10 Fit Winter Vacations | Fitness

I?m not a laze-on-the-beach type. My idea of relaxation is swishing down the slopes or snowshoeing to a yoga yurt. Of course, throwing in a massage doesn?t hurt either. Here are my picks for winter escapes with a healthy spin.

1. Yoga in Park City
Park City has plenty of skiing (duh!), but the uber hip Washington School House has a way cool winter workout. They?ve partnered up with Park City Yoga Adventure so guests can do an amazing yoga snowshoe combo on the Park City trails. It ranges from a 3-hour experience or guests can?do the yurt trip which is about a?5 hour trip.?If skiing is more your cup of hot cocoa, a ski valet will even come to the hotel to fit you with rentals in the hotel?s chic ski lounge? no lineup or chill.

2. Detox in Vegas
Most people go to Sin City to retox. Well, the MGM is about to change that with its 42 Stay Well rooms and suites, mini sanctuaries away from the smoke-filled casinos and hard-partying ways. The rooms feature more than a dozen wellness amenities, including special lighting to reverse jet lag, air filtration systems that eliminate toxins and pathogens, plus a vitamin C-infused shower to perk up your skin and hair. There are even healthy room-service options and a TV welcome by Dr. Deepak Chopra himself.

3. Ride a bull in Texas
Travaasa Austin is a haven of healthy classes (think yoga, meditation, even juicing), but what really sets it apart is Brutus, its bucking Bronco. The one-of-a-kind ?Bull Fitness? class tests the body?s balance and strength and gives you a crunch-free core workout (holy ab burn!). And boy, those inner things will get worked as riders struggle to stay on.? The cowboy hat and country music are just the Texas toppers. Afterwards, try the Willie Nelson ?On the Road Again? massage to iron out all the kinks. Bonus: There?s also a Challenge Course with climbing wall and 250-foot long zip line to push your limits.

Climbing wall at Travaasa Austin

4. Get buff and bronzed on the beach
The eco-chic Amansala Resort in the Riviera Maya offers the famed Bikini Bootcamp, a weight-shedding escape that combines fun fitness with healthy eats. You?ll swim in nearby cenotes, kayak in the pristine waters, sculpt your body on the beach and yoga in paradise. In other words, you?ll be having so much fun you?ll forget you?re burning some serious calories. The menu highlights local ingredients like fresh caught fish, jicama, chaya and mango ? yum! ?Bonus: You can now Bikini Bootcamp it up in Ibiza, Spain.

Bikini Bootcamp at Amansala, Mexico

5. Go gluten-free at Rancho La Puerta
The 3000-acre luxury wellness escape in Baja California (an hour?s drive from San Diego) is offering a Gluten-Sensitive Package. You get a nutritional consultation, hands-on gluten-free cooking class, a complimentary copy of ?Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta? cookbook, Seaweed Wrap and Therapeutic Massage all for $225 (+room rate). That?s on top of the 20+ daily hikes and fitness classes to choose from. Bonus: Rancho La Puerta also offers specialty ?Bar Method? weeks.

6. Start the New Year right in NYC
Start the New Year off refreshed at The Surrey hotel. Book the East Side Revival for a two-night stay in a Deluxe Salon, a one-hour nutritional consultation with celebrity nutritionist Melissa Lippert and two Cornelia Spa Signature massage treatments. Or there?s the Spacation Package which ?gives guests the opportunity to enjoy a one-night stay with two spa treatments, two cocktails at Bar Pleiades and two complimentary VIP passes to a Flywheel spinning class.

7. Get glowing skin in Lake Placid
Lake Placid Lodge is teaming up with Vermont-based, natural skincare guru Tata Harper for the Tata Harper Weekend Getaway January 10-13, a deluxe post-holiday getaway in the idyllic Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Guests will spend three nights at the intimate, luxury 30-room Relais & Chateau lodge and start the year on a well note with exclusive, one-on-one consultations and?treatments by Tata and her team.?In addition, guests will have access to informative classes to enhance their wellness IQ including an organic wine tasting, a juicing class and healthy cooking demo. There?s also complimentary daily yoga, snowshoeing, hiking, ice-skating, cross-country and transportation to downhill skiing at nearby Whiteface Mountain (weather permitting).

