The experiences I wrote about are all actual true stories (with may be a little bit of exaggeration for taste). I have heard it all, seen it all and done it all and was still able to walk through those double doors alive (barely some days).I have lived in Flatush, Brooklyn my whole life so riding the trains, buses and dollar vans (which are still called dollar vans but cost $1.50-go figure) have been my means of transportation for a long time. Even with a car, living in a city with high gas prices and congestion; mass transportation is till the way to go. I was encouraged by my former co-workers to write these experiences down and share them with the world. I was glad to know that my horrible experiences bought so much laughter and joy to those around me.
Get Outta My Way is a memoir filled with ballsy, entertaining, often heart-breaking recollections of an amazing life. Charlotte Schiff-Booker has created her own feminist road map, chronicling a life filled with joy and disappointment, social activism, and a trailblazing career in the television industry--a world where she had to carve her own path and managed to soar to the top. Schiff-Booker is an original bad ass, and I thank her for leading the way for all us women who can now have it all. I hung on every paragraph and page of this memoir and have now passed it on to all the women I love and respect--including my eighty-six-year-old mom. Amy Sanders, Talent Manager
Today’s society is becoming increasingly more likely to resist the lawful actions of law enforcement officers. It is critical for officers to have the necessary defensive tactics (DT) skills to successfully overcome resistance in an efficient, safe, and legal manner. The answer to achieving these results is NOT in teaching thousands of possible responses to an infinite number of potential attacks. The answer is to first use a Risk Management approach and identify the most common and dangerous attacks on officers. Next, a successful DT program must stress core concepts, proper body mechanics, natural instinctive movement, and proven principles of survival. Advanced Concepts in Defensive Tactics: A Survival Guide for Law Enforcement presents the instruction of Master Police Instructor Chuck Joyner. Developed during his tenure as a FBI use of force instructor, and expanded by his lifelong dedication to the martial arts, Joyner’s Survival Sciences DT program relies on adhering to advanced concepts rather than memorizing countless techniques. Based on extensive research and actual street experience, this manual: Focuses on defensive tactics that are easily taught, understood, and applied by officers regardless of their size, strength, or athletic ability Covers hand-to-hand tactics, groundwork, weapon retention/weapon disarming, handcuffing, and the survival mindset Explains the necessary integration of hands-on DT techniques with common law enforcement secondary weapons (e.g., baton, pepper spray, TASER) Introduces a new use of force model (Dynamic Resistance-Response Model) which correctly depicts the dynamic encounter between an officer and a resistor by first focusing on the level of resistance by the subject Offers practical solutions reducing officer, department, and municipality liability Provides password access to the author’s supplemental training videos online Chuck Joyner, a recognized expert in the use of force, lectures throughout the United States and internationally on myriad law enforcement topics. Mr. Joyner holds several FBI instructor certifications in force-related training, has earned black belts in four martial arts, and was awarded master rank in two styles. He was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame as instructor of the year in 2006. Mr. Joyner was employed by the CIA from 1983 to 1987, and has worked as a Special Agent with the FBI since 1987. Chuck was interviewed on February 29, 2012 on American Heroes Radio.
Who, better is to heat from, other than Shakerah Mohammed. This girl has said it, she has done it, and most of all she tells it straight from her mouth like it is. Her two friends find her actions to be too far out of hand and Shakerah does not care one bit, but now one friend knows she must be stopped. Shakerah realizes that all the men, all the deaths, and all the headaches were not worth all the money she came into. But unfortunately it is way too late. When you have fucked over so many it will be real hard to determine where all the threats are coming from. Eventually Shakerah will come face to face with her DEATH MATCH and it will not be nice
Elizabeth Johnsons life has been like a constant roller coaster ride since the time she was born. Being born with a special gift to pick up people emotions was a blessing and a curse to her. A blessing because she was able to help so many people make it through some hard times. A curse because she found herself in the middle of so much drama. Born to an alcoholic mother and not knowing her father she felt like she never knew who she really was. Journalizing was always therapeutic for her because it allowed her to release her deepest thoughts when words from her mouth were lost. Elizabeth lost her memory because of a bad storm but she never lost her love for God. Her parents were killed in a bad car accident. She found herself alone with no parents to lean on except her grandmother, who also eventually passed away. With her lack of understanding and desire to be loved, she found herself part of the statistics, a pregnant teen mom. She lost her baby because of medical issues and found herself deeply depressed and bitter. Her best friend Emily just left and no one had any information as to what happened to her. She felt like God didnt love her because he kept taking the people she loved away. Going through life Elizabeth felt alone, lonely and lost. She did not know who she was, where she came from or why she even existed. The people she allowed in her life loved her but also dreaded her because she was always opinionated. As she goes on this journey called life, she finds her true purpose. She also realizes God never left her. He was just building her up for something special.
Love, lies and obsession is one way to describe Minka in this explosive sequel. While adjusting to motherhood, Minka is served with papers accusing her of assault. Realizing Sasha won't stop until she gets Minka, she has to step up and do what’s right for her family. Even if that means playing the game she isn’t meant to win, with psychotic Sasha. Milan is settling into life with the love of her life, Donovan Jackson. All the love stops abruptly when she finds out Donovan has hid his past from her and it has come to California to bite him in his ass. Will Milan and Donovan make it? Or will someone that is creeping in the shadows finally get what she wants? When someone in Micah’s past comes back into town and wants to pick up where they left off, Despite Micah’s relationship status. Will Micah remain the good man everyone loves or will he turn in his angel wings for horns?
Imagine two months after your twenty-first birthday getting a diagnosis of stage four cancer. For this young mother, it was a reality that could seem to anyone to be a death sentence. Still, despite the odds, now twelve years later and still going strong, Wendy Zizzo felt it necessary to share her experience and point of view in hopes to inspire, and ignite courage, love, grit and to see into the mind set and attitude that helped her beat the odds. In this truly inspirational memoir, you will get an up-close and personal look into this young womans journey of stage four cancer, along with the trials and tribulations leading up to her diagnosis. Giving you an intimate look into a survivors story of her enduring through treatments, and how she mentally, emotionally and spiritually overcame her disease. Showing you, that you never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.
The vampire Tony Perillo finds himself caught up in a dangerous passion that not only is hazardous to his life, he is also in danger of becoming the monster he despises.
