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Football Doesn't Have To Be This Violent, And Still Be Exciting: An Anthology Wrap Up

Football Doesn't Have To Be This Violent, And Still Be Exciting: An Anthology Wrap Up

Jim Green

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
nidottu
This book has a dual personality....but more on that later... I recently asked a fellow football nut: Do you watch football for the outstanding talent/plays, or the violence-and he immediately said the outstanding plays-and, indeed, the NFL has some of the most gifted athletes in the world-Who can forget the miracle one-handed catch by Odell Beckham Jr., just to name one-but his talent has been silenced this year because of the game's excessive violence-a major reason for writing this book....the violence undermines, rather than enhances football, both for the quality of the game, and for the majority of fans.... In a recent KC Chiefs game-Alex Smith made a particularly long run towards the end zone, a defender grabbed him around the waist and slammed him into the ground. Sorry I don't remember the game, but was in the 2017 season. The point is that this was an obvious "unnecessary roughness"-since Smith was out of the pocket, it wasn't a "roughing the passer"-but the penalty objective is the same-the penalty is to limit injury to players-and to lose a valuable quarter back is a collective loss-minimizing their injury is infinitely magnified in maintaining the quality of football It is possible the ref didn't see the play-no penalty was called-but it didn't add to the excitement of the game, and had Smith been injured-the game of football is diminished
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Non-Violent Education as a Children's Right - A Human Rights-Based Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Educational Institutions

Non-Violent Education as a Children's Right - A Human Rights-Based Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Educational Institutions

Franz M. Wittmann

LIT VERLAG
2026
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As stipulated in the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, protecting children from violence requires an approach looking beyond physical force in order to address all forms of violence or abuse, including sexual abuse. Through its reporting mechanism the 1989 CRC generates an unknown level of transparency and accountability in international relations. Accordingly, the role of the Holy See as a State party to the Convention has been traced over decades of early enthusiasm for implementing children's rights faithfully to aggressively rebuking the CRC Committee's authority eventually. Ass. iur. Franz M. Wittmann PhD (UCC) HDipCL (NUI) is an academic researcher looking back on a professional career as a litigator and writer in Germany, Ireland and Switzerland. Acquiring some canon law expertise proved to be helpful when analysing situations of private or public education.
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The Day My Brother Was Murdered: My Journey Through America's Violent Crime Crisis

The Day My Brother Was Murdered: My Journey Through America's Violent Crime Crisis

Gianno Caldwell

BROADSIDE BOOKS
2025
sidottu
A Fox News analyst and well-known commentator on urban violence examines the rise in crime affecting American cities and tells how it has personally affected families, including his own.On June 24, 2022, Gianno Caldwell's eighteen-year-old brother, Christian, was murdered. He was standing with friends on a street in the Southside of Chicago when a black SUV pulled up and several unidentified men opened fire. Fifty shell casings were later found at the scene. Three in the crowd were rushed to the hospital; only two survived. His family was shattered, and Caldwell was devastated.Tragically, he is not alone.In this gripping expos , Caldwell dives deep into the heart of America's big cities, telling the stories of several other murders that occurred on the same night his brother died, revealing the shocking human tragedy beneath the rise in crime rates. The Day My Brother Was Murdered takes a bold stance, shining a spotlight on the multiple failings of Democratic policies that have transformed our once-thriving metropolises into crime-ridden centers.Caldwell meticulously dissects the consequences of progressive agendas that prioritize social experiments over public safety. Though some of the worst cities have the strictest gun control laws, they cannot stop the proliferation of weapons from states with few regulations. He reveals the detrimental effects of failed poverty programs, the effect of the disintegration of two-parent households, the decline of religion, and sanctuary city policies that can help to shield criminals.Combining rigorous research and poignant personal anecdotes, Caldwell provides a comprehensive understanding of the dangers facing urban communities, and presents a compelling case for why we must reject the status quo and demand change.
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

Walter Johnson

BASIC BOOKS
2021
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A searing and "magisterial" (Cornel West, New York Times-bestselling author of Democracy Matters) history of American racial exploitation and resistance, told through the turbulent past of the city of St. Louis From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation's past. St. Louis was a staging post for Indian removal and imperial expansion, and its wealth grew on the backs of its poor black residents, from slavery through redlining and urban renewal. But it was once also America's most radical city, home to anti-capitalist immigrants, the Civil War's first general emancipation, and the nation's first general strike--a legacy of resistance that endures. A blistering history of a city's rise and decline, The Broken Heart of America will forever change how we think about the United States.
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

