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Beyond championships : a playbook for winning at life / by Joyce, Dru,II.(CARDINAL)565366;
The beauty of rock bottom -- Decisions create environment -- The myth of the self-made man -- Use the game; don't let the game use you -- Master the art of discipline -- The power of words -- The heart of a servant -- Make lemonade -- Take charge of your own mind -- Dare to dream."As the coach of one of high school basketball's greatest programs, Coach Dru Joyce has been mentor and motivator to some of the nation's best young players, including basketball legend LeBron James. Despite having virtually no experience in the sport, in less than ten years Dru went from a no-name fan to one of the highest profile basketball coaches in the country. With insight and grit earned from his years on and off the court, Coach Dru shares for the first time the secrets to his team's success and his own coaching achievements. Far more than a sports book, Beyond Championships is a blueprint for anyone looking to make better choices, reach their full potential, and become winners in all areas of life"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Joyce, Dru, II.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Success.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Creating Q*bert : and other classic video arcade games / by Davis, Warren,Author(DLC)n 94005140 ;
The shaping of a young mind -- Entering wonderland -- The cubes game -- A noser is born -- The aftermath -- Us vs. Them -- Gottlieb's demise -- Williams and the dawn of digitization -- The premier years -- Return to Williams -- Last days in the funhouse -- Loose ends.Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games takes you inside the video arcade game industry during the pivotal decades of the 1980s and 1990s. Warren Davis, the creator of the groundbreaking Q*bert, worked as a member of the creative teams who developed some of the most popular video games of all time, including Joust 2, Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and Revolution X. In a witty and entertaining narrative, Davis shares insightful stories that offer a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like to work as a designer and programmer at the most influential and dominant video arcade game manufacturers of the era, including Gottlieb, Williams/Bally/Midway, and Premiere. Likewise, the talented artists, designers, creators, and programmers Davis has collaborated with over the years reads like a who's who of video gaming history: Eugene Jarvis, Tim Skelly, Ed Boon, Jeff Lee, Dave Thiel, John Newcomer, George Petro, Jack Haeger, and Dennis Nordman, among many others. The impact Davis has had on the video arcade game industry is deep and varied. At Williams, Davis created and maintained the revolutionary digitizing system that allowed actors and other photo-realistic imagery to be utilized in such games as Mortal Kombat, T2, and NBA Jam. When Davis worked on the fabled Us vs. Them, it was the first time a video game integrated a live action story with arcade-style graphics. On the one-of-a-kind Exterminator, Davis developed a brand new video game hardware system, and created a unique joystick that sensed both omni-directional movement and rotation, a first at that time. For Revolution X, he created a display system that simulated a pseudo-3D environment on 2D hardware, as well as a tool for artists that facilitated the building of virtual worlds and the seamless integration of the artist's work into game code. Whether you're looking for insights into the Golden Age of Arcades, would like to learn how Davis first discovered his design and programming skills as a teenager working with a 1960's computer called a Monrobot XI, or want to get the inside scoop on what it was like to film the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Aerosmith for Revolution X, Davis' memoir provides a backstage tour of the arcade and video game industry during its most definitive and influential period.
Subjects: Davis, Warren.; Video game designers; Computer programmers; Video games;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Coaching & mentoring / by MacLeod, Leo,author.(CARDINAL)874849; Brounstein, Marty,author.(CARDINAL)208432;
Getting started with coaching and mentoring -- Facing the changing workplace -- Motivating and empowering your staff -- Coaching for performance and growth -- Mentoring for life -- The part of tens."Inspire people to perform at their best in any workplace environment. Coaching & Mentoring For Dummies is the playbook to help supervisors change their role from doer/manager to coach/mentor. Leadership and coaching expert Leo MacLeod, shares the secrets of motivating employees to find purpose in their work and grow as independent problem solvers--without micromanaging them. Written for today's changing workplace, the book provides guidance on leading diverse teams, working with younger generations and working remotely. Business is built on relationships, especially in today's global economy. Coaching and mentoring are more important than ever. This readable guide provides you with the skills to strengthen connections and pass on useful knowledge that will help teams elevate their productivity and quality of work. Gain or improve the coaching skills that drive employee performance and commitment in diverse workforces; Encourage colleagues to deliver results and guide employees to think for themselves; Motivate teams both in person and virtually, and navigate intergenerational issues; Be a sounding board for others and get the best out of your teams; Foster mentoring relationships that help employees grow and stay engaged in their careers. This is the perfect Dummies guide for anyone who wants to learn the best practices of coaching and mentorship in today's diverse, digital world"--
