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Book The Cap

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joshua Mendelsohn
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2020-10
  • ISBN : 1496223861
  • Pages : 373 pages

Download or read book The Cap written by Joshua Mendelsohn and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Wall Street Journal Holiday Gift Books Selection Today the salary cap is an NBA institution, something fans take for granted as part of the fabric of the league or an obstacle to their favorite team’s chances to win a championship. In the early 1980s, however, a salary cap was not only novel but nonexistent. The Cap tells the fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of the deal between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association that created the salary cap in 1983, the first in all of sports, against the backdrop of a looming players’ strike on one side and threatened economic collapse on the other. Joshua Mendelsohn illustrates how the salary cap was more than just professional basketball’s economic foundation—it was a grand bargain, a compromise meant to end the chaos that had gripped the sport since the early 1960s. The NBA had spent decades in a vulnerable position financially and legally, unique in professional sports. It entered the 1980s badly battered, something no one knew better than a few legendary NBA figures: Larry Fleisher, general counsel and negotiator for the National Basketball Players Association; Larry O’Brien, the commissioner; and David Stern, who led negotiations for the NBA and would be named the commissioner a few months after the salary cap deal was reached. As a result, in 1983 the NBA and its players made a novel settlement. The players gave up infinite pay increases, but they gained a guaranteed piece of the league’s revenue and free agency to play where they wished—a combination that did not exist before in professional sports but as a result became standard for the NBA, NFL, and NHL as well. The Cap explores in detail not only the high-stakes negotiations in the early 1980s but all the twists and turns through the decades that led the parties to reach a salary cap compromise. It is a compelling story that involves notable players, colorful owners, visionary league and union officials, and a sport trying to solidify a bright future despite a turbulent past and present. This is a story missing from the landscape of basketball history.

Book More Caps for Sale

    Book Details:
  • Author : Esphyr Slobodkina
  • Publisher : Harper, and
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9781536406009
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book More Caps for Sale written by Esphyr Slobodkina and published by Harper, and. This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this sequel to the classic Caps for Sale, the cap peddler returns and is faced with a band of mischievous monkeys who mimic his every move"--

Book Freedom s Cap

    Book Details:
  • Author : Guy Gugliotta
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 0809046814
  • Pages : 498 pages

Download or read book Freedom s Cap written by Guy Gugliotta and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the modern U.S. Capitol, the iconic seat of American government, is also the chronicle of America's most tumultuous years. An award-winning journalist has captured with impeccable detail the clash of personalities behind the building of the Capitol and its extraordinary design and engineering.

Book United States Army Cap Insignia 1902 1975

Download or read book United States Army Cap Insignia 1902 1975 written by Michael F. Tucker and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United States Army Cap Insignia 1902-1975 By: Michael F. Tucker America was entering a new century. Fresh from defeating Spain in the Spanish-American War, the young country was assuming its new position in the old world order. Filled with confidence and economic strength, the United Sates looked towards the future with the many opportunities and changes presented to it and its people. These changes also applied to the United States Army and its uniforms, in particular, the uniform cap and its insignia. Presented here are those changes in US Army cap insignia during the twentieth century. Shown in photographs and words drawn from US Government and US Army archives, with dimensions and close‑up images of insignia, a thorough history can now be revealed!

Book  An Honorable Place in American Air Power

Download or read book An Honorable Place in American Air Power written by Frank A. Blazich (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Military historian and Civil Air Patrol (CAP) member Frank A. Blazich Jr. collects oral and written histories of the CAP's short-lived--but influential--coastal air patrol operations of World War II and expands it in a scholarly monograph that cements the legacy of this vital civil-military cooperative effort"--

Book Rosai and Ackerman s Surgical Pathology Review

Download or read book Rosai and Ackerman s Surgical Pathology Review written by Juan Rosai and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology Review is the ideal study guide to help you prepare for board certification or re-certification examinations in anatomic pathology. Based on the leading surgical pathology textbook, Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology, this must-have resource provides comprehensive coverage of all pathologic entities of the major organ systems as well as diagnostic techniques. Rather than presenting page after page of dense text, this reference makes studying a snap by featuring reader-friendly true/false questions. The answers are explained and cross-referenced to appropriate pages in Rosai for further reading. To test your knowledge and assist in your final preparation, the book features a comprehensive multiple-choice examination at its conclusion. From distilling important facts and concepts to providing practical study tools, this essential resource not only helps you study, it helps you study well. Features user-friendly True/False questions in each chapter to promote quick self-assessment. Provides concise answers and explanations after each True/False question, with references to relevant pages in Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology for more in-depth review. Includes an extensive multiple-choice examination at the end of the book for final preparation. Uses more than 150 color illustrations to illuminate every important detail of gross and microscopic pathology.

Book Official  ISC 2   Guide to the CAP   CBK

Download or read book Official ISC 2 Guide to the CAP CBK written by Patrick D. Howard and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Significant developments since the publication of its bestselling predecessor, Building and Implementing a Security Certification and Accreditation Program, warrant an updated text as well as an updated title. Reflecting recent updates to the Certified Authorization Professional (CAP) Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) and NIST SP 800-37, the Official

