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'Scotty was a huge part of our journey coming together as a team'
Gareth Southgate, England manager In Never Give In, former Royal
Marine Major Scotty Mills blends personal experiences from his
remarkable life and career with inspirational advice and insights
to provide his 12 Commando Rules for Life that could help anyone to
do better and reach their targets. A sudden downpour while Scotty
Mills was walking down a street in South London sent him diving for
cover into the nearest shop. It turned out to be a recruitment
centre for the Royal Marines and, after a few minutes' conversation
while waiting for the rain to stop, Scotty was hooked and signed up
to join the elite force. It changed his life and set him on a new
direction that would end up with him leading the Marines on
operations around the world, becoming an Olympic flag bearer in
2012 and dining at Buckingham Palace with the Queen and the royal
family. Scotty shares his lessons of performance and resilience
with the reader, inviting them into the secrets of elite
culture. His compelling story is one that combines tragedy
with remarkable insight about the power of human inspiration.
Scotty has worked with many of our nation's top sports teams,
helping them to achieve their goals, and in Never Give In he shares
his methods with his readers to guide them to peak performance in
all aspects of their life and career.Â
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Post-Civil War Western starring David Carradine. Former
sharpshooter Will Drayton (Jim Hilton) has put his criminal past
behind him and has since married and become a lawman. But when a
gang of his ex comrades who have chosen a less honourable way of
life appear he must team up with US Marshal Ian McHenry (Carradine)
to put an end to the trouble they've brought upon the town.
- Many Americans alive today who experienced the Great Hurricane of
1938 firsthand remember the day as the most terrifying of their
lives.- SUDDEN SEA is an enthralling addition to the disaster
narrative genre, which includes such megahits as "The Perfect
Storm, Into Thin Air, and "Isaac's Storm.- The Great Hurricane of
1938 was the most financially destructive storm on record. The
estimated cost in today's dollars would exceed $47 billion. Only 5
percent of the losses were covered by insurance.- The hardcover
edition has over 35,000 copies in print to date and is in its 3rd
printing.- Paperback publication will coincide with the peak of the
summer 2004 hurricane season.
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This book is your one-stop shop for the academic tools and habits
needed to make your transition from high school to college a
resounding success! The shift from high school to college can be a
challenge, with many students finding the skills that had
previously worked so well no longer seem to be enough. How to
Become a Successful College Student outlines the strategies you
need to 'level up' your current processes in order to foster
learning and retention of information in a new and rigorous
environment, while also addressing topics that affect your
experience outside of the classroom, such as financial literacy and
career preparation. Learn how to pick a major, the benefits of
getting out of your comfort zone, how and when to ask for help, and
much more. Each chapter ends with a reflective activity designed to
assist in creating an overall strategy personalized to fit YOUR
specific higher education and career needs. This guide is a
must-have resource for anyone who wants to maximize their higher
education experience.
How do children experience and understand God? How can adults help
children grow their life of faith? Throughout more than a decade of
field research, children's spirituality experts Catherine
Stonehouse and Scottie May listened to children talk about their
relationships with God, observed children and their parents in
learning and worship settings, and interviewed adults about their
childhood faith experiences. This accessibly written book weaves
together their findings to offer a glimpse of the spiritual
responsiveness and potential of children. Through case studies, it
provides insight into children's perceptions of God and how they
process their faith. In addition, the book suggests how parents,
teachers, and ministry leaders can more effectively relate to and
work with children and pre-adolescents to nurture their faith,
offering a helpful picture of adults and children on the spiritual
journey together. The book also includes color illustrations
created by some of the children the authors observed.
