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For some UF students, it's an enticing proposition.
University of Florida student Kaylea Frantzis is facing a decision that TV viewers must make on Monday night.
What to watch? "The Bachelor" or "The Hills?" Both shows air at 9 p.m.
Her solution: Watch one show on TV and the other show online.
Frantzis is not alone. According to a new report from The Conference Board and market research firm TNS, close to 16 percent of American households who use the Internet watch TV broadcasts online. This number has nearly doubled since 2006, causing TV to replace news as the most widely viewed content online.
This seems like a natural transition with nearly 73 percent of online households using the Internet for entertainment on a daily basis and 15 percent of users searching for entertainment several times a week, according to the report that is based on a third-quarter survey of 10,000 households.
Viewers cite their top two reasons for watching TV online as being convenience and avoiding commercials - since most TV shows aired online have very minimal, if any, commercials.
Those surveyed said watching these shows online didn't change their viewing habits, though a small percentage said it had decreased, according to the report.
Catching up on missed content is another reason why more and more people are using the Internet to get their TV fix.
"I watch shows online when I'm too busy to watch them on TV," said Brooke Mahoney, a UF junior. "It makes things so much easier."
The report supports this view. Of people surveyed, those catching up on missed content had increased 12 percent in the past year. Nearly half of those who watch TV online watch their favorite shows.
The viewer can watch TV online several different ways.
Viewers can go to any major TV network Web site and watch the show on their computer screen. These shows have commercials that air three or four times during the viewing and usually last around 30 seconds each. These shows are streamed into your computer as opposed to being downloaded into it.
"Those little commercials can be a bit annoying," Mahoney said. "But they are still better than commercials on TV."
The second option is to go to a Web site such as www.peekvid.com where the viewer can access a database of TV shows from various outlets that have been put on the Internet by users. While these videos don't contain commercials, some of the videos can be poor quality or defective. These shows can be streamed through the computer and some can even be downloaded.
The other option is to buy them online through download services such as iTunes.
Instead of being streamed, these shows are being downloaded onto your computer and can be transferred to things such as an iPod or burned onto a DVD. The price of a show downloaded on iTunes usually costs around $1.99 per episode.
Online TV watching is gaining popularity so quickly that a free television network, Joost, debuted recently online, according to the Joost Web site.
The purpose of the Web site is to bring together elements of TV and elements of the Internet. A viewer can watch more than 15,000 shows with Joost, ranging from certain popular network programming to shows created just for Joost. Viewers can also instant message and discuss a show live with other viewers, according to the Joost Web site.
Joost is a free service and according to the survey, two-thirds of online viewers stream the shows they watch for free.
"Now I can go out on a Thursday night without worrying about missing 'Grey's Anatomy,' " Frantzis added. "I know I can just watch it in the morning online."


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A Question of Skill
An Interview with Thanissaro Bhikkhu
by Insight Magazine Online
Thanissaro Bhikkhu, also known more informally to many as Ajaan Geoff, is an American-born Theravada monk who has been the abbot of Metta Forest Monastery near San Diego, CA, since 1993. He teaches regularly at BCBS (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies) and throughout the US and has contributed significantly to the Dhamma Dana Publications project with his books Wings to Awakening, Mind Like Fire Unbound, and a new free-verse translation of the Dhammapada. His web-site is: www.accesstoinsight.org readings in Theravada Buddhism.
Ajaan Geoff, thirty years ago you were a student at Oberlin College. Now you're the abbot of a Buddhist monastery near San Diego. Could you tell us a little about how you got from there to here?
The route was a lot less roundabout than you might think. Like many college students, I was obsessed with deciding what to do with my life. Business, government, academia: I couldn't see myself finding happiness in any of them. I didn't want to lie on my deathbed, looking back at a life frittered away. Fortunately, in my sophomore year, I was introduced to Buddhist meditation, and I took to it like a duck to water.
After graduation I decided to take a break in my education to go teach in Thailand—to get some perspective on my life, and maybe find a good meditation teacher. While I was there I met Ajaan Fuang, perhaps the first truly happy person I had ever met. He embodied the dharma [the teachings of the Buddha] in a way that I found appealing: wise, down-to-earth, no-nonsense, and with a sly sense of humor. Whatever happiness and wisdom he had, he told me, was due entirely to the training. That was when I realized I had found something to which I could devote my entire life. So I ordained to train with him, and I've never regretted my choice.
Ajaan Fuang trained you as a meditation monk, but for the past several years you've also been translating and explaining the Pali sutta(s)[the early Buddhist texts]. How do you find that studying the suttas helps with meditation?
The Buddha in the suttas asks all the right questions. We all know that what we see is shaped by the views we bring to things, but we're often not aware of the extent to which our views are shaped by the questions we ask ourselves. The Buddha had the good sense to see that some questions are skillful—they really do point you to freedom, to the total cessation of suffering—while others are unskillful: they take you to a dead end, tie you up in knots, and leave you there. The suttas are helpful in showing how to avoid getting involved in unskillful questioning. If you listen carefully to their advice and take it to heart, you find that it really opens your eyes to how you approach meditation and life in general.
There are currents in modern dharma teaching that de-emphasize the importance of the historical discourses. One might say, for example, "Don't we often hear that the Buddha said not to believe texts and traditions?"
Well, he didn't say to reject them out of hand, either. Have you ever noticed how American dharma is like the game of Telephone? Things get passed on from person to person, from one generation of teachers to the next, until the message gets garbled beyond recognition.
I once received a postcard on which the sender had rubber-stamped the message, "'Don't believe anything outside your own sense of right and wrong.'—The Buddha." That was apparently meant to be a quote from the Kalama Sutta, but when you actually read the sutta, you find that it says something much more sophisticated than that: You don't believe something just because it's handed down in the texts or taught by your teachers, but you don't accept it just because it seems logical or fits in with your preferences, either. You have to put it to the test, check it in terms of actual cause and effect. If you then find that it leads to harm and is criticized by wise people, you stop doing it. If it's beneficial and praised by wise people, you stick with it. Notice, though, that you don't go solely by your own perception of things. You look for wise people and check your perceptions against theirs. That way you make sure you're not simply siding with your own preconceived notions.
