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New health club sets itself

Posted: October 4, 2012 at 11:25 am


04 October 2012 | last updated at 01:09AM

The club features three different types of studios in its 1,600sq m of space.

The Mind, Body, and Energy studios are specially designed to focus on yoga and pilates; group exercise; and spin classes, respectively.

This is the first health club to have state-of-the-art equipment, Queenax, which allows the ceiling, walls and floor to be used in training as it accommodates suspension and functional training.

To help members burn more calories, they also use the high-tech Curve treadmills. These are said to be better than conventional treadmills.

The club runs short sessions of a 15-minute, 30-minute or 45-minute workout routine for those who are pressed for time.

Jatomi Fiitness chief executive officer Elaine Jobson said the club offers programmes unlike any other fitness club because they are designed to suit individuals of all ages as families are welcome to join the club.

She said this is to revolutionise the health and fitness of every Malaysian.

"Our staff have excellent knowledge and are encouraged to help our members to achieve their goals.

"With our simple MINDfit, EATfit and MOVEfit programmes, we are confident that the members will enjoy their experience at the club and achieve better results," said Jobson, who has been in the health club industry for 20 years.

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Health & Fitness calendar: Oct. 1

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Saturday

Run for the Fund: Join 1,000 participants in sprinting, jogging or walking through SeaWorld, 10522 Sea World Drive. Proceeds are donated to the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund. 8 a.m. Oct. 6. http://www.seaworldparks.com/runforthefund. $45 through race day.

Action Kidney Day: Learn about kidney disease and how it affects the local community through free kidney health screenings, cooking demos, fitness, free food samples and the Kidney Action Day Walk. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. http://www.kidneyfund.org. Free.

Jazzercise: Jazzercise Downtown is offering a free week and a three-month special through October. Lunchtime classes are held 12:15-1 p.m. Monday through Friday; 5:30-6:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Walk-ins welcome. 403 Ave. E (First Presbyterian Church. Call 210-265-7960 or jazzercisedowntown@gmail.com for details.

Upcoming

Reiki: Briana Brooks leads an open forum to help explore this holistic approach to health and fitness. Reiki treatments will be given free of charge. 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 9. Brooks Community Classroom, 6323 Sovereign St., Suite 186. 210-365-1400.

Mental health: The St. George Episcopal Church Mental Health Family Support Group will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 10. The church is located at 6904 West Ave. Patients, family members, providers and friends are welcome. 210-342-4261.

Ongoing

Juicing support group: Adam McManus leads a weekly support group 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Starbucks Legacy, 1723 N. Loop 1604 E, Suite 102. Contact McManus at talkradioadam@gmail.com or 210-373-7499. Free.

Food addicts: Are you having trouble controlling your eating? Regular meetings of Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous can be found at http://www.foodaddicts.org. 210-561-1809 or 210-310-4609.

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October 4th, 2012 at 11:25 am

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Michael Schumacher announces retirement – Video

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04-10-2012 04:38 Michael Schumacher has announced that he will retire at the end of the Formula One season.

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Personal Experience: Signing Players in Limited Time on Football Manager 2007

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The release of Football Manager 2013 is just around the corner, but I'm a fan of one the old classic editions of the game. Football Manager 2007 remains my favourite, but I will, of course, reserve judgement for the new game.

Whatever version of the game you are playing, signing players in likely to be paramount to your success or failure as a manager. Clearly, an important component of this is to rely on your scouts giving reliable information when recommending players.

Like most managers, I also have a list of potential signings that I would like to bring in. It is important to make signings in every transfer window to keep your squad fresh. My usual strategy for contract negotiations is to try to save the club as much money as possible; this means trying to remove signing on fees and bonuses whenever possible.

This is something that is easy to do at the beginning of June and when there isn't any competition for your targets. However, it is much harder at the end of August, or in the very time restrictive January transfer window.

Therefore, I have learned that it is better to offer something close to the player's demands in these circumstances. It is usually possible to remove a signing on fee and a minimum release fee clause, but bonus payments can sometimes cause a problem.

