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A collection of four short stories with a nautical theme. From the
'First Time Out' which is a primer/ starter for the beginner
boater, to two others that take the reader from the stormy seas of
the Atlantic 'Gulf Stream' to a storm rescue on Lake St. Clair in
the Great Lakes. The final story 'A River Away' is a historical
record of Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, and Windsor, Ontario and
Canada. The book is 55 pages, 5"x7." A wonderful gift for amateur
or seasoned boater. It is an addition to the 'Pirate's Guide to
Lake St. Clair & Surrounding Waters' boaters guide book.
In 2025, on-orbit support will be vital to employing space assets
as an instrument of national power. Four areas of on-orbit support
need to be developed over the next three decades to ensure that the
US maintains space dominance. These four key areas together form
the Spacenet 2025 system. This white paper examines these four
areas in the context of supporting space assets, not the particular
missions the satellites may accomplish.
In THE GAME WITHIN THE GAME, Frazier breaks down the game of
basketball and tells in specific terms how teams that share the
ball and play defense, utilizing all five players on the court,
usually win.& nbsp; Frazier calls many of today??'s players
???athletes??? and not ???all-around basketball players.??? The NBA
has tried to promote individual players and high-flying dunks, but
Frazier shows that from the Celtic dynasties of the 1960s to the
World Champion Detroit Pistons of 2005, the teams that play
???old-school??? team basketball are the teams that win.& nbsp;
The others are shown on the highlight reels, but they go home
trophy-less. In his folksy, lively language, Frazier will pinpoint
the players and teams he likes today, and the ones he feels need to
make an attitude and player adjustment if they are ever to play at
the championship level.& nbsp; Finally, the book will cover the
game??'s evolution in the past 60 years and where it is heading
over the next decade.
Walt Frazier, one of the greatest guards ever to play the game,
writes about "old school ball" and his ideas for reinvigorating the
sport In The Game Within the Game, basketball legend Walt Frazier
looks at basketball from both a historical and personal viewpoint.
When Frazier first started playing the game, discipline and
strategy were more highly valued than in today's game, which he
describes as having devolved into "a playground fest of dunks and
threes." The old-school style of Frazier's past emphasized
substance over style, contrary to the current state of the game,
where celebrity and flashy moves dominate. In lively and accessible
language, Frazier writes about how important "the game within the
game" really is. He emphasizes timing and mental skill, far more
than dazzling moves, as the strengths that today's players need to
hone in order to achieve success. Frazier makes some controversial
points, aimed at new basketball players."The game within the game
starts with players respecting their coaches, their teammates, and
the opposing team. The Indiana Pacers had a good chance of winning
the NBA championship last year before Artest erupted. They had a
record of 16 wins and only 8 losses at the time the brawl occurred
and were touted as the team with the best chance of dethroning the
Pistons in the East.Artest had been out of control for a long time.
The Pacers tried to rein him in by suspending him earlier in the
season, but Artest didn't learn his lesson. He is a product of his
times. Basketball is a microcosm of life. Walking down the street
today, guys want their props. If you bump into a young guy, he
might go off. It's carried over into the NBA. The guys in the
league today are young and they often have a similar mindset."
Like tentacles on a vast octopus, the firsthand investigations in
The Blood Bankers all lead to one core. A financial detective of
sorts, investigative journalist Jim Henry analyzes a range of
scandals, including the looting of the Philippines by the Marcos
family and the financial collapse of nations throughout the
developing world. A rogues' gallery of international criminals owes
its existence to the dramatic growth of the underground global
economy over the last two decades. Our world is being reshaped,
often in sinister fashion, by wide open capital markets and an
international banking network that exists to launder hundreds of
billions of dollars in ill-gotten gains. Here is an inside look at
globalization's dark side--the new high growth global markets for
influence-peddling, capital flight, money laundering, weapons,
drugs, tax evasion, child labor, illegal immigration, and other
forms of transnational crime.
Communitarian thought has had a profound influence on contemporary
American policy. Leaders as diverse as Al Gore and Jack Kemp have
embraced it as the most powerful way of restoring America's
communities and redeeming its political institutions. This
comprehensive collection contains essays from the nation's most
respected thinkers, including Mary Ann Glendon, Senator Bill
Bradley, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and many others.
Almost two decades after its original publication and more than fifteen years after its author retired from the New York Knicks to become a United States senator, Bill Bradley's account of twenty days in a pro basketball season remains a classic in the literature of sports, unparalleled in its candor and intelligence.
Bradley takes readers from the court to the locker room, from the seamless teamwork of a winning game to the loneliness of a motel in a strange city. We see Bradley and his fellow Knicks as they withstand the abuse of the press and the smothering adoration of their fans, along with the shameless appeals of those who want to parlay their celebrity into a fast buck. We watch in horror as Earl Monroe is beaten outside Madison Square Garden barely an hour after twenty thousand people cheered him. And we come to understand the euphoria and exhaustion, the icy concentration and intense pressure, that are felt only by those who play basketball for keeps.
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For five years (1998-2003) New York photographer Stephen Wilkes
explored the hospital complex that comprised the south side of
Ellis Island. Neglected for almost fifty years, the buildings were
in a state of extreme disrepair: lead paint peeled from the
ceilings and walls, vines and trees grew through the floorboards,
detritus and debris littered the hallways. In rooms long-abandoned,
Wilkes captured a spirited new vision of this gateway to freedom.
Twelve million people passed through Ellis Island. Approximately
one percent were turned away for health reasons. Wilkes's powerful
images of the underbelly of the island--a purgatory between freedom
and captivity--ask us to reflect on the defining experiences of
millions. With that rare combination of an eye that sees far beyond
the lens with the technical acumen of a master draftsman, Wilkes
takes us on an unforgettable journey through our collective past.
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