Author: Kevin GeraldPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692160213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Proving Ground 2. 0
Author: Kevin GeraldPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692160213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Proving Ground
Author: Lars AndersonPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429970308
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In The Proving Ground, Lars Anderson brings to life the tremendous drama of NFL Europe by spending an entire season with the Scottish Claymores of Glasgow Life in the minor leagues of football, which NFL Europe was aptly dubbed, could be funny, sad, profound and ludicrous all at the same time. At its heart, this six-team league was a short-stop away from either the glamour of the NFL or the bottom of the professional football scrap pile--a crossroads full of real-life drama where the joy of "making it" was tempered by failure or injury with one misstep; where the difference between a multimillion dollar NFL contract and abject poverty may only be one play away. Just ask Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner. Author Lars Anderson brings to life the compelling drama of NFL Europe by spending a season with the Scottish Claymores. Anderson lived with the players at a hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, spending every waking minute with them-eating and heading out to the pubs as the Claymores made their championship run. Along with detailing the life and times of the Claymores, Anderson digs deep into the background of the players and coaches to help explain why some succeed and others fail in their quest to make it to that shining city on the hill--the NFL. Through the eyes of Anderson, the reader experiences what it meant and what it was like to be a football player in Europe. The men that make up the Claymores are the strength of this book-a funny and complex lot that face many of the same issues we tackle every day. An inspiring portrait of both new beginnings and bitter ends, The Proving Ground will shock and delight readers, while showing them another side of the professional football player. Of The Proving Ground, Frank Deford, award-winning author and commentator, says "Anderson deftly shows that you can take the football player out of America, but... he's the same creature, loving the game and scrambling for one more chance."
Activities Associated with Future Programs at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground
Author: Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2158
Book Description
Climatological Data, Michigan
Author: United States. Environmental Data ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
WB/T.
Author: United States. Environmental Data ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Report of the Chief of Ordnance ...
Author: United States. Army. Ordnance DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Climatological Data
Author: United States. Environmental Data ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Survey of Relative Hardness of Selected Impact Areas, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
Author: Adam A. RulaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soils
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Yuma Proving Ground was visited to conduct a survey of the relative hardness of selected impact areas to establish the most suitable sites for a survivability test as part of DT II testing of 155mm XM718/741 Remote Anti-Armor Mine System (RAAMS). Soil/terrain data were collected at Z, R, Cain, and Adam Fields located along the north side of Poleline Road. Z and R Fields were located on nearly level, moderately dissected gravelly piedmont which had recently been graded and compacted to achieve a high strength within the compacted layer. Cain Field is located on a wash. The area is undulating and bare. Adam Field is located on predominantly gravelly undissected piedmont with some wash areas. The area is undulating and the brush vegetation was removed. The surface materials at the four impact areas visited are predominantly coarse-grained soils with some areas having large amounts of gravel and caliche. The soil was slightly moist and firm when sampled. The cone index ranged from 300 to 500 in the 0- to 6-in. layer, and the dynamic cone penetrometer blows per foot for the surface 12 in. ranged from 17 to 34. A comparison of calculated peak rigid body deceleration-impact velocity relation for selected surface materials revealed that the magnitude of the rigid body g forces that the RAAM can experience upon impact with various earth materials varies considerably.
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