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Quincy University has upgraded all of the cardiovascular training equipment in the QU Health and Fitness Center.

Quincy University has upgraded all of the cardiovascular training equipment in the QU Health and Fitness Center. The university recently bought about 20 new treadmills, elliptical machines, steppers, recumbent bikes and...

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A car northbound on North Fifth Street collided with an eastbound semi-tractor trailer at the intersection of U.S. 24 late Thursday morning.

A car northbound on North Fifth Street collided with an eastbound semi-tractor trailer at the intersection of U.S. 24 late Thursday morning.

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After Pam and Keith Hinshaw's mobile home burned down in June, two longtime friends decided to host a benefit to help the Payson couple.

After Pam and Keith Hinshaw's mobile home burned down in June, two longtime friends decided to host a benefit to help the Payson couple. Dee and Brandy Mayfield of Hull will put on the benefit Sunday. It starts at...

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Today Health2.0 and Dr.Greene.com officially announced Body2.0, a health and technology expo aimed at the public, taking place on October 7, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the TerraGallery in San Francisco. Dr. Greene, founder of DrGreene.com and author of Raising Baby Green and Feeding Baby Green, will keynote Body 2.0.

There has been an explosion of innovation in personal health, from sensors and apps that dynamically track our health data, to social networks and online platforms that give customized cues to motivate users to improve their lifestyles. Body 2.0 will showcase the best technologies available today, and introduce new technologies that are redefining the future.

Health 2.0 CEO, Indu Subaiya, said, "The basic premise behind the event is this: Upgrade Your Body -- give people the best tools to upgrade their bodies and they will upgrade their lives."

Health-curious people will have the opportunity to experience the latest tools for health in the realms of fitness, nutrition, beauty, sex, relationships, genetics, disease management, and health optimization. In addition to the hands-on element, the event will feature speakers, live demos, exhibitors, and product giveaways. Local growers will provide organic and healthy food, which will be prepared by Bay Area chefs.

Health 2.0's extensive experience hosting health technology conferences worldwide and forecasting industry developments, combined with Dr. Alan Greene's role as a national champion of healthy living for both children and adults, provided both the impetus and expertise for creating Body 2.0. This event will be the first in a multi-city series to be held throughout 2013. It launches in San Francisco and will move to Los Angeles and New York City.

About DrGreene Dr. Greene is the founder of DrGreene.com and the author of Raising Baby Green and Feeding Baby Green. Media appearances include the TODAY Show, the Dr. Oz Show, and The New York Times. Awards include Healthy Child Healthy World Prevention Award and Intel's "Children's Health Hero of the Internet."

About Health 2.0The conference. The media network. The innovation community. The Health 2.0 Conference is the leading showcase of cutting-edge innovation transforming the health care system. Since its beginning in 2007, Health 2.0 has served as a community resource for search and online tools to help consumers manage their health and connect to providers. Now that the industry has caught up, Health 2.0 covers the entire cloud, web, mobile and unplatforms technology revolution that is shaking up every sector of health care. For more, visit http://www.health2con.com.

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Health club to get refit after sale

9:30am Thursday 9th August 2012 in News

A HEALTH and fitness club which forms part of Oxfords Ozone leisure complex has been sold.

The Ozone Health and Fitness Club has been bought for an undisclosed sum by DW Fitness Clubs from the Firoka Group, which is headed up by former Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam , who still owns the clubs stadium next to the development.

Bosses at DW, which is owned by Dave Whelan, owner of Premier League football team Wigan Athletic, say they are starting working immediately on a 400,000 revamp.

The group exercise studios will be upgraded, while the gym will be made almost twice the size with a dedicated training and weights area.

All equipment will be replaced and a members lounge will also be built.

Mr Whelan said: We are really pleased to purchase Ozone and transform the club into something that will truly surpass expectations.

I have every confidence this will encourage more individuals to come.

All 1,700 current Ozone members will have their current memberships honoured and will be able to use all DW Fitness Clubs nationwide.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- John C. Bogle, Founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and President of Vanguard's Bogle Financial Markets Research Center is set to headline AdvisorOne's 5th Annual Retirement Income Symposium to be held on October 4-5, 2012 in Boston.

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This year's event will bring together the perfect blend of industry trail-blazers looking to provide a leading-edge program for financial and investment advisors, planners and brokers. For more information on keynote presenters, CE accreditation and to view the agenda, please visit http://www.risymposium.com.

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Basketball players warming up during the official opening of the tournament. Pic by Shiraz Ali

SETIA Badminton Academy (SBA) organised its first international basketball competition from Aug 3 to 5 in conjunction with its 10th anniversary celebration.