8. Find the Vortex vibe in Sedona
Hike off those extra holiday pounds while taking in the breathtaking views of L?Auberge de Sedona?s stunning red rock setting. Guests who book the Vortex Hike Package will enjoy a customized two-hour hike led by their very own Hiking Concierge. Or book the ?Sedona Snowmance? package and get 2 ski lift tickets good for Flagstaff Snowbowl plus $75 food and beverage or spa credit to be used during your stay. Bonus: The plush resort also offers daily yoga classes.

9. Go on a fit adventure in Vancouver
Located in the heart of trendy Yaletown,?OPUS Vancouver is the only hotel in Canada to offer v2 iPads in every room. Loaded with exercise apps and hiking/biking suggestions, the high-tech fit buddy comes complete with GPS to accompany you on your outdoor adventures. Indoor enthusiasts will also love OPUS? on-site gym with state of the art exercise equipment, flat screen TVs, lemon water, a fruit bar and chilled towels, plus floor to ceiling windows. A private trainer is available per guest request.?Bonus: The hotel has mountain bikes available so you can explore the city on two wheels!

10. Ski with celebs in Jackson Hole
Ski bunnies, listen up: Hotel Terra is partnering with Jackson Hole Mountain Resort for Terra Women?s Ski Camp January 16-19. Ski shoulder to shoulder with Crystal Wright and Jess McMillan, two of the greatest big-mountain female skiers in the?world, then relax with Pilates classes, the hot tub and fabulous meals in the evening. Includes 5 nights stay at Hotel Terra (a LEED certified luxury hotel), lift tickets, early tram access, ski instruction, Pilates and strength classes, breakfast and lunches, and 2 dinners.

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Source: http://arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/fitness/spa-wellness/10-fit-winter-vacations/

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Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting: Tales Of Heroism Emerge

* Staffer, children found shelter in a storage closet
* Teacher put herself between bullets and her students
* Custodian ran through corridor verifying doors locked
By Chris Kaufman
NEWTOWN, Conn., Dec 15 (Reuters) - Elementary school library clerk Mary Ann Jacob heard gunshots and shouted "Lockdown!" to a class of fourth graders. Then she discovered the classroom door wouldn't lock.
Quickly, quietly she and other library staff got the 18 children down on the floor and crawled with them to a classroom storage closet. Hiding from the gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, they barricaded themselves inside by shoving a file cabinet against the door.
"We settled them down with paper and crayons," Jacob told reporters on Saturday.
The gunfire suddenly ended and police came pounding at the door. But the library staff refused to open it until they slipped a badge under the door, Jacob said.
In the aftermath of the massacre, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Friday said "evil" had descended upon the small community of Newtown. But emerging a day after the carnage were tales of heroism by school staff members, including the six who died.
There was first-grade teacher Vicki Leigh Soto, 27, who police said "put herself between the kids and the gunman's bullets" and whose body was found huddled with the students in a classroom closet, according to The Wall Street Journal.
And there were selfless survivors like first-grade teacher Kaitlin Roig. She told ABC News she scrambled her class into a cramped bathroom, locked the door and "told the kids I love them" in case those were the last words they ever heard.
A school custodian reportedly raced through the hallways echoing with gunfire to check that classroom doors were locked from the inside, the Newtown Bee newspaper said.
On Friday morning fourth graders were in Jacob's library classroom when the intercom sputtered to life with what sounded like a struggle in the school office.
"We heard some scuffling noises and stuff and I thought someone made a mistake," Jacob said. "So I called down there and the secretary answered the phone and said 'There's a shooting.'"
Then Jacob heard "popping noises" that she realized was gunfire.
"I shouted 'Lockdown!' and I ran across the hall and told the other class it was a lockdown," Jacob said.
She dashed back to her classroom and discovered that the door would not lock. Spying the storage closet in the room, Jacob and the rest of the library staff guided the children in a group-crawl to safety as the gunfire continued.
"We tried to minimize it with the kids. Just tried to keep it calm and quiet," she said. The staff told the children it was an active shooter drill that they had practiced before.
Later, Jacob said she found out that "the kids who died were in two first-grade classrooms."
Panicked parents converged on a firehouse near the school on Friday afternoon, terrified by the thought that their children might be among the dead.
"The teachers lined up, held up signs, the kids lined up behind them," Jacob said.
"There were a lot of parents running around. It came out pretty quickly that there were almost two full classes missing," she said.

