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Acceleration Fitness Center Announces The Grand Opening Of Their New Center
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Gulf Breeze, FL (PRWEB) June 01, 2012
Acceleration Fitness Center is pleased to announce the grand opening of their new Gulf Breeze, FL, location. The center's goal is to bring the community a fitness center like no other. From the professional staff to the center's state of the art equipment, Acceleration Fitness Center is ready to help members achieve their fitness goals.
Crossfit & Personal Trainer certified, Acceleration Fitness Center is a health club where guests of all levels are welcome. By offering a wide selection of classes, the center provides a way for even the least experienced members to get a fulfilling workout. The center offers a variety of spin, Yoga, and Zumba classes, all taught by experienced professional trainers.
Acceleration Fitness Center also offers high-level training for top tier professional and collegiate athletes looking to stay sharp. Members regularly take advantage of the facility's full range of state of the art equipment. The center features free weights, exercise machines, weight lifting machines, and more.
For those looking to hone their fighting spirit, Acceleration Fitness Center also offers Muay Thai classes. David Keel, who is T.B.A. certified leads Muay Thai which is a martial arts technique using an eight-point striking method that originated in Thailand. These techniques are the bedrock of many professional MMA fighters' standing strikes, and are a good way for fighters and non-fighters alike to stay in shape.
Acceleration Fitness Center also offers CrossFit, a workout style that is gaining popularity for its effectiveness and customization for individual fitness levels. CrossFit focuses on functional ability by combining weight training, endurance, and cardio performance in a range of different workouts with proven results. It is an excellent choice for those looking to achieve peak overall health, or for those who would like to vary their traditional exercise and weightlifting regimens.
About the company: Acceleration Fitness Center is the newest and premier health club in Gulf Breeze, FL and the surrounding area. Being locally owned and operated, Acceleration Fitness Center promises to provide the Gulf Breeze community with a 1st class facility! Acceleration Fitness Center wants to invite the public to their gym and fitness center to achieve all their fitness needs. Their fitness club offers after hours access, private restrooms, personal training, classes cardio TV, HDTV's, on site babysitting and memberships. The cardio and strength equipment consists of treadmills, elliptical machines, exercise cycles, circuit machines, free weights, racks, plate loaded machines, and a complete CrossFit Training room. For more information visit their website at http://accelerationfitnesscenter.com.
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Colebrookdale elementary students learn health and wellness
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COLEBROOKDALE Although the primary focus at Colebrookdale Elementary School (CES) has always been to provide students with a solid education, these days there is also a secondary emphasis on health and wellness.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity now affects 17 percent of all children and adolescents in the United States, triple the rate from just one generation ago, and the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that there is a 70 percent chance that overweight adolescents will become overweight adults.
Since unhealthy eating patterns and lack of physical activity are the most prevalent factors leading to weight gain in children and adolescents, the CES administration and staff decided to help the school population get and stay healthy.
One way the school is promoting good health is by implementing a breakfast program. In January, the CES cafeteria began offering a daily breakfast which, like the school lunch, is geared toward offering healthier options.
We try to be very health-conscious with the breakfast choices here to make them more nutritious, so for at least two meals of the day [the students] could be getting a good meal, explained CES principal Michael Stoudt.
The program is even more popular than anticipated, with an average of 75 of the 360 students eating breakfast at the school each morning. Although several other schools in the district also have breakfast programs, CES has the highest attendance in the area.
While diet is one component of good health, physical activity is also important. Since last year, CES students have been learning that video games need not be mindless time wasters, but can be active and healthful instead.
CES physical education teacher Darla Lieb used grant money last year to purchase a Wii video game system that she has since been using to teach children how fitness can be fun.
The students participate in the Wii Feel the Beat program, which teaches them to keep track of their heart rates while playing Wii games in order to draw conclusions about which games are most beneficial to their health. The hope is that the children will then take this knowledge home and participate in active games when they play with their own video game systems.
I like to encourage every student in my class to be able to find something that theyre going to enjoy and want to do outside of fitness class, said Lieb. Continued...
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Fitness First slims down to trim debt
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A quarter of Fitness First's Australian gyms will be sold as part of a restructure. Photo: Edwina Pickles
STRUGGLING health club chain Fitness First has been forced to sell a quarter of its Australian gyms as part of a restructure to wipe $890 million of debt from its British parent company.
Fitness First Australia is a division of the global company Fitness First Group, which is undergoing a debt-for-equity swap with lenders Oaktree and Marathon.
The lenders have agreed to write off all the company's debt for an equity stake.
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The company, which will also shed clubs in Britain, has been hit by weak consumer spending and the rise of budget gyms. It is believed the Australian arm brings in more than 50 per cent of profits, despite accounting for only 25 per cent of clubs.
In an announcement yesterday, the company said it was selling 24 of its 97 clubs across the country that were underperforming to help improve its balance sheet.
''We have identified 24 clubs that do not fit our vision for the brand and these clubs are being put on the market for sale,'' said Fitness First Australia's managing director, Pete Manuel.
Advisory firm 333 Capital, which is helping the company find buyers, estimated the combined value of the clubs at about $50 million.
''It is a very attractive, national footprint of 24 clubs, and we are very confident of selling,'' said managing director Chris Martin.
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STMicroelectronics and Soundchip Team to Revolutionize Sound Experience in the Ear
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Changing solution for personal audio combines unmatched sound performance with exciting new capabilities
New York - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading supplier of high-performance audio ICs, together with Soundchip SA, a Swiss-based innovator in audio-systems technology and originator of the High Definition Personal-Audio(TM) (HD-PA) Reference, today introduced technologies and components for the smart audio accessory - an exciting new concept in personal listening.