It should be noted that it is possible to get a player to agree a deal even when not meeting his wage demands, but if removing something elsewhere, then you may want to improve the basic wage to sweeten the deal.

The real key to quick signings is having your scouts constantly working for you. That way you will always have a list of targets. The information on potential transfer fees and how interested they would be to join your club is often invaluable. It is important to focus on the players that are most likely to want to join your club.

However, you still have every chance to make a deal happen until the transfer window slams shut. It can actually be easier to make signings right at the end of the transfer window, than right at the beginning.

The game will stop regularly on transfer deadline day to help you get a last minute deal done. Therefore, it is always worth making that late offer for that player you have always wanted to complete your squad.

Remember that if you agree to an expensive contract to get the deal done, you can always renegotiable the contract at a later date.

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October 4th, 2012 at 11:24 am

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CPI(M) toes Buddhadeb line bats for industrialisation

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CPI(M) toes Buddhadeb line, bats for industrialisation The CPI(M) will not only facilitate land acquisition for private projects, it will even play the role of a ?provider?, Gautam Deb Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata Oct 04, 2012, 15:10 IST

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee may not be the lone voice in favour of industrializing Bengal within the CPI(M), any more. For him, its always been a personal battle for Bengals development; or, at best a battle fought by him and his deputy, Nirupam Sen. No longer, though. Going by what former housing minister, Gautam Deb, said recently, the CPI(M) will not only facilitate land acquisition for private projects (if it is back in power) , it will even play the role of a provider.

Deb was not alongside Bhattacharjee, when he courted big private capital (foreign and domestic) openly. Not that Deb was ever against private capital, his claim to fame being the township at New Town in Rajarhat.But defeat appears to have brought them on the side.

Land, considered to be scarce for industrial projects in Bengal, is available, but there are no takers. For instance, of an 1150-acre industrial park at Kharagpur, only 540 acres has been allotted, and Telcon accounts for half of it. At the 1458-acre Panagarh Industrial Park, Matix has been allocated 500 acres and H&R Johnson 66 acres. The rest is available, according to the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) website.

So is industrialization CPI(M)s poll plank for panchayat elections? Of course, we will talk about it. Why should we not? Forget about fresh investments, they (the Trinamool Congress government) couldnt even keep the projects that we had bagged, a CPI(M) leader said.

The party, however, will build an argument for industrialization. The dismal state of the rural economy, reflected in farmer suicides, will be highlighted, and industrialization will be projected as the only alternative to come out of the stagnation in rural development.

Will people buy the argument? Will the fact that Singurs unwilling farmers are yet to get back their land make them reconsider their position? Will a united CPI(M) succeed in presenting a better case for industrialization. As of now, its anybodys guess.

Excerpts from Buddhadeb Bhattacharjees article on industrialization in Bengal published in January, 2007:

The opposition accuses us of having agreed to capitalist development. Is it possible to talk of socialist development in one state of our country? What we can do at the most in this structure is to bring in some alternative Left policies. This comprises land reforms, protecting public sector, some initiatives in education and health, and so on. The Party Congress and the Central Committee have said that this means there is no need for foreign investment where we have the technology. We are not to allow FDI in retail trade. Do we need foreign entrepreneurs to sell our agricultural products as one Indian entrepreneur told us some time back?

IBM, Cognizant, and GE Capital have evinced interest in investing in the IT sector and we need their units. We will await the final denouement of the software debate. We must do something about our young men and women who are computer-literate and know English.

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October 4th, 2012 at 11:23 am

Speeding youths get their tickets

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THREE Faversham Swimming Club squad members received speeding tickets during the recent Dover Development Gala.

These tickets are presented to swimmers who exceed the race entry times as specified by the Amateur Swimming Association.

MAKING A SPLASH: Faversham swimmers finished fifth overall at the Dover gala

Young Molly Stemp collected her ticket for a dynamic dash in the girls' 11yrs 50m breaststroke, touching home in a personal best time of 47.18.

