J Stephen Sadler’s Quest For The Best explores how chance encounters can change your life if you are paying attention. He also shares how he overcame numerous challenges while building a brand based on the smallest detail to champion his unique family jewel – a simple crumb cake. This book takes you on a magical journey to see how he went from scratch to triumph one cake at a time. Foodies and non-foodies alike, will celebrate as they share in the adventure of one families artisan recipe that took on a life far beyond its humble roots.
Social media marketing, pay-per-click, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, search engine optimization......what does it all mean and why should you even care? We all know that the economic meltdown of 2009 was tough for everyone. Even the seemingly invincible banking and insurance sector was almost brought to its knees. What was also interesting, and not so highly publicized, was how the recession also affected the marketing sector. Many large marketing firms, especially here in the Detroit Metropolitan area, are now gone. It's not very often you see large marketing firms just close up shop, especially when marketing is so important to gaining exposure for new products and services. Global competition is tough, so is it possible that companies can no longer afford expensive multi-million dollar marketing and ad campaigns? What about smaller companies, can they even afford to pop $10-25k on traditional marketing techniques every year? So what if expensive, old-school marketing is partly responsible for the continued recession due to our inability to cost-effectively compete? As with everything problematic, necessity is the mother of invention and at the forefront of our recovery is Social Media Marketing. Living in Michigan for the last 15 years, I know many people that have been laid off and are starting new businesses. I wanted to help by giving new entrepreneurs a few tips and tools to help them succeed in today's rapidly changing hi-tech world. So I wrote this book in story format, for you to experience firsthand how my wife and I started a tech business and cost-effectively marketed a product, even in the most trying of times. I hope you enjoy it. Stephen Sadler
Twenty-first century how-to advice that embraces and celebrates the role of the single parent and the children those parents love, from the author of the internationally best-selling Understanding Your Child series, and host of New Life Live!, the nation's number one Christian call-in counseling show. Most of the parenting books currently in circulation were written decades ago. Therefore, they do not address—nor could they address—all the issues parents face today in the era of technology and excess. Parents do not need another article that contradicts the last one they read; rather, they need insights, techniques, and strategies to tackle the pressing issues of twenty-first-century parenting. That’s what the Understanding and Loving Your Child series of books will do. Understanding and Loving Your Child as a Single Parent will encourage parents who have lost their partner, or never had one. It will offer tips and pointers on being present for the children while taking time to care for themselves.
Pistol Pete, the mad scientist, has grown what he believes to be the perfect fruit. But no one will try his little invention. After going back home to show his perfect fruit to his mommy and daddy, Pistol Pete learns the special way to make his little Tanya Tomato the most popular fruit in the garden.
I never met Jack. I had heard the stories a thousand times and even held his medal in my own little hands. In my family, Jack Cooper was a legend, a mythical figure of epic proportions, who quietly led Barnsley to the 1912 FA Cup Championship. Born John Holloway, he was also the same scrapper who took on Millwall supporters, single-handedly battling the crowd who threw rubbish at him from the stands. That was Jack — a conundrum — both tough and tenacious while being a thoughtful, caring man who knew the importance of friends and family. Jack Cooper was a guiding ghost who haunted my life from early in my childhood. A phantom who helped this kid from Nottingham muddle through the muck and mire of having to grow up English in Canada, before emigrating to the United States. There were tears, anger, and laughter at almost every stage of my upbringing, yet the spectre of Jack Cooper and his championship medals loomed large in the background. Football (aka soccer), hockey, and other sports became metaphors for the daily battles against aggressive bullies, unaware teachers, and my undiagnosed dyslexia. Those games and that competition lit a fire under my competitive spirit and Jack’s ghost was always there, fanning the flames. However, this is less of a story about my life, but a story of how the legacy and legend of those that have gone before us can make a lasting, positive impact on our lives. Through Jack’s great deeds, and the stories that surround him, I have been blessed with all the love and support I ever needed to carry on. This story is for everyone who has ever failed, fallen, or felt they didn’t have the strength to get up again. This is the story of my family through the generations, illustrating how our lives are all interconnected and intertwined in layers upon layers over time. For, in the end, we all impact each other in so many different ways without ever really knowing. Ultimately, this is a tale about you, and me, and what we all can learn from Jack Cooper’s indomitable spirit. This is the story of Jack’s Mettle.