Worn like a pair of In-Ear Monitors (IEMs), the smart audio accessory features new means of controlling and personalizing the sound experience. Designed to be worn at all times, the smart audio accessory supports all use modes, including music, telephony and direct conversation, without requiring any reconfiguration of the apparatus in the ear. Furthermore, the smart audio accessory maintains a faithful reproduction of sound while providing a robust shield against unwanted background noise.
The smart audio accessory employs Soundchip's patented sound-processing technologies to provide a natural and comfortable sound experience when speaking, even with the accessory in place and physically sealing the ear. By electro-acoustically "opening" this seal, the smart audio accessory is able to pass ambient sound directly to the wearer, providing an ability to listen and converse naturally with the accessory still in place.
The smart audio accessory provides the ability to conveniently switch between different audio sources - voice, music or ambient sound - by simply pressing a button, making a pre-defined gesture or issuing a voice command. Various options are supported, including those that leverage ST's recognized leadership in MEMS motion sensors.
In addition, by connecting the smart audio accessory to a DSP or DSP-capable controller (such as the STM32 F4), and a smartphone or tablet computer, the sound experience can be further enhanced by taking advantage of custom-made apps, which individually process and mix sound sources to deliver innovative new features, such as augmented reality.
Comprising Soundchip's patented HD-PA Ready Electronic and Acoustic platforms combined with STMicroelectronics' best-in-class HD-PA Ready MEMS microphones, the smart audio accessory represents an exciting fusion of electronics, MEMS sensing technology and acoustics and provides a compelling example of the future of personal audio.
Mark Donaldson, Soundchip CEO, said, "The smart audio accessory combines the very best of Soundchip's unique audio-system technology for sound at the ear. We believe that the smart audio accessory represents a game changing solution that offers the users of smartphones, tablet computers and gaming devices a level of sound experience only dreamed of until now."
"As a global leader in the design and high-volume manufacturing of integrated circuits and MEMS, ST's collaboration with Soundchip aims to provide customers with the solutions they need to pioneer the audio products of the future," said Andrea Onetti, Audio and Sound Business Unit Leader at STMicroelectronics. "The smart audio accessory represents an exciting step forward made possible by the uncompromised quality and performance of our MEMS microphones combined with our expertise and experience in audio silicon design."
Soundchip and ST will be presenting examples of the smart audio accessory concept to customers throughout June.
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Success for Maltese Target Shooters in Italy
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MARPSC Target Shooters members of the Malta Shooting Sport Federation, this weekend participated at the 4th Gara Federale Regionale in Catania, Sicily with great success. Over two hundred shooters from all over Sicily took part in the various shooting events that were carried out over two weekends. A pistol shooting competition was also organised for disabled shooters during these championships.
The Maltese shooters did extremely well in this competition obtaining two first placings in both Prone Rifle 50m (Men) and Air-Rifle 10m (Men) by Lawrence Darmanin & Michael Xuereb respectively, and a 2nd placing in the Air-rifle 10m (Women) by Alison Vella in her first competition abroad. Moreover, the Air-Pistol shooters - Stephen Vassallo and Mario Mallia Milanes, having shot their personal best overseas scores, achieved good placings in the highly contested Air-Pistol events. In total 4 personal overseas best scores were achieved by the Maltese participants.
Dr Carlo Rossitto -President of TSN Catania exchanged memorable plaques with MSSF General Secretary - Mr Gino Galea and MARPSC President - Lawrence Darmanin. He thanked all the Maltese Shooting Team for their participation and success in the competitions and promised that they will be sending their best air-rifle and air-pistol shooting teams to participate in an Airgun Grand Prix to be held in Malta next October.
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An equation for success
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(NAPS)When looking for the best way to teach children about handling money, parents and teachers may benefit from a financial literacy program that really adds up.
Partnering with members of Congress, SIFMA and the SIFMA Foundation offer a fun financial literacy program for students in 4th through 12th grades.
The SIFMA Foundation Stock Market GameCapitol Hill Challengehelps students develop the math, research and team-building skills that are critical in business and a global economy.
By increasing students understanding of personal finance, it can help them make more-informed decisions in their own lives. According to a recent study by Learning Point Associates, students who participate not only develop essential financial habits, but they also perform better on math, economics and personal finance tests than their nonparticipating peers.
This years challenge will run to May 14, with more than 3,000 teams competing, and the top five teams will visit Washington, D.C. to meet their congressional representatives and learn about public policy.
Learn more at http://www.sifma.org/2012chc.
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NEWS: One goal signs up 250 children
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A MAJOR new community sport and activity programme to benefit young people in Coventry has signed up 250 children from the local community.
One Goal is to be launched this summer through Coventry Sports Foundation after CCFC chief executive Tim Fisher and development director Steve Waggott made personal donations to help finance the project which will be matched by the Foundation.
The programme aims to provide activities which will help youngsters' personal development and will include a trip to Weymouth with their families to watch the 2012 Olympics sailing competition, and enjoy the beach.
Around 250children will be accessing the summer programme andthe official launch will take place at the Alan Higgs Centre, with a huge family fun day.
One Goal will be primarily run by Coventry Sports Foundation staff with support from Sky Blues in the Community and CCFC.
After receiving the news that all the places for the scheme has been filled, development director Waggott was delighted to help support the local community.
He commented: "This summer's programme is just the beginning. We wanted to get a project underway quickly and that is why Tim and I decided to put our own money forward.
"The response to the project has been absolutely fantastic and we are delighted that we can support such an important initiative in Coventry.
"We want the football club to be at the heart of the community and with schemes like these, and the fantastic work of Sky Blues in the Community, our role in the young people's development in Coventry will only increase.
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