Contenders and Pretenders


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The field of Contenders vying to become the next President of the United States seems to grow every day. Big names like Clinton, McCain, Obama and Giuliani dominate the landscape right now but as we know, it¿s possible that an unknown can come out of the pack and become the Contender to beat. Questions surround the leading Contenders: - Is America ready to elect a woman President? - Has John McCain mended fences in the Republican Party? - Is America ready to elect an African-American President? - Can a pro gay rights, pro abortion and pro gun control Contender from New York City win the Republican nomination? If any of these Contenders stumble, who in either Party can pick up the baton and race to the finish? And what about the Pretenders? While most of them have no chance to become President, they can make the race very difficult for the frontrunners. Will Governors continue their hold on the Presidency? Can a sitting Senator become President, the first one since John F. Kennedy? Rey Thomas, political analyst and Editor-In-Chief of ¿The Thomas Political Report, ¿ examines the Democrat and Republican Contenders and Pretenders. Just one can win. Who will it be?




You Are a Contender!


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In business, sports and life, it takes more than knowledge and good technique to achieve great performances with consistency. The challenges you need to win aren’t always terrific plays, perfect golf shots, record sales or great new ideas. Instead, in any arena in life, it is command of the emotional challenges that separates winners from wannabes, contenders from pretenders. Contenders who achieve consistently outstanding results all demonstrate key characteristics and practice specific winning techniques that you can learn. The inconsistent performance of pretenders in business, sports and life can be traced to common missteps that you can avoid. If you are a leader who wants to lead more effectively, a worker who wants to achieve more, an athlete who wants to win more, or you want better performance in all areas of your life, you need this book. Filled with practical and innovative high-performance tools like the Emotional Spiral, the Emotional Inventory and the Emotional Caddie, You are a Contender! Build Emotional Muscle to Perform Better and Achieve More in Business, Sports and Life will teach you how to make the move from sometimes-star to consistent performer. It will show you how to train your emotional muscles to handle any experience and challenge with strength and confidence.




Professional Boxing


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Considers organized crime's alleged attempts to "fix" championship middleweight fights.




Professional Boxing: Pursuant to S. Res. 52 on S. 1474, a bill to curb monopolistic control of professional boxing, to establish within the Department of Justice the Office of the National Boxing Commissioner, and for other purposes, legislative, May 31, June 1 and 2, 1961


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Love and Handicapping


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Is your game on? No denying dating is a game filled with winners and losers. How you finish equates to your own performance. Dating sites may provide introductions and first time statistics of a possible winning match. Advice advocates give suggestions on previous successes, but still these offer no guarantee and sometimes create more hardship. Like a sports handicapper you are equipped to assess your own winners; all you need is the tools to do so. Inspired by sports handicapping tips you too can learn how to not only find a winning relationship but become a winning contender.




The Eyes on Growing Needs:


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Each of us are created with unique gifts, divine grace, and a purpose. While some obstacles are placed in our way to prepare us to handle our assignments with good outcomes, many of us still need specific guidance in order to break through barriers, develop and grow, and ultimately achieve dreams. Dr. Love Otuechere relies on her diverse experience as a ministerial leader and community advocate to share inspirational advice intended to help a new generation as well as those hoping to break new virtual grounds. While encouraging young adults to see opportunities and then effectively use grassroots issues to solve challenges and plan careers within a multifaceted, tech-driven world, Dr. Otuechere draws inspiration from biblical stories that encourage others to avoid repeating mistakes, live a service-oriented existence, find confidence to pursue goals, and shun selfish desires. Included are tips and tools that will help the latest generation apply analytical data, technology, and divine plans in order to meet needs and accomplish goals. The Eyes on Growing Needs shares inspirational wisdom that will guide people to embrace virtual tele-technology to find fulfillment, be on demand via skill sets and address desires within a multifaceted world filled with information.




Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997


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Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984–1997 is an expansive new volume of the longtime Chicago news legend’s work. Encompassing thousands of his columns, all of which originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, this is the first collection of Royko work to solely cover his time at the Tribune. Covering politics, culture, sports, and more, Royko brings his trademark sarcasm and cantankerous wit to a complete compendium of his last 14 years as a newspaper man. Organized chronologically, these columns display Royko's talent for crafting fictional conversations that reveal the truth of the small-minded in our society. From cagey political points to hysterical take-downs of "meatball" sports fans, Royko's writing was beloved and anticipated anxiously by his fans. In plain language, he "tells it like it is" on subjects relevant to modern society. In addition to his columns, the book features Royko's obituary and articles written about him after his death, telling the tale of his life and success. This ultimate collection is a must-read for Royko fans, longtime Chicago Tribune readers, and Chicagoans who love the city's rich history of dedicated and insightful journalism.




