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View Poll Results: Did you ever play 4e or buy any 4e books ?
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I own some 4e books, sure I play 4e too
I own some 4e books, sure I tried 4e a few times
I own some 4e books, I Never ever tried 4e at all
I own NO 4e books, I play 4e from time to time
I own NO 4e books, I have played 4e a few time
I own NO 4e books, I have NEVER played 4e ever
I did something diffent with 4e, I will explain...
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Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 10:22 AM #1
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Poll about your interest in 4e
A Question for the Path Finder Fan base, regarding the dread 4e game. Just wonder what loyal PF fans experience with 4e was like, If any at all. A poll about if you ever played 4e or purchase any 4e books. Looking at the cross interest of both games.
In NO way am I seeking to start an edition war. No disrespect to PF or the fan base is intended. Just seeking to get a better idea of PF gamer mind. Thanks for your time.
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Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 01:13 PM #2
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When 4e came out we gave it a try. It wasn't for us, but I do have a lot of 4e books I've been meaning to get rid of.
Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 01:15 PM #3
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My group was mostly 3.x, having had older edition experience. We got the PHB/DMG/MM combo as soon as it came out for 4e and gave it a whirl.
The biggest problem we had was the flattening of magic's flexibility. Durations and intensity of spells were nerfed in a way that was very, very balanced, but not very fun for us. We were used to the idea that black tentacles could be combined with silence to be a good mage-killer zone. We were used to and very much liked the idea that spells like fly or invisibility could last minutes and could be used out of combat as well as in-combat. 4e reduced durations and effect for a lot of spells. Again, very, very balanced but in 3.x some spells are just radically different from martial abilities and that's what we liked.
So... we had already decided to just stick with 3.x by the time Paizo announced PFRPG. We gave the alpha and betas a try and moved happily over to that system. 4e isn't bad, it's just not the mechanical flavor of RPG we prefer.
To extrapolate, since we're so happy, odds are slim we'll get involved with 5e. We might buy PDFs of the core book if WotC decides to sell them, and look things over for ideas but we've already got ourselves a very rich and extensive system that gives us what we want. It may not be perfect, but we're happy enough with the imperfections.
Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 01:31 PM #4
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We jumped over to 4th entirely once the playtest stuff started working it's way out into the wild, and played right up until just before the 5th Edition news broke.
I've got a huge collection of 4th Ed stuff, but what we realized is that I had been so enamored by the tools (pre-subscription-rental) and we had been so swept off our feet by the combat system that we hadn't really realized that we weren't roleplaying like we used to.
So, we're on a hiatus, and I'm dipping my feet into Pathfinder till we can see more of what 5th is going to look like.
Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 01:43 PM #5
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I was, initially, pretty optimistic about 4e when it was announced - I had liked SWSE and the scuttlebutt was that 4e was based on that design direction - but this was kind of the opposite of my feelings for 3e when it was first announced. When 3e news started coming out, particularly on Eric Noah's site, the game's changes won me over. Again, the opposite happened with 4e and I became less and less confident it was going to be a D&D edition I liked.
When the books came out, I got myself the PH and we started playing it regularly. I bought the DMG. And then I stopped getting the books. The game just wasn't resonating for me. The fights were grindy, I didn't like the power structure, I didn't like the scope of the spells being so reduced (and though rituals were a nice idea, they really weren't a panacea), I didn't like the focus of the game around "the encounter" and virtually little else, and I didn't like the magic items.
We continued to play for over a year and then even the 2 players in the group decided it was too much of a hassle. Now, it gathers dust on all of our shelves and we're play testing D&D Next and otherwise stick with 3.5, SWSE, or Torg.
Of my other gaming group, the one regularly playing PF, I'm the only one who has tried 4e in any extended way. Two others have tried it a couple of times and one worked in game distribution and knew a lot about it. None of them like it.
Of the other groups I know of who shifted to 4e, one DM is pretty sick of the stun locking powers and finds running high levels to be not that much fun. I hear they're looking into PF now. And the other group has largely shifted over because of Paizo's cool APs and because the teenage boys seem to prefer PF/3.5.
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Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 02:13 PM #6
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I do not own any 4E books, though I did read them when they came out. Ultimately it was not to my group and I's liking. Never played it.
I'm not asking for characters to be lawful stupid. I want characters who care, who want to be heroes, aren't scared of doing the right thing, and players who try to help make the campaign more heroic.
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Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 02:45 PM #7
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Most of my group bought the 3 core books when 4E came out, even though some in the group had doubts based on the previews.
We played for a about a year and ran two different campaigns. At the end of the second we decided 4E wasn't for us. I had picked up the FR books and PHB 2 during that time.
We're currently trying to figure out which system we want to use long term. It's looking like it's between Pathfinder, D&D Next or a return to AD&D.
Certainty of death, small chance of success. What are we waiting for!
Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 03:21 PM #8
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I voted for the last option, so I'll explain….
I DM'd and played 4e from its release until early 2010 when our game fell apart due to scheduling issues. I picked up the Pathfinder Core Rulebook to play in another game (that never happened) and ended up running Council of Thieves for a few sessions. I've since come to prefer Pathfinder, having just finished running Kingmaker for the last 18–20 months.
I don't think 4e is a bad game. There are some things I don't like: the skill list is too simplified, rituals were a clumsy way of handling non-combat magic, and class features focused too much on combat abilities. However, I could sit down and play or run 4e and still have fun (though I would obviously prefer Pathfinder).
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Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 04:32 PM #9
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Voted #2 , meaning I own some books, played it, had enough of it, and no longer play it.
Sure there were good ideas behind 4E, but the execution wasn't stellar.
Check out Action, my homebrew RPG or Apath my Pathfinder pages.
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Saturday, 15th September, 2012, 04:49 PM #10
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I bought the three core books- PHB, DMG, and MM 1- and read through them thoroughly with an eye toward how they'd work with my ongoing game of the time.
Short answer: they didn't.
I had played one playtest of the rules, semi-beta-test, at Gen Con before getting the books. I don't count that as having tried it, since it was a one-off demo and I don't think the rules were quite finalized at the time.
After reading through the books, I was really rubbed the wrong way; I knew immediately it wasn't for me. So, I never started playing it. Stuck to 3.5, and eventually former players of mine (after my game ended) roped me into trying PF. A little over a year ago I started converting my old setting to PF rules and haven't looked back.
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Do as the Berliners do and grab a currywurst (a local favourite) and kick back at a Bierkeller (German beer house).
Top off your time in Berlin with some of your new friends and explore the city's legendary nightlife. With cool cocktail bars and some of the best techno clubs in the world, there are heaps of fun choices.
- See the site of Checkpoint Charlie
- Berlin historical walking tour Euro 9.50
- Cold War & Cold Drinks Euro 16.50
After checking out the East Side Gallery (the longest remaining section of the Berlin Wall) we are heading south and we roll on to the region of Dresden, often dubbed 'Florence of the North' because of its beauty.
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Lunchtime! Go local and hang out in a riverside beer garden, order some hearty German dishes with regional specialities like sour roast and potato soup.
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The Czech capital has a really mixed past so look out for signs of the Holy Roman Empire, the Bohemian Empire, the Nazis and the Communists.
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- Take in commemorative artwork & the remains of the Berlin Wall
- Visit Dresdan the city destroyed in World War II and known as the 'Florence of the North'
- See the rebuilt Baroque architecture of the Royal Residence, Zwinger Palace, Opera House and Frauenkirche
- See Hradčany Castle, the Cathedral of St. Vitus, Charles Bridge and Wenceslas Square
- Visit the Old Town Square and see the Astronomical Clock
Have a go on two wheels and discover Prague with our Local Guide, who knows all the city's ins and outs. Exploring by bike is the perfect way to get an overview of this compact city, as you can hit the back alleys and side streets of the old town.
Free time means you can get deeper into Prague's Old Town in your own time. The city itself is a UNESCO World Heritage site, with a jumble of little lanes, alleys and courtyards. Slow the pace down and give yourself a chance to uncover its hidden treasures. This is also the spot to pick up some famous Bohemian glass, beads or garnet and amber jewellery.
For a bit of folklore and tradition, choose a Czech evening optional for a fun night with the group where you'll see traditional dancing and taste local food.
By night, Prague is loaded with all types of music, from jazz bars and hip DJs to opera. There is something for everyone, so make the most of it with the group, and finish your time off in Prague with a night to remember.
- Locally guided bike tour of Prague
- Traditional Czech evening Euro 28.00
- Nuclear Bunker Tour Euro 15.00
We hit the road this morning and travel to Vienna, via World Heritage-listed Kutná Hora. Founded in the 13th century, this was once the second most important town in Bohemia, famous for its silver mining heritage.
Maybe choose the visit the chilling Sedlec Ossuary – a small chapel containing the bones of over 40 000 people, arranged artistically to form the decorations and furnishings inside!
