Book Description
An easy-to-start, simple-to-maintain, scientifically sound, and eminently usable twelve-week program of small steps on the road to better health
Small Changes, Big Results is not about cutting all the carbohydrates out of your diet. Or replacing every single gram of sugar with omega-3 fatty acids. It’s not about doing one hundred sit-ups a day, or getting on the treadmill whenever you have a free second. In fact, it’s not about any of the total lifestyle-replacement gimmicks—whether diet, exercise, or pop psychology—that have swept our culture in recent years, putting untold millions of Americans on the risky roller coaster of success and failure that defines fad diets and programs.
Not here.
Small Changes, Big Results is about reality—the reality of what you can do, the reality of what you want to do, and the reality of what works. It’s about introducing a series of small changes each week for three months in the three core areas of diet and nutrition; exercise and fitness; and emotional wellness. For each of the twelve weeks, nutritionist Ellie Krieger introduces a very finite, completely practical action plan for the week—and not only are these tasks incredibly doable, they’re in fact so accessible that it’s tough not to be inspired.
For example, in Week 1 the nutrition task is merely to go shopping, buy some healthful pantry items, and start keeping track of what you eat; the exercise consists of taking three twenty-minute walks; and the wellness aspect is to do a five-minute breathing exercise. That’s it. And it doesn’t really get any harder.
But these small changes do in fact lead to big results. At the end of twelve weeks, a totally unhealthy diet has been overhauled: armed with easy, delicious recipes and tips, you’ve removed unhelpful munchies and replaced them with healthful snacking, you’ve cut down on lethal trans fats while adding beneficial fat choices, you’ve replaced refined grains with whole grains, you’re eating more fish and less red meat, and so forth. Yet you’ve never been forbidden to eat a single thing: instead of prohibiting entire food groups, Ellie categorizes foods as Usually, Sometimes, and Rarely—and now you should be eating more from the Usually choices, less from the Rarely category. Furthermore, you’ve integrated physical activity into your life, and you’ve developed a set of tools to help you deal with stress—you’re not only eating better, but you’re also exercising better and feeling better.
The beauty of this program is that none of these action steps is remotely intimidating, because they’re not a full immersion into a totally new lifestyle. Instead, it’s a series of incremental changes—removing bad habits one by one, while at the same time adding good ones. There’s nothing to scare you off—on the contrary, here’s a whole book full of small changes that produce big results.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews:
Ellie's Plan to a Better Life.......2007-07-03
I have not had an opportunity to delve very far into this book, but I did thumb through it and found it very exciting. I can hardly wait to get into the Plan. It appears to be very thorough and touches on a variety of things. I look forward to this with pleasure.
A very Good Start.......2007-05-19
For anyone just starting out with a lifestyle change this is a very good start. It will help you change your lifestyle step by step with a possitive and realistic attitude.
Most people dont go from being a couch potato to living at the gym over night. Its a process that doesnt happen over night for the majority of people that are in need of life changes. This book will realistically help you get on your way to a better lifestyle.
For anyone who's already educated about nutrition and diet I wouldnt recommend it. Its a VERY VERY good starter but for die hard health nuts its probably nothing you havent heard before.
Healthy changes.......2007-03-25
A book for those beginning the weight loss process. This isn't a fad diet, it's about healthy changes to your lifestyle where nothing is actually banned but "wrong" foods are only discouraged.
health conscience.......2007-03-23
Ellie offers a lot of insight in healthy living. She has a lot of good, sound nutritional advice to offer regarding diet and exercise. She also gives you a standard of what foods to buy in terms of most healthy to least healthy. I would recommend this book!
A great diet-book staple.......2007-03-21
I've never been a fan of Ellie Krieger's show on the Food Network, so I wasn't prepared to like this book. One thing I've noticed on her show is that the food she makes isn't really all that healthy.
But, I have to say this book was, overall, very well done. Many of the negative reviews point out that her tips are obvious and not original. I can't say I totally disagree, but they are presented in an easy-to-read format, concisely, all in one book. Sure, you can go online and find a chart that compares the fat and calories in a buffalo burger to that in a turkey burger, and you can also find guides on how to do her meditations or exercises online, too. You can probably also bring up all the research she included on the benefits and drawbacks of dairy, and the nutrients found in fruits and veggies. But you could also just buy the book and get all that info in one place, as well as an easy-to-follow guide on how to slowly incorporate nutrition, exercise and wellness into your life.
If you're a diet book guru and have read through a stack of nutrition guides already, this book isn't for you. It also probably won't enhance the life of anyone already living a fairly healthy lifestyle, as you probably do most of what she recommends anyway, and the few recipes included don't really warrant the purchase price.
But, if you're a newcomer to nutrition, especially one looking to switch to a healthy lifestyle, I'd say this book would be a perfect choice for you!
Book Description
Getting a new job or a big promotion is like building a house: You need to get the foundation right for both. With a job, the quick-drying cement is how well you do in your first hundred days, since they establish the foundation for long-term momentum and great performance.