Subjects: Mentoring in business.; Employees; Employees;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Cornbread nation 6 : the best of Southern food writing / by Anderson, Brett,editor.(CARDINAL)870295;
Menu items -- Messing with Mother Nature -- Southern characters -- Southern drinkways -- Identity in motion -- The global South."The hungrily awaited sixth volume in the Cornbread Nation series tells the story of the American South--circa now--through the prism of its food and the people who grow, make, serve, and eat it. The modern South serves up a groaning board of international cuisines virtually unknown to previous generations of Southerners, notes Brett Anderson in his introduction. Southern food, like the increasingly globalized South, shows an open and cosmopolitan attitude toward ethnic diversity. But fully appreciating Southern food still requires fluency with the region's history, warts and all. The essays, memoirs, poetry, and profiles in this book are informed by that fluency, revealing topics and people traditional as well as avant garde, down home as well as urbane. The book is organized into six chapters: "Menu Items" shares ruminations on iconic dishes; "Messing with Mother Nature" looks at the relationship between food and the natural environment; "Southern Characters" profiles an eclectic mix of food notables; "Southern Drinkways" distills libations, hard and soft; "Identity in Motion" examines change in the Southern food world; and "The Global South" leaves readers with some final thoughts on the cross-cultural influences wafting from the Southern kitchen. Gathered here are enough prominent food writers to muster the liveliest of dinner parties: Molly O'Neill, Calvin Trillin, Michael Pollan, Kim Severson, Martha Foose, Jessica Harris, Bill Addison, Matt and Ted Lee, and Lolis Eric Elie, among others. Two classic pieces--Frederick Douglass's account of the sustenance of slaves and Edward Behr's 1995 profile of Cajun cook Eula Mae Dore--are included. A photo essay on the Collins Oyster Company family of Louisiana rounds out Cornbread Nation 6. Published in association with the Southern Foodways Alliance at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. A Friends Fund Publication"--
Subjects: Food writing.; Food habits;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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On a move : Philadelphia's notorious bombing and a native son's lifelong battle for justice / by Africa, Mike,Jr.,1978-author.(CARDINAL)895060; Dogear,author.(CARDINAL)895269;
Author's note -- The bombing -- The origin Of John Africa -- The birth of MOVE -- Rizzo gets move on a run -- The first standoff -- Born in prison -- John Africa on the run -- Virginia -- John Africa vs. the FBI -- The prison riot -- Rumblings of defiance -- Mutiny I -- Mutiny II -- Life with my parents in prison -- Sambor and Goode attack -- A new day -- Hitting rock bottom -- Back on a move -- Stepping up -- Stepping in -- The exit strategy -- Securing the package -- The man with the freedom papers -- Epilogue."On May, 13 1985, the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a residential neighborhood that housed a radical, Black-led civil liberties organization called MOVE. Eleven people were killed, including five children. Hundreds of nearby residents were left homeless. The community was devastated, the city paid out millions in settlements, and, in many ways, Philadelphia is still recovering from the aftermath. The battle between MOVE and the city started virtually from the moment MOVE was founded in 1972. Its mission was to protect all forms of life--be it person, animal, or the environment. This ideology appealed to Black Philadelphians who were suffering under devastating policies brought by the long, doomed war in Vietnam; Mayor Frank Rizzo's overtly racist police surveillance; and, eventually, President Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs. With their frequent protests, back-to-nature lifestyle, and unyielding beliefs, the MOVE organization stayed in the crosshairs of the city. The May 13 bombing was an unbelievable and catastrophic attempt to squelch the battle once and for all. Instead the City of Brotherly Love became known as the City That Bombed Itself. Among the children most affected by the bombing was Mike Africa Jr., who was born and raised in the MOVE organization. Birthed in a jail cell to parents who spent the first forty years of his life in prison, Mike sought purpose in the ashes left behind by the bombing. Now he's sharing one of the most shocking stories of injustice and resilience in recent American history. At once a harrowing personal account and an impassioned examination of racism and police violence, On a Move testifies to the power of love and hope in the face of astonishing wrongdoing. And, at last, it revives a seminal American event and puts it where it belongs--as part of our public memory."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Africa family.; Africa, Mike, Jr., 1978-; Africa, John, 1931-1985; MOVE (Organization); MOVE (Organization); Black nationalism; African Americans; Police-community relations;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The last of the mountain men / by Peterson, Harold,1939-(CARDINAL)203161;