And so the suttas can serve as kalyana mitta(s), or "wise friends?"
There is no real substitute for spending time in close contact with a really wise person, but the suttas can often be the next best thing—especially in a country like ours where wise people, in the Buddhist sense of the term, are so few and far between.
You mentioned that the suttas label certain questions as unskillful. Some of these may be fairly obscure philosophical issues that no longer interest anyone, but can you point to any that are relevant to meditators at present?
The big one is, "Who am I?" There are dharma books telling us that the purpose of meditation is to answer this question, and a lot of people come to meditation assuming that that's what it's all about. But the suttas list it as a fruitless line of inquiry.
Good question (laughs). As far as I can see, the response is this: What sort of experience would give you an answer to that question? Can you imagine any answer to that question that would put an end to suffering? It's easier to be skillful in any given situation when you don't saddle yourself with set ideas about who you are.
Might the anatta doctrine be considered the Buddha's answer to the question, "Who am I?"?
No. It's his answer to the question, "What is skillful?" Is self-identification skillful? Up to a point, yes. In the areas where you need a healthy, coherent sense of self in order to act responsibly, it's skillful to maintain that sense of coherence. But eventually, as responsible behavior becomes second nature and you develop more sensitivity, you see that self-identification, even of the most refined sort, is a form of clinging. It's a burden. So the only skillful thing is to let it go.
How would you respond to those who say they get a sense of oneness with the universe when they meditate, that they're interconnected to all things, and that it relieves a lot of suffering?
How stable is that feeling of oneness? When you feel like you've come to the stable ground of being from which all things emanate, the suttas ask you to question whether you're simply reading that feeling into your experience. If the ground of being were really stable, how would it give rise to the unstable world we live in? So whatever it is you're experiencing—it may be one of the formless states—it's not the ultimate answer to suffering.
On an affective level, a sense of connectedness may relieve the pain of isolation, but when you look deeper, you have to agree with the Buddha that interconnectedness and interdependence lie at the essence of suffering. Take the weather, for instance. Last summer we had wonderful, balmy weather in San Diego—none of the oppressive heat that usually hits in August—and yet the same weather pattern brought virtually non-stop rain to southern Alaska, drought to the Northeast, and killer hurricanes with coffins floating out of their graves in North Carolina. Are we supposed to find happiness in identifying with a world like this? The suttas are often characterized as pessimistic in advocating release from samsara, but that's nothing compared to the pessimism inherent in the idea that staying interconnected is our only hope for happiness.Yet so many people say the desire for release is selfish.
Which makes me wonder if they understand how we can be most helpful to one another. If the path to release involved being harmful and cold-hearted, you could say it was selfish; but here it involves developing generosity, kindness, morality, all the honorable qualities of the mind. What's selfish about that? Everyone around you benefits when you can abandon your greed, anger, and delusion. Look at the impact that Ajaan Mun's quest for release has had for the last several decades in Thailand, and now it's spreading throughout the world. We'd be much better off if we encouraged one another to find true release so that those who find it first can show the way to anyone else who's interested.
And the way to that release starts with the question, "What is skillful?"
Right. It's the first question the Buddha recommends that you ask when you visit a teacher. And you can trace this question throughout the suttas, from the most basic levels on up. There is a wonderful passage where the Buddha is teaching Rahula, his seven-year-old son [Ambalannhika Rahulovada Sutta, M 61]. He starts out by stressing the importance of being truthful—implying that if you want to find the truth, you first have to be truthful yourself—and then he talks about using your actions as a mirror. Before you do anything, ask yourself: "Is what I intend to do here skillful or unskillful? Will it lead to well-being or harm?" If it looks harmful, you don't do it. If it looks okay, you go ahead and give it a try. While you're doing it, though, you ask yourself the same questions. If it turns out that it's causing harm, you stop. If not, you continue with it. Then after you've done it, you ask the same questions—"Did it bring about well-being or harm?"—and if you see that what originally looked okay actually ended up being harmful, you talk it over with someone else on the path and resolve never to make that mistake again. If it wasn't harmful, you can take joy in knowing that you're on the right track.
So the Buddha is giving basic lessons in how to learn from your mistakes.
Yes, but if you look carefully, you'll see that these questions contain the seeds for some of his most important teachings: the role of intention in our actions; the way causality works—with actions giving immediate results along with long-term results; and even the four noble truths: the idea that suffering is caused by past and present actions, and that if we're observant we can find how to act more and more skillfully to a point of total freedom.
And how would you apply this to meditation?
It starts with your life. We all know that meditation involves disentangling yourself from the narratives of your life so that you can look directly at what you're doing in the present. Now, some narratives are easier to disentangle than others. If you're acting in unskillful ways in daily life—lying, having illicit sex, taking intoxicants—you'll find that you're creating some pretty sticky narratives, all coated with denial and regret. So you apply the Buddha's line of questioning to your day-to-day life in order to clean up your act and provide yourself with new narratives that are easier to let go.
At the same time, in doing this, you're developing the precise skills you'll need on the meditation cushion. Getting into the present moment is a skill, and it requires the same questioning attitude: observing what the mind is doing, seeing what works, what doesn't work, and making adjustments where needed. Once you get into the present moment, you use the same line of questioning to investigate the present, taking it apart in terms of cause and effect: present action, past action, present results. Once you've taken apart every mental state that clouds the brightness of your awareness, you then turn the same questions on that bright awareness itself, until there's nothing left to question or take apart any further—not even the act of questioning itself. That's where liberation opens up. So these simple questions can take you all the way to the end of the practice.
Was this how you were taught meditation in Thailand?
