Honda electric car gets 118 mpg, but costs add up

FILE -In this Nov. 16, 2011, file photo, the new all-electric 2013 Honda Fit EV is seen during its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, in Los Angeles. Honda said Wednesday, June 6, 2012, that the 2013 Fit EV has received the highest fuel efficiency rating ever from the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

FILE -In this Nov. 16, 2011, file photo, the new all-electric 2013 Honda Fit EV is seen during its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, in Los Angeles. Honda said Wednesday, June 6, 2012, that the 2013 Fit EV has received the highest fuel efficiency rating ever from the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

FILE -In this Nov. 16, 2011, file photo, Honda Motor Co.'s 2013 Fit EV, is officially unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles. Honda said Wednesday, June 6, 2012, that the 2013 Fit EV has received the highest fuel efficiency rating ever from the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Taro Koyano)

FILE -In this Nov. 16, 2011, file photo, the charging port on the new all-electric 2013 Honda Fit EV is seen during its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, in Los Angeles. Honda said Wednesday, June 6, 2012, that the 2013 Fit EV has received the highest fuel efficiency rating ever from the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

FILE -In this Nov. 16, 2011, file photo, Honda Motor Co.'s 2013 Fit EV, is officially unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles. Honda said Wednesday, June 6, 2012, that the 2013 Fit EV has received the highest fuel efficiency rating ever from the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Taro Koyano)

DETROIT (AP) ? At 118 miles per gallon, the Honda Fit electric vehicle is the most fuel-efficient in the United States. But getting that mileage isn't cheap ? and it isn't always good for the environment.

Honda announced the eye-popping figure Wednesday, making the small, four-door hatchback more efficient than electric rivals like the Ford Focus, Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV. It goes on the market this summer in Oregon and California.

The electric Fit has an estimated price tag nearly twice as high as the gasoline-powered version. It would take 11 years before a driver makes up the difference and begins saving on fuel.

With gas prices falling, the high sticker price for electric vehicles is becoming more of a barrier for American buyers, even though the vehicles are far more efficient than their gas-powered counterparts. That's hurting sales of electrics.

Through May, carmakers sold just over 10,000 electric vehicles, less than 0.2 percent of U.S. car and truck sales.

That's because the numbers don't add up for the average consumer.

? The electric Fit needs 28.6 kilowatt hours of electricity to go 100 miles. At the national average price of 11.6 cents per kilowatt hour, that costs $3.30.

A gas-powered automatic-transmission Fit, which gets 31 miles per gallon, needs to burn 3.2 gallons to travel 100 miles. At the national average price of $3.57 per gallon of gasoline, that's $11.52.

? People drive an average of almost 13,500 miles a year, so a typical driver would spend $445 on electricity for an electric Fit over a year, and $1,552 on gasoline for a regular Fit.

? Honda has valued the price of an electric Fit at $29,125 after a $7,500 federal tax credit. That's $12,210 more than the gas-powered Fit ? a savings of $1,107 per year to make up the difference between the electric and the gas-powered version.

Customers don't want to spend the extra money up front and wait for years for payback, said Geoff Pohanka, who runs 13 auto dealerships in Virginia and Maryland, including three that sell the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt electric cars.

"People are smart. They're looking for the deal," he said. "Is somebody going to fork out $15,000 more for something that gets them less range than their car now? It's not happening."

At first, Honda will only be leasing Fit EVs in Oregon and California, for $389 per month. The subcompact seats up to five people and can be recharged in three hours with a 240-volt charging station. A fully charged Fit EV can go 82 miles, meaning a daily commute could cost nothing for gasoline.

And leases can make sense for consumers. Carmakers can lower rates and subsidize deals in order to make a car ? especially one with new, expensive technology ? more attractive to buyers.

Jesse Toprak, vice president of market intelligence for the car buying site TrueCar.com, said he tested an electric Chevrolet Volt, driving it less than 35 miles a day from his Los Angeles-area home to work and back. The cost of leasing it ? $369 a month ? is comparable to the $300 he would spend on gas.

