Two months ago, to take a course from the University of Pennsylvania's medical school, you needed to excel at a grueling admissions test and pray you were one of the few who got accepted - not to mention pay tuition once you got there.

Now you can stumble out of bed halfway around the world and still catch courses taught by Penn medical professors.

All for free, at the moment.

Both the medical school and the university are amping up their participation in the online education game. Fifteen Penn professors are now signed up to offer free classes over the online learning platform Coursera (www.coursera.org), including seven from the Perelman School of Medicine.

One is bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, whose just-completed Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act class attracted more than 30,000 students - about 5,000 more than the Penn student body.

Emanuel's class is being outdrawn by Wharton School professor Kevin Werbach's Gamification, which starts Aug. 27 and will apply game-design techniques to business problems. Its 50,000 sign-ups top the Penn offerings so far.

Last month, Penn joined with the California Institute of Technology to invest $3.7 million in Coursera, which now offers 117 free courses from 16 official partners, including Stanford, Duke, and Princeton Universities. The University of California Berkeley and two Indian colleges also offer classes on Coursera but are not yet official partners.

The online courses mimic aspects of a traditional experience by having not only video lectures, but also strict class start and end dates, homework assignments, interactive quizzes, and discussion boards for students.

"Coursera feels like a good partner for us," said Deirdre Woods, interim executive director of Penn's Open Learning Initiative, which is for now primarily devoted to the Coursera project. "Penn is about rigor . . . and [Coursera's] philosophy was very much in line with that."

Of Penn's 16 online courses, two are currently in session and more will start up in the next several months.

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The Chinese company is rumored to be working on a Windows RT convertible laptop, and now it says the Yoga is on the way.

Namaste! Lenovo says the IdeaPad Yoga, its folding, reversible tablet/laptop hybrid running Windows 8, is coming soon.

The company this morning tweeted a shot of the device -- which we first saw at CES in January -- along with the simple message "It won't be long now."

The tease comes on the heels of rumors that the Chinese company is developing a convertible laptop/tablet that will run Windows RT, a more limited version of Windows 8 designed for ARM-based devices.

The Yoga comes with a keyboard that folds around almost 360 degrees to hide and transform itself into a tablet. If the Yoga and the mysterious convertible Windows RT tablet are one and the same, it would likely compete directly with Microsoft's own Surface tablets.

While the Surface can dock with a keyboard to make the transition from tablet to laptop, the real question is, can it do a sun salutation?

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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Santosh Maknikar leads yoga class at Salt Lake's Krishna Temple, Monday, July 16, 2012.

Health Classes are structured for those new to yoga and advanced practitioners alike.

The word seva means giving selflessly to help other living beings. Its more than just a word to Santosh Maknikar, founder of Yoga For People, who built the Great Salt Lake Yoga Fest around the concept.

"We wanted to make it available for everyone," Maknikar said, "affordable for everyone to explore all types of yoga."

Helping people yoga style

The Utah-based Yoga For People teaches yoga free in homeless shelters, prisons, schools and libraries in Salt Lake City and Park City. Santosh Maknikar founded the nonprofit in 2011 with the goal of making the healthful benefits of yoga accessible.

When I moved to the United States, I was surprised to see how many more people go to yoga classes in the U.S. than in India, said Maknikar, who is from Latur, India. But I was also surprised at the high cost of these classes.

Thats when he decided to make yoga available to people who had financial or health limitations.

In June, Yoga For People provided its 300th free class in just eight months. The nonprofit is always seeking to expand its volunteer base.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Health announced an exclusive media partnership with Wanderlust, the nation's largest yoga and music festival, to produce Yoga in the Citya one-day urban retreat held in iconic outdoor venues across the nation. Occurring on September 9 in New York and Los Angeles and on September 23 in San Francisco, Wanderlust Yoga in the City provides a retreat for city dwellers with complimentary classes from the world's top yoga instructors, live music performances, and panel discussions featuring leading wellness experts. The event series is part of the Yoga Aid World Challenge benefitting humanitarian charities around the globe that embrace the healing power of yoga.