Yes. The one piece of advice Ajaan Fuang stressed more than any other was, "Be observant." In other words, he didn't want me simply to follow a method blindly without monitoring how it was working out. He handed me Ajaan Lee's seven steps on breath meditation and told me to play with them—not in a desultory way, but the way Michael Jordan plays basketball: experimenting, using your ingenuity, so that it becomes a skill. How else can you expect to gain insight into the patterns of cause and effect within the mind unless you play with them?
Are there any other questions from the suttas that strike you as particularly relevant to the American dharma scene?
Two jump immediately to mind. One has to do with evaluating teachers. The suttas recommend that a student look carefully at a person's whole life before accepting him or her as a teacher: Does this person embody the precepts? Can you detect any overt passion, aversion, or delusion in what this person says or does? Only if someone can pass these tests should you accept him or her as a teacher.
This calls into question an attitude that's becoming increasingly prevalent here in the US. A teacher once said, not too long ago, "As long as a teacher points at the truth with one hand, it doesn't matter what he or she does with the other hand." Now, is the dharma something you can point to with only one hand? Can the other hand ever really be invisible? There's a real drive at the moment to turn out teachers to fill the demand for retreat leaders, but if they feel they can afford a one-handed attitude, we'll end up with teachers who are little more than mindfulness technicians or yogi-herders: people whose job is to get students safely through the retreat experience, but whose personal life may be teaching an entirely separate lesson. Is that what we want?
If it is, we are setting people up for trouble. So far the mindfulness community has avoided many of the scandals that have ravaged other American Buddhist communities, largely because it hasn't been a community. It's more a far-flung network of retreat clientele. The teachers' personal lives haven't had that much direct bearing on the lives of the students. But now local communities are beginning to develop, where students and teachers have close, long-term contact with one another. Can we imagine that what each teacher does with that other hand is not going to have an impact on the students' lives and their respect for the dharma? If we don't start now to rely more on the suttas' method for evaluating teachers, we'll have to start reinventing the dharma wheel after people get hurt, which would be a great shame.
Renunciation. What do we have to give up if we want true happiness? Do we have unlimited time and energy to pursue an unlimited number of goals? Or do we need to sacrifice some of the good things in life in order to gain the most valuable form of happiness? This is a huge blind spot in American Buddhism.
Once, just out of curiosity, I went through a pile of Western dharma books and magazines, looking up the topic of renunciation. Most of them didn't even mention it. From the few that did, I learned that renunciation means, one, giving up unhealthy relationships; two, abandoning your controlling mindset; and three, dropping your fear of the unknown. Now, we don't need the Buddha to tell us those things. We can learn the first lesson from our parents, and the other two from a good therapist. But the Buddha recommended giving up a lot of things that most well-meaning parents and therapists would tell their children and patients to hold onto tightly. And yet you don't see any mention of this in American dharma.
Is that because Americans tend to live more comfortable lifestyles?
Not necessarily. Modern mass culture, whether Asian or American, is a lot more indulgent than traditional culture, but that may be because it's a lot more frenetic and stressed out as well. The Buddha himself said that, when he was starting out on the path of practice, his heart didn't leap up at the idea of renunciation. Nobody wants to hear that true happiness involves giving up the things we like, but at least in Asia there are dharma masters who, through their words and actions, keep pumping that lesson into the culture. So it's always there for honest, mature, reflective people to hear. But here in the West, the dharma has been so shaped by the marketplace that the lesson is very seldom modeled.
Last year Tricycle printed an article bemoaning how the dharma is being used to sell mass-market commodities, but a deeper problem is that the dharma has become a commodity itself. I was in a bookstore recently with a student, and as we looked at the many shelves filled with books on Buddhism, he asked me, "Do you get the impression that these books were written to make money?" How can you expect to learn the hard lessons of renunciation from a book that had to get past marketing directors and sales reps? And given the financial needs of most teachers, how can you expect even well-meaning teachers not to shape their message to conform with what people want to hear, as opposed to what they should hear?
You've written on what you call the "economy of gifts," in which the dharma can be offered freely with no strings attached. How do you think such an economy could be implemented here in America?
It's a long, uphill process, but yes, it can happen. You have to start small—a few good monasteries here and there, a few dana-based organizations such as the Dhamma Dana Publication Fund and now the Dharma Seed Tape Library and eventually people will catch on to what a good thing it is. Of course, the fact that dharma is free doesn't necessarily guarantee that it's going to be top-quality, but at least it hasn't been filtered through the sort of bottom-line concerns that we needlessly take for granted. It's only when we appreciate the need to have the bottom line totally out of the picture that American dharma will have a chance to mature. Which makes me wonder if Dana-based dharma will always be something of a fringe phenomenon in our country.
From our discussion so far, you seem to see the Pali suttas as offering not only right questions, but also right answers.
The right answers are the skillful choices you make in your life as you pursue the right questions. I think it was Thomas Pynchon who said, "As long as they can get you to ask the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." There should be a corollary to that: As long as you honestly stick to the right questions, you're sure to arrive at answers that will make a difference.
Of course, many people in our society are uncomfortable with the notion of right and wrong--especially in the area of religion.
I don't think it's so much that they are uncomfortable with the notion of right and wrong. It's just that they've shifted their reference points. Being judgmental is now wrong; being non-judgmental is right. This, I think, comes from two factors. One is that we're tired of fervid monotheists who demonize anyone who differs from their view of The One True Way. We've seen the harm that comes from sectarian religious strife, and it's obviously pointless. So we want to avoid it at all costs. The other factor is that we ourselves have been subject to evaluation all of our lives, some of it pretty unfair—in school, at work, in our relationships—so when we come to retreats we want respite.
