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This Week at 148Apps: July 29-August 2, 2013
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Every single week, the 148Apps reviewers search through the new apps out there, find the good ones, and write about them in depth. The ones we love become Editor's Choice, standing out above the many good apps and games with something just a little bit more to offer. Want to see what we've been up to this week? Take a look below for a sampling of our latest reviews. And if you want more, be sure to hit our Reviews Archive.
It's hard to imagine Double Fine producing something that isn't a quirky adventure or contains more than a fair bit of bizarre humor. And yet produce Double Fine has, and now we have Dropchord. It's definitely a departure from the norm, but that doesn't make it any less awesome. Dropchord is a simple-ish rhythm game at its core. Players use two fingers, placed around the outside of a large circle in the center of the screen, to twist and turn a line around the middle. The goal is to grab all the good stuff (glowing orbs and such) while avoiding the bad stuff (bright red bolts of electricity that scream DO NOT TOUCH) by winding and whirling around everything. Hit the red stuff and lose some health, grab enough not red stuff and gain health at the end of the level. Every so often players will also have to forego the spinning as they tap away at various circles that appear on screen in what can best be described as a kind of bonus round. --Rob Rich
Knightmare Tower
Burrito Bison creator Juicy Beast's latest game, Knightmare Tower is based around offensive gameplay instead of pure survival like other similar vertical endless games. Players control a knight flying upward, and dash downward on top of enemies to hurt them and bounce back up in the air at a higher rate. Combos can accelerate the knight even faster, and powerups can help along the way. The enemies aren't just there to take a beating: they'll try to attack the knight and do enough damage to kill them. The other big hazard is lava, aka "Dear Knight, I suggest going faster if the plan is to not burn to death. Love, The Giant Rapidly-Rising Pool of Lava." I suggest staying out of it. --Carter Dotson
Complexity can be a difficult thing to balance in a game, but so can simplicity. Distilling an idea or genre down to its more basic elements is no easy task, especially when trying to do it well, and for that reason alone I think rymdkapsel is worth celebrating. It's a strategy/sim-lite without any of the typical blandness one would associate with so much fat trimming. Of course that's not the only reason; it's also a pretty great game all-around. rymdkapsel is about expanding a space station while simultaneously fighting off waves of hostile attackers. Players must construct various rooms – reactors, gardens, weapons, etc – in order to gather more resources so that they can expand their base, train additional workers, and construct even more rooms. However, the larger the base's overall area the tougher it is to defend. It encourages planned expansion and interlocking the Tetris-like rooms together in order to keep the station from becoming too spread out. Of course there are also several obelisks scattered around the map that can be researched to enhance things like worker movement speed and weapon attack ranges. It's a toss-up deciding between hastily crafting a path to a given obelisk, thus sacrificing defensibility, and rushing to acquire better tech early on. --Rob Rich
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If you are looking for the best reviews of kids' apps and/or Android apps, just head right over to GiggleApps and AndroidRundown. Here are just some of the reviews these sites served up this week:
Pango Playground
Pango Playground for kids is a charming universal app for babies and toddlers which adults will enjoy a great deal as well. This app opens up to a very nice assortment of children's toys such as train tracks or building blocks. Do choose a scene and tap on a number flag 1 to 4 to be taken to a new area. All of these scenes are variations on the same basic assortment of toys, different colorful building blocks, train tracks and chunky wood blocks crafted to look like familiar characters from the Pango series of applications. --Amy Solomon
Art Class With Dr. Panda
Art Class with Dr. Panda is a charming new universal interactive app – part of a series of Dr. Panda role-playing apps for young children. As many readers may know, my family really enjoys these apps as they allow children to pretend to take part in many occupations and activities – be it a doctor's duties or working in a restaurant, supermarket or farm. Here Dr. Panda is teaching an art class to animal children. I enjoy his costumes as he assists children who need help in six different crafts. --Amy Solomon
Color Zen
Color Zen is a cool cucumber. It seems to want to tease your brain while calming it. It's a lofty idea, but thankfully, I love checking out lofty ideas. The game is definitely interesting. The best explanation is received from playing it and actually "feeling" the game. The object of the game is to solve the color-centric puzzles. In the game's playing area, there is a frame color — a color that covers a thin area around the play grid, kind of like a picture frame. In the grid itself are any number of colored shapes. In general terms, touching any of the colors against another imbibes the second with the color of the first; in other words, the color is absorbed. For simplicity, one of the colors in the grid always matches the color of the outer rim. --Tre Lawrence
Remember playing the board game Risk back in the day? If so, I bet one of those memories is how long it took to play the game. In fact, it took almost as long if not longer as a good game of Monopoly. Well, the makers of Drisk came up with a game really similar to Risk but won't take 6 months to play a full game. Starting out with Drisk, there will be the choice to play a local game or an online game. When playing a local game, the number pf players can be selected as well as if they are actual people or computer players. When playing online, the sign in is done through a Scoreloop account. This is mandatory to play online. To get the hang of the game, it's a good idea to watch the tutorial. It goes pretty quick but it gives you a basic idea of how the controls work. If any questions arise, take a look at the help button on the main menu screen to hopefully answer them. --Trevor Dobrygoski
Space Beats
Ever imagined something like Dance Dance Revolution for the fingers? Yes! We all have, and Space Beats is just the game for folks with sturdy digits, keen eyes and wrists that move to the rhythm. Nimble fingers win the day. Simply put, you tap rapidly forming three-dimensional objects with the beat to keep the music going. The pieces to the orbs all come in from different angles, playing havoc on the eyes. Tapping on the orb scores points, but actually tapping on it to the beat scores even more. An arcade-type game is not worth its salt without multipliers, and in this aspect, this game is worth its salt; there are multipliers to be had, and they can be invoked by tapping. Additionally, the freestyle level is yet another change of pace, allowing players to tap on beat for even more points. --Tre Lawrence


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We are really missing Drake. Last night before bed, we were looking at photos of him and I cried some more. He was fifteen years old; his days mainly consisted of sleeping. He couldn't take walks with us anymore and he had to be carried to the car and lifted in and out of it. This was a dog who used to live for car rides and would bound into my car for our Friday night pizza pick-up. I loved having him in the car with me and seeing cars of kids next to us who were in awe at this smiling husky.
Drake was on two different pills, a liquid pain medication, two eye drops and one eye lubricant -- all of this two times daily. He had a tumor removed surgically last Valentines Day but he had two more growing on him, one above his eye and one on his paw. He couldn't walk on hardwood floors anymore so we had small rugs all around the house for him like lilypads. He didn't talk to us like he used to (if you've ever seen the YouTube of the husky "saying" I love you, that's what I'm talking about). He really just slept a lot. He stopped sleeping in our room with us and slept in the den. He was having accidents in the house a few times a week. He didn't even love chewing on bones as he once did. We would give them to him and he would just ignore them towards the very end.
We consulted our vet who said that it would be an appropriate time for us to consider saying goodbye to him and that, while it was our certainly our choice, it would be a very respectful way of letting Drake move on. The vet said that we were not rushing this decision (our main concern). I mean, how do you decide when it's time? But on the other hand, it was obvious that his health was rapidly declining, and I feared that we would be out and about having fun one day only to return home and see that he'd passed by himself, without anyone there beside him.
