Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, captures an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished scholars in the fields such as communication, business, geography, kinesiology, media, and sports management and administration, using a wide range of methodologies including quantitative, qualitative, and critical analyses. In the communication revolution of the twenty-first century, the study of mediated sports is critical. As fans use all media at their disposal to consume sports and carry their sports-viewing experience online, they are seizing the initiative and asserting themselves into the mediated sports-dissemination process. They are occupying traditional roles of consumers/receivers of sports, but also as sharers and sports content creators. Fans are becoming pseudo sports journalists. They are interpreting mediated sports content for other fans. They are making their voice heard by sports organizations and athletes. Mediated sports, in essence, provide a context for studying and understanding where and how the communication revolution of the twenty-first century is being waged. With their collection of studies by scholars from North America and Europe, Earnheardt, Haridakis, and Hugenberg illuminate the symbiotic relationship among and between sports organizations, the media, and their audiences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization spurs both the researcher and the interested fan to consider what the study of sports tells us about ourselves and the society in which we live.
Do you want to know God better? Are you hoping to do something in life that really matters? If you feel something is missing in your Christian life, or want to make a difference in the world, read A Soldier's Companion to the Psalms, Book One. It's a must have book for young people, and new Christians, who want to live in victory, and see God move in their lives!Take a few minutes every day, and hear what a soldier in the Lord's Army has to say about living for God and growing in Christ!
The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between authentic leadership traits and burnout characteristics in public education leaders. This study began by examining these traits and characteristics to determine the degree to which leaders were considered authentic and whether burnout was negatively impacting these leaders. The study also delves into the mitigation of burnout by an education leader who possesses various authentic leadership traits. The sample size was 85 education leaders who held different leadership positions ranging from a principal or assistant principal, directors and coordinators, and any executive cabinet or superintendent position. This quantitative study, which combined two validated studies, uses descriptive characteristics, including frequency analysis and Pearson Product Moment correlations. Results from the study indicated that (1) ethical standards and (2) moral and balanced processing were the two most common authentic leadership traits. At the same time, leaders experience high levels of personal accomplishment on the burnout survey. Leaders who had previous experience teaching indicated less burnout as leaders, and those with more years of leadership service time indicated lower levels of burnout. Most importantly, authentic leadership traits presented significant correlations with reductions in the impact of burnout on education leaders. The findings on the mitigation of burnout by authentic leadership traits hold implications for the field. School organizations would benefit from hiring leaders demonstrating authentic leadership, as these individuals can better support others while being able to overcome the potential risk of burnout.
A girl goes beachcombing on the rocky shores of her island home, finds lobster shells, and uses them to make a "friend." Includes an anatomical drawing of an American lobster and instructions for creating figures from lobster shells.
Michael Phelps is the greatest swimmer of all time. Some say he is the greatest athlete ever. Phelps has won more Olympic gold medals than any other athlete in history. He has more overall medals than 161 countries. The tremendous distance he swims and amount of food he eats have propelled him to Olympic heights. Learn about Phelps’s record-setting training and nutrition programs.
The authors assessed the vulnerability of furbearers in the Clay Belt to climate change. They identified four processes leading to vulnerability: the introduction of southern competitors and pathogens, increased extinction risk of cold-adapted species, selection for early breeding, and reduced synchrony. Potential indicators of these processes include the distribution and abundance of temperate species, such as the raccoon (Procyon lotor) and the distribution and abundance of cold-adapted species, such as the American marten (Martes americana) and Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Other indicators include changes in the seasonal timing of breeding in rodents such as the muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) and changes to the frequency and amplitude of the lynx-snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) cycle. Overall, they anticipate that climate change will result in the Clay Belt and its constituent furbearer species becoming more temperate in character.--Document.
In this report, the authors document the development and application of a vulnerability assessment that can be used with other tools and techniques to assess wildlife vulnerabilities to climate change and inform an adaptive strategic planning process. The authors selected four wildlife indicators to assess the ecological condition of the Lake Simcoe Watershed and to identify potential vulnerabilities to climate change and land use practices. The four indicators are avian guild species richness, anuran calling and breeding phenology, mammal species richness, and landscape fragmentation. These indicators were selected because they describe local biodiversity, community and range boundary dynamics, population size, and landscape fragmentation all of which are affected by or interact with climate to influence wildlife populations.--Document.
The first truly comprehensive biography on George Halas, the father of professional football The founder of the National Football League and father of the Chicago Bears, George Halas single-handedly changed the way Americans spend their Sundays. Papa Bear tells the incredible story of how one man grabbed an outlaw game by the throat, shook it up, and made it into the richest and most popular spectator sport on the planet. Nearly 20 years after his death, Halas remains one of the towering figures of professional sports--rivaling the legendary Vince Lombardi--yet there has never been an authoritative biography published about this great American success story. At last, Papa Bear fills that gap. Written with unprecedented access to Halas's family, his closest friends, and associates, this thoroughly researched account includes exclusive interviews and a treasure trove of never-published archival materials on the Hall of Famer and his enduring legacy.
The definitive biography of Chicago Bears and Hall of Fame superstar Walter Payton. Based on meticulous research and interviews with nearly 700 contacts, an unforgettable portrait that describes a man who lived his life just like he played the game: at full speed.
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