"In a lot of these cases, I'm surprised that people are not lining up to get these things," he said.

The comparison between gas and electric cars also can vary with geography, largely because energy prices vary wildly across the country.

In Oregon, where gasoline is 18 percent more expensive than the national average and electricity is 16 percent lower, an electric Fit will save $121 per month in fuel. In Connecticut, which has the highest power prices in the country, the monthly savings are just $83.

The fuel used to generate electric power and the cost of gasoline also vary by region ?and that affects how environmentally friendly an electric car purchase is.

In Midwestern states that rely heavily on coal, driving an electric car produces 18 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than driving a typical gasoline-powered car, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. Surprisingly, driving an electric car there produces 50 percent more greenhouse gases than driving a 50 mpg electric hybrid.

In the Northeast and Northwest, where a bigger portion of the power is produced with nuclear reactors, hydroelectric dams, natural gas-fired power plants and wind farms, an electric car will produce 76 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a typical gasoline-powered car and 56 percent fewer emissions than a hybrid.

No matter what the energy costs, Honda expects to trumpet the Fit EV's 118 mpg figure, even though it will lease only 1,100 of the cars in its first two years on the market.

Honda predicts that the initial customers for the Fit EV will won't be focusing on a cost-benefit analysis. Instead, they'll want to make a statement about cutting greenhouse gases and reducing dependence on foreign oil, said Robert Langford, Honda's manager of plug-in electric vehicle sales.

Like the rest of the auto industry, Honda isn't sure when or if electric vehicles will ever replace those that run on gas, he said. The company keeps constant watch on sales of electric cars already on the market like the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt.

"That's constantly on our mind right now and on our radar screen," said Langford.

Chevrolet doesn't actively market the Volt's 94 mpg figure, because it's too confusing to explain to consumers that the car can drive that distance while running on electricity. The Volt, unlike other electrics, has a small gas engine on board to generate power for the car after the battery is depleted.

What resonates more with consumers is that the average Volt driver goes 900 miles before buying gasoline, said Cristi Landry, the car's marketing director.

She also isn't sure when electric cars will go beyond the environmentally conscious buyer and into the rest of America's driveways.

Electric vehicles, Toprak said, won't sell en masse until customers know they will ultimately save enough to take a risk on new technology.

"You're not buying it to save the trees," Toprak said. "You're buying it to save money for yourself."

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Fahey reported from New York.

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Eyes turn skyward as Venus travels across the sun

Venus is silhouetted as it crosses in front of the sun as it sets behind the Kansas City, Mo. skyline Tuesday, June 5, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 105 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Venus is silhouetted as it crosses in front of the sun as it sets behind the Kansas City, Mo. skyline Tuesday, June 5, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 105 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Venus begins to pass in front of the sun, as visible from New York, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 150 years. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Venus begins to pass in front of the sun, as visible from New York, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 150 years. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Indian children use cardboard eclipse glasses as they prepare to watch the transit of Venus in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Stargazers around the world are setting up special telescopes and passing out cardboard eclipse glasses to view the once-in-a-lifetime celestial cameo of Venus passing in front of the sun. Venus is Earth's second-closest neighboring planet. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Indian Pramod Kumar Pandey, Director of Jawahar Planetarium checks a telescope as he makes preparations for people to watch the transit of Venus in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Stargazers around the world are setting up special telescopes and passing out cardboard eclipse glasses to view the once-in-a-lifetime celestial cameo of Venus passing in front of the sun. Venus is Earth's second-closest neighboring planet. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

HONOLULU (AP) ? None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again.

From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won't be for another 105 years.

"If you can see the mole on Cindy Crawford's face, you can see Venus," Van Webster, a member of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society, told anyone who stopped by his telescope for a peek on Mount Hollywood.

For astronomers, the transit wasn't just a rare planetary spectacle. It was also one of those events they hoped would spark curiosity about the universe and our place in it.

Sul Ah Chim, a researcher at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute in South Korea, said he hoped people see life from a larger perspective, and "not get caught up in their small, everyday problems."