This becomes a problem, though, when people confuse being judgmental with the act of exercising judgment. And again, the difference is a question of skill. Being judgmental—hypercritical, quick to dismiss the opinions of others—is obviously unskillful. But in our rush not to be judgmental, we can't abandon our critical abilities, our powers of judgment. We have to learn how to use them skillfully. It's all very fine not to pass judgment when you're on the sidelines of an issue and don't want to get involved. But here we're all out on the playing field, facing aging, illness, and death. Our skill in exercising judgment is going to make all the difference in whether we win or lose. The team we're facing has never been taught to be uncritical. They play hard, and they play for keeps
The Buddha himself was quite critical of teachers who wasted their time—and that of their students—by asking the wrong questions. He was especially critical of those who misunderstood the nature of karma, because how we comprehend the power of our actions is what will make all the difference in how skillfully we choose to think and act. So refraining from judgment is not the answer to the question of how we face the differing teachings we find available. In fact, a knee-jerk nonjudgmental stance can often be a very unskillful way of passing judgment.
It's a refusal to take differences seriously, and that totally short-circuits any attempt to develop skill. You often find this associated with a lowest-common-denominator approach to the truth: the assumption that whatever the major traditions of the world hold in common must be true, while their differences are only cultural trappings. But that's assuming they're all asking the same questions, or that the only important questions are the ones they all ask. Where does that leave people who think outside the box?
I've seen some elaborate attempts to create a perennial philosophy from the common ground of the world's great traditions, but they center on the question, "Who am I?" That, they tell us, is the question at the heart of everyone's spiritual quest. But the training I got from Ajaan Fuang taught me to question the assumption that that's a fruitful line of inquiry. Does the fact that everybody else is asking it mean he was wrong?
Another approach is to assume that all traditions take you to the same place, but that they've found different skillful ways of doing it—the old "many paths lead to the top of the mountain" idea. But the reports we get from people who have been up this mountain say that it has plenty of wrong turns, false summits, and sudden drop-offs. One tradition will say, "When you reach this point, turn left." Another will say, "If you turn left at that point you'll get stuck at a dead-end." If we plan to stay on the valley floor, it's okay for us to stay out of the argument. But can we claim some sort of higher moral ground for not getting involved in the fray? Do we have more comprehensive maps of the mountain showing that dangers are imaginary, and that left turns and right turns are all okay?
Or suppose that one tradition says, "The summit looks like this." Another says, "No, that's a false summit. The real one looks like this." The first one responds, "No, you're at the false summit." Do we know the limitations of language better than they do, so that we can dismiss their differences as purely linguistic? If we want to go up the mountain, we have to choose one guide or the other—or maybe a third guide, if we decide that the first two were both on the wrong path.
So how would you choose?
One, take a good look at the teachers. If people are skilled mountaineers, they should have no trouble negotiating the valley. Can they get around without injuring themselves or others? Has their experience of the summit been so overwhelming that they're willing to sacrifice personal comfort so that others can get there as well?
Two, look at the tradition. What kinds of questions does it focus on? What kinds does it allow? What kinds does it not allow? Why? Does it encourage the tenacity and maturity needed to stick to a hard line of questioning? Does it foster the kind of ingenious, observant mind that would recognize a false path or figure out a way past an unexpected obstacle?
Finally, take a good look at yourself. Are you up for the adventure? It may sound more than a little intimidating, but the Buddha asked of his students simply that they be honest enough to admit and learn from their mistakes, and sensible enough to give up a lesser happiness when they see that, by doing so, they'll gain a higher one. Are you up to that? If so, you've got what it takes.


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Phil Bryant reaffirms he won't appoint himself to Cochran's seat
"There's something nefarious about the idea of a governor appointing himself. "
Phil Bryant reaffirms he won't appoint himself to Cochran's seat "There's something nefarious about the idea of a governor appointing himself. " Check out this story on clarionledger.com: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/06/phil-bryant-not-appoint-himself-thad-cochrans-seat/400914002/
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Mississippi's Republican governor reaffirmed Tuesday that he won't appoint himself to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Thad Cochran, saying he'll find another strong contender to keep the seat firmly in GOP hands for decades, as Cochran did.
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"There's something nefarious about the idea of a governor appointing himself. Washington's not where I want to be just now," Gov. Phil Bryant told reporters.
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Bryant has said he wouldn't appoint himself before, but the scenario continued to come up in Washington media, after President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had urged him to fill the vacancy.
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Thad Cochran throughout the years
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Chris Howard Net Worth: Is He Still The Richest Footballer?
Do you want to know How Much Is Chris Howard Net Worth? Christopher L. Howard, born on May 5, 1975, is a former NFL running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played in the National Football League (NFL). The Denver Broncos picked Howard in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. The Broncos let him go before he played a regular season game because he kept losing the ball. When the Jaguars bought Howard and gave him a regular spot on the team, he started losing the ball again.
He used to play football for the Michigan Wolverines. In 1997, his last year at Michigan, the Wolverines won a national championship in NCAA Division I-A football. Howard led the National Champion Michigan Wolverines football team in rushing in 1997, and in 1998, he was the most valuable player at the Hula Bowl. Chris went to John Curtis Christian High School in River Ridge, Louisiana, which had a great football team. He was married to Gabrielle Union in the past.
Chris Howard Net Worth: How much money does The Footballer have?
Chris Howard is a former pro football player in the United States. He has a net worth of $3 million. From 1998 to 2000, Chris Howard played in the NFL. He was a running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the only team he ever played for.
Chris Howard Net Worth
He was born in Kenner, LA, on May 5, 1975. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines. In 1997, his last year at Michigan, they won a National Championship in NCAA Division I-A football. Howard led the National Champion Michigan Wolverines football team in rushing in 1997, and in 1998, he was the most valuable player at the Hula Bowl.
The Denver Broncos picked Howard in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. Unfortunately, the Broncos let him go before he even played a regular season game because he lost the ball five times in two pre-season games.
When the Jaguars gave Howard a regular spot on the team, he lost the ball again.
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Chris Howard Childhood
Howard was born in the Louisiana city of Kenner. After playing football for Louisiana's John Curtis Christian High School, one of the best in the country, he went to college at Michigan.