Tom Neff and Jim Citrin are two of the world’s leading experts on leadership and career success. As key figures at Spencer Stuart (hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the number one brand name in executive search), they must understand the criteria for success when they recruit top executives for new leadership positions.
Through compelling, first-hand stories you will hear from people such as Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, on how his career has been a series of successive first hundred days. Larry Summers, president of Harvard University, talks candidly about what he could have done differently in his early days to avoid dissipating goodwill among the diverse constituencies important for his future success. Gary Kusin of Kinko’s shares the specifics of the hundred-day action plan he crafted for himself before he started his new job. Paul Pressler of Gap Inc. shows how he developed a general strategic agenda that established fundamental principles and goals, waiting to prepare a more detailed strategic plan until later in his tenure.
Tom Neff and Jim Citrin’s actionable eight-point plan will be the foundation for your success—whether you are moving to a new organization or being promoted—showing how to:
• Prepare yourself mentally, physically, and emotionally from the time you accept until the time you begin
• Manage others’ expectations of you—bosses, colleagues, and subordinates
• Shape and build the team that will work with you
• Learn the lay of the land and find out how things “really work around here”
• Communicate your story effectively to people inside and outside the organization
• Avoid the top ten traps that confront every new leader, such as disrespecting your predecessor, misreading the true sources of power in the organization, or succumbing to the “savior syndrome”
When you start a new job you are in what AOL’s Jon Miller calls a “temporary state of incompetence,” faced with having to do the most when you know the least. But with the eight-point plan of You’re in Charge—Now What? you’ll understand and be able to take action on the patterns that will build your success.
Also available as an eBook
Customer Reviews:
Get a leg up on the competition.......2007-10-08
An executive how-to kit for the first 100 days suitable for both small and large businesses - a hard nut to crack. Thomas Neff and James Citrin offer a seven-step action plan for any new executive: do your homework, align expectations, build a management team, develop a strategy, explore and define the culture, find the source of power and set a vision for the company. Few other reviewers have claimed these to be `self-evident' and motherhood and pie, but the examples provided by the authors are well worth the time on their own. The book may not revolutionize your thinking, but it has certainly helped me identify a few underwater stones - experience is cheapest second hand, do not overlook this book.
Czarnecki's "You're In Charge..What Now?" Better for non-CEOs.......2007-06-17
When I saw the "Recommended for You" email, I thought Gerald Czarnecki had come out with a sequel. Instead, I find a not as elegant knock-off.
Czarnecki offers a much better, more digestible plan for those who are newly appointed in positions of management. His "Seven Essential Steps for Work Leader Success" are useful and proven techniques for those who need it the most: the everyday people in an organization who get the job done, not the Stanford-grad CEOs who have already spent years in management and academia learning the ropes. I have recommended his book to friends in just about every industry, from IT to the military. I, myself, found Czarnecki's book extremely useful as a new senior non-commissioned officer in dealing with people who became my subordinates overnight. Unfortunately, this book did not address that sort of issue.
This book isn't a terrible book by any means, and perhaps for a CEO or high-level manager it is something good. As I am neither, I didn't find it appealing. It's essentially the same information you can find elsewhere, and as a previous reviewer pointed out, the tips and techniques are more for those already in the boardroom. Go back to Czarnecki's original if you are a new manager, especially one who was promoted from within, or looking for a gift for the grad or newly promoted.
You're In Charge...What Now?
Very Helpful in Starting Off on the Right Foot.......2007-06-04
My executive coach recommended this book and she was right. It is very well organized with lots of examples on how to get started as the new leader in a large organization. Suitable for small but oriented towards large business of all types. Did not provide Government examples but was still very helpful. I read the book cover to cover and made lots of notes. Try to read at least 3 weeks before reporting. I am three weeks into a Government IT job with a staff of 650 and $100M in budget and all the signs are there that this book was helpful for accelerating my early take-off.
Good Guide.......2007-05-01
I bought You're in Charge... on Amazon.com. I am interested in the leadership process, how to approach new roles, some of the pitfalls, etc and thought this was a good book on the subject. I do believe that the best place to get leadership ideas and tips is from Michael Watkins' The First 90 days, but I think Thomas Neff and James Citrin provide aspiring leaders with a worthwhile book.
The best feature, although sometimes over done are the real life examples of CEO's who took the reigns, and what they did. Whether it was a turnaround situation, or continuing a legacy of success, there are some standard approaches that each of these leaders used. The premise of the book is that there are 8 steps to the new leadership process -
1. Prepare yourself before taking over
2. Align expectations (internally, externally)
3. Build a management team you can rely on
4. Build a strategy (Which includes just refining the old one)
5. Transform the culture to aling it with your expectations
6. Manage up and where influence lies (Board, boss, whoever has more power... and also manage those who have institutional influence.)
7. Communicate your vision, your steps in the process, strategy
8. Avoid common pitfalls.
Nothing really earth shattering here, but certainly good advice. The focus of the book are the steps every leader should take within the first 100 days of your tenure.
