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On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a private company that within three years would unravel the complete genetic code of human life, seven years before the projected finish of the U.S. government's Human Genome Project. Venter hoped that by decoding the genome ahead of schedule, he would speed up the pace of biomedical research and save the lives of thousands of people. He also hoped to become very famous and very rich.

Newspaperman tells the story of how an immigrant's shy son from Queens, New York, rose to the top of his industry, powered by little more than passion, brains, and hard work. Phillips began his career working as a copyboy for the New York Herald Tribune for 16 dollars a week... and ended it as publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of its parent corporation, Dow Jones & Company. The life story of Warren Phillips is the story of the American newspaper business.

The stories in this book are all of real encounters, ranging from backstage encounters in universities that reveal the social world of academe to lessons learned from anxiety-ridden sororities girls to a transforming encounter with a Black man who grew from a child working at jobs such as a chicken-catcher at nights to support his family and became successful and wealthy to the point that he was able to buy the movie theater that forced him to sit in the balcony when he was young.

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Fühlen Sie sich ausgelaugt in Ihrem Beruf? Machen Ihnen Ihre Schüler das Leben zur Hölle? Fällt es Ihnen schwer, morgens aufzustehen, weil Sie sich vor dem Schulalltag fürchten? Dann kann Ihnen mit diesem Buch geholfen werden. Der Job eines Lehrers ist nicht leicht. Störungen und provozierende Schüler können Ihnen den Schulalltag maßgeblich erschweren und jeglichen Spaß am Unterrichten rauben. Besonders in diesem Berufsfeld ist die Gefahr eines Burn-outs nicht zu unterschätzen.

This biography of educational activist and Black studies forerunner Bertha Maxwell-Roddey examines a life of remarkable achievements and leadership in the desegregated South. Sonya Ramsey modernizes the nineteenth-century term "race woman" to describe how Maxwell-Roddey and her peers turned hard-won civil rights and feminist milestones into tangible accomplishments in North Carolina and nationwide from the late 1960s to the 1990s.

Este Volumen II de la trilogía "Oposiciones docentes" hace inmersión en tres aspectos fundamentales de la oposición. En primer lugar, expone de una forma muy minuciosa cómo realizar una planificación para la oposición. Tratando aspectos como la gestión del tiempo, la distribución del esfuerzo y la organización semanal del opositor. Este apartado incluye diversos recursos adicionales descargables desde la web del autor. En segundo lugar, muestra un análisis basado en la literatura científica sobre cómo aprender a aprender.

I figured this book would depict a guy in a fedora with a cigar in his hand who fast talks like a stereotypical 1920s gangster. Alas, I was mistaken. It is a simple acronym. MOXIE is an acronym that stands for (spoiler alert!) Mindfulness, Opportunity, X-factor, Innovation, Engagement. This is a good book. I like it. If you can master these five traits, you are a bold and gutsy leader.

¿De qué magnitud es el reto de recomponer la Educación en el Perú? ¿Cuán importante es contar con gente comprometida en la función pública? ¿Es posible revertir la situación crítica de los sectores educativos? Mediante anécdotas personales y profesionales, ideas, estudios y datos que refuerzan sus planteamientos, el exministro de Educación, Jaime Saavedra, aborda en este libro algunos de los complejos retos educativos en el Perú, a partir de su experiencia entre los años 2013 y 2016.

A targeted audio course across 14 sessions for those working in tech-related fields such as technology and software management and development. This will enable you to improve your German tech vocabulary in two weeks while also including some fresher content on more commonly used German vocabulary. Topics covered include hardware components, the cloud, networking, troubleshooting, AI, cybersecurity, web design, database management, coding the internet, and mobile devices.

This audiobook provides an overview of IT terminology for English speakers working with Japanese-speaking customers, clients, or partners. Core words and phrases appropriate to the IT sector are presented in English and Japanese. Topics covered include common Japanese vocabulary that is not exclusive to the technology field.

This audiobook provides key vocabulary in Japanese that doctors, nurses, surgeons, emergency medical technicians, and others involved in medicine, healthcare, or wellness will need when working in Japan or with Japanese-speaking patients.

This audiobook provides targeted vocabulary for medical professionals working in Spanish-speaking locations or with Spanish-speaking patients or colleagues. 

A focused Spanish course for English speakers, focused on tech-related terms and vocabulary. Topics covered include vocabulary related to the cloud, coding, AI, databases mobile devices, user testing, tech support, management, and other technology-related words and phrases. The course also teaches basic Spanish words, phrases, and grammatical concepts, in addition to a deep focus on tech vocabulary. This is a useful resource for technology managers and professionals who interact with Spanish speakers in their role.

In a comprehensive publication, Dr. Nigel Wilson, a seasoned educator, lawyer, and inventor of the CAISSEP® teaching and learning technique, provides insights, guidance, and tools to challenge, inform, and stimulate the desires of teachers globally (whether in education, business, or otherwise) who wish to improve their craft and develop the art (and science) of educating adult learners.

These are detailed, step-by-step explanations for each question within that specific LSAT PrepTest section. The LSAT Unplugged PrepTest Explanations for Logical Reasoning show you how to diagram using formal logic (if necessary) and how to approach the each question type. And, of course, they explain all the answer choices without resorting to useless phrases like "out of scope". This is the only series of LSAT PrepTest Logical Reasoning explanations you'll need to prepare you for the LSAT. You’re guaranteed you’ll achieve the highest scores you possibly can—or your money back.

Before she was an author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels, N. D. Jones was an educator. In her essay, she reflects on her 20-plus years as an educator in a field where most public school teachers and administrators are middle-class White women responsible for the academic future of more than 20 million students of color. Jones’ insights come from her years of facilitating cultural proficiency professional development for employees in a White-dominated public school system where all is supposed to mean all, yet racial inequity and disproportionality persist.

Despite being the most decorated men's basketball coach of all time, this book translates nicely to the business world. There are plenty of basketball stories, but this is by no means exclusively for sports fans. The message is that anyone can learn to be a leader by following the principles of his Pyramid of Success. If you give everything you have to be the best you can be, that is success. Unless you fail, but that means you didn't listen to it correctly, or are just part of the five percent of Americans (or 26 percent of Canadians) who are incapable of leadership.

Project management is really just applied common sense. In this easy-to-understand guide, Joe Houghton unpacks all the jargon into clear and actionable steps that anyone can use to run projects that will deliver—on time, to budget, and to the quality needed.

This book gives all the reasons why employee engagement should be the most important part of your business. It should be a higher priority than the bottom line and profits, if your bottom line is profitable. I think that is obvious. You need to be at least profitable enough to afford a quality two-ply toilet paper. Is that too much to ask for? We aren't monsters. In fact, rule number one of employee engagement should be "Ditch the 80-grit single-ply macho wipe and get the good stuff." Those are the little things that keep employees engaged.