The SP Setia International Invitation Basketball Tournament 2012 saw top basketball teams from schools in China, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia compete.

The competition, held at the SBA in Shah Alam, saw 144 players from 11 under-17 school teams take part.

SBA's chief executive officer and tournament organising committee chairman Datuk Liew Siong Sing said SBA was originally set up in 2002 to develop new generations of world-class badminton players.

However, it realised that there were talented Malaysian youth who excelled in other sporting arenas as well.

"The academy has been actively promoting sporting excellence by organising not only badminton, but basketball tournaments and other activities," Liew said.

The San Beda College from the Philippines was the champion while SMK Yok Bin of Malaysia was the first runner-up.

The second runner-up was the Macau Basketball Association while the Academy's basketball team was the third runner-up.

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Ilya Gelfenbeyn is the CEO of Speaktoit, the top-rated virtual assistant on Android, and an authority on natural language processing. We caught up with him to ask why we still have to talk down to digital personal assistants, and when exactly we might acquire a more natural relationship--and tone--with them. He answered in the most natural tone he could muster.

FAST COMPANY: This is the year the digital personal assistant has really taken off. Speaktoit has been downloaded several million times since launching last year. And Siri is a household name. But my sense is that these assistants still have a long way to go. ILYA GELFENBEYN: The field is still in a really early phase of development. Its something like the search engines in the beginning of the '90s. Theres a long way to improve--theres not yet something like the Google of this industry. Were working on some functions to make an assistant much more helpful, by working with lots of different services. Natural language is a way to combine them in one place.

Can you explain natural language processing, in brief? It means you can just tell the assistant whatever you want, and dont have to remember particular commands.

But I still feel like we have to talk down to Siri. When will she be able to understand slang, so I can just talk to her like I talk to my homies? Theres a lot of work to do. Were working on a natural language processing engine that will take into account conversation context like location, dialogue history, and user preferences. Different users can mean different things with the same words, and the assistant should understand the context.

Whats an example? A user can say, Im bored, and a personal assistant should understand what to provide to the user. For some people it can say, Lets go somewhere, I can find you a nice nightclub. For others, it will provide a joke. For others, itll say, lets call some friends.

And how long till we can talk to Siri or Speaktoit as casually as we do to our friends? You should compare it not to talking to friends, but to a real life personal assistant. With friends you can discuss general stuff, but a virtual assistant is not created for that. I would say in three years it will be much better--it will support all basic tasks, and definitely will not have problems with setting up appointments, working with your phone, working with basic features. Of course it still will not be able to replace a real personal assistant in some situations.

When will we get that Google of assistants? In the next decade? Yes, I think so. In the next decade, we should have a good combination of technologies and the features they implement.

Is some sort of breakthrough needed, the way Sergey Brin and Larry Page figured out the significance of linking? I wouldnt say theres a magic formula. It just really requires hard work. It may of course include some new algorithms, but theres no one magic formula.

Who will support this research--universities, enterprise, military? Enterprise is much more focused on this. Universities will be a good resource for fundamental knowledge.

The military had a hand in developing some of the tech behind Siri. Are they out of the picture now? They can have some role. But the personal assistant will not be focused on military purposes.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Global Personal Care Appliances Industry

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This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Personal Care Appliances in Thousand Units by the following Product Segments: Hair Care Appliances (Curling Brushes, Curling Irons, Hair Clippers, Hair Dryers, & Hair Setters), Oral Care Appliances, (Electric Toothbrushes, Oral Irrigators, & Plaque Removers), Hair Removal Appliances (Men's Shavers, Women's Shavers, Epilators, & Trimmers (Beard & Mustache), and Other Personal Care Appliances (Heating Pads, Whirlpool Baths (Portable), & Massagers). The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2009 through 2017. Also, a six-year historic analysis is provided for these markets. The report profiles 112 companies including many key and niche players such as Colgate-Palmolive, GABA GmbH, Conair Corp, Helen of Troy L.P., HoMedics Inc, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Lion Corp, Royal Philips Electronics NV, Norelco Consumer Products Company, Panasonic Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Braun GmbH, Remington Products Company, Groupe SEB, Waterpik Technologies, Inc., and Wahl Clipper Corporation. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are primarily based upon search engine sources in the public domain.

