Sports, Fitness & Wellness VB Purchasing Guide December 2008-January 2009
Compiled by Cheryl Cheng — Video Business, 11/24/2008
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Fitness: The fitness star offers two more workout titles to help fans get fit.
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Fitness: Hosted by choreographer John Byrne and fitness expert Tracey Mallett, this workout has four dance routines set to music from the 1987 movie.
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The Palm Desert City Council today saw plans to put a sleek, LEED-certified fitness and aquatic center in Civic Center Park. The 64,500 square-foot facility would come fully loaded with two pools, a gymnasium with indoor running track, yoga and exercise rooms, a banquet hall and a “green” roof.
“It has a more organic look to it because it sits in a large field,” said Edmund Einy, director of design for gkkworks of Irvine, the architectural firm Read the rest of this entry »
JULESBURG, CO, January 29, 2009
. Customer acquisition, the most difficult and expensive part of running a fitness business, is completely paid for and handled by the corporation.
Thousands of people from housewives, to personal trainers, to fitness experts, to those who just want to start leading a more healthy and wealthy life are taking notice; and, learning to open their own fitness home business and
reap the rewards of being both Read the rest of this entry »
I read with interest of the rape conviction of former Matsqui prison guard Balkar Singh Basra. I don’t questions the conviction, but I do question the accuracy (and relevance) of the judge’s finding that the intoxication was not by alcohol.
As an emergency physician, I have tested for “date rape” drugs (including GHB, rohypnol and ketamine) more than 100 times, often at the patient’s request, and have yet to see a positive result.
I believe alcohol Read the rest of this entry »
The latest Madonna song is pounding through the speakers at California Wow Xperience as hundreds of young bodies shake and shimmy. On the walls of the cavernous Ho Chi Minh City space, flat screens feature the Fashion TV channel as a style guide. A disco or nightclub? No, it’s the newest arm of Asia’s pathbreaking gym impresario.
Eric Mark Levine, the creator of California Wow, calls it the place “to see and to be seen.” Bridging exercise and entertainment Read the rest of this entry »
POUGHKEEPSIE – Fidelis Care, the New York State Catholic Health Plan serving more than 420,000 members in 41 counties across the state, has joined Vassar Brothers Medical Center to offer free or low-cost health insurance for Mid-Hudson Valley residents eligible for the state’s Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Medicaid programs.
In 2007, Vassar Brothers Medical Center provided more than $32 million in medical care to patients who had no Read the rest of this entry »
Lee Byrne insists he will be fit and raring to go for Wales’ RBS 6 Nations opener against Scotland next month.
Byrne, the outstanding form full-back in world rugby, limped off nursing an ankle injury during Ospreys’ penultimate Heineken Cup pool game against Perpignan 10 days ago and then missed last Saturday’s 15-9 victory over Leicester after failing a fitness test.
But Byrne reported for Wales duty ahead of the February 8 Murrayfield clash Read the rest of this entry »
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— “I would gain weight, lose some weight and then gain weight again,” said June Zimmerman, a yo yo dieter.
Zimmerman, 42, has struggled with her weight her entire life, at one point reaching 200 pounds.
“Even though I’d lose weight, I would always be chunky and thick in the stomach and I had cellulite,” Zimmerman said.
She says that all changed when she went on a new European diet called “Ideal Protein” four months ago, which Read the rest of this entry »
A former Maryland employee pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $1.7 million from the Maryland
in a decade-long payment processing scheme.
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said Donna McRae Lam was convicted of felony theft in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City after entering her guilty plea. Sentencing for Lam, 50, is scheduled for Feb. 11, 2009.
A state investigation uncovered a scheme that involved processing patient Read the rest of this entry »
Congressional Democrats are working to overturn regulations made in the final weeks of the Bush administration, including the HHS provider “conscience”
and several regulations that reduce environmental protections, the
reports (Savage,
, 1/12). The conscience rule, which will take effect before President-elect Obama takes office, significantly expands the ability of health care professionals who receive federal grants to refuse to provide medical Read the rest of this entry »