In a nearly impenetrable mountain fastness in Idaho there thrives today an extraordinary human anachronism. His name is Sylvan Hart. His lineage is pre-Revolutionary, his way of life 18th century. Hart, now in his sixties, makes, grows, mines, or hunts virtually everything he needs. For Hart has refined the techniques of surviving comfortably and fruitfully in the wilderness to a high art. The creative by-products of his leisure are almost infinite in their number and variety. His blacksmith shop alone has more handmade tools than the author could catalog. His collection of hand-wrought, hand-bored muzzle-loading rifles comprises an exquisite display of the gunsmith's craft and a practical necessity as well. Hart's retreat to the wilderness as a young man followed a family tradition that the male members spend a year in the woods. There he found the challenges of self-sufficiency and the satisfactions of the various crafts he has developed were, for him, the only way to live. No misanthrope (not even a woman hater" "I still haven't found the right one."), Hart instead feels sorry for those who must exist amidst the mounting ills of city and suburb. He is an articulate, literate man, with a quick sense of humor and an enormous relish for a life keenly attuned to nature's changes, both subtle and violent. To the isolated, often harsh, yet always beautiful environment he has chosen, Hart's adaptation has been perfect. Born in Oklahoma, he drifts about the West after high school, prospecting for gold and holding down odd jobs. He then took an engineering degree in college before embarking on his stint in the woods, where he has become an amalgam of the longshoreman-turned-philosopher Eric Hoffer and Thoreau, living in 1969 in a Robinson-Crusoe-like compound on the clear, cold waters of the River of No Return. Besides the ingenuity of his mode of existence and the perfection of his artifacts, Sylvan Hart is fascinating from still another aspect. For his is a living, vocal link with the lore and legend of an all but vanished era of the American West, the Gold Rush days, with the boomtowns--now turned ghost towns--and the escapades of the era's notorious badmen. Many of the stories in the book the author tracked down himself. The Last of the Mountain Men is a strongly felt chronicle of a unique way of life in an urbanizing society. In sharing Hart's deeply held values at first hand, the author affirms anew the importance to all Americans of their nearly forgotten natural heritage--Jacket.
Subjects: Biographies.; Hart, Sylvan.; Mountain life;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Autism and pervasive developmental disorders sourcebook : basic consumer health information about autism spectrum disorders (ASD) including autistic disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS) : along with facts about causes, symptoms, assessment, interventions, treatments, and education, tips for family members and teachers on the transition to adulthood ... / by Shannon, Joyce Brennfleck.(CARDINAL)658377;
Includes bibliographical references and index.13: Developmental screening -- Section 13-1: Developmental milestones -- Section 13-2: Recommendations for routine health care developmental screening -- Section 13-3: Screening tools for early identification of children with ASD -- Section 13-4: Audiological screening -- 14: Getting help for developmental delay -- Section 14-1: If you are concerned, act early -- Section 14-2: Discussing concerns parent to parent -- Section 14-3: Sharing concerns with your child's physician -- 15: Parent's guide to assessment of ASD -- Section 15-1: Defining assessment -- Section 15-2: Types of ASD assessment -- Section 15-3: Assessment process -- 16: Diagnostic criteria for ASD -- 17: Medical tests and evaluations used to diagnose ASD -- 18: Genetic test for autism -- 19: Language in children with ASD -- 20: Measuring autistic intelligence -- 21: Moving forward after a child is diagnosed with ASD -- Part 4: Conditions That May Accompany Autism Spectrum Disorders -- 22: ASD and communication difficulties -- Section 22-1: Communication problems associated with autism -- Section 22-2: Auditory processing disorder in children -- Section 22-3: Autism spectrum disorders and stuttering -- 23: ASD, seizures, and epilepsy -- 24: Non-verbal learning disability and asperger syndrome -- 25: Co-occurring genetic disorders in people with ASD -- Section 25-1: Angelman syndrome -- Section 25-2: Fragile X syndrome -- Section 25-3: Landau-Kleffner syndrome -- Section 25-4: Mitochondrial disease -- Section 25-5: Moebius syndrome -- Section 25-6: Prader-Willi syndrome -- Section 25-7: Smith-Lemli-Optiz syndrome -- Section 25-8: Tourette syndrome -- Section 25-9: Tuberous sclerosis -- 26: Other conditions that may accompany ASD -- Section 26-1: Thin bones and ASD -- Section 26-2: High growth hormones in boys with ASD -- Part 5: Interventions And Treatments For Autism Spectrum Disorder -- 27: Choosing professionals and coordinating services -- 28: Evidence for ASD interventions -- Section 28-1: Treatment integrity -- Section 28-2: Review of ASD interventions -- Section 28-3: Recommendations for treatment selection -- Section 28-4: Fad treatments are unproven -- 29: Early intervention for children with developmental delays -- Section 29-1: Overview of early intervention -- Section 29-2: Early services for ASD -- Section 29-3: Autism intervention for toddlers improves developmental outcomes -- 30: Interventions for individuals with asperger syndrome -- 31: Behavior therapies