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"Health consumers lead active lives, including practicing yoga over three hours each week, which makes Wanderlust a natural fit," said Kevin White, Publisher of Health. "Partnering with the premier yoga organization allows us to create a unique and engaging brand experience for our consumers and advertisers."

The Health Pavilion will host exclusive fitness and nutrition sessions with editors and celebrity guests, personalized cover shoots via photo booth, and offer special gifts for the mind, body, and soul. Exclusive skincare sponsor Elizabeth Arden will provide expert tips and complimentary samples of the new spa-inspired Visible Difference skincare line.

Acclaimedauthor, nutritionistand wellness expert,Cynthia Sass, will answer your nutrition questions, share delicious recipes and offer insider strategies from her latest New York Times best-sellingbook,S.A.S.S! Yourself Slim. Attendees will have the opportunity to take part in an exclusive hybrid yoga series with celebrity yogini Mandy Ingber inspired by her upcoming book, Yogalosophy: 28-day Mind Body Makeover, hitting shelves in 2013. Health's fitness editor and resident yogi, Kristin McGee, will serve as master of ceremonies at Wanderlust in the City in New York and San Francisco. Additionally, within the Health Pavilion, she will showcase yoga, pilates and core strength moves from her latest DVD S3: Strong, Sexy, and Svelte.

The 2012 Wanderlust Yoga in the City series is set to include:

September 9, 2012

September 23, 2012

The U.S. partnership between Wanderlust Festivals and Yoga Aid for The Yoga Aid World Challenge, a 24-hour global yoga relay on September 9, will begin in Sydney, with its first U.S. stop in New York for the Yoga in the City event, and end at sundown in Los Angeles at the Santa Monica Pier.

For more information and to enter for a chance to win an escape for two to the Wanderlust Yoga in the City event in New York, visit Health.com/wanderlust. To register or find more information on Wanderlust Yoga in the City and Yoga Aid, please visit: http://www.wanderlustyitc.com.

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What does retirement mean to you? When I was in my 20s, this is what I thought a typical day for a retiree would be like.

5 a.m. Wake up to a leisurely breakfast and a cup of coffee. Read the paper and do the crossword puzzle.

7 a.m. Go for a walk or swim in the pool, then take it easy.

9 a.m. Watch some TV and read a magazine or a book.

11 a.m. - Have lunch.

Afternoon Go shopping, walk the dog, work on the house, and catch up with friends.

5 p.m. Have an early bird dinner and kick back the rest of the day.

9 p.m. Time to hit the hay.

This sounds like the easy life, but it also seems quite boring. This vision fits a sedate retirement home more than the current active retirements in which many retirees actually engage. Now that Im older and know more retirees, I know this is not what people do in retirement. Many people stay quite active when they first retire from their careers and put off the relaxed retirement until when they are much older.

Active retirement. My dad retired about five years ago from running a restaurant, but a relaxed retirement isnt for him. He is always restless and hated not working. So he started a new micro business and is working part time. Its a hobby-based business and he is having a lot of fun. My father-in-law retired with a full pension and he is working (ok, volunteering) at a friends liquor store for free. One of my friends is financially independent, but he still actively manages his portfolio every day. I suspect most people would rather continue to be active after they retire from their career than relaxing around the pool all day.

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Sammons Retirement Solutions, Inc.SM, which develops and distributes products focused on IRA rollovers and other retirement assets, today announced the launch of LiveWell ModelsSM, a series of risk-based asset class model portfolios created exclusively for the LiveWell Retirement Series. Developed by Morningstar Associates, LLC, a registered investment advisor and a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc., LiveWell Models are designed to help financial professionals make informed asset allocation1 recommendations to clients to help them meet their investment goals.

The models provide financial professionals with a quick and easy way to create portfolios for clients based on the clients target asset allocations and according to their answers to an optional Morningstar Risk Tolerance Questionnaire. When creating a portfolio, an online Morningstar proposal-builder tool gives financial professionals the flexibility to use a LiveWell Model or to select a LiveWell Asset Class Model as a framework to choose the funds themselves. The tool allows financial professionals to add a hypothetical comparison portfolio to help evaluate the asset allocation, investment style, top holdings, and historical performance. The end result is a set of illustrations at the asset-class or investment option level that financial professionals can present to clients or prospects.