Without going into too much detail, when he did pass, he felt immense love. Lots of hands on him, stroking his fur, whispering in his ear, holding him.
I am writing this post because I didn't feel like there were a lot of people that I could really talk to about the intricacies of this decision and the process. So, with that said, if you ever find yourself in this situation and you are looking for someone to talk to, or someone to whom you can ask questions, please email me.
Thank you ALL for your thoughts, your prayers, your comments on my last blog post, your texts, and the emails you sent. It means more than you know.

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Get ready for this.
Every day, nearly eight million people "dine" at a KFC "restaurant" (formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken). Every single day! In this case, I'm using the words dine and restaurant loosely. There are more than 11,000 KFCs in more than 80 countries and territories around the world. Ugh! It's bad enough that we eat this stuff, but I also cringe to see our unhealthy fast-food obsession creeping into countries that consider preparing meals and gathering together to enjoy them an important part of their culture.
Combien triste.
The KFC website has links to hundreds of foreign franchises. "Finger lickin' good" just doesn't sound right spoken in French.* And addresses like Nantes St. Herblain, 6 rue des Cochardieres should not be connected with an American fast food franchise. French words go with fine wine and gourmet fare, not soda pop and junk food.
Talk about a cultural train wreck.
Although I haven't read the book, French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano, I have spent time in France and know that the French take pleasure in eating. Meals take time to prepare, fresh ingredients are used, and people eat slowly and enjoy the food and each other. They put their forks down and talk in between bites. Meals are not made ahead, kept warm under heat lamps, or served in plastic wrap. Food is not tossed at them through drive-up windows. They eat real food and savor each bite. And in general (in general), they aren't overweight and don't suffer from poor health at the same levels Americans do.
Unfortunately, that is changing. With places like KFC on the rise in France, Mireille's next book might be entitled, Uh-oh, French Women Do Get Fat: And End Up With Diabetes And Heart Disease.
We just spent the past several months listening to our presidential candidates talk about rising health care costs and how obesity and chronic disease has reached epidemic proportions. Everyone argued about energy independence, the economy, the health care crisis, and the environment, but no one brought up the food industry as part of the problem. What we eat, where it comes from, how much it costs, how it ends up in our grocery carts or on our plates, how it impacts our health, and what the government chooses to subsidize (or not and why) is a major part of this convoluted equation. Our industrialization of food impacts public (and foreign) policy, but no one seems to connect those dots.
Okay, I'll stick to my nutritional roots and resist launching into a political rant, but I will suggest we support our local farmers and ranchers and eat a rich variety of wholesome foods. It is healthier for us, healthier for the animals, healthier for the economy, and healthier for the environment. If you'd like more information on these subjects, check the links I've provided below.
In the meantime, I'll get back to my intention with this blog — healthy eating and healthy living. Last week I received a load of Yukon Gold potatoes in my Grant Family Farms CSA delivery and I thought I'd put together a compare and contrast menu for you on how potatoes can be a healthy vegetable choice or an artery clogging bowl of slop.
Nutritional profile of potatoes
• rich source of vitamin C
• high in vitamin B6, which promotes nervous system health, heart health, and is essential for new cell formation
• high in potassium
• good source of fiber, tryptophan, manganese, beta carotene, folate, lutein, zeaxanthin, and copper
• one cup of baked potato with skins contains 133 calories
Healthy holiday mix/mash of Yukon Gold and sweet potatoes recipe
what you need
• 1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1-2 inch chunks
• 1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1-2 inch chunks
• 1/3 to 1/2 cup milk (for dairy-free, use plain rice milk)
• 4 tablespoons butter (for dairy-free, use Earth Balance Buttery Spread)
• 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
• 3/4 teaspoon sea salt or Kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
what you do
• Put the potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a medium boil and cook until tender (20 to 25 minutes). Potatoes are done when you can pierce them easily with a fork.
• Drain well, return to pot, and mash them to desired consistency. You can also prepare them in a mixing bowl.
• Put milk, butter, and syrup in small saucepan and heat until butter is melted and milk is warm. Stir gently until well blended. Don't let this burn, it can happen fast.
• Stir or mix in the milk/butter/syrup mixture and the salt and pepper until well combined.
• Makes 6 servings of about 2/3rds cup each, takes approximately 45 minutes to prepare
Nutritional breakdown of healthy holiday mix/mash of potatoes recipe
• 150 calories per serving with milk and butter (less with rice milk and Earth Balance)
• 4 g of fat (less with rice milk and Earth Balance), no trans-fats
• 11 mg cholesterol (less with rice milk and Earth Balance)
• 26 g carbohydrate
• 3 g protein
• 3 g fiber
• 320 mg sodium
• 369 mg potassium
• Contains 190% of DV (daily value) of vitamin A
• Contains 20% of DV of vitamin C
KFC Potato Bowl
what you need
• A car with gas
• Cash in your pocket
• Approximately 30 to 45 minutes of spare time
• Decent health insurance
• Tums or Nexium
what you do
• Get in your car and drive to one of the 11,000 KFC franchises.
• Push button and talk to speaker stand, ask for "mashed potato bowl."
• Drive forward 25 feet, idle your car and wait.
• When attendant opens the drive-through window, be prepared to catch food as he/she tosses bag to you.
• After attendant closes window, realize you have no cheap plastic utensils to eat with.
• Wave frantically to get the attention of the teenaged attendant who is ignoring you.
• Honk your horn.
• When 16 year old attendant finally opens the window, sighs, and sputters with disdain, "Like, what do you, like, want now?" — answer nicely that you'd like utensils so you can eat your food.
• When he/she rolls his/her eyes and tosses you a plastic fork wrapped in a paper napkin and covered with plastic wrap, breathe deeply and practice kindness.
• Either eat while driving en-route to wherever you're going, spilling food on your clothes and endangering yourself and others, or bring home and eat in front of the TV while watching Cops or America's Most Wanted.
• Feel stressed, bloated, and icky. Eat 2 Tums.
Hey, no one's perfect. We can all relate to participating in some version of this, but we also know we'd be much better off eating fresh, wholesome food while relaxing and enjoying it. Plus, it takes no longer to make up a bowl of roasted veggies or cook up some rice than it does to order and eat fast food.
Nutritional breakdown of KFC Potato Bowl
• 740 calories PER SERVING
• 35 g of fat (including trans-fats)
• 60 mg cholesterol
• 80 g carbohydrate
• 27 g protein
• 6 g sugar
• 7 g fiber
• 2350 mg sodium
• Contains 8% of DV of vitamin A
• Contains 10% of DV of vitamin C
Assorted links to more information
* My header (lechement de doigt bon) is supposed to say Finger Lickin' Good in French, although I think I might have said Licking of Good Fingers instead. I like that phrase better anyway.
Go forth, make healthy choices, and lick good fingers.
In good health,


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In the U.S. some five million people have Alzheimer's disease and 10 million boomers will be at risk for memory problems over their lifetime. Worldwide, more than 100 million people may have Alzheimer's by the year 2050. As clinicians, we have learned to recognize that jokes about "old-timer's disease" and "Teflon brain" are often calls for help from seniors worried about their memory lapses. Living longer is obviously no fun if you cannot remember your home address or drive a car. Although we have made tremendous progress in understanding brain changes that accompany aging and dementia, no medications have proven effective for preventing Alzheimer's to date. In recent years, however, more evidence is pointing to a non-medical way to bolster brain health as we age: exercise.
