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Experience 50 unforgettable years of wrestling history through the
iconic voice of legendary announcer Jim Ross. For wrestling fans,
Jim Ross' voice is the soundtrack of an era. This book is your
ringside ticket to wrestling’s most unforgettable moments and
eras—through the voice of the man who made them legendary. In the
last 50 years, professional wrestling has risen up from a
collection of regional territories to become a global
phenomenon—and Jim Ross has been there for it all. From the grit
and glory days of the 1970s with NWA, to the rise of WCW and the
heyday of WWF and WWE, to signing on as on-air talent and senior
advisor for wrestling’s newest chapter at AEW, JR has long had
the best seat in the house. Now, in 50 definitive chapters,
chronicling 50 iconic calls across 50 unforgettable years, Business
Is About to Pick Up! takes you into the ring, and behind the
scenes, as only Jim Ross can. Immerse yourself in five decades of
sports entertainment's most dramatic moments, biggest shocks, and
history-making firsts—from watershed collisions like “Stone
Cold” Steve Austin versus Bret “Hitman” Hart to
industry-shaping milestones like birth of All Elite Wrestling, the
debut of Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson and this rise of John Cena
and Dave Bautista as Hollywood A-list stars. Then debate which
moments Jim Ross just had to include . . . and what else should've
made his list. This book is a celebration of pro wrestling's past,
present, and future—narrated by the Voice of Wrestling himself,
who was ringside to call it all.
From legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross, this candid, colorful
memoir about the inner workings of the WWE and the personal crises
he weathered at the height of his career is "a must-read for
wrestling fans" (Charleston Post Courier). If you've caught a
televised wrestling match anytime in the past thirty years, you've
probably heard Jim Ross's throaty Oklahoma twang. The beloved
longtime announcer of the WWE "has been a driving force behind a
generation of wrestling fans" (Mark Cuban), and he's not slowing
down, having signed on as the announcer of the starry new wrestling
venture All Elite Wrestling. In this follow-up to his bestselling
memoir Slobberknocker, he dishes out about not only his long
career, which includes nurturing global stars like Stone Cold Steve
Austin, The Rock, and John Cena, but also about his challenges of
aging and disability, his split from collaborator Vince McMahon,
and the sudden death of his beloved wife, Jan. The result is a
gruff, endearing, and remarkably human-scale portrait, set against
the larger than life backdrop of professional wrestling. Ross's
ascent in WWE mirrors the rise of professional wrestling itself
from a DIY sideshow to a billion-dollar business. Under the Black
Hat traces all the highs and lows of that wild ride, in which Jim
served not only as on-air commentator, but talent manager, payroll
master, and even occasional in-ring foil to threats like Paul
"Triple H" Levesque and Undertaker. While his role brought him
riches and exposure he had never dreamed of, he chafed against the
strictures of a fickle corporate culture and what he saw as a
narrow vision of what makes great wrestlers-and great story lines.
When suddenly stricken with Bell's palsy, a form of facial
paralysis that makes it impossible to smile, he started down his
greatest fear-being cast out of the announcing booth for good.
Picking up where Slobberknocker left off and ending on the cusp of
a new career in a reimagined industry, Under the Black Hat is the
triumphant tale of a country boy who made it to the top, took a few
knocks, and stuck around-just where his fans like him. Not only
being one of the greatest wrestlers of the WWE, Ross is also "a
master storyteller, and this book is the perfect forum for his
forty years' worth of tales" (Chris Jericho, former WWE champion).
Is it actually possible? ...that we might emerge from this pandemic
with a peaceful global power switch from those who have too much to
those who don't have enough? With billionaires able to decide the
fate of nations, private corporations more powerful and less
accountable than ever, and political autocrats around the world
shaking our confidence in democratic institutions, power resides in
all the wrong places. And so our world is in crisis. In such
moments, activists find opportunities. Not to restore the
pre-crises order, but to transform it. Paul O'Brien argues that
progressive activists may never have a better opportunity to
rewrite economic rules, systems and outcomes in favor of those who
don't have enough. His book offers practical action steps for
activists who want to drive a power switch that overcomes extreme
inequalities in our world.
Sol-Gel processing methods, first used historically for decorative
and constructional materials, were extensively developed in the
last century for applications such as glasses, ceramics, catalysts,
coatings, composites and fibres. Today they are reaching their full
potential, enabling the preparation of new generations of advanced
materials not easily accessible by other methods yet using mild,
low-energy conditions. The topic is therefore increasingly included
in advanced undergraduate, MSc and PhD programmes in the areas of
chemistry, physics and materials science. This concise introductory
text, written at the advanced undergraduate/first-year postgraduate
level, is also suitable as an introduction to the development,
mechanisms, chemistry, characterisation methods and applications of
the technique. It provides readers with an extensive yet concise
grounding in the theory of each area of the subject and details the
real and potential applications and the future prospects of sol-gel
chemistry.
