Early in my life, I faced great challenges. I could not be a child like my siblings or my classmates. My journey was different. In my school, I learned about schizophrenia and physical violence. My teacher was very powerful. As an adolescent I lost my way. I became a ward of the court and completed my high school education while living in a state group home. In 1989, at age twenty-six, I met an exemplary professional who began to show me the way. For the next twenty years and beyond, I learned lessons of discipline, love, and respect for self and others. Soon, my life's success began to unfold. At age twenty-six, I received my life's primary gift. In 1999, I became on fire for my life, because of the excellence that I had witnessed in another person. I began to dream of talking to the world about the excellence that lives within each one of us. I relocated my life to the desert Southwest. It was there that I began to hear my heart's song and awaken to the excellence of my life's journey. It was there that I discovered the wisdom of my life's teachings. I believe that no matter what circumstances you may find yourself in, excellence is present. And, no matter how desolate you may feel, when you find the fire, the inspiration, and the music of your heart there isn't anything that can keep you from living your life's dreams.

Based on interviews with almost one hundred of the world's leading educators, policymakers, and businesspeople involved in MOOCs and online learning, the authors investigate the goals of the institutions offering MOOCs and assess the evidence as to whether these goals are being achieved.

This book discusses the relations between the United States and Egypt from Roosevelt to Eisenhower. To protect the free flow of oil, American policymakers looked to Egypt to provide the progressive, pro-Western leadership they believed would insure stability to the region. America's attempts to balance the needs of its British allies with those of Egypt coupled with Egypt's quest for regional hegemony proved to be a recipe for trouble. In the end, America failed in grooming Egypt as the pro-Western leader, could not bring peace to the region, and could not prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a foothold. Yet, the oil continued to flow.

Dwight D. Eisenhower achieved prominence as a military leader during World War II and as a statesman following the conflict, but less is known about his ambitions and preparation between the wars that served as the foundation for his later success. The first modern analysis of Eisenhower's career before his rise to fame, this study examines Ike's intellectual ideas concerning politics, military strategy, and history in the decades between the wars. Holland details Eisenhower's quest to make himself the best officer in the U.S. Army and to prepare for the next war--which he firmly believed was coming. Based upon the voluminous collection at the Eisenhower Library, this book includes discussion of Eisenhower's intellectual development, family life, military education, the roles of mentors and friends, as well as his political and international experiences. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Ike labored thanklessly in an army marked by budget cuts and incompetence. Despite this atmosphere, he persevered to become a pioneer in mechanized and aerial warfare, the author of an official history of World War I, the creator of the first industrial mobilization plan in American history, a one man public relations section for the War Department, and the organizer of the Philippine army. Through it all, Ike remained a man with a big heart, a man equally able to work with presidents or privates without losing his common touch.

This book brings together the most important papers presented during the 3rdInternational Congress on Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy. It offers a panoramic view of the international experience of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. In upper respiratory/gastrointestinal tumours neo-adjuvant chemotherapy has an essential role in the conservation of the larynx, and benefits regarding survival are becoming apparent. In breast tumours it allows conservative treatment in more than 80% of cases, with improved relapse-free survival. In lung cancers, particularly epidermoid carcinomas, intervention is possible in inoperable cases. Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy assists local control measures and allows less mutilating forms of treatment in oesophageal carcinomas and generally in epidermoid carcinomas, particularly invasive tumours of thehead and neck, the vulva and the anus. In bladder tumours neo-adjuvant chemotherapy has an important role in local therapy. In these fields research is aimed at improving the efficacy of treatment while bypassing tumour resistance mechanisms. The methods include metabolic manipulation (PFL), intensification of the doses, the use of growth factors and autologous grafts, increasing the concentration at the tumour site by intra-arterial injection (a technique particularly used for gastrointestinal tumours), and combining chemotherapy with biological response modifiers. All these topics form the subject of chapters in this book, which should direct the reader towards better and more effective therapeutic strategies.

This major new edition of a popular undergraduate text covers topics of interest to chemical engineers taking courses on fluid flow. These topics include non-Newtonian flow, gas-liquid two-phase flow, pumping and mixing. It expands on the explanations of principles given in the first edition and is more self-contained. Two strong features of the first edition were the extensive derivation of equations and worked examples to illustrate calculation procedures. These have been retained. A new extended introductory chapter has been provided to give the student a thorough basis to understand the methods covered in subsequent chapters.

Anita Holland has built a successful and lucrative career in the restaurant business over the last 40 years. During these years she has trained and mentored numerous servers with one goal in mind-to provide exceptional customer service. In this book, Anita provides a thorough explanation of the terms, and tasks used in food serving, a concise treatise on the world of wines and a detailed outline of the steps involved in providing an outstanding dining experience for the client. This book is for anyone who wants to be successfully engaged in the restaurant business whether it be a small breakfast restaurant or a fine dining establishment.

Early in my life, I faced great challenges. I could not be a child like my siblings or my classmates. My journey was different. In my school, I learned about schizophrenia and physical violence. My teacher was very powerful. As an adolescent I lost my way. I became a ward of the court and completed my high school education while living in a state group home. In 1989, at age twenty-six, I met an exemplary professional who began to show me the way. For the next twenty years and beyond, I learned lessons of discipline, love, and respect for self and others. Soon, my life's success began to unfold. At age twenty-six, I received my life's primary gift. In 1999, I became on fire for my life, because of the excellence that I had witnessed in another person. I began to dream of talking to the world about the excellence that lives within each one of us. I relocated my life to the desert Southwest. It was there that I began to hear my heart's song and awaken to the excellence of my life's journey. It was there that I discovered the wisdom of my life's teachings. I believe that no matter what circumstances you may find yourself in, excellence is present. And, no matter how desolate you may feel, when you find the fire, the inspiration, and the music of your heart there isn't anything that can keep you from living your life's dreams.

The consummate reference source for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, internists, surgical oncologists and others who treat cancer patients, "Cancer Medicine 7" covers the ever-widening sphere of current cancer knowledge and clinical practice. In this new seventh edition an outstanding editorial team from world-renowned medical centers continues to hone the leading edge forged in previous editions with timely information on biology, immunology, etiology, epidemiology, prevention, screening, pathology, imaging and therapy.The book is a testament to the editorial panels creed - that innovative, comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment of cancer patients must be grounded in a fundamental understanding of cancer biology. "Cancer Medicine 7" does a superb job of bringing scientific principles into clinical practice. "Cancer Medicine 7" features hundreds of 4-colour illustrations, photographs, tables, graphs and algorithms that make this text an invaluable clinical tool in recognizing characteristic appearances of both patient and tissue.