I started in fine dining the summer of '79. At the time Perrier was the rage. The in thing was to order, and be heard ordering, Perrier. This bottle sat on everyone's table - an excellent drink with dinner and wine. My book is a collection of memories that I recall all too often - thoughts of events that occurred over twenty-five years that are too interesting not to be told. The best I can do is let you read about them. I wish I could tell you....I wish you were there. Being a waiter, and especially a maitre d', was fun not knowing what unique experience would occur today, and involve me. Unintentionally and willingly I had the best job of my life. If any waiter, or restaurant employee, or any type of worker had a more interesting or exciting job than I, more power to them.
A fire they can’t put out . . . Although her baby boy keeps her plate full, Jules Kilroy is ready to take her love life off the back burner—which means getting back into the dating scene. And while she might wish her best friend, Taddeo DeLuca, would see the potential of them as a couple, in her heart of hearts she knows it’s not to be. He rejected her once and she’s vowed never to blur the lines again . . . After a lifetime of excuses and false starts, Tad has finally opened a wine bar, a deal made even sweeter when Jules joins his staff. Lovers come and go, and he’s had his share, but friendships like theirs last forever. Yet, ever since he tasted her, he can’t stop fantasizing about what could be. And when she signs up for an online dating site, the thought of his Jules with another man makes his blood boil. Tad might have made a mistake with his best girl before, but this time he’s determined to beg her forgiveness . . . one scorching kiss at a time.
All three books in the Hot in the Kitchen series! Turn up the heat with the DeLucas, a Chicago-Italian family of restaurateurs, and the sizzling chefs who love them. Book 1: Feel the Heat (Jack and Lili) A beat-cute for the ages . . . A hot British chef clashes with the strong-willed daughter of his cooking show competition. The heat is on ... Book 2: All Fired Up (Shane and Cara) Her sweetest mistake tastes so, so good . . . A buttoned up events planner finds herself accidentally married to a free-spirited Irish pastry chef. The marriage has to end . . . right? Book 3: Hot and Bothered (Tad and Jules) A fire they can't put out . . . He's her best friend and has been with her through thick and thin. But when this single mom starts dating, the playboy suddenly has an opinion . . .
A flight attendant shares a collection of true tales, all witnessed on the job, from a riot in first class to prostitutes using the bathroom for business.
Subtitle; 'How Thailand was Won and Lost in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century' takes a cheeky view of the topsy turvy career of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin, or 'Sintax' in the book. Whether his clandestine conversations with his wife 'Manpoj', his son 'Elm', or his many lawyers and underlings ring true, is up to the reader. Also offers poignant insight to the Red rallies of 2010.
Case studies - put students in real-life scenarios and help them learn how to react to them. Unit-by-unit, element-by-element approach with full coverage of the underpinning knowledge. A competence-based approach, complemented by activities and pointers, to enhance students' knowledge. Freestanding units allow students to select material according to their needs. 'Get ahead' sections at the end of each unit, encourage further learning and development.
Copy the following link for free access to the first chapter of this title: http://www.springerlink.com/content/j23468h304310755/fulltext.pdf This book is a warning. It aims to warn policy-makers, industry, academia, civil society organisations, the media and the public about the threats and vulnerabilities facing our privacy, identity, trust, security and inclusion in the rapidly approaching world of ambient intelligence (AmI). In the near future, every manufactured product – our clothes, money, appliances, the paint on our walls, the carpets on our floors, our cars, everything – will be embedded with intelligence, networks of tiny sensors and actuators, which some have termed “smart dust”. The AmI world is not far off. We already have surveillance systems, biometrics, personal communicators, machine learning and more. AmI will provide personalised services – and know more about us – on a scale dwarfing anything hitherto available. In the AmI vision, ubiquitous computing, communications and interfaces converge and adapt to the user. AmI promises greater user-friendliness in an environment capable of recognising and responding to the presence of different individuals in a seamless, unobtrusive and often invisible way. While most stakeholders paint the promise of AmI in sunny colours, there is a dark side to AmI. This book aims to illustrate the threats and vulnerabilities by means of four “dark scenarios”. The authors set out a structured methodology for analysing the four scenarios, and then identify safeguards to counter the foreseen threats and vulnerabilities. They make recommendations to policy-makers and other stakeholders about what they can do to maximise the benefits from ambient intelligence and minimise the negative consequences.
