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Growing the Game

Author : Alan M. Klein
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300135122
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Growing the Game written by Alan M. Klein and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sociologist and anthropologist scientifically examines the worldwide growth of MLB and America’s favorite pastime. Baseball fans understand the game has become increasingly international. Major league rosters include players from no fewer than fourteen countries, and more than one-fourth of all players are foreign born. Here, Alan Klein offers the first full-length study of a sport in the process of globalizing. Looking at the international activities of big-market and small-market baseball teams, as well as the Commissioner’s Office, he examines the ways in which Major League Baseball operates on a world stage that reaches from the Dominican Republic to South Africa to Japan. The origins of baseball’s efforts to globalize are complex, stemming as much from decreasing opportunities at home as from promise abroad. Klein chronicles attempts to develop the game outside the United States, the strategies that teams such as the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Kansas City Royals have devised to recruit international talent, and the ways baseball has been growing in other countries. He concludes with an assessment of the obstacles that may inhibit or promote baseball’s progress toward globalization, offering thoughtful proposals to ensure the health and growth of the game in the United States and abroad. “A superb inside look at how the national pastime has reinvented itself . . . Klein’s writing is engaging, and his research is top-notch.” —Tim Wendel, author of The New Face of Baseball: The One-Hundred-Year Rise and Triumph of Latinos in America’s Favorite Sport “A timely contribution to our understanding of baseball in our contemporary age.” —Michael L. Butterworth, Sociology of Sport Journal

Change the Game

Author : Grant Hill
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780446672627
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book Change the Game written by Grant Hill and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 1997-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this charmingly honest book, Detroit Piston Grant Hill shares the wisdom and values imparted to him by his parents and speaks his mind on a variety of topics, showing how anyone--especially young people--can "change the game", on and off the court. Photos.

Games for Growing

Author : Wilson McCaskill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646187495
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book Games for Growing written by Wilson McCaskill and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

101 More Life Skills Games for Children

Author : Bernie Badegruber
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0897935306
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book 101 More Life Skills Games for Children written by Bernie Badegruber and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-08-21 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you teach tolerance, self-awareness, and responsibility? How can you help children deal with fear, mistrust, or aggression? Play a game with them! Games are an ideal way to help children develop social and emotional skills; they are exciting, relaxing, and fun. 101 LIFE MORE SKILLS GAMES FOR CHILDREN: LEARNING, GROWING, GETTING ALONG (Ages 9-15) is a resource that can help children understand and deal with problems that arise in daily interactions with other children and adults. These games help children develop social and emotional skills and enhance self-awareness. The games address the following issues: dependence, aggression, fear, resentment, disability, accusations, boasting, honesty, flexibility, patience, secrets, conscience, inhibitions, stereotypes, noise, lying, performance, closeness, weaknesses, self confidence, fun, reassurance, love, respect, integrating a new classmate, group conflict. Organized in three main chapters: (I-Games, You-Games and We-Games), the book is well structured and easily accessible. It specifies an objective for every game, gives step-by-step instructions, and offers questions for reflection. It provides possible variations for each game, examples, tips, and ideas for role plays. Each game contains references to appropriate follow-up games and is illustrated with charming drawings.

Families at Play

Author : Sinem Siyahhan
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262344580
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Families at Play written by Sinem Siyahhan and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How family video game play promotes intergenerational communication, connection, and learning. Video games have a bad reputation in the mainstream media. They are blamed for encouraging social isolation, promoting violence, and creating tensions between parents and children. In this book, Sinem Siyahhan and Elisabeth Gee offer another view. They show that video games can be a tool for connection, not isolation, creating opportunities for families to communicate and learn together. Like smartphones, Skype, and social media, games help families stay connected. Siyahhan and Gee offer examples: One family treats video game playing as a regular and valued activity, and bonds over Halo. A father tries to pass on his enthusiasm for Star Wars by playing Lego Star Wars with his young son. Families express their feelings and share their experiences and understanding of the world through playing video games like The Sims, Civilization, and Minecraft. Some video games are designed specifically to support family conversations around such real-world issues and sensitive topics as bullying and peer pressure. Siyahhan and Gee draw on a decade of research to look at how learning and teaching take place when families play video games together. With video games, they argue, the parents are not necessarily the teachers and experts; all family members can be both teachers and learners. They suggest video games can help families form, develop, and sustain their learning culture as well as develop skills that are valued in the twenty-first century workplace. Educators and game designers should take note.

Game Plan

Author : Warren E. Barhorst
Publisher : Renovo Partners LLC
ISBN 13 : 1935310003
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Game Plan written by Warren E. Barhorst and published by Renovo Partners LLC. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game Plan is not the typical, traditional, how-to business book. It is different in numerous ways from most business books that either bog you down with information overload or bore you to tears with text book techniques. The book is written from a lighthearted standpoint with simple examples and can be read in less than two hours. If a reader needs specific help with a concept, for no additional charge, they can check out gameplanbook.com for articles, examples and resources that address their specific issue.