The Benefits of Exercise
Scientists are excited about the prospects of physical activity and exercise as anti-Alzheimer strategies for many reasons. Exercise training has been shown to reduce risk factors for dementia such as blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and depression. Studies in animal models of aging show that exercise can increase blood flow, stimulate nerve cell growth in regions associated with memory and reduce the pathologic changes characteristic of Alzheimer's. Studies of exercise and memory in humans have been promising but not yet definitive. For example, some, but not all, observational studies of older adults time found that those who were more physically active (for example, in such activities as swimming, walking, ballroom dancing) or who exercised at least three times a week had a lower risk for dementia. Likewise some short-term clinical trials found that aerobic exercise improved certain cognitive abilities. The inconsistency across studies has hampered firm conclusions about the relevance of these findings, however. What was needed to move the field forward was a clinical trial testing whether regular exercise could produce sustained long-term improvements in older adults with memory problems.
In a study published in September 2008, Nicola Lautenschlager and colleagues at the University of Western Australia attempted to do just that. They studied 170 older people with memory complaints of whom 60 percent had objective memory deficits severe enough to be diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, a condition thought to be a precursor for Alzheimer's.
Over the next six months, half of the study participants were assigned to a home-based exercise program. They were encouraged to do at least three 50-minute sessions of exercise (mostly walking) each week. Those who were already doing this level of exercise at study entry (about 25 percent) were asked to up their activity level by an additional 50 minutes. The other half were assigned to receive basic health education as a control group. At the end of six months, exercisers improved modestly (scoring about 20 percent higher than controls) on an overall measure of cognitive abilities. The subgroup of people with mild cognitive impairment also improved. One year after the trial ended, the exercisers still sustained a 10 percent edge on overall cognitive score compared with controls and also had significantly less decline on a memory measure. A host of other cognitive subtests did not differ between the groups, however. This study is important because it is the first to demonstrate that exercise benefits cognition in older adults with subjective and objective memory problems over 18 months.
Further Questions
But this study was not a clean win and raises additional questions. The effect size was too small for an average person to be able to notice a benefit (although any effect is better than nothing in a field with no alternatives). Compliance with exercise decreases over time: Can we motivate people to sustain exercise habits over long periods? Are memory benefits seen only with aerobic exercise or can any type of physical activity help? This study did not follow people long enough to address the billion dollar question: Can regular exercise postpone the development of Alzheimer's disease? The study by Lautenschlager and colleagues provides an important proof of principle and will help us design future trials to test these issues further. The availability of newer brain scans will also help us directly track whether exercise can affect the progression of Alzheimer brain pathology in people at risk. It has been said that "a man's health can be measured by which he takes two at a time—pills or stairs." As our society grows increasingly reliant on medications, lifestyle strategies such as exercise seem like, well, a no brainer.
Are you a scientist? Have you recently read a peer-reviewed paper that you want to write about? Then contact Mind Matters editor Jonah Lehrer, the science writer behind the blog The Frontal Cortex and the book Proust Was a Neuroscientist.


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But different cultures have other customs equal to the favorite Southern tradition of black-eyed peas—which symbolize luck in the coming year.
Imagine streets full of people wearing polka dots and dinning table full of round shaped food and fruits on one single day of the year. Philippines believe that this will bring them prosperity by associating the round dots to coins and wealth.
In Spain and many Latin countries, the tradition is eating 12 grapes at midnight, which is supposed to bring you 12 months of happiness.
are saved year around to throw them at the homes where their friends live on New Years Eve. Many broken dishes means that you have many friends. And a lot of clean-up!
In Germany, people eat cabbage to represent money and wealth because the cabbage is green. Every New Year's Eve, at midnight, Germans watch the British show "Dinner for One." It is so popular that even the punch line "same procedure every year" now is a catch phrase in Germany.
In Wales, the back door is opened with the first toll of the bell and then shut to release bad omens from the last year. With the 12th stroke of the bell the front door is open to welcome New Year.
In Australia, suckling pigs are considered to bring good luck and hence, traditional foods are prepared with sucking pigs. In dessert they offer peppermint ice cream in the shape of four-leaf clover.
In Scotland, Men parade through the streets holding blazing balls of fire. They continuously swing these balls over their heads. According the the locals, the balls of fire bring purification and sunshine. This celebration dates back as far as the Vikings.


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All Ages Single & Group Swim Lessons
Water Babies Fla teaches babies and kids of all ages and swimming abilities. We specialize in working with children that have aqua-phobias, children with special needs such as Autism, ADHD, ADD, Down Syndrome & children with physical disabilities. A single lesson plan or approach doesn't work for all students. Our instructors use non aggressive teaching techniques that will allow your child to become comfortable, and eventually love water. It is also crucial to let students know that you are there with them, physically and emotionally, that you are always there to keep them safe and that you understand when they are struggling to accomplish a goal. Our Students must always complete their lessons with a sense of accomplishment. We always recognize our students victories no matter how big or small. We emphasize the importance of safety rules. It generally takes about 10 lessons for a someone to learn how to swim, depending on such factors as general temperament, ability, attitude of ones parents and past experience in the water. We offer private, semi private and group swimming lessons for babies, children and adults plus aqua aerobics & fitness swimming. Our swim school runs year round currently available in the entire south Florida area, as a part of our service we are mobile and come to you or we offer lessons at a pool nearby.
Aquatic Aerobics
Aqua Aerobics is for any age person looking to get into shape. Exercise in water has unique benefits:
*Buoyancy decreases the impact of the joints
*Decreases the risk of injury
*Workouts in cool water are refreshing, a benefit for those prone to heat stress.
The American College of Sports Medicine recommends muscular development exercises two or three time per week. Aerobic exercise combined with strength and flexibility has benefits such as
*Improves range of motion and function
*Increases strength and endurance
*Increases strength of tendons and ligaments
*Improves muscle tone
*Improves posture
*Reduces lower back pain and other disorders caused by inactivity
Water resistance also helps to improve muscular strength & endurance. Since water resistance can be controlled or adjusted by speed or positioning, workouts can be designed to meet the needs of everyone, regardless of age and fitness level.
Aquatic exercise is an in-water fitness activity which involves walking, jogging, jumping in shallow water or running in deep water, sometimes using a floatation device.The benefits of regular aerobic exercise include:
*Improved cardiovascular endurance
*Increased muscular strength & endurance
*Enhanced flexibility
*Better weight management, the body burns calories, decreases body fat *Lower heart rate at rest & in moderate exercise
*Shorter recovery time
*Improved blood circulation to the heart
*Decreased lactic acid, a byproduct of exercise that may cause muscle soreness & fatigue
*Lower resting blood pressure & cholesterol levels
For these lessons, parents (mom, dad, or another adult) are required to be present in the water and will receive instruction on techniques that teach their baby to hold their breath under water,learning to climb out of the pool safely, feel comfortable in the water, learn to float on their backs and engaging in their new environment. This teaching format is both a great bonding experience for families and a helpful method in teaching children to become swimmers at an early age.
