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Kathy Ireland first gained recognition as a supermodel, but today she is respected for her design talents and business acumen as CEO and Chief Designer of Kathy Ireland Worldwide. Ireland, independent and strong-minded, has an entrepreneurial drive coupled with the desire to break free of the skewed standards of the modeling business, that gave her the impetus she needed to start her own company. Her billion-dollar business began with a line of socks, then apparel, and today it extends into home furnishings, flooring, and accessories designed for women like herself — busy moms whose top priority is taking care of their families. She also dedicates her energy to a wide range of nonprofit organizations, many of them dedicated to improving the lives of women and children.

Powerful Inspirations reveals the sources of Kathy’s strengths and enthusiasm, through insightful lessons that form a life-changing plan for her readers.In sharing her plan, Ireland also tells stories from her life, describing her close-knit family, the work ethic her parents taught her, and the sense of compassion they instilled in her.She offers an intimate portrait of her inner life and her spiritual growth, writing movingly of the support and comfort she has found in the Bible and other Christian teachings.She writes movingly of her failures and the lessons she’s learned while triumphing over them.Kathy’s account of her journey from the beaches of Santa Barbara to the boardroom, from supermodel to successful businesswoman provides readers the inspiration and encouragement to create a rich and rewarding life for themselves. ... Read more

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Wise Lessons & Truths For Daily Living.
This beautiful young woman shares stories from her life (as I do occasionally); also writes about her failures and the lessons she learned while triumphing over them.She's the new Martha Stewart -- a former model who started her successful business with her own line of socks (my favorites).She added apparel, home furnishings, flooring and accessories designed for the busy women with families who depend on them."She doesn't just talk the talk, she walks the walk."

Her brand garned the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for consumer excellence.In order to accomplish things we desire, we need the love and support of others.

She lists eight lessons to get the reader started on the road to happiness and fulfillment.Powerful Inspirations:When God is with us, who can be against us?Powerful You: Failure is an education in itself; even with self-esteem, you will get hurt from time to time.Powerful families:With family, you are never alone.Powerful Answers:When you ask powerful questions, you may get powerful answers; be ready to act on them.

Powerful Changes:It's great to have goals, but don't forget to enjoy the journey.Powerful Financial Wisdom:Money won't solve all of your problems, but it helps along the way.Powerful Beliefs and Boundaries:Wise people constantly discover what they beleive and act on these beliefs.Powerful Joys and Sorrows:Without sorrow, true joy cannot be understood.

This is a powerful book to help realize your potential without all the stresses of life we all endure.She is a good teacher with her examples and experiences.

Why Did I think this would be good?
I had such high hopes for deep and meaningful messages to be revealed within the pages of this text.I have no idea why - the Title must have spoken to me on some other level...
In the end, this book was just a long, drawn out, Thank You note to all the people who have helped to build the Kathy Ireland Empire.
Although its very nice of her to "write this note" its not something any of us who are not mentioned in the book, need to read. Save your money and move on to something truly inspirational.

Thankfully, my copy only cost me 99 cents - maybe that should have been a clue!!!!

Wonderful book
I thought this was such a helpful book. I really appreciate Kathy sharing lessons that she's learned in her life. She seems to have really tuned in to her own female intuition at times where she was unsure where she was headed and it really saved her and kept her grounded. I really admire that. She is very strong and I think everyone should read this book. You will surely at least learn something from it.

Sorry, I cannot embrace you, Kathy
Though I haven't read this book, I feel the circumstances are all too cliche such that I can articulate some kind of review.Essentially, I agree with the reviewer who feels that Ms. Ireland, even if in possession of good intentions and wisdom, may be a little out of her league in offering life strategies to the rest of us.Kathy Ireland has received an overabundance of blessing in her life, and may not be in a position to coach the average guy or those who've endured enormous hardship and struggle with overcoming the legacy of a compromised life.Additionally, I've applied so many precepts to my life in the hope of improving my personal situation, but sometimes life isn't that simple.And I would not be honest if I didn't say I was tired of hearing about celebrities and their excessive fortunes, Ireland's Christian faith notwithstanding.I'm no socialist, but these stories confirm the fact that life is unfair and that a disproportionate amount of fortune is concentrated into the hands of too few people.Kathy, if you really want to share something with the world, I could use a few dollars.

Ditto to Brooke Shields, who feels her several-month bout with Post-partum Depression justifies her writing a book about it.

These folks don't know true suffering.

Powerful Inspiration
Kathy stated that her father always advised her to under promise and over deliver. That is exactly what Kathy does in her book, Powerful Inspiration. It's broken down into eight simple lesson. While the lessons themselves are nothing new, a gentle reminder from someone as beautiful as Kathy, makes them more interesting. The book is a quick read, and the message will defintely go over well with individuals of the Christian faith. Kathy adds credibility to the book, by providing personal examples from her own life as a supermodel, mother and entrepeneur. ... Read more

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Capturing the intricacy, symbolism, and irony of the work of contemprary artist Kathy Prendergast, this is the first comprehensive look at her critically acclaimed, multi-faceted artistic vision.