Offering the first comprehensive analysis of touchless
fingerprint-recognition technologies, Touchless Fingerprint
Biometrics gives an overview of the state of the art and describes
relevant industrial applications. It also presents new techniques
to efficiently and effectively implement advanced solutions based
on touchless fingerprinting. The most accurate current biometric
technologies in touch-based fingerprint-recognition systems require
a relatively high level of user cooperation to acquire samples of
the concerned biometric trait. With the potential for reduced
constraints, reduced hardware costs, quicker acquisition time,
wider usability, and increased user acceptability, this book argues
for the potential superiority of touchless biometrics over
touch-based methods. The book considers current problems in
developing high-accuracy touchless recognition technology. It
discusses factors such as shadows, reflections, complex
backgrounds, distortions due to perspective effects, uncontrolled
finger placement, inconstant resolution of the ridge pattern, and
reconstruction and processing of three-dimensional models. The last
section suggests what future work can be done to increase accuracy
in touchless systems, such as intensive studies on extraction and
matching methods and three-dimensional analytical capabilities
within systems. In a world where usability and mobility have
increasing relevance, Touchless Fingerprint Biometrics demonstrates
that touchless technologies are also part of the future. A
presentation of the state of the art, it introduces you to the
field and its immediate future directions.
'Scotty was a huge part of our journey coming together as a team'
Gareth Southgate, England manager In Never Give In, former Royal
Marine Major Scotty Mills blends personal experiences from his
remarkable life and career with inspirational advice and insights
to provide his 12 Commando Rules for Life that could help anyone to
do better and reach their targets. A sudden downpour while Scotty
Mills was walking down a street in South London sent him diving for
cover into the nearest shop. It turned out to be a recruitment
centre for the Royal Marines and, after a few minutes' conversation
while waiting for the rain to stop, Scotty was hooked and signed up
to join the elite force. It changed his life and set him on a new
direction that would end up with him leading the Marines on
operations around the world, becoming an Olympic flag bearer in
2012 and dining at Buckingham Palace with the Queen and the royal
family. Scotty shares his lessons of performance and resilience
with the reader, inviting them into the secrets of elite culture.
His compelling story is one that combines tragedy with remarkable
insight about the power of human inspiration. Scotty has worked
with many of our nation's top sports teams, helping them to achieve
their goals, and in Never Give In he shares his methods with his
readers to guide them to peak performance in all aspects of their
life and career.
The crew of the Starship Enterprise come out of retirement when
Earth is threatened by a massive energy field. Captain Kirk
(William Shatner), now an Admiral, Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Bones
(DeForest Kelley), and the rest of the television regulars are all
on board for what proved to be the first of a series of movie
adventures.
Through a comparative analysis involving 15 countries from around
the world this book provides an invaluable assessment of women's
equality at the global level. This book explores the constitutional
protection of equality and women's rights in 15 countries drawn
from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. The work focuses on formal
constitutional provisions as well as the substantial level of
protection women's equality has achieved in the systems analysed.
The investigations involve looking at the relevant gender-related
legislation, the participation of women in the institutional arena,
and the constitutional interpretation made by constitutional
justice on gender issues. Furthermore, the book highlights women's
contribution in their roles as judges, parliamentarians, activists
and academics, thus increasing the visibility of women's
participation in the public sphere. The work will be of interest to
academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of
Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law and Women's and Gender
Studies.
A nervous glance from a man in a parked car. Muted instincts from a
soldier on patrol. Violent destruction followed by total darkness.
Two weeks later, Scotty Smiley woke up in Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, helpless . . . and blind.
Blindness became Scotty's journey of supreme testing. As he lay
helpless in the hospital, Captain Smiley resented the theft of his
dreams--becoming a CEO, a Delta Force operator, or a four-star
general.
With his wife Tiffany's love and the support of his family and
friends, Scotty was transformed--the injury only intensifying his
indomitable spirit. Since the moment he jumped out of a hospital
bed and forced his way through nurses and cords to take a simple
shower, Captain Scotty Smiley has climbed Mount Rainier, won an
ESPY as Best Outdoor Athlete, surfed, skydived, become a father,
earned an MBA from Duke, taught leadership at West Point, commanded
an army company, and won the MacArthur Leadership Award.
Scotty and Tiffany Smiley have lived out a faith so real that it
will inspire you to question your own doubts, push you to serve
something bigger than yourself, and encourage you to cling to a
Hope Unseen.