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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f2.8 Macro

By Jim Fisher

The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f2.8 Macro ($499.99 direct) is a weather-sealed lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras that produces the field of view equivalent to a 120mm optic in full-frame photography. It can focus on objects as close as 7.4 inches, which allows for true 1:1 macro magnification. If the object you're shooting is one inch in length, the lens will project it onto the image sensor at the same one-inch length.

The lens is a bit larger when compared with most Micro Four Thirds lenses, but its dust-proof and splash-proof design necessitates that its focus remain entirely internal?most macro lenses extend in length as you focus closer, this one does not. It measures 3.2 by 2.2 inches (HD) and weighs 6.5 ounces. There's a focus limiter switch on the barrel, so you can set the lens to focus at any distance, only on distant objects, only on close objects, or set it manually to its closest focusing distance.

I used Imatest to check the sharpness of the lens when paired with the Olympus PEN Lite E-PL5. At f/2.8 its center performance is excellent at 2,590 lines per picture height, but its edge and corner performance leave a bit to be desired. This brings the center-weighted average down to 1,690 lines, just a tad shy of the 1,800 lines we use to define a sharp photo. Stopping down to f/4 increases the center-weighted score to 2,123 lines, and it hits 2,306 lines by f/8. Close the aperture any further and you'll start to see evidence of diffraction, which can rob an image of some sharpness?at f/11 it dips to 2,095 lines, and crosses over into soft territory again at f/16 and f/22, where it notches 1,618 and 1,118 lines respectively. Macro shots often require you to close the aperture for increased depth of field, and the smaller size of the Micro Four Thirds sensor actually helps to keep more of a shot in focus at f/11 as compared with a full-frame camera. Old photo pros who are used to shooting macro shots at f/22 and f/32 should be mindful of the disadvantages of using a Micro Four Thirds camera at such small apertures.

If you're a Micro Four Thirds user in the market for a dedicated macro lens, you only have a few native-mount options. The other, the Panasonic-made Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm F2.8 ASPH OIS, offers a wider field of view and only supports 1:2 magnification, and commands a much higher $900 sticker price. The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f2.8 Macro might not be corner-to-corner sharp at f/2.8, but it gets better as you stop down, delivering excellent resolution from f/4 to f/11. It's sealed against dust and splashes, making it ideal for use with the all-weather OM-D E-M5. Panasonic Micro Four Thirds shooters may be a bit hesitant, as the lens doesn't offer stabilization?that's a feature that Olympus builds into camera bodies, but Panasonic does not?but the small apertures that go hand-in-hand with macro photography generally necessitate the use of a tripod for the best results.

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Business support helping local economy | Red Marlin ...

Investment by Warwick District Council is proving a success in helping to stimulate the local economy and create jobs as shown by public relations agency Red Marlin.

Boosted by the support and advice it received as a business start-up during its two years at the council run Althorpe Enterprise Hub in Leamington Spa, means the rapidly expanding agency is now moving to larger premises in the town centre.

Danny Rughoobeer, managing director, Red Marlin, said: ?We?ve enjoyed two very successful years at Althorpe Enterprise Hub and I?ve no doubt that the assistance we received has been a great benefit.

?However, it?s now time to open the next chapter for Red Marlin which means moving to larger offices as we look to offer our communications and public relations expertise to even more businesses.?