One of the more interesting parts of the book goes back to the CEO's and what they did. Since this was published in 2005, some of the CEO's haven't turned out to be the captains fo industry that they are potrayed to be (At least from a market perception perspective.). You read about Paul Pressler and Bob Nardelli and what they did in their first 100 days. Needless to say, as time passed, their reputations are somewhat tarnished now. There are others referenced as well that haven't been treated very kindly by the marketplace.
Anyhow, there is no harm in picking this up, although like I referenced before, I think there are other leadership books out there that I more worthwhile. You're in Charge tends to get a bit over done, but if you can overlook that, there are some worthwhile tips to pick up.
Written only for CEOs.......2007-01-09
If you are a brand new CEO and need to know how to run your organization, buy this book. If you are at any lower level, this book is not meant for you.
The authors state directly from the beginning that they focus more on CEOs than most other positions but the lessons learned are applicable to anyone. This is not true. The author focus too much on the role of a CEO. The examples and suggestions are unique to that role. In one section the book describes how to find your management blind spots such as research and development, marketing, etc. If you are a software development manager in a large firm, your knowledge of marketing or R&D will most likely do little for your career. Yet this book highlights that as areas you should improve.
Another example on how the book focuses too much on CEO is displayed in the how-to-work-with-your-boss chapter. They entire chapter discusses how you should interact with the board of directors! This is a complely different relationship than what 99.9% of workers engage in. The relationship you have with your boss is possibly the most important relationship in your career. To focus this chapter on working with the board makes it absolutely useless to anyone who is not an officer or anyone that does not work for a private firm.
Book Description
In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, Scott Ritter's War on Iraq was embraced by the antiwar movement in America even though his claims that Iraq had been effectively disarmed were ignored by both the Bush administration and the mainstream media. In the wake of the debacle, Ritter has been vindicated. Now Ritter, a former United Nations weapons inspector, has set his sights on the White House's hyping of Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program. In Target Iran he once again sets the record straight.
This book offers Ritter's “national intelligence assessment” of the Iranian imbroglio. He examines the Bush administration's regime-change policy and the potential of Iran to threaten U.S. national security interests. The author also considers how the country is seen by other interested parties, including the United Kingdom (Tony Blair may once again be called upon by Bush to provide an international “cover” in any confrontation), Israel (the Israelis view Iran as their number one threat today), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (responsible for inspecting the alleged nuclear program).
Customer Reviews:
The story still goes on!.......2007-08-29
This book has many merits and is surely the best you can find if you are looking for a good overview of the Iranian nuclear issue up to the end of 2006. Included is the critical role of Israel, the US policy toward Tehran, the IAEA efforts (and some of its techniques) and many more. The problem is that the story is still going on and none knows how (and when) it will end. Thus I think it's rather premature to buy a book only for a synopsis of the US-Israel-Iran crisis, while new developments happen nearly every day. Mr Scott has also no comments on the possible "military solutions" (except a few lines stating that they will be catastrophic as a choice), something that I found disappointing to say the least.
A must read.......2007-06-10
The subject matter is of increasing importance for Americans and the world. Mr. Ritter once again lays open the myths that surround another nation that is very misunderstood by the U.S. government and the people. As the U.S. moves closer and closer to a possible confrontation with Iran this book becomes increasingly important for Americans to be able to equip themselves with the facts so they can see through the rhetoric that is put forth by an increasingly hostile administration.
It is essential that we are not caught ignorant once again while this administration leads this country into another blunder in the Middle East. Mr. Ritter does an excellent job laying out what the international community has done to confront Iran's intransigence, and how the U.S. has hindered and complicated matters behind the scenes and publicly. His message once again seems prescient hopefully this time his warnings will be heeded, but the only way that will happen is if American's acquaint themselves with the facts so they won't succumb to the fear tactics yet again.
The main criticisms I have with this book is its choppy narrative and the lack of sources noted. The narrative seems to bounce around a lot which can be a little confusing at times. The lack of noting his sources becomes problematic when discussing the book or the issue because you can't point to Mr. Ritter's source and say that's where he gets his information. Mr. Ritter's earlier works gives him the credibility needed to pull this off, but for those that are die hard interventionists it would have helped to be able to see the sources.
These are the reasons I could not give this book five stars, but the importance of the subject makes this book a must read. I would certainly recommend this book to everyone.
Different nation, same US Foreign policy: Regime change.......2007-05-23
Just a few points to consider:
1. Iran was determined to have Nuclear capability by 2006.
2. Ahmadinejad is all bark, and no bite (literally, since he doesn't control Iran's nuclear forces and is NOT the man with the ultimate power in Iran, whic resides in the hands of Khamenie who has declared that the use of atomic bombs under any circumstances is not legitimate under Islam).
The book is well written and not only tells you about the politics involved, but also the technology of developing nuclear capability. The chapters are very long, and I noticed atleast twice that the publisher printed "Iraq" when the author meant to say "Iran" (see top of page 200)
More pics/maps would have been nice.