Chris Howard Career
In his four years at Michigan, from 1994 to 1997, he ran 418 times for 1876 yards and caught 60 passes for 429 yards. He had nine runs of 100 yards or more for Michigan, four of which came during the 1997 championship season. In college, he ran for 127 yards against the Minnesota Golden Gophers in 1996, his best performance. But against the UCLA Bruins, he once ran for 109 yards and four touchdowns. Howard also ran 86 yards, the fourth longest rush in school history.
Even though he only played in ten games as a junior, he had five 100-yard games that year. He ran for 725 yards in the ten games and scored ten touchdowns. But the team's best rusher was a sophomore named Clarence Williams, who had 837 yards in 12 games.
Howard was the top rusher in the 1998 Rose Bowl, which helped the 1997 Team win the national title.
In 1997, he was the leading rusher for a 12–0 Michigan team that won the championship. That team didn't have a 1,000-yard rusher or a 500-yard receiver. The team's defense was led by Charles Woodson, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1997. Howard ran for 938 yards on 199 carries and caught passes for 276 yards on 37 receptions. He scored more points for his team than anyone else except for the placekicker, Kraig Baker. He ran for seven touchdowns and caught one touchdown. In the backfield, he was joined by freshman Anthony Thomas, who ran for 549 yards and five touchdowns.
One of the most critical games in Michigan's 1997 National Championship season was when they played unbeaten, and No. 2 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. In the win over the Nittany Lions, Howard ran for 120 yards and a touchdown, which made Coach Lloyd Carr say: "I think Chris Howard is a back who doesn't get enough credit. Today, he proved that." Michigan dominated the game and led 34–0 after three quarters, thanks to Howard's best collegiate performance in yards from scrimmage, with 120 yards rushing and 41 yards receiving.
In the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1998, the season ended with a 21–16 win over Washington State. Howard ran 19 times for 70 yards, which was the most of any player in the game.
He was also the most valuable player for the North in the Hula Bowl, a college football all-star game, in 1998. He ran 14 times for 116 yards and helped the North score the last point of their comeback in the second half. On a reverse play, he gave the ball to Joe Jurevicius. Jurevicius then threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Brian Griese. The North lost because the missed extra point opened the door for a field goal that won the game.
Chris Howard Professional Career
The Denver Broncos picked Howard in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft, but he had a rough pre-season with the Broncos that year, losing the ball five times in two games.
In September 1998, the Broncos cut him from their practice squad. The Jacksonville Jaguars then signed him. At the time, Tom Coughlin, the coach of Jacksonville, said: "Chris Howard is a young man, and he is still growing and changing. After a couple of weeks with us, I think he'll be someone we can count on. But I won't say that our evaluations are done just yet." Coughlin said the following about Howard's mistakes in Denver: "It was a lack of care. We'll have to start from scratch with him here." Howard ran for 123 yards in his career on 41 carries and caught passes for 37 yards on five catches. In 2000, his last year, he lost the ball twice in the first two games on only 21 carries. These were thpreviousst two games of his NFL career.
Chris Howard's Personal Life
Gabrielle Union is an actress and used to be a model. On May 5, 2001, she married Chris Howard. In April 2006, they split up.
In later interviews, Gabrielle said that she was sorry she didn't have a prenuptial agreement when she married Chris.
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60 is the new 40, according to scientists, who say longer, healthier lives mean people now hit middle-age later. That means their housing needs are coming under review.
According to a report published by the Local Government Association in 2017, the number of people aged 65 and over is forecast to rise over the next decade, from the current 11.7 million people, to 14.3 million by 2025, a 22% rise.
This means one in five of the total population will be over 65 in 10 years' time, which will become one in four by 2050.
In the UK, the vast majority of over-65s currently live in the mainstream housing market. Only 0.6% of over 65s live in housing with care, which is 10 times less than in more mature retirement housing markets such as the USA and Australia, where over 5% of over-65s live in housing with care.
However, there are signs that government is now beginning to take this demographic time bomb seriously. Last year a House of Commons' Communities and Local Government Committee called for the planning policy framework to be amended to encourage the development of more housing for older people.
And this was followed through in the changes to the NPPF last July, which places more pressure on local planning authorities to adopt up-to-date local plans and provide the right type of housing for different target groups, including older people.
And as an added indication of support, last August government said it would no longer cap benefits for supported housing tenants, which will now be paid through housing benefit. This gives a viability thumbs-up to supported housing developers.
In this respect, we will continue to see more specialist accommodation coming through, whether it be high-end residential care, age-restricted housing for "younger" older people or "extra care" where independent living is supplemented with supported services.
The key is the provision of flexible accommodation, so it can be adapted as residents grow older. Meeting Lifetime Home Standards, residential units will have more floor and storage space than the average flat with features such as partition doors, so that where residents become less mobile, the bedroom and living space can be opened-up to make it more open-plan.
A pre-requisite is understanding the needs of your residents. For example, we have been working with West Kent Housing Association on designing a variety of housing types for older residents.
West Kent Housing Association Property Director Mark Leader says all too often "people don't make the right choices at the right time, only when they are forced to from a changing health situation.
West Kent has an approach it calls 'Emerald', where housing standards are dictated by extensive consultation with residents to inform future development.
An example of this can be seen in Swanley where it has applied a "hub and spoke" approach.
The West Kent approach along with other enlightened providers needs to be seized upon by government as an exemplar of how this country should move forward on senior living.


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2.5. How Did Life Emerge?
