Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Department of State News Letter
Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
The Congressional globe
Author: Clark's Horse Review
Author: News Letter
Author: United States. Dept. of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition)
Author: Ed CatmullPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679644504
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to retain its creative culture while continuing to evolve. “Might be the most thoughtful management book ever.”—Fast Company For nearly thirty years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such beloved films as the Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and WALL-E, which have gone on to set box-office records and garner eighteen Academy Awards. The joyous storytelling, the inventive plots, the emotional authenticity: In some ways, Pixar movies are an object lesson in what creativity really is. Here, Catmull reveals the ideals and techniques that have made Pixar so widely admired—and so profitable. As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream as a Ph.D. student, and then forged a partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter in 1986. Nine years later, Toy Story was released, changing animation forever. The essential ingredient in that movie’s success—and in the twenty-five movies that followed—was the unique environment that Catmull and his colleagues built at Pixar, based on philosophies that protect the creative process and defy convention, such as: • Give a good idea to a mediocre team and they will screw it up. But give a mediocre idea to a great team and they will either fix it or come up with something better. • It’s not the manager’s job to prevent risks. It’s the manager’s job to make it safe for others to take them. • The cost of preventing errors is often far greater than the cost of fixing them. • A company’s communication structure should not mirror its organizational structure. Everybody should be able to talk to anybody. Creativity, Inc. has been significantly expanded to illuminate the continuing development of the unique culture at Pixar. It features a new introduction, two entirely new chapters, four new chapter postscripts, and changes and updates throughout. Pursuing excellence isn’t a one-off assignment but an ongoing, day-in, day-out, full-time job. And Creativity, Inc. explores how it is done.
Families Caring for an Aging America
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309448069
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Army, Navy, Air Force Journal & Register
Author: Meditations of John Muir
Author: Chris HighlandPublisher: Wilderness Press
ISBN: 0899974961
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Carry John Muir’s wisdom with you in this inspirational guide that features 60 of his most insightful quotes. As a patriarch of the American environmental movement, John Muir helped to give birth to the national park system, the Sierra Club, and a myriad of smaller groups devoted to saving rivers, redwoods, and wildlife. Yet, he is also a spiritual parent who leads us down unmarked trails of the spirit. By urging us to simply be present in the world around us, loving and honoring it as our garden home, his poetic insight liberates life. In Meditations of John Muir, editor Chris Highland pairs 60 Muir quotes with selections from other celebrated thinkers and spiritual texts. Take this pocket-size guide with you on backpacks, nature hikes, and camping trips. Let Muir’s words enrich your experience as you ponder the wilderness from riverbank, mountaintop, or as you relax beside your campfire. Inside you’ll find: 60 inspiring John Muir quotes Selections of text from other philosophical minds Short excerpts for convenient reading Muir’s exuberance for nature was the touchstone for his commitment to the earth and all of its creatures. Let him lead you along the ultimate adventure that treks every range of light. Then venture off on your own deertrails of the heart, harkening to his granite gospel that calls for you “to get as near to the heart of the world” as you can.
Loser
Author: Russell ClarkPublisher:
ISBN: 9781549941955
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
From experiencing loss to finding gain. For those who have experienced loss -- loss of career, loss of a family member, loss of a friend, loss of faith, loss of church, loss of calling, loss of purpose, loss of value, loss of how you thought life was supposed to be -- this is your story. This is a story for outcasts and losers to find a different story to tell. This is a story of hope found in a dying, small-town church with its spiky-haired pastor. "There's a scene in the movie Dead Poets Society, where professor John Keating asks his English lit students to stand up on their desks to give them a different perspective on life. Former pastor Russell Clark does that for the little Methodist church he led in tiny Reddick, Fla., starting a three-year revolution there that soon had his suddenly exploding congregation featured on the United Methodist webpage for having "the secret to church growth." Clark gets it. He understands, unlike so many ministers mired in the same old ritualistic rut, that sometimes following Jesus means getting down into the mess, even if it comes with a heavy price. God bless him for reminding us of that in Loser."- Jim Reeves, retired award-winning sports columnist and author of Dallas Cowboys: Legends of America's Team. "Loser by Russell Clark is nothing short of a present-day update of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. It is a post-modern romp with God, our companion on the way to discovering the messy, wonderful, OWESOME* truth about ourselves, our relationships, our failures and successes, and grace powerful enough to see us through all the day long and all the night through. When the Prophet Isaiah invented "Immanuel" to name the God of his hopes and dreams, someone like Russell Clark discovered in the shambles of his early ministry is what Isaiah had in mind. So, settle back, prepare to laugh. Prepare to find hope breaking out in your version of a small-town Florida Church. And prepare to get messy with the people "Immanuel," "God With Us" is sending your way. Loser is a pilgrimage of wonder and hope. So, put on your traveling shoes, and go with Rev. Clark. Go through the mud until you find out that the glorious, muddy journey is really what God With Us had in mind for you and me all along. OWESOME*!*See the definition given in the book. Then dare to get excited about it."- Dr. Stephen V. Sprinkle, professor at Brite Divinity School and author of Unfinished Lives: Reviving the Memories of LGBTQ Hate Crimes Victims. "Russell Clark reminds us that our story is intertwined with God's story. His writing lifts up "ordinary moments where God has turned (our lives) into something extraordinary." His honest and forthright ability to share the unconditional love of God, while also affirming the need for perseverance in the messiness of life allows Clark to do two things at the same time: draw on his narrative in creative and substantive ways while also illuminating God's grace at the most profound level. This is ultimately the good news of Clark's work and the manner in which he engages the reader. Through his life and stories the reader sees the power of love as Clark affirms that there are "moments . . . set apart as something meaningful," and that makes all the difference."- Dr. Joretta L. Marshall, dean at Brite Divinity School and author of How Can I Forgive?: A Study of Forgiveness "He came to us much like Elijah to the Hebrew children: a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder right out of the darkness. We needed him and he needed us. Russell writes from the heart -- and what a big heart it is. A heart he wears right out where everyone can see it. There were moments for me in the book where tissues weren't enough for the emotion I felt. There is no doubt Russell loves you and you -- just like us in Reddick -- will love him too."- Jim Stroup, Mayor of Reddick, Florida and Lay Leader of the First United Methodist Church in Reddick, Florida
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