Great book, but read the conclusion first........2007-02-09
READ THE CONCLUSION AND POSTSCRIPT FIRST.
This is a very important book. Based on its rank in Amazon sales (in the 4000s or so), it's being purchased by quite a few people.
But there are only ten (ten) Amazon reviews. Only ten reviews of a book that gives authoritative, on-the-ground facts about Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Why so few Amazon reviews? Here's our guess. Readers get totally bogged down in the minutiae of weapons inspection, of Mossad spy disinformation, of EU vacillation, of the UN teetering on a Security Council resolution . . ..
But who reads the entire book? It's a total drudge read until you get to the CONCLUSION and POSTSCRIPT on pages 197-219. Those 22 pages tell the whole story.
We strongly recommend that you read these pages first. After you read the Conclusion and Postscript, then go back and read the knowledgeable detail in the first 196 pages. This is a great book, showing what's actually gone on, step by step, in the inspections done by Mohammed EI Baradei, IAEA Director, and his team.
The Iranians are nowhere close to having nuclear capabilities.
This is the conclusion of Scott Ritter, one of the men who took part in the Iraqi inspections, announced that Saddam had NO "weapons of mass destruction," and was completely ignored by a war-hungry Bush administration. And Scott Ritter was completely right. We went to war with Iraq for NO REASON AT ALL.
So, read the conclusion and the postscript first. Here he says with admirable clarity what others are saying--including Stephen Walt and John Mearsherimer (book forthcoming), James Petras, and Jimmy Carter.
We need to take back our country.
Israel and America are two separate countries. Iran is no danger to the US. It's Israel's problem (if it is a threat, which evidently it is not), but, as Ritter says, "Once again [as in Iraq], the world finds itself on the brink of another Middle East war in which the United States is using trumped-up charges centered around false threats of weapons of mass destruction. . ." ( p, 201) As Ritter shows, all these false threats are being orchestrated by Israel and its friends in the United States.
Israel itself has a formidable nuclear arsenal, uninspected by anybody--IAEA in particular. And they are not even members of the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty).
Ritter acknowledges Israel's feelings of paranoia, but points out that in this case those feelings will lead to its own destruction.
And what about the United States? What could be the outcome for the US of such a war? This is the most disturbing part of the book. Anyone who is familiar with the location of Iran knows that they are strategically placed to stop the flow of a great deal of the oil that reaches the West. Result? Our economy would grind to a miserable slowdown when the price of oil goes to $150-200 a barrel. Other results, equally horrifying, are described by Ritter.
Scott Ritter is a patriot who knows what he is talking about. He has all the credentials to be credible. We had better listen to him.
We'd better listen to him soon.
The word is out that an attack is being planned for this spring. Let's hope it's not true.
A Must Read!!.......2007-02-08
While the country debates the troop "surge" the administration and its Israeli "Ally" plan the next war right under our noses. Too bad there is such little discussion of this in the mainstream press.
Ritter's book is well written and authoratative.
Book Description
The #1 UK bestseller with over 2 million copies sold, with a TV show in development in the United States
First, Dr. Gillian McKeith turned Britain's worst eaters around with incredible results. Then, the internationally renowned nutritionist brought her groundbreaking plan to America, and not a minute too soon. You Are What You Eat brings together practical advice and real-life stories to create a diet makeover designed for everyone. You Are What You Eat includes:
• Dr. Gillian's “Diet of Abundance”
• A 7-Day startup plan
• The Food IQ Test and more!
Customer Reviews:
Real help!.......2007-09-28
Really good, accurate and beneficial information about nutrition and food. Nice package, easy to read and nice photos :) I've had help also, mainly with my stomach problems.
Gets you thinking.......2007-08-04
This book really got me to start thinking about all the foods out there that most people haven't heard of. That was one of the main points the author was trying to make and I believe is stated in the introduction. Well she succeeded with me. Its a good book that can show you food choices to make to have a happier healthier life. You may not know the exact nutrition of what you are eating until you read this book. I've been buying a lot more fruits and vegetables because of it.
Give it a pass.......2007-05-03
I returned this book. Some of the info is common sense, some of it is dodgy. Yet McKeith fully expects her readers to take her word as gospel.
McKeith is not interested in educating her readers. She gives lots of reasons why you are a failure to yourself--to your body--but zero reasons why you should trust her.
Gillian McKeith has no cred. She *bought* her degree through paid correspondence courses from a non-accredited school in the US. She is NOT a doctor. Google it, you'll see.
After reading this book, it is clear that McKeith just wants to create a religion, to lead the blind masses and be adored. Don't take health advice from an egomaniac. Find an author who respects you.
AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR CANCER SURVIVORS.......2007-04-09
This is a book which is easy to read and understand. Everything explained in simple terms. No quack claims - just common sense advice. It is obvious with all the additives and preservatives in our foods today and our hectic lifestyles that our diet is affecting our bodies and taking its toll. As a cancer survivor, I thought my diet was healthy until I read her book. I have totally changed my diet and lifestyle and 2 years after a Stage III breast cancer which had spread to my lymph nodes which required surgery and chemotherapy, I have frankly never felt better or looked so good! I attribute it to this book and her advice. I started juicing fresh vegetables and eliminated processed foods from my diet. There are some food items which are a little more expensive, but it is not expensive to juice some fresh carrots and an apple or make a bean chilli! In most cases is can be cheaper to cook healthy. I would recommend this book to anyone who thinks they are healthy and to anyone with any type of illness/disease.
Very Informative.......2007-03-23
My daughter recommended this book to me and I've really learned alot from this book. I say buy it you will enjoy it. Now only if I can find the cookbook to go with it. Amazon was sold out.
Book Description
Is the work you give students engaging--enabling them to learn what they need to learn in order to succeed in the world? Maverick educator Phillip Schlechty believes that the key to improving education is to improve the quality of this student work. He calls this "Working the Work" (WOW), and he's developed a framework that allows educators to put the WOW principles into practice.
Beginning with 12 essential components of a WOW school, Schlechty suggests ways to improve the quality of content, organization of knowledge, measurement of achievement, nurturance of creativity, and novelty and variety of tasks. In addition, you'll get:
- Practical guidelines for re-designing classroom activity so that more students are highly engaged in schoolwork
- Clear and compelling standards for assessing student work
You'll also make clear connections between what students are doing and what they are expected to produce as you gain insight into the roles of teachers, principals, and superintendents--and, how they individually and collectively play a part in the WOW process.
Customer Reviews:
Theory is good..Practice needs to come from teachers.......2006-10-25
Schlechty's Shaking Up the Schoolhouse is the parent to Working on the Work. Both books make the effort to provide information and put forth a different perspective. It's disheartening to read the reactionary comments from educators who are familiar with Schlechty and the WOW book. When is the blame shifting going to stop? How long will teachers focus on all the things they cannot control instead of on the things they can? Nothing gives a teacher more freedom by administrators than success. By shifting our focus to what we give our students to work on, we do work smarter, which brings more joy to the passion for kids that led us to teaching. Teaching the same way we always have is why we continue to have a 30% drop out rate at the high school level(and rising). The book does not say that no teachers want to be more engaging. It simply gives a framework for improving the tasks that we assign our students. If you don't like your job, get out! Education has to continue to make the paradigm shifts needed if we are to expect a responsible, informed citizenry. Here are the facts:
-Research tells us that the engagement precedes learning. Without authentic attention and investment, true and deep learning does not occur.
-Research tells us that a variety of tasks and instructional delivery is required to meet the needs of the variety of learners in any given classroom.
-Research tells us that the most effective teachers are those who are risk-takers in the classroom and make great effort to connect personally with their students.
-Research tells us that last year's lessons won't necessarily work with this year's students.
Any job you take will be evaluated, be it education or not. If we, as teachers, do not continue to reflect on the kinds of work we give our students, then we are simply a warm body in the classroom. What's the great harm in looking more closely at our lesson design and thinking outside the box? I say this book is an interesting read that can encourage any educator to take stock of what is happening in their classroom. Open your lessons up for some reflection and criticism. That's the only way we can grow as educators.
Working on the Work.......2006-03-31
After reading the reviews given to this book, it is obvious to me who are the ones who were told to read the book and who are the ones who were asked to read it as well as offered support with the content. It is just like our students. If we just say "read the book", how engaging is that? If we are given the support to utilize the theory, the book makes much more sense. So, I can understand both ways of seeing the book. I, fortunately, am in a district where we were asked to look into this program (which is really what Working on the Work is) and decide if we would like to use it, as a district. We first, though, were given the opportunity to attend a conference where the presenter was from the Schlechty school. This was where the "practicality" came from. The reviewers are correct in that the book does not give those practical, concrete examples and studies we, as teachers, crave for our own learning. But, that is exactly the point of the program. How can we make our tasks as engaging as we are? The standards at the back of the book are going to be the most useful for teachers. Those are how you structure a lesson to be most engaging. So, I highly recommend that if you get this book that you pair it with some kind of support or research, so that the practical part can be understood along with the theory.
Working on the Work.......2006-03-10
The thesis of the author, offer students work that is meaningful and engaging, is a paradigm shift. The usual way of improving students' experience in the classroom is to offer professional development seminars to teachers so that they might become better educators. However, Schlechty shifts the focus away from improving instruction to working on the work that we require students to do.
I thought the book was convincing of its proposal and an approach that educators need to work on. My only disappointment with the book is that the author did not offer any examples of what "engaging" work might look like. Educators often are bombarded with "theory" and little "practical" examples - which would have been great to have in an Appendix. It is in the "practical" that the book is lacking. Yet, it is a great read and a revolutionary approach.