Emergence of Life
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How did life emerge on Earth? How have life and Earth co-evolved through geological time? Is life elsewhere in the universe? Take a look through the 4-billion-year history of life on Earth through the lens of the modern Tree of Life! This course will evaluate the entire history of life on Earth within the context of our cutting-edge understanding of the Tree of Life. This includes the pioneering work of Professor Carl Woese on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus which revolutionized our understanding with a new "Tree of Life." Other themes include: -Reconnaissance of ancient primordial life before the first cell evolved -The entire ~4-billion-year development of single- and multi-celled life through the lens of the Tree of Life -The influence of Earth system processes (meteor impacts, volcanoes, ice sheets) on shaping and structuring the Tree of Life This synthesis emphasizes the universality of the emergence of life as a prelude for the search for extraterrestrial life.
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Week 2 - The Tree of Life and Early Earth Environments
The advent of life on Earth came about as a result of a remarkable confluence of physical, chemical, and biological processes, all of which were intrinsically linked to rapidly changing early Earth environments. Within this context, cutting-edge approaches in molecular phylogeny by Professor Carl Woese revealed new understandings of the emergence of life and the possible distribution of life within the cosmos. All this and more will be explored in this week's lessons!
2.1. The Scientific Inquiry of Carl Woese8:00
2.2. The Place of Carl Woese in Evolutionary Biology8:24
2.3. Revolution of the Tree of Life7:41
2.4. Evolution of the Tree of Life6:42
2.5. How Did Life Emerge?5:25
2.6. The Genetic Code and Evolutionary Theory7:23
2.7. Throwing Rocks at Earth: The Martian Meteorite10:46
2.8. Microbial Mats and Stromatolites: Laying Down On the Job6:49
2.9. Oxygenation of the Atmosphere5:15
2.10. Snowball Earth; It Did Freeze Over!8:31
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[SOUND] [MUSIC] A drastic change took place in the world of biology in the year 1977. And that change has revolutionized how we look at the emergence of life and how we look at the history of life itself on this planet. >> This is a real strong evolutionary tool. And if you didn't have the bacterial signature, you just weren't bacterial, and the same for eukaryotic. It took me the better part, I don't know, maybe I'm being kind, of ten minutes to say, something's wrong here, something's wrong with prokaryote. That's when I started deconstructing. >> He was a real eye-opener. So also for me, but also for the other people, of course, his work was groundbreaking. It was so novel, and it gave so much excitement to my science. >> So what does the emergence of life look like using these brand new tools of molecular phylogeny? Well, one of the first ideas is that in the very early Earth, the Earth had what we call pre-biotic soup. It had all kinds of chemicals on the Earth's surface at high temperature that ended up being some of the components that were used, of the building blocks of life. But really life hadn't taken a foothold and emerged at that time. So before we had life we called it the pre-biotic soup. Then, the concept that is derived from using these molecular tools is, that we initiated the formation of some of the molecules of life, including RNA, including perhaps partial pieces of viruses. Some other small molecules that are required now to build complex cells, but we didn't have cells at all. We just had some of the molecules that make up cells. And some people have called this the naked RNA planet, where we had these molecules moving around in these chemical soups, if you will, at the very early stages of life. Well, the next thing that happened in the process, again using this molecular phylogeny, is that some of those molecules became more complex. And the RNA itself, the composition of some of these other molecules became larger, but we still didn't have cell walls. Or if we had cell walls, they were very different from the kind of cells that we think of now. And so, that's been called the progenote. The progenote is, again, we haven't moved to a point where we have cells as we know them now. But we've gone from a primordial soup to molecules that are in cells that are free floating without having cell walls, to having some loose affiliations of cell walls that aren't at all like the cell walls we have now, and some of the more complex molecules. And that progenote stage was very important because without cell walls, that means that all those molecular components were all free flowing between everything that was merging towards cellular life as we know it. Then, a really dramatic change took place, and that was called the Darwinian Transition. And the Darwinian Transition is when cell walls actually formed. So cell walls went from a proto, early, loose stage to a real cell wall as we know them now. And at that transition, at the Darwinian Transition, then, the cell walls captured these molecular components. And at that moment, then we had the genesis of the three domains of life. And that's what was described in the 1977 paper by Woese and Fox. Those three domains of life are called Eukarya which are the groups that we're part of, these are the more complex, often multi-cellular organisms. Although, some organisms can have one cell that are Eukarya, and we use the word microbe to describe that. So the word microbes can be any type of single-celled organisms but many of the Eukarya have multiple cells. Then, another branch that was very closely related to the Eukarya are called the Archaea. These are the small cells, again, about one micron in diameter, but these are very unique. They don't have any kind of a membrane about, around the internal molecules of what we call the nucleus in the middle of the cell. And there are also other organisms that, among other things, can produce methane, which is very unique in terms of the different types of life that are on this planet. The other branch that came up at about that same time out of this Darwinian transition, we call the Bacteria. We're familiar with these in terms of humans becoming sick. And these were also organisms that were one-celled and they did not have a formal nucleus or membrane around the middle part of the genetic components of the cell. [MUSIC]


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Nighthawks
Wide-eyed Midwest transplant Stan agrees to play wingman to his calculating and privileged roommate Chad as they embark upon an exploration of glittering New York nightlife, whose darkest secrets are…
We Don't Belong Here
A matriarch of a dysfunctional family is pushed to her tipping point by the disappearance of her son.
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to…
When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek…
Union Bound
The True Story of Sargent Joseph Hoover went to war to preserve the Union. After being captured and sent to a prisoner of war camp, he understood what it was…
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered…
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally…
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network…
Mark Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
The Last Whistle
A high school football coach struggles with the fallout after one of his players dies onfield during practice.
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been…
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number,…
The Ruthless
Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his…
The recounted events of the night two estranged brothers attempted to reunite after being torn apart by a small town, seemingly taken over by martial law.
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night,…
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago's South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
A group of small time criminals in 1975 attempt to pull off the biggest heist in American history; stealing over $30 million from the Mafia in the smallest state in…
After two marines make it home following an ISIS interrogation, one struggles to survive while the other fights his way back into the mixed martial arts world that he left…
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes…
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun…
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical…
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy, inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.


