As anyone who has ever crossed over the Folly River onto Center Street can tell you, Folly Beach is a place like no other. For Charleston writer Bill Bryan, Folly is another world that has drawn him back time and again. In Folly Beach: Glimpses of a Vanished Strand, Bryan takes a wistful look back at Folly during a special time in its history, when the dark days of war were over and everyone just wanted to have fun. Through these charming, historical vignettes, enjoy a moonlit dance on the pier, take a ride on the Ferris wheel at the carnival, grab a bite to eat at the Pavilion or comb the Washout for driftwood.
This book provides a framework to help managers go beyond simply fighting fires every day, offering the tools to address the underlying causes of recurring problems and deliver long-term solutions. The most obvious part of any problem is the pain it causes. The desire to end the pain and find a solution – any solution – that will make it go away now is usually so great that it blinds managers to the underlying systemic cause of the problem. The result is that we ‘solve’ the problem today and then it comes back again tomorrow or next week, again and again. We are only addressing the symptoms but never understanding the cause – like picking the flower heads off weeds but not digging them out at the roots. Schaveling and Bryan offer the insights and tools managers and leaders need to achieve a longer term and more effective approach by stepping back and analysing the system as a whole. And at the heart of any system are human beings – notoriously short-term and pain-averse creatures who will behave in whatever way minimises pain today even at the expense of pain tomorrow. They show how to detect the behavior patterns that have become engrained in the organisation and which underlie complex situations so that root causes of problems can be identified. Once the system responsible for the problem is understood smarter decisions can be made to devise interventions that solve the core problem instead of wasting energy fighting the symptoms.
The Bible contains the greatest story ever told. It reveals the God of history, who is writing his story through history’s events. It tells us about life, and it itself is life. It tells us about Jesus, God’s Son, who secured salvation for a lost world two thousand years ago. Maybe you’ve tried to read the Bible all the way through before and didn’t finish. Maybe you need a tool to guide you in your journey. That’s what we hope this book will be for you. The Bible is sixty-six books, yet it is one book with one story. It was written over 1,500 years ago, but with one theme—Jesus! The Bible has forty human authors, but one divine author and one central story. It invites us into that story to embrace the life God designed for us. Scripture’s Grand Story can help people with little Bible knowledge achieve a basic framework for grasping the Bible’s main story. Those with a basic understanding of Scripture will benefit by seeing how each story plays a part in the one central story—Jesus.
The Bible contains the greatest story ever told. It reveals the God of history, who is writing his story through history's events. It tells us about life, and it itself is life. It tells us about Jesus, God's Son, who secured salvation for a lost world two thousand years ago. Maybe you've tried to read the Bible all the way through before and didn't finish. Maybe you need a tool to guide you in your journey. That's what we hope this book will be for you. The Bible is sixty-six books, yet it is one book with one story. It was written over 1,500 years ago, but with one theme--Jesus! The Bible has forty human authors, but one divine author and one central story. It invites us into that story to embrace the life God designed for us. Scripture's Grand Story can help people with little Bible knowledge achieve a basic framework for grasping the Bible's main story. Those with a basic understanding of Scripture will benefit by seeing how each story plays a part in the one central story--Jesus.
FRANtastic Days are here again! This unique, nonintimidating attendance campaign was developed as a sequel to Friend Day, to add variety and expand the effectiveness of your yearly attendance campaign to bring lost and non-churched people to church and influence them for Christ. The biblical principles used in this campaign show laypeople that evangelism does not have to be left up to "professional" clergy or gifted evangelists. Every Christian can reach the people around them as they invite them to the special days: Friend Day, Relative Day, Associate Day, and Neighbor Day. FRANtastic Days will motivate laypeople to reach their Friends, Relatives, Associates, and Neighbors for Christ! FRANtastic Days breaks down barriers, builds on caring relationships, is inoffensive and gimmick free. Your members can reach out more freely to their non-churched FRANs. FRANtastic Lesson Topics: * FRANtastic Days To Reach Receptive People * FRANtastic Days Is Based on Lifestyle Evangelism * FRANtastic Days Is Saturation Evangelism * How To Be a FRANtastic Friend * A FRANtastic Bridge to the Family * Associates Are a FRANtastic Challenge * How to Get Better Neighbors Recommended Timeline: 8 weeks from planning to ending campaign. Includes: Planning section with checklist, calendar, follow-up, sample forms and letters; 7 lessons; reproducible promotional materials, and 4 CDs containing a motivational introduction and lessons. Note: Audiocassettes have been upgraded to CDs.
Ham's Christmas Communion is the story of a farmer who has become embittered, selfish and isolated from his community following the death of his wife many years earlier. Just before Christmas, a strange dog comes to his doorstep. Ham is angered by this and takes the dog several miles away and releases him. But on Christmas eve, the dog comes back again and gets entangled in the fence by the farm pond. In releasing the dog from the fence and taping up his wounded legs, a renewed impulse for community enters Ham's spirit, prompting him to go to the late night communion service at the local church where his cold heart is melted.
An expanded, updated, and retitled edition of HTML Bible, examining HTML, XHTML-a set of extensions to HTML to make it more like XML-and cascading style sheets (CSS), which provide a simple way to add consistent formatting to HTML Web documents Focusing on reader feedback and changing industry trends, this new edition is a major overhaul that addresses the extensive changes in Web development Shows readers the best, most efficient way to use HTML and examines which peripheral technologies are worth learning for the long run Features "before and after" pictures that show the results of improved Web page coding Offers continued coverage of key topics, including site administration, dynamic data-driven pages, and many others, in addition to new sections on hot new topics such as blogs and content management
This new edition of a bestselling evangelical survey of the Old Testament (over 180,000 copies sold) has been thoroughly updated and features a beautiful new interior design. It is lavishly illustrated with four-color images, maps, and charts and retains the pedagogical features that have made the book so popular: · chapter outlines, objectives, and summaries · study questions · sidebars featuring primary source material, ethical and theological issues, and contemporary applications · lists of key terms, people, and places · further reading recommendations · endnotes and indexes The book is supplemented by web-based resources through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources, offering course help for professors and study aids for students.
Leverage Oracle Database 11g Release 2 High Availability Features Protect your critical business assets and achieve maximum database uptime using the detailed information in this Oracle Press guide. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 High Availability: Maximize Your Availability with Grid Infrastructure, Oracle Real Application Clusters, and Oracle Data Guard, Second Edition provides cost-effective solutions to current availability challenges. Discover how to grid-enable your IT framework, roll out Oracle Real Application Clusters, maintain standby databases, and deploy Oracle Flashback. Monitoring, tuning, and disaster recovery techniques are also covered in this comprehensive resource. Install Oracle Clusterware (as part of Oracle's grid infrastructure) or upgrade from an earlier version Build test clusters and hosts using Oracle VM Work with Oracle Automatic Storage Management and Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System Create synchronized standby databases using Oracle Data Guard Reliably archive and restore data with Oracle Recovery Manager Use Oracle Flashback to identify and undo user errors Configure Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control for management of an Oracle maximum availability architecture environment
HTML 4 Bible, 2nd Edition is your comprehensive reference to the latest standard for Web page construction. Build internet and intranet documents that are fully compliant with the rules of HTML 4.01, making them suitable for inclusion in xHTML applications. Once they're in xHTML, they can be integrated with SMIL, MathML, and SVG technologies to create full-featured Web applications. The book's CD-ROM holds the Amaya, Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator and Opera web browsers, allowing you to readily test your pages for cross-browser compliance. Also on the CD-ROM is TidyHTML, the best tool for validating your 4.01 source code.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F. Kennedy This quote is clear. We are well-advised to pursue success in business with purpose and direction. Business spans a wide range of skills, of which Marketing is the most dominant. This book covers the skills necessary to become successful - whether you are selling products, services, or a derivative of both. It is fascinating to note that the topics covered here by Celebrity Experts(r), most of which are marketing related, include: - Ways to build a business - Use of Social Media - Planning & Strategies for Businesses - Brands & Branding - Determination, Motivation & Commitment - Advertising in the New Economy - Mindset & Passion - The importance of ethics in business These subjects are covered by business icons that include Brian Tracy, Leigh Steinberg, Robert Allen, Ron LeGrand, and Chris Attwood & Janet Bray Attwood, among others. The wealth of business information in this book from Celebrity Experts(r) authors make it a must-read. Winston Churchill said, "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." However, by sharing the knowledge of these proven business experts you will shorten your journey. They will help you avoid the mistakes they made along the way, and move you towards your goal quicker than you could ever do it on your own. This may truly be... "The Only Business Book You'll Ever Need.
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