Archive for March, 2012
Clinical experts offer pregnancy and new mum tips in free seminar
Posted: March 5, 2012 at 7:43 am
Pre and post-natal women will be given expert advice on how to achieve peak health and fitness during a coffee morning hosted in South West London by Pure Sports Medicine.
(PRWEB UK) 5 March 2012
The Pure Sports Medicine team work with elite athletes, but their medical, nutritional and physiological expertise extends beyond sport. This expertise is just as applicable to a mum-to-be as it is an Olympic hopeful: while the purpose is obviously very different, both are seeking to be in optimal condition, and similar evidence-based principles can be applied.
Held at Pure Sports Medicines Raynes Park clinic based at David Lloyd Leisure in Bushey Road, the seminar will take place on Tuesday 13th March from 12.30pm -1.15pm. The session will be hosted by clinical experts who are able to answer questions and give professional advice to both expecting and new mothers about how to achieve maximum health and fitness.
The seminar will cover the following topics:
Drinks and snacks will be provided and babies are very welcome!
To register call 0208 540 7266 or email reception.raynespark(at)puresportsmed(dot)com
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Pure Sports Medicine: David Adams, telephone: 07917 272 003
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Retirement 101 With Jean Chatzky – Video
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Jason Varitek Announces Retirement – Video
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Snowe retirement a blow to Senate's 'sensible center'
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Sen. Snowe explains why leaving Congress
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Washington (CNN) -- When Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine rocked the political world with her announcement that she would not seek a fourth term in the Senate, she was forthright in expressing her frustration with "an atmosphere of polarization" in politics.
But for all her transparency, it was one of Snowe's Senate colleagues who perhaps best summed up her motivation for deciding to end her decades-long tenure on Capitol Hill.
"I think she lost hope," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, told CNN.
Graham, who like Snowe had participated in bipartisan efforts to find compromise on hot-button issues, added, "You know, all of us need to believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. If you lose that belief, why do you spend seven years of your life -- which in her case would have been her commitment -- to do something that there seems no hope."
Citing partisanship, Snowe makes surprising exit
Snowe is the latest in a string of centrist senators to announce that they will not seek re-election in the fall.
Late last year, Sen. Ben Nelson, a conservative Democrat from Nebraska, announced that he would not seek re-election in 2012. In a statement announcing his decision, Nelson called for "those who will follow in my footsteps to look for common ground and to work together in bipartisan ways to do what's best for the country, not just one political party."
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4 percent retirement withdrawal rule still holds true – Sun, 04 Mar 2012 PST
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March 4, 2012 in Business
Dave Carpenter
Avoiding the nightmare financial scenario in retirement running out of money is gettingtrickier.
Rising life expectancy means having to pay for a longer retirement. The lack of a pension or frozen benefits translate to fewer, smaller checks from ex-employers. And the days of being able to count on averaging 10 percent annual returns from the stock market areover.
All that makes it even more important for retirees to know just how much they can take out of their portfolios every year without drawing them down toofast.
There isnt one model that fits all. It depends on individual circumstances, best reviewed with a financialadviser.
But the classic guideline long followed by many, and still respected, is widely known as the 4 percent rule. It holds that if you withdraw no more than 4 percent from your savings the first year of retirement and adjust the amount upward for inflation every year, you can be confident you wont run out of money during a 30-yearretirement.
The strategy is credited to financial planner William Bengen, who published his research in the Journal of Financial Planning in1994.
The twist is this: The father of the 4 percent rule says the complete number is actually 4.5percent.
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The Single BEST Abs Exercise (Scientifically Proven) – Video
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Lee Hord, Head Elephant Hunter, Interviewed at the 2012 Healthy Living Expo – Video
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Simpson’s personal best lands her silver
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BATHURST swimmer Jodie Simson has continued her golden run of recent form, grabbing three top 10 finishes at the recent NSW Country Championships.
Competing at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre where she has raced plenty of times of late, Simson snared a silver medal in the 50 metres breaststroke her pet event and set a personal best in doing so.
She completed the one lap dash in 34.28 seconds to claim a podium finish in the 15 and over division. She defeated 59 other hopefuls.