These are great for toning down that ringing drum. If you have ever turned up for a gig or in the studio and you cannot get that 12" tom to stop making a funny noise, then these are for you. The E-ring is an easy-to-use external overtone control ring which "floats" on the surface of a drumhead. It rounds out and flattens the drumhead''s sound and allows for easier tuning. This pack includes x4 E Rings, 12", 13", 14", 16".


Customers who have used circular column formwork may know that our formwork has undergone four product updates. Yes, we continue to develop new products and constantly upgrade our products. Unlike some manufacturers, products are still old formworks. There is no innovation. Seeing other formworks is a direct imitation of copying. Most manufacturers in Linyi are like this. The four-generation formwork is called a plastic formwork. This formwork has a very good effect on the column, the surface is smooth and flawless, and the formwork weight is very Light, two people are very simple to install.
Of course, the company's supporting fasteners designed and developed in combination with the characteristics of the circular column formwork have undergone repeated innovations. The second-generation buckle-type and nut-type fasteners have achieved easy demolding and quick installation, truly liberating productivity. The company's formwork supporting clamps have been obtained in the country, and the majority of users can use it with confidence. In other words, each of our products is innovating, and we are looking for products that can be saved for our customers. It is because our thinking has always been for the sake of customers. By the majority of customers.
After that, our goal is to make a good wood circular column formwork. Yes, our products have never been surpassed. No matter what other manufacturers do, our company will always innovate and always make good formworks for customers product.


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Exhibit 99.1
GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC. PROVIDES BUSINESS UPDATE
WYOMISSING, PA. — March 23, 2020 — Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLPI) (the "Company"), today provided an update on its business given the evolving situation surrounding the nationwide spread of COVID-19 and the related efforts to contain the virus. The Company's properties reported strong Gross Gaming Revenue in January and February that exceeded its internal projections. However, management is currently monitoring ongoing events to better understand the timeline and geographic footprint of interruptions to the operations of properties since state and regulatory authorities began mandating the closure of its tenants' gaming facilities on March 13, 2020. In addition, the Company's wholly-owned and operated TRS operating properties - Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge and Hollywood Casino Perryville - are following government directives for closure and will continue to follow precautionary guidelines once they re-open. Given the current operating environment and the need to have a clearer understanding of the timeline and impact related to the interruption to property operations, the Company today is withdrawing the 2020 guidance it provided on February 20, 2020.
The Company's focus remains on maintaining a strong balance sheet, liquidity, and financial flexibility through an indefinite period of property closures and it recently drew just over $530 million on its revolving credit facility to provide additional near-term liquidity.
Peter Carlino, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Our management team has a long track record of managing through challenging market conditions, as do the management teams at our portfolio of 42 gaming and related facilities where we own the underlying real estate. In addition, our assets remain a strong and integral component of state budgets across the country given their relevance and significance to tax revenue generation. As the properties in our portfolio begin to open and start the process of returning to normalized operations, our geographically diversified portfolio stands to play an important role in the recovery process, providing a significant source of employment and an equally significant source of state tax revenue generation."
About Gaming and Leisure Properties
GLPI is engaged in the business of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple-net lease arrangements, pursuant to which the tenant is responsible for all facility maintenance, insurance required in connection with the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties, taxes levied on or with respect to the leased properties and all utilities and other services necessary or appropriate for the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties. GLPI expects to grow its portfolio by pursuing opportunities to acquire additional gaming facilities to lease to gaming operators. GLPI also intends to diversify its portfolio over time, including by acquiring properties outside the gaming industry to lease to third parties. GLPI elected to be taxed as a REIT for United States federal income tax purposes commencing with the 2014 taxable year and was the first gaming-focused REIT in North America.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including our expectations regarding future acquisitions and expected 2019 dividend payments. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "expects," "believes," "estimates," "intends," "may," "will," "should" or "anticipates" or the negative or other variation of these or similar words, or by discussions of future events, strategies or risks and uncertainties. Such forward looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about GLPI and its subsidiaries, including risks related to the following: the effect of pandemics such as COVID-19 on the business operations of our tenants and their continued ability to pay us rent in a timely manner or at all; the availability of and the ability to identify suitable and attractive acquisition and development opportunities and the ability to acquire and lease those properties on favorable terms; the ability to receive, or delays in obtaining, the regulatory approvals required to own and/or operate its properties, or other delays or impediments to completing acquisitions or projects; GLPI's ability to maintain its status as a REIT; our ability to access capital through debt and equity markets in amounts
and at rates and costs acceptable to GLPI; the impact of our substantial indebtedness on our future operations; changes in the U.S. tax law and other state, federal or local laws, whether or not specific to REITs or to the gaming or lodging industries; and other factors described in GLPI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to GLPI or persons acting on GLPI's behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this press release. GLPI undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release may not occur.
Investor Relations – Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.
Steven T. Snyder
Joseph Jaffoni, Richard Land, James Leahy
investorinquiries@glpropinc.com
glpi@jcir.com


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LNG talk attracts record crowd
Posted on October 6, 2014 by heathersthomson
A presentation by Huu-ay-aht First Nations and Steelhead LNG attracted a record number of people to the October Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce networking dinner on Wednesday night.
Close to 100 people from the business community gathered at Boston Pizza to learn more about both the partnership between Huu-ay-aht and Steelhead and the proposed LNG facility in Sarita Bay.
The presentation on the proposed project started with an introduction from Elected Chief Councillor Jeff Cook on the relationship between the two parties and why Huu-ay-aht is interested in developing an LNG facility in Sarita Bay. He explained that it is important to both parties that the beliefs and values of Huu-ay-aht citizens are respected.
He also stressed how unique and important the partnership with Steelhead is, as Huu-ay-aht has been involved in the process from the beginning.
