A guide to Social Security benefits for retirees, dependents, and the disabled covers the filing process, eligibility, Medicare, earnings limits, retirement planning, and related questions.
Unhappily Ever After is a collection of short horror stories that will leave the reader not only with chills but the question of whether a happy ending is even deserved. Sometimes the most eery tales are those that leave you with the unexplained, and that is what many of these stories will leave you with. This collection takes those traditional monsters like ghosts, vampires, zombies, and werewolves and places them into the modern-day world where they can sometimes be unstoppable.
In just eight short years Jonathan Peterson went from a salary of $20,000 per year to over $160,000 - an average of a $20,000 raise per year - and you can do it too. If you have ever wondered how you can set yourself up for salary success - this is a must read.In this book, Jonathan shares his list of proven strategies to help grow your salary to new heights. Focusing on providing you details to get what Jonathan calls “career leverage”, he covers topics such as negotiation, relationship building, personal branding, career flexibility and understanding compensation packages. In addition, he has provided worksheets on how to evaluate and understand your workplace landscape, common conversation starters to get noticed at company events, and questions to ask to help you prepare for salary conversations.Whether you are just starting your career, or you have been stuck in a salary rut, Jonathan will give you the road-map to grow your salary further than you ever expected.
Jane Peterson is exhibiting 33 oil paintings at the St. Botolph Club. There is not a dull canvas in the entire collection and everything is interesting. [French views] seem to be the favorite for this artist, who is young, vivacious and wholly unafraid." - Christian Science Monitor This favorable review of Jane Peterson's first solo show in 1909 marked the beginning of the artist's long exhibiting career. Celebrated for her colorful paintings of festive subjects, Peterson's vibrant images provided a vital link between the impressionist and expressionist movements in American art. This volume presents eighty-eight of Peterson's paintings, examines them critically and traces the artistic life of this intriguing woman. Both critically and popularly acclaimed in the first half of the century, the dominance of abstraction afterwards caused her star to diminish. Largely forgotten by the time of her death in 1965, the essays by Dr. Arlene Katz Nichols and Dr. Cynthia Roznoy shine a light on Peterson-her life and her art-and return her again, to the public eye.
Lifelike illustrations with arrows pointing to key field marks show readers exactly what to look for to distinguish one bird from another. Full-color illustrations and photos.
Exciting text and colorful illustrations and photos describe the physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of a variety of caterpillars, arranged by the categories "Smooth", "Bumpy", "Sluglike", "Horned", "Hairy", "Bristly", and "Spiny".
IBM WebSphere® eXtreme Scale provides a solution to scalability issues through caching and grid technology. It provides an enhanced quality of service in high performance computing environments. This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces WebSphere eXtreme Scale and shows how to set up and use an eXtreme Scale environment. It begins with a discussion of the issues that would lead you to an eXtreme Scale solution. It then describes the architecture of eXtreme Scale to help you understand how the product works. It provides information about potential grid topologies, the APIs used by applications to access the grid, and application scenarios that show how to effectively use the grid. This book is intended for architects who want to implement WebSphere eXtreme Scale. The original edition of this book was based on WebSphere eXtreme Scale version 6.1. It was published in 2008 and described as a "User's Guide". This second edition updates the information based on WebSphere eXtreme Scale version 8.6, and covers key concepts and usage scenarios.
12 Rules For Life isn't just a book. As for his first one, Peterson spent years collecting and refining the ideas that would create a sort of blueprint for a good life. So many people, especially in my demographic, are lacking a structure of how to navigate through the world, create their identity, and find their purpose within it. And this isn't just a problem with the younger demographics. But we're seeing this with more and more middle aged men and women lost in the chaos as well. So I'll be analysing this Dr Jordan B Peterson book while adding my own subjective interpretation on to it. And this is for the hope that it can help you through that process of finding your way through that chaos. I won't be telling you how to live, or what to do, but just documenting my perspective through these rules. Now I've came to realize through my previous book summaries, that you may or may not, that hearing an alternate perspective can aid tremendously in facilitating a greater depth of understanding of more complex ideas. So it helps bridge the gap between the ambiguous and the misunderstood. And I hope this analysis book can help bridge that gap for both you and I. This is a profound and deeply philosophical read that makes you think. Peterson draws on history, science, religion, and philosophy to show us why we do what we do and how we can all live better, more fulfilling lives in a chaotic and sometimes cruel world. With thousands of people messaging Peterson how the book's changed their lives. Let's look at 3 of his 12 rules to begin to find out: ✓ Sweep in front of your own door before pointing out the street is dirty. ✓ Treat yourself like a child you're responsible for. ✓ Aim to do what is meaningful, not convenient. These form the premise Peterson's book is built on and thus, the context for understanding why it's been such a success. Let's go!
A state-of-the-art reference, drawing on key contemporary research to provide an in-depth, international, and competencies-based approach to the psychology of coaching and mentoring. Puts cutting-edge evidence at the fingertips of organizational psychology practitioners who need it most, but who do not always have the time or resources to keep up with scholarly research Thematic chapters cover theoretical models, efficacy, ethics, training, the influence of emerging fields such as neuroscience and mindfulness, virtual coaching and mentoring and more Contributors include Anthony Grant, David Clutterbuck, Susan David, Robert Garvey, Stephen Palmer, Reinhard Stelter, Robert Lee, David Lane, Tatiana Bachkirova and Carol Kauffman With a Foreword by Sir John Whitmore
It's been said that time is like an endless river. With currents that traverse the universe, its flowing tributaries lead to unimaginable places and events. As a result, three souls and one volkswagen caught up in such a malestrom would face an infinite number of possibilities over what could happen next ... or where they might end up."--(p.4) of cover
Five ordinary high school students. One spooky mansion. Two crazy scientists with a weird machine. Join Jake, Joey, Angela, Brandan, and Lauren as they learn how to juggle double sometimes even triple lives. This book is the first of a twelve-book saga!
The transition from a small town life to life at a major university can be tricky waters to navigate; especially if the world you were prepared for is not the one in which you encounter. This is what happens to Gabriel Peterson as he leaves a small Midwestern town to attend a large university, only to find that the world he was anticipating to see is not the same world he finds.Gabriel is forced to balance the Christian world he left at home with the secular world he was brought up to fear at the university. Gabriel's existence on campus forces him to not only see how others view him, but how they see other members of his faith. Through the turbulent changes he flips between what he was instructed to be, and what he is by nature. A new fear rises in him and he's unsure how to present the changes he's made to his outlook to his parents, former friends and various church members back home. It is within this balancing act that Gabriel finds love, culture, music, art, and himself.
Based on Building a StoryBrand by New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller, this checklist is a strategic and actionable guide to applying the StoryBrand framework to any brand and an essential part of any marketing professional's tool kit. Every day, brands lose millions of dollars simply because they do not have a clear message that tells consumers who they are and what value they will add to their customers' lives. To solve this dilemma, Donald Miller wrote Building a StoryBrand, which has become the quintessential guide for anyone looking to craft or strengthen their brand's message. Now, Don is taking it a step further with this five-part checklist that helps marketing professionals and business owners apply the StoryBrand messaging framework across key customer touchpoints to effectively develop, strengthen, and communicate their brand's story to the marketplace." --Jacket.
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