Walter Johnson

BASIC BOOKS
2020
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A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis.From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation's past.St. Louis was a staging post for Indian removal and imperial expansion, and its wealth grew on the backs of its poor black residents, from slavery through redlining and urban renewal. But it was once also America's most radical city, home to anti-capitalist immigrants, the Civil War's first general emancipation, and the nation's first general strike--a legacy of resistance that endures.A blistering history of a city's rise and decline, The Broken Heart of America will forever change how we think about the United States.
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SHTF Survival Boot Camp: A Course for Urban and Wilderness Survival during Violent, Off-Grid, & Worst Case Scenarios

SHTF Survival Boot Camp: A Course for Urban and Wilderness Survival during Violent, Off-Grid, & Worst Case Scenarios

Toby Cowern; Selco Begovic

Banned Books
2020
nidottu
The year 2020 has rendered in-person education unachievable in many situations. Going off to take a survival course in Europe is nearly impossible.This doesn't lessen the need for this type of course. In fact, learning about SHTF survival is more important than ever. The dangers are more imminent than ever.So, Selco has opted to bring the course to us.In this book, you can learn the survival skills that kept Selco alive during the wars in the Balkans in a city under siege. Selco fought to survive in his urban setting against marauding gangs, he evaded sniper fire from the mountains above the city, and he scrambled for the limited resources available.He shares the secrets that allowed him to survive in the course for which this is a textbook. You can learn about urban survival, wilderness survival, what to do before the SHTF, and how to prepare for all of it. Learn the skills he staked his life on. It may not be long before we're doing the same thing.While most of us won't be getting to Bosnia anytime soon to learn from Selco directly, this guide is the next best thing to an in-person experience.
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Effect of Violent Media & Video Games on Children's Behavior

Effect of Violent Media & Video Games on Children's Behavior

Saba Dhiaa Ahmed; Waleed Arif Tawfeeq; Riyadh K Lafta

Noor Publishing
2019
pokkari
Violence and aggression are prevalent in most of videogames and TV cartoons. The effect of media violence on children aggressive behavior has been a focus of public concern. Objective: To throw light on the association of violent media/video games with the attitude and behavior of primary school children. Methods: This study was conducted in Baghdad city during the period from the first of February through December 2015. A multistage probability sampling was adopted to collect 1000 student from 55 primary school. Assessment of aggressive attitude, aggressive behaviors (physical and verbal) and anger was done according to standard scales measures. Results: The number of boys who play electronic games was 615 (90.2% of all boys) and girls 250 (78.6 of all girls %), 27.7% of the sample reported playing electronic games since more than five years, 69.7% were playing daily. Of those playing; 53.1% spent five hours or less playing during all five schooling days, 36.0% spent 5-10 hours, and 10.9% spent more than 10 hours. A significant association was found between playing violent games and reporting aggressive attitudes.
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The Short Life and Violent Times of Preston Smith Brooks

The Short Life and Violent Times of Preston Smith Brooks

Kenneth A. Deitreich

Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2019
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Although he was a central figure in one of the seminal events of American history, the May 1856 "Caning" of Senator Charles Sumner, Preston Brooks remains largely a forgotten figure, one in whom even professional historians have shown little interest. However, while Preston Brooks remains, as described by one historian, "an obscure and enigmatic individual", there is no denying his place in history. The "Caning of Sumner" was one of the most notorious incidents of the nineteenth century, one that not only inflamed the passions of both North and South but rapidly hastened the process of disunion. As a principal actor in that event, Preston Brooks warrants a greater degree of historical scrutiny than he has heretofore received. To date, only a handful of published material exists on Preston Brooks, nearly all of which has dealt with the assault upon Charles Sumner, while ignoring virtually every other aspect of Brooks' life.This book addresses this oversight through an in-depth examination of Brooks's life, beginning with his youth in up-country South Carolina and concluding with his premature death, at age thirty-seven, in a Washington, DC hotel room. Certain to appeal to both professional scholars as well as to general readers of history, the book offers a unique perspective on one of history's most compelling, yet controversial, figures while providing key insights into Brooks's character and the motives that drove him to attack Charles Sumner.
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The Way of Tea and Justice: Rescuing the World's Favorite Beverage from Its Violent History

The Way of Tea and Justice: Rescuing the World's Favorite Beverage from Its Violent History

Becca Stevens

Jericho Books
2015
nidottu
What started as an impossible dream-to build a caf that employs women recovering from prostitution and addiction-is helping to fuel an astonishing movement to bring freedom and fair wages to women producers worldwide where tea and trafficking are linked by oppression and the opiate wars. Becca Stevens started the Thistle Stop Caf to empower women survivors. But when she discovered a connection between caf workers and tea laborers overseas, she embarked on a global mission called "Shared Trade" to increase the value of women survivors and producers across the globe. As she recounts the victories and unexpected challenges of building the caf , Becca also sweeps the reader into the world of tea, where timeless rituals transport to an era of beauty and the challenging truths about tea's darker, more violent history. She offers moving reflections of the meaning of tea in our lives, plus recipes for tea blends that readers can make themselves. In this journey of triumph for impoverished tea laborers, hope for caf workers, and insight into the history of tea, Becca sets out to defy the odds and prove that love is the most powerful force for transformation on earth.
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A Gun Is Not Polite: Violent Sho(r)T Stories & Bloody Pistol Poetry

