Have fun and get fit in Roseland for the fall
Posted: August 25, 2012 at 11:11 am
Programs from aerobics to yoga are offered by the Roseland Recreation Department this fall.
Following is the listing of offerings:
Multi-Impact Aerobics
The Roseland Recreation Department is once again co-sponsoring an adult multi-impact aerobics class in conjunction with Olympias Fitness Training, Inc. for adults 18 years and older.
This program will consist of 29 classes held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and five specific Thursday nights.
The Monday and Wednesday classes will begin on Monday, Sept. 10 and end on Wednesday Nov. 28.
The Thursday classes will be held on Sept. 13 and 27; Oct. 11; Nov. 8, and Dec. 13.
There will be no classes on Monday, Oct. 8 and Nov. 12 or Thursday, Nov. 22.
All classes will be held in the Borough Hall All-Purpose Room.
The class size is limited to the first 35 participants. The fee for the program is $145 for three days a week and $120 for Monday and Wednesday. Registration forms are available outside the recreation office
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Paddle board yoga makes waves
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What do you call two Toronto women who standup paddle board on Lake Ontario in winter?
Entrepreneurs.
Fitness studio owner Gudrun Hardes, 48, and marathoner Diana Turnbull, 47, met on the lake and decided to start a stand up paddleboard (SUP) business.
It just made sense: Were out there in our wetsuits in December and January the only two idiots on the water and we figured were enjoying this so much, lets do it the rest of our lives, Hardes recalls.
By May they had opened WSUP, and Hardes, who has been doing yoga for 15 years, was experimenting with doing asanas (yoga postures) on a paddle board as well. They soon launched yoga-on-the-water classes at The Beach.
People just love it, says Hardes. Its really picking up everywhere.
WSUP has had students aged 8 to 72 since it began offering paddle board yoga at two locations (Woodbine and Balmy Beach) this summer.
People wanted a little more, as soon as they started getting their legs, Hardes says. With paddle boarding, you get really tight in the legs, so its a nice stretch after being out on the board.
It really helps with your balance; it makes you focus more, and helps improve your posture.
Yoga paddle boarding involves vinyasa postures, from the sun salutation to lunges. I do it just for the feel-good aspect, Hardes says. Being on the water is so calming; people just gravitate to water naturally.
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Yoga Tips for the Common Cold
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Everyone suffers from the common cold from time to time. While there is no cure for this bothersome illness, there are things that can be done to ease the symptoms, such as taking over the counter medications and yoga poses (asanas). Yoga is a great solution for the cold because it is all natural and does not have side effects that come along with some medicines. One of the many reasons I enjoy and appreciate yoga is that it can benefit the body and mind in so many ways. Continue reading to find out how asanas can help prevent you from becoming sick and tame symptoms of the common cold once you are already sick.
Signs and symptoms of the common cold may include the following:
A nose that is either runny and/or stuffy
Throat pain
Coughing
Mild body aches, including a headache
Sneezing
Eyes that water
Tiredness
Slight fever
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Henare keen to share will to win with Sharks
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Right from a young age, basketball has been a huge part of Paul Henare's life.
The 33-year-old enjoyed a memorable playing career - attending two Olympic Games and two world championships with the Tall Blacks, while also spending 17 seasons in the New Zealand national league.
It was with the New Zealand Breakers that Henare achieved the most acclaim, playing in the team's first eight seasons, and ended his time with the club in style, when he was part of their inaugural 2010-2011 Australian National Basketball League championship winning side. He holds the record for the most games played [250] for the Breakers, and was the first player in franchise history to have his number [32] retired by the club at the beginning of last season.
Henare has made a swift and successful move into the coaching ranks, mentoring the Hawke's Bay Hawks in the last two New Zealand NBL seasons. He has won 21 of his 30 games in charge of the Hawks, steering them through to the final in 2011, and the semi-finals this season.
Earlier this year, he was also named as an assistant coach for the Tall Blacks for the Olympic qualifying tournament in Venezuela.
Basketball is all Henare has known since finishing high school and he said his ultimate ambition is to steadily climb his way up the coaching ladder and and continue to gain more experience.
"People ask me if I study or have a degree, and my answer to them is I have a degree in basketball. I've been studying the game of basketball for 18 years now," he said.
"I've been goal-driven my whole life. That's a goal of mine. I would love to coach the Tall Blacks one day, and I want to continue coaching professionally."
Henare was this week named as the new fulltime coach of the Southland Sharks for the next two years. He will replace foundation coach Richard Dickel, who will become Southland Basketball's development officer.
Coaching basketball at the elite level has always been at the back of Henare's mind. He began to consider it seriously as his career was winding down with the Breakers, and remains thankful to the Hawks organisation for giving him his first opportunity in the big time, two years ago.
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Lance Armstrong’s personal brand will still live strong
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Thursday night an exasperated Lance Armstrong announced he would stop fighting the U.S. Anti-Doping Agencys charges that he had used performance-enhancing drugs, prompting the USADA to move to strip the legendary cyclist of his seven Tour de France titles.
