Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic skiers Toby Kane, Cameron Rahles Rahbula, and Mitchell Gourley

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Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic skiers Toby Kane, Cameron Rahles Rahbula, and Mitchell Gourley
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Recently, Wikinews sat down with Australian standing Paralympic skiers Toby Kane, Cameron Rahles-Rahbula, and Mitchell Gourley who were in Vail, Colorado for a training camp for the start of this week’s IPC Nor-Am Cup.

((Wikinews)) I’m interviewing Cameron [Rahles-Rahbula] with a hyphenated last name, Mitchell Gourley, [and] Toby Kane. And they’re in Copper Mountain to compete with the IPC NorAm cup.

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Yes.

((WN)) So you guys can qualify for Sochi?

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Not this race, but yeah…
Toby Kane: Any races that we kind of do, I think we can qualify, but technically, for the APC it would have to be a world cup first to qualify.

((WN)) Where’s the world cups?

Toby Kane: We have one this year in Italy, in Sestriere, and one in St Moritz, in Switzerland…
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: and one in Slovenia, in Maribor, and Russia…
Mitchell Gourley: world championships in La Molina in Spain as well, and Russia, the test event is another world cup in Sochi.

((WN)) You guys are all skiers, right?

all (in unison): Yes.

((WN)) None of you, when they said “we’re doing snowboarding”, said “I want to jump ship and do snowboarding”?

Toby Kane: No.
Mitchell Gourley: No.
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: No.

((WN)) You all love the skiing.((WN)) (to Cameron Rahles-Rahbula): What did you do to your chin [which is taped up]?

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: I had a crash last week, and I split my chin open. I kneed myself here, so I had stitches.
Toby Kane: Thirteen stitches.

((WN)) Crashed skiing right?

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Yeah.
Toby Kane: Our physio probably took out five last night.

((WN)) As somebody who knows very little about Paralympic skiing, I have a question having watched it. There seems to be three types skiiers: the ones who are in the monochairs, the ones who are blind, and the ones with amputations and the ones without arms. I’ve had this debate. Who’s the craziest amongst you? The ones who can’t see, the ones with no arms, or the ones on a mono-ski?

Mitchell Gourley: The completely blind people are a little nuts.
Toby Kane: A B1 is, blacked out goggles…
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: … who just follows the sound of their guides. So they’re probably, when it comes to speed events, in terms of fear level, that’s pretty intense.

((WN)) Not having arms, you don’t think, would be scarier?

Mitchell Gourley: No.
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Yeah, but you can see where you are going. When you have to trust the other person in front of you…
Toby Kane: .. you have to be fairly crazy to do downhill in sit skis.
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Those guys, they start crashing, or they have a mistake, they can’t recover in the same way a stand up can, so even though those classes aren’t going as quickly, probably stand ups in general have a bit more control, and to recover.

((WN)) Can you go and tell me your classifications?

Toby Kane: Yeah, we all ski in the standing class. LW6/8-2

((WN)) Like L1…

Mitchell Gourley: These guys are both LW2s because they’ve both got on leg.
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: So we ski with just one leg, with crutches, whereas you’ve got people who’ve got below-knee amputations, they may have a longer stump and they ski with a prosthetic leg. Toby and I have got to legally ski on one ski.
Toby Kane: And what you were referring to before was the three classes of alpine skiing is standing, sitting, and blind.

((WN)) So you’ve all been to Paralympics before?

Toby Kane: Cam’s been to three, I’ve been to two, and Mitch has been to one.

((WN)) And what was your favorite one? Do you have one?

Mitchell Gourley: Vancouver. (laughter)
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Vancouver it would have been.

((WN)) Because you love Canadians?

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: It’s also, obviously, skiing comes down to results. So, I loved Salt Lake City. I was there for experience, that was great. My second one, I had bit of a disaster Paralympics. I didn’t ski too well. Sestriere in 2006. The last one, I was able to come away with a couple of medals, so it was… I enjoyed that obviously. They all had different aspects.

((WN)) How did the ski slopes compare?

Toby Kane: Vancouver, they’re good slopes.
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Salt Lake City, was a little bit flatter. Probably the type of hill… it was still good, it was my first games, I enjoyed it. Yeah, they usually prepare the courses reasonably well, ’cause they’ve got a lot of course workers on the slopes. That has a big influence on condition, not just the actual hill itself. Vancouver was a challenge in the sense that we had terrible weather, terrible conditions and snow, even though it’s a good hill, whereas I think Sestriere we had sunshine virtually every day. So a lot of it comes down to weather as well as the hill, the time of year.