Biennial Report of the State Fish and Game Commissioner of the State of Vermont

Author : Vermont. State Fish and Game Commissioner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Biennial Report of the State Fish and Game Commissioner of the State of Vermont written by Vermont. State Fish and Game Commissioner and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lacrosse the Globe

Author : Nick Marrocco
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781978455955
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book Lacrosse the Globe written by Nick Marrocco and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan vs. Kenya. Lacrosse World Championships. The Score: 9- 8. 2 minutes left on the clock.Imagine if this game was for real. The only winners of the Lacrosse World Championships are the United States and Canada. But what if Japan, or Kenya, or Poland entered the scene and won as an underdog?Lacrosse needs to become popular first. Is Lacrosse the next hot sport to hit scene or is it a dying breed? How can Lacrosse become a dominating force, a sport that competes with Fútbol (Soccer) for the world's attention? Lacrosse The Globe not only answers these questions, but also provides a roadmap for World Class Programs to create a foothold in countries that haven't yet experienced the power and excitement of Lacrosse.Lacrosse The Globe challenges the notion that a sport has to remain niche and exclusive to a lucky handful of people. Lacrosse can enter the World's stage in a big way, and the collection of stories from non-profits, collegiate and professional teams, and Hall of Famers shows how and why in the year 2030, instead of chanting at the FIFA World Cup, fans will be watching Japan vs. Kenya in the Championship game - for the second time in a row.

Learning, Education & Games, Volume 3: 100 Games to Use in the Classroom & Beyond

Author : Karen Schrier
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359984010
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (599 download)

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Download or read book Learning, Education & Games, Volume 3: 100 Games to Use in the Classroom & Beyond written by Karen Schrier and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted to know which games to use in your classroom, library, or afterschool program, or even at home? Which games can help teach preschoolers, K-12, college students, or adults? What can you use for science, literature, or critical thinking skills? This book explores 100 different games and how educators have used the games to teach - what worked and didn't work and their tips and techniques. The list of 100 goes from A to Z Safari to Zoombinis, and includes popular games like Fortnite, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and Minecraft, as well as PC, mobile, VR, AR, card and board games.

Growing Up on the Gridiron

Author : Vicki Mayk
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807021962
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Growing Up on the Gridiron written by Vicki Mayk and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the experience of one young man and the concerns about CTE he helped to illuminate, and the cultural allure of football in America that keeps boys trying to make the team despite the dangers Award-winning journalist Vicki Mayk raises a critical question for football players and their communities: does loving a sport justify risking your life? This is the insightful and deeply human story of Owen Thomas—a star football player at Penn, who took his own life when he was 21, the result of the pain and anguish caused by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). It was Owen’s landmark case which demonstrated that a player didn’t need years of head bashing in the NFL, or even multiple sustained brain concussions, to cause the mind-altering, life-threatening, degenerative disease known as CTE. And Owen’s case could not have come to light without Dr. Ann McKee, the neuropathologist who bucked conventional wisdom, and the football establishment, as she examined Owen’s brain and its larger significance, building an ever-stronger case that said, at the very least, football should not be played by children under the age of 14. With its focus on a single life and the community touched by it—Owen’s family, his teammates and friends, his teachers and coaches, and, later, Dr. McKee—Growing Up on the Gridiron explores the place of football in our lives. It doesn’t make a heavy-handed argument to abandon the sport. Rather, it explores why football matters so deeply to many young men, and why they continue to take risks despite the evidence of serious, long-term harm.

Growing Pains

Author : Eric G. Flamholtz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118916425
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Growing Pains written by Eric G. Flamholtz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful and practical toolkit for managing organizational growth Growing Pains is the definitive guide to the life cycle of an organization, and the optimization strategies that make the organization stronger. Whether growth is rapid, slow, or not occurring at all, this book provides a host of solid tools and recommendations for putting everything in order. Now in its fifth edition, this invaluable guide has been fully updated to reflect the current economic climate, and includes new case studies and chapters discussing nonprofit life cycle tools, leadership challenges and the "leadership molecule", and real-world applications of the frameworks presented. The latest empirical research is presented in the context of these ideas, including new data on strategic organizational development. Mini-cases that illustrate growth management issues have been added throughout, with additional coverage of international entrepreneurship and companies that provide a frame of reference for the perspective being developed. Growing pains are normal, and a valuable indicator of organizational health, but they indicate the need for new systems, processes, and structure to support the organization's size. This book provides a practical framework for managing the process, applicable to organizations of all sizes. Understand the key stages of growth and the challenges of each Measure your organization's growing pains and development Deploy new tools that facilitate positive organizational development Make the necessary transitions required to ensure sustainable success Some companies, even after brilliant beginnings, lose their way as growth throws them for a loop. Growing Pains identifies the underlying factors that promote long term success, and gives you a framework for successfully managing the transitions of growth.