Emily Holt's sprint in the girls' 10yrs 50m backstroke earned her a ticket with a personal best time of 45.17.

Joseph Russell, meanwhile, collected his ticket for a high powered performance in the boy's 10yrs 50m backstroke, stopping the clock with a time of 45.50.

A number of Faversham swimmers recorded first place finishes. This included the 10yrs and under 4 x 25m mixed medley relay team, Ben Wall in the boy's 10yrs 50 metre freestyle, Harry McKenna in the boy's 10yrs 50m butterfly (a personal best time of 47.16), Rebecca Crouch in the girls' 1515 yrs 50m freestyle (another personal best, 30.76).

Second places went to Harry McKenna (boy's 10yrs 100m individual medley, pb 1.41.42), Rebecca Crouch (girls' 15yrs 50m backstroke, pb 38.08) and Ben Collins (boy's 15yrs 50m backstroke, pb 35.08).

Further personal best times were achieved by Lauren Scott (girls' 100m individual medley, 1.43.76, and 50m breaststroke, 58.06), Harry McKenna (boy's 50m breaststroke, 56.27), Emily Ing (girls' 50m freestyle, 46.41), Alice Searley (girls' 50m butterfly, 44.14, 50m freestyle, 36.91).

Faversham head coach Sharon Wenn said: "We only had 15 swimmers that could attend the gala and they all swam really well."

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October 4th, 2012 at 11:22 am

University Senate task force exploring online education

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A University Senate task force is wading into one of the hottest topics in higher ed: the question of online education.

The task force, which was established by the senate last year, will explore Columbias current online offerings and examine its options going forward. The committee met for the first time Sept. 19, a day before the University opened registration for its first two massive open online courses.

Were in the data-collecting mode. We are working on pilot programs of courses and we are seeing which other offered courses can be adapted to online learning, Assaf Zeevi, the Business Schools vice dean of research and a member of the task force, said. So far, the experience has mostly been in areas with undergraduate classes with very high appeal that can be pitched to a large audience.

Columbia will offers its first two massive open online courses through Coursera next semester, but several schools, including the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Continuing Education, the Journalism School, and Teachers College, have created their own online courses and initiatives over the years.

The task force, which is being led by Senate Executive Board Chair Sharyn OHalloran, will work to unify Columbias online education offerings.

Columbia has 20 schools. Were very decentralized, which is a good thing, since it allows individual departments and faculty to create initiatives, task force member and astronomy professor James Applegate said. However, at the same time, the senate is the only institution Columbia has for the function of town hall meetings. The task force will play that same role, only more specifically for online learning.

The committee met last week with Stanford University professor Daphne Koller, one of the founders of Coursera. Still, Sree Sreenivasana Journalism School professor who was appointed Columbias first chief digital officer in Julysaid that Coursera is just an example of what we can do.

Right now, were talking with many other vendors and platforms to see what works best for us, he said.

There has been a surge of activity in online education over the last year, with MIT and Harvard partnering to launch edX and schools ranging from Princeton to the University of Pennsylvania signing up for Coursera. But even with universities scrambling to open their courses to the world at large, University Senator Akshay Shah, SEAS 14, said the senate task force is focused on Columbia students first.

Our biggest priority is to make full-time, tuition-paying students get benefits from Columbia taking courses online, Shah, a member of the task force, said. This could open up the option of students studying abroad. If they have to fulfill requirements, they could just take exams at the global centers.

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Does Online Education Need to be Free to Succeed?

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Here at MIT Technology Review, weve been doing some research for an upcoming business report on digital education.Its an area thats been receiving a lot of interest from venture capitalists and entrepreneursthe general idea being that technology will disrupt education as we know it, and maybe create a few billion-dollar companies along the way (see The Crisis in Higher Education).

According to Dow Jones VentureSource, VCs invested $217 million in digital education companies during the first half of 2012more than they did during all of 2010. The explosion of new companies is creating a complex environment, as this map of the dozens technology companies active in K-12 schools makes clear.

