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The rapper 50 Cent has hooked up with Intel to get his headphone firm making kit for the health-tech wearables set.

The pair plan to produce a set of cans which monitor vital stats at the same time as bombarding fit folks' ear drums.

Following in the footsteps of the music producer turned Apple employee who self-identifies as "the mutha-fucking D. R. E.", Mr Cent (real name Curtis James Jackson III) first released a pair of headphones back in 2012 via his SMS Audio firm.

His latest offering has upped the ante somewhat, offering fitness freaks the chance to monitor their fitness, presuming they want to listen to music as they excercise.

According to a rather florid press release advertising the snappily titled SMS Audio BioSport In-Ear Headphones, the devices are designed to "optimize workouts for ultra-marathoners, aspirational exercisers and everyone inbetween".

The headphones are the result of a link-up with Intel.

"Intel is focused on driving innovation in the wearable technology segment by partnering with lifestyle brands like SMS Audio that complement our technology and design expertise," said Michael Bell, corporate vice president and general manager of the New Devices Group at Intel.

"With SMS Audio, we will bring smart headphones to market that eliminate the inconvenience of add-on devices with an integrated, one-device fitness accessory offering high-end style and premier sound quality for an exceptional fitness experience. This is a prime example of Intel driving innovation in wearable devices while being a forerunner in merging lifestyle and technology."

The main attraction of the in-ear headphones is an optical sensor which measures a victim's heartbeat as they exercise. Rather obviously, the headphones also offer "tuned-in Fitness", which means they allow you to play music. They can sync with the jogging app Runkeeper, are waterproof and do not require any power.

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Alanis Morissette has always spoken her mind but its a voice as likely to erupt into a self-effacing laugh as segue into cerebral musing about socio-economic issues or the search for emotional and physical well-being.

The Grammy winners introspective approach to life has long fueled her music, from the powerhouse 1990s arena blaster You Oughta Know, a raw rant against a former lover, to the more recent Guardian, with its buoyant overtones of motherhood.

Her Intimate and Acoustic tour, which includes a stop at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom on Friday, Aug. 22, offers a glimpse into that musical evolution. The unplugged format highlights both a sense of vulnerability and humor as Morissette, who grew up in Ottawa but has been based in Los Angeles for the past 20 years, shares stories about the experiences that have helped shape her life and art. Before heading out on the road, she chatted with NH Weekend about the many sides of her work on and off the stage, from raging rocker and emotive balladeer to activist and author.

NH Weekend: I wanted to start with the format of your current tour. I wonder what youve found in translating full-band, electric versions of tunes to an acoustic, more intimate format. Does the vibe change? Do lyrics take on new meaning?

Alanis: Yeah, it becomes much more vulnerable. Theres so much more pressure, in a fun, yet daunting way on the vocals. Theres not this big wall of sound to hide behind. And then the storytelling the narrative takes on an extra amount of intensity, I think. Theres more focus on it. Theres more onus on it. Yeah, I feel like the hair on my arms stands up way more ...

NHW: I caught one of your acoustic shows this past winter on TV and I was struck by the palpable camaraderie between you and the audience. Though a lot of performers pare down their shows to get that interaction with fans, sometimes it still feels like a rock star squinting into the spotlight and jamming to an enthusiastic, yet, faceless crowd. But you seem to connect with fans. How do you find that balance, a place where it isnt scary to be so exposed?

Alanis: I think having done it for many years now ... You know, at first it was nervewracking. (With touring for) Jagged Little Pill ... I couldnt hear my own vocals in my in-ear monitors because of how loud the audience was, so this is almost more functional, and theres more room for actual dialogical intimacy. I get to feel like Im having a conversation of some kind. Theres more of an exchange. Its less of a monologue in a way.

NHW: Do you find that even when you have a set list, the show many change depending on that interaction, and questions or requests from the crowd?

Alanis: With the more acoustic shows, particularly if a whole set of Q&A opens up and theres a whole philosophical discussion, sometimes thatll dictate a song that is begged to be sung. But in these particular shows, were a little bit more prepared ... so we have a general sense of the set list. And we have a handful of other songs in our back pocket if something were to change or if people in the audience were yelling out the same request all night long, wed have to do it.

NHW: Speaking of philosophical discussions, I saw your recent Facebook posting in which you offered to answer fans questions, and it looks like you got thousands of queries about everything from lines in your songs what does transparent dangling carrots in the tune Thank U mean? and whether you play the Candy Crush game app to serious socio-economic issues. Is it surreal to know that you have so many followers who value your opinion on a host of subjects?

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MUMBAI: Abidali Lakhani is caught in a quandary. A member of the Khoja Shia Asna Ashari Jamaat, a branch of Shia Islam, 77-year-old Lakhani wants to donate his body after death but is finding stiff resistance from his family and the top Shia clerics.