Neurological research links movement to learning and memory. Active movement is scientifically linked to intellectual development. Babies are born with most of their neurons but they have few interconnections (synapses) between neurons. As a baby moves and interacts with his world, neurons are stimulated through movement and develop more synapses. The more interconnections, the more capable the child is of learning.
Recent studies into early childhood learning and cognition have shown that baby swimming lessons have numerous benefits for young children including:
*Reduced risk of drowning
*Increased development: Studies at the German Sports College in Cologne have shown that early childhood swim lessons accelerated physical, intellectual and emotional development (German Sports College Cologne. Baby Swimming: Advance Independence and Development of Intelligence. World Aquatic Babies and Children Network).
*Increased memory capacity: Studies have shown that the amount of a person's movement and exercise increases capacity in the area of the brain associated with memory and learning (Kramer A.F. Exercise, Cognition and the Aging Brain. Journal of Applied Physiology. 2009)
*Expanded Cerebral Communication
*Strengthened Social Confidence
*Enhanced Neurological Development
*Deepened Parent-Infant Bond
Lifeguard Services
Waterbabiesfla Fla offers our life-guarding services for many events such as pool parties. Our lifeguards will be responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies by
*Enforcing all aquatic rules & regulations, also educating patrons about them.
*Inspect the facility for any unsafe conditions
*Recognizing & responding quickly & effectively to all emergencies
*Administering First Aid & CPR or using an AED in an emergency and if trained administer oxygen when needed.
Prenatal Water Exercise Classes
Prenatal Exercise Classes blend aerobics, dance, Pilates, swimming, relaxation and yoga, in the comfort of water and heated pool, to promote wellness during pregnancy and facilitate the childbirth experience.
Swimming is an enjoyable and safe way to stay fit while you're pregnant. It improves your circulation, increases muscle tone and strength, and builds stamina. Your bump will also be supported and you'll feel almost weightless.
Exercising in water also reduces your risk of injury and makes it less likely that you'll have sore muscles afterwards.
Swimming can also help to ease pregnancy niggles, such as backache and swelling in your hands and feet. It may also help to relieve varicose veins and restless legs.
Share the magic of water by feeling weightless!
You can even join our Prenatal Exercise program before your baby is born. Our Aqua Natal classes are a great activity for expecting mothers:
· Experience the balance of relaxation and exercise - a magnificent way to unwind and stay healthy during your pregnancy.
· The classes take a holistic approach to a mothers physical and mental health, combining relaxation with cardiovascular exercises to help the body get ready for labor.
*You don't have to be able to swim to join a class, as the water is only chest deep. You can take classes right through your pregnancy, unless your doctor or midwife says otherwise.*
· Classes take place in the calming, warm comforts of our heated pools, which is one of the safest ways to exercise during pregnancy.
· There's a science behind it too! Exercise and relaxation releases your body's natural happy hormones, endorphins, which suppress pain and help you and your baby feel serene. This is not only useful later in your pregnancy, but also really essential during and after labor.
· And once your baby is born, the familiar sound of the water means they'll be comfortable when you take them swimming too!
· You can also use these work out techniques to gently get back into shape post-pregnancy!Classes are available throughout the year, our swim school welcomes small groups of expecting mothers every week!
We are certified with the following certifications:
* American Red Cross Lifeguard
* Water Safety Instructor
* First Aid
* CPR & Automated External Di-fibrillation
Our instructors are nurturing, patient, and motivating.
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On a referral from a friend, I went to have an evaluation done with Dr. Bonilla. Really was a great decision and I am very happy with the work done. Very professional bi-lingual staff, state-of-the-art equipment and very competitive prices. They did in less than 2 weeks what would have taken 2 months in the USA and at a much lower cost. But don't let the great prices fool you. The work I had done and was top quality and I now have a smile that I am not afraid to show off!
I visited Dr. Tabash in November and he did an amazing job! I had 9-10-11-2 removed, bone graft, gum graft, and implants installed on 9-10-11. I had to wait for number 2 because there was heavy bone loss. Dr. Tabash was able to do all procedures quickly with very minimal pain. Almost could not tell what stage in the procedure he was in and before I knew it, he was done. I had a minor issue, but he was on call and took me in right away. It has been 7 months now, and with the recent coronavirus I was forced to go to a local dentistry. They applauded the job that Dr. Tabash did and was able to continue the work locally. Dr. Tabash used standard implants, so my local dentist had no issue ordering the abutment. The bone graft and the gum graft are perfect, and I did not have to undergo that procedure again.I wish I could continue the procedure with Dr. Tabash because he has saved me a lot of money. Maybe in the future! Thanks again
I could have had my chipped veneer (my fault: no fault of Cleo Dental's workmanship) repaired here in Boston ($1,200) but I felt better having Dr Juliana Castro Lapeira, who made them last year, take care of it.I was surprised when she texted that there would be "no charge for the repair".They set up my appointment around my schedule and picked me up at the airport.The new veneer was created in their state-of-the-art lab the same day.I'm so grateful for the implants, crowns and veneers they've created for me for over the past seven years.My dental hygienist will be going down for dental implants. Even with her dental discount, she can't afford them here in Massachusetts. She told me, "I've been telling everyone that I've seen their work first hand, and how great it looked."I initially went to Cost Rica because implants were 50% less. Now, I won't go to a local dentist except for cleanings. My insurance company listed Dr Anglada as one of the top three international dentists. The quality of care is amazing. They all work together and take pride in their work.I've saved hundreds even after air fare, hotel, day tours: horseback riding, the rain forest, volcanoes, La Paz Waterfall Gardens. I'm always proud to recommend them!
Star Dental Implant Center, located in Calle los Almendros, San Jose, Costa Rica offers patients Tooth Extraction procedures among its total of 71 available procedures, across 1 different specialties. Currently, there's no pricing information for Tooth Extraction procedures at Star Dental Implant Center, as all prices are available on request only, whilst the national average price is approximately $89. All procedures and treatments are undertaken by the lead specialist at the Dental, and they have multiple recognized accreditations, including: ITI - International Team for ImplantologyCosta Rica Ministry of HealthAAAASF - American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery FacilitiesACP - American College of ProsthodontistsAAID - American Academy of Implant Dentistry
Cosmetic Dental Care, located in Calle los Almendros, San Jose, Costa Rica offers patients Tooth Extraction procedures among its total of 71 available procedures, across 1 different specialties. The cost of a Tooth Extraction procedure ranges from $65 to $80, whilst the national average price is approximately $89. There are many specialists available at the Dental, with 4 in total, and they are not accredited by any recognized accreditations institutes
Advanced Dentistry Costa Rica, located in Calle los Almendros, San Jose, Costa Rica offers patients Tooth Extraction procedures among its total of 58 available procedures, across 2 different specialties. The cost of a Tooth Extraction procedure starts from ฿2,500, whilst the national average price is approximately ฿3,072. There are many specialists available at the Dental, with 4 in total, and they are not accredited by any recognized accreditations institutes
Costa Rica Bluezone San Jose, located in Calle los Almendros, San Jose, Costa Rica offers patients Tooth Extraction procedures among its total of 49 available procedures, across 3 different specialties. The cost of a Tooth Extraction procedure starts from ฿2,500, whilst the national average price is approximately ฿3,072. All procedures and treatments are undertaken by just a small team of specialists, with 3 in total at the Clinic, and they are not accredited by any recognized accreditations institutes
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Tooth Extraction is a non-invasive dental procedure that can be carried out at short notice by any trained dentist. This type of Dentistry procedure / treatment is relatively affordable, especially in Calle los Almendros. Mainly because the skill set and experience required by the specialist doesn't need to be as extensive as it may be for other procedures. For Tooth Extraction, photos are required for the specialist to review prior to treatment.