Eddie Eggplant is the story of a little eggplant whose seed is so different from all the others that the farmers daughter Liv helps with his planting and watering. When little Eddie finds out he is too small for the chef to make his special eggplant dishes, he is sad. That is until little Livy comes up with a brilliant idea to make a special eggplant dish just for kids. The story of Eddie and his special friendship with Livy is one every little child will love.
The One Stop Doc books have been designed by medical students for medical students to consolidate their knowledge, subject by subject and system by system. For each area studied there are only so many questions an examiner can ask; they are presented here with clear explanations that allow the student to revise thoroughly one topic at a time. While
Data Science students and practitioners want to find a forecast that “works” and don’t want to be constrained to a single forecasting strategy, Time Series for Data Science: Analysis and Forecasting discusses techniques of ensemble modelling for combining information from several strategies. Covering time series regression models, exponential smoothing, Holt-Winters forecasting, and Neural Networks. It places a particular emphasis on classical ARMA and ARIMA models that is often lacking from other textbooks on the subject. This book is an accessible guide that doesn’t require a background in calculus to be engaging but does not shy away from deeper explanations of the techniques discussed. Features: Provides a thorough coverage and comparison of a wide array of time series models and methods: Exponential Smoothing, Holt Winters, ARMA and ARIMA, deep learning models including RNNs, LSTMs, GRUs, and ensemble models composed of combinations of these models. Introduces the factor table representation of ARMA and ARIMA models. This representation is not available in any other book at this level and is extremely useful in both practice and pedagogy. Uses real world examples that can be readily found via web links from sources such as the US Bureau of Statistics, Department of Transportation and the World Bank. There is an accompanying R package that is easy to use and requires little or no previous R experience. The package implements the wide variety of models and methods presented in the book and has tremendous pedagogical use.
Little Sammy Spinach is sad as he watches all the other spinach in the spinach patch grow big and strong. Sammy wants to grow big and strong like his friends but that is not to be. Sammy is worried that he will never be special like his friends that is until he finds out what his special secret is. It takes Farmer Bob, his wife and Colinda Cauliflower to show him what he is truly meant to be.
Samurai tells the story of the courageous and highly disciplined fighting men of this time, showing how they evolved from the primitive fighters of the seventh century into an invincible military caste with a fearsome reputation. In the early seventh century, the samurai rose to prominence during the struggles between the emperor and the military leaders (shogun). They took part in the invasion of Korea, as well as helping to keep Japan free from foreign influence. From the Heian period through to the Onin wars, the history of the samurai is replete with tales of heroism and bloodshed. Although the samurai is most famous for his use of the sword, he also used a wide variety of other weapons, such as the crossbow, the dagger and the spear. Samurai armour and costume were constantly evolving, and by the twelfth century most samurai were wearing the box-like yoroi armour. Samurai examines samurai fighting tactics, as well as acts such as ritual suicide (hari-kiri) and the taking of enemy heads as trophies.
This book transforms our current understanding of assessment practice in different educational settings and cultures. Drawing upon the resources of language games and critical realism the authors argue for an innovative engagement with the philosophical, theoretical and practical foundations of assessment. What is the connection between learning, motivation and assessment? Is assessment for learning a motorway or a blind alley for improved learning outcomes? How can creativity be assessed through the eyes of the connoisseur? How can assessment cultures be understood as forms of life and language games? Do new forms of society transform our assessment practices? A critical appreciation of the work of Royce Sadler is offered for assessment specialists.
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