The drive to realise operational efficiencies, improve customer
service, develop new markets and accelerate the introduction of new
products has substantially increased the complexity of field
service operations. To maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of
these operations, organisations have embarked on a wide range of
transformation programmes that have sought to introduce automation
through the use of workforce management technologies. Despite the
potential business value that can be provided by such
transformation programmes, too often, the automation technologies
have not been fully utilised and their expected benefits have as
such not been realised. Scholars of organisation change argue that
the success of any transformation programme is a function of how
well the technical, political, structural and social aspects of a
specific project have been managed. The objective of this edited
book is to provide insights into how organisations might
successfully transform their field service operations with the help
of workforce management technologies. Accordingly, the book is
organised into four sections: Section A "The Case for Transforming
Service and Field Operations" explains the rationale as to why
organisations should actively consider transforming their service
and field operations, while Section B presents various "Methods,
Models and Enabling Technologies for Transforming Service and Field
Operations". In Section C, a number of "Case Studies" illustrate
how new technologies can be applied to field and service operations
to deliver concrete business benefits. Lastly, Section D considers
"Challenges, Outcomes and Future Directions". Overall, this book
provides valuable insights into how to successfully transform field
service operations with automated technologies. It draws on years
of experience from different industries and from different
perspectives on realising change. It is aimed at managers,
technologists, change agents and scholars who are interested in
field service operations in general and the use of advanced
computing technologies in this area in particular.
Progress in Sustainable Development: Sustainable Engineering
Practices provides readers with the latest research and best
practices in sustainable engineering in the fields of urban,
environmental, energy and sustainability sciences, reflecting a
focus on state-of-the art insights and the latest developments.
Chapters focus on the key engineering principles of effective
resource use, reduction of excess waste, and taking advantage of
natural resources to equip readers with the background information
and practical considerations of successful implementations of
sustainable technical solutions. Each chapter features detailed
case studies and figures showing real-world applications of the
latest technologies, ensuring they are reproduceable by the reader.
The multidisciplinary chapters include environmentally-friendly
technologies and the application of novel initiatives in
engineering for infrastructure, renewable energy generation,
advanced materials and waste, among other areas, with a strong
emphasis on sustainability and conservation of resources.
New York Times bestselling author! Here is the story of how Jim
Ross, an Oklahoman farm kid with a vivid imagination and seemingly
unattainable dreams, became "The Voice of Wrestling" to record TV
audiences and millions of fans around the world. There are few
people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim
Ross. And those who have made it as long as he has (half a century
to be exact) probably made enemies or burned bridges. But that's
just not JR. He's recognized as the man who built and nurtured a
once-in-a-generation talent roster that took the WWE to new
heights, including "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Brock Lesnar, and The
Rock to name a few. Readers will finally get the opportunity to
hear never-before-told stories about the politics, wackiness, and
personalities of all the biggest stars. Jim opens up about his life
as an only child on a working farm, who became obsessed with
professional wrestling having first saw it on his grandparent's TV.
Even though the wrestling business was notoriously secretive and
wary of "outsiders," he somehow got a foot in the door to start a
historic career, one where he held almost every job in the
business-from putting up the ring to calling matches, from driving
his blind, drunk boss towards revenge, to consoling two naked 600
pound brothers in the shower room after a rough match. This isn't
just a wrestling story. It's a story about overcoming adversity and
achieving your dreams, as success did not come without significant
costs and unforeseen challenges to JR, including multiple bouts of
severe facial paralysis called Bell's Palsy. Currently the host of
the podcast The Ross Report, any fan of wrestling-from the
territory days to today-will be enthralled with stories from the
road and behind the scenes. Slobberknocker is the first time Ross
tells his story-and you don't want to miss it!
Danno Garland has it made. After years of planning, backstabbing,
and shady handshakes, he controls the world heavyweight champion
and just about everywhere he can wrestle. Danno's outmaneuvered the
other New York bosses, and he's the first in pro wrestling history
to expand beyond his own territory and buy up others. He stands
atop his own empire. But all of that has come crumbling down. Now
he's a changed man. Now it's not the business he cares about, it's
revenge. And Danno's willing to destroy everything he's built to
find the man who did it. Meanwhile, Lenny Long, Danno's driver, is
trying to get away from wrestling and his former boss. He wants to
return home and be the husband and father he hasn't been. But Lenny
needs to make things right before he can make a clean break, and
that means returning a bag full of money he shouldn't have to its
rightful owner. But this money is at the center of a deal gone bad.