If the agency succeeds, the highest athletic achievements of the greatest philanthropist in sport will disappear from the record, but experts say Armstrongs personal brand and powerhouse Livestrong foundation are sturdy enough to survive the loss of his Tour titles.
Since founding the Lance Armstrong Foundation in 1997, Armstrong, a testicular cancer survivor, has helped raise $470 million for cancer research.
Hes aspires to inspire (and) for all the talent he had on the bike, his greatest talent was being a champion of hope, says Sunny Pathak, president of SOS Media and brand manager to several pro athletes. Thats the advice Id give him. Fight the fight you believe you can win.
Armstrongs foundation was responsible for the yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets that were ubiquitous in the mid-2000s, and which have raised roughly $100 million for cancer research on their own.
Corporate support for the Armstrong foundation was just as strong, with sponsors ranging from Nike to Budweiser, and with the LIVESTRONG name gracing the home stadium of Major League Soccers Sporting Kansas City Franchise. American Century Investments introduced a line of mutual funds titled LIVESTRONG Portfolios, which earned strong reviews from investment industry analysts earlier this summer.
Thursday afternoon all three companies announced they planned to maintain their relationships with Armstrong and his foundation, even if he loses his Tour de France titles.
The USADA may sanction Lance and attempt to strip his titles, but no one can take away what hes done for the 28 million people around the world living with cancer, an American Century spokesperson told The Associated Press on Friday.
That decision doesnt surprise McMaster University marketing professor Manish Kacker, who points out that sponsors gravitate to Armstrong not because he defeated other cyclists but because he triumphed over cancer.
Both Armstrong and Livestrong have a real track record in terms of raising funds for cancer, says Kacker, who teaches at McMasters DeGroote School of Business. There might be some people who will pull away from Livestrong, but the charity probably has enough momentum to continue moving forward.
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Saratoga: Personal Ensign showdown pits Royal Delta vs. It's Tricky
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Its Tricky will make her first start since winning the Ogden Phipps on May 28 in Sunday's Personal Ensign.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. They have combined to win 15 of 24 starts, 10 graded stakes, and accrued $3.7 million in purses. One is the champion 3-year-old filly of 2011; the other is undefeated in three starts this year.
As far as head-to-head matchups in racing go these days, Sundays showdown between Royal Delta and Its Tricky in the Grade 1, $600,000 Personal Ensign Invitational Handicap at Saratoga is about as good as it gets. The Personal Ensign is a Win and Youre In race for the Breeders Cup Ladies Classic to be run Nov. 2 at Santa Anita. The Personal Ensign winner gets her entry fees paid and a $10,000 travel stipend.
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Royal Delta defeated Its Tricky in last years Alabama here and in the Breeders Cup Ladies Classic in November at Churchill Downs to secure the championship in the 3-year-old filly division. After dropping her first two starts this year one being the Dubai World Cup in March Royal Delta has come back with a blowout win in the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill and a gutty neck victory in the Grade 2 Delaware Handicap last month at Delaware Park.
Royal Delta, trained by Bill Mott, had a wide trip at Delaware and appeared to be laboring a little due to either an early move or dislike for the surface. Yet she fought back when Tiz Miz Sue came to her in the stretch.
Tiring but classy enough to hold on, Mott said, in summing up the performance. I dont think that filly was ever going to get by her, which is an interesting thing to find out. A lot of times a horse can blow by you if theyre full of run, but if they run to you and you can fend them off that shows you something.
Run at 1 1/4 miles from 1995-2011, the Personal Ensign has been shortened this year to 1 1/8 miles, something that is likely to bring Its Tricky and Royal Delta closer together.
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Enbridge lobbying of Harper government a 'success story'
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It has been said that there are no true friends in politics ... but there are plenty of them.
Few issues have made politicians so popular as the oil and gas potential in Western Canada and the big plans for its future, including the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline through Alberta and British Columbia.
A search of the federal registry of lobbyists shows company officials and consultants for Calgary-based Enbridge have had dozens of meetings with ministers, deputy ministers, policy directors and MPs as plans for the Northern Gateway pipeline moved from the proposal stage to public hearings.
They've had communication with the chiefs of staff for the prime minister and the Opposition NDP and met with the clerk of the Privy Council on the day the Conservative government tabled the omnibus legislation that changed the environmental laws and review process that govern the project.
"Enbridge is the perfect example of a success story from lobbying," said Roger Harris, a former Liberal member of the B.C. legislature and former vice-president of aboriginal and community partnerships for Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines.
The federal registry shows 12 different lobbyists at work for the pipeline proponent in 2011 and 2012. A search of the five years prior to that, from the beginning of 2006 to the end of 2010, produces a list of 27 different lobbyists and 10 different consultant companies, including one representing the Clean Air Renewable Energy Coalition, comprised of Enbridge, Shell, ConocoPhillips Canada and a dozen other energy companies.
Enbridge's proposal for a 1,700-kilometre pipeline that would deliver bitumen from the Alberta oil sands to a tanker port on the B.C. coast is incredibly complex, involving three government jurisdictions, 50 First Nations, an oft-maligned industry and a vocal public campaign against tanker traffic off the West Coast.