Like other companies at Althorpe Enterprise Hub, which opened in 2009 to assist new firms in the high-technology and creative sectors, Red Marlin has benefited from business advice and ample networking opportunities, while on a practical level has enjoyed flexible leasing and serviced offices.

Gayle Spencer, Business Enterprise Manager, Althorpe Enterprise Hub, said: ?Red Marlin is a great example of a start-up business which has benefitted from the expertise and guidance available at Althorpe Enterprise Hub and is now moving on to pastures new. We wish them every success for the future.?

Red Marlin, which specialises in automotive public relations and also represents a number of Warwickshire businesses outside of the motoring sector, has seen its client base expand over the last year which has meant the appointment of two new full-time team members.

Among the services that its clients benefit from are communications and strategy development, press releases, features articles, newsletters, website content and social media enhancement.

To learn more about Althorpe Enterprise Hub visit www.wdcbusinessenterprise.co.uk

About the author

Callum is a recent graduate of the University of Liverpool. Having contributed extensively to the University?s own student newspaper, he is now taking his first steps towards a career in PR.

Source: http://redmarlin.co.uk/business-support-helping-local-economy/

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Documents: Prisoner plotted to kill Justin Bieber

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ? An imprisoned man whose infatuation with Justin Bieber included a tattoo of the pop star on his leg has told investigators in New Mexico he hatched a plot to kill the singer, according to documents recently filed in a New Mexico court.

An affidavit filed in Las Cruces said Dana Martin told investigators he persuaded a man he met in prison and the man's nephew to kill Bieber, along with Bieber's personal bodyguard and two others not connected to the pop star.

The plot contained several gruesome details. Investigators say the plotters wanted to castrate two of the victims with hedge clippers before traveling to New York City to find Bieber. The targets of the castration plot were not connected to Bieber, authorities say, and it doesn't appear that the pop singer was ever in immediate danger of falling victim to the plot.

Martin, a Vermont man who is serving two life sentences for the 2000 killing of a 15-year-old girl, said he was angry at Bieber because he didn't respond to any of his letters. "This perceived slight made Mr. Martin upset and that, coupled with Mr. Martin's perception of being a 'nobody' in prison, led him to begin plotting the kidnap and murder of Victim 3," court documents said.

The documents identified Victim 3 as "J.B.," which New Mexico State Police spokesman Lt. Robert McDonald later confirmed was Justin Bieber.

Martin told investigators that Mark Staake and Tanner D. Ruane headed from New Mexico to the East Coast, planning to be near a Bieber concert scheduled in New York City after killing and castrating two others. They missed a turn and crossed into Canada from Vermont. Staake was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Ruane was arrested later.

Court documents say Martin told investigators that Bieber was the "ultimate target."

New York State Police said Thursday that troopers recovered tools and documents associated with the conspiracy while executing a search warrant on Ruane's vehicle. Among the items found by troopers were a "hand-written drawing of a depiction of Justin Bieber."

Staake, 41, of Albuquerque, has been charged with two counts each of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in connection to the plan.

Ruane, 23, Staake's nephew, also is facing multiple charges related to the plot.

Clinton Norris, of the New Mexico State Police investigations bureau in Las Cruces, said in an affidavit that Martin instructed the suspects to strangle the two first intended targets with paisley neckties, the same kind used in his 2000 murder case. The documents do not give details on how they were to kill Bieber.

McDonald declined to say if any of the murder charges are linked to Bieber. "That is part of the ongoing investigation," he said.

Bieber's management issued a statement that said, "we take every precaution to protect and insure the safety of Justin and his fans."

It was not immediately known if the suspects had defense lawyers.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/documents-prisoner-plotted-kill-justin-bieber-173838426.html

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How Do We Age?

Whether we look at cancer, or diabetes, or arthritis or Alzheimers, they are all manifestations of premature aging. All these diseases are a transition to an untimely death. But how do we age?

Article by Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging Articles from EzineArticles.com (c) Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging Articles from EzineArticles.com - Read full story here.

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