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How to really engage your employees and improve performance

The all-embracing, whaddya got? nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assumebut not seetheir queerness. That these artists cultivated ambiguous sexual personas often reflected an understandable fear, but also a struggle to fulfill personal and professional expectations.Vincent L. Stephens confronts notions of the closetboth coming out and staying inby analyzing the careers of Liberace, Johnny Mathis, Johnnie Ray, and Little Richard. Appealing to audiences hungry for novelty and exoticism, the four pop icons used performance and queering techniques that ran the gamut. Liberace's flamboyance shared a spectrum with Mathis's intimate sensitivity while Ray's overwrought displays as Mr. Emotion seemed worlds apart from Little Richard's raise-the- roof joyousness. As Stephens shows, the quartet not only thrived in an era of gray flannel manhood, they pioneered the ways generations of later musicians would consciously adopt sexual mystery as an appealing and proven route to success.

The groundbreaking book Design Driven Testing brings sanity back to the software development process by flipping around the concept of Test Driven Development (TDD)-restoring the concept of using testing to verify a design instead of pretending that unit tests are a replacement for design.

Facing relentless bullying, Billy initially seeks validation from a famous footballer visiting his school. However, when he discovers that the footballer embodies the same negative traits as his tormentors, Billy undergoes a transformation. He learns the importance of self-acceptance and realizes that true worth comes from within, not from trying to fit in with others. This story explores themes of identity, resilience, and the journey toward self-discovery.

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"Diego Acosta's polo-playing days are over. Living in self-imposed exile on his idyllic island, he finds his nights are now filled with tormenting memories rather than the beautiful women who once graced his king-size bed. When Maxie Parrish crashes into his solitude, radiating exuberance and a love of life, she burns so brightly he can't take his eyes off her! He'll seduce her and conquer her with the same single-minded determination that saw him rise to the top of the world polo circuit. Only this time he'll make sure he walks away without scars."--Back cover

How to really engage your employees and improve performance.

Pokud jako vývojář neberete problematiku testování na lehkou váhu, jistě nechcete touto činností strávit zbytečně dlouhou dobu. Seznamte se s testováním softwaru řízeným návrhem a zrychlete tak proces testování, který bude efektivní, ale nevynechá nic důležitého. Dvojice autorů vás v dvanácti kapitolách provede metodikou testování řízeného návrhem (Design-Driven Testing – DDT). Ta využívá návrh pro přesné vymezení míst, kde je nutné založit kritické testy. Seznámíte se s osvědčeným procesem vývoje softwaru, který se zaměřuje na tvorbu a údržbu testů jednotek a testů přijatelnosti založených a řízených návrhem. V úvodních kapitolách se dozvíte také o rozdílech mezi touto metodikou a známějším programováním řízeným testy (Test-Driven Development – TDD).