Huu-ay-aht Councillor John Jack outlined the timeline of the project. He stressed that the proposed project is still in the early stages and would move forward once Huu-ay-aht citizens give their approval. The proposed project would also be subject to certain environmental assessment and other regulatory approvals. If it is approved, the facility could be operational in eight years, with construction beginning in four years.
After Huu-ay-aht Executive Director James Edwards gave an overview of the upcoming Premier's trade mission to India, Steelhead CEO Nigel Kuzemko explained who Steelhead is and the role it plays in the development of the proposed project. He also gave the business community a brief explanation of LNG and its value chain.
Nigel Kuzemko also discussed the benefits of the Sarita Bay location, the importance of the relationship with Huu-ay-aht, the types of studies that would be conducted and the potential jobs in the Alberni Valley.
This was the first time that a members of the public had an opportunity to hear directly from Huu-ay-aht First Nations and Steelhead LNG on the proposed project. Generally the presentation was met with support and encouragement.
The next Community Engagement Sessions for citizens take place on Tuesday October 14 in Port Alberni at the Best Western Barclay from 4 to 7 p.m., and on Wednesday, October 15 in Anacla. The Anacla sessions will include an afternoon session for citizens from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Anacla Government Office and an evening session for residents of Bamfield from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the House of Huu-ay-aht. The Vancouver session is on October 16 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society. Two sessions have been added this month in Nanaimo and Victoria. Nanaimo will be on October 27 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., and in Victoria on October 28 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. The venues for these two sessions is still being determined. Watch the Huu-ay-aht First Nations Facebook page for updates.
← HFN to be represented on Premier's India Trade Mission
Huu-ay-aht secures new Port Alberni office space →


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Thomas College's sports management program receives national accreditation
Thomas College has become the first college in New England, and one of only 11 in the nation, to receive national accreditation for its sports management program.
By Matt Hongoltz-HetlingStaff Writer
WATERVILLE — For years, Thomas College has been trumpeting the quality of its sports management program. Now it has the documentation to back that claim up.
After what administrators call a "grueling, three-year process," Thomas has become the first college in New England, and one of only 11 in the nation, to receive national accreditation for its sports management program.
Thomas is an early leader in the Northeast; six colleges and universities from Massachusetts also are seeking accreditation from the Commission on Sports Management Accreditation, founded in 2008 to "recognize excellence in sport management education."
At Thomas, Academic Dean James Libby said the designation means that more students will be attracted to the college, and that employers in the competitive sports management industry will be more likely to hire graduates of the program.
"This is the number one accrediting body of all sports programs," he said.
Graduates of the program at Thomas have gone on to land administrative positions in professional sport organizations including the Big East Conference and the American Hockey League, as well as college athletic programs and the prestigious Round Hill Golf Club in New York City.
Eric Reddy, 32, who graduated from Thomas in 2004, has gone on to become co-chairman of the Boston 2024 Exploratory Committee, a private group that is seeking to bring the Olympics to Boston in that year.
Reddy said that "every single day," he uses the skills he learned at Thomas, both in the committee's work and in his full-time job at Tickets For Charity, which raises charitable contributions through event ticket sales.
"I didn't realize it when I was in school there, but everything they teach you actually applies in the real world," he said.
Reddy, who is married to Maren Madore, daughter of former Waterville Mayor Nelson Madore, said the value of the accreditation will be apparent to students after they've entered the workforce.
"It gives it a whole new legitimacy," said Reddy, who has also worked in ticket sales for the National Basketball Association. "An 18-year-old coming in might not understand that, but for a 30-year-old looking for a job, that's going to take on added importance."
The course material includes creating sports-marketing campaigns, capital budget plans, athletic Web pages, media guides, sports products and marketing campaigns built around those products.
Some programs that apply for accreditation make the cut and are approved in as little as 12 months, and the average time is between 12 and 18 months, according to the commission.
Libby said that it was difficult for Thomas, which has about 1,200 students, to gain accreditation by going through the same process as much bigger schools, such as the University of Louisville, which also recently received accreditation and which has more than 21,000 students.
In order to qualify, Thomas was forced to rethink many of its practices. The result, Libby said, is a better sports management program.
"It is a rigorous process," he said. "There were some issues that we had to work on."
In order to qualify for the recognition, Thomas met requirements by implementing a far more in-depth assessment system than it had in the past. Under the assessment system, not only is student performance measured more accurately, but the entire program is assessed, both by students and by those in the sports management profession. Administrators are able to use that feedback to identify curriculum weaknesses and make adjustments.
For example, Libby said, Bill Ryan, Jr., owner of the Maine Red Claws basketball team, was participating in the assessment process and made the observation that Thomas wasn't giving enough emphasis on ticket sale strategies. As a result, the curriculum was revised, which will make Thomas graduates more appealing candidates for Ryan and other prospective employers.
Without an organized assessment plan in place to collect and evaluate feedback, Libby said, administrators have a hard time identifying the best way to move the program forward.
"You're just flying by the seat of your pants otherwise," he said.
In order to receive accreditation, the college also has begun surveying alumni to track their progress and success in the professional world of sports management.
Libby said students will be encouraged to include the accreditation information on their résumés and cover letters, "and of course, when we get called for references, we're going to remind them as well," he said.
Helping place students into the workforce is a particular concern to Thomas, which operates under a guarantee that all of its students will be able to find appropriate careers within six months of their graduation.
"It's not easy to assure that all students are achieving the jobs they really want to get when they leave Thomas College," Libby said.
In a prepared statement announcing Thomas' accreditation, the commission praised the guaranteed job placement program, as well as others signs of growth and achievement on the campus, including a renovated dining center and student commons, two new sports fields, and its solar panel array.
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling — 861-9287


A 3 song EP of covers that was packed in with the album. The band goes over Cheap Trick's "Surrender", Aerosmith's "No More No More", and Nirvana's "Negative Creep". The bastards at the record company put some crazy DRM on it though, so I couldn't just rip the CD to mp3, they made me go roundabout and patch my discman to the sound card's line in.


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