Edu-speak.......2005-12-03
This is the sort of book school administrators love and teachers hate. It's long on vague, lofty sounding goals and absolutely no specifics to help teachers get there. What teacher wouldn't want to be more engaging? Who wouldn't want to inspire their students? Simply stating "be more engaging" doesn't get a teacher there any more than the teacher telling their student to "be smarter". But admin types love Schlechty's program. It puts the burden on the teacher to "work smarter, not harder...", "work the work" and "be more engaging and entertaining", and absolves students, parents and administrators from any responsibility for student improvement.
I'd like to see specifics. And I'd like to see specific approaches backed up by hard research that will tell me the approach works. I haven't seen that yet, not in this book or any of the other 1,000 wunderkinds that run around the educational establishment spouting the latest miracle makeover.
But I'm an optimist. I'm still looking for any information that will help me become a better teacher, information that's backed by experience and hard, objective research showing measurable results. I didn't see it here....
Wheres the beef?.......2005-09-14
Anyone with educational experience knows that good teachers try to make lessons engaging and meaningful. All this program does (if your district uses it) is create more work for educators with no real support or help, just a lot of demands in time and paper work. If you don't or didn't share and get help from your colleges before this program shame on you! How did you get through your Collage of Education? Anyone with business experience knows this is just a great example of marketing; it plays on the notion of helping and lets administrators look like they have a plan to the public. If your district administrators needed this program they should have resigned their positions. After a few years of experience you should not have to invest the kind of money and resources this program requires. Who is making the money? Who gets the kick backs? Not the classroom teacher who works longer hours than paid for already. Don't fall for the hype; this is just the latest educational reform gimmick. Making someone rich? Mark Twain had it figured out when it came to school boards. Look it up.
Book Description
Julia Havey has lost 130 pounds and kept it off for ten years. Shes discovered the key to losing weight and keeping it offsmall changes add up to big results. Unlike other diets that ask you to overhaul eating habits or eliminate food groups, The Vice-Busting Diet allows readers to discover whats getting in the way of weight loss. Whether its soda, fast food, sweets, or another temptation, Julia Havey teaches you how to eliminate it and replace it with a healthy alternativewith practical advice and a healthy dose of motivation.
Customer Reviews:
Loved It!.......2007-07-05
Great book, full of interesting information proved very helpful. After reading what feels like every "diet" book out there, this one was very insightful.
Love this book.......2007-01-13
I love that this book advises you to take time to break food habits. It is well organized and the author gives step by step sugguestions that are easy to follow.
Best Diet Book I've Ever Read.......2006-11-03
This is probably the best diet book I have ever read. Julia Havey makes it all so simple. It is such a realistic concept that everyone can do it!
Thanks Julia Havey.
Julia has done it!.......2006-09-29
Julia has succeeded when most have failed.
Julia Havey has written a practical guide to shedding those lethal pounds. The dirty little un-secret is that diets don't work, lifestyle change works. She has not written a tome --- don't criticize her for what she leaves out. She has included enough information to accomplish the purpose, which so many other diet books have attempted and failed. She has left out the heavy counting and calculating. The rewards are along the way: for the person who honestly and sincerely starts to follow the lead, they start from the very first week.
It's true that there are volumes written on aspects of the problem, particularly the psychological and spiritual aspects that Julia only covers lightly, but I believe Julia meets the chronically obese where they're at, gives them what they need to begin on the road to better health, and helps them replace bad habits with good habits. This book is a must-read for every obese person, every future obese person, and every friend of an obese person.
Why this book??? Cause YOUR worth it!!!!!.......2006-08-16
To sum it up in just a simple phrase, Id say " Changing your life is an understatement for what this book does"!!! Who would have thought that my life would come full circle in the last 5 years! In 2001, I sat at this very computer reading the cold hard facts about how vices control our life! The definition of vice was put as simple as anything that controls you and hinders your desired outcome. My biggest desire in the world was to become a healthy person who could dream big and THEN make those dreams become a reality! My biggest hinderence was my LOVE for cupcakes! It was as simple as giving up my first vice in order to start a journey that would last a lifetime. It has been 5 years since I started this long journey with Julia Havey and this road has led me from a 350 pound admirer of this successful weight loss author, to a 170 pound friend of this warm hearted mother, wife, and honest woman! She has been by my side through ups and downs, both weight loss related and life related, and help keep my head high throughit all. This book is a real life approach to helping someone reach their dreams and goals. It teaches you to bust your vices one at a time and more importantly to learn to belive in yourself! Without the self confidence that you learn to feel, success would not be the final outcome. If I had to suggest one book that would truely fit its title, this would be it. It will help you change your life in every aspect of the word!!!! Its a simple, doable, believable approach to weight loss, and once youve read the book, you will know that "IF you dream it, YOU CAN DO IT!" I dedicated my time and effort to this woman 5 years ago, and believed in myslef enough to bust all my vices, and go on to lose 185 pounds in less than 2 years and have been living a life of confidence, health and love for myself for the last 3 years! In october of this year I will marry the love of my life, and Julia will be standing up next to me in my wedding. Life has come full circle thanks to her, and if you are looking for a plan that will work not only to lose weight, but to change your life FOREVER, please read and follow this plan for 12 weeks, and then spread your wings and fly!
