容。針對各篇文章彙整重點單字,提供情境例句加深學習印象。延伸學習說明文章內的重要片語、常用口語或句型解析。此外,豐富的圖片、圖表及數據等相關資訊補充,讓閱讀新聞訪談兼具知識性及實用性。每篇文章最後皆附上課後測驗,學完可立即驗收學習成效。 目錄介紹 商業 Business 商業新聞關鍵字彙 Key Words for Business News 新零售逆勢崛起無人商店遍地開花 Cashierless Stores 比特幣一飛沖天將成下一個泡沫? The New Age of Currency 網購未來新趨勢虛擬實境電商 3D-Simulated Shopping 蓬勃發展的非洲新興市場——奈及利亞 Luxurious Lagos 航空公司機票超賣陋習大剖析 Plain Problems in the Air 轉角遇見販賣機日本一日飲食就靠它! Coin-Operated Convenience 無現金社會免接觸支付、機器人與APP交易的未來 Currency to Come 科學 Science 科學新聞關鍵字彙 Key Words for Science News 天才是先天還是後天的? Inspiration or Perspiration? 恨者恆恨原來是大腦作崇 Haters Gonna Hate 揭開人腦超級記憶的秘密 Inside the Palace of Memory 作弊是人性使然?科學家解密 Penchant for Cheating 科技 Technology 科技新聞關鍵字彙 Key Words for Tech News 新世代仿生環保材料向大自然取經 Web Design 自駕科技再進化!日本車廠追求極致精準與安全性 The Cars of Tomorrow SpaceX 獵鷹重型火箭成功升空 Ready for Liftoff 大廚在我家美味熟食即可印 3D Cooking 行動通訊科技的未來樣貌 Synthetic Sight and Interactive Images 跨越空間侷限機器人帶病童遠端逛博物館 Robotic Remedy 資料儲存新世代DNA編碼與玻璃蝕刻 Immortal Information 虛擬化身特效表演捕捉實戰操演 Performance Capture Pipe Dreams 保健 Health 保健新聞關鍵字彙 Key Words for Health News 及早診斷阿茲海默症十七歲科學家找到解方 A New Hope for Alzheimer’s 一夜之間成了歪果人?都是外國口音症候群惹的禍 Excuse My French Accent 意念控制仿生手臂讓斷肢者重拾人生 Smart Prosthetics 療癒狗醫生溫暖癌症病童的心 Kid’s Best Friend 人工生殖科技大躍進胚胎冷凍25年後成功誕生 Miracle Baby 眼科飛機醫院讓偏鄉眼疾患者重見光明 A Hospital with Wings 臍帶血幹細胞療法為自閉症帶來曙光 Stem Cell Solutions 3D模型立大功顱部連體嬰分割成功 Separation Anxiety 環境 Environment 環境新聞關鍵字彙 Key Words for Environment News 科學家成功移植珊瑚大堡礁復育有望 Lab-Bred Coral to the Rescue 替代能源新選擇:風箏發電 Taking to the Skies 海岸線消失中!氣候變遷否認者不願面對的真相 Blind to a Sea Change 拯救蜜蜂拯救生態 Hanoi’s Honeypot 大象將從非洲大陸消失! Imperiled Behemoths 拯救地球第一步少吃肉!? The Search for Sustainable Sustenance 從中途島看人類的垃圾災難! A Plastic Paradise 第六次大滅絕?雨林中兩棲類聲音消逝露端倪 Echoes of Eradication

The Experience of a Lifetime

The Experience of a Lifetime
Author: Carolyn North
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2006-06
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0595399010

This heartfelt book is about living fully up to the last moment, and dying well when the time has come. Carolyn North, a healer and singer, helps four terminally ill friends prepare for death as they decline physically and emerge spiritually. The Experience of a Lifetime explores how we can learn to accept our own mortality and discover what it means to love. Loving, we may glimpse a many-dimensioned world wherein life and death are part of the same glorious Whole.