((WN)) In Australia, the big visibility Paralympics are the summer. Do you guys ever feel vaguely — I know it’s the wrong question to ask — but do you ever feel vaguely cheated because you’re doing neglected, you don’t get the attention, the ABC’s like “nah, we don’t want to cover you”?

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: umm…
Toby Kane: Give us the official answer? (laughter, interjections from elsewhere in the room)
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Australia being a summer sport [country], we’re aware that there’s going to be more focus on the summer games and particularly because there’s a larger… there’s more athletes, there more events, there more medals. There will always be more coverage for the summer games. There’s no winter athlete that could walk away with more than five gold medals. There’s not enough events for that. Whereas I think you can get a swimmer who might get eight gold medals. So, it’s a different sort of exposure.
Mitchell Gourley: And realistically, it’s pretty unlikely for anybody in winter sport no matter how good they are, to walk away with more than one or two, just because of the nature of the sport, which is that anyone can crash. You can be a great skier all the year and then crash. [uncertain] can tell you about that in Vancouver. It’s a pretty unpredictable sport.
Toby Kane: The way that our sport moved after Salt Lake City is that instead of Cam and I skiing against each other, and only people with one leg, to being really competitive across those three classes, means that we think that the winter games are really, really competitive. Quite difficult to win a medal. I think, if you took Michael Milton as an example, he won four gold at Salt Lake out of four events. He won one silver in Torino out of four events with the new system, and he compared both events to be equal. So, yeah, I think you’ve got to look at the value of the medals at the winter games now has been quite high.

((WN)) So you guys like the new point system they implemented?

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: There’s always challenges, because you’ve got different classes, and varied conditions, so they try and adapt the times to fit, but it’ll never be something that can be always right, because we’ve got a sport that’s got different conditions, and different locations, as opposed to a swimming pool, where you know you’ve got fifty metres. So that’s something that’ll always be a challenge, but in saying that, it has raised the bar, in terms of the standard of skiing, which is good. From an Australian perspective, not necessarily the public will be aware of that but I think from an international perspective, the skiing has moved into a more professional area, which is good, and I think that it will be the best thing for the sport moving forward.

((WN)) Evan O’Hanlon at the summer games was talking about the disparity problem between able bodied athletes and athletes with disabilities in terms of sponsorship. You guys have no visibility, is that something that you guys sit there going “we should have the same sponsorship as the great Australian skiers”?

Mitchell Gourley: The problem in that is that in our sport we would probably be the most visible alpine skiers from Australia. The able bodied alpine team is pretty average and has been for a few years now, since a couple of guys retired after Vancouver. So we’re probably, while its still very small, it’s a lot less than the summer guys, even the summer Paralympics guys, were are more visible than the Australian alpine team.
Toby Kane: I think a few of us, well Cam and I and I think Mitch is along the same lines, is that we’re not here for a career as an athlete. so I know I haven’t actively a lot of sponsorships. I have a life away from skiing with what I’m doing at the university and I’m here because I really love to do it, and I love to compete, but I’m not overly fussed about the public recognition of it all. I’m more concerned with skiing with our able-bodied counterparts and showing them what we can do.

((WN)) Do you guys get equal treatment? Your share of the same facilities, same trainers, that sort of stuff?

Toby Kane: We train on the same hills.
Mitchell Gourley: And last week we had pretty much the same races as the able-bodied had the week before on the same hills, and what they ski on next week, and we follow on that, so we don’t have to start. But with a hundred of… that’s why I’m a level below world cup for able-bodied skiers, and skiing on the same hill, and running pretty comparable times, and getting a lot of comments from coaches and athletes there. And yeah that’s what we all, I think, strive for. It’s an awkward thing to ever try and illustrate it to the Australian public, ski racing, and let alone Paralympic ski racing, and what we’re doing. So […] we’ve got to accept that we’re not going to get the recognition publicly probably that we may or may not deserve, and we more look towards our peers, whether they’re able bodied or disabled, and if they respect us, if the best able bodied skiers in the world respect what we are doing, and think that we are doing it bloody well, then we can hold our head high and feel really good. Had one of the best slalom skiers in the world walk up to me a few years ago when we were in training, and say “that’s some of the best slalom skiing that I’ve ever seen, wow that’s incredible. One-legged. I couldn’t do that on one leg”. That kind of thing. So that obviously makes us all feel like we’re doing something that while the recognition might not be there from the public, that we feel as though we are doing a really competitive and really difficult sport, and doing it to a really high level.

((WN)) You mentioned Australia being like a country of summer sports. What attracted you to winter sport in the first place?

Mitchell Gourley: I think it’s a better sport. (laughter)
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Australians, considering we don’t have many hills, Australians do love skiing, those that do it. It’s a unique sport in the sense that you get to travel at high speeds, on different mountains all over the world, under your own power, going down a hill at 130 or something k’s an hour, that sort of thing. You don’t get… to me, running up and down a track, or…
Toby Kane: I think to me it’s a fun sport. There aren’t that many sports that people, a lot of people, spend heaps of their own money to go and do, as a pastime. As something that they want to do on the holidays and with their family and all that kind of stuff. It’s kind of cool that that’s what we do. Like, lots of people would spend a sh-tload of money to go skiing, and that’s our sport. Not many people would pay a heap of money to stare at a black line in a pool, or to run around a track against the clock.
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: Yeah, we love it, and that’s why I’ve done it for so many years, because I love the sport. I mean, racing’s one thing but if I didn’t enjoy skiing I wouldn’t be here and there’s not a day when… I mean you have cold days and weather and stuff, but you don’t… for us to get out and get on the hill isn’t a burden I don’t think in the same way as other sports can be.
Toby Kane: I think the change for me — I think I can speak for Cam as well, ’cause he’s been around for a while — the change between racing in so many classes to racing in so few probably kept us around, I think. It made it a lot more competitive; it made it a lot more of a challenge, that previously it wouldn’t have been, and I think if we took an LW2 class right now we’d be getting similar results to what Michael got in Salt Lake City, so, the fact that it did get a lot more competitive is probably why I’ve been here for so long, in the challenge to keep competing and keep improving and keep performing at the highest level.

((WN)) Are there any skiers that you’re looking forward to racing against this week coming up?

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: This week I think Australia has a pretty good, strong team from a standing perspective, so we’re probably racing against each other.

((WN)) So you do not care about the Chileans, or whoever, hanging around?

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: The Canadian and American teams are here, and they’ve got some developing athletes. Probably more the Europeans who are developing who’ve got the highest others skiing in our particular division, and the Americans are very strong with their sit skiers. So this week being just a North American-based race we’ll probably be looking at the other two in terms of racing, but yeah, when we get over to the world cups over in Europe in January, that’s when the whole field’s together, and gives us some idea of what we’re racing against.

((WN)) I feel like we’re almost coming to a close. What do you do outside of skiing? You had some life you said.

Cameron Rahles-Rahbula: I work as a physiotherapist, and I am a family man. Since Vancouver I haven’t skied a huge amount since then. I’ve got a little boy, and so other priorities definitely start to take effect. I think as a skier, it’s a challenge from the travelling perspective when you do have family. I think that’s unlike a lot of summer athletes who have their training base next door. For us, we need to be always on the move, so that’s always one of the challenges with alpine skiing. You get the privilege of travelling but you’re away from your family, so for me, my last year I have focused more on family life and sort of getting back into the skiing this year.

((WN)) What do you do Mitchell?

Mitchell Gourley: I’m still studying. I’m a bit younger than these guys so I’m…

((WN)) Which university?

Mitchell Gourley: I’m at Melbourne University studying. So I’ve got pretty much a year to go now, but that’ll take me two years to do just because of where Sochi is, in March 2014 I’ll cut back this year coming, 2013, and I’ll only do probably about half — I’ll do five subjects as opposed to eight, just because when you’re out travelling during the year and prepping, using your weekend to ski will it getting to you like that. With the schedule, from June to the end September will be pretty much flat skiing. Last time I did that leading into Vancouver, I mean I do that every year but probably a bigger load in the games lead that kind of thing. And I did that in the middle of Year 12 last time, and that was interesting, but now I can actually…

((WN)) You finished your VCEs then?

Mitchell Gourley: I finished that during the…

((WN)) And you did well?

Mitchell Gourley: Yeah, I was happy with how I went, so that was good of me. I moved schools to pursue what I was doing with skiing, to an international school that really helped structure things around me with my environment, and I sort of cut back on subjects and things but managed to make it work those times, but yeah. For me, it’s university for a couple of years, or for a year and a half or so to knock that over. So then I have to think about getting a real job and that’s a scary thought, a real job, or eventually doing further study, based on the Melbourne model, being what it is now that you can’t usually do much with your first degree. (laughter)

((WN)) And Toby, what are..?

Toby Kane: I’m halfway through postgraduate medicine, so I am just trying to balance that and getting in to Russia. And Russia will be my third games, and most probably my last. And then it’ll be the start of my fourth year of medicine so, yeah, I’m a bit like Cam, I’ve skied probably less over the last two years since Vancouver, just with uni and I’m kind of looking forward to putting everything that I’ve got left in me into skiing until Russia.

((WN)) Thank you very, very much. It was much appreciated. ((WN)) Look forward to seeing you guys in Russia!

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‘Big Brother’ contestant Parker Somerville sounds off about the show and his aspirations

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‘Big Brother’ contestant Parker Somerville sounds off about the show and his aspirations
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

In the past two months, Parker Somerville, a videographer for the website TMZ.com, transitioned from an average guy leading an ordinary life, to living in an extraordinary voyeuristic existence, and back again to the beginning. Simply put, it was a transition from reality to reality, with a two-week detour in reality television. Somerville was a former contestant on the CBS reality TV staple Big Brother, currently in its ninth installment.

Evicted on Day 14, Somerville hoped to have another chance to play the game, but came in second in the special “America’s Choice” poll to bring back a former HouseGuest (the poll results were eventually not used at all and nobody was brought back). Now freed from a three-week sequester, Somerville was interviewed by Wikinews reporter Mike Halterman and he discussed his thoughts on Big Brother, how he and his fellow HouseGuests were portrayed and received, and what he plans to do now that his experience is, for the most part, over.

Somerville will return to Big Brother on finale night in five weeks. Please check your local listings for time and channel. Big Brother airs on CBS in the United States, Global in Canada, and E4 in the United Kingdom.

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Health &Amp; Fitness Centre

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Health & Fitness Centre

by

Joe Swails

In this article:

What does a personal trainer do?

Tell me about dieticians?

How could a life coach help me?

Could I really install my own state-of-the-art gym at home?

I have a demanding, high-powered job and often feel stressed. Are there any alternative therapies I could try to help with this?

Tell me about spas, private health clubs, and retreats

As well as adopting a healthier lifestyle, what else can I do to relieve stress?

How can I help others?

Summary & Suggestions for further learning through this website

What does a personal trainer do?

There are many reasons to hire a personal trainer.

A personal trainer:

Will take responsibility for the formulation of your fitness plan.

Will learn to recognise when you are becoming bored with your current fitness routine, and will vary it accordingly to keep it fresh and interesting for you.

Will know when to push you a little harder, and when to advise you to pull back a little (i.e. decrease the number of reps for a session or two) or even to have a few days break from exercising.

Will be someone that you are accountable to. This will help to keep you on track with your fitness plan, and stop you from letting things slip when it comes to maintaining your exercise routine (as well as your weight-loss programme).

Will be experienced in advising and guiding people back to fitness after illness or an operation. Having them there as a support could also be invaluable as, post-illness or operation, many people develop mood disorders, such as anxiety or depression. A personal trainer could help you to mentally get back on your feet again , as well as giving you a tailored exercise plan to work to each week.

Will be a great help when it comes to offering advice and guidance as you prepare for a sporting event, such as a marathon, for example. It will give your preparation structure. Also when the big day finally comes around, you will feel that you have an ally supporting you someone who knows what you have been through to get to that point, and will be there with you, encouraging you every step of the way.

Also, if due to demands on your time you are unable to get to a gym, a personal trainer can come to your home and put you through your paces there, and at a time to suit you.

Note: When choosing a personal trainer, ensure that they are fully trained, qualified and certified through a recognised organisation.

The best place to look for one is at your local gym.

Tell me about dieticians?

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Put simply, a dietician is an expert in food and nutrition.

A dietician will:

Assess your current diet and seek to change unhealthy eating habits you may have.

Set a correct weight target for you to work towards.

Create meal plans for you (and your family, if requested). They will also take into account any health issues you may have which could influence the type of diet they could recommend for you (i.e. by perhaps suggesting an increased amount of certain vitamins, to address a particular health problem).

Seek to improve your overall nutritional knowledge. The thinking here is that the more you know about nutrition, food and how to maintain a balanced diet, the more empowered you will feel overall. This can help you to maintain your diet when the going gets tough , because you will know why you are eating the particular foods your dietician has recommended for you, and so any feelings of resentment won t breed!

Show you useful weight-monitoring techniques. For example, rather than weighing yourself every day (in the hope that the scales will have good news for you) your dietician may recommend that you weigh yourself on a weekly, bi-weekly, or even a monthly basis.

Be experienced in recommending a diet for people who have certain dietary restrictions (i.e. due to having an allergy or food intolerance of some kind). In fact, a half-an-hour consultation with a knowledgeable and experienced dietician can save someone with a certain dietary restriction years of painful trial and error.

Patiently listen to you as you explain your weight-loss goals and concerns. They will then put into place an actionable plan designed to help you lose weight and address any other health issues you may have, in a sensible, measured way.

Note: When choosing a dietician, ensure that they are fully trained, qualified and certified through a recognised organisation.

The best place to look for a dietician is to ask at your local medical practise or to carry out an online search. There is sure to be a good dietician in your local area.

How could a life coach help me?

In short, a life coach works with you to improve and enhance your overall quality of life.

By forming a kind of partnership with you, a life coach:

Will patiently listen to you, be responsive to your opinions and needs, and strive to help you address any issues you have in your life which are preventing you from taking your life forward in the way you would like to.

Help you to develop greater self-confidence and self-esteem.

Help you to develop a stronger sense of purpose in life overall.

Work with you to help you set (achievable, realistic) goals. By working with a life coach, you can reach your goals much quicker than if you tried to do so alone. There will be a sense of team effort which will help to spur you on when the going gets tough. This will be particularly helpful in the realm of health & fitness staying motivated, feeling emotionally supported, having a clear and definite understanding of why you are working towards your particular goals…

Be a support and a great sounding board when it comes to problem-solving.

Many people who employ the services of a qualified and experienced life coach say how much better they are then able to achieve a healthy work/life balance.

Note: When choosing a life coach, ensure that they are fully trained, qualified and certified through a recognised organisation.

The best place to look for a life coach is online. There is sure to be a good one in your local area.

Could I really install my own state-of-the-art gym at home?

Yes. If you have the room, there are several companies across the UK who can install a personal gym in your home (designed to your specific requirements!).

The best place to look for a home gym designer is online. It is also a good idea to shop around and compare quotes before committing.

I have a demanding, high-powered job and often feel stressed. Are there any alternative therapies I could try to help with this?

Yes. Alternative therapies for stress relief include:

Aromatherapy with the source of aromas used in aromatherapy being plants, flowers, incense pastes and sticks, aromatherapy is all about relieving stress through the use of scent or fragrance. These help to relieve mental and physical stress, and to hasten healing.

Yoga therapy by closing your eyes and concentrating upon your breathing, you can start to feel less stressed. The rhythm of inhalation and exhalation can help to bring about a sense of peace inside you. If you are feeling agitated, yoga therapy can make you feel calm and in tune with yourself and the world around you.

Massage therapy your body s pressure points are stimulated using herbal oils and lotions. This helps to alleviate stress. As your body slowly relaxes, your mind does also. The release of tension as you close your eyes and enjoy your massage will come as a relief and you will emerge from your massage refreshed, revitalised, rejuvenated, and most importantly: in a calm frame of mind any anxieties, issues or problems you were struggling to cope with prior to your massage no longer seeming so worrisome.

Meditation this is recognised as one of the most natural ways to relieve stress through balancing your physical, emotional and mental states. Meditation involves attempting to concentrate your mind by focusing on an object or an idea to the exclusion of all others from your mind. Through doing this, a feeling of peace and calm develops which helps to relieve stress.

Tell me about health spas, spa resorts/retreats, health farms, etc.

A health spa can be an oasis of peace, calm and tranquillity. For this reason, people with a high income who long to get away from the strains, stresses and responsibilities of their high-powered jobs book themselves into a health spa for a few days, and enjoy a whole range of treatments.

Health spa treatments include:

Massage

Manicures & pedicures

Facial therapies

Body exfoliation

Body wraps and flotation

Hot stones massage

And more

Generally speaking, a spa resort/retreat differs from a health spa, as such, because it is residential. Clients usually stay for a weekend or even longer and enjoy a whole range of health spa treatments.

There are several spa resorts across the UK. Search online for a spa resort near you.

You may even want to completely get away from it all and go further afield than your local area (or even abroad) to find a spa resort when you can relieve stress and be pampered for a few days, so that you can return to your usual everyday life feeling refreshed and raring to go again.

Health farms used to be unfairly categorised as simply being weight-loss farms special places people could go to try to lose weight through drastic dieting and exercise over the course of, say, a week, a month, or even longer. These days, however, health farms offer so much more than weight-loss orientated treatments.

At a health farm, you can enjoy a whole range of treatments which are intended to relieve stress and promote a greater sense of wellbeing. The way in which a health farm may differ from a health spa or health spa retreat is by perhaps having a more fitness orientated approach. Visitors to a health farm can expect a more disciplined atmosphere, with things such as goal-setting and monitoring of progress being put in place from Day One.

As well as adopting a healthier lifestyle, what else can I do to relieve stress and feel better overall?

As well adopting good time management, powerful ways to relieve stress quickly include:

Deep breathing this does not have to be in a health & fitness environment. Deep breathing can be done just about anywhere. Whatever you are doing, try taking deep breaths and exhaling slowing and in a measured way. Straighten your back and really fill your lungs. Then breathe out slowly. This will not only help to relieve stress, but it will also give you a sense of having greater control over whatever you are doing, your day, even your life overall

If you can, stop what you are doing and go for a walk. Even if going for a walk means leaving one room at home for another (!), do it. This will help to relieve stress. If you can get out into the fresh air and the sunshine for a while, that s even better.

Do some gardening. For people of all ages, this is proven as being therapeutic and a good way to relieve stress.

Listen to some music, dance, sing, smile All this will help to relieve stress and make you feel better overall (about your day, about life in general )

Laugh. It s true, worldwide research has shown that laughter is one of the best stress relievers of them all. Why not keep a joke book on your desk or in your bag? Go to your local library or video shop and rent a comedy film on DVD every once in a while. Meet up with friends and strive to keep the conversation light-hearted Smiling and laughter actually releases feel good chemicals in the body and brain which can boost morale and impact positively on your overall outlook.

How can I help others?

Share your knowledge. Through doing so you could really help another person who is looking for high-end health & fitness options.

Also, tell them about the Chemist Online Health & Fitness Centre! The wealth of useful and up-to-the-minute information available here is changing people s lives every day for the better.

Let s summarise now and then look at some suggestions for further learning through this website.

Summary

Through reading this article in Zone 2 of the Centre you have learnt about the roles of personal trainers, dieticians and life coaches, and how they can help you to get the most from your health & fitness journey. You also gained a deeper understanding into how to manage stress. And you have found out all about health spas, health spa resorts and health farms luxury, stress-busting environments which offer sanctuary miles from the hustle and bustle of a thriving office or a tension-filled boardroom.

Now learn more!

To find out even more about how adopting a healthier lifestyle can impact positively on your life, please click on any of these links:

Talk to your doctor first

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feeling great

Setting realistic goals

Then where to start?Your health & fitness planWhy the body

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All information on the Chemist Online Health and Fitness website is for information only. Always consult your GP before undertaking any form of weight loss, fitness or exercise.

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China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter

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China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter.

The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 total Chinese exports reached US$1.2 trillion, above Germany’s forecast $1.17 trillion.

Huang Guohua, a statistics official with the customs administration, said the December exports rebound was an important turning point for China’s export sector. He commented that the jump was an indication that exporters have emerged from their downslide.

“We can say that China’s export enterprises have completely emerged from their all-time low in exports,” he said.

However, although China overtook Germany in exports, China’s total foreign trade — both exports and imports — fell 13.9% last year.

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

At least one person has been killed and at least thirty were injured as the result of a fire in the city of Lagos in Nigeria after an explosion in a building with fireworks stored in it. As many as nine other buildings in the Lagos Island fire yesterday were also impacted by the flames, according to authorities. The fire was reportedly the cause of the explosion, although this is yet to be confirmed.

Some local residents reportedly jumped out of the windows of buildings in fright in the large commercial area of Jankara. One man, Wasiu Olaleye, required treatment for a cut to his leg because “I had to jump from the first floor to save my life”, he said. Some local businesses were open when the incident occurred, but yesterday was a public holiday in Nigeria.

A school located in close proximity to the warehouse was significantly damaged in the incident. Numerous vehicles in the area were completely burnt out by the fire. The windows of several nearby buildings were also destroyed as the fire caused the windows of houses a few miles away to shake. Thick smoke was also sighted above Lagos.

Crowds of thousands of nearby people accumulated near the fire, with spectators and individuals intending to assist or gain information about relatives amongst them. Three fire service tanker vehicles attended the scene, but used up all their water supplies. Some people in the crowd attempted to assist fire crews with holding fire hoses and gathering water-filled containers. Some of these people were taken to hospital for treatment after experiencing injuries. One official reported military assistance was used. Additional water arrived later, as the severity of the fire slowly decreased.

The large crowds were part of the reason it took around an hour for fire service members to reach the scene of the fire. News agency Reuters was told by a government official that the possibility of further explosions from fireworks also interfered with the fire service’s rescue operation. “It’s very dangerous for the firemen to go in, because the government don’t want any of these men to be injured”, they said.

Ibrahim Farinloye from the National Emergency Management Agency reported one fatality to Agence France-Presse (AFP), saying: “We pulled out a body from the building”. Nicolas Adesile, of the Red Cross, told the same news agency that as many as thirty people have been treated thus far.

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Wikinews interviews Spanish Paralympic track and field athlete Alberto Suárez Laso

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

With the IPC Athletics World Championships scheduled to start this Friday, Wikinews interviewed Spanish T12 classified long distance runner Alberto Suárez Laso at Madrid–Barajas Airport Monday before he departed for Lyon, France. Suárez is scheduled to compete in two events, the T12 5,000 meters and marathon events.

((Wikinews)) Hi this is Laura Hale. I’m interviewing Alberto Suárez, who is a visually-impaired runner competing for Spain in the IPC World Championships. What events are you doing? ((es))Spanish language: ?¿En qué eventos estás?

Alberto Suárez Laso : Marathon and 5000m. ((es))Spanish language: ?Maratón y 5000m.

((WN)) You have a World Record? Are you going to smash it and give Spain a gold medal? ((es))Spanish language: ?¿Vas a romper el record mundial y darle a España un oro?

Alberto Suárez Laso: This time it’s a bit complicated because I’m going a bit injured. ((es))Spanish language: ?Esta vez está un poco complicado porque voy un poco lesionado

((WN)) Ah. You finished second in London [the 2012 Summer Paralympics]? ((es))Spanish language: ?¿Terminaste segundo en Londres?

Alberto Suárez Laso : I finished first.

((WN)) The injury has impacted you training? ((es))Spanish language: ?¿La lesión ha perjudicado tu entrenamiento?

Alberto Suárez Laso : For the last three weeks I’ve been doing gym and walking machine only. I have pain in my Achilles tendon. ((es))Spanish language: ?Llevo tres semanas solo con gimnasio y elíptica. Tengo dolor en el tendón de Aquiles.

((WN)) So, as someone who writes from an international perspective, do you think Spain’s got all that stuff to help you properly? The medical support, stuff to help you recuperate and be a great runner?

Alberto Suárez Laso : I hope so. We’re there, they’ve been treating me very well and I hope to be able to run without pain, which is the most important thing. I’ve got the training, but I need to remove that pain. ((es))Spanish language: ?Espero que sí. Estamos ahí, me están tratando bastante bien y espero correr sin dolor, que es lo fundamental. La preparación la tengo, pero hay que quitar ese dolor.

((WN)) Do you run with a guide?

Alberto Suárez Laso : No.

((WN)) Okay, so are you T-13?

Alberto Suárez Laso : T-12.

((WN)) Oh. So it’s optional for a guy at T-12?

Translator : He could, but he’s not too badly impaired. He can run by himself.

((WN)) So is your preference to run without a guide?

Alberto Suárez Laso : It’s complicated because of the pace I run at. I would require several guides, and it’s hard to find them. ((es))Spanish language: ?Es una complicación por el ritmo al que corro. Necesitaría varios guías y es dificil conseguirlos.

((WN)) Do most of your competitors run with guides?

Alberto Suárez Laso : Not among the first ones. Well, there are a couple that do run with guides, but the rest don’t. ((es))Spanish language: ?Los primeros no. Bueno, hay un par de ellos que corren con guía, los demás no.

((WN)) Is there anything you would like to say about this competition coming up that people from an international sporting community would find valuable to know?

Alberto Suárez Laso : Mm, I don’t know what to say!

((WN)) Okay. Thank you very much! ((es))Spanish language: ?¡Muchas gracias!

Alberto Suárez Laso : You’re welcome! ((es))Spanish language: ?De nada.
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Re Escalation Of The Eu Toy Green Barriers

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Prohibit the sale of products containing any hazardous chemicals, more stringent requirements on the importers of refined. January 25 this year, the European Commission published a new directive on toy safety motion by adding new provisions for importers.

However, only after a lapse of six months, the European Parliament has recently published a report, the new directive seeks to amend the motion on the importer’s responsibility to make more stringent requirements. Regulations modify the start, the EU barriers to further upgrade the green toy.

The new EU directive on toys, a reading, there are three concerns should be alert to toy manufacturers:

first, to prohibit the use of all toys in the allergic substances, and any carcinogenic, mutagenic or harmful material of human fertility; banning the production and sale of certain types of inconsistent with other legislation (including the cosmetics directive and related instruction materials in contact with food) and toys.

Second, adding the mouth toys for children terms. Toy musical instruments and the dental chew toys, etc. must comply with the relevant Central European Union (1935/2004) Regulation of specific migration limits provided; As regular contact with the skin of toys, such as finger painting watercolor paint or create models of clay, you must meet the cosmetics ingredients and labeling instructions. It also prohibits the use of allergenic fragrances in toys.

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Third, more stringent requirements of importers refinement, including the need to ensure that the manufacturer has qualified to take the assessment procedures; the importer shall be responsible for ensuring that toys with the instructions easy to understand terms, and safety information; importers have to sell on the toys samples, records of complaints, illegal toys and recycling events.

The EU is the traditional export market of Ningbo toys, accounting for over one third of total exports, quarantine statistics show that during the first half of 2008, Ningbo Port toy exports to the EU approved a total of 1272, the amount of 21.22 million U.S. dollars, covering types of wood toys, PU toys, electric toys, stuffed toys, plush toys, intelligence toys, baby carrier, remote control ship model, model and dozens of puzzles and other products.

Prior to the European Union as magnets and small parts such as toys, there are loopholes in laws and regulations promulgated specific regulations, this new directive is related to harmful chemicals for toy safety, delivered a strong signal that the EU will focus on strengthening such toys security market supervision.

Inspection and quarantine experts to ensure their products comply fully with the provisions of the new legislation it will be China’s toy exports are a major problem, the cost of the toy industry will face a substantial increase in competition from imports has decreased and the European Union’s compliance assessment procedures the dual challenge, and the impact of a wide range of laws and regulations, so that some toy manufacturers export risks increased sharply.

Inspection and quarantine department official pointed out that the fastest of the regulations before the end of this year is expected to agree about the new directive, time is pressing. But most enterprises should cultivate a strong sense of concern about the lack of instructions or regulations recognize a loss of some mistake. Inspection and quarantine authorities are warning that companies should take effective measures to make response:

First, improve the technical capabilities, enhance process improvement, adjustment of production patterns, in information collection, management, and related production processes such as multiple standard-setting efforts;

the second is regulations for in-depth interpretation and analysis, and understanding of EU rules and very few prohibited substances exempted material, the new directive for the control of production safety leak filled;

Third, the use of prohibited substances such as lead and mercury on a good replacement of exemption, in the toy doped with perfume allergies should be concerned, toys designed for children’s safety should be the fundamental principle, prohibited, dangerous toys and food combination of design; Finally, the exporter should be properly transferred from their positions, to open up new export markets, and actively Enhancing “Internal Strength” to get the initiative toy export market.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, opened the Canadian seal hunt amid protests by animal rights groups, at a time when bans on seal product imports are becoming more prevalent internationally.

Seal hunters along the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence are allowed to catch a maximum of 270,000 Harp Seal pups from a total estimated population of 5.5 million. 8,200 is the allowable catch of Hooded seals from an estimated population of 600,000, and seal hunters may catch 50,000 grey seals from an approximate population of 300,000.

The Harp seal pups may be killed as soon as they have molted their white pelts, which occurs 10 to 21 days after birth.

It is reported that Russia has shut down the seal hunt on its shores. The United States, Netherlands, and Belgium ban the import of seal products. The European Parliament committee has endorsed a ban on seal product imports by the 27 European Union (EU) member states, in the form of a proposed bill that would still allow the Canadian Inuit to trade in seal products for first nation cultural purposes. All members of the EU must approve the bill for it to become law.

“While we are extremely disappointed that the European Parliament has called for a ban of the trade of seal products, our position remains that any ban on a humanely conducted hunt, such as Canada’s, is completely without merit. We will continue to explore all legal and diplomatic options and we will exercise our rights to their fullest extent under international trade laws if and when it becomes necessary and appropriate.”

“Sealing is a significant source of income in many small, isolated coastal communities throughout Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the North, and creates critical employment opportunities for processing plants, as well as fuel, food and equipment suppliers in coastal communities,” said Minister Shea.

“Our government will continue to defend the rights of Canadian sealers to provide a livelihood for their families through our humane, responsible and sustainable hunt,” she said. “It represents as much as 35 per cent of a sealer’s annual income and is important for thousands of families at a time of year when other fishing options are limited at best.”

The first area to open up to the seal hunt was the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where 30 percent of the catch is allowed.

Sixteen observer permits have been issued. “The majority of the observers are people who protest against the seal hunt, but there are journalists and other observers as well. We try to make sure there’s an even proportion of sealing activity and observer activity,” Mr. Jenkins, Department of Fisheries and Oceans spokesman said. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is going to observe and record the commercial seal hunt.

“It’s devastating to be here, to know the commercial seal hunt has started again. It’s clear that a change is on the horizon with the European Parliament voting on a proposal to ban seal-product trade in the EU and many people in the Canadian sealing industry believe that could spell the beginning of the end of the commercial seal hunt,” commented Rebecca Aldworth, director of the Canadian chapter of Humane Society International.

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