She followed that with a ninth place in the 100m, again setting a new best mark with a 1.17.36.
That time was good enough to qualify her for the 100m at the Australian Championships to be held in Adelaide later this month, where she has already qualified for the 50m.
In her final and most gruelling event, the 200m breaststroke, she recorded a 2.47.39, good enough for sixth in the final and once more, a personal best.
Simsons performance comes on the back of her recent appearance at the NSW State Open Championships where she placed 32nd in the 50m.
The second placing was obviously a highlight, but also the fact that she swum a PB in all of her events was fantastic, Jodies dad Charlie Simson said. Shes qualified for the 100m in Adelaide now and shes absolutely worked her bum off to get there.
She didnt expect to finish that high up in the 50m, she was over the moon to find herself on the podium.
The teenager will now set her sights on a good finish at the nationals and her workload has increased of late accordingly in preparation.
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Fraser Institute Ranks Academic Performance of 2,695 Ontario Elementary Schools
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire -03/04/12)- The Fraser Institute today published its annual ranking of Ontario elementary schools, allowing parents to review the academic performance of their child's school over the past five years and compare it to that of other schools in their community and across the province.
"Using long-term, provincewide school performance data, our school rankings let parents monitor the performance of their child's school over time and also help educators identify key areas for improvement in their classrooms," said Michael Thomas, Fraser Institute associate director of school performance studies.
"Our report card is the only objective, reliable tool that shows which schools across Ontario have improved, or fallen behind, in terms of reading, writing, and mathematics over the past five years."
The Report Card on Ontario's Elementary Schools 2012 rates 2,695 public, Catholic, and francophone elementary schools across the province based on nine key indicators using data from the annual provincewide tests of reading, writing, and mathematics administered by the Ontario government's Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO).
The report card also includes key information about each school's make-up, including parents' average income, the percentage of ESL students, and the percentage of special needs students. Results of the report card are available in an interactive and searchable format or as a free PDF at http://www.compareschoolrankings.org.
According to the rankings, the 20 Ontario elementary schools showing the fastest academic improvement over the past five years include 16 schools where parental incomes are below the provincial average. At one of these schools, ESL students make up 32.7 per cent of the total student enrollment; at another, 36.6 per cent of the students are special needs. The complete list follows.
The report also notes that, of the 19 schools tied for first in the provincewide rankings, seven have parental incomes lower than the provincial average.
"In fact, of the 2,695 schools included in the report card, 565 performed above average academically despite having parental incomes lower than the provincial average," Thomas said.
"These results show that both academic excellence and continued improvement in academics is possible in any school, regardless of the personal and family circumstances of its student population."
Data contained in this year's report card also shows that 29.5 per cent of exams written in 2011 scored below provincial expectations, compared to 30.1 per cent in 2010.
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Rowers provide personal stake in Olympic bid
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The London Olympics just got personal for Marlburians.
The naming of five Marlborough rowers in the New Zealand team on the road to London has given rowing, and sport, in our little province a massive boost. This is almost certainly our greatest representation at an Olympics.
Definitive records are hard to find but the collective wisdom of those in the know suggests Marlborough has never been represented by so many Olympians at any one time.
In fact, our Olympians have been few and far between.
Rowers have stood out. Our previous best effort came at the 1932 Los Angeles Games where John Hoani (Jack) MacDonald, Lawrence "Jumbo" Jackson (from the Picton club) and Charlie Saunders wore the black singlet.
MacDonald and Jackson rowed in the eight, MacDonald being the New Zealand team's flagbearer at the opening ceremony, while Saunders finished fourth in the coxed four final.
In Montreal in 1976, Ivan Sutherland claimed the province's first, and so far only, Olympic medal when the New Zealand eight won bronze.
Cantabrian George Keys, who rowed for Wairau for several years, attended the Games of 1984 and '88, while Rob Hellstrom, who also wore Wairau colours to national success, competed at the 2000 Olympics.
Our most recent Olympian was cyclist Robin Reid, who competed in the road race in Athens in 2004.
Fellow cyclist Graeme Miller made it to three Olympics 1984, '88 and '92 his best result being eighth in the 1988 road race.
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