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Bluetooth zeroes in on fitness and health gadgets
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Bluetooth 4.0 technology is making inroads into a slew of fitness and health products, and consumers can expect the trend to only get hotter, according to an announcement last week.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is now forming a new Sports and Fitness Working Group, which aims to increase interoperability between wearable gadgets and sensors and so-called "hub" devices such as smartphones, televisions, and gym equipment.
"That's a fairly natural fit for Bluetooth now," writes technology blog Engadget, "but it's taken until Bluetooth 4.0 for the standard to really emerge as a viable alternative to lower-power options like ANT+," now used in heart rate monitors, for example.
Bluetooth fitness gadgets already on the market include the new MOTOACTV, a Bluetooth 4.0-enabled device that tracks time, distance, and calories burned. Plus the device stores hours of music listenable via wireless headphones. In addition, Nike introduced Nike+ FuelBand, a wristband that uses Bluetooth technology to automatically sync with your smartphone to track your fitness.
Bluetooth SIG member company Mosoro has also announced a Bluetooth Smart sensor that connects to a golf club and can instantly send information about your swing to a smartphone for real-time feedback on how to improve.
According to a press release, IMS Research forecasts more than 60 million Bluetooth enabled sports, fitness and health monitoring devices will ship between 2010 and 2015, most of which will be heart monitors (17.7 million), sports watches (7 million), and speed and distance monitors (2 million).
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4 Ways to Reduce Your Retirement Anxiety
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Retirement is a subject that gets increasingly scarier as you age. There are just too many variables to accurately predict how much money is necessary. So, unless you are extremely wealthy, there's bound to be some anxiety about whether you will have enough to live comfortably. Here's how to eliminate some of your biggest retirement fears.
[See The 10 Best Places to Retire in 2012.]
Work on your health. Your health care expenses could increase exponentially in retirement. Many healthy workers almost never have to go see a doctor. But doctor visits, tests, and medications will become more frequent as you get older. Take steps to reduce your health care costs by staying active and eating a healthy diet. Exercising will help your energy level immediately, which could lead to other positive outcomes such as being more productive.
Pay off your house. Paying of your mortgage completely eliminates one of your biggest monthly costs. Although interest rates are currently extremely low, planning to make mortgage payments throughout retirement puts unnecessary stress on your finances. The easiest way to feel more secure in retirement is to reduce your fixed expenses as much as possible. This includes aiming to be debt free by the time you retire, and possibly downsizing so you aren't paying for unnecessary upkeep on a huge house. You might even find that you enjoy the simplicity that comes from a small house with no housing payments.
[See How to Finance Life Until 100.]
Stabilize your family obligations. Do you have parents that you will likely need to take care of when you retire? How about children who are still depending on you? Don't kick the can down the road anymore. Spend some time together to come up with a plan so all family members know what to expect when you retire. Figuring out what monetary or personal support you plan to provide to relatives will remove unnecessary strain and anxiety from your relationships and allow you to budget for the costs.
Develop your lifelong hobbies early. Many people jump from one interest to the next, and that can get very expensive. Many hobbies require an upfront capital investment that you may never get back. When you are retired, you may be tempted to try a lot of different hobbies, only to put your new equipment in the garage after three months. That's why it's a good idea to develop hobbies early, when you have less money in your bank account. When you are young and relatively poor (compared with your retired self), you also likely have more motivation and energy to figure out how to make the hobby work on a budget. Begin to pursue potential retirement activities before retirement, and figure out how to go about it in a frugal way.
[See How Long Should I Work Before Retirement?]
Retirement could be decades away, and there are many variables that are in flux. By reducing the expenses you know you will have, you will be much closer to guaranteeing a solid and comfortable retirement.
David Ning runs MoneyNing, a personal finance site aimed at helping others change their habits for a better financial future. He suggests that everyone to sign up for an online savings account to get more out of our hard earned money.
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A romantic Cardle on Valentine's Day
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Samantha Massey was stunned when 2010 X Factor winner Matt Cardle arrived at her work and began to serenade her.
The surprise "Cardle-o-gram" had been won by Samantha's fianc� Ross McGagh in a competition on Manchester's Key 103 radio station.
The 24-year-old nursery worker blushed and clutched a bunch of flowers as Essex lad Matt warbled his new single, Amazing, which was released yesterday.