often effective for ASD -- Section 31-1: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy -- Section 31-2: ABA therapy at a younger age leads to faster learning -- Section 31-3: Verbal behavior therapy -- Section 31-4: Pivotal response treatment -- Section 31-5: Virtual games teach skills to students with ASD -- 32: Communication therapies for ASD -- Section 32-1: What a speech pathologist does -- Section 32-2: Speech and language therapy: a key intervention for persons with ASD -- Section 32-3: Language instruction for children with autism: learning words -- Section 32-4: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) -- 33: ASD medications -- Section 33-1: Parent training complements medication for treating behavioral problems in children with pervasive developmental disorders -- Section 33-2: Citalopram no better than placebo treatment for children with ASD -- Section 33-3: Bonding hormone might help some with autism -- 34: Treatments for biological and medical conditions associated with ASD -- 35: Research studies and ASD -- Section 35-1: Participating in ASD research studies -- Section 35-2: Why some research studies are flawed -- Part 6: Education And Autism Spectrum Disorder -- 36: Child's rights to public education -- 37: Understanding the special education process -- Section 37-1: Special education overview for parents -- Section 37-2: Individualized Education Plan (IEP) -- Section 37-3: Including children wi40: Social interaction education for students with ASD -- Section 40-1: Understanding special interests and social interactions of children with ASD -- Section 40-2: Outcomes of school-based social skill interventions for children on the autism spectrum -- Section 40-3: Computer-based training may improve social interactions -- 41: Teaching lifetime goals to children and adults with ASD -- 42: Secondary school experiences of students with ASD -- 43: Preparing for postsecondary education -- Part 7: Living With Autism Spectrum Disorder And Transitioning To Adulthood -- 44: Safety in the home -- 45: Ensuring support at home -- Section 45-1: Family support models -- Section 45-2: Grandparents play key role in lives of children with ASD -- 46: Depression, parenting, and ASD -- 47: Toilet training children with ASD -- 48: Transition to adulthood for individuals with ASD -- Section 48-1: Transition plan -- Section 48-2: Life skills -- Section 48-3: Legal and financial planning and assistance -- Section 48-4: Transition models for youth with mental health needs -- 49: Finding appropriate and affordable housing -- 50: Adult autism and employment -- Section 50-1: Choosing vocation and employment -- Section 50-2: Career planning issues -- Section 50-3: Possible job accommodations -- Part 8: Additional Help And Information -- 51: Glossary of ASD terms and acronyms -- 52: Directory of additional ASD resources -- Index.Preface -- Part 1: Overview Of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) -- 1: What are ASD and autistic disorder? -- 2: Asperger syndrome (high-functioning autism) -- 3: Rett syndrome -- 4: Childhood disintegrative disorder -- 5: Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDDNOS) -- 6: Statistics on ASD in the United States -- Section 6-1: ASD prevalence is increasing -- Section 6-2: Risk factors and economic costs of ASD -- Section 6-3: Diagnoses of ASD made at earlier ages -- Part 2: Causes And Risk Factors Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder -- 7: Brain dysfunction in ASD -- Section 7-1: Mirror neuron system and autism -- Section 7-2: Environment and the developing brain -- Section 7-3: People with autism have trouble with the distinction between self and others -- Section 7-4: Autism is not a fundamental problem of attention -- Section 7-5: Brain proteins with links to nicotine addiction and autism -- 8: Genetics impact ASD -- Section 8-1: Genes involved with autism -- Section 8-2: Spontaneous gene mutations may boost ASD risk -- Section 8-3: Risk of autism tied to genes that influence brain cell connections -- Section 8-4: Silenced gene for social behavior found in autism -- Section 8-5: Gene linked to autism and gastrointestinal (GI) disorders -- Section 8-6: Facial recognition is a distinct genetic skill -- Section 8-7: Possible genetic overlap between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and autism -- 9: Diseases, vaccines, and ASD -- Section 9-1: Can diseases and vaccines cause ASD? -- Section 9-2: Vaccines are not associated with ASD -- Section 9-3: Autism, asthma, inflammation, and the hygiene hypothesis -- Section 9-4: Autism and Fragile X syndrome feature immune signatures -- 10: Premature birth and autism -- 11: Early development risk factors for ASD -- Part 3: Identifying And Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorders -- 12: Symptoms of ASD -- Section 12-1: Range of symptoms -- Section 12-2: Autism symptoms emerge in infancy -- Section 12-3: Eye response to light a possible autism biomarker -- Section 12-4: Sensory sensitivity and ASD -- Section 12-5: Regression in autism -- Section 12-6: Challenging behaviors --"Provides basic consumer health information about the causes, risk factors, symptoms, and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders and related conditions, along with facts about interventions and treatments, educational guidelines, and coping tips for families. Includes index, glossary, and other resources"--
Subjects: Autism in children; Developmental disabilities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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