Network science is the key to managing social communities,
designing the structure of efficient organizations and planning for
sustainable development. This book applies network science to
contemporary social policy problems. In the first part, tools of
diffusion and team design are deployed to challenges in adoption of
ideas and the management of creativity. Ideas, unlike information,
are generated and adopted in networks of personal ties. Chapters in
the second part tackle problems of power and malfeasance in
political and business organizations, where mechanisms in accessing
and controlling informal networks often outweigh formal processes.
The third part uses ideas from biology and physics to understand
global economic and financial crises, ecological depletion and
challenges to energy security. Ideal for researchers and policy
makers involved in social network analysis, business strategy and
economic policy, it deals with issues ranging from what makes
public advisories effective to how networks influence excessive
executive compensation.
Africa is the smallest of the 'regional' aviation markets but one
that Boeing and others expect to expand over the medium term.
Developments on the continent that require the creation of robust
and efficient air transport include growth in tourism, the export
of 'exotics', and the emergence of modern manufacturing and
high-tech industries. Africa's regional aviation markets generally
lack good airports and air traffic control, viable airlines, and
adequately skilled labour. Airline safety is also a major concern.
Written by a 'Who's Who' of aviation specialists and policy makers,
The Economics and Political Economy of African Air Transport fills
an emerging void in the literature regarding Africa's aviation
markets. Its original papers focus explicitly on the economic and
political dimensions of the subject, although with relevance to the
strategic planning and management of airlines and their associated
infrastructure. Topics discussed include external and internal
market efficiencies, air service liberalization, the emergence of
new carriers, safety and security, low cost airline and other
business models, and airport economics. Focusing on the broader
issues surrounding the subject, this book will be of interest to
both the aviation community and those with an interest in economic
and social development.
Offering the first comprehensive analysis of touchless
fingerprint-recognition technologies, Touchless Fingerprint
Biometrics gives an overview of the state of the art and describes
relevant industrial applications. It also presents new techniques
to efficiently and effectively implement advanced solutions based
on touchless fingerprinting. The most accurate current biometric
technologies in touch-based fingerprint-recognition systems require
a relatively high level of user cooperation to acquire samples of
the concerned biometric trait. With the potential for reduced
constraints, reduced hardware costs, quicker acquisition time,
wider usability, and increased user acceptability, this book argues
for the potential superiority of touchless biometrics over
touch-based methods. The book considers current problems in
developing high-accuracy touchless recognition technology. It
discusses factors such as shadows, reflections, complex
backgrounds, distortions due to perspective effects, uncontrolled
finger placement, inconstant resolution of the ridge pattern, and
reconstruction and processing of three-dimensional models. The last
section suggests what future work can be done to increase accuracy
in touchless systems, such as intensive studies on extraction and
matching methods and three-dimensional analytical capabilities
within systems. In a world where usability and mobility have
increasing relevance, Touchless Fingerprint Biometrics demonstrates
that touchless technologies are also part of the future. A
presentation of the state of the art, it introduces you to the
field and its immediate future directions.
This simple, gospel-centered, 365-day Bible reading plan guides
children ages 6-12 through the most important passages of the
Bible, helping them see and appreciate the big-picture storyline of
Scripture.
Fifth big screen outing for the crew of the starship Enterprise.
Kirk (William Shatner, who also directs and co-scripts), McCoy and
Spock's shore leave is cut short when the latter's half-brother -
Vulcan renegade Sybok - takes several important ambassadors hostage
on the planet Nimbus. They race to the rescue, unaware that the
kidnap is all part of Sybok's ploy to hijack the Enterprise and set
out on a quest to discover the Supreme Being - God.