So which of these startups will end up mattering? Today, the venture firm Union Square Ventures took the unusual step of blogging about its investment thesis in online education. Union Squares bottom line: the best investments will be companies that give educational content away for free.

The strategy is similar to what social media companies like Twitter have done (Union Square was an early investor in Twitter). First they build huge audiences. Later, they worry how to make money. While that makes sense to investors, its also deeply threatening to textbook makers and brick-and-mortar schools. How can they compete against free?

Venture funds usually keep their investment strategies top secret. But Union Square has become an influential VC firmsome would say the most influentialin part by stoking interesting debates that grab entrepreneurs interest (see Fred Wilson on Why the Collapse of Venture Capital is Good). Union Square says the disclosure is the first of several future discussions about its work on specific markets, industries and technologies.

To accompany its analysis of the education market, Union Square provided a reading list of news articles whose arguments it apparently found persuasive. There are also links to video lectures by the founders of several ambitious digital education startups, including Ben Nelson of the Minerva Project and Daphner Koller talking about Coursera.

In their blog post, Union Square reveals another conclusion that could console educators worried about virtual competition. It says that unless people can turn free online courses into actual academic credential, or into a career, digital education will remain aspirational and removed from the day-to-day of many people.

In other words, without a diploma to hang on your wall, free isnt worth much.

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October 4th, 2012 at 11:22 am

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Aerobics champs off to word titles

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Oct. 4, 2012, noon

THE Sutherland sisters, of Thornlands, have sport aerobics in Australia stitched up since winning international division titles at the recent sports aerobics national competition in Adelaide.

Grace, 17, and Meg, 14, took out the open women's and junior women's titles at the competition in July to qualify to compete at the world sport aerobics championships being held in the Netherlands this month.

Mother Marg Sutherland said the girls took up the sport through their school, Sheldon College, several years ago and have continued with it, even though the school no longer offers it. Both are members of Cass Sport Aerobics at Coffs Harbour, where they are trained twice a school term. In between, the girls train at Good Life gym at Cleveland, with training spanning about three hours a day six days a week.

"They basically train themselves. For a 14-year-old to do this is awesome," Marg said.

Marg said the girls already had a basis in gymnastics and trampolining, so adding dance to these moves was the next step. Even so, she said she was delighted and surprised at their skills.

"It's beautiful to watch. It's definitely a spectator sport," she said.

Marg said other skills learnt through the sport included self discipline and good work ethic.

"Grace is in Year 12 at school so you need to be disciplined to do everything she does," Marg said.

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October 4th, 2012 at 8:13 am

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Beth Israel Medical Center Opens Yoga Class To All Kids

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Kids yoga class at Beth Israel Medical Center (credit: CBS 2)

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) A yoga program originally designed for kids dealing with developmental and behavioral issues has opened its doors to all kids in need of a little stress relief.

Beth Israel Medical Center started the kids yoga program for 4- to 13-year-olds diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and autism, but the programs director said the health effects of yoga are beneficial for all kids.

Our kids are overstimulated. The amount of screen time, television, video games, noise, Dr. Asma Sadiq of Beth Israel told CBS 2s Katie McGee. I think the focus on the breath, particularly, and the mindfulness piece of yoga is something that is very powerful.

Sadiq and the hospitals in-house yoga expert, Jillian Friedman, run the program, which meets once a week in Union Square.

The program is an-all inclusive program, Friedman told McGee.

The yoga practice really helps kids focus. It helps bring them into their bodies, Sadiq told McGee. Theyre aware of their bodies and the boundaries of their bodies, and what theyre capable of.

Im very stressed out with the new school year coming, 11-year-old Michael OBrien said during his first yoga class. I thought this would soothe my body.

The instructors focus on proper yoga poses and breathing techniques, but said the main goal is giving kids an outlet and a place to relax.

Its fun and its interactive. It also could be social, Sadiq said. But youre doing this for yourselfyou are competing with yourself and getting a sense of who you are.

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October 4th, 2012 at 8:12 am

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