Lenny doesn't know just how deep in it he's put himself, and the
world of pro wrestling won't let him leave without a fight. In this
gripping second book in Paul O'Brien's Blood Red Turns Dollar Green
crime trilogy, what goes on in the wrestling ring is a sideshow to
cutthroat dealings outside. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
How did Benito Mussolini come to fascism? Standard accounts of the
dictator have failed to explain satisfactorily the transition from
his pre-World War I 'socialism' to his post-war fascism. This
controversial new book is the first to examine closely Mussolini's
political trajectory during the Great War as evidenced in his
journalistic writings, speeches and war diary, as well as some
previously unexamined archive material. The author argues that the
1914-18 conflict provided the catalyst for Mussolini to clarify his
deep-rooted nationalist tendencies. He demonstrates that
Mussolini's interventionism was already anti-socialist and
anti-democratic in the early autumn of 1914 and shows how in and
through the experience of the conflict the future duce fine-tuned
his authoritarian and totalitarian vision of Italy in a state of
permanent mobilization for war. Providing a radical new
interpretation of one of the most important dictators of the
twentieth century, Mussolini in the First World War will appeal to
anyone who wants to learn more about the roots of fascism in modern
Europe.
How did Benito Mussolini come to fascism? Standard accounts of the
dictator have failed to explain satisfactorily the transition from
his pre-World War I 'socialism' to his post-war fascism. This
controversial new book is the first to examine closely Mussolini's
political trajectory during the Great War as evidenced in his
journalistic writings, speeches and war diary, as well as some
previously unexamined archive material. The author argues that the
1914-18 conflict provided the catalyst for Mussolini to clarify his
deep-rooted nationalist tendencies. He demonstrates that
Mussolini's interventionism was already anti-socialist and
anti-democratic in the early autumn of 1914 and shows how in and
through the experience of the conflict the future duce fine-tuned
his authoritarian and totalitarian vision of Italy in a state of
permanent mobilization for war. Providing a radical new
interpretation of one of the most important dictators of the
twentieth century, Mussolini in the First World War will appeal to
anyone who wants to learn more about the roots of fascism in modern
Europe.
The progress of today's science and technology encounters an
increasing demand for finer and more efficiently performing
materials with properties superior over those of current and hence
ageing devices. Whether this is concerned with electronics or drug
delivery, cancer diagnostics or alternative energy sources, the
search for means of miniaturizing the existing materials or
devising fundamentally new components with higher capacities
appears to be relentless. A saving solution to this is widely
proposed as the design and fabrication of nanostructures, molecular
architectures with dimensions featured below 100 nm. Replicating
Nature's designs faithfully reproduced over millions of years
provides perhaps the most straightforward route to success. Nature
offers examples of nanodefined self-assemblies in virtually all
levels of biological organization. However explicit guidance to the
fabrication of functional or specialist nanostructures is of
paramount importance.
Nanotechnology is often referred to as building nanoscale
structures from bottom up. However, while it is visually clear what
is at "up" little is given and understood what is at the "bottom."
This new book gives the notion of and provides rules for building
nanostructures from basics - the very bottom. The main objective of
this publication is to bring together contemporary approaches for
designing nanostructures that employ naturally derived
self-assembling motifs as synthetic platforms.
The book has been written to satisfy the demands that motivate
the search for and principles that prove to help the design of
novel nanostructures. The overall goal is to compile the existing
understanding of rules that govern biomolecular self-assembly into
a practical guide to molecular nanotechnology. It is written in the
shape of a review referenced as fully as permissible within the
context of biomolecular design, which forms a general trend
throughout.
The volume is composed of three core chapters focusing on three
prominent topics of applied nanotechnology where the role of
nanodesign is predominant. The three key areas from which popular
highlights can be drawn are:
-employing the genetic repository, DNA, for creating various
geometric nanoscale objects and patterns
-the empirical pursuit of an artificial virus, a magic bullet in
gene therapy
-designing artificial extracellular matrices for regenerative
medicine
Specific applications that arise from designed nanoscale
assemblies as well as fabrication and characterization techniques
are of secondary importance and whenever they appear serve as
progress and innovation highlights.
The book takes an unconventional approach in delivering material
of this kind. It does not lead straight to applications or methods
as most nanotechnology works tend to do, but instead it focuses on
the initial and primary aspect of "nano" rather than on
"technology." Nanodesign is unique in its own field - illustrations
are essential and the cohort of brilliant bioinspired designs
reported to date form a major part of the publication. In addition,
key bibliographic references are covered as fully as possible. A
special appendix giving a short list of leading world laboratories
engaged in bioinspired nanodesign is also included.