The accessible guide to learning the Maori language, no matter your
knowledge level. Fun, user-friendly and relevant to modern readers,
Scotty Morrison's Maori Made Easy workbook series is the ultimate
resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Maori
language. While dictionaries list words and their definitions, and
other language guides offer common phrases, Maori Made Easy
connects the dots, allowing the reader to take control of their
learning in an empowering way. By committing just 30 minutes a day
for 30 weeks, learners will adopt the language easily and as best
suits their busy lives. Written by popular TV personality and te
reo Maori advocate Scotty Morrison, author of The Raupo Phrasebook
of Modern Maori, this series of four workbooks proves that learning
the language can be fun, effective - and easy!
www.MaoriMadeEasy.co.nz In this workbook- - Pronunciation - Numbers
- Greetings and farewells - Action phrases - Personal pronouns
Africa is the smallest of the 'regional' aviation markets but one
that Boeing and others expect to expand over the medium term.
Developments on the continent that require the creation of robust
and efficient air transport include growth in tourism, the export
of 'exotics', and the emergence of modern manufacturing and
high-tech industries. Africa's regional aviation markets generally
lack good airports and air traffic control, viable airlines, and
adequately skilled labour. Airline safety is also a major concern.
Written by a 'Who's Who' of aviation specialists and policy makers,
The Economics and Political Economy of African Air Transport fills
an emerging void in the literature regarding Africa's aviation
markets. Its original papers focus explicitly on the economic and
political dimensions of the subject, although with relevance to the
strategic planning and management of airlines and their associated
infrastructure. Topics discussed include external and internal
market efficiencies, air service liberalization, the emergence of
new carriers, safety and security, low cost airline and other
business models, and airport economics. Focusing on the broader
issues surrounding the subject, this book will be of interest to
both the aviation community and those with an interest in economic
and social development.
For their fourth big-screen outing the crew of the USS Enterprise
abandon their usual 23rd century time frame for Earth in the year
1986. In order to save the planet from a rogue space probe in the
future, Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Bones
(DeForest Kelley) and co must travel back to the twentieth century
to find the only creature capable of communicating with it: a
whale. The story is given comic treatment - Spock hides his Vulcan
ears with a headband and poses as a burnt-out hippy, while the
normally intrepid Kirk gets lost on a bus.
Full Service is the ultimate guilty pleasure, revealing for the
first time the shadow lives of the people who created popular
culture, told by the man who was so central to fulfilling their
desires. Scotty Bowers, a dashing young ex-Marine exuding sex
appeal, arrived in Hollywood in 1946 and quickly caught the
attention of many of the town's stars. Working out of a gas station
on Hollywood Boulevard, Bowers soon became the go-to guy for anyone
looking for a bespoke sexual partner; no matter how outlandish the
tastes, Scotty could find someone for everyone... In his thirty
years 'tricking' and arranging tricks for LA's rich and famous,
Bowers went to bed with thousands of people and engineered sexual
liaisons of all flavours for countless more.
Now the subject of the hit documentary Scotty and the Secret
History of Hollywood, praised by Vanity Fair as "full of
revelations" and Entertainment Weekly as "deliciously salacious,"
Full Service is the remarkable true story of Scotty Bowers, the
"gentleman hustler," during the heyday of classic Hollywood. Newly
discharged from the Marines after World War II, Bowers arrived in
Hollywood in 1946. Young, charismatic, and strikingly handsome, he
quickly caught the eye of many of the town's stars and starlets. He
began sleeping with some himself, and connecting others with his
coterie of young, attractive, and sexually free-spirited friends.
His own lovers included Edith Piaf, Spencer Tracy, Vivien Leigh,
Cary Grant, and the abdicated King of England Edward VIII, and he
arranged tricks or otherwise crossed paths with Tennessee Williams,
Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, Katharine Hepburn, Rita Hayworth,
Errol Flynn, Gloria Swanson, Noel Coward, Mae West, James Dean,
Rock Hudson and J. Edgar Hoover, to name but a few. Full Service is
not only a fascinating chronicle of Hollywood's sexual underground,
but also exposes the hypocrisy of the major studios, who used
actors to propagate a myth of a conformist, sexually innocent
America knowing full well that their stars' personal lives differed
dramatically from this family-friendly mold. As revelation-filled
as Hollywood Babylon, Full Service provides a lost chapter in the
history of the sexual revolution and is a testament to a man who
provided sex, support, and affection to countless people.
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