Surrounded by books on history and spirituality and newspaper clippings on Muslim issues, Lakhani, a former advertising executive and a regular contributor on Islamic affairs to a Gujarati daily, lives alone off a leafy lane in Bandra (West). He has been contemplating donating his body for quite some time. He wants the hospital he will donate the body to, to decide whether it will use it only for scientific research or whether it also wants to donate the cornea, skin, bones and heart valves. Other solid organs such as lungs, heart, kidney, liver, pancreas and intestine cannot be donated after death but can be retrieved from a brain-dead person.

"When I turned 72 in 2002, I brought a donation form from J J Hospital. It demanded consent from immediate survivors. Since my wife had passed away by then, I asked my three daughters to give their consent. They flatly refused, saying it was not permissible in Islam," says Lakhani. "Yes, we oppose it as we think it is not proper for a Muslim to donate his body after death," says Lakhani's youngest daughter Shabnam.

Undeterred, Lakhani took matters in his hand and started approaching senior Shia clerics. When the maulanas (religious scholars) in Mumbai "disappointed" him with their refusals, Lakhani wrote to Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Najaf (Iraq)-based top Shia cleric who commands immense respect among Shias across the world. "Can I donate my body after my death?" asked Lakhani. Sistani, who grabbed global headlines recently after he sent a letter to Iraq's embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa party against his re-nomination as PM, sent a one-line reply. In Persian it reads: Wasiyat e mazkoor mahalle ishkaal ast (the above-mentioned will is erroneous).

Leading clerics, both Shias and Sunnis, with the exception of Delhi-based Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, are against organ donation or donation of the body by a Muslim. "Islam demands respect to a dead body. Certain organs can be donated, but not the whole body as every departed Muslim must get a namaaz-e-janaza (funeral prayer) and a burial," says Mumbai-based senior Shia cleric and principal of a Shia religious school Maulana Ahmed Ali Abidi.

Maulana Roohe Zafar, another Shia cleric, refers to a book by Ayatollah Sistani and underlines that a Muslim can donate a part of his/her body only to another Muslim if the recipient's life can be saved with that donated part. "In no circumstances can a Muslim donate his entire body, whether before or after death," declares Benares-based top cleric Mufti Abdul Batin Noamani. "Our belief is that every dead Muslim will be resurrected on the Day of Judgement in the same condition as on the day of his death. That's why there is so much emphasis on respect to the dead," explains Noamani.

A human chain was formed on D N Road, Mumbai on the eve of World Organ Donation Day.(TOI Photo)

However, Lakhani is not convinced. He quotes senior moderate Islamic scholar Maulana Wahidudin Khan who famously said: "Organ donation is the noblest form of charity." "There is no problem if this gentleman wants to donate his body. It will be considered an act of charity," Khan told TOI. Khan's is a minority voice and he admits his own limitations: "Lakhani is a Shia and his daughters will not heed me (a Sunni scholar)."

While his daughters and top Shia clerics quote scriptures against donation of the body, Lakhani wants to take a scientific approach. "We take advantage of scientific research. So why can't the clerics see the reason that my body after death can help doctors and researchers? I have lived my life and have no complaints against anyone. I want to do my bit to the development of medical science with my dead body, which will in any way get wasted whether I am buried or burnt," he says.

A way out can be conversion, but he is reluctant. "How can I convert and leave my daughters horrified and repent eternally?" he asks.

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Sue Asher has been helping the senior citizens in town keep fit for the past 26 years by leading summer weekly aqua aerobics classes at Cooper Pool.

"Once again we are back doing the aqua aerobics with my senior family," she said. "We have 20 ladies and several ladies have medical conditions that usually attend the class but cant this year. Class starts at 10:45 but between 10:30 and 10:45 we catch up on things that are happening in the town, happening with the senior citizens and it is our social time. Then we do our exercises and work hard," said Ms. Asher.

Ms. Asher and her group meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays for eight weeks from 10:30 a.m. to noon. They work on strengthening their arms, legs and body muscles while in the water. The ladies start by getting used to the water, bobbing up and down, do cross country, rocking forward and backwards, and exercises on the wall with their legs, arms and with bar bells. More exercises include kicking with the knees straight and toes pointed, bicycling, arm circles and shoulder rolls.

The program remains the same starting at the feet and working the way up their body.

According to Ms. Asher, aqua aerobics is a great way to loosen up the joints and bones. The water helps with the tension and the exercises give the ladies the opportunity to socialize a bit as well as exercise and work every part of their body legs to neck to keep toned and avoid joint and arthritis problems.

The maximum number of participants in the program is 24 and this year she has 20 ages 56 to 80-plus. Some of the participants have been with Ms. Asher for 25 years. The Cooper pool is heated to 85 degrees during the lessons.

