We all look at the appearances and behaviors of business people and say "I wish that person were more professional." What does that mean? The reader will find a business professional framework for self-reflection and growth. We all engage in work and personal ventures that result in measurable outcomes and goal oriented behavior. How do we evaluate those activities in terms of effectiveness and efficiency - efficacy? And, in what context? This book provides a systematic framework for a personal development process that gives for-profit and not-for-profit business professionals at any level a blueprint for success in the dynamic business climate of the early 21st century. That process includes assessment and continual life growth and improvement. It focuses both on what is (reality) and what could be (theory/ideals). It is intended to fill a toolbox full of materials with resources that can formally and informally be used in business professional development. Business professionalism builds from the ground up. It depends on a dialogue between stakeholders. After you've learned the Four Pillars, how can you share them with your colleagues? This book will give you some talking points to start the conversation that could change your organization.

Bring the Windsor Heights stories alive in color with this book of the author's favorite illustrations drawn by her mother, Marian Long. From each of the five storybooks, the author has chosen 15 of the most dramatic and exciting black-and-white line drawings.

Research has viewed social status as synonymous with popularity. People with higher social status are generally perceived as possessing more positive characteristics. In regards to social networking sites, specifically Facebook, research suggests that the network size coefficient (the number of friends one has) contributes greatly to the perception of an individual. The current study revealed that participants rated a mock Facebook user with a high number of friends as friendlier, more likeable, approachable, and were more willing to donate money to a cause championed by her. Analyses from the NEO-PI R instrument revealed that the mock Facebook user with more friends was rated as less self conscious, higher on degree of warmth, more gregarious, more assertive, more active socially, more likely to engage in excitement seeking behaviors, and more trustworthy. The results of this study illustrated the impact that social status has on the perception of an individual. Past results indicated that social status affected the perception of individual in face to face interactions but this study showed that these findings are generalizable to social networking sites.

As Lindsay struggles to improve her riding skills, Moon, the spirited ex-race horse does not make things easy for her. She is at her wits end trying to train Moon when help shows up in a most unlikely place.

When Lindsay joins Pony Club with Midnight, a whole new world is opened up. But is Midnight already too old? After a bad trailering experience, Lindsay's dad thinks Midnight should be retired and Lindsay should move on to their younger horse, Moon. But, will Lindsay be able to handle such a high spirited, defiant horse? Lindsay's friend, Penny, now has her young filly home and Midnight can't take his eyes off of her - could it be love? Cheyenne gets into trouble and finds herself fighting for her life. Then, when Lisa insists that Jeffrey and Beau need a horse of their own, a search for the perfect horse ends unexpectedly. Can the Wrights make the best out of a bad situation? After Jeffrey is signed up for football, he's faced with a struggle to lose ten pounds to make weight. And when Lindsay and Beau are home alone, Beau is injured Is Lindsay to blame? In the end, a twist of fate changes everything for Lindsay.

The Wrights are moving to a 40-year-old ranch house on 10 acres of land in the middle of the citrus-growing community of Riverside. Just when they begin to settle in, they learn country life isn't perfect after all.

Windsor Heights has proven to be full of surprises for the Wrights. Lindsay spends most of her time riding her beloved horse, Midnight, while her mom, Lisa, is trying to keep up with her on a young spirited ex-race horse. When Lindsay's dad tries his hand at riding, he quickly realizes that riding can be dangerous. Lisa finds unusual ways to entertain her children, Lindsay, Jeffrey and Beau- sometimes to the dismay of her husband. Lindsay and a new found friend want to ride alone -will it be allowed? Through it all, the family of five along with their faithful guard dog, Sugar, and scent hound, Cheyenne, stick together. Come along Experience new and exciting adventures with the Wrights

Lindsay's family struggles financially to support her passion for horseback riding until a bad accident involving her brother forces her to quit taking lessons. She realizes that it would take a miracle for her family to live somewhere where she could have her own horse.

In this intriguing tale of obsession, greed and moral ineptitude, there is just one common denominator: Lauren Shaw. On the surface, she is a caring, bright, successful young executive. But what demons lie in wait? Lauren is kneeling at his feet, her hands bloodied and swollen, her clothes disheveled and torn. She had the opportunity and the most compelling motive-revenge. But does she possess the ability to inflict such misery? Does that much hate reside in her soul? of the Jersey Shore, from the charming avenues of Haddonfield, New Jersey to the bustling corridors of Philadelphia and the cosmopolitan ambiance of London, this gripping, richly woven and frighteningly plausible mystery has uncommon depth and originality, taking readers on a thought-provoking journey through the battlefields of depression, the entanglements of romance and the complexities of the human condition.

Popular American fiction has now secured a routine position in the higher education classroom despite its historic status as culturally suspect. This newfound respect and inclusion have almost certainly changed the pedagogical landscape, and Teaching Tainted Lit explores that altered terrain. If the academy has historically ignored, or even sneered at, the popular, then its new accommodation within the framework of college English is noteworthy: surely the popular introduces both pleasures and problems that did not exist when faculty exclusively taught literature from anestablished "high" canon. How, then, does the assumption that the popular matters affect teaching strategies, classroom climates, and both personal and institutional notions about what it means to study literature? The essays in this collection presume that the popular is here to stay and that its instructive implications are not merely noteworthy,but richly nuanced and deeply compelling. They address a broad variety of issues concerning canonicity, literature, genre, and theclassroom, as its contributors teach everything from Stephen King and Lady Gaga to nineteenthcentury dime novels and the 1852bestseller Uncle Tom's Cabin. It is no secret that teaching popular texts fuels controversies about the value of cultural studies, the alleged relaxation of aestheticstandards, and the possible "dumbing down" of Americans. By implicitly and explicitly addressing such contentious issues, these essays invite a broader conversation about the place of thepopular not only in higher education but in the reading lives of all Americans.