The impromptu performance at Little Learners Day Nursery in Stretford, Greater Manchester, shows Matt is happy to settle for smaller audiences since his 2010 talent show triumph.
Favourite singer ... Samantha Massey and Matt Cardle
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While debut single When We Collide topped the charts, Matt's most recent release Starlight only reached number 185 in the charts in December last year.
But Samantha is clearly still a huge fan, gushing: "My boyfriend walked into my work with loads of people I didn't recognise and told me Matt Cardle was coming to sing to me � and then he walked in.
"I just went very red and hid behind the flowers my boyfriend had brought for me.
"It was lovely, we had a bit of a chat and he was talking to me about his brother just having a baby, and then he started playing."
And fortunately, Samantha loves new track Amazing � even though it has only just hit shops.
She explained: "I'm a big Matt Cardle fan and he played my favourite song, it was amazing.
"Ross can be romantic when he puts his mind to it."
Engaged ... Ross McGagh and Samantha Massey
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And Ross told how he wanted to do something special for his bride-to-be after learning she was pregnant last month.
He explained: "I have a lot of health problems and she works and she's expecting a baby.
"It was just my way of thanking her. I just found out a month ago and we're over the moon, I can't wait.
"Samantha makes me happier than I ever thought I could be, she deserves to be treated to something that happens once in a lifetime because she is one in a million."
And superfan Samantha even had an eye on Matt's signature cap.
Ross added: "She loves Matt Cardle and his hats. She even asked him if she could have his hat."
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Success in 7 Short Steps
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People who succeed in their jobs and in life are typically blessed with a special blend of four qualities: efficacy (self-confidence), resilience, hope and optimism. This mental confection, which scientists call psychological capital, reflects our capacity to overcome obstacles and push ourselves to pursue our ambitions. Not surprisingly, having lots of it is linked to both personal and professional fulfillment.
Although individuals vary in how much of this motivational firepower they possess, the amount is not fixed. You can boost your psychological capital and the key is changing your habits. Simply deciding to improve your outlook won t work. Instead, people need to cultivate a positive mindset through rituals and goals, say University of Nebraska management scholars Fred Luthans and Peter Harms. Here s how:
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1. Write a gratitude letter. Consider the people and things you are most grateful for and write them down. If you wish, you can write a letter to a person who means a lot to you. The recipient is likely to be touched. But if addressing an individual is uncomfortable or inappropriate, pen a note to yourself about all the things that are going well or that you feel fortunate to have. Set aside a time each day to do this. For instance, write one journal entry each night just before bed listing the good things that happened to you and what you are grateful for. Too much of the time, we focus on our fears and problems, because those relate to situations we need to avoid or solve to survive. But if you stop to count your blessings, you will realize how lucky you are.
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2. Seek out the good things in life. Make an effort to find situations that make you feel happy and proud. Spend time with those who love and support you. If you know people who make you feel miserable, don t interact with them. Although criticism can be a good thing, Harms says, unrelenting criticism rarely is.
3. Don t forget to relax. Exercise or meditate on a daily basis, even if you only have a short time to do so. Fifteen minutes per day to clear your head and relax has been shown to be associated with both happiness and physical wellbeing. Getting enough sleep helps as well, Luthans says.
4. Put problems in perspective. Think about the true scope of your troubles. Not everything s the end of the world, Harms reminds me. In fact, he adds, most of us worry about relatively minor hassles and concerns on a daily basis. You worries will seem less significant if you compare them to those of people in the throes of divorce, who have lost their jobs or who have been diagnosed with a serious illness. Harms gets his perspective from soldiers he sees regularly for one of his projects. These are people who are putting their lives on hold to go to a place where people are trying to kill them, he reports.
5. Set achievable goals. Make sure your aims are meaningful to you so that you gain satisfaction from completing them. Make them challenging, but also realistic and specific enough that you can act on them. If you are too ambitious, you will set yourself up for failure. Then keep a record of your progress so that you can look back and see how far you have come. Seeing that improvement is possible will motivate you to keep moving forward.
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6. Do nice things for others. One way to get in the habit of doing nice things for others, suggests Luthans, is to put three rubber bands around one of your wrists and transfer one band to the other wrist each time you do something kind for another person. The bands can serve as reminders to finish your three tasks before the day ends.
7. Spend money on experiences, not objects. Better yet, spend money on other people. Individuals who are given cash and told to spend it on others report higher levels of wellbeing than those who spend it on themselves, Luthans says.
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