"When you think about it from the context of the universe, 105 years is a very short period of time and the Earth is only a small, pale blue spot," he said.

The transit was happening during a 6-hour, 40-minute span that began just after 6 p.m. EDT in the United States. What observers could see and for how long depended on their region's exposure to the sun during that exact window of time, and the weather.

Those in most areas of North and Central America saw the start of the transit until sunset, while those in western Asia, the eastern half of Africa and most of Europe could catch the transit's end once the sun came up.

Hawaii, Alaska, eastern Australia and eastern Asia including Japan, North and South Korea and eastern China get the whole show since the entire transit happens during daylight in those regions.

While astronomers used the latest technology to document the transit, American astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station was planning to take photos of the event and post them online.

Online streams with footage from telescopes around the world proved popular for NASA and other observatories. A NASA stream midway through the transit had nearly 2 million total views and was getting roughly 90,000 viewers at any given moment.

Meanwhile, terrestrial stargazers were warned to only look at the celestial event with a properly filtered telescope or cardboard eclipse glasses. If the sun is viewed directly, permanent eye damage could result.

In Los Angeles, throngs jammed Mount Hollywood where the Griffith Observatory rolled out the red carpet for Venus. The last time the city witnessed a Venus transit was 130 years ago in 1882. A 2004 transit was not visible from the western U.S.

Telescopes with special filters were set up next to the lawn and people took turns peering at the sun before and during the transit. Astronomers and volunteers lectured about the rarity of a Venus pass to anyone who would listen.

Minutes before Venus first touched the outer edge of the sun, Sousa's "Transit Of Venus March" blared through. The crowd turned their attention skyward.

Jamie Jetton took the day off from work to bring her two nephews, 6 and 11, visiting from Arizona to the observatory. Sporting eclipse glasses, it took a little while before they spotted Venus.

"I'm still having fun. It's an experience. It's something we'll talk about for the rest of our lives," she said.

Bo Tan, a 32-year-old software engineer took a half day off from work and went with his co-workers to the observatory. He admitted he wasn't an astronomy buff but could not miss this opportunity.

He pointed his eclipse glasses at the sun and steadied his Nikon camera behind it to snap pictures.

"It makes you feel like a small speck in the universe," he said.

In Mexico, at least 100 people lined up two hours early to view the event through telescopes or one of the 150 special viewing glasses on hand, officials said. Observation points were also set up at a dozen locations.

Venus, which is extremely hot, is one of Earth's two neighbors and is so close in size to our planet that scientists at times call them near-twins. During the transit, it will appear as a small dot.

This will be the seventh transit visible since German astronomer Johannes Kepler first predicted the phenomenon in the 17th century. Because of the shape and speed of Venus' orbit around the sun and its relationship to Earth's annual trip, transits occur in pairs separated by more than a century.

It's nowhere near as dramatic and awe-inspiring as a total solar eclipse, which sweeps a shadow across the Earth, but there will be six more of those this decade.

In Hawaii, hundreds of tourists and locals passed through an area of Waikiki Beach where the University of Hawaii set up eight telescopes and two large screens showing webcasts of the transit as seen from telescopes at volcanoes on other Hawaiian islands.

But minutes after Venus crossed into the sun's path, clouds rolled overhead and blocked the direct view.

"It's always the challenge of being in Hawaii ? are you going to be able to see through the clouds," said Greg Mansker, 49, of Pearl City, as he stood in line at a telescope.

The intermittent clouds didn't stop people from looking up through filters, but it did drive some to crowd the screens instead.

Jenny Kim, 39, of Honolulu, said she told her 11-year-old son the planet's crossing would be the only time he'd get to see the transit in person.

"I don't know what the future will be, so I think this will be good for him," Kim said as she snapped photos of the webcast with her smartphone.

Astronomers also hosted viewings at Pearl Harbor and Ko Olina. In Maui, 20 couples renewed their vows during a ceremony tied to the transit at the Hyatt Regency Maui, a spokeswoman said.

Some observers at the University of Alaska, Anchorage gathered on a campus rooftop, peering at Venus through special filtered glasses and telescopes.