It is becoming increasingly important for financial professionals to give their clients a range of options for investing rollover money from 401(k) and other investment vehicles. The challenge with too many options may be the difficulty in allocating the investment dollars. said William Lowe, President of Sammons Retirement Solutions, Inc. To address the growing demand for allocation assistance, we have responded to financial professionals requests for something beyond traditional asset class allocation strategies. The LiveWell Mutual Fund IRA offers fund-specific models and the LiveWell Variable Annuity provides a similar model at the investment option level.

The models are comprised of portfolios that provide exposure to a broad spectrum of asset classes. Each model suggests the mix of investment options based on a clients time horizon, investment goals, and risk tolerance across different investment categories such as Conservative, Moderate, Moderate Growth, Growth, and Aggressive Growth. The models include investment options from brand name money managers as well as boutique managers.

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A member of Sammons Financial Group, Sammons Retirement Solutions, Inc.SM specializes in designing straightforward retirement solutions that address the increasingly complex needs of todays investors. The company complements Sammons Financial Groups existing business by expanding the product line with a Mutual Fund IRA platform and a variable annuity available for sale through independent broker-dealers and financial professionals.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates with his compatriot Yohan Blake (left) during the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne August 23, 2012. Reuters pic

The effervescent Bolt performed the air guitar as he was presented to the crowd before predictably dominating the race, winning ahead of Dutchman Churandy Martina and as the top three all finished in under 20 seconds.

Other highlights of the meeting included another win for Grenada's teenage Olympic champion Kirani James in the 400 metres and the high jump where Qatar's Moutaz Essa Barshim leapt 2.39 metres to defeat Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov.

Less impressive was the 110 metres hurdles where Olympic champion Aries Merritt was disqualified for a false start.

Bolt, who has said his main aim was to see out the season without injury, seemed as pleased with his latest stunt as he was with his performance.

It's fun, I heard the music and it just came to me, it was spontaneous, he told BBC television.

His fellow Jamaican Blake, Olympic silver medallist in the 100 and 200 metres, beat his previous best by 0.06 seconds as he destroyed a world-class field in the 100, leaving Tyson Gay and Nesta Carter trailing in his wake.

Blake's performance added to the feeling that the 22-year-old could be the one to eventually topple Bolt, who is four years his senior and beat him over both sprints at the London Games.

Merritt's disqualification devalued what was billed as one of the highlights of the evening in the hurdles.

His fellow American, London silver medallist Jason Richardson, took advantage as he led from the front to win in 13.08 seconds, ahead of David Oliver and Olympic bronze medallist Hansle Parchment who was third.

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LAUSANNE - Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran 19.58 seconds for victory in the 200 meters at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday (Friday, PHL time) while Yohan Blake equaled the third fastest time ever to win the 100 in 9.69.

The effervescent Bolt performed the air guitar as he was presented to the crowd before predictably dominating the race, winning ahead of Dutchman Churandy Martina and as the top three all finished in under 20 seconds.

Other highlights of the meeting included another win for Grenada's teenage Olympic champion Kirani James in the 400 meters and the high jump where Qatar's Moutaz Essa Barshim leapt 2.39 meters to defeat Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov.

Less impressive was the 110 meters hurdles where Olympic champion Aries Merritt was disqualified for a false start.

Bolt, who has said his main aim was to see out the season without injury, seemed as pleased with his latest stunt as he was with his performance.

"It's fun, I heard the music and it just came to me, it was spontaneous," he told BBC television.

His fellow Jamaican Blake, Olympic silver medallist in the 100 and 200 meters, beat his previous best by 0.06 seconds as he destroyed a world-class field in the 100, leaving Tyson Gay and Nesta Carter trailing in his wake.

Blake's performance added to the feeling that the 22-year-old could be the one to eventually topple Bolt, who is four years his senior and beat him over both sprints at the London Games.

Merritt's disqualification devalued what was billed as one of the highlights of the evening in the hurdles.

His fellow American, London silver medallist Jason Richardson, took advantage as he led from the front to win in 13.08 seconds, ahead of David Oliver and Olympic bronze medallist Hansle Parchment who was third.

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