"I can't imagine a project that's more complex, yet it (Enbridge) was able to convince the federal government, the Conservatives, of its value to the point that the federal government, who puts in place the regulatory process by which projects are independently evaluated ... (Enbridge) had them shamelessly out there supporting the project before their own process was even completed," Harris said.
The Conservatives even changed the environmental regulations that affect the project, he said.
"If they don't like the outcome of that science, they can change it themselves, anyway," he said of the Conservative government.
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The Shifting Paradigm of Microsoft
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By Rita Chattaraj - August 24, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, NOK | 0 Comments
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Microsoft(NASDAQ: MSFT), which has been ruling the personal computer operating system space for long now, is looking at changing the way the company functions - a shift in paradigm. Being restricted to the age old offerings will not help the company to cope up with the changing dynamics of the highly competitive consumer electronics space.For several years Microsoft had the software segment as its main focus point and it left the hardware part to a diverse ecosystem of OEMs likeDell,HP,Lenovoand many others. But now, with Surface tablet computers, Microsoft aims to capture a good chunk of the hardware side of the model too. The company is attempting to build an ecosystem of Windows-driven devices where both hardware and software will come from the tech giant.
Microsofts Master Blaster StrategyWith Surface, Microsoft is clearly following the path of anintegrated hardware and software offering ecosystem as displayed byApple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The iPhone maker is a living example of how successful this business model can be.In fact, this is not the first attempt of Microsoft to develop its ecosystem. The company has been attempting this for a long time, however it never tasted success. The Live Social Network didnt work out, nor did Bing, the competitor of the worlds largest online search providerGoogle(NASDAQ: GOOG). The general perception of Microsoft in the consumers mind was that it was old, slow at everything and not up to the art of the age. These thoughts were further fueled by the range of cheap plastic hardware as against Apples simple yet catchy and beautifully designed gadgets.
However, this time the companys plans may pay off big time and this might be just the beginning. The Windows maker has worked very hard on the form factor and the feel of the Surface tablets. The consumers as well as industry experts are pretty impressed with the trade dress of the device. So, finally we have something that actually can give Apple stiff competition. Slowly the giant can move to smartphone hardware too. For all we know, like Google acquiredMotorolaand is planning to use the phone maker to manufacture its own smartphones and tablets, Microsoft too can acquire a firm and go about its dream of enjoying hardware-software dominance in the electronics space.
Competitive strategies The Redmond-based tech giant aims to change the consumer perception about it - from being a super successful operating system maker to an equally successful hardware provider - and for this the company has chosen the tablets space as the first point of attack. So, how does Microsoft want to make it big in this market?Winning through losses!
Recently, there have been rumors that the Surface tablets will be available for a starting of $199. Initially everyone felt this was just a rumor to test the reaction of the OEMs, but as time passes and Microsoft is still not denying the claim, there are chances it will turn out to be true. If this is really the case, then the Surface RT will not only be battling with the iPad, but alsomay turn out to be fatal for the Nexus 7 from Google andAmazonsKindle Fire.
So, does this mean the Surface RT will have lower tech specs than the iPad? No. Under the hood the Surface RT will be as strong as the iPad, but still available at just $199. What Microsoft is trying to do is pretty clear the Windows maker is going after market share and not profits. Microsoft wants to penetrate the tablet market by providing superior tablets at extremely competitive prices even if it needs to face losses. This way, no one will buy the iPad since the two devices will have the same specs while the Surface will be cheaper and again no one will buy Android-based tablets since the prices will be the same whilethe Surface will be superior. Microsoft is thinking of leveraging the success from its other business parallels to its newly formed hardware business so that it can snatch from Apple and Google their share of the consumer electronics sector.
Now, focusing just on the tablet market will be an incomplete effort on Microsoft's part. The company also needs to put stress on the smartphone hardware market. However, the Windows maker has no plans as of now to manufacture handsets. Rather, it plans on carrying on with the OEM model here byleaving the handset manufacturing toNokia(NYSE: NOK), but with good chances of moving into the handset manufacturing in the near future. Through Nokia, Microsoft aspires to knock down theApple andSamsung-Google dominance and give users something new and exciting. While Surface will ensure Microsofts success in the tablet market, Nokias Lumia will ensure the success in the smartphone space.
Departing thoughtsMicrosofts plans are definitely not ordinary and these involve huge challenges and a lot is at stake. Shifting its focus from software to hardware and repositioning itself in the minds of the users is no kids play. The Windows maker knows this very well that if, for whatsoever reason, Windows 8, Surface or Lumia fails, it is going to be doomed and this is why every step it takes needs to be well planned. But, like I say, no risk, no gain and know risk, know gain. Microsoft is taking a risk for which it can get rewarded greatly. It has the right combination of expertise, experience and goodwill to drive this strategy to success. And, in due course of time, if it decided to acquire Nokia also, it will not be a surprise for anyone. Rather, the move will actually fit in with Microsofts aspirations like a glove. I am very much bullish on the Windows maker and have a feeling it will surely stir up things in the tech space.
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