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- Fantastic manualised book for working with eating disorders
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This collection for therapists and clients presents practical, how-to information, for the treatment of eating disorders. The authors have kept the needs of the therapist in mind by considering managed care as well as specific therapeutic issues. Prochaska's stages of change theory is successfully applied to the treatment of eating disorders.
This resource will maximize the efficient use of time and resources for the therapist and increase the efficacy of work with clients with eating disorders. Clients will find the tools to be helpful resources and a critical extension of individual therapy.
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Fantastic manualised book for working with eating disorders.......2007-05-17
The best manualised book for working with eating disorders so far! Not too theoretical and extremely practical for working with patients.
The book we've been waiting for!.......2002-04-15
Finally a book that describes exactly how to meet our clients where they are at simultaneously assisting them in effecting positive change in their lives! Villapiano and Goodman fully address a variety of the complex issues inherent in the eating disorders treatment process. Complete with case examples, the authors describe interventions that are successful with even the most difficult to reach clients. This is a "must have" for every therapist who treats people with eating disorders! Great book!
Eating Disorders-Time for Change, Plans, Strategies and Work.......2001-11-18
As a therapist in the field of eating disorders for the past 19 years, I was excited to read a book that got to the heart of the concerns that therapists bring to the table when working with people experiencing eating disorders. The book helped me to think about the multitude of issues that permeate our work in the eating disorders field. I appreciated all the practical issues raised in the book, such as the therapist's use of food and drink, the therapist's attire and the many seemingly simplistic but truly complicated concerns that arise in the treatment relationship. This book is a wonderful teaching tool for all therapists in the field of eating disorders.
Great Resource for Clinicians.......2001-11-07
I have been working with eating disorders for the fifteen years and this is the best book I have read yet. The book offers comprehensive strategies that are very useful. I highly recommend this book if you work with clients who have eating disorders!
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Pitching In.......2007-10-18
Alchemy of Voice
Dr. Morton as a speech therapist, writes in a layman's style approaching developing an interestint voice. His advice on finding your 'natural voice" as opposed to the 'habitual' voice compliments Stuart Pearson's book "The Alchemy of Voice."
It helps the voice teacher to show students how to find the best pitch for each individual. Although seriously treated in both books, students will have fun finding their own level of pitch.
ICLS.......2007-09-04
I suffer from Spasmodic Dysphonia and after being told by my doctor that the only treatment available was to get Botox shots in my vocal chords every three months, being a singer, I looked for an alternative treatment and found this book. It has helped me to use my voice in such a way as to enable me to speak without my voice cracking much of the time. Surprisingly, this condition doesn't seem to affect the singing voice. If I remember to use the advice in this book, it works very well. I have sent it to many friends who also have vocal problems
Absoluetely the best self-help book I've ever read!.......2007-06-03
Let me start off by saying that this book is a life-saver. When I say it is the best self-help book I've ever read, I mean because most self-help books are tempopary and sometimes lead you right to where you started but this book is very practical and offers permenant result. I have been abusing my voice throughout my life, and I see the reaction it had on people. People were avoiding me because I always wanted a commanding but ended with a harsh, nauseon, and unpleasant husk. At first I was skeptical it was ever possible to change one's voice and ever more skeptical when doing the extremely simple excercises, but...IT WORKS!!! Now I have a vibrant voice that is project deeply and loudly anywhere commanding the attention I always wanted (think of it as yelling deeply but without souding like yelling). Though it does take some practices until permeant; and for me it took a week. A must have for anybody wanting that extra success!
Great tool that clears away the muck........2007-01-04
I found this book really helpful. As an actor who does a lot of professional stage, I have had to spend time working on my voice over the years. Many books I find, for lack of a better term, too "groovy" for me (Linlater, Berry) or too complicated (Lessac). Here, Cooper deftly sweeps aside a lot of that clutter, corrects some simple misapprehensions about the use of the speaking voice, and presents a simple, elegant plan for improving. You can even "check" your work with a voice recorder to see if it's actually working. It may not be everything you need to really improve your voice (hence the 4 stars), but if I had to pick only one book to own, this would be it.
On the face of it, Cooper's advice may seem too easy. After all, the whole idea and the suggested lessons could probably fit on a single page. But this stuff works; so, the fact that it's simple shouldn't dissuade anyone from it's value. Other reviewers have noted Cooper's penchant for repetition, and that he tries too hard to sell his reader on the importance of a good speaking voice (presumably his reader's already sold else why would he have bought the book). But it's a short read anyway, so what's the big deal. And besides, if it was any thinner I wouldn't be able to find it on my shelves.
Highly recommended..........2006-07-13
If you want to change your voice (respectively be aware of how you speak) I can highly recommend this book. It's worth every penny!
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In his book and the accompanying discussion guide, Bob Briner issues a clear call for Christians to reclaim culture by joining it rather than running from or boycotting it.