"We are fortunate enough to get a grant from Wal-Mart to provide the refreshments which are orange juice, apple juice and water for each of their sessions," she said.

This years end of classes is fast approaching. "We are ending the program on Aug. 21, which is eight full weeks. I would love to do it longer but unfortunately I need to get into school and prepare for the next school year."

She is hoping that maybe in the future the town would consider building an indoor swimming pool.

"It would be wonderful because, not only can we exercise eight weeks in the summer, we can also exercise all year around. So that will definitely be a goal of mine for the future to have a community/senior center with a built-in swimming pool."

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Youngsters on the innerbandy bench. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

Sweden's government proposed on Wednesday an additional 20 percent of sports for the country's primary school children, meaning a massive hop, skip, and a jump from 500 hours a year to 600.

Education Minnister Jan Bjrklund said that Sweden's move to cut back school sports during the nineties was "an unfortunate decision".

"Not only are we going to correct this, but we plan to improve it," he said on Wednesday.

He proposed that primary school students should be given 600 hours of excercise a year, up 20 percent from the current 500 hours.

"When students are on the move we know they're working better in class. Furthermore, there's been a change in lifestyle meaning children excerxise less these days."

The 100 hours will be taken from the students' free-choice subject time, meaning the move won't cost anything to implement. TheNational Agency for Education (Skolverket) has been tasked with determining how to structure student timetables in light of the increase.

The change is planned to take effect in 2016.

Birgitta Ohlsson (far left) and Jan Bjrklund (far right) at a protest in Stockholm. Photo: Sren Andersson/TT

As the Swedish Security Service warns that the number of Swedes fighting in Syria is on the rise, the Liberal Party has called for legislative changes making it a crime for Swedes to participate in terrorist training abroad. READ

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Late scare but it's a win for Cardiff.

Guido Burgstaller and an own goal from Ryan Haines saw Cardiff though to round 2 of the Capital One CUp.

City had to endure a scare in the final 10 minutes whenShaun Miller pulled one back for Coventry but Cardiff held on to win at Sixfields.

Burgstaller scored in the 4th minute of the game and City played the next 60 - 70 mins as a training excercise. Coventry tried to put some pressure on the Bluebirds late in the game but were undone by Simon Moore's kick out to Mats Daehli. The Norwegian crossed to Kadeem Harris to score under pressure but replays showed the ball came off Coventry defender Haines.

Within two minutes though the hosts, playing 35 miles from Coventry, had pulled one back. Haines crossed for Miller to finish.

Cardiff saw out the tricky final minutes and will now face Port Vale away in round 2.

During the game both sets of supporters held up cards saying 'Let Down' in support of Coventry's ridiculous situation where they play in Northampton but also in support of Cardiff having to endure a totally unwanted and unnecessary rebrand.

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Students at the premier engineering institute, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), are looking to make the governments more accountable. As part of their social initiative during the yearly Techfest, students of IIT Bombay will be organising training camps in the run-up to the festival not just in IITs but in over 50 colleges that take part in the festival.

The Techfest will be held between January 2 and 4, 2015. The training workshops will be held as pre-fest preparations from this month and will run up to September. "Each year, the fest has a social initiative. Last year, we had one on cancer and tobacco. This year, we thought of making the government more accountable. We ideated for a month and we read different laws and found out that Right to Information (RTI) is the best way to do that," said Hitesh Sahare, an IIT-Bombay student and events manager of Techfest.

The laws that were considered before squaring on RTI were Right to Education (RTE), Right to Services and even social audit. "We could not integrate social audit into the campaign in this kind of a large-scale exercise. Right to Services was not there in all states. On RTE, the basic problem we faced was that the government is not accountable. RTI had a better outreach as it is a central Act and everything was going hand in hand if we question them and make them accountable. That is why we squared on this," added Sahare.

The Techfest has collaborated with the National Campaign for People's Right to Informaiton (NCPRI). The workshops will be held from August 28 across 14 cities and in over 50 colleges by NCPRI activists from the areas where the colleges are situated. The two-day workshop will tell students how to file RTI, be part of participatory democracy, share success stories of RTI and end with each student filing one question through RTI they have always wanted to ask the government.

"The workshops will be held in different dates at different engineering colleges between August and September. We are doing this because it is a better thing for empowerment of the community. These are prospective engineers and they will get experience from a young age. The idea is that students who are in technical background use RTI. Once they know the Act and confront, small issues can also become public interest issues," said Bhaskar Prabhu, co-convenor of NCPRI.

IITians expect around 60,000 to 70,000 students to benefit from the excercise.

The initiative will be formally launched by another IIT alumnus and former central information commissioner, Shailesh Gandhi. "The idea is not just to expose them to RTI but make them think in terms of governance of the country. RTI is a great tool to hold the government accountable; it empowers people and we need a large number of people to do this. It will also help in true participatory democracy," said Gandhi.

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