By ALLISON BORGELT

Staff writer

The first time Janet Kolesar-Lis took a yoga class, it bored her.

"I didn't appreciate it. I didn't understand. I wasn't ready for it," said the former Jazzercise and aerobics instructor.

But now, after continuing her education in yoga, then teaching yoga and pilates for between 16 and 18 years, she not only gets it -- she enjoys it.

"I love my yoga. It's such an important part of my life," she said. "I don't want to teach anything else."

A yoga and pilates instructor at Owens Community College, Marathon Petroleum, Anytime Fitness and The Gym by Jamie, Kolesar-Lis has received the highest designation given to yoga teachers by the Yoga Alliance.

She is one of 49 yoga instructors and one of 23 hatha yoga instructors in Ohio to receive the Yoga Alliance's Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 500 (E-RYT 500) designation, she said.

Hatha yoga is "a system of physical exercises for the control and perfection of the body that constitutes one of the four chief Hindu disciplines," according to merriam-webster.com.

It is the most-practiced type of yoga, Kolesar-Lis said.

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Edgewater, New Jersey (PRWEB) March 26, 2012

In any sport, there are good athletes and great athletes. This book is about improving athletic ability for sports. Want to excel and improve in sports? Need better endurance, focus, strength, or speed? If so, "The Shaolin Athlete" is the answer.

The "Shaolin Athlete" details the training methods Sifu Romain used to help Amani Toomer become the all-time leading pass receiver for the New York football Giants.

"The Shaolin Athlete" is not just for the serious athlete. "The Shaolin Athlete / Kung Fu Conditioning" program is the complete fitness and health program for everyone. Whether professional athlete, weekend warrior, or simply someone who wants to get in better shape and lose weight. The Kung Fu Conditioning exercises taught in "The Shaolin Athlete" target the body, mind, and spirit.

World Champion Master Karl Romain has been studying and training in Kung Fu for over 30 years. His clientele includes several well known athletes and celebrities. Additionally, Sifu Romain is asked to be an expert in many Kung Fu and workout seminars and lectures. He coordinates many off-site programs for various schools, municipalities, and major corporations. He has made frequent personal celebrity appearances on the Dr. Oz Show and other television shows.

Dr. Steve Kinnard earned a black sash and served as an assistant instructor in Sifu Karl Romains Academy. He also practices Tai Chi Chuan. Sifu Karl Romain and Dr. Kinnard developed a Kung Fu leadership program for at-risk youth, entitled, The Cross and the Warrior. Dr. Kinnard is a teacher and evangelist with the New York City Church of Christ. He is an Adjunct Professor of Bible and Theology at Lincoln Christian University. He is the author of over ten books.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland City Councilmen Joe Cimperman and Matt Zone say they fully support a plan to create housing on Lorain Avenue to support homeless men who are fighting addiction.

The Cleveland Housing Network has an option to purchase the property, a closed-down Hollywood Video store, and has submitted an application to the Ohio Housing Finance Authority for funding for the project.

"It's just smart housing, smart public policy," said Zone.

"But you have certain people who say Ohio City has been the dumping ground of too much social service agencies serving vulnerable populations," he said. "This gets right to the root of NIMBYism. [NIMBY is an acronym for Not In My Backyard.] People want to talk out of both sides of their mouth."

The project is termed "permanent supportive housing," but not everyone is supportive of the idea.

Architect David Ellison, a former Green Party candidate for Cuyahoga County executive and an Ohio City resident, sees shady intent in a secretive deal that smacks of "machine" politics. Upset that the members of the Ohio City Development Corp.'s board voted to support the project in a meeting opponents weren't invited to attend, he posted their names and personal information on an Ohio City Yahoo board.

The information was public record, but Cimperman said Ellison crossed the line, and so the councilman wrote a letter to the board to alert them and sent an email to police saying, "I have grown more concerned by the tenor and underlying tone of violence on this Web site."

He said later that such information can be dangerous: "If you run for office, you're public. I get that. But, really? Did you have to put someone is pregnant or not? When their terms are up? That's intimidation."

Zone added: "When you profile people, when you put where they live, that is dangerous."

Ellison said that's nonsense: "As a body ostensibly voting on behalf of the community, we have the right to know who the board members are, where they live, how they voted and what was said in the proceeding. A hidden vote by individuals who themselves are hidden is not something that should be happening in this community or this country."

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CompassLearning officially unveiled Impact Teacher Academy Online today at the 2012 ASCD Annual Convention and Exhibit Show in Philadelphia, PA. The online expansion of Compass Learning Impact Teacher Academy provides educators with regularly scheduled, streaming, online sessions that allow for interaction with faculty and staff of the Academy as well as anytime, anywhere online access to video instruction and on-demand instructional sessions. The Impact Teacher Academy is an engaging blend of workshops, leadership planning and instructional coaching designed to share new ideas and classroom-proven approaches that empower teachers to help every child reach his or her potential.

Impact Teacher Academy focuses on professional development opportunities related to the successful implementation and use of Compass Learnings K12 personalized learning software and solutions in the classroom. The ultimate goal of the Academy is to build teacher capacity and student success.

The new online offering enhances traditional Impact Teacher Academy blended, on-site and virtual implementations customized to the needs of individual schools and districts with a professional-learning environment that can help new teachers get up to speed more quickly and expand the capacity of experienced teachers, while saving time and money. With Impact Teacher Academy, teachers have more time to focus on student achievement.

Were excited to offer a new, dedicated, online offering for our customers, said Quannah Hopper, vice president, CompassLearning Impact Teacher Academy. Providing professional-development opportunities that can help teachers spend classroom time fulfilling their aspirations and helping students achieve academic success and personal growth is the ultimate goal of our program.

For more information on Impact Teacher Academy, visit booth number 1218 at ASCD or online at: http://www.compasslearning.com/why-compass-learning/professional-development.php

About CompassLearning

Compass Learning provides educational software that empowers teachers to unlock every students potential for academic success and personal growth. The companys comprehensive K12 solutions create personalized learning programs that engage students and inspire them to learn. Teachers and administrators can more efficiently and effectively manage and measure progress, freeing time to focus on individual students needs. Both of the companys software solutions, CompassLearning Odyssey and the Renzulli Learning System, deliver academic rigor based on more than 40 years of research into how students learn. The solutions also are aligned with state and Common Core standards to support classroom and district accountability. With headquarters in Austin, Texas, Compass Learning serves nearly 6,000 schools across the United States.

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) will offer its Master of Public Administration (MPA) program in a new online format designed for working professionals and others seeking the accessibility and flexibility of an online program from a top-tier university.

"The MPA program at UNC-Chapel Hill attracts applicants with a desire to serve and a potential for leadership," said William C. Rivenbark, MPA program director. "Graduates of our program attain leadership positions in every level of government and in organizations that support the public interest. We typically admit about 30 high-performing students per year into the on-campus program, but this online option will enable us to extend the reach of our program and provide many more highly qualified students with the opportunity to earn an MPA from a top-ranked university."

The online program, known as MPA@UNC, will blend the flexibility of an online program with the rigor and quality of the on-campus program:

Courses integrate both self-paced content and live sessions held at pre-arranged times that accommodate students in multiple time zones. In live sessions, the state-of-the-art learning management technology which includes live streaming video will allow faculty members and students to see and hear each other as they discuss course topics, meet in student study groups or hold face-to-face meetings during office hours. The self-paced content provides high-quality faculty-designed coursework and an interactive social technology platform that allows students to chat, study and join communities with fellow classmates and professors 24/7.

"Governments and nonprofits need strategic thinkers at every level and public servants who can lead us through current and future challenges," said Mike Smith, dean of the School of Government. "With the addition of this online MPA option, qualified students will be able to choose a program that fits their life needs and their learning preferences, and we will expand our positive impact on communities across the country."

The UNC School of Government is developing MPA@UNC with 2tor, Inc. 2tor partners with leading higher education institutions to deliver rigorous, selective degree programs online by providing the technology platform, instructional design, marketing and infrastructure support. Headquartered in Landover, Maryland, 2tor was recently named by Fast Company as among the world's 10 most innovative companies in education.

"Technology is changing industries and many facets of our daily routines, including how we learn," said Chip Paucek, cofounder and CEO of 2tor, Inc. "In the UNC School of Government, we've found a forward-thinking team eager to innovate and push the boundaries of graduate education. We are impressed by the faculty's leadership in local and state governments, and thrilled to partner with a school widely regarded as the largest university-based organization for local government training, advising and research in the United States."

MPA@UNC will admit its first cohort of students this fall and will begin classes in January 2013. For more information, visit onlinempa.unc.edu or call 855-862-4672 (855-UNC-4MPA).

About MPA@UNC

MPA@UNC is a Master of Public Administration program delivered online by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Government. The program educates leaders for local, state and federal governments and nonprofit organizations, and consistently ranks among the best public administration graduate programs in the country, particularly in city management. The online program, known as MPA@UNC, allows working professionals and students everywhere to learn from UNC faculty through a unique blend of highly interactive online learning in an intimate classroom setting. MPA@UNC students need to meet the same selective admissions criteria as the on-campus program and upon graduation earn an identical diploma. Graduates of the UNC School of Government MPA program attain leadership positions in every level of government and in organizations that support the public interest.

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25-03-2012 06:49 I know this one is so similar to the self-helpless episode that it seems as though you've seen it before, but what can I say, obviously they have an enormous wealth of material to choose from!

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25-03-2012 19:50 In this week's tip, Dr. Lisabeth Medlock of Life By Design Coaching talks about how life involves some low points and suffering, but it is in the suffering that growth can occur and ways to move forward can be found.

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25-03-2012 17:28 SUBSCRIBE PLEASE!!! VISIT MY COMPANION PAGE ON FACEBOOK AT http://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/LOWCARBCORY FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @LOWCARBCORY Yo, what's happenin', people? This is Low Carb Cory. I'm a health/wellness/fitness coach from Central Wisconsin. I love to watch basketball and football (go Packers!), play basketball, swim and hit the beach in the summer, weight-train 3 to 4 days a week and write, produce and record my own music. I am on a mission to get RIPPED - to get my bodyfat down to about 8% and get that lean, Hollywood'ish, leading man look that makes women go crazy and makes other men seethe with envy. I started weight-training heavily in March of 2009 at what I now consider to have been quite a fat (20-24% bodyfat) 170 lbs. I had been taking the conventional advice that the health and fitness community gave me (eat 6 small meals a day, get multiple servings of grains, eat fruit, do cardio at the gym and work out 5-6 days a week) and you know what happened? I GOT FATTER. My ego wanted me to believe that I was putting on muscle, but I got a wake-up call when, after growing to 197 lbs (and although being stronger than ever), my belt, which I'd always comfortably worn on the second loop, started getting snug and chafing me on the FIRST LOOP. I was overweight, burned out, sore and tired as a dog. I decided right then and there that I was going to do something about this. I went online and spent countless hours researching and reading opinions, advice columns, weight/fat loss ...

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Its not a game changer for online fitness trainer Josh Neumann, but he believes a new motion control system for Microsofts video game console Xbox presents new health and fitness potential through gaming.

The co-founder of Stay Fit Anywhere set a benchmark for online training and works with clients around North America. Nothing can replace the benefits and interaction of meeting a trainer face to face, he says.

But the immersion gaming of Kinect comes close, and when users connect with one another using the system someone with dumbbells in one part of the world and another somewhere else with a professionals eye for technique can interact by teleconferencing.

Kinect, which is essentially a narrow camera box that attaches to an Xbox, doesnt just lose the hand-held wands or balance boards known to Sony and Nintendo usersthink Wii Fit. Its motion-sensor camera eliminates the need for a traditional game controller altogether.

You dont need to hold anything. Its just you and the game, Craig Flannagan, a marketing manager with Microsoft, said last week while showing off Kinect at a press preview before its wider release next month.

What Flannagan described as player projection tech translates to a camera that captures a users location and movement within an eight foot range, meaning an avatar on the TV jumps and lifts an arm to spike a volleyball the second the human player in the living room does so.

Theres nothing between you and your game, he said.

For blacktop racing, the plastic replica of a steering wheel is gone. In its place are your own two fists, held as if gripping the wheel. Play mechanicsessentially strategic leaning and a few timely elbow pumpspush your hotrod past the plumbers and over the finish line.

Designed by BigPark, a Vancouver-based design firm, Joy Ride is the first car racing game built for Kinect.

Founded in 2007, BigParks team has ties to Electronic Arts and Microsoft. Its popular franchises include FIFA Soccer, NBA Street and SSX, for snowboard cross. (Joy Ride has road elements that remind Flannagan of a half-pipe, which may be a hint of something to come. It feels snowboardy, he says. You can feel the BigPark roots.)

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Dear Debt Adviser, I'm 37 years old, married with three kids, and I have about $15,000 in college debt from my MBA expenses. Should I withdraw retirement savings from my 401(k) or Roth individual retirement account to pay off the debt? I'm sick of having this debt and want to be done with it now. Can I avoid penalties if the retirement money is used to pay off student loans? -- Randy

Dear Randy, With three kids, I would have expected you to have developed more patience by now. Still, 37 is young in the scheme of things. Here's some advice from someone who has been patience-challenged for decades longer than you and comes from a family whose patriarch thought impatience was the most beautiful flower.

I have a three-part answer to your question.

You are responsible for a spouse and three children. Though it may be argued that she is equally responsible for you and the kids, we are talking about you -- and you are most certainly on the hook.

In my experience as a father and husband, I can tell you there is a very good chance in the next five to 10 years the $15,000 you are considering withdrawing may be needed for something more important than retiring an education debt you are "sick of having." Life has a way of sending the unexpected our way at the least convenient time, and often the unanticipated event(s) comes with a high price tag attached. It is hoped you have an emergency savings account of six to 12 months' of living expenses put aside to help fund life's financial curveballs, but you may find additional funds are required.

Also, the $15,000 you remove from retirement funds now could, if left where it is, be worth in the neighborhood of $80,000 by the time you're 67. Even when you take into consideration inflation, you could be missing out on the equivalent of $40,000 if you remove the $15,000 now. As an MBA, you'll no doubt appreciate the time value of money.

Let me suggest that a better idea may be to develop a plan to pay down your college debt more quickly.

Let's do some math. If we assume you have another 10 years to pay on your loan and your interest rate is 6 percent, your monthly payment is approximately $167 per month. If you were to add an additional $500 to each payment, for a total of $667 each month, your debt would be paid off in two short years. To pay off the debt in one year, you would need to boost your monthly payment by $1,125.

Whether you pay off your student loans sooner or later, my guess is once you know this debt is heading for the door, you won't feel the need to incur a penalty to send it on its way immediately.

Should you decide to withdraw retirement savings from your IRA, I would recommend you consult with a tax-planning professional to assure that you follow all the proper procedures. You do not want to complicate an already bad financial move with a problem with the Internal Revenue Service.

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