| Body Over Mind
Even if you are not a member of a gym or sports center, it is important that you find time and stamina for some form of exercise during Ramadan, even if it's only a 30-minute walk around the club's track before or after iftar. In fact, for those with very busy schedules, walking could be the best answer: As the weather starts improving, try parking the car a little farther than you usually do, or give it up completely on some days and take short walks to run your errands or to go to the mosque. Take the stairs instead of the elevator, going up quickly for a cardio workout, and climb the stairs two at a time for a great stretching exercise. (MJ) Fighting the FlabStaying healthy without piling on the poundsTHERE'S A HUGE difference between theory and practice when it comes to the Holy Month.
Piecing together 2008
As 2008 dawns, Ideas ponders the signals that ideas send. Ideas foretell the future. With ideas, we can choose the future. Such a simple, underrated idea. How it works: The Frank Gehry masterpiece rising now on Dundas St. in Toronto is an idea; conceived, selected, being created. Electric cars and wind turbines are ideas, with implications for tomorrow; so are the minutiae of special bins for garbage pick-up and the immensity of the Large Hadron Collider (a.k.a. ``The Answer Machine,'' to be discussed), which promises to reveal secrets about how the universe works at the sub-atomic level. The notion that the future can be determined is reassuring. Aren't scientists saying much can be done about global warming, in fact telling us what? And it is thought-provoking: The big idea renders something we think of as indeterminate something we choose instead.
2008 has to be a less stressful sports year
Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor dies from a gunshot wound to his leg. A rich pro athlete is targeted and killed. It isn't all fun and games and fat bank accounts. 6. Floyd Landis loses his 2006 Tour de France title after a panel rules he committed a doping violation when he tested positive for synthetic testosterone. 5. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell creates a new league conduct policy under which Pacman Jones, Chris Henry, Tank Johnson and Michael Vick are suspended. 4. Marion Jones relinquishes five medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics after admitting she used steroids and pleading guilty to lying to federal investigators. A sad story of glory to disgrace. 3. NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to two federal charges related to the FBI investigation that he bet on games in which he officiated and made calls affecting point spreads in those games.
C4, Sky, Carphone, Emap join in radio bid
Channel 4 has joined forces with BSkyB, Emap and Carphone Warehouse, and others in a bid to win a digital radio licence and challenge the dominance of the BBC. The combined group, called 4 Digital Group, submitted its bid for the 12-year licence promising to launch 10 new national digital radio stations from 2008. Channel 4 Radio would operate three national digital stations: one aimed at 15-to-29 year-olds; one on current affairs; and an all-music station. The other stations would include: Talk Radio from Ulster Television, a music station from Emap, and Sky News Radio, a joint venture between BSkyB and Chrysalis, a 24-hour news channel. Ofcom advertised for this second national digital multiplex licence in December in a bid to grow the industry. The first licence is majority owned by commercial radio group Gcap.
PRESS RELEASE: ijji.com Unveils New Logo and Slogan to Reflect Social ...
IRVINE, CALIF. – January 23, 2008 – NHN USA, a subsidiary of NHN (KOSDAQ:035420), the largest Korean internet company and leading game site in Asia, officially announced and unveiled the new logo and slogan for game portal site ijji.com. The new logo was designed to convey the letters of ijji (pronounced like "easy") to look like a community of people. ijji.com is an online playground that brings various gamers together, from casual to hardcore to social gamers and the new logo reflects the ijji.com gaming community. There was a month-long contest to determine the new site slogan for ijji.com. Over 22,000 entries were submitted by more than 17,000 users for the ijji.com Slogan Contest. Several winners submitted the winning slogan of "Where Gamers Unite".
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