Flip the Switch: Activate Your Drive to Achieve a Freakish Level of Success


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Learn now to unlock your "prey drive"—the instinctual ability that allows you to "flip the switch" to achieve massive success Micheal Burt was already a successful basketball coach when he discovered, quite by accident, how to articulate the concept he had been using for years to motivate himself and his players. At a workshop in Tennessee taught by a Vietnam veteran, he learned about the "prey drive" of war dogs—an instinctive inclination to find, pursue, and capture their prey. In Flip the Switch, Coach Burt shows how humans, too, have this instinctive drive—not for hunting prey, but for pursuing goals with a persistence and intensity that goes far beyond the usual efforts applied to everyday tasks. As with war dogs, external stimuli are required for flipping the switch: For the dogs, it's movement or scent. What are they for you? In these inspiring and eye-opening pages, you'll discover how to find what activates you, personally, to do more, create more, and achieve freakish levels of success. You'll explore them all in detail, in chapters that include: Motivated by What? The Three Phases of the Prey Drive The Science Behind What Activates You Screw Your Why: How to Get Your Purpose to Activate You Going All In: How to Make Your Drive a Daily Habit Creating Value in the World: Becoming a Contender Prioritizing and Personalizing Your Prey Drive: The Keys to Continued Expansion The Habit of 1% Performers: How to Re-ignite Your Prey Drive and GO PRO Every Single Day Throughout Flip the Switch, Coach Burt explains how to analyze and explore the primary drivers: fear, competition, exposure, environment, inspiration from others, and yes—even embarrassment. Whether you're flipping the switch to win a championship or win new business, knowing how to find external stimuli that activates that thing inside of you is what will allow you to achieve your highest goals—naturally.




Chasing Giants


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Join Zeb Hogan, host of the National Geographic television show Monster Fish, on the science adventure of a lifetime. On May 1, 2005, a Thai fisherman caught a truly monstrous Mekong giant catfish. At 646 pounds, it captured the world’s attention, and with awe and wonder, it was deemed the largest freshwater fish on record. There was no denying its size, but when biologist and research associate professor Hogan saw a photo of the fish, he wondered if it really was the biggest in the world. To his surprise, no one had systematically sought to answer the question: Which of the giant freshwater species really was the largest? Seeking to answer that question has brought Hogan face to face with massive arapaima and piranha in the Amazon, alligator gar in Texas, pigeon-eating wels catfish in France, stingrays in Cambodia, and the gnarled-toothed sawfish in Australia. Part of his scientific adventure has been captured on Monster Fish, and Hogan now tells the full story of his 25-year quest to understand the mysteries of some of the oldest, largest, most bizarre creatures on Earth. The fate of these giant fish motivates Hogan to understand the various species he studies. The megafish’s numbers are dwindling, and the majority of them face extinction. In this book, he teams up with award-winning journalist Stefan Lovgren to tell, for the first time, the remarkable and troubling story of the world’s largest freshwater fish. It is a story that stretches across the globe, chronicling a race against the clock to find and protect these ancient leviathans before they disappear forever. Chasing Giants: In Search of the World’s Largest Freshwater Fish combines science, adventure, and wonder to provide insights into the key role the massive fish of our lakes and rivers play in our past, present, and future.




The PerformanceStat Potential


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A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication It started two decades ago with CompStat in the New York City Police Department, and quickly jumped to police agencies across the U.S. and other nations. It was adapted by Baltimore, which created CitiStat—the first application of this leadership strategy to an entire jurisdiction. Today, governments at all levels employ PerformanceStat: a focused effort by public executives to exploit the power of purpose and motivation, responsibility and discretion, data and meetings, analysis and learning, feedback and follow-up—all to improve government's performance. Here, Harvard leadership and management guru Robert Behn analyzes the leadership behaviors at the core of PerformanceStat to identify how they work to produce results. He examines how the leaders of a variety of public organizations employ the strategy—the way the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services uses its DPSSTATS to promote economic independence, how the City of New Orleans uses its BlightStat to eradicate blight in city neighborhoods, and what the Federal Emergency Management Agency does with its FEMAStat to ensure that the lessons from each crisis response, recovery, and mitigation are applied in the future. How best to harness the strategy's full capacity? The PerformanceStat Potential explains all.




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