Recovery is fast, with just minor discomfort to be expected, which may take a day or two to completely go away, but generally, you can expect to get on with your day immediately after Tooth Extraction. Forms of aftercare may include avoiding eating a few hours after and avoid consuming drinks that may stain your teeth like coffee or red wine.
Unless you opt for more dental procedures after, you are free to leave Calle los Almendros right away. Considering the high success rate of this dental treatment, complications are rare and when they do occur it's mostly just prolonged soreness and swelling of the gum and surrounding area or increased sensitivity on the teeth. If this continues or the pain becomes too much, you can go back to the dentist who may prescribe additional painkillers and meds to help combat the pain.
Whilst the information presented here has been accurately sourced and verified by a medical professional for its accuracy, it is still advised to consult with your doctor before pursuing a medical treatment at one of the listed medical providers. This content was last updated on 03/02/2023.
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'The Hangover Part II' Review
Now that the lawsuit by Mike Tyson's tattoo artist has failed to halt its release, the sequel to "The Hangover" can proceed to roof the box office and have its way with our eyeballs (what?). But is it any good? Will it inspire as many drunken best man speeches? Are there any masturbating baby jokes? Read on.
Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis are shown in a scene from "The Hangover Part II." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures) CHRISTY LEMIRE, AP Movie Critic--It's hard to imagine a more half-assed attempt at cashing in a second time than "The Hangover Part II." Seriously, it feels like the script was pieced together with the help of Mad Libs, with only slightly different and raunchier details replacing those that helped the original "Hangover" from 2009 become the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time (it made more than $467 million worldwide).
But so much of the allure of that first film was the novelty of the premise, the unpredictability of the adventures, and the sense that we, too, were wandering in a daze, helping solve the mystery of the debauched night before. Despite their throbbing heads and increasing sense of panic, these guys clearly had a blast, and they made us wish we could have joined them. That sequence where the motley group of friends wakes up in a fog and surveys the damage in a trashed Las Vegas hotel suite is a brilliant and efficient little piece of storytelling, full of clever details and meticulous production design. Director Todd Phillips, who also co-wrote the script this time (along with Craig Mazin and Scot Armstrong), apparently thought so, too. That's just one of many gags from the first film that are repeated in "The Hangover Part II." Giving the people what they want is one thing. Making nearly the exact same movie a second time, but shifting the setting to Thailand, is just ... what, lazy? Arrogant? Maybe a combination of the two.
(AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures) Instead of finding a baby in their hotel room, the guys find a chain-smoking, drug-running capuchin monkey. Instead of waking up with a missing tooth, Ed Helms' mild-mannered dentist character, Stu, wakes up with a facial tattoo. Instead of bursting into song at the piano to sum up how horrible the situation is, Stu bursts into song with an acoustic guitar. And instead of having sex with a hooker with a heart of gold, Stu does it with ... well, we won't tell you. Suffice it to say, this is Thailand, so it's not that huge of a shock. Bradley Cooper is also back as the group's de facto leader, the arrogant Phil, as is Zach Galifianakis as the passive aggressive man-child Alan. Galifianakis' dark, off-kilter shtick made him the breakout star of the original film, and while he gets many of the best lines here, he's also even more infuriating.
Justin Bartha is along, too, but just barely; as Doug, the groom in the first film, he was missing the entire time. In the sequel, he remains safely ensconced at the group's luxury seaside resort, so he misses out on yet another wild night. While there's less of him, there's also more of Ken Jeong's character, the obnoxious, effeminate gangster, Mr. Chow. He was the weakest part of the first "Hangover" and gets even more face time here, with no improvement. They're all there for the wedding of Stu and the beautiful Lauren (Jamie Chung) in her parents' home country. He insists he doesn't want the kind of crazy bachelor party that resulted when Doug got married, but he gives in and agrees to have one beer in a sealed container on the beach with his friends. Joining them is Lauren's younger brother, Teddy (Mason Lee), a 16-year-old Stanford pre-med student and cello prodigy. Naturally, the guys all wake up in the squalor of a Bangkok hotel (shot in a tangible, grimy steaminess by Lawrence Sher), absolutely blanking as to what they did the previous night. Again. And yes, that word appears a lot in the script, as in: "I can't believe this is happening again!" We can. --BY CHRISTY LEMIRE, AP Movie Critic


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New York in the World
Join us Sunday, February 16 for an encore presentation of New York in the World. This documentary brings you stories of union workers in Buffalo, fashion designers in New York City, and farmers in the Finger Lakes - all talking about how they've found a place amid today's new economic realities.
From Niagara Falls to Long Island, from the North Country to the Southern Tier, Upstate, Downstate... we are nearly twenty million.
The concerns we New Yorkers voice about our lives and future are shared by Americans across the country. But New York is special. In this era of globalization, no other state has benefited as much - and suffered as much - as New York. From the bonuses, bailouts and wealth on Wall Street - to the remains of once mighty manufacturing industries in much of the rest of the state... This is New York in the World: our lives, our future.
This documentary, "New York in the World" with Garrick Utley is a production of WRVO Public Media. For more information or to listen to the program, visit the New York in the World program page.


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Josep Tello Gonzalez is a Spanish agency artist who is best known for his comics starring Disney's 'Mickey Mouse' and 'Goofy'. Born in Barcelona, Tello began his career assisting his neighbour, the artist Boixcar, on his realistic comics. He went to London in 1966 and began an association with the Fleetway agency. He returned to Barcelona after only one year, but continued to work for Fleetway's collection of World War II comics for the rest of the 60s. He drew horror comics for Charlton during the same period.
Tello began his association with the Danish publishing house Gutenberghus (now Egmont) through Antonio Gil-Bao in 1971. He became the publisher's leading 'Mickey Mouse' and 'Goofy' artist in the 1970s, drawing a great many stories for the Danish Disney magazine Anders And & Co. An increasing demand for Disney comics led to the foundation of Tello Art in 1983. Tello assembled a large team of artists around him to draw stories, while he himself concentrated on posters, covers, games and promotional material.
Artists that have worked through Tello Art are Toni Bancells, Fernando Güell, Ignasi Calvet Estéban, Joaquín Cañizares Sanchez, José Colomer Fonts, Carlos Grangel, José Maria Millet Lopez, Juan Manuel Muñoz Chueca, Juan Torres Perez, Julio Antonio Ramos Poquí, Miguel Fernandez Martinez, Pedro Alférez Canos, Tino Santanach Hernandez and Xavier Vives Mateu.


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Old & New: Pairing Antique Dining Tables with Contemporary Chairs
We have all seen the eclectic look of rustic farmhouse tables with modern chairs. But what about a more polished and formal dining tables? How would such a table look with chairs from a different era?