Book Music Theory for the Bass Player

Download or read book Music Theory for the Bass Player written by Ariane Cap and published by CapCat Music Media. This book was released on 2018-12-22 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music Theory for the Bass Player is a comprehensive and immediately applicable guide to making you a well-grounded groover, informed bandmate and all-around more creative musician. Included with this book are 89 videos that are incorporated in this ebook. This is a workbook, so have your bass and a pen ready to fill out the engaging Test Your Understanding questions! Have you always wanted to learn music theory but felt it was too overwhelming a task? Perhaps all the books seem to be geared toward pianists or classical players? Do you know lots of songs, but don't know how the chords are put together or how they work with the melody? If so, this is the book for you! • Starting with intervals as music's basic building blocks, you will explore scales and their modes, chords and the basics of harmony. • Packed with fretboard diagrams, musical examples and exercises, more than 180 pages of vital information are peppered with mind-bending quizzes, effective mnemonics, and compelling learning approaches. • Extensive and detailed photo demonstrations show why relaxed posture and optimized fingering are vital for good tone, timing and chops. • You can even work your way through the book without being able to read music (reading music is of course a vital skill, yet, the author believes it should not be tackled at the same time as the study of music theory, as they are different skills with a different practicing requirement. Reading becomes much easier once theory is mastered and learning theory on the fretboard using diagrams and patterns as illustrations, music theory is very accessible, immediately usable and fun. This is the definitive resource for the enthusiastic bassist! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; min-height: 16.0px} This book and the 89 free videos stand on their own and form a thorough source for studying music theory for the bass player. If you'd like to take it a step further, the author also offers a corresponding 20 week course; this online course works with the materials in this book and practices music theory application in grooves, fills and solos. Information is on the author's blog.

Book FCC Telephone Price Caps

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 490 pages

Download or read book FCC Telephone Price Caps written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Schooled

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gordon Korman
  • Publisher : Scholastic Canada
  • Release : 2013-02-01
  • ISBN : 1443124699
  • Pages : 155 pages

Download or read book Schooled written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television. He's never tasted a pizza. Never heard of a wedgie. Since he was little, his only experience has been living on a farm commune and being home-schooled by his hippie grandmother, Rain. But when Rain falls out of a tree while picking plums and has to stay in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and her cranky teen daughter and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dying and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school. Right from the beginning, Cap's weirdness makes him a moving target at Claverage Middle School (dubbed C-Average by the students). He has long, ungroomed hair; wears hemp clothes; and practises tai chi on the lawn. Once Zack Powers, big man on campus, spots Cap, he can't wait to introduce him to the age-old tradition at C-Average: the biggest nerd is nominated for class president—and wins.

Book Red Knit Cap Girl to the Rescue

Download or read book Red Knit Cap Girl to the Rescue written by Naoko Stoop and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I hope it's not too far away,' says Red Knit Cap Girl. 'Follow the light of the Moon,' calls Owl. In this heartwarming follow-up to Naoko Stoop's debut Red Knit Cap Girl, Red Knit Cap Girl meets a lost Polar Bear Cub. Determined to help him find his way home, to an Arctic land of ice and snow, Red Knit Cap Girl, White Bunny, and Polar Bear Cub set off on an unforgettable voyage. Gorgeously illustrated on wood grain, Red Knit Cap Girl's curiosity, imagination, and joy will captivate the hearts of readers young and old. Simple prose and luminous pictures will remind readers that even small actions - such as recycling - can help to solve big world problems, in this inspiring story that celebrates friendship, bravery, and the importance of home.

Book Red Knit Cap Girl

    Book Details:
  • Author : Naoko Stoop
  • Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2012-06-05
  • ISBN : 9780316129466
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Red Knit Cap Girl written by Naoko Stoop and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red Knit Cap Girl is a little girl with a big dream -- to meet the Moon. Red Knit Cap Girl lives with her animal friends in an enchanted forest. There is so much to see and do, but more than anything Red Knit Cap Girl wishes she could talk to the Moon. Join Red Knit Cap Girl and her forest friends on a journey of curiosity, imagination, and joy as they search for a way to meet the Moon. Gorgeously illustrated on wood grain, Red Knit Cap Girl's curiosity, imagination, and joy will captivate the hearts of readers young and old as her journey offers a gentle reminder to appreciate the beauty of the natural world around us.

Book Farm Incomes  Wealth and Agricultural Policy Filling the CAP s Core Information Gap  4th Edition

Download or read book Farm Incomes Wealth and Agricultural Policy Filling the CAP s Core Information Gap 4th Edition written by Berkeley Hill and published by CABI. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been supporting the incomes of the European Union's agricultural community for half a century. Despite this, there is still no official system in place to track the economic wellbeing of farmers and their families. This book examines the evidence on the overall wealth of farming households, and concludes that in nearly all member states, they are not generally a poor sector of society, with disposable incomes that are similar to, or exceed, the national average.

Book Ball Cap Nation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jim Lilliefors
  • Publisher : Clerisy Press
  • Release : 2009-09-01
  • ISBN : 1578604117
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book Ball Cap Nation written by Jim Lilliefors and published by Clerisy Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the country grows increasingly diverse and complicated, Americans seek, and occasionally find, a common thread to unite them. And, as Jim Lilliefors reveals in his new book, that common thread is what the baseball cap is made of -- indeed, what has transformed it into America's National Hat. As fads go, it's no longer even a fad, but a part of the national identity that, for better or worse, is a symbol of America. It feeds an illusion that Americans cherish -- that despite their differences, and no matter what position they play -- when wearing a baseball cap, they're all part of the same team. Exploring every aspect of caps and their culture -- including the history, manufacturing, and evolution of baseball caps; collecting and caring for caps; cap etiquette; and even cap urban legends -- and packed with photos throughout, Ball Cap Nation is a delightful look at a uniquely American phenomenon.

Book The American Monthly Review of Reviews

Download or read book The American Monthly Review of Reviews written by Albert Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Inside View of the CAP Reform Process

Download or read book An Inside View of the CAP Reform Process written by Arlindo Cunha and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-02-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of the CAP reform process which will be essential reading for academics and students from a number of disciplines, as well as others who simply want to know why the CAP is as it is, and how decisions are really taken in Brussels.