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This isn't helping..........2007-09-25
Having just finished this book I'm extremely disappointed. I based my decision to buy it off of the many favorable reviews already written. The fact is the book could be done in a single sentence if you removed all of the redundancy and long outdated examples.
Here my shortened version of the book:
Christians need to pursue excellence in the arts and academia.
Now if that cranks your engine, then there's nearly 200 pages worth of the exact same thing in this book. I for one think it was a waste of time and money. Don't believe the reviews. Frankly I think you'd be better served to operate within the spirit of this book by reading something like Wild at Heart.
Please avoid this book and its ideology.......2007-08-18
On the surface, this book is exceptionally easy to agree with. Almost any Christian would laud the notion of more Christian presence in the Arts. Nevertheless, brewing under the benign façade are some of the most problematic ideals I have yet come across.
Briner's desire for Christian "penetration" is to overwhelm the markets with "positive" Christian messages. He insists that the Christian community provide "salt" to retard the moral decay of a non-Christian society. Further, he states many times that good can not exits where Christianity is not found. I find this naivety to be gross and inexcusable. Even the most ardent Fundamentalist (I.e. adherer to the fundamentals of the Christian faith) would agree that some good can be done outside of the Christian context.
Another problematic aspect of this book was Briner's view of Christianity. Namely, that it can do no wrong. He describes Dallas as a Christian "Mecca" and then goes into detail about the crime, divorce rate, and other social problems. He is perplexed by the disconnect between the "two cities," believing the moral problems to be completely contained within the pagan city. In another section, he is mystified at the lack of Christian screenwriters. One paragraph earlier he described a Christian directors office as overflowing with bad scripts. His abecedarian understanding of the Art seems to further obstruct his inability to conceptualize Christian art as often kitsch.
I wholeheartedly disagreed with Briner's approach to social proselytizing through penetrative conquest. He seems content to flood the market with writers, musicians, actors, producers, etc., no matter their skill level, as long as they are Evangelical Christians. Obviously, history has taught him no lessons as to the ramifications of this style of religious management.
Making a difference in the world around you!.......2007-03-29
I love the underlying premise upon which this book is built - that it is better to go out and make a difference in the world than sit back and complain that things just aren't going well. While my passion is the public policy arena, Briner's is the arena of art, journalism and media. Recognizing the cultural importance of this arena, Briner challenges people to see the opportunities to make a difference and to do things better. He frames the issue using the Biblical reference to followers of Christ being the salt and light - and he notes that salt is used to prevent decay and is completely worthless if left in the saltshaker! Following this line of reasoning, Briner wonders where all the Christians are in the culture today - where's the salt?
Briner focuses the reader on four primary areas of cultural influence: movies, TV, literature and the visual arts. He examines the typical Christian response to each area and concludes that protesting and boycotting bad programming or material is far less effective than producing good programming and material. Briner also calls out the Christian colleges and asks why our educational system isn't preparing young men and women to enter the mission fields of New York and Hollywood. When will the church realize it's mandate to transform culture and get serious about actually doing it seems to be the theme running through Roaring Lambs.
The book is a very good challenge to the traditional isolationist thinking of far too many Christians today. Briner seeks to engage the culture for Christ and makes a very good case for engagement in the areas of the arts. I hope that many Christians read, take to heart, and put into action the thoughts of Briner - far too many Christians are sitting on the sidelines either cheering or complaining, but not making a difference on the field of life.
A call to action! .......2007-01-21
I have a great amount of respect for Bob Briner and the way in which he brought such a problem to light. It's amazing how many churches and other religious institutions focus their attentions on individuals headed for "ministry." I fully agree with the author's observation that the other Christians, the ones in the so-called "real world," are just as important but not as oft-trained.
This book seeks to encourage Christians from every field and industry to live out loud for the greater cause. It covers many fields -- quite well, I might add. My only gripe is that at some points, the writing style felt a little slow. In the middle of certain chapters, I felt myself flipping ahead to see how many pages I had left before the next section began. All in all, though, I wouldn't trade in the experience of reading this book. It contains so many vital truths and observations that it is a book not to be passed by.
Excellent Book.......2007-01-12
This book will widen your horizons regarding what it means to interface the culture as a Christian.
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B> Drawing on the insights of one of the most respected figures in the field of curriculum research, this watershed book offers a new and original way for higher education administrators and faculty to think about curriculum. At the core of the book is the concept of curriculum as an "academic plan." The plan includes decisions about what, why, and how a specific group of students is expected to learn; ways to determine whether students have learned what they were supposed to learn; and methods of using this information to improve the plan. The authors explore the many influences on the plan from sources within and outside of the university. Thorough, thoughtful, and original, this volume combines a systematic synthesis of the existing literature with recent research, careful critique, and innovative thinking. The result is a comprehensive and practical book that will provoke thoughtful discussion among higher education practitioners and scholars. College and University Deans, Curriculum Coordinators, and Professors. A Longwood Professional Book.
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