Reveals the underlying story form of all great presentations that will not only create impact but will move people to action Presentations are meant to inform inspire & persuade audiences So why then do so many audiences leave feeling like they&ve wasted their time? All too often presentations don&t resonate with the audience & move them to transformative action Just as the author&s first book helped presenters become visual communicators Resonate helps you make a strong connection with your audience & lead them to purposeful action The author&s approach is simple building a presentation today is a bit like writing a documentary Using this approach you&ll convey your content with passion persuasion & impact Author has a proven track record including having created the slides in Al Gore&s Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth Focuses on content development methodologies that are not only fundamental but will move people to action Upends the usual paradigm by making the audience the hero & the presenter the mentor Shows how to use story techniques of conflict & resolution Presentations don&t have to be boring ordeals You can make them fun exciting & full of meaning Leave your audiences energized & ready to take action with Resonate ...

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Respect for Acting " This fascinating & detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself & those she taught & an explanation of the means to the end" --Publishers Weekly " Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience skill & a sense of personal & professional worth Her principal asset in this treatment is her truly significant imagination Her 'object exercises' display a wealth of detail with which to stimulate the student preparing a scene for presentation" --Library Journal " Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting is a relatively small book But within it Miss Hagen tells the young actor about as much as can be conveyed in print of his craft" --Los Angeles Times " There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by Uta Hagen" --Fritz Weaver " This is a textbook for aspiring actors but working thespians can profit much by it Anyone with just a casual interest in the theater should also enjoy its behind-the-scenes flavor" --King Features Syndicate ...

Powerful & inspiring story of Walter Tull in a brand new edition to commemorate the centenary of World War One The inspiring true story of Walter Tull who overcame a tough childhood in a Children's Home to become the first black Premier League football player & the first black infantry officer in the British Army Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers aged 12 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In the 1970s there was a pretty English girl-next-door whose rise to the top was meteoric controversial & scandalous Her name was Mary Millington Britain s only genuine sex superstar She became the star of ' Come Play with Me' which ran continuously at one London cinema for four years & is still the longest-running movie in British cinema history But Mary s sexual bravado hid a darker side She fought crippling insecurity & struggled to find her voice in a tumultuous decade of social change Persecuted by the authorities & threatened with a spell in prison Mary found herself addicted to drugs Tortured by self-doubt she died at the height of her fame in August 1979 She was just 33 For the very first time Simon Sheridan s enthralling documentary ' Respectable The Mary Millington Story' reveals the truth behind a British icon & speaks to those who knew her best including her family former lovers & co-stars Actor Dexter Fletcher narrates a story stranger than any fiction of lost innocence fame fortune & tragedy This is the shocking untold true story of 1970s rebellion painted against a backdrop of disco politics & porn where a beautiful blonde girl was sacrificed for her beliefs Directors Simon Sheridan Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Respiratory Care Exam Review Review for the Entry Level & Advanced Exams 3rd Edition readies students with review materials for both the CRT & RRT exams! The material is presented in an outline format for efficient studying with special boxes included in the chapter to highlight important information that is often included in the exam The accompanying Evolve Web site provides practice exams for both the advanced & entry level exams to familiarize test-takers with the computerized exam format Clinical simulations for the RRT are also included to give students the opportunity to practice this very difficult portion of the registry exam New content has been added to the 3rd edition including the latest updates to the NBRC content outlines implemented in 2009 & 2010 Be fully prepared with this comprehensive text!UNIQUE! Clinical simulations on the Evolve companion site reflect the new quantity of simulations (20) & the newly revised length of these simulations on the actual 2015 Clinical Simulation Exam (CSE) Rationales are provided on the Evolve companion site for every question in the practice exam along with the NBRC code for the difficulty level of the question (recall application analysis)UNIQUE! Exam notes are highlighted in special boxes to help you streamline your time better by identifying content specific to the credentialing exam A practice exam reflecting the new TM-CE is included in the back of the text with the answer key & rationales provided on Evolve Pre-tests with several multiple-choice questions are formatted like those found on the NBRC TM-CE & begin each chapter to help you determine a base of knowledge & content areas of strength & weakness before studying the chapter Computerized practice exam on the Evolve companion site available in both study (untimed) & exam (timed) modes to provide an additional opportunity to practice & experience the actual NBRC testing environment in a computerized format Experienced & test-savvy author Gary Persing ensures that critical NBRC TM-CE content is covered thoroughly & accurately Comprehensive yet straightforward outline format correlates with the updated 2015 NBRC Detailed Content Outline & exam matrix to keep content current Open-ended post-chapter study questions end each chapter to reinforce information & help you retain the material NEW! One Therapist Multiple Choice Exam (TM-CE) practice test aligns with the new 2015 NBRC written exam NEW! Revised resources on Evolve companion site include the following new features HTML5 formatting for greater flexibility among platforms 9 additional clinical simulations (for a total of 20) with shortened sections to align with the new 2015 NBRC Clinical Simulation Exam (in both study mode & exam mode) One Therapist Multiple Choice Exam (TM-CE) practice exam for both levels of credentialing to closely align with the new testing format Equation tips providing special hints or instructions for common equations Standard normal range guide featuring standard values of various parameters used in respiratory care assessment NEW! Additional analysis-type questions have been added to the Pre- & Post-Chapter study questions to align with the changes in the matrix content outlines ...

Set on the gorgeous island of Lampedusa just off the coast of western Sicily RESPIRO tells the tale of Grazia (a brilliant Valeria Golino) a wife & mother whose unpredictable antics make her the talk of the island Nonetheless her family--husband Pietro (Vincenzo Amato) daughter Marinella (Veronica D' Agostino) sons Pasquale (Francesco Casisa) & Filippo (Filippo Pucillo)--love her dearly After Grazia commits several increasingly wreckless acts the townspeople convince Pietro to send her to a mental institution Determined to remain on the island close to her family Grazia enlists the aid of Pasquale who sets her up in a nearby cave After searching for days Pietro discovers her sun dress lying on the sand & the island mourns her death But after Pietro swims into the sea to plant a statue of the Virgin Mary his prayers for her return are somehow answered Based on an ancient Lampedusa legend RESPIRO sets a mood that is at once realistic & fantastical which reflects the energy of the island itself Playing the passionate fiery & loving Grazia Golino shows why she is one of cinema's most electrifying actresses ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Respond to Sound is a feature documentary depicting the evolution of Black American street dancing from 1760&s to the 1960&s The demonstrates how Black American Street dance laid the foundation for Hip Hop dancing ...

The basic rules of REST APIs
- many nouns few verbs stick with HTTP
- seem easy but that simplicity & power require discipline

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Why don't typical enterprise projects go as smoothly as projects you develop for the Web? Does the REST architectural style really present a viable alternative for building distributed systems & enterprise-class applications? In this insightful book three SOA experts provide a down-to-earth explanation of REST & demonstrate how you can develop simple & elegant distributed hypermedia systems by applying the Web's guiding principles to common enterprise computing problems You'll learn techniques for implementing specific Web technologies & patterns to solve the needs of a typical company as it grows from modest beginnings to become a global enterprise Learn basic Web techniques for application integration Use HTTP & the Web's infrastructure to build scalable fault-tolerant enterprise applications Discover the Create Read Update Delete (CRUD) pattern for manipulating resources Build RESTful services that use hypermedia to model state transitions & describe business protocols Learn how to make Web-based solutions secure & interoperable Extend integration patterns for event-driven computing with the Atom Syndication Format & implement multi-party interactions in Atom Pub Understand how the Semantic Web will impact systems design ...