Mastery of craft depends on repetition: the more opportunities student actors have to be guided through analyzing scripts, the more likely they are to develop a reliable process for making choices when the time comes to work independently. That's why Acting on the Script contains eight short plays, which can be used independently or as parts of one full-length play, giving aspiring actors the practice they need to tell the story of the play and of their characters clearly, believably, and compellingly. With each new scene, readers are given the opportunity to think through the analysis and synthesis process independently, then they are guided clearly through that process. The first section reintroduces the basic elements of acting craft. The book then lays out how these elements relate to a script in general and then more specifically – by using a short play to illustrate the basic principles. The second section focuses on specific analysis and synthesis problems using original scenes especially composed to help students develop their analysis and choice-making skills and to address individual acting issues. The plays, already tested in classes and two productions (one professional and one college), are filled with the kinds of acting problems that beginning actors often have trouble with and need to learn to solve. In addition, specific problems that actors might have with certain types of material are addressed as well.
An actor's script is both a gold mine, and the map to discovering it: if properly read, a script will reveal its riches to you. Unfortunately, most actors never learn to efficiently read the map, or master how to convert what they find in a script into playable gold. Why? Because this aspect of the acting process is seldom taught in a simple and tangible way in the classroom or studio. Acting can – and should – be more than guesswork and instinct. Actor's Alchemy: Finding the Gold in Your Script examines the relationship between the script and what an actor ultimately does on the stage or on screen. Here is a straightforward guide filled with useful information to help actors learn to use their scripts in a specific and analytical way to solve the problems of the scene and bring their elusive characters to life. In learning how to decipher the script, actors will be equipped to make the choices that lead to delivering a gold performance.
A church-based biblical case and action-plan for developing leaders to fill the leadership vacuum. Includes inventories and practical implementation strategies from ideas tested by the Center for Church Based Training in their workshops around the country.
Research internationally is continuing to validate that the antioxidant nutrients can play a powerful role in preventing a number of diseases. These include problems such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, cataracts, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and many more. To date, studies have identified more than 60 health conditions that may be prevented or treated with antioxidant supplementation, and the list grows daily. In fact, researchers estimate that an amazing 80 to 90 percent of all degenerative diseases involve free radical activity. Antioxidants are truly the new frontier in nutrition. The antioxidant system and the immune system are so intertwined that many researchers are now considering the antioxidants as part of the immune system. Proper use of antioxidants could be as important to your health as the discovery of antibiotics. The goal of this book is to help you in preventing the onset of the diseases listed. Perhaps you'll slow their progress if they have already begun or even reverse the disease process. Sounds too good to be true? - The latest valid scientific studies indicate I may actually be understating the case.
Obesity is not simply weight gain nor is it a cosmetic or fitness issue. Your goal is to reduce the hazardous and ugly fats that surround your abdomen and organs, deep within your belly that put you at risk for degenerative diseases such as heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea, cancer, gout, osteoarthritis and others. There is no quick fix to fat loss, only prevention, as obesity is a lifestyle disease. It took you years of poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle to make you fat. Fat loss is therefore not an event, a program (dieting) nor merely a number you see on the weighing scale or your BMI. A pair of “loose pants” is a better indicator of fat loss. In essence, if you lost weight without reducing your waist circumference, you haven't done much for yourself. To escape from the obesity trap, counting calories, dieting or cutting fat out of your diet or starvation will not help. Instead, to lose fat, you need to know how the body stores and burns fat. You need to incorporate certain lifestyle changes to mobilize your hormones to co-operate with the body to burn fat to overcome your body’s resistance to permanent fat loss. That is what this book is all about.
On January 22, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared total war on cancer. In the quarter century of the battle, we have consistently been defeated. Many critics call this a "medical Vietnam." In 1996 we had 550,000 deaths from cancer. That's 215,000 more than 1971. If this trend continues, cancer will overtake heart disease as the number one killer of Americans by 2000. Dr. John C. Bailor of the Harvard School of Public Health aptly says, "The main conclusion we draw is that some 35 years of intensive effort focused largely on improving treatment must be judged a qualified failure. The reasons for this failure need to be carefully assessed, but in the meanwhile it may be that our approach to cancer needs to be changed. The most promising areas are in cancer prevention." It is estimated that over 60 percent of all cancer has to do with what we eat or do not eat. Foods nutritional supplements and lifestyle changes are what this book is all about. Proper nutrition can make a tremendous difference in your chances of becoming a cancer statistic. Some of the topics covered are: What is cancer? How do you get it? Which food supplements help prevent cancer and how much to take? I strongly urge you to read this book now!