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The summers record high temperatures havent kept McPhersons senior citizens from staying in shape. Those driving near the intersection of Euclid and Elm streets early in the morning might spot a small crowd gathered outside Park School Warehouse. The senior aerobics class, organized and led by Sondra Frank of the McPherson Senior Center, meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The class typically meets indoors, but has been gathering outside to get away from the heat of the non-air conditioned building. They dont want to stop, Frank said. Theyre a very dedicated group of people. Exercises are done to the beat of a variety of music, including pop, country, oldies and others. The same songs are used for each three-month session. The class begins slowly and learns the steps, and eventually new songs are added. Every six months an entirely new session begins. Following warm-up stretching, the low-impact aerobics class participants use lightweight hand weights to develop strength and use dyna bands for resistance. They also step to country line dances and finish with a cool down. Frank, the executive director of the senior center, has led the class since 1984. It began as a sitting chair class and evolved into more active exercises. Currently, there are 32 signed up. We all know that people who exercise on a regular basis, their body and strength is better, their mind functions better and their heart is healthier, Frank said. Thats our real goal. Frank integrates exercises that she thinks will be fit for their abilities but will also push them to their full potential. For example, one movement uses a left foot and a right hand, which uses both sides of their brain. My goal for them is to remain active and healthy so they have a long, good quality of life and to be able to continue to do the things they want to do to enjoy their senior years, she said. This goal has been reached by several attendees. Mary Petersen of McPherson started attended the class four months ago. I sure feel better since Ive started doing it, she said, noting improved muscle strength and breathing. Weve got an awesome bunch. Its something Im going to stick with. Petersen said her family was shocked when she told them what she was doing You dont realize how fun it is, she said. Bob Duren of McPherson has been attending the class for five years and has enjoyed staying limber and also keeping in touch with his classmates, who often meet at the senior center afterward. Donna Burke of McPherson has been taking the class for six and a half years. She said he has helped ease her lower back pains. I just feel so good afterward, she said. You just feel so much better. The class is non-age restrictive. To sign up, contact the McPherson Senior Center.

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NASHUA The ladies of St. Christopher Parish have something to energize them Wednesday mornings: Yoga for Seniors with instructor Elizabeth Cote.

For everyone it's a chance to stretch, to get together, Cote said after a session in the church basement. There's always a little chat before and after class. It brings internal focus and kind of quiets the outside world.

Cote, who works full time as a consultant, teaches yoga on a volunteer basis. She also teaches at the Merrimack YMCA at 6 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Yoga began to take off in the Western world in the 1960s. It takes many forms, from heat yoga to medicinal yoga to yoga for seniors.

All the women who attend sessions in the church basement are members of the church and attend yoga after morning Mass. Though the class is open to men, the one male participant quit because he was the only guy.

Annette Godwin came because she was having trouble sleeping and was experiencing a lot of stress.

I was 20 pounds heavier and my blood pressure was 195 over 80, Godwin said. After doing yoga, she said, her blood pressure declined and she began to sleep normally again.

She had also been having trouble with her knee and was facing surgery.

I had chronic pain, 24/7. That type of stress plus the daily stress. Losing the weight, and the blood pressure, made all the difference, she said.

Since they weren't doing strenuous exercise, Godwin thought the results were miraculous.

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Indians shouted patriotic slogans and listened to a rousing speech from a charismatic yoga guru who began fasting Thursday to pressure the government to bring back billions of ill-gotten gains so-called black money citizens have stashed in foreign banks.

Supporters of Baba Ramdev jammed traffic across New Delhi as they walked to the sprawling Ramlila fairgrounds and buses from nearby states converged on the capital. About 20,000 people pledged their support for Ramdev's campaign to wipe out tax evasion and endemic corruption in India.

Squatting on the ground and fanning themselves with bits of cardboard in the sweltering monsoon heat, supporters cheered as Ramdev spoke.

"I am not against any political party. My protest is only to end black money and to bring back to this country what rightfully belongs to the people of India," he announced from a 20-foot high platform constructed at the end of a vast tent.

Though poor acoustics made it difficult to hear Ramdev, his supporters were unfazed, saying they already knew what he stood for.

"He is our hope for the future. He will save this country from the politicians," said Amulya Kumar, a farm laborer from Bihar, who was holding a small bundle of clothes and food.

Along with his teenage nephew, Kumar had traveled two days by train from Bihar's poverty-stricken Munger district for the rally.

Millions of Indians tune in every day to watch Ramdev perform yoga exercises on his popular TV show. In the past few years he has transformed his popularity as a yoga guru to highlight his campaign against corruption.

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Ramdev said he would not eat for three days and outlined his demands: a robust ombudsman law to keep checks on government, a strong and independent Central Bureau of Investigation and efforts to act against tax evasion and illegal money sent to banks abroad.

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