Your Trip Manager starts Vienna off by introducing the group to the city's historical heritage. There's the imperial grandeur of Schönbrunn Palace, the elegantly ornate State Opera House and St. Stephen's Cathedral – a Gothic masterpiece.
- See the Habsburg Palaces, St. Stephen's Cathedral and the State Opera House
- Scenic drive along the historic Ring Road
Today is yours to chill out Austrian style. The city is known for its tasty coffee & the food here is amazing, so make sure you sit yourself down for a Viennese coffee, some succulent strudel & make sure you people watch. Some places to try are Hummel for a truly local feel, Kaffee Alt Wien for some Bohemian vibes & Café Benno. The architecture in Vienna is beautiful, so take time to wander around the city, visit some of the many museums found here – like the Vienna Museum of Art, the Wien Museum or hit the streets & splash some cash at the awesome shops & malls.
Tonight, head out for a last night in Vienna as tomorrow, we're off to the city of two halves, Budapest.
- Vienna Classical Concert & Dinner Euro 64.50
- Old Vienna Schnaps Museum Euro 7.00
Cruise through Slovakia and pause for lunch in quaint Bratislava. We'll then head into the compact, user-friendly old town and check out its medieval castle. Try some of the regional specialties like treska (cold fish salad) or some local cheeses.
Next, we hit the road and travel to the "Paris of the East", Budapest. With two cities rolled into one, this exotic town has a bit of everything. Buda and Pest sit on different sides of the river, but bring together the stunning buildings and atmosphere that make Budapest so romantic.
Get an in-depth insight into Budapest on a sightseeing tour with our Local Guide this afternoon. On the Buda side of the river, from the Fisherman's Bastion, you'll get a full-blown view of the city and learn about Budapest's history in a nutshell! Check out the colourful Church of St. Matthias, the Royal Palace and the Chain Bridge. Your Local Guide knows all about Budapest's bumpy history and will tell you more with a visit to the Liberation Monument.
To get a another take on Budapest from the water, jump on board tonight's optional cruise, and see the city aglow from the water as you feast on a buffet full of local specialties.
- Sightseeing of Buda, Pest, the Royal Palace, the Church of St. Matthias, the Chain Bridge and Fisherman's Bastion
- River Cruise with dinner Euro 34.00
- Group Photo Euro 10.00
Free time means a chance to get around Budapest at your own pace with the public transport tickets that your Trip Manager will give you.
If you're after something different, treat yourself to a truly local experience: a spa. With outdoor thermal waters, art nouveau architecture and treatments, this is the perfect way to unwind. For more of Budapest's outdoor lifestyle, it's a short bus ride to visit St Margaret Island, a favourite among the city's residents with its gardens, fountains, pools and ruins.
Launch into Budapest's nightlife and live it up like the locals by heading to a beerhouse, a riverside bar or a happening club.
- Budapest Past and Present Tour Euro 19.00
Continue north, past traditional villages and stunning scenery. We stop for lunch in the heart of Slovakia, in pretty Banská Bystrica. Try some regional specialties like mutton and sauerkraut or smoked meats in the city's pedestrian-only centre.
Leave Slovakia behind as we make our way to Poland with two nights in Krakow.
- Traditional dinner at one of our favourite restaurants in Krakow
Left relatively untouched after World War II, Krakow is jam-packed with monuments and cultural treasures like turn-of-the-century buildings, museums, an impressive castle and the Jewish Quarter.
This morning, choose our fantastic ME Time optional to the famous Wieliczka salt mines, where you'll head underground into a labyrinth of tunnels and learn about the oldest mine in the world.
In the afternoon your Local Guide will spill all their insider knowledge on the area and take you further into the city's history. You'll also walk around the Royal Castle on Wawel Hill, once the spiritual and political heart of the country, the site is now filled with tombs, chapels and a bizarre collection of prehistoric animal parts. Get a taste of this stunning city as you visit the massive Market Square – the buzzing heart of Poland's oldest university town. Learn about the medieval design of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed centre, which serves up a mix of Gothic and Renaissance architecture.
Later, maybe head to the Cloth Hall and hit the maze of covered stalls selling crafts and souvenirs or rummage through the local boutiques in the surrounding streets to pick up some great treasures you won't find at home.
- Guided sightseeing of the Jewish Quarter, the Cathedral & Royal Castle on Wawel Hill and the Old Market Square
- Salt mines tour Euro 21.00
- Traditional Polish Pierogi Evening Euro 29.00
This morning, we make a sobering stop at Auschwitz, the most infamous former Nazi concentration camp, where the group will learn about one of history's darkest moments.
Then visit Poland's holy hotspot in Częstochowa. We'll make a stop at the still functioning 14th century Jasna Góra monastery, where the famous "Black Madonna" is kept. Get up close to the portrait and discover why this place attracts so many pilgrims.
Back on the coach, journey on to budding Warsaw. See how Poland's capital started up again from scratch after World War II and see how it's looking to the future. Get a feel for the city's buzzing café scene, relax with a drink, order some pierogi (Polish dumplings) and soak up the vibes of this energetic city.
- See the monastery at Jasna Góra
- Entrance to Auschwitz & Birkenau concentration camp memorials
Go back in time as our Local Guide gives you a crash-course in Warsaw's troubled history. You'll see Warsaw's Ghetto, Chopin's park, as well as the Old Town. Hear how this town has been all about survival, being literally reduced to rubble, and how Warsaw then picked up the pieces, using these ruins to rebuild the city. Check out St. John's Cathedral and the Royal Palace, which was blown-up during World War II.
Free time means a chance to get to know Warsaw's modern, festive side. Relax in Lazienki Park, a favourite haunt with the locals, or dip into the city's many museums, galleries and theatres. Get some hints on what to explore from your Trip Manager.
Tonight, we have a special farewell dinner together: a traditional Polish feast near the famous Royal Route - the road leading to the former King's residence. Feast on a three-course meal and toast your travels with the crew and your new friends.
The choice of clubs, live music and bars here is mind-blowing, so it'll be a fun night out!
- Enjoy Polish cuisine in an authentic local restaurant in Warsaw
- Locally guided tour of the old Jewish Ghetto & the medieval centre of Warsaw
The trip ends after breakfast in Warsaw and it's time to say farewell to your new friends. Otherwise catch a free transfer back to Berlin where your trip ends upon arrival.
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This course explores the detection and measurement of radio and optical signals encountered in communications, astronomy, remote sensing, instrumentation, and radar. Topics covered include: statistical analysis of signal processing systems, including radiometers, spectrometers, interferometers, and digital correlation systems; matched filters and ambiguity functions; communications channel performance; measurement of random electromagnetic fields, angular filtering properties of antennas, interferometers, and aperture synthesis systems; and radiative transfer and parameter estimation.
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Central Hichigan University Board of Trustees
Meeli ng o f June 18 , 1980
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Members present: Hr. James H. Umphrey , Chairman ; Or. Bernadine H.
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The minutes or the Hay 21, 1980 , oeeting were approved as printed.
It "as moved by Hr . Alf red Fortino, seconded by Dr. Be r nadine Denning.
and ca rr ied , t ha t t he fo l low ing recotmlendations be approved.
~i I l i~ Adams , Assis t ant Professor, Physical Education, full·time,
8.S., Chicago St a t e Un iveni t y, 1972
H.S. , Chicago St a t e Un iversity, 1979
Chr iseda Allen, Tempor a ry Assis t ant Professor. Home [conomics,
Fam i ly Life a nd Consume r Educat ion, two·thlrds time, Fall 1980
8 .S., Centra l Hi c hl gan Un i versity. 1 95~
Gerald L. 8acza, Tempo rary Assistant Professor. Industr ial [duca·
tion and Technology, full · time, 1980·81
8.S. , California State College, 197~
H.A. , West Virg il'li a Unive r sity, 1977
[d.o., West Vi rginia Ul'liversity, 1979
Appointments con t Inued
Peter A. 8ittlinger, Temporary Assistant Professor, Political
Science, three-fourths time , 1980-81
B.S., Canisius College, 1962
M.A., University of f'1ass achuSetts, 1963
Ph.D., lkliversity of f'1assachusetts , 1976
Raymond F. Boyer, AdjlMlct Professor, Chemistry, 1980-81
B.S . , Case Institute of Technology. 1933
1'1.5., Case Ins titute of Technology, 1935
Ph.D., Case In s titute of Technology , 1955
I'Iichael A. Brooks. Temporary Inst ruc t or, Economics , fu ll-ti me,
B.S., />\onash University, Aust ralia, 197~
1'1.5 . , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Un iversi ty , 1979
Jeffrey Chin, Temporary Instructor, Sociology, Anthropology and
Social Work, full-time, Fall 1980; three-fourths time, Winter 1981
B.A., Trinity College, 1976
/'I.A., Unive rsity of /'Iichigan, 1978
Kath leen A. Cooper. Temporary Instructor, Finance, Insurance and
Real Estate, three-fourths time, Fal l 1980
B.A. , AdrIan College, 1969 •
M.B.A. , Central I'Iichigan University. 1977
Certrude Cross , Tell1)orary Instructor. Recreation and p"rk Adlninistratlon,
one-four th time, Fall 1980
B.S .• Centra l Itl chigan University , 1976
George Deal, Tefl1lorary Associate Professor, Institute for
Personal and Career Oevelopcnent, fu l l-time, 193c-81
B.S. , Ind iolt\a University, 19~1
1'1.5., Indiana University, 19~2
D.B.A., Ceorge Washington University, 196"
Diane Deyo , Tefl'4)orary Instructor, Art, full-time. 1980-81
B.F.A., Wes tern Hichigan Univers ity, 1976
H.F.A., 'Jestern Hichigan University, 1980
Joan W. Dollard, Tefl1lorary Instructor, Fore i gn Lan guages , Llferatures
and CultureS, one-third time, Fall 1980
B.S., University o f Hi chigan, 1960
H.A., Uni ve rsi ty of Mi chigan, 1963
Cary L. Dunbar, Temporary Instructor, Psyclw)logy, full-time, 1980-81
B.A., Eckerd College. florida, 1971
B.S., Eckerd College, Florida, 1975
H.A., Cent ral Hlchigan University, 1976
M.S., Central Hi chigan University, 1977
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Appointments cont inued
Hat1S -C Elias , Adjl¥lct Professor, Chef!li s try . 1980-81
Ph.D . , Technical Univers ity of HlMlich, Germany , 1957
Cora Enman, Temporary As sociate Professor, Mus ic, full-time,
B.A., \.Ihitman College, 1963
1'1.1'1., Michigan State University, 1973
Bon i face Essama-Nsan , Temporary Instructor, Economi cs. full-time ,
li (;ence en Droi t .. Sciences, Un i versity of Yaounde, Cameroon ,
H.A. , University of Michi gan, 1977
Margaret Etienne, Temporary Instructor, AccolXltrng. full -ti me,
B.A., Hichigan State UniverSity, 196\
It.S., Central Michigan University, 1980
Ruth Fitzgerald, ASSist .. nt Profes sor , Counseling, Educational
Admin i stration, library Media, and COImIunity leadership , 1980- 81
B.S., Western I'Iichigan Ikl i versity, 1961
"".S.L., Western Hlchlgan University, 1968
Carol Cates, Tefl1lorary Instructor, Art, full-time, 1980-81
B.S., Centr .. ' Michigan Ikliverslty, 1977
M.A., Central Michigan Ikliversity. 1980
Sleven N. Cold, Temporary Instructor, Psychology, ful1-time ,
B.A., WilShlngton Ikllversity, St. LOUIS, 1975
H.A., Michlg.tn State University, 1977
Rene l. Harger, T~orary Assistant Instructor, Phy s ical Education.
one-ha 1ft lme, 1980-81
B.S., Centra l Michigan University , 1974
Allan Matthew Hart, Temporary Instructor, Phi losophy, seven-eighths
time, 1980-81
B.A .• Michigan State University, 1972
M.A., Michigan State U"ivers ity, 1974
Susan Hawkes, Adjl¥lct Associate Professor, Chemistry, 1980-81
B.S., Queen Hary Co l lege, University of london, 1969
Ph,D" Queen Mary Col lege, University of london, 1973
David Hlrvela, Assoc i ate Professor and Director of the University
Theatre, Speech and Dramatic Arts, twelve months , 1980 - 81
B.A. , University of Mlchlg.n, 1963
M.A., University of Mi chigan, 1967
Ph.D., University of Vlscansin, 1971
Appoi ntmenu cont i nued
lori Evelyn H~t, Inuructor, Health Education , ful l- t i me , 1980-81
B.S., Central Michigan University, 1977
M.S., Univers ity of Wi sconsi n, 1980
Cleo B. John son , Temporary Aois i stant Professor, Speci a l Educat ion,
one-half t ime, 1980-81
B.S., Cel'ltra l Michigan Un i versi t y, 1937
/'1.5., Centra l /'Iichigan University, 1971
David J. Karman, Temporary Ass i stant Professor, Accoun t ing, f ulltime,
B.S., Central MIchigan Unive rsi ty. 1969
M.Ed., Univers i ty of Guam, 1971
/'1.5., Centra l /'I l ch igan Un i versity, 1976
Wayne Ki efer, reappointment as Chairperson. Geogrilphy, for iI th reeyear
term: August I , 1980 - J uly 31, 1983
Nicho las Kripa l , Temporary AsSiStant Professor. Ar t, full- t ime,
1980- 81
B.F.A. , Kearney State Co llege, 1975
/'1 .5 . , Kearney State College, 19 77
Vernon E. Kwiatkowski , Teqlorary Ass istan t Professor , Account in g ,
full-time, 1980-81
B.A. , Edinboro Sta te Col lege, Pe nnsy l van i a, 1970
M.S .• Oh io lkl i versi t y, 1975
Ca rol lanfear , Temporary Instructor, Mat hemati cs , f ull-ti me,
a.A., Southern Missionary Co l lege , 1972
M.A., Atldrews University. 1175
ThOlnas /'Ieehan, Adjunc t Assistant Pro fessor , Chem i stry, 1980- 81
B.S. , Unive r s ity o f Ak ron, 1965
Ph.D. , St . l o uis UniversI t y , 1973
Da le J. Heier, Adj~c t Professo r , Chemist ry, 1980-81
B.S., Ca lifo rn i a InUitute o f Techno logy , 19"7
M.S. , Ca l ifo rn ia Il'ISt l t ute of Te chno logy , 19"8
Ph.D. , UnIversity o f Ca ll fo rr·d. a t l os Anqe les . 195"
Rodney Hi chae I , Tempora ry Ass i stan t Professor , Accoun t i ng , fu 11-
t i me , 1980- 81
B.S. B.A., Cel'lt ral Mi ch igan UnIve r si t y , 1972
M.a.A., Cen tra l Mi chigan Unive r s it y , 1976
Appoln[!l'ents continued
Robert l. Miller, Adjunct Associate Professor, Chemistry, 1980-81
B.S., Hassachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950
Ph.D., Brown University, 1954
Scott Minick, Temporuy Instructor, Art, full-lime, 1980-81
B.F.A., Ikllversity of Mi chigan , 1977
M.F.A., Southern il linoi s University, 1980
Pamela W. Murchison, Temporary AssIstant Profenor. Chemistry,
three-fourths t i me , 1980-81
B.S. , Carnegle - l'Ie llon University, 1965
Ph.D., lkliverslty of /'Iinnesota , 1969
Paul Newcomb, Instructor. Sociology, Anthropo logy and Social Work ,
B.A., SUNy at Buffalo , 1968
M.S .W. , SUNY at Buffalo, 1970
Donald Pletz, Temporary InStructor, Finance. Insurance and Relll
Estate. three-four t hs time , 1980-81
a.A., Albion College, 19,4
H.B.A .• University of Michigan, 1956
Donna Poynor, Tell'9orary Ass I stant Professor , Home Econami cs , Family
life.,d Consl.l'l'lCr EducatIon, three-fourths ti<roe. 1980-81
B.S., Central .Hich igan Ikllversity. 1962
H.A., Central /'Iichigaf'l University, 1969
Roderi ck Qui rk, Adj unct Associ ate Professor, Chel1'listry, 1980-81
B.S., Rensselaer Poly technica l Institute, 1963
.H.S., University of Illinois, 1965
Ph.D., Ikliversity of Illinois, 1967
Harlene t. RI ehardson, Temporary Ass I stant Professor, .Husi c, seveneighths
time , 1980- 81
B . .H.E., IndIana University, 1955
M.S.E., Sa int Francis College. 1969
Bruce Roscoe, Instructor, Home Economics. Fami Iy Li fe and Conslr.ler
Educat lon, 1980-81
B.S.H.E., Universi ty of North Carolina , 1976
Wi l l i am J. Salem, Te""orary Instructor , Business Education and
Admini St rative Services, one-fourth time, 1980-81
B.S. , Ferris State Co l lege. 1912
H.B.E . , Ce.n tra I Hichigan Ikliverslty, 1916
Appoin t ments coot inued
Al fred Russillo, Temporary AsSistant Professor, Institute for
Pe rsOl'la I and Career Develop....ent, full - time, 1980-81
8.5. , United Sta tes Nava l ACIlOemy, 1941t
M.8.A . , Ceorge '.Jashlngton Uni\lers icy, 1963
D.B . A., George '.Jashlngto" Uni\lersity, 1918
Mary Lou Seni I I ing, Temporary InSt ructo r , Recreat 101'1 and Park
Admini s tratIon , fu ll- time, 1980-81
B.S., Central Michigan Univers ity, 1975
M.A., Cent ra l Michigan Unviers i t y, 1918
James H. Schulte, J r ., Tell"f)O rary Assis t ant I"s tructor, Physica l
Education, ful l-t ime , 12 months, July I, 1980 - J~e )0, 1981
B.S., Ce"tral Michigan lkIivers ity, 1974
Clorla C. Siers , Tempo rary In s tructor, Geography , one- four th
time, 1980-81
B.A. , Univers ity of Detroit, 196~
M.A. , '.Jayne State University, 1973
Kendall Si trmOrls, Temporary Ass Ista" t Professor, Insti tute fo r
Personal and Ca reer Deve lopment, ful l-time, 1980-81
B.S., Un ited States Naval Acai!emy, 1941
H.8 .A. , Ceorge W.uhlngton Unive r s ity, 196]
D.B.A., George '.Jash i"gton University , 1968
Susan K. Smith , Tellporary Instructor, Management , full - time,
A.8., Univer si ty of Michigan , 1957
M.B.A., Central Michigan Universi ty , 1978
Karel Solc, Adj~ct Associate Pro fe ssor, Chemi stry , 1980-81
Ph.D., Czechosl ovakia Academy of Science, Prague, 1961
Sharon Stevenson , Tempora ry Ass l s t'lnt Professor . E"g 1 ish, onefourth
tilllt , 1980-81
B. A. , Tarko College, MIssouri , 1962
M.A. , '.Jest Virgin ia Un ive rsity, 1965
Ph.D., lkIiversl ty of flo rida, 1911
Mary Z, Stewart, Temporary Inst ructor, ReligiOl'l, (u l l-ti me,
A.B., Sy racuse l)rdvers i ty , 1972
f'1 .A. , Syracuse Univers ity, 1974
Appointl'ltnts continued
Judith F. Stone , Temporary ASSistant Professor , History, fulltime,
B.A., New York lkIi\lers ity, 1968
M.A., New York lkIiversily, 1973
Ph.D., New York University, 1 9~
M. Richard Sussman. reappol"tmen t ,lIS Chairperson,
Insurance and Real Estate, for a five-year term :
Ju ly 31, 1985
August I, 1980 -
Ll oyd Thomas , Temporary Ass istant Professor, Art , three-fourths
time, 1980-81
B.S . , Central f'1i chlgan Unive rsity , 1968
M.F .A., '.Jayne State University, 1971
Richard TI lmann, Temporary Instructor , Info~tion 5ystems and
Analys is , five - eighths time and Monors Program one-eighth time,
8.5 . , Central I1lchigilfl Unive rsi ty, 1975
M.S., Central Mi chigan Universi ty, 1977
Richard '.J. VonKorff, Adjunct Professor , Chell'llstry, 1980 -81
B.A. , Univers ity of Minnesota, 1 9~8
Ph.D., lkIiverslty of Minnesot.li , 1951
A. De laney Walker, Temporary Instructor, E"gll sh, full-time,
B.A., University o( Illinois, 1913
M.F.A., Univers i ty of 8r1tlsh Colt.dlia, 1976
Eric Wildman, Temporary Instr uctor, I'Iathematics, full-time, 1980-81
B.S., Cent ral Michigan University, 1974
M.A., Centra l I'Iichigan University. 1976
Marl a Sab 10 YateS, Te~o r ary Inst ructor. Foreign Languages,
Litera tures , and Cu ltures, t .... o-thlrds t ime, Fal l 1980
B.A., lkIiverslty of Wash ington, 1914
M.A., lkIlversity of Wash ington, 1976
Senior Adml"istrator
Eilee" Jenn ings, Associate University Co~sel, provisional,
lkIlverslty Counsel
Cynthia Harper, Librarian AP- 4, provisional, IPCD/Dayton Admin.
Appol n tments cont i nued
SupervisoryfTechni cal
Randal Bo·des, Dispatcher ST-3, Public Safety
Kathlyn Beltinck, Stenographer C~3, Receivab le ACCOWlting
PrOll'lOtl ons , Reclusi fications , and Salary Adjustments:
Richard Featheringh.:m, fro!" Professor full-time, to Professo r and
Acting Chairperson, Business Education and AdminiStrative Services ,
effective August I, 1980 - July 31, 19B1
Ed.lard Grant, Associate Professor, Acco...,ting, from full-time to
three-fou rt hs time, and AssIstant Dean, Schoo l of Business
Adm i nistration, one-fourth time. effective July I, ]980
Robert O. Hanson. from Professor and ChaIrperson full-time, to
Professor three-fourths tIme, Bus i ness Educat ion and Admin 1st ratlve
Services, and Associate Dean, School of Business AdminIstration,
one-fourth time, effective August 17, 1980
Char les B. House, Jr., frO/!! uecutive Ass istant to the President,
to Director/Cen ter for International, St6l'l!lCr and Interdi s ciplinary
Programs, effecti ve August IB, 1980
Richard Kline, from Professor and Acting Chairperson to Professor
and Chairperson, Art , effective July I, 1980 - July 31, 1983
Thomas J. Hi]es, from Acting Dean , School of Arts &rid Sciences , to
Acting Vice Pro~t for Academi c Administration. effect ive
July I, 1980
Robert Severson, from Professor and Chairperson to Professor,
Economics, full-time, effective August I, 1980
Frank A. Stancato, Professor, Secondary Education, from full-time
to one-fourth t ime, and Psychology. three-fourths time, 1980-81
Duane Wood, Acting Associate Dean , School of Business Aaninlstration,
from one,-half time to one-fourth time, and Associate Professor ,
Management , f~ one-half time to three-fourths time, effective
July I, 1980 - August 16, 1980
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Promotion s , Reclassifications, and Salary Adjustl'lCntS continued
John Yanti s, from Oi rector/lnsti tute for Personal and Career
Deve lopment, to Associate Vice President for Ext ended ,l earning
Progra-ns, effect Ive August 18 , 1980
Habib A. Zuberl. f rom Associa t e Professor to Associate Professor and
Acting Ch;,irpe r son, ECOOOl:1lcs, effective August I, 1980·
July 31, 1981
Adm i nistrative/P ro fessiona]
Oaniel Kirchner to Senior Pnogrammer AP·3 , Computer Services
Supervi sorylT echn i c;, I
Emma Curtiss to Admi nistrative Aide ST-~, Pay rol I
Joan Hartman to Accounting Systems Technician S T·~, three-four ths
time , Accounting Sys t ems
Cl e ri cal
I¥""f Caberto to A~;nistrative Sec retary C-5, finance, Insurance
and Rea l Estate
Robyn 099, Secretary C- Ij . PlaCCllle nt
Maintenance/food Se r vice
Wi llard Carrick to JoumeylnaO Auto and Equipmen t I'\echanic Mf- B,
Kotor Pool
Craig Ha rkr ader to Sen ior Custod i an Mf-5, Auxi l i;, ry Services
l ellve of flbsence:
Ni na C. Oi amond , Psycho logy, requests leaw:. of absence for the
1980-Bl academi c yea r , wi thout pay, for the opportun i ty to pursue
postg radua te s t udies
J_s Hoor , Economics , requeStS that the previously approved leave
be changed from the 1980-BI academic yur with one·half pay to
lol l thout pay
Leaves of Absence continued
Hambir Phadtare, Sociology, Anth ropo logy and Social Work, requests
leave of absence for the Winter 1981 and Fa l l 1981 Semes t ers , wit hout
Res i gnations, Te rmi nations , Et c.:
Leslie H. Cochran, Vice ProVOSt for Academi c Adm ini st rati on and
Profe ssor. IndUSt ri a l Educilt ion and Techno logy, e ffective
August I, 1980
Robert H. KOZub . Assistant Professor . Accounting
E lsi'! HcHull e n , Ass oc i ate Professo r and Cha i rpe rson. Home Econom l cs ,
Family Life and Consume r Education , effect i ve Augus t 1,1980
Clif fo rd C. Ols en, Assis t an t Professor, Speech and Oramati c Art s ,
effective May IS, 1980
Ar l ene Sheskin, Assistant Professor , Socio logy , Anthropo logy ~ d
Social \Jo rk , effec ti ve May 12, 1980
Adm; n i s t rat i YelP rofess i onil1
\J ll li am Brown, COlSlsel or AP- ], Fi nancia l Ai ds
R.obert Fo l desi, Manager/Compensat ion and Deve lO',)ll'.ent AP-6 , Per sonne l
and St a f f Re l at ions
Bra dley Fuhr, Ed i lor/Ro)dio-TV News , AP- ] , I 1'1 fo rmat ion Se r vi ces
Michae l Jacks, Scene ry ond Light ing Des i gne r A?-5 , p ro vi s i ona l,
Speech and Orama t i c Arts
Joy Leach , Coo rd inator /Personnel ActIvities AP- 2 , Aux i lia ry
Se rvices
Supervl sory /Techn i ca I
Jacque lyn l'Ii 11 s , Techn i ca l Ai de ST-) , Unive r s it y Press
Chery l Pahz, Governmen t Documents Techni ci an ST- Ij , library
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Res i gnat ions , Te rmi nat ions , Et c. continued
Cleri cal
Shirley Doy le, Stenog rapher (-3. Engli s h
Kelly Franci sco, Stenog rapher C-3 , Pub l ic Safety
J e nn i fe r Ni ms , Admini s tra ti ve Se c r e ta ry C-5 , Cl a rke Hi sto ri ca l
Lib rary
Maintenance/Food Service
Barbara Elliott, Ut ility Wo rke r MF-2, Food Serv ices/ Robinson
Ret! rements :
LeSt e r Seri e r, Assoc iate Pro fessor, Mathe.ma t ics
Septerile r I , 1935 - DecellOe r ]1, 1980
George \Jalker, Professor. Secondary Educa tion
JlSle 15, 1970 - ttay ]1, 1980
Supervi so ry/Techn 1 COI l
Loui se Fair , Swit c;hboard Operat or ST-2, three-fourt hS time, Centrex
October 31 , 1966 - JlSle 30, 1980
Mary Lou Gosney, Office Supe rvi sor ST-4 . Centrex
~ri I It, 1955 - JlJIle ]0 , 1980
It WitS moved by H rs . Katha ri ne Ha fstad, secon ded by Mr. Leo Farh ilt ,
and carried , that Jac.k Adams , Professor, 8101ogy , whose r e tiremen t was
approved at the Kay meeting, be gr¥1ted emeritus rank effective
!til)' 11 , 1980 .
\JHER[AS , Jack AdiJIIs has c.oq>leted twenty-one years of loy .. l
service to the Centrill Mi c.higan UniversIty COIlIIIlSIltYi lind
W'HEREAS , His patience, attention to detail, and quiet persi s tence
have e nhan c.ed the effectivenes s of the many departmental
and Un i \Ie rs i ty comni ttees with whi ell he has worked i arid
Emer i tuS Rank Cont i nued
IoIIiEREAS, He was al'Qlg the fi rst to partI cIpate in the team
teac::hing of the introductory bio logy cour!>e : and
WHEREAS, His developMent of il lustrations, mode l s , and
lllechaoical devices has been an i~ortant contr ib ution to
both teaching and research; and
WHE REAS, Hi s s tudies in the fields of genetics, c::yto logy,
and p lant growth have added substantially t o scien tifi c
know ledge; and
WH EREAS, He has served hi s com"lunity with distlnc::tlon u
membe r and of fi ce r o f the Central Mi c::higan Photographic
Soc::i ety; and
WH EREAS, Hi s ti re less efforts as advi so r to s tudents,
especia lly those on the medica l technology program, have
been sincerely apprecia t ed: and
\,IHEREAS, His c::o l le3gtles wi I I be eve r·grateful for his
support, h i s teaching, his profession.tlism, and his
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, That the Board of TrUStees , on
behalf of the University c::onnunity, exp reSSes appreciation
and gratitude for his contrib utions to the Service of this
institution and extends Professor EmerItUS rank.
It was IIIOved by Hrs. Katharine Hafstad, sec::onded by Mr. leo Fa rllat , ..... d
carried, that gif15 rec::eived during the month o f Hay totaling $2/j, 184.81
and a gran t t otaling $9,835 be accepted with appreciation.
CETA Region 7-B: Clerk Typist Career Tra ining $9,835
It was moved by Mrs. Katha r ine Hafstad, sec::onded by Or. Be rn ad ine
Oennlng, and carried, that the Board move into closed sess ion for the
pu rpose o f di scuss ing co l lective bargaining. For: Denning , Farhat,
Fortino, Hafs t ad, Umphrey, Wightman. Against: none.
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The open session recessed iIIt 10:15 a.m.
The open session reconvened at 1:26 p.m to hear staff re por t s.
The next meeting of the Board of TrusteeS wi II be Monday and Tuesday ,
July 21-22, 1980.
The mee ting adjourned at 2 :35 p.fII.
g9-4 Terrence J. Carey
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Customer Service Plan
4. Allowing reservations to be cancelled without penalty for a defined amount of time
We want to give you more flexibility when planning your flight. Subject to applicable ticketing deadlines, we will allow you either:
5. Providing Prompt Ticket Refunds
Austrian will issue refunds for all eligible tickets within seven (7) business days for credit card purchases and within twenty (20) business days for purchases made by cash or check.
For refund assistance:
Requests for refunds may be submitted to any Austrian ticketing location or your travel agent.
For questions on how to apply for a refund or check status on a refund request, visit our website at http://www.austrian.com/Contact.aspx
6. Properly Accommodating Disabled and Special Needs passengers, including Tarmac Delays
Austrian are committed to providing safe, convenient and reliable travel to all passengers and will not discriminate against any passenger with a disability.
Austrian employees have been trained to comply with 14 CFR Part 382. Austrian have trained Complaint Resolution Officials at Vienna and U.S. airports that are available to answer questions.
Unaccompanied minors
Austrian accept children between 5 and 11 years of age who hold a confirmed reservation as an Unaccompanied Minor ("UM").
An UM service charge applies to all UMs on Austrian's flights. For more information please see http://www.austrian.com/Info/Flying/TravellingChildren.aspx
Minors age 12 through 17 years are not subject to the UM policies, but the UM service is available for the UM service charge if you would like to use it.
UMs will be escorted onboard the aircraft by an Austrian representative and introduced to the Flight Attendant before being escorted to their seat.
Upon arrival the UM will be escorted off the aircraft by one of our representatives and will be released at the agreed point only to those persons named on the Special Service Form. Identification will be required.
7. Meeting Customers' Essential Needs during Long On-Board Delays
Austrian will provide full and timely information regarding the status of a flight if there is a long delay after you have boarded or after the plane has landed. If safety and security conditions permit, Austrian will provide for your essential needs such as food, beverages, heat/air conditioning, operable lavatory facilities, and access to medical treatment.
On request the captain may allow customers to use cellular phones and laptop computers in accordance with safety and governmental regulations. During the waiting time the Flight Crew will make every reasonable effort to respond to our customers' special needs if available and possible.
For further information, see Austrian's Contingency Plan for Lengthy Tarmac Delays.
8. Handling "Bumped" Passengers in the Case of Oversales with Fairness and Consistency
Austrian will handle "bumped" passengers with fairness and consistency in the case of Oversales.
When a flight is expected to be oversold, our Airport representatives will first ask for volunteers who are willing to give up their seats in exchange for benefits to be agreed upon.
If Austrian does not find enough volunteers, Austrian may deny boarding involuntarily to passengers holding a confirmed reservation in accordance with established boarding priorities.
We will rebook passengers on to the next available Austrian flight to their ticketed destination if they are involuntarily denied boarding. If an Austrian flight is not available, we will strive to provide comparable accommodations on another airline that we have a ticketing agreement with. Meals and hotel accommodations will be offered when appropriate.
Information regarding our policies and procedures for handling situations when ticketed customers cannot be accommodated on a flight will be made available at the airport.
Amount of Denied Boarding Compensation
International Transportation: Passengers traveling from the United States to a foreign point who are denied boarding involuntarily from an oversold flight originating at a U.S. airport are entitled to:
(1) No compensation if the carrier offers alternate transportation that is planned to arrive at the passenger's destination or first stopover not later than one hour after the planned arrival time of the passenger's original flight;
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Amphibians—frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts—are vanishing. In fact, 42 percent of the world's 6,000 frog species are declining rapidly and are in danger of extinction in our lifetimes. Since 1980, 122 amphibian species are thought to have gone extinct, compared to just five bird species and no mammals over the same period. This is an unprecedented rate of species loss and deserves an unprecedented conservation response. Brian Gratwicke leads the National Zoo's response to this global extinction crisis.
While there has been much research on declining amphibians, it is becoming clear that unless we take specific actions to save them, we will lose as many as half of all amphibian species on the planet. In response to this crisis, the National Zoo has embarked on a major amphibian conservation effort to stop the biodiversity loss. Our efforts have two primary focal areas:
On April 8, 2015, the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project officially opened its new rescue lab at the Gamboa Amphibian Research and Conservation Center. It is the largest amphibian conservation facility of its kind in the world.
The new facility, on the premises of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Gamboa, will house colonies of amphibians threatened by the deadly Chytrid fungus to ensure the survival of their species. Read more about the new center.
When amphibians started disappearing from protected areas, some people thought disease might be responsible for the mysterious declines. In 1999, National Zoo scientists working with a researcher at the University of Maine described a new amphibian chytrid fungus that causes the deadly amphibian skin disease chytridiomycosis.
Since then, our understanding of amphibian declines and this disease has improved greatly. Scientists now suspect that amphibian chytrid fungus originated in Southern Africa. African clawed frogs from this region, probably carriers of the disease, are popular lab animals and were exported around the world in the 1940s.
The spread of this disease in now thought to be responsible for amphibian extinctions on several continents, including gastric brooding frogs from Australia, golden coqui frogs from Puerto Rico, Wyoming toads, Monteverde golden toads from Costa Rica, and more than 70 species of colorful harlequin frogs from Central and South America.
Chytrid fungus is spreading east from Western Panama and is causing massive amphibian declines. Scientists estimate that at least 50 species are at risk and in need of rescue. The National Zoo is home to a rescued breeding population of Panamanian golden frogs, a species that the chytrid fungus wiped out in the wild.
You can learn more about this animal and the National Zoo's efforts to save amphibians from extinction as the result of chytrid by visiting the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project. The Zoo, along with seven other institutions, formed the project in 2009.
The Appalachian region is a biodiversity hotspot for salamanders. Thirty-five endemic species of salamanders live there. (Endemic species are species that live in only one location and nowhere else in the world.) Yet we know very little about how to conserve this biodiversity treasure. The National Zoo monitors populations of highly endangered Shenandoah salamanders in the Shenandoah National Park, plans to create a captive breeding facility for Appalachian salamanders.
After recognizing potential risks to Appalachian salamanders and evaluating our current knowledge of their biology and conservation status, researchers are planning the next steps to be taken to understand and preserve these unique species. Read more about the connection between Appalachian salamanders and climate change, as well as some of the research going on now through the National Zoo. Learn more.
Salamander education and monitoring programs at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal teach critical math and science skills to students in the field.
Read a report about Appalachian salamander conservation.
The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are working with Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Houston Zoo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Zoo and Zoo New England to create captive colonies of highly endangered frogs that are being wiped out by a frog-killing fungus. We also lead a research program to find a cure for this deadly disease.
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Text FROG to 20222 to give $5 to the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project. The Zoo is one of nine partners working to stop a deadly disease from wiping out nearly one-third of the world's amphibians in the largest extinction event since the time of the dinosaurs. This money will go specifically to help the Zoo save more than 20 frog species unique to eastern Panama, which is one of the last strongholds for amphibian biodiversity. The rescue project is also working to find a cure for the disease, chytrid, which is killing amphibians around the world.
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The Chopra Center offers a unique yoga practice that incorporates the teachings of Deepak Chopra's best-selling book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Successto help you experience a deep state of body-centered restful awareness both on and off the mat. Experience this practice at our two studios in Carlsbad, CA and Vancouver, B.C., Canada, and also throughout the world with a Chopra Certified Yoga Teacher.


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When she was a little girl, "Sarah" found herself receiving some unwanted attention from her father.
Anytime the young girl needed a bath, her father wanted to join her and have her wash him in ways the little girl never understood.
Years later, Sarah, 27, of Parkersburg, began to understand that she was one of the thousands of victims of child sexual abuse, and it came from within the home and the people trusted to raise her.
"I will never understand how my mother could have allowed that, or how he could have done that," said Sarah, who asked to not reveal her real name.
Cases like the one involving Sarah aren't nearly as uncommon as many people believe, law enforcement officials say.
Just over 93 percent of all children under the age of 12 who are victims of sexual abuse know the offender, and of that total 47 percent are related to the offender, according to figures from U.S. Department of Justice.
Fact Box
About this series in The Marietta Times
Inside, Page B1: The psychology of abusers and why they single out certain children; the signs of sexual abuse to look for; and the impact of abuse on the victims.
Monday: A look at the reactions to abuse parents often have and why. Also, an examination of the role of law enforcement in child sex abuse cases.
Tuesday: Solutions for families to heal and resources that can help.
Statistics on sex offenders for the state of Ohio
There were 7,426 people in Ohio prisons for sex offenses, including 7,296 men and 130 women, according to the last review completed in January.
The most common sex offense is rape, with 4,364 individuals incarcerated on the charge.
Sex offenders constitute the second highest demographic in Ohio prisons, trailing only crimes against a person excluding sex offenses.
Source: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Sexual abuse of children has been in the national spotlight recently, with the conviction last week of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, who was found guilty of abusing 10 boys over 15 years. Sandusky had served as a mentor and surrogate parents to the children.
Locally, it's those same type of people committing the offenses against children as most are fathers, stepfathers, brothers, uncles, neighbors or friends of the family.
"It's not the stranger off the street or the abduction kind of thing," said Washington County Sheriff's Maj. Brian Schuck. "It's someone close to the family."
The fact that the man who abused her was her father made life for Sarah particularly difficult, as she received medication for depression as a young child.
For Sarah, the abuse began when she was 5 and lasted until she was 12, prompting her to try running away from home and even attempting suicide.
"I felt like that was the way life was going to be forever," she said, crying.
Assistant Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings, who has prosecuted several high profile sexual abuse cases, said the majority of time he sees the perpetrator of sexual abuse in the home where the child resides.
It is not always the father, but often Rings said he sees sexual offenders as the stepfather or boyfriend of the mother of a child in a broken home.
Most abusers are men.
According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report made to Congress in 2010, 97 percent of the non-biological parent or partners responsible for sexual abuse of a child were men. Eighty percent of biological parents who sexually abused a child were male and 86 percent of non-relatives were also male, the report says.
There were 55,313 substantiated reports of sexual abuse against children in 2010, the most recent statistics available from the Department of Justice.
State numbers weren't available for cases, but a review earlier this year in Ohio found there were 7,426 people incarcerated in Ohio for sex-related offenses - the second highest total for any demographic.
Sexual abuse of children covers a broad scope of actions, including fondling, making a child touch an adult's sexual organs, penetrating a child, exposing children to pornographic material, deliberately exposing a child to the act of sexual intercourse, masturbating in front of a child or using a child to film, photograph or model pornography, according to the Department of Justice.
While most cases of child sexual abuse take place within the home, there are other offenders including teachers, coaches, family friends and mentors, police said.
In the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report, 40 percent of the perpetrators to sexually abuse a child were not related, either as a biological parent or non-biological partner.
Several prominent cases locally involved men who served as "friends" to large groups of young boys. They had access to the children in the neighborhood, whom they befriended and groomed into becoming victims, police explained.
"It's all about accessibility to the victim," Schuck said. "That's why it's normally somebody close to the victim."
The grooming process is one of the keys for the acquaintance-type sexual offender, police said.
According to the Department of Justice, offenders who are not in the home will typically spend a longer time on the seduction process of a child. Perpetrators often engage in activities where they will hug or roughhouse with a child in front of the parents, thereby making the child believe the actions are acceptable.
"There's usually that long seduction process," Rings said. "They are remarkably good at getting the kids not to say anything."
Offenders who are not in the home also tend to have more victims.
The National Institute of Mental Health reports that offenders who are not biologically related to the victim or don't reside in the same home molest an average of 117 children, most of whom do not report the offense. Rings said he believes the number of victims for serial molesters who are not related to the victim is more like 80 to 100.
For 2008, there were 40 victims of sexual abuse under the age of 18in Washington County. That number dropped to 27 in 2011, but those figures can be misleading as several cases involved multiple victims.
A Beverly man was believed to have molested more than 20 children while a Marietta man was sentenced to 70 years in prison after he was convicted of abusing more than 10 boys at his home.
"The ones who are fixated on children as sexual objects, those are the dangerous ones," Rings said.


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Citizens Police Academy start date scheduled
February 23, 2013
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Police Department is ready to conduct another session of its free Citizens Police Academy. Classes will begin on March 21 and will be held from 6-9 p.m....
I believe this is actually a good idea although I have no idea why anyone would want to do this. The reason I believe this is a good idea is because local law enforcement(not just PPD) need to work with the community more and enhance their reputation with citizens. There is a divide among the two groups. I once had a deputy come into my fenced in back yard for "business" and when I told him he cannot just come into my yard he said "he is law enforcement and he could do anything he wanted" and then I informed him of the truth with the various reasons he could come into my yard and told him if he didn't have a good reason that he couldn't, he promptly left and then called the PPD on me and they showed up and I told them the story and he agreed and left.
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Gosh, didn't get off the page and saw that someone disagreed with me just asking a few questions the press should have already asked.. how strange.
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Inquiring minds want to know... is it funded by grant or tax money? If not by grants, who approves the expenditure for such a program?
Officers aren't educators, who (if anyone) approves the curriculum? How are the participating officers chosen?
"due to the nature of police work, it may become necessary to change the class topic for any given night to accommodate an instructors needs" ... sounds like an easy way to double dip.
If class time includes time spent in a cruiser with an officer while on duty, is he getting paid his regular wages plus class time wages while on tour that day?
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I wonder about this. What prevents a crook from attending these classes to see how the department operates? Why does the department have a spokes model rather than chief of police talking to press? why do they call Mr. Collins a Sgt when he is a patrolman/?
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If you stay out of trouble there's no NEED to know how the police operate!
Wonder how much this "free" class is costing the taxpayers for a limited number to attend?
Citizen ride alongs.. is that logical? How could a policeman do their job correctly if there is a citizen in their cruiser during their tour of duty?
Sounds like another way for funds to be pilfered thru with the premise of helping the public.
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CB,THAT one was too good,needed that laugh of the week.
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Can trolls apply? Perfect! There you go wildcitykitty (aka hindsight101/resident troll) this is right up your alley.
Oh wait, that means he'd actually have to face someone, knowing that, I doubt he'll bite.
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PALO ALTO -- Wilcox outlasted host Palo Alto 42-39 on Friday night in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division showdown.
No. 10 Wilcox (4-1, 1-1 De Anza) only completed one pass, a two-point try that gave the Chargers a three-point lead late, but ran the ball early and often en route to a key league win.
Wilcox senior tailback Delshawn Mitchell scored on the second play of the game, ripping off an 80-yard touchdown to set the tone for the night.
He would later score from 81 yards and 16 yards, the last score turning out to be the winner
Stanford-bound quarterback Keller Chryst had another big game for 11th-ranked Palo Alto, accounting for five touchdowns. His last score came on a 2-yard keeper to put the Vikings (2-3, 1-1 De Anza Division) ahead 39-34 with 7:26 left in the fourth.
Unfortunately for the Palo Alto, he didn't touch the ball again until there were only 23 seconds left.
Wilcox quarterback Kenny Dipko ran out the clock by moving his team steadily down the field in the final minutes. The drive ended with a bullish Mitchell run up the middle that finished with a group of players on both sides collapsing into the end zone.
"Once we started going, we just kept rolling," Dipko said about the Chargers' running game. "They (Palo Alto) are a good football team. Its just really fun to play like we did tonight and to get a win against them here."
Despite a two-score deficit early, Palo Alto rallied to within one point by the end of the first half. Chryst was on point in the first half, completing 17 of 23 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran in a third score to keep the Vikings within one point.
"We had the momentum going into the third quarter," Chryst said. "In a game like this, you can't make any mistakes. We had a three-and-out to start the half and had some other mistakes that hurt us. We need to be able to finish to win games like this."
The Vikings could have had a few more points in the first half if not for a strange ending to the second quarter.
After a completed pass on the far sideline, senior Keesean Johnson looked to have been pushed out of bounds to stop the clock with just over 25 seconds left in the quarter.
Instead, the clock kept rolling along, leaving Palo Alto scrambling inside the Chargers' 30-yard line to get off another play.
"I'm not sure what happened with that," Palo Alto coach Earl Hansen said. "The clock ran out on us and our guy ran out of bounds. We were moving the ball then to go get some more points."
Chryst only completed three passes in the second half, the first went for 79 yards on a deep ball connection to sophomore Eli Givens.
The Vikings quarterback finished the game with 389 yards on 20 of 31 passing.
"He did everything he could to keep us in the game tonight," Hansen said. "We'll be fine. They (Wilcox) lost last week so we still control our own destiny. That's a good football team that beat us."
Wilcox 14 "7 "7 "14--42
Palo Alto 7 "13 "12 "7--39
W -- Mitchell 80 run (Bowles kick)
PA -- Davis 8 pass from Chryst (Fogarty kick)
W -- Dipko 14 run (Bowles kick)
W -- Mitchell 81 run (Bowles kick)
PA -- Givens 69 pass from Chryst( Fogarty kick)
PA -- Chryst 1 run (kick fail)
W -- Finefeuiaki 1 run (Bowles kick)
PA -- Givens 79 pass from Chryst (2-point failed)
PA -- Johnson 55 punt return (2-point failed)
W -- Finefeuiaki 46 run (kick fail)
PA -- Chryst 2 run (Fogarty kick)
W -- Mitchell 16 run (2-point good)
Records -- Wilcox 4-1, 1-1; Palo Alto 2-3, 1-1.


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Drug Approvals for Rare Diseases Have Increased
Rare Diseases: Drug Approvals for Rare Diseases Have Increased
There are between 6,000 and 7.000 rare diseases affecting 2.5 million Americans.
Source: Food and Drug Administration, Office of Orphan Product Development, Orphan Drug Designations and Approvals Database, athttp://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/opdlisting/oopd/index.cfm [Accessed August 2010] (for data from 1983–2010). Food and Drug Administration, "Developing Products for Rare Diseases & Conditions," http://www.fda.gov/forindustry/DevelopingProductsforrareDiseasesConditio..., [Accessed August 2010] (for data for 1970s).


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Ongoing Research in Leukemia & Lymphoma
Ongoing Research in Leukemia & Lymphoma
05.07.13 | By Preet Bilinski
Blood cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma, can affect anyone, including children. Each year, nearly 150,000 Americans are diagnosed with a blood cancer—accounting for about 9 percent of all new cancer diagnoses according to the American Cancer Society.
Over the last few decades, significant progress in biopharmaceutical research and development has led to steady improvements in cancer survivorship rates in the U.S. In 1960-1963, the five-year survival rate for non-Hodgkin lymphoma was 40 percent, and for leukemia, just 14 percent. In 2001-2007, they had climbed to 86 percent and 57 percent respectively, according to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). Nearly all of these gains were due to improvements in treatment.
While this progress is noteworthy, patients are counting on us to increase those survival rates. Continuing to build on those gains, America's biopharmaceutical research companies have 241 medicines in development for blood cancers. These medicines in the pipeline represent new approaches to treating blood cancers, with many using new mechanisms to attack the disease. These medicines – all in clinical trials or under review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – include:
- 98 for lymphoma – including Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma – which impacts nearly 80,000 Americans each year.
- 97 for leukemia, including the four major types, which affect nearly 50,000 people in the United States each year.
- 52 for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells, which affects more than 22,000 people each year in the United States.
- 24 medicines targeting hematological malignancies, which affect bone marrow, blood and lymph nodes.
Hear more about the advancement in therapies for these conditions in this video featuring Dr. Rajesh Chopra, Corporate Vice President of Translational & Early Drug Development at Celgene.


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Review Roundup: Google's Nexus 4 Smartphone Is Great, With One Big Footnote
Mind the asterisk.
Reviews are pouring in for Google new Nexus 4 smartphone, and so far they're mostly positive. The $199 phone with a two-year wireless contract is well-built and packs Google's newest Android operating system.
Except for one small footnote — no access to LTE, the latest generation of wireless technology.
That's a rather big footnote.
LTE technology will basically enable phones to download information faster, opening up the Web to having larger pages with richer content and data. It's become standard in many of the top modern smartphones, like the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III.
Google probably has good reasons for not including LTE in its newest flagship Android smartphone, but it sticks out like a sore thumb, according to reviews across the Web.
Here's how the phone fared among reviewers:
The biggest perk of Google's Nexus program is that these phones have access to the latest version of Google's Android mobile operating system. But this time around, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
WSJ"s Walt Mossberg writes: "I found the Nexus 4 more evolutionary than revolutionary. It has some nice features and carries on Google's recent tablet tradition of low pricing. But there's no knock-your-socks-off stuff in the new phone. Even the new version of Android is just a further iteration of the current variant, called Jelly Bean, rather than an all-new edition, such as Google introduced last year at this time with the prior Nexus phone."
In terms of performance, though, the Nexus 4 is top-notch. "I couldn't find a single stutter or hiccup during my week with the phone," Nathan Olivarez-Giles of Wired writes. "Even graphically intensive apps like Google Earth, or fast-paced games like Nova 3 loaded quickly and ran smoothly. This can be attributed to Qualcomm's 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, Adreno 320 graphics processor, and 2GB of RAM."
Unlike some of the other smartphones on the market, the Nexus 4′s storage is somewhat limited. It caps at 16 gigabytes of storage — which is fine if you mostly use streaming services and don't store a lot of files or apps locally. Otherwise, you can start running out of space quickly.
Mossberg said this is an "important feature" missing on the phone, noting that memory capacity greater than 16 gigabytes was "the amount most smartphones start with."
Design and Build
Reviewers write that the phone is well-built, but seems uninspired, given that Google hasn't strayed far from the design of the Galaxy Nexus. That's not necessarily a bad thing, given that the iPhone has followed a similar, evolutionary strategy.
Olivarez-Giles writes: "The first thing you notice when you pick up the handset is just how sturdy and luxurious it feels. The front and back of the device are coated in Gorilla Glass 2. I took a set of keys, a fork and a pocket knife to the front and back glass panels of the Nexus 4 and couldn't get a scratch to show up anywhere. I also slipped and dropped the phone while pulling it out of my pocket this week, and it showed no signs of my fumble."
"Overall, the design is nothing we all haven't seen before," Lynn La at CNET writes. "Yes, the Nexus 4 does look and feel like a premium handset, but it's uninspiring. It measures about the same as most big, 4.7-inch phones (5.27 inches by 2.7 inches by 0.36 inch), so it'll be a tight squeeze in small jean pockets. It's a wide fit in the hand but is comfortable to hold, and while it's only 0.1 ounce heavier than the Samsung Galaxy S3, it feels noticeably denser and sturdier."
This is another bright spot for the Nexus 4. The Verge's Josh Topolsky writes: "At the time of this writing, I've had it off of its charger for 10 hours and 30 minutes and it's still got 45 percent battery life. Yesterday before I plugged it in, I'd had it off the charger for 16 hours, with 18 percent of its juice left. To say it's holding up for full work days would be an understatement; even with heavy use, this battery more than pulls its weight."
There's a pretty constant theme here — this phone, save for one component, is actually a well-built phone with enviable features. But now, on to that major complaint…
This is the phone's Achilles' Heel. In theory, the network speed of the Nexus 4 shouldn't be much of an issue for many smartphone owners, but in practice it appears to be.
For example, Mossberg writes, "This network standard can be as fast or faster than LTE in places, but in my tests comparing the Nexus 4 on HSPA+ with an iPhone 5 using LTE, the differences were often stark. In one location, the two were about the same, at just under 15 megabits per second for downloads. But in two others, in two cities, the Nexus 4 on HSPA+ managed average download speeds of just 2.8 mbps and 3.8 mbps, while the iPhone 5 on LTE averaged nearly 30 mbps."
Steve Kovach at Business Insider writes, "There's no polite way to say this: Google screwed up here. Instead of working with carriers and making a phone that best serves its customers, Google took the easy way out and skipped LTE in the Nexus 4 so it could sell it unlocked from its own website."
It's not all bad, though, for a number of potential users: "On the other hand, things may not be so bad if you're a T-Mobile customer. I tested the Nexus 4 on T-Mobile's 4G network in New York, and the speeds were in line with what I've seen using LTE on AT&T and Verizon," Kovach writes.
Topolsky writes, "I mentioned that the Nexus 4 will not ship with LTE radios, and it would be negligent of me to not say how big of a difference this will make if you live in an area where HSPA service is not operating at peak levels. Since I happen to be an AT&T user in exactly that situation, I know exactly how it feels. Slow. It feels slow."
The final verdict:
Walt Mossberg, WSJ: "Overall, the Nexus 4 is a good phone, with especially good prices for unlocked versions. But I'd advise Android buyers to consider other models with LTE, better speakers, and the ability to add more memory and work on all carriers."
Steve Kovach, Business Insider: "If you're a T-Mobile customer, the Nexus 4 is probably the best phone you can buy on the carrier at the moment. It's that simple. Everyone else will have to consider the unlocked version, which will only run on GSM networks like AT&T. But the lack of LTE support really puts a damper on an otherwise incredible device. If you think you can live without the fastest possible data speeds, then the Nexus 4 is a great deal at $299. Otherwise, you're going to be really annoyed paying for a phone that can't keep up with the competition."
Josh Topolsky, The Verge: "If you buy the Nexus 4, you have to decide whether you're willing to compromise data speeds for the purest and best form of the Android OS. After comparing the options and seeing the gulf between Google's flagship and other devices on the market, I've decided it's a compromise I won't be making again."
Brad Molen, Engadget: "Sure, the Nexus 4 is not without its hiccups, but none of its predecessors have been perfect, either. And given the boost in real-world performance, the better camera and various other new features, it's even more tempting than all those previous devices whose shoes it's trying to fill. In a case like this… you have our permission not to resist."
Lynn La, CNET: "While the LG Nexus 4 wins on internal performance and user experience, anyone shopping for an unlocked phone should consider a comparable LTE handset first."
Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Wired: "Thoughtfully designed hardware displays a quality of finish that can compete with the best rival smartphones. Big 4.7-inch screen is crisp, detailed and beautiful. Quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM gives it power to spare. NFC and wireless charging show Google pushing new platforms forward. Bargain pricing for and unlocked beast of a phone. Latest Android, directly from Google, with no delays from carriers or hardware makers. No LTE connectivity means the Nexus 4 is confined to slower, older mobile networks. No micro SD card slot or expandable storage of any sort. The rear speaker isn't very loud and doesn't sound very good."


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Wednesday November 14, 2012
Undated--It's time for high school seniors to sign on the dotted line and determine their future. All sports but football now open to sign letters of intent. Probably the biggest is also the most unexpected.
Laney basketball star Kadijah cave signing to play hoops with the top ranked team in the nation, Baylor. The Bears took interest during the Wildcats playoff run last year and saw her over the summer and liked her athletic abilities. Now, she's headed to Waco to become a Baylor Bear.
"I was shocked, I couldn't sleep for a couple of days I was so excited but now I'm just happy to get it over with and ready to go to Baylor" Kadijah Cave says laughing"
Cave just continues the rich Laney tradition of basketball.
Baseball was the sport of the day at South Aiken. Cory Bryant and Taylor Widener inking to play ball. Bryant is staying at home with USC Aiken, Widener is heading to one of the top programs in the nation South Carolina. Needless to say he's looking forward to play for one of the best
"There were other schools but I didn't really focus on them as much as Carolina with them being tops in the nation." said Taylor Widener "He was telling me it was pretty much up to me but he was thinking South Carolina was right for me."
Coastal Caroina was also on his list of possiblities but it was pretty much the Gamecocks all the way.
One of the top golfers in South Carolina will be part of history. Strom Thurmond's McKenzie Talbert inks her letter of intent to play at Clemson. The Tigers will have their first ever women's team next year and Talbert was set on the program from the start.
"It's awesome seeing everybody coming out and support something that I've been wanting to do for a very long time" said McKenzie Talbert "Now's the time and I'm ready to go off to Clemson and ready for what the future holds."


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SAN JOSE -- A 52-year-old real estate agent was sentenced to jail for running a confidence scam in which she bilked landlords for rent-free three-month stints at pricey properties throughout the South Bay, prosecutors said.
Rebecca Violette would present herself to landlords as a well-dressed, affluent real estate agent in immediate need of a place to live, said Deputy District Attorney Katharina Wells of the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. She would lie about her income and past evictions and convince them to lease her a home on the spot, without doing a background check. Then she would pay for first and last month's rent with a bad check, Wells said.
"Before the unsuspecting landlord deposited the check, Violette moved into the property," Wells said in a news release. "At that point, the only recourse for the landlord was an 'unlawful detainer' action that typically takes 90 days from filing to eviction."
There were a total of 14 such unlawful detainers filed in Santa Clara County, Wells said, with Violette living at properties in Campbell, Los Gatos, Mountain View and San Jose.
Wells described the properties as "single-family homes in the $3,000-a-month range."
"We are all susceptible to a fine-tuned business approach, even if it's based on falsehoods," said Wells. "In this case, the defendant scammed several real estate professionals."
Wells advised landlords to always check references before renting to anyone.
Investigators said that all told, Violette scammed landlords for tens of thousands of dollars in rent.
Violette was convicted on Jan. 22 of grand theft, passing bad checks and elder financial fraud, with the latter charge related to scamming a property owner in his late 70s whose main source of income was rent.
At her sentencing Wednesday, Judge Hector Ramon gave Violette two years and eight months of jail time, followed by 16 months of supervised release.
Property owners can research whether a prospective tenant had a previous unlawful detainer action at www.sccaseinfo.org. The district attorney's office said rental fraud is a growing problem given the current tight housing market.
Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.


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All-session ticket packages go on sale Monday for the inaugural Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament will be held March 20-22, 2014, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
The tourney will feature all six teams — Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin — in a single-elimination format. Five games will be played — two on March 20, two on March 21 and the championship game on March 22.
All-session ticket packages include one ticket to each of the five games.
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6 Strength Training Moves You Can Do with a Park Bench
No gym membership, no problem: All you need is a simple park bench to get great arms, abs, and legs -- aka the perfect bikini body for summer -- fast
Step 1: Sit on the bench, and place your hands on the edge of the seat. Keep your legs at a 90-degree angle with your knees bent.
Step 2: Slowly dip your body until your arms reach a 90-degree angle, and then raise back up. Make sure you are using your arms and not your body to raise and lower. Do 3 sets of 10 dips with a 30-second rest between each set.
Challenge yourself: Keep one leg at a 90-degree angle and extend your other leg, resting the back of your heel on the ground. Do five dips, then alternate legs. This will work out your hip flexors and abdominal muscles as well as your triceps.
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I think I'm going to start doing "Step Ups" on my flight of steps I have right here in my house! No equipment needed!
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Definitely plan to try some of these at home!
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Great article. Good incentive to get up and do something.
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i like these! they are good ideas that seem like they will actually work!
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great ideas, it made me want to get up and work out right now!
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for workouts at home you should really check out sparkspeople
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great tips, and plus I can do these at home...kudos
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I tell people this all the time. I even have workouts on my blog that you can do in the park or at home with or without weights.
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