Our dining room chairs, antique balloon back chairs we snagged at an auction, are on their last legs. They are unstable and not very comfortable for lingering around the table. I still love them but think I would rather scatter them through the house as occasional chairs. But I have no intention of getting rid of my table, which is a 200-year-old mahogany antique that extends with a hand crank! It's one-of-a-kind. And I love that it is so old and so beautiful and so meticulously constructed. So, now it's time to find modern or contemporary chairs. Or is it?
1 Houzz. Here, a formal and feminine dining table is paired with Bertoia chairs for a wonderfully eclectic and light look.
2 Houzz. This table looks almost identical to mine. The chairs do not look new; however, their lines are quite modern looking and they have been reupholstered in a very un-stodgy fabric. Perhaps it is best to stick with something like this?
3 House to Home. This stunning antique pedestal table is paired with a bright, colorful and eclectic bunch of chairs. The look is very lovely, though perhaps wouldn't work quite so well with a rectangular table that needs to serve as a regular eating space?
4 Elle Decor. Wegner wishbone chairs are a nice match for this delicate and refined table.
5 Desire to Inspire. Here a rather ornate and old-fashioned dining room table is paired with chairs that look comfortable and sturdy but are also very streamlined and modern, providing a nice contrast with the intricate patterns of the table.
6 Visual Vamp. A traditional table (possibly antique and laquered or maybe a repro) looks cool with these funky tulip chairs.
7 Lonny via La Dolce Vita . The big contemporary and cozy armchairs are appealing, though probably too big for our space. The contrast is nice but I wonder if the big armchairs overwhelm the space?
8 Dwellers Without Decorators. This blogger chose to pair her formal pedestal table with your basic contemporary chairs, which do look comfortable and practical, though I think I would lean for more modern and less "contemporary."
9 Visual Vamp. A traditional dining table looks terrific with these playful Panton chairs. A very fun combination.
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Location: Bizarro World, Clearly
In what other community would rotten treatment be construed as part of a utopian dream? In reading recent posts about sim-closings over at New World Notes, I detect an evangelism that has all but vanished in academic circles whenever SL comes up as topic.
I'll keep an eye on Fearzom and my old parcel, maybe even do a walking tour since sim crossings no longer work well enough for a road trip. It's interesting what denial can do for a former darling of the mass media.
To quote a CEO in Bizarro World, "me lose customers and business! Company do great!"


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WASHINGTON — A proposal to collect unpaid taxes from illegal immigrants, introduced in hopes of gaining Republican support for legislation to provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million people, could complicate efforts to pass the bill, according to some analysts.
The Senate begins debate this week.
The amendment, authored by Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, would require illegal immigrants to pay any back taxes before applying for citizenship. Hatch is in a powerful position to sway other conservatives and he has said he would walk away from the bill if his "reasonable" amendment is not included.
Significantly, Senator Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican who is a key figure in the immigration debate, has said he supports Hatch on the issue. "We strongly support Senator Hatch's amendments to address the finance issues in the legislation," Rubio spokesman Alex Conant said.
But critics said the amendment could hamper efforts to pass the bill. They said it is unrealistic to think that an illegal immigrant who worked in the underground economy would be able to calculate unpaid taxes and pay potentially huge amounts to the government.
Senator Charles Schumer, the New York Democrat, said the measure was impractical. He said an illegal immigrant might say, "I don't know what my back taxes are. I've worked for 12 years for these eight companies. Four of the companies paid me in cash."
Sixty-one percent of the nation's illegal immigrant population that arrived after 2001 works in the "underground economy," according to a 2009 Social Security Administration study, meaning they have no Social Security numbers.
These immigrants often receive wages in cash from a different employer at the end of each day and rarely pay income or Social Security taxes. The task of calculating and providing proof of what they owe may be too onerous and deter them from emerging from the underground, according to immigration advocates.
"Think about the day laborer who works day to day, going job to job, going back and trying to reconstruct their employment history in a way that would create a credible tax filing," said Marshall Fitz, immigration policy director at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. "It's not realistic."
According to the Immigrant Learning Center in Boston, the top five most popular jobs for immigrants living in Massachusetts range from low-wage day-labor jobs such as building maintenance and manufacturing to high-skilled salaried jobs in the tech sector and health care. As a result, there are likely to be "huge inconsistencies" in the employment histories of undocumented immigrants without Social Security numbers, according to Paul Watanabe, director of the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Immigration advocates in Massachusetts are split on the issue.
Eva Millona, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, welcomed the provision, saying that many Massachusetts immigrants already pay their taxes, often through a tax ID number.
Although data do not reveal what percentage of immigrants pay their taxes, families with an immigrant head of the household paid $1.36 billion in Massachusetts state income taxes in 2009, according to a study by UMass-Boston.
"I think we are at a very historic moment. Landmark legislation is about to pass, and we understand it is a compromise," Millona said.
Rocio Saenz, president of the State Employees International Union 615 in Boston, said she opposes a back taxes amendment, but would not pull her support from the immigration bill if it was included.
"When you impose these back taxes and fees, it really makes it impossible for eligible immigrants to earn their legal status," Saenz said. "We are hoping to see that we continue a path to making it real and affordable and reasonable."
The citizenship seekers would not only need to pay back their income taxes but would also be accountable for seeing that their Social Security taxes, also known as payroll taxes, have been paid, a cost usually shared between employer and employee.
That is a problem because immigrants may have a hard time tracking down past employers and seeing that they pay their share, because employers may not be willing to disclose to the government that they hired an undocumented worker, according to Sharon Parrott, vice president for budget policy and economic opportunity at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research and policy institute in Washington.
Some Republican supporters of the legislation signaled they have concerns about the back-taxes amendment but have left the door open for negotiation.
"I think there's going to be a lot of back and forth and a lot of compromises made with a piece of legislation like this, so I can't commit," said Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican. "We would certainly like to have Senator Hatch, but we'd like to have a lot of other people, too."
Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said he wants to be sure that collecting immigrant taxes will not cost the Treasury more than it takes in.
"I don't mind putting a burden on people, but I want it to be an achievable burden and it be something that the system could absorb," said Graham.
Correction: Because of a reporting error, an earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Rocio Saenz's position on the immigration bill if it included a back taxes provision. While she opposes the amendment, she would not pull her support from the bill if it were included.


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WMO hosted the first Symposium and User Summit of the Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS), one of the recent initiatives of the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Programme, from 13 to 15 November in Geneva.
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Nimbus is part of dev.globus
To gain committer status and rights to the git repository, you need to be accepted into the project (via voting) and join the dev.globus community.
You can still contribute without this voting process and many do. All that is necessary is that you sign a contributor's license which allows us to freely distribute your contributions. Your git author information is preserved in the repository, you just don't have free reign in this situation.
Nimbus used to be known as "Virtual Workspaces" or the "Workspace Service" (which is just one Nimbus component). This is why the dev.globus Virtual Workspaces page is named like that.
Incubator Status
"Virtual Workspaces is an effort undergoing incubation at Globus. Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful Globus projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by Globus."


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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating Google's Motorola Mobility unit to determine whether it is stifling innovation in the mobile market by refusing to license certain patents to its competitors, according to published reports.