"It's not really spectacular when you're looking at it," Kellen Tyrrell, 13, said. "It's just the fact that I'm here seeing it. It's just so cool that I get to experience it."

NASA planned a watch party at its Goddard Visitor Center in Maryland with solar telescopes, "Hubble-quality" images from its Solar Dynamics Observatory Mission and expert commentary and presentations.

Most people don't tend to gaze at the sun for long periods of time because it's painful and people instinctively look away. But there's the temptation to stare at it during sky shows like solar eclipses or transits of Venus.

The eye has a lens and if you stare at the sun, it concentrates sunlight on the retina and can burn a hole through it. It's similar to when you hold a magnifying glass under the blazing sun and light a piece of paper on fire.

It can take several hours for people to notice problems with their eyes but, by that time, the damage is done and, in some cases, irreversible.

During the 1970 solar eclipse visible from the eastern U.S., 145 burns of the retina were reported, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Experts from Hong Kong's Space Museum and local astronomical groups were organizing a viewing Wednesday outside the museum's building on the Kowloon waterfront overlooking the southern Chinese city's famed Victoria Harbor.

On the East Coast of the United States, amateur astronomer Vince Sempronio was at a viewing hosted by Montgomery College in Takoma Park, Md., but clouds there ? as in many other places ? limited visibility of the spectacle. Many at the college viewing crowded around a laptop to watch the NASA webcast instead of the Venus move across the sun.

"I was here at the same spot eight years ago when we had the last transit and I was able to show people, using my telescope then. So I'm not too disappointed," Sempronio said. "If modern science and medicine helps, maybe I'll be around in a hundred and five years to see the next one. But I'm not crossing my fingers."

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Oskar Garcia can be reached on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oskargarcia

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Contributing to this report are AP Science Writer Alicia Chang in Los Angeles; and Associated Press writers Rachel D'Oro in Anchorage, Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong and Hye Soo Nah in Seoul, and Noel Waghorn in Takoma Park, Md.

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Identified an anti-oncogene into an oncogene

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A study led by Manel Esteller has discovered the existence of an antitumor molecule that has been originated within an oncogene

A common point in all human tumors is that they produce an activation of oncogenes, genes that cause cancer and they also cause a loss of function of the protective genes, called anti-oncogenes or tumour suppressor genes. Normally both categories of anticancer and procancer genes are in different regions of our chromosomes.

A study coordinated by Manel Esteller, Director of the program of epigenetics and cancer biology at the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), Professor of genetics at the University of Barcelona and ICREA researcher, has discovered the existence of an antitumor molecule that originates within an oncogene. The finding is published this week in the Nature Structural & Molecular Biology journal.

The identified anti-oncogene is along non-coding ribonucleic acid (lncRNA), ie a molecule that does not produce protein itself but is responsible for regulating the expression of other proteins. Specifically, the identified molecule is produced in a cancer-causing gene (SMYD3) as its role in healthy cells is to inhibit pro-cancer action of the oncogene.

If you enter this fragment of ribonucleic acid on cancer cells growing in laboratory or in human tumors implanted in animals for research is able to block cancer growth. "We believe this discovery will be the starting point to find many other oncogenes and anti-oncogenes that coexist in regions of our genome, that when their life together deteriorates, contribute to the development of human tumors," said Dr. Esteller.

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Who we are

Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) is a research centre created in 2004 with the participation of the Bellvitge University Hospital, the Catalan Institute of Oncology, the University of Barcelona, and the Institute of Image Diagnosis. IDIBELL is integrated in Biopol'H, the health and scientific park of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat-Barcelona.

Paper reference

Intronic RNAs mediate EZH2 regulation of epigenetic targets. Snia Guil*, Marta Soler*, Anna Portela*, Jordi Carrre*, Elena Fonalleras*, Antonio Gmez*, Alberto Villanueva* and Manel Esteller*. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (NSMB), Early Edition, May 21, 2012.

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A study led by Manel Esteller has discovered the existence of an antitumor molecule that has been originated within an oncogene

A common point in all human tumors is that they produce an activation of oncogenes, genes that cause cancer and they also cause a loss of function of the protective genes, called anti-oncogenes or tumour suppressor genes. Normally both categories of anticancer and procancer genes are in different regions of our chromosomes.

A study coordinated by Manel Esteller, Director of the program of epigenetics and cancer biology at the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), Professor of genetics at the University of Barcelona and ICREA researcher, has discovered the existence of an antitumor molecule that originates within an oncogene. The finding is published this week in the Nature Structural & Molecular Biology journal.

The identified anti-oncogene is along non-coding ribonucleic acid (lncRNA), ie a molecule that does not produce protein itself but is responsible for regulating the expression of other proteins. Specifically, the identified molecule is produced in a cancer-causing gene (SMYD3) as its role in healthy cells is to inhibit pro-cancer action of the oncogene.

If you enter this fragment of ribonucleic acid on cancer cells growing in laboratory or in human tumors implanted in animals for research is able to block cancer growth. "We believe this discovery will be the starting point to find many other oncogenes and anti-oncogenes that coexist in regions of our genome, that when their life together deteriorates, contribute to the development of human tumors," said Dr. Esteller.

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Who we are

Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) is a research centre created in 2004 with the participation of the Bellvitge University Hospital, the Catalan Institute of Oncology, the University of Barcelona, and the Institute of Image Diagnosis. IDIBELL is integrated in Biopol'H, the health and scientific park of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat-Barcelona.

Paper reference

Intronic RNAs mediate EZH2 regulation of epigenetic targets. Snia Guil*, Marta Soler*, Anna Portela*, Jordi Carrre*, Elena Fonalleras*, Antonio Gmez*, Alberto Villanueva* and Manel Esteller*. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (NSMB), Early Edition, May 21, 2012.

* IDIBELL Researchers

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'Ghost Train': 2 teens killed in game, coroner says

By Louis Casiano, msnbc.com

Two Missouri girls were playing a deadly game on a railroad track when they were killed by an Amtrak train early Tuesday, according to the?St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The teens were playing ?Ghost Train,? in which a vehicle is parked on the tracks, according to Butler County Coroner Jim Akers.

During the game, passengers let the windows fog up for a scary setting and then drive off when a train approaches, Akers said, according to the Post-Dispatch.

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"They were playing a stupid game called ?Ghost Train,? and the object is to get scared, kind of like telling stories on Halloween," Akers said.

Akers said five teens were in a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee on the tracks as an Amtrak train approached a crossing about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday near Poplar Bluff in southeast Missouri. When the Cherokee wouldn't start, three teens were able to get out, but two panicked and couldn?t unbuckle their seatbelts. The driver returned to help but was in the vehicle when the train hit it, Akers told the?Post-Dispatch.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Victoria Swanson, 15, and Haley Whitmer, 17, were killed and Kaitlyn Fowler, 15, was hospitalized in critical condition. All were from Poplar Bluff.

Akers told the Post-Dispatch?that parents of the victims said the girls had played the game before.

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Video Marketing - San Diego Local Business Marketing Consultant

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Video marketing is local business marketing strategy to attract new customers. You don?t have to be an ace filmmaker; just make some short, simple videos and upload them to YouTube and other video websites.

Videos are effective because they give you the chance to show, and not just tell, people about your business.

The best videos for marketing an offline business aren?t selling anything at all. They?re not like the local advertisements or late-night infomercials that tell you, ?Call Now! Operators are standing by!?

Instead, they provide information that people can use and they brand you as a great source of this information.

The easiest and most effective videos for you to make are quickies that offer your customers tips and advice.

For example, if you?re a service professional, give them a quick how-to on fixing something around the house. A cleaning service can make short videos with advice on carpet cleaning. A moving company can demonstrate how to pack boxes well and get organized for the move.

For you, this is easy. Just share a little bit of your expertise and knowledge. For viewers of your videos, it?s powerful. They not only get the help they need, but also see you as an expert. The next time they need services, you?re the one they?re going to call.

Using Your Services

Another great idea for making videos is to teach people how they can use your products or services. Big companies have used this strategy for ages as a way of indirectly selling their products.

For example, your antique shop can show them how to decorate the house in a quaint, rustic style. An electronics shop can show people creative ways to use the gadgets they sell. Again, your videos aren?t selling but helping people solve problems.

Short and to the Point

When you imagine yourself making videos, what do you see? Are they 2-hour documentaries that cover every aspect of retiling a roof? Don?t worry ? your videos can be short and sweet. In fact, they should be. Each video should only be a couple of minutes long and no longer.

The reason for this is that you don?t want to keep them glued to the tube for hours on end. The information you present should be quick and easy to digest, with no fluff. Give them a taste of your expertise and leave them hankering for more.

The great thing about this is that it means you can pump out lots of videos, and that?s exactly what you should be doing. Take a large topic related to your service and break it down into bite-sized chunks. The more videos you have out there, the more leads you?re creating for future business.

Put Them Everywhere

And that?s the Local Business Marketing Strategy?key ? plastering your helpful, informational videos everywhere. Put them on YouTube, your own website, other video directories, social media sites, and everywhere else you can find to put them. Each video should have a link leading back to your main site.

The important thing when creating videos is to have the right mindset. Think of it this way ? You are offering your expertise to help people with their problems. That?s it, and if they like it, they?ll click on your link to see what else you have to offer.

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We are so proud to have?Samantha Clayton?as our Special Health Correspondent. ?Samantha is a Malibu resident and she is?reaching out to our Malibu community and beyond with her expertise, personal stories and information. ?We are very fortunate to have Samantha on board and look forward to her positive outlook and messages to help us all get in better health! ?Welcome Samantha!

Samantha Clayton is an Olympic athlete, personal trainer, fitness model, track coach, TV spokesperson, wife and mother. She?s the fresh face of fitness leading ?BeFit in 90? a free, new online workout series from Lionsgate.? BeFit is YouTube?s new fitness channel: ?BeFit YouTube. ?This 90 day fitness challenge provides daily 35 minute workouts that include strength, cardio, flexibility, yoga and high intensity drills.?

Samantha?s sporting experience and bubbly personality create a motivational platform for many to kick start their own road to fitness. Currently she is on staff atPepperdineUniversityas the head women?s sprint coach.

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World- renowned yogi, Sumit Banerjee, designed the yoga sequence at Malibu?s hot yoga studio. His aim was to create a program that was suitable for all levels, beginner through advanced so that everyone could enjoy the wellness benefits that come from practicing this ancient art.

Not a huge fan of yoga? Think yoga is just for girls? Then step inside this studio in the heart of Malibu and be prepared to be amazed. Hot sweating and toned bodies of both men and women pack the room three times a day to get a fix of one of the most challenging workouts I have ever tried ?and Coming from an Olympian that?s a pretty bold statement?.

I was introduced to sumits yoga a few years ago at his own studio in Scottsdale Arizona, My husband Royce Clayton former Major League Baseball all star and world series champion convinced me it was the greatest way to avoid injury and get strong during his off-season. I reluctantly accompanied him one day to a class and fell in love with the challenge of pushing my body to a new level of fitness.

I was surprised that the heated room allowed my body to stretch more effectively and to be honest I had never sweated that much in my life.

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Humanoid bot created to analyze mechanics of swimming, replace unreliable carbon-based life forms

Meet Swumanoid. He's the replacement Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers have whipped up for pesky earthlings who can't identically repeat tests or minutely change their swimming style. The bot can reproduce a swimmer's full body movement and measure water resistance in an effort to shed some light on the forces acting on creatures like Michael Phelps. Created with 3D printed parts of an inferior human swimmer at half scale, it's attached to a drive unit and confined to a circulating water tank; Swumanoid takes two minutes and thirty-six seconds to swim roughly 300 feet, so it'll be a while before he and his kin chase you down. In the meantime, you can watch nightmare fueling footage of the bot presumably training for the Ironman Triathlon after the break.

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