That Mad Game

Author : Jessica Lynn Powers
Publisher : Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN 13 : 1935955225
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book That Mad Game written by Jessica Lynn Powers and published by Cinco Puntos Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's it like to grow up during war? To be a victim of violence or exiled from your homeland, culture, family, and even your own memories? When America's talking heads talk about war, children and teenagers are often the forgotten part of the story. Yet who can forget images of the Vietnam "baby lift," when Amer-Asian children were flown out of Vietnam to be adopted by Americans? Who can forget the horror of learning that Iranian children were sent on suicide missions to clear landmines? Who wasn't captivated by stories of the "lost boys" of Sudan, traveling thousands of miles alone through the desert, seeking shelter and safety? From the cartel-terrorized streets of Ju rez to the bombed-out cities of Bosnia to Afghanistan under the Taliban, from Nazi-occupied Holland to the middle-class American home of a Vietnam vet, this collection of personal and narrative essays explores both the universal and particular experiences of children and teenagers who came of age during a time of war. J.L. Powers is the editor of Labor Pains and Birth Stories and the author of two young adult novels, most recently This Thing Called the Future, an alternative fantasy set in post-apartheid South Africa. She began collecting essays on children and war while pregnant with her first child and says, "The experience was both painful and uplifting, not unlike giving birth. The most memorable aspect of these essays is their stark portrayal of both survival and hope in the midst of incredible suffering."

Growing Up in Mississippi

Author : Judy H. Tucker
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781617034046
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Growing Up in Mississippi written by Judy H. Tucker and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from Elizabeth Aydelott, Fred Banks, Jimmy Buffett, Edward Cohen, Maggie Wade Dixon, Ellen Douglas, W. Ralph Eubanks, Richard Ford, Gwendolyn Gong, Carolyn Haines, Lorian Hemingway, Samuel Jones, Robert Khayat, B. B. King, John Maxwell, Alberto Mora, Donald Peterson, Noel Polk, Jerry Rice, George Riggs, Robert St. John, Sid Salter, Constance Slaughter-Harvey, Elizabeth Spencer, Clifton Taulbert, Keith Tonkel, Sela Ward, Wyatt Waters, Jim Weatherly, and William Winter Growing Up in Mississippi shares experiences and impressions from a multifaceted group representing all areas of the state and many professions, talents, and temperaments. Parents, teachers, churches, communities, landscape, and historical context profoundly influenced these men and women when they were young. In his revealing foreword, Richard Ford explores the very essence of influence and illustrates his conclusions by recalling an indelible incident between his mother and himself in the front yard of their home on Congress Street in Jackson, Mississippi. The volume then showcases poignant memories of other distinguished individuals: a governor and statesman, journalists, a news anchor, a playwright, novelists, memoirists, a publisher, a minister, educators and scholars, judges and lawyers, a test pilot and astronaut, a renowned watercolorist, a celebrated actress, and many more. Spanning more than five decades, these essays give us a glimpse of the people and places that nurtured these outstanding individuals and their remarkable gifts.

Proceedings

Author : American Pomological Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings written by American Pomological Society and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Author : American Pomological Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the ... Meetings of the American Pomological Society written by American Pomological Society and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proceedings of the ... Biennial Meeting of the American Pomological Society

Author : American Pomological Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the ... Biennial Meeting of the American Pomological Society written by American Pomological Society and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Raising the Stakes

Author : T. L. Taylor
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262527588
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Raising the Stakes written by T. L. Taylor and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a form of play becomes a sport: players, agents, referees, leagues, tournaments, sponsorships, and spectators, and the culture of professional computer game play. Competitive video and computer game play is nothing new: the documentary King of Kong memorably portrays a Donkey Kong player's attempts to achieve the all-time highest score; the television show Starcade (1982–1984) featured competitions among arcade game players; and first-person shooter games of the 1990s became multiplayer through network play. A new development in the world of digital gaming, however, is the emergence of professional computer game play, complete with star players, team owners, tournaments, sponsorships, and spectators. In Raising the Stakes, T. L. Taylor explores the emerging scene of professional computer gaming and the accompanying efforts to make a sport out of this form of play. In the course of her explorations, Taylor travels to tournaments, including the World Cyber Games Grand Finals (which considers itself the computer gaming equivalent of the Olympics), and interviews participants from players to broadcasters. She examines pro-gaming, with its highly paid players, play-by-play broadcasts, and mass audience; discusses whether or not e-sports should even be considered sports; traces the player's path from amateur to professional (and how a hobby becomes work); and describes the importance of leagues, teams, owners, organizers, referees, sponsors, and fans in shaping the structure and culture of pro-gaming. Taylor connects professional computer gaming to broader issues: our notions of play, work, and sport; the nature of spectatorship; the influence of money on sports. And she examines the ongoing struggle over the gendered construction of play through the lens of male-dominated pro-gaming. Ultimately, the evolution of professional computer gaming illuminates the contemporary struggle to convert playful passions into serious play.