The FTC's formal probe focuses on pledges Motorola Mobility has made to license to other companies on fair terms industry-standard mobile technology it owns, Bloomberg reports.
The FTC sent Google the civil investigative demand because the agency is concerned about the antitrust implications of Motorola Mobility's licensing of this technology, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Google recently closed its US$12.5 billion Motorola Mobility acquisition after the U.S. Justice Department and other regulatory agencies gave the deal a green light.
The Journal and Bloomberg, which attributed the information in their articles to anonymous sources, received a statement from Google saying that the company takes its "commitments to license on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms very seriously and are happy to answer any questions."
According to Bloomberg, the FTC is also seeking information from Microsoft, Apple, and others about Google's intentions to license some specific mobile technologies on fair and reasonable terms.
Juan Carlos Perez covers enterprise communication/collaboration suites, operating systems, browsers and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Juan on Twitter at @JuanCPerezIDG.


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For too many New Jerseyans, addiction begins in the medicine cabinet.
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has developed Project Medicine Drop as an important component of its effort to halt the abuse and diversion of prescription drugs. It allows consumers to dispose of unused and expired medications anonymously, seven days a week, 365 days a year, at "prescription drug drop boxes" located within the headquarters of participating police departments.
Each Project Medicine Drop box is installed indoors, affixed to the floor or wall in a secure area within police department headquarters, within view of law enforcement officers, in an area to which members of the public may be admitted to dispose of their unused medications. Their prominent "Project Medicine Drop" logos make the boxes highly visible and recognizable.
This initiative builds on the success of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's National Take Back Initiative, and the American Medicine Chest Challenge, which is sponsored in New Jersey by the DEA, Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey, and Sheriffs' Association of New Jersey. Both programs provide single-day opportunities to drop off unused medications at pre-identified, secure locations.
Project Medicine Drop provides the opportunity to discard unused prescription medications every day throughout the year. The participating police agencies maintain custody of the deposited drugs, and dispose of them according to their normal procedures for the custody and destruction of controlled dangerous substances. They report the quantity of discarded drugs to the Division of Consumer Affairs on a quarterly basis.
The Division plans to expand the program in 2015, to include police departments in each of New Jersey's 21 counties.
The facts and statistics about prescription drug abuse are staggering:
- Every day, 40 Americans die from an overdose caused by prescription painkiller abuse, according to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control. Overdoses of opioid prescription drugs now kill more people in the U.S. than heroin and cocaine combined.
- Two in five teenagers mistakenly believe prescription drugs are "much safer" than illegal drugs, according to the DEA, and three in 10 teens mistakenly believe prescription painkillers are not addictive.
- In the United States, every day 2,500 youths take a prescription pain reliever for the purpose of getting high for the very first time, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
- The US Drug Enforcement Administration reports that prescription drugs, including opioids and antidepressants, are responsible for more overdose deaths than "street drugs" such as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines.
- The number of American teenagers and adults who abuse prescription drugs is greater than those who use cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined, according to the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, compiled by the US Department of Health and Senior Services.
- In June 2011, the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation reported that a growing number of young people are abusing prescription drugs, and noted a significant trend in which the practice has led to increases, not only in the number of young people addicted to painkillers, but to the number of young people using heroin as well.


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AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TomTom today launches its new Location Based Services (LBS) Platform and Developer Portal. TomTom LBS provides developers with the content and tools to rapidly create location-enabled applications for a variety of commercial and consumer markets. Example apps that can be created include fleet management, route planning, traffic management and geospatial analysis.
The cloud-based LBS Platform enables businesses to access TomTom's high quality location and navigation services including map display, routing, traffic and geocoding. In addition, the TomTom Developer Portal gives developers easy to use tools to build web and mobile apps using simple application programming interfaces (APIs) and Software Developer Kits (SDKs), with all supporting documentation.
"In response to the increasing demand for top quality data and services, TomTom is offering a comprehensive, easy to use solution for adding location intelligence to applications," said Dan Adams, vice president of Location and Live Services at TomTom. "The launch of the TomTom LBS Platform is an important evolution. Now we can provide application developers with web-based access to high-quality location content worldwide."
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The TomTom LBS Platform and Developer Portal will grow in capabilities over time and currently includes the following content and services:
Map Toolkit API providing access to:
- Map display web service, which delivers WMS-style raster maps based on TomTom's flagship MultiNet map database. Tiles are pre-rendered at 18 zoom levels, ranging from a single global tile to 305x305 meter detailed map images.
- Geocoding web service, enabling both free text forward geocoding (find a location by entering an unstructured address, place or POI) and reverse geocoding (identify a location from a pair of latitude and longitude coordinates).
- Routing web service, which provides highly accurate point to point routing and route re-calculation using TomTom's best-in-class algorithms.
- Traffic web service, using TomTom's award winning HD Traffic to deliver real-time traffic incident and delay information.
- Downloadable iOS, Android, and JavaScript software development kits (SDKs) to efficiently develop location based applications using TomTom APIs.
- Cloud-based performance and scalability, giving developers around the world 24x7 access to TomTom's content and services.
- Management tools that make it easy for developers to track usage.
The LBS Platform and Developer Portal, including a free evaluation API key, can be accessed via developer.tomtom.com. To learn more about TomTom's data products and services including MultiNet and HD Traffic, visit tomtom.com/en_gb/licensing.
About TomTom
Founded in 1991, TomTom (AEX: TOM2) is a leading provider of navigation and location-based products and services.
TomTom maps, traffic information and navigation technology power automotive in-dash systems, mobile devices, web based applications and government and business solutions.
TomTom also designs and manufactures its own location-based products including portable navigation devices and fleet management solutions, as well as GPS-enabled sports watches.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom has 3,500 employees worldwide and sells its products in over 35 countries.
For further information, please visit www.tomtom.com


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Over the past several years, in the wake of corporate missteps that have taken a toll on shareholders and communities alike, we've heard plenty about how boards of directors should have been more responsible stewards. Corporate watchdogs, investors and analysts, members of the media, regulators, and pundits have proposed guidelines and new practices. But one voice has been notably missing from this chorus—and it belongs to the constituency that knows boards and their failings best. It's the voice of the CEO.
There are reasons for this silence from the chief executive camp. Few CEOs volunteer their views publicly; they know they'd risk looking presumptuous and becoming a target. They realize it would be foolhardy to draw attention to their own governance dysfunctions or seem to reveal boardroom confidences. Meanwhile, people who do make it their business to speak out on governance haven't made much effort to elicit CEOs' views. Extreme cases of CEO misconduct have created skepticism about whether CEOs can help fix faulty governance—a dangerous overreaction. Many observers, having seen grandiose, greedy, and corrupt CEOs protected by inattentive or complicit directors, consider excessive CEO influence on boards to be part of the problem. Others may lack the access to CEOs and the level of trust needed for frank conversations. Whatever the reasons, the omission is unfortunate. Not only do CEOs have enormous experience to draw on, but their views are the ones boards are most likely to heed.
We recently tapped our networks to bring CEOs' opinions to light. We talked to dozens of well-regarded veteran chief executives, focusing on people with no particular reason to resent boards—we didn't want bitterness or self-justification to color the findings. We wanted to know: What keeps a board from being as effective as it could be? Is it really the cartoon millstone around the CEO's neck, or does it have a positive influence on the enterprise? What can a board do to become a true strategic asset?
