A long-lasting, successful lifestyle change comes only through gradual adjustments that maximize your comfort level. Now, in The Equation, trainer-to-the-stars Dan Isaacson reveals the formula for his phased-in program of minimum effort that adds up to maximum weight loss. His step-by-step, 5 week program will melt away the pounds and change your life forever: STEP ONE: Water-Drinking Your Fat Away One simple dietary adjustment provides the basis for a new program. STEP TWO: Eating-It's About Time Learn how to regulate when you eat to avoid the "diet" feeling. STEP THREE: Perfect Portions-Size Does Matter Eat smaller amounts more frequently and supercharge your body's fat burning abilities. STEP FOUR: Caloric Consumption-Calories In Follow the 10% rule and eliminate that feeling of being deprived. STEP FIVE: Accelerating Fat Loss-Calories Out Learn how to fine-tune The Equation to balance your personal program. "He gives you the knowledge, the desire, and the courage to approach life and health in a totally different way. -Johnny Depp "There are certain things that Dan taught me that I incorporate into my own workout schedule to this day." -Marilu Henner
The life of a new college student is full of change. Typically, new college students are entering into a new chapter in life where expectations are high, but so are the challenges. Major potentially life-changing questions emerge and must be dealt with: "What should my major be?"--"How do I pay for college?" -- "How do I balance the demands of the classroom with my social life?" -- "Should I break up my relationship with this person?" While answers to such questions are often elusive, the challenges associated with such issues are not generally unique. A few practical tips and some sound advice often spell the difference between success and failure. University Life: A College Survival Story provides such tips and advice, but - more importantly - it facilitates dialogue about key issues through its character development and storyline. Within its pages, you join a varied cast of freshmen characters - including an athlete, an activist, an outcast, and several others - as they negotiate their first semester in college, making both good and bad decisions along the way. In contrast to more descriptive and traditional textbooks about college survival, students are sure to find University Life both educational and entertaining."--Publisher description.
The 2004 American Presidential campaign was a watershed event for many reasons, but especially because the line between statesmanship and showmanship became extremely blurred. Because of the importance of this American election, American Behavioral Scientist is dedicating four issues, entitled Campaign 2004, Volumes 1-4, edited by J. Gregory Payne of Emerson College, to analysis of Campaign 2004, both Presidential and Senatorial, and contemporary issues and dynamics in political communication. According to public relations guru, James Grunig, political communication is more and more about meaningful relationships the public has with candidates who try to mirror their values, beliefs, and attitudes. Campaign 2004 was unique because of the use of new technologies such as cable television talk shows, the Internet, Web pages, blogs, and VNRs (simulated video new releases) enabled candidates to target their messages and communication images to smaller groups. The new media challenged the traditional mainstream media by providing a venue for unrestrained, less commercial, and sometimes more global information. Campaign 2004 also shamelessly used staged pseudoevents and celebrity spectacles as "infotainment,' and spent over $620 million on mostly negative political advertising to spell out issues and to try to set the future political agenda. The four volumes of Campaign 2004 evaluate the successes and failures of Campaign 2004 and offer some practical insights for future campaigns. Volume I of Campaign 2004 concentrates on campaign rhetoric and the battle for attention in the campaign primaries. Volume 2 changes direction by focusing on the effectiveness of presidential debates, political advertising, and leadership, as well as showcasing the Senate races in South Dakota and Illinois. Volume 3 considers trends in new media, mediated reality, and the politics of pseudoevents and celebrity/spectacle, while Volume 4 offers international reflections and perspectives on democracy, and elections in the Middle East and Europe. Campaign 2004, Volumes 1-4 belongs in the library of every one interested in political science, political communication, international relations, mass communication, mass media, journalism, sociology, marketing/advertising, discourse analysis, and rhetoric. Volume 1: Constructing the New American Ideals/Idols in Democracy (ISBN: 1-4129-3921-6) Volume 2: De/Constructing the Mediated Realities of Presidential debates, Political Advertising, and Showvase Senate Races (ISBN: 1-4129-3922-4) Volume 3: The Political Celebrity Spectacle: De/Constructing Image Meaning/Mongering (ISBN: 1-4129-3923-2) Volume 4: Style versus Substance in E-Politics and International Perspectives on Democracy (ISBN: 1-4129-3924-0)
What if a fascinating stranger knew you better than you know yourself? When her husband comes home with a farfetched story about eating dinner with someone he believes to be Jesus, Mattie Cominsky thinks this may signal the end of her shaky marriage. Convinced that Nick is, at best, turning into a religious nut, the self-described agnostic hopes that a quick business trip will give her time to think things through. On board the plane, Mattie strikes up a conversation with a fellow passenger. When she discovers their shared scorn for religion, she confides her frustration over her husband’s recent conversion. The stranger suggests that perhaps her husband isn’t seeking religion but true spiritual connection, an idea that prompts her to reflect on her own search for fulfillment. As their conversation turns to issues of spiritual longing and deeper questions about the nature of God, Mattie finds herself increasingly drawn to this insightful stranger. But when the discussion unexpectedly turns personal, touching on things she’s never told anyone, Mattie is startled and disturbed. Who is this man who seems to peer straight into her soul?
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