A gentle new way for church leader’s to survive stress and burnout Bruce Miller debunks the idea of balance—basically trying to have it all, all the time. Most churches and their pastors try to do everything at once and feel guilty if any one aspect (worship, ministries, outreach, etc.) is neglected. He replaces the exhausting concept of balance with the idea of rhythm: churches, like people, need to give attention to different programs and ministries at different times, basically by attending to their seasons and cycles. Offers an innovative new model for church leaders Miller has been influential in the formation and promotion of “Church-Based Training” as in international movement Offers a proven method for avoiding burnout for church leaders and members by doing the right things at the right time The author offers much-need help to overwhelmed leaders and shows them how to apply Miller’s seasonal/cyclical approach to church life.
This memoir tells the story of a man's deterioration from Alzheimer disease from two perspectives. His daughter, an English professor at Caltech, describes her father's dementia, using her expertise in language and literature as a way to frame his loss of words, spatial orientation, identity, behavioral decorum, and memory. The physician, an academic neurologist at the University of California at San Francisco, explains the science behind Alzheimer disease using his expertise in neurology, articulating to a general audience how dementia assaults the brain"--
Today, the diet of children has gone from basically fresh whole food to over-processed, grease-soaked, chemical-driven, sugar and salt-filled and nutritionally questionable dietary choices. Coupled with a sedentary lifestyle, your precious kids are now facing a whole new set of lifestyle and diet-related diseases such as diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and heart disease, all unrelated to germs. You need to inculcate healthy eating habits and lifestyle to your kids during their formative years, as diseases develop, it doesn't start overnight. Prevention is about taking steps while your kids are healthy and not until they are faced with a crisis. Health is like money, we will never have a true idea of its value until we lose it. In easy to understand language, this book addresses the need for parents to make changes to their children's lifestyle and diet while they are young in order to fight diet related diseases; if you want to raise disease free kids.
In the past few years we have learned much about nutrition and beauty. For instance, while we cannot stop aging itself, we can arrest and in some cases even reverse the visible effects of aging. This book is loaded with all of the latest information on the nutrition and health of your hair, skin, and nails. Various problems are addressed, such as nails that crack and split, wrinkles, dry skin, thin lusterless hair, and many others. While physical beauty shouldn't be all-important, most women do like to look their best and feel attractive. Your body reflects your image of yourself and your feelings about yourself. The way you look can influence your level of self-confidence and self-esteem. As far back as ancient Greece, Aristotle is recorded as saying, “Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction.” True beauty radiates from within, and the loveliest women are those whose outer glow reflects an inner harmony. More than clothes, cosmetics, or coiffures, beauty depends on good health: physical, emotional, and spiritual. A woman's natural attributes – hair, skin, and nails when supplied with optimal nutrition can make her look attractive and appealing. Many women willingly spend a great deal of money to make themselves look good from the outside. After reading this book, I hope you'll spend as much money and time to make yourself look healthy from the inside. Your investment will be returned many times over!
What do unrelated diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, obesity, asthma, depression, premature aging and an army of diseases ending in the suffix “itis” such as gastritis, sinusitis, arthritis, have in common: The buzz word called inflammation. “Inflammation may well turn out to be the exclusive Holy Grail of medicine – the single phenomenon that holds the key to sickness and health,” firmly says William Joel Meggs, author of “The Inflammation Cure.” Silent inflammation falls just below the radar of pain and visible swelling. It is akin to life under the volcano. Even though you are feeling well and on top of the world right now, odds are that silent inflammation can be simmering in your body. Like a slow poison, silent inflammation can gradually destroy your body organs and tissues without you feeling it until a chronic disease surfaces in the form of diabetes, heart disease or even cancer that may prove fatal. I challenge you today to make a decision to decrease silent inflammation in your body if you want to move towards wellness as every pain, every chronic disease in your body and every pound of weight gained revolves around silent inflammation. Control it and you will feel better, look better, think better and perform better. That is what this book is about.
Visualize the intestinal tract as a river. Like a river it must be kept open, flowing smoothly with good speed. Fiber and clean water will keep the intestine open and functioning smoothly as our flowing river analogy. It acts as an "intestinal broom," sweeping out toxins as it winds its way through the digestive tract. Due to chronic low fiber intake most Americans retain food waste and toxins too long in the large intestine resulting in hard, difficult-to-pass stools. This deadly combination of over-retained toxins and hard stools will cause many health problems. Fiber has earned the reputation of being called “The Rolls- Royce of Non-nutrients.” In this easy to understand and concise guide, you will discover: • Fiber as a powerful detoxifier • The type of fibers necessary for health • How fiber can possibly prevent diseases like colon cancer, diabetes, heart disease, blood pressure and other intestinal problems. • Can fiber help in controlling your weight without painful hunger pangs? • How much fiber do you need to keep healthy? • What are good sources of fibers?
Forty-one million Americans are estimated to have pre-diabetes compared to 16 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes. This says a mouthful about pre-diabetes! Pre-diabetes is a wake-up call to warn you that you could be getting the real thing. If your blood fasting glucose is above 5.5 mmol/L, this is an indication that your insulin is beginning to lose control over your blood sugar level. You are now diagnosed as a pre-diabetic. Pre-diabetes not only increases your risk of type 2 diabetes within 10 years but also increases your risk of a heart attack or stroke by 50 percent. If you have pre-diabetes, you may experience difficulties in losing weight. Furthermore, damages to your heart, arteries, nerves, and eyes are already taking place at this stage causing no symptoms for the present, but ticking like a time bomb. This is a must-read book for those who have symptoms of pre-diabetes and want to discover what pre-diabetes is, its cause and the harm it can do to your health and the preventive steps you can take to keep diabetes from taking hold of your body. Read this book even if you have never been diagnosed with diabetes. You have a one out of four chances of developing pre-diabetes. Prevention of diabetes is possible at this stage
Your Life in Rhythm offers a realistic solution to our crazy, overly-busy, stressed lives. Miller exposes the myth of living a “balanced” life, and offers “rhythmic living” as a new paradigm for relieving guilt and stress, while accomplishing more of what matters most in life. Rhythmic living details six practical strategies for living a more fulfilling life. Instead of managing time, Miller suggests that we flow with life, living in tune with the natural rhythms of nature. By applying the rhythm strategies, we can reduce stress, frustration, and guilt while increasing fulfillment and inner peace. The point is not to balance all of our responsibilities at one time, but to focus attention on what matters most at different times. Although this sounds easy enough, the six strategies he outlines are crucial to helping the reader to achieve this goal. Miller helps us to understand the stages and seasons of life we all experience over a lifetime. This new understanding, when applied, will solve time-management problems and help readers to let go of misplaced priorities and relieve their overbooked lifestyle. The rhythm solution, in short, brings freedom. In a nutshell: Helps readers think through their overbooked lifestyle. Presents a new way of thinking about life management. Helps readers to let go of misplaced priorities. Helps readers understand the seasons of life and adjust their expectations. Presents rhythm “solution process” for common time management issues.
Diabesity is the single biggest global health challenge of the 21st century just as the HIV/AIDS epidemic was in the last 20 years of the 20th century. You may not have heard of “Diabesity” and yet statistically speaking, you have a 50% chance of having it or you are already having it and don’t know about it. This word comes from an unhappy combination of Diabetes + Obesity or commonly referred to as “obesity-dependent diabetes” caused by the combination of unstable sugar and weight gain that can cripple you.This book might just change your life. This time around not only are young and middle-aged people (40-59) around the world affected but young children are now not spared. This means that there is a real need to learn more about the prevention of diabesity.No one ever dies of diabesity. They die of other chronic illness induced or made worse by diabesity like kidney disease, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, blindness, and amputation. Some topics of special interest include: • What is diabesity? • What if you ignore diabesity? • Screening for diabesity • What you can do if you have diabesity • Call to action Your attitude and outlook can influence diabesity – for better or worse. Don’t gamble your life away from this preventable silent killer of the 21st century.
As night follows day all women will pass through menopause. It is not a disease but with the onset of menopause women will experience a new set of health problems like vaginal dryness, bladder disturbances, hot flashes, skin wrinkling, facial hair growth and loss of sexual desire. Since the turn of the century a woman could expect to live to about forty-eight. Things have changed. At menopause a woman now has half of her adult life to live. The risks of developing osteoporosis, heart disease, breast cancer increases at this stage of a woman's life. There are many books on the market that deal in detail with the various facets of menopause. This book however will focus on nutrition, food supplements and lifestyles for women on hormones or women who want to pass through this phase of life naturally. I have also added a chapter on the risk and benefits of HRT. Women have now to take responsibility on themselves to learn all facets of menopause and how to cope with the changes that come with menopause so that the last half of a woman's life will be more vigorous and rewarding than the first half! Women who do not take the very best of their health from the five to seven years of menopause are the ones with the most health problems and poorest quality of life in later years.
The kids are screaming, you are rushing to prepare dinner for your family and your dog has just overturned the cooking pot full of gravy. You suddenly feel a throbbing pain on one side of your head. You feel nauseous and the intense desire to vomit. All you desire is to retreat immediately to a dark quiet room as you are unable to tolerate the loud noise and bright lights. You may be experiencing a migraine on the way! About 25 million Americans suffer from migraine headache, of which 70 percent migraine patients are women. Migraine is not just any ordinary headache nor is it “all in the head.” In fact, headache experts call it a disease - the headache is only a symptom. Most of the time, it cannot be overcome just by popping a pain-killer and hoping it to go away. Popping pain-killers too regularly can lead to a “rebounce headache.” Migraine can disrupt your normal activities and interfere with your work and your family responsibilities. The attacks can occur once to several times a week and can last 4-7 hours. The headache pain also differs in the severity frequency and disability from person to person. This book explains in ordinary layman language what migraine is and does to your health and how you can use natural remedies and lifestyle changes to get relief for migraine headache or even help prevent its recurrence.
Are you having trouble remembering things like birthdays, client's names and phone numbers or where you placed your car keys? Isn't forgetfulness a sign that age is creeping up on you? Wait! You're only 40. Memory loss causes us to lose our personality, our enjoyment of life and our social acceptability. Is there anything you can do to stop the slide into forgetfulness, and memory loss? Yes, growing older does not mean that you have to experience memory loss. If you can take care of your brain just like you do to your heart by feeding it with the right food and nutrients, giving it enough rest and giving it proper medical care and without abusing it, there is no reason why your brain cannot serve you well into your twilight years. This book is filled with practical information on how you can keep your memory intact against the ravages of time. This is a must read book if you are interested in preventing age memory loss and other mental functions as well as possible for as long as possible. Act now if you think you are beginning to lose your memory. Preventing mental decline is much easier than reversing it!
Poetry. Not since Jim Gustafson edited The First One's Free in 1978 has the work of the late poet Jeffrey Miller been available. This new collection includes unpublished poems as well as an introduction by Andrei Codrescu and an afterward by Bruce Cheney, both of whom were friends of Miller's. Jeffrey Miller's work has been an underground classic, inspiring and captivating three generations of poets who have had the good fortune to encounter Miller's work.