We were surprised by the candor of the responses—even given our comfortable relationships with the CEOs and our assurances that quotes would not be attributed without express permission. Clearly, CEOs believe it is important to address problems and opportunities they're uniquely positioned to observe. They know that their strategic visions and personal legacies can be undone by bad governance, and they have plenty to say on the subject. We've distilled their comments into five overarching pieces of advice for boards.
Don't Shun Risk or See It in Personal Terms
In theory, a board should serve as a check on a "cowboy CEO," as one executive puts it. In reality, it can rein in boldness too tightly. CEOs complain that boards often lack the intestinal fortitude for the level of risk taking that healthy growth requires. "Board members are supposed to bring long-term prudence to a company," as one CEO says, but this often translates to protecting the status quo and suppressing the bold thinking about reinvention that enterprises need when strategic contexts shift.
Conservatism tends to grow with the scale of the enterprise, and it should be noted that all the executives we interviewed serve in large corporations. One CEO described how the thinking in his software firm's boardroom changed over the years: "As a very young company, we did things early on that, had they not succeeded, would have led to our failure. The board embraced those as ambitious things to do. But recently we explored a couple of things that would be very high risk and decided not to pursue them. Because we've grown, the risk-reward envelope has changed shape, and there's a lot more value at stake."
"If you don't take the time and effort to learn the business, I can't really have a dialogue with you."
CEOs are especially frustrated when directors' risk aversion is driven by fears of bad press. They note that the rise in stakeholder and proxy-analyst pressures has made directors sensitive to any decision that might provoke a negative reaction from the media, proxy-advisory firms, institutional analysts, or activist investors. One CEO recalled that during a discussion about a merger, a director "pointed out that the company was front-page news for other reasons, and that a consolidation would likely fuel further media attention." Another CEO stated the problem baldly: "The risk appetite is out of balance. We're wasting time on image topics when we need that time to debate business issues."
The most surprising criticism we heard is that directors too often put self-interest and self-preservation ahead of shareholder interests. One CEO told us, "They like their board seats—it gives them some prestige. They can be reluctant to consider recapitalization, going private, or merging—'Don't you know, we might lose our board positions!' I have been shocked by board members' saying, 'That would be an interesting thing to do, but what about us?'" Another CEO recalled, "In one situation, we had a merger not go through because of who was going to get what number of board seats." He shook his head. "It is still the most astounding conversation of my life."
"The risk appetite is out of balance. We're wasting time on image topics when we need that time to debate business issues."
As Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes puts it, "If directors join a board because of status or reputation or are risk-averse because of legal liability, then they are not as interested in making money—and to that extent, they don't represent the interests of the shareholders." For your business to thrive, he emphasizes, "You need to make sure both management and the board are always focused on long-term shareholder value."
Former SEC chairman and Aetna CEO William Donaldson pushes that point even further. One of the most important functions of the board, he says, "is to insulate the CEO from short-term considerations." Although he acknowledges that "you can't shout in the pages of the Wall Street Journal" that the board is looking out for more than just the profit motive of today's shareholders, directors still have a responsibility to provide air cover for management decisions that look beyond the next quarter's, or even the next year's, earnings.
Do the Homework, and Stay Consistently Plugged In
It's basic table stakes: No one should accept a director role unless he or she is willing to thoroughly prepare for boardroom discussions. Well beyond reading the briefing books sent out a week or more before meetings, directors should make sure they understand the workings of the company and stay abreast of industry developments. As one CEO says, "If you don't take the time and effort to learn the business, I can't really have a dialogue with you."
CEOs recognize that they have a responsibility to keep directors in the know. Formal board minutes are sparse and legalistic and can't be counted on to trigger memories of earlier board discussions and conclusions. It's easy to lose the continuity of thought from meeting to meeting. After board members at DirecTV told the new CEO, Mike White, that they wanted more communication between their regularly scheduled meetings, he began sending an update letter in the middle of each quarter. And he doesn't hesitate to pick up the phone. "If I am dealing with a highly sensitive subject, I'll call the lead director," he says. "Compensation issues are increasingly a big deal; when one comes up, I'll talk to the HR committee to make sure we are on the same page." All this between-meetings communication is necessary, he believes, because "it's a complex, complicated business." Another CEO sends a weekly Sunday morning e-mail to directors. "It's informal—I don't worry about getting grammar exactly right," he explains. "I just want them to know what's on my mind."
"The board is a social entity…The longer individuals are there, the more allies they have, the more they have their dislikes, the more irrational they become in terms of personal conflict."
There are dangers, however, in having boards rely too heavily on management for the knowledge they need. As Jeff Bewkes says, "With most topics, management can overwhelm the board with the facts—but that doesn't mean management is right." He advocates "a corps of well-informed directors" so that management doesn't have to carry the burden of keeping the board up to speed. "When the board has a collective sense of the issues, it can discipline the discussion," he explains.
William Lauder, the chairman of Estée Lauder, cautions that when a company is facing a big decision, it may be wise to give directors extra time to conduct due diligence and to deliberate. "With key decisions, we're not going to present an idea and ask for resolution in the same cycle," he says. "We'll let the board know our thoughts and allow for conversation and discussion." The decision might be made at the following board meeting—"or maybe the issue gets deferred until our next meeting, and we discuss it again."
Bring Character and Credentials, Not Celebrity, to the Table
Governance cynics often presume that if left to their own devices, CEOs would pack the board with like-minded cronies. But the leaders we interviewed don't want a board populated by their golf buddies. They recognize that diversity is required in order to bring perspective and specialized knowledge to bear on important deliberations. As the former McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner says, "It's important to have directors from outside the company with different skill sets."
Achieving the ideal mix isn't easy. Many CEOs wish that more of their fellow chief executives were available to serve on other companies' boards. "CEOs may not be fashionable these days," one says, conceding that the public's trust in corporate chiefs has declined. "But they make great directors; they understand short-term blips, SEC investigations, media tricks, and other situations CEOs face. They have been through a lot of these things themselves and have great perspective." He paints a sorry picture of boards stocked only with "academics, money guys, number twos, and HR people," who, in his experience, don't have the same "ability to synthesize."
"Board members should police one another. It's difficult when you make the CEO accountable for dealing with disruptive personalities."
One challenge is that current CEOs struggle to give other boards sufficient attention. That leaves former CEOs, who, although usually very valuable, sometimes behave in disruptive ways. We heard about retired CEOs who became overinvolved with management and generally acted as if they hoped to regain a lost sense of power and glory. (Not surprisingly, we also heard the opinion that any board members interested in being considered for the CEO role themselves should step down.)
CEOs complain about the "celebrity director"—the unengaged board member whose main contribution is star power. They argue that a marquee name on the board has a tiny marginal impact on overall corporate image. One executive commented, "More likely, directors get a certain amount of prestige and social standing by saying they're on our board."
But although celebrity directors are becoming less common, another group that CEOs are wary of is on the rise: "professional directors," who've retired from full-time employment. By some estimates, about a third of new board members fall into this category, and the concern is that their first interest is the preