WEDNESDAY 4/27

SR201

TODAY:
-We finished watching Murderball.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the Murderball & Chapter 14 discussion questions.

STUDY GUIDE:

Chapter 7
-Define: fitness, obesity
-What are the 4 main ways that fitness can be affected by leisure?
-What are the 3 main ways that fitness can have an impact on leisure?
-What % of Americans do not exercise at all during their leisure?
-What is the real reason why most people do not exercise?
-What are the 3 main psychological benefits of exercise?
-What % of a family's budget goes towards meals eaten outside the home?
-According to a 2010 study by Britain's Center for Crime & Justice studies, what is the most dangerous drug?
-How does the NIAAA define binge drinking?

Chapter 8
-Define: stress, stressor, distress, eustress
-What does GAS stand for?
-What are the 3 stages of GAS & what happens during each one?

Chapter 9
-What are the 3 main social & interpersonal benefits of humor & laughter?

Chapter 10
-What 3 social trends are contributing to shutting people off from interacting with one another?
-Define: socialization
-What are the 3 skills necessary for participating within society?
-What are the 3 types of friendships? Be able to identify each one.

Chapter 11

-What are the 2 motives that underlie gambling?

Chapter 12
-Define: ethics
-Be able to identify each of the 3 ethical theories that we discussed.
-What are the 2 categories of common obstacles to leisure fulfillment?


Chapter 13
-Be able to identify the different stages of leisure in childhood.
-What are the 2 main functions that adolescent leisure activities serve?
-What 2 things can leisure opportunities help middle-aged adults answer questions about?
-What are the 2 most beneficial types of recreational activities for elders?


Chapter 14
-Define: forced leisure, therapeutic recreation

MN371
TODAY:

-Chapter 14 Part B discussion questions due.
-Quiz #8.
-We finished discussing Chapter 14.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 16 Discussion Questions:
1) Define leadership.
2) What characteristics should business leaders exhibit?
3) What is the difference between leadership & management?
4) How can/should leaders build trust?
5) Define culture.
6) How does Burton Snowboards build culture?

STUDY GUIDE:

Chapter 5
-Be able to identity the 3 types of businesses what we discussed?
-What is a partnership agreement?

Chapter 6
-Define: franchising
-Be able to identify the 3 types of franchising that we discussed.
-What are the 3 main benefits of buying a franchise?
-What are the 3 main drawbacks of buying a franchsie?

Chapter 8
-Define: marketing, brand loyalty, guerilla marketing, target market, demographics, psychographics, relationship marketing
-What are the 3 main purposes of marketing?
-How much more does it cost a company to acquire a new customer than keep an existing customer?
-What 3 factors influence brand loyalty?
-State the 4 steps of relationship marketing.

Chapter 10
-State the 3 forces of pricing.
-What 3 things should a well chosen price do?
-What is the difference between objective value & perceived value?
-Define: revolutionary products, evolutionary products, me-too products.

Chapter 13
-Define: capital, fixed capital, working capital, growth capital, debt capital, equity capital.
-Today, what is the largest source of external financing for companies in the start-up phases?
-What is the name of The Boston Beer Company's initiative to help small businesses?

Chapter 14
-In order, what are the steps in choosing a location?

Chapter 16
-Define: leadership, trait theory, culture
-What characteristics should business leaders exhibit?

SR338
TODAY:
-Chapter 15 Part B discussion questions due.
-Quiz #9.
-We finished discussing Chapter 15.

HOMEWORK:
-No new discussion questions.

STUDY GUIDE:

Chapter 7
-Define: strength training, sarcopenia, activities of daily living.
-What may be the most important health-related component of physical fitness?
-Explain the difference between muscular strength & muscular endurance.
-How is muscular strength usually determined?
-How is muscular endurance typically determined?
-What are the 2 types of training methods used to improve strength?
-What % of your 1RM should you use a resistance of to stimulate strength development?
-How many seconds of maximal exercise nearly depletes the energy from a muscle?
-How long does it take for energy in a muscle to be replenished?
-Explain the difference between slow-twitch & fast-twitch muscle fibers.

Chapter 8
-Define: flexibility, stretching, plastic elongation, elastic elongation.
-What type of yoga is done at a higher intensity, for a longer time, and in hotter rooms?
-What 3 problems can be caused by poor flexibility?
-Changes in muscle temperature can increase/decrease flexibility by what %?
-What is the most significant contributor to lower flexibility?

Chapter 9
-What substances are released from the pituitary gland in the brain during exercise that cause people to get a "physical high?"
-What type of diabetes is primarily found in young people?
-What type of diabetes occurs mainly in overweight people?
-How long should a person wait after a meal before exercising strenuously?
-In order, what are the 3 major signs of heat illness?
-What is the most important factor in preventing heat disorders?

Chapter 12
-Define: stress, stressor, eustress, distress, self-esteem, fighting spirit,
-In order, what are the top 5 college student stressors?
-State & explain what happens during the 3 stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome.
-In order, what are common time wasters?

Chapter 13
-Define: addiction
-Explain the difference between drug misuse & drug abuse.
-What are the 2 main reasons why compulsive exercising is dangerous?

Chapter 15
-Define: physiological age, chronological age, functional capacity, life expectancy,
-Sedentary people in the US are about how many years older than their chronological age?
-What is the greatest benefit of a lifetime wellness lifestyle?

SR368

TODAY:
-Chapter 15 Part A discussion questions due.
-Quiz #8.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 15.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 15 Part B Discussion Questions:
1) What is one of the most common errors in planning recreation centers (page 223)?
2) Few metropolitan areas in the US have sufficient what?
3) One acre of recreation & park space should be set aside by urban areas for how many members of the present & future population?
4) What plays an important role in setting standards for community aesthetics?
5) What is the basic infrastructure required by a walking trail?
6) Generally, what is the minimum cost for the construction of an 18-hole golf course?
7) What sport incorporates "pebbles" and a "stone?"
8) What sport is played on a 91 x 13 foot court?

TUESDAY 4/26

IC212

TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-Research Paper due.
-We finished our discussion of The Corporation Chapter 4 & began a discussion of Chapter 5.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 5 Discussion Questions:
1) What is the "nag factor?"
2) Explain the 4 types of parents.

MONDAY 4/25

SR201
TODAY:
-Into The Wild essays were due.
-I handed out discussion questions for Murderball & Chapter 14.
-We began watching the documentary Murderball.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the Chapter 14 Discussion Questions.

MN371
TODAY:
-Chapter 14 Part A discussion questions due.
-We finished discussing Chapter 13.
-We began discussing Chapter 14.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 14 Part B Discussion Questions:
1) Define layout.
2) What should entrances do to customers entering a store?
3) Define ergonomics.
4) What allows employees to work at maximum efficiency?
5) What are key ingredients to engage all of a company's customers' senses?

SR338
TODAY:
-Chapter 15 Part A discussion questions due.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 15.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 15 Part B Discussion Questions:
1) Complete Activity 15.1.
2) What does CAM stand for?
3) Define CAM.
4) State & explain the 5 categories of CAM therapies.

SR368
TODAY:
-Chapter 11 Part B discussion questions due.
-SBJ discussion questions due.
-We discussed the SBJ article & finished discussing Chapter 11.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 15 Part A Discussion Questions:
1) What are the 3 levels of the planning process involved with planning facilities & open spaces?2) What is the most important part of the planning process & why?
3) Developing plans for designing new facilities & improvements to existing facilities must reflect what 2 things?
4) Therapeutic recreation provides services to what type of people?
5) Explain the 2 main types of recreation centers?
6) What dictates the size of a community recreation center?
7) What is a supercenter?
8) What is a natatorium?

EXAM #2 STUDY GUIDE:
Chapter 6
-Define: ancillary space & primary usage.
-What are the 3 major inputs that determine how a building must be constructed?
-Be able to differentiate between the 3 categories of locker rooms.
-What is the ADA requirement for toilets & showers in locker rooms?
-What are the 2 key considerations with regard to traffic-flow in the locker room?
-Be able to differentiate between the 4 specialty locker rooms.
-What are the 2 key factors to be considered when understanding an organization's work processes?

Chapter 7
-What is the basic purpose of any facility sign?
-Define: comprehensibility & readability.
-What are the 3 groups that facility signage serves?

Chapter 8
-What are the 3 categories of indoor surfacing?
-Be able to differentiate between the 3 distinct areas of indoor surfaces.
-What should dictate the type of flooring surface utilized?
-What considerations have allowed synthetic floors to challenge traditional hardwood flooring?
-What is the difference between point-elastic & area-elastic?
-Define: attractive life, life-cycle cost, tribometer.
-One of the most common characteristics of a typical gym is the inability of the various surfaces to absorb what?

Chapter 9
-What can present an important & positive first image to visitors to the recreation/sports facility?
-What are the 2 basic types of irrigation systems?
-What are the 2 types of field designs for surface drainage?
-Turfgrass selection is usually based upon what?
-When should you use the 3 different color combination field covers that we discussed?
-What is the difference between traditional parking & customer-oriented parking?

Chapter 11
-Bleachers seats have changed from 18 inches wide to what?
-What is the key to a great field?
-What should be located higher than the highest part of the bleachers?
-For every male restroom, how many female restrooms should be provided?
-What are the 4 common field design problems?
-What is the key element for safeguarding the players & spectators?
-What are the 2 types of players' bench areas and which is safer?

Chapter 15
-What are the 3 levels of the planning process & which is the most important?
-Developing plans for designing new facilities & improvements to existing facilities must reflect what 2 things?
-What is a supercenter?
-What is a natatorium?
-What is one of the most common errors in planning recreation centers?
-What plays an important role in setting standards for community aesthetics?

FRIDAY 4/22

SR201
TODAY:

-No new discussion questions due.
-We finished our discussion of Chapter 13. We discussed leisure gender inequalities.
-We discussed the group presentation assignment.

HOMEWORK:
-No new discussion questions.
-Into The Wild Essays are due on Monday at 8:00AM sharp. Do not be late. I will not accept papers after this time.

MN371

TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-Quiz #7.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 13. We discussed fixed, working, growth, equity, & debt capital.

HOMEWORK:
-Business Plan is due on Monday May 2 at 10:00AM.
-Answer the following Chapter 14 Part A Discussion Questions:
1) Above all, an entrepreneur must place who first when considering a location?
2) Entrepreneurs generally prefer to locate in regions of the country that are experiencing what?3) What is one of the first stops entrepreneurs should make when conducting a regional evaluation?

4) Every state has what type of office working to recruit new businesses?

5) Because of its location in the center of the country, what city has become home to many companies' distribution centers?
6) For many businesses, especially technology-driven companies, what is one of the most important characteristics of a potential location?
7) What is one consistent trend that the lists of "best cities for business" have revealed about successful small companies?
8) What are "clusters?"
9) What is the final step in the location selection process?
10) The one element common to all businesses is the need to locate what?

SR338

TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-Quiz #8.
-We discussed the final exam group project.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 15 Part A Discussion Questions:
1) Define: physiological age, functional capacity, chronological age, & life expectancy.
2) How does regular physical activity affect chronological age versus physiological age?
3) What is the greatest benefit of a lifetime wellness lifestyle?

SR368

TODAY:
-Chapter 11 Part A discussion questions due.
-SBJ article discussion questions due.
-We discussed the SBJ article & the Chapter 11 discussion questions.

HOMEWORK:
-Answer the following Chapter 11 Part B Discussion Questions:
1) What are the 4 common design errors & what are the possible solutions?
2) What is the purpose of a double first base?
3) Explain the 4 styles of home plate.
4) What is the skinned part of an infield?
5) What is the key element of a field for safeguarding the players & spectators?
6) What are the basic purposes of the above answer?
7) What are the 2 types of players' bench areas for baseball & softball?
-Read the following April 18-24 SBJ article & answer the Discussion Questions:
A) "Heinz Field To Host....." Page 13
1) What is the name of the Steelers’ management division?
2) Heinz Field will host what group’s final US stop on their world tour?
3) What do NFL teams not have to share with other clubs?
4) What does buying concerts directly from agencies give the Steelers a much better chance securing?
5) What is considered the “cornerstone” of this year’s Heinz Field concert lineup?
6) What record does U2 now hold?
7) How much money is the U2 tour expected to generate in ticket sales?

THURSDAY 4/21

IC212
TODAY:
-No new discussion questions due.
-Quiz #8.
-We began a discussion of Chapter 4. We discussed the powers that consumers have.
-We discussed the group presentation assignment.

HOMEWORK:
-No new discussion questions due.
-Research Paper is due on Tuesday at 10:50AM sharp. Do not be late. I will not accept papers after this time.