A Gun Is Not Polite: Violent Sho(r)T Stories & Bloody Pistol Poetry

Jonathan Ruffian

Independently Published
2019
nidottu
Experimental writer Jonathan Ruffian has condensed the thriller and action genre to the extreme. He comes straight to the point, strips it to the bare essentials, intense and pure. Combining sentences found on the internet, his tiny texts reflect the violent obsession with shooting firearms and killing people. There is a gun in every sentence, literally.
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Who Gets Away with Violent Crimes? Black/White? Rich/Poor?

Who Gets Away with Violent Crimes? Black/White? Rich/Poor?

Anthalone S Kirt

Lulu.com
2013
pokkari
Have you ever wondered what it was like to sit in a court room and listen to all the evidence and know that the lawyers did the best they could. Here is the bad part, YOU are the one on trial. Do you walk or do you get a life sentence? We will look in the lives of a few people that the lawyers, judicial system, and the jurors knew they were guilty as sin and yet a few of them walked away. But will they truly ever be free? How did they get away with it? Was it the color of their skin or how fat of a check they could write? So the question still remains? Who Gets Away with Violent Crimes? Black/White? or Rich/Poor? Let's find out.
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One Hundred of the Best, Most Violent Films Ever

One Hundred of the Best, Most Violent Films Ever

Jon Abbott

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
nidottu
Violence--we hate it in real life, we love it in the movies. Is there a difference? Of course. From the author of Strange New World: Sex Films of the 1970s and Cool TV of the 1960s comes the most detailed study yet of one hundred of the most enjoyable violent movies. From Cagney and Corman to Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat, from Coffy and Black Caesar to Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction, from Republic serials to the Die Hards, from Shaft and Get Carter to Schwarzenegger and Stallone, these are films faked the hard way, with real stunts, real explosions, real muscles, real imagination, strong scripts, serious carnage, and real cars on real roads. Written with a sense of humor, but packed with information, here are one hundred of the best, most violent action movies ever. Where they came from, why they're great, and what's in 'em that makes them great. Jon Abbott is currently appearing regularly in Infinity magazine. He has been writing professionally about 20th century pop culture for over thirty years, with over four hundred articles on TV and film published in over two dozen different magazines, trade, specialist, and populist, and numerous best-selling books on Amazon. He lives in Brighton, England.
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Bullets, Teeth, & Fists 3: 20 exciting, violent, and sometimes heartbreaking short stories of noir and pulp fiction.

Bullets, Teeth, & Fists 3: 20 exciting, violent, and sometimes heartbreaking short stories of noir and pulp fiction.

Jason Beech

Independently Published
2019
nidottu
She's heavily pregnant and handcuffed to a pipe. Her kidnappers want money and the clock is ticking.In the heart-pounding third installment of Bullets, Teeth, & Fists, danger reaches its peak as Belle, a vulnerable yet determined woman, finds herself at the mercy of ruthless kidnappers. Bound and chained in an abandoned apartment, her life takes an even more precarious turn when she realizes her unborn child's arrival is imminent.With the weight of her baby's future on her shoulders, Belle resolves to protect her daughter at all costs. In a desperate bid for survival, she strategizes to form an unlikely alliance with one of her captors, hoping to gain an advocate in this cruel game of life and death. All her husband has to do is pay the ransom.Will he?The latest in the Bullets series is here - 20 exciting, violent, and sometimes heartbreaking short stories of noir and pulp fiction.Praise for Bullets, Teeth, & Fists 3: "Violence comes into it, certainly: but the violence is never unproblematic, either for the character or the reader. It's always violence that comes from somewhere and cuts both ways." "This anthology is well-written, creative, thrilling, and bloody enthralling." "I was looking forward to some fast-paced crime stories that packed a punch, but there is substantially more depth and breadth to this book." "The author infuses his tales with irony and astute observation. Good characterisation throughout and clever storylines, each with a satisfying twist and an unexpected ending, make for a highly entertaining read." "What makes this book a joy to read is the fact that you can't guess what the ending of each story will be " "If you like short stories with kick & bite these are the ones for you." "I definitely recommend Bullets, Teeth, & Fists 3 to anyone who likes the dark and gritty stories. It's definitely not for the faint of heart." "If you enjoy pulp fiction, dark crime, supernatural or noir, then there will be something for you." "What I find really fascinating is that each short story is crafted with a specific voice. The mood, the character, the setting, the vernacular... different in each."
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