A highlight of the art covered is City Drawings, a series of intircated drawings ot the capital cities of the world in which even the alrgest and most powerful communites are reduced to an equalizing frail network of lines, from Washington D.C., to Suva, Fiji; Tokyo to Dakar, Senegal. ... Read more

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Intellectual and Entertaining Art from Kathy Prendergast
A very good introductory essay by Francis McKee for this book illuminates Irish artist Kathy Prendergast's sophisticated ideas on art and life. Prendergast's work is dominated thematically by the life-death-renewal cycle, visually by the Surrealist method of presenting everyday objects and materials in new ways that challenge established notions of use. A fun and enlightening book! ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Kathy Ireland, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thomson Gale. The length of the entry is 412 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Excellent read!!
This is a brilliant, heart rending true story. I read it twice already and am sure I'll go back to it again. Buy it as you won't be disappointed! ... Read more

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heartbreaking story
there is a possiblity that this is a hoax. thousands of irish children did suffer at the hands of those there to care and protect them. this book shows how this was achieved, with fear, excuses, lies, control and hate by members of the catholic orders. whilst this book may or maynot be true, the fact is that the nuns, priest, christian brothers and those charged with doing their works, did abuse, physically, mentally and sexually, children in ways that the 21st century knows nothing about.
the real sinners are those that ignored it, those that instigated it, those that did nothing, because, real or a hoax, these things happened in institutions run by the catholic church. there were above the law, and the vatican knows. do they care?
highly recommend the god squad by paddy doyle, this is not a hoax. The God Squad: The Bestselling Story of One Child's Triumph over Adversity

Truth or Lies???
Author's family say abuse memoir is cruel hoax.
Doubt has been cast on the 'childhood hell' in a Catholic institution recalled by an Irish writer
IT IS a harrowing story of a young woman's life destroyed by nuns and priests, and it has raced to the top of the bestseller list. But now a chorus of voices, including those of the author's own family, claim that the ordeal described by Kathy O'Beirne simply does not ring true and is nothing more than a cruel hoax.

Haunting and Painful but a story that needed to be told
Ms O'Brian tells a bitter painful tale of abuse, the most horrifying is that it is all true and Ms. O'Brian was not the only victim. Thousands of Ireland's daughters were treated the same way by their families, their country and their church.The adults who refused to believe that evil and sickness can come cloaked in the veil of religion.A society so cloaked in shame that a wife will stay with a husband so abusive thathe routinely starved, abused and savagely beat his children. A society so steeped in myth that a priest can openly molest little girls time and time again without fear of reprisal because no one could think the good father could ever do such a thing. A society where women who give themselves to Godare so revered and respected that they can operate not one not two but dozens of houses of horrors for girls many of whom their only crime is being born. SHAME ON IRELAND, SHAME ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SHAME ON ALL PEOPLE WHO HIDE BEHIND THIER HANDS AND FAIL TO SPEAK WHEN INJUSTICE IS BEFORE THEIR EYES. MAY WE NEVER BE THAT NAIEVE AGAIN

Harrowing read
This book made me really angry. It is an indictiment on how the neglect of the state allowed the church to exploit many young people and destoyed the lives of many children through reform school, psychiatric units as well as the Magdalene Laundries. How could they have gotten away with it? The most disgusting bit was when letters from Kathy's mother was with held from her by the nun in the reform school and only brought to light in a meeting 30 years after to throw her off balance. That was just callous and cruel. It strikes me how conveniently perpetrators of evil always manage to justify their acts by referring to religion, law, or 'good' when their actions lack humanity of any sort and only lead to the destruction of innocent lives. Kathy's personal strength in overcoming the odds and yet maintaining a loving, caring, empathetic core is remarkable, but what about others who are not able to find that strength within themselves? I hope that Kathy's case and that of many others get resolved soon so that these institutions and people can be publicly named and shamed and made to compensate for their horrendous abuse of power and the number of young lives they have ruined.

A hard read, but a good one.
Ms. O'Beirne tells hre hautnting and horrific story through her eyes as a child and as an adult.The content can be very difficult to read, as she encountered continual abuse emotionally and physically.Her story is a compelling one, and I applaud her for her continued efforts to confront the people and agencies responsible for her torture.This book gives a detailed account of the extensive abuse, dismissal of each person/child as a valuable, precious being andthe cover ups of the chuch and laundries.A very good book. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Los Angeles Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on September 11, 2006. The length of the article is 1433 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Jeweler chases a Taylor-made success story.(Techline Jewelry Corp.)(Company overview)
Author: Emily Bryson York
Publication: Los Angeles Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 11, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 28Issue: 37Page: 1(3)

Article Type: Company overview

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Public concerns about the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry have intensified in recent years. Paradoxically, these concerns center on the over-consumption of medicines of dubious benefit in Western societies and lack of access to essential medicines in the Global South.

By demonstrating how the analysis of pharmaceutical drug regulation can provide rich insights into the operation of power and politics in contemporary society, the contributors challenge the prevailing construction of drug regulation as a sphere of policy without politics and suggest alternative ways of regulating medicines.

Just two of the central questions that are explored in this book include: what are the implications for health that arise from the existing systems of pharmaceutical drug regulation?; what do the existing systems of drug regulation reveal about the power of transnational pharmaceutical corporations to shape regulatory and other policies?

The importance attached to placing the Irish regulatory system in its international context is reflected in the inclusion of chapters that consider regulatory trends in Australia, Canada and Britain, and chapters that address the implications of World Trade Organisation and EU regulatory policies. ... Read more