In the spring of 1980, the Irish Department of Defence sanctioned
the establishment of a new unit within the Irish Defence Forces and
the Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW) came into being. In the decades
that followed, its soldiers have been deployed on active service at
home and abroad, generally without the knowledge of the wider
public. The ARW is made up of seasoned men from across the island,
who are selected through tough competition. Only the best of the
best make it through and are trained in an extraordinary range of
specialist skills. Being one of these elite operators takes more
than simply being a skilled soldier - it means believing you are
the best. Shadow Warriors tells the story behind the creation of
the ARW, from its origins in specialist counter-terrorism training
in the late 1960s and the preparation of small unconventional units
in the 1970s to the formation of the ARW itself in 1980 and its
subsequent history. The first and only authoritative account in the
public domain of this specialist unit, authors Paul O'Brien and
Sergeant Wayne Fitzgerald have been granted access to the closed
and clandestine world of Ireland's Special Forces, who train hard,
fight harder and face unconventional types of warfare, yet prefer
to stay out of the limelight.
"In his now celebrated lecture at the 1959 meeting of the American
Physical Society, Richard Feynman pondered the potential of
miniaturization in the physical sciences. His vision, based on
known technology, examined the limits set by physical principles
and proposed a variety of new nano-tools including the concept of
""atom-by-atom"" fabrication. In the intervening decades, many of
these predictions have become reality. In particular, the
development and application of nanofluidics is becoming a
competitive and exciting field of research. These nanoscale
analytical instruments employ micromachined features and are able
to manipulate fluid samples with high precision and efficiency. In
a fundamental sense, chip-based analytical systems have been shown
to have many advantages over their conventional (larger) analogues.
Despite the growth of this field, there are surprisingly few books
dedicated to nanofluidics. This book will fill the gap in the
literature for a text focusing on bioanalytical applications.
Written at a level accessible to experts and non-experts alike, it
has the potential to become a mainstream text book for advanced
nanobiotechnology courses within academic institutions."
Major technology shifts do not happen overnight and rarely are they
the result of a single breakthrough discovery. Nowhere is this more
true than for the broad set of enabling technologies that we have
come to simply call "nanotechnology." Rather than standing on the
shoulders of a few intellectual giants, nanotechnologies are
created by tens of thousands of researchers and scientists working
on minute and sometimes arcane aspects of their fields of expertise
in areas as diverse as medicine, telecommunications, solar cells,
filtration, coatings, or ever smaller transistors for electronic
devices. They come from different sciences, live in different parts
of the world and work for different organizations (government
laboratories, industry laboratories, universities, private research
facilities) and follow their own set of rules - get papers reviewed
and published; achieve scientific recognition from their peers;
struggle to get funding for new ideas; look to make that
breakthrough discovery that leads to the ultimate resumU item - a
nobel prize; get pushed by their funders to secure patent rights
and commercialize new discoveries. This book puts a spotlight on
some of the scientists who are pushing the boundaries of technology
and it gives examples of their work and how they are advancing
knowledge one little step at a time. The book shatters the
monolithic term "nanotechnology" into the myriad of facets that it
really is. It is a journey through the world of nanotechnology
research and development, taking a personal look at how
nanotechnologies get created today and by whom. The book covers 122
specific research projects that are happening in laboratories
around the world and provides commentaries from the scientists in
their own words. However, the collection of stories in this book
barely scratches the surface of the vast and growing body of
research that leads us into the nanotechnology age. The selection
presented in the book is not meant to rank some laboratories and
scientists higher than others, nor to imply that the work
introduced in the book is more important or valuable than all the
work that is not covered. The intention is to give the interested
reader an idea of the incredibly diverse aspects that make up
nanotechnology research and development - the results of which will
bring about a new era of industrial and medical technologies.
Nanoscience and nanotechnology research is a truly
multidisciplinary and international effort. Each of the chapters is
based on a particular scientific paper that has been published in a
peer-reviewed journal and, while each story revolves around one or
two scientists who were interviewed for this book, many, if not
most, of the scientific accomplishments covered in the book are the
result of collaborative efforts by several scientists and research
groups, often from different organizations and from different
countries. The book is different to other books in this field
because it provides a novel human touch to nanotechnology research
by not only covering a wide range of research topics but also the
(often nameless) scientists behind this research. The book is a
collection of Spotlight articles from the popular Nanowerk website
and each article has been crafted with the author(s) of a
scientific paper and signed off by them prior to being posted on
Nanowerk. The book is intended for two broad groups of audiences -
scientists and nanoscience students who want a bite-size, quick
read to get a good first impression of what nanotechnologies are
about and how they affect not only their own field but also
neighbouring fields and other scientific disciplines further away.
And a non-scientific readership that needs to (because it affects
their organization and they have to acquaint themselves with
nanotechnology) or wants to get a 'non-threatening' (i.e. no
formulas, complex diagrams, or unexplained scientific terms)
introduction, written by a non-scientist for non-scientists."
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