COENZYME QlO Thousands of scientific studies and clinical applications have shown that Coenzyme Q 10 may be one of the greatest 20th Century medicinal discoveries for prevention and treatment of disease. "New and revolutionary treatments of disease, particularly where there has been no treatment of intrinsic biochemical significance, have generally been believable to a few persons and unbelievable and even ridiculous to others before proof of efficacy... Revolutionary therapy has always been so and perhaps always shall be, but such is the nature of true discovery. It appears that the bioenergetics of CoQ 10 is remarkable and its potential in medicine is no exception to the history of controversial advances in medicine." The late Karl Folkers, PhD, Researcher "It is unthinkable for me to practice good cardiology without the help of Coenzyme Q 10. And, for the thousands of people with cardiac conditions so severe that they need a heart transplant, CoQ 10 may be a suitable alternative that not only enhances the quality of life, but extends survival as well." Stephen Sinatra, MD, FACC, Cardiologist & Author, The Coenzyme 010 Phenomenon "Energy is life, and CoQ 10 is a crucial component of the energy cycle and therefore of life itself." Emile Bliznakov, MD, Researcher and Gerald Hunt, co-authors, The Miracle Nutrient: Coenzyme QIO
Forty-one million Americans are estimated to have pre-diabetes compared to 16 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes. This says a mouthful about pre-diabetes! Pre-diabetes is a wake-up call to warn you that you could be getting the real thing. If your blood fasting glucose is above 5.5 mmol/L, this is an indication that your insulin is beginning to lose control over your blood sugar level. You are now diagnosed as a pre-diabetic. Pre-diabetes not only increases your risk of type 2 diabetes within 10 years but also increases your risk of a heart attack or stroke by 50 percent. If you have pre-diabetes, you may experience difficulties in losing weight. Furthermore, damages to your heart, arteries, nerves, and eyes are already taking place at this stage causing no symptoms for the present, but ticking like a time bomb. This is a must-read book for those who have symptoms of pre-diabetes and want to discover what pre-diabetes is, its cause and the harm it can do to your health and the preventive steps you can take to keep diabetes from taking hold of your body. Read this book even if you have never been diagnosed with diabetes. You have a one out of four chances of developing pre-diabetes. Prevention of diabetes is possible at this stage.
Oakwood Cemetery evolved from a final resting place for Confederate soldiers to a modern "cemetery full of life," reflecting over 150 years of the remarkable history of Raleigh, North Carolina. Many of the men and women who lived that history and developed this Southern capital--from soldiers and politicians to educators and clergy, from merchants and craftsmen to social activists and laborers--now rest in Oakwood, memorialized in the monuments that grace this lovely garden cemetery. Their stories, illustrated by archival and modern photographs, are told within this volume.
Enzyme is the medicine of the future. Enzyme is the missing link in nutrition. Without enzymes, there is no life. Its significance can be parallel to the discovery of vitamins. Edward Howell MD, the father of food enzyme therapy, best describes enzymes as, “Substances that make life possible; they are the spark of life. No mineral, vitamin, or hormone can do any work without enzymes. They are the manual workers that build your body from proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Without the life energy of enzymes we would be nothing more than a pile of lifeless chemical substances – vitamins, minerals, water and proteins.” This book gives a clear, simple and concise explanation to help you appreciate the importance of enzymes, a new found alternative, on how enzymes rule over all other nutrients to promote your health and longevity. Inside you will find: • Why you need to supplement your diet with enzymes • Why enzymes are more important than vitamins and minerals • Why eating cooked food can harm your health • What happens to your health if you are deficient in enzymes • How enzymes can give you energy, reduce craving and keep you from being overweight • How enzymes can strengthen your immune system • What you must do to prevent depletion of enzymes in your body • How enzymes can help you have a better complexion • How enzymes can help you against flatulence, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn and many other problems related to poor digestion.
Coal is currently a major energy source in the United States as well as throughout the world, especially among many developing countries, and will continue to be so for many years. Fossil fuels will continue to be the dominant energy source for fueling the United States economy, with coal playing a major role for decades. Coal provides stability in price and availability, will continue to be a major source of electricity generation, will be the major source of hydrogen for the coming hydrogen economy, and has the potential to become an important source of liquid fuels. Conservation and renewable/sustainable energy are important in the overall energy picture, but will play a lesser role in helping us satisfy our energy demands. This book is a single source covering many coal-related subjects of interest ranging from explaining what coal is, where it is distributed and quantities it can be found in throughout the world, technical and policy issues regarding the use of coal, technologies used and under development for utilizing coal to produce heat, electricity, and chemicals with low environmental impact, vision for untilizing coal well into the 21st century, and the security coal presents. * Presents coal's increasing role in providing energy independence to nations * Covers current energy usage, environmental issues, and coal energy technologies * Provides a comprehensive discussion of technical and policy issues regarding the use of coal
Frontotemporal Dementia is a comprehensive exploration of one of the most common but least recognized causes of dementia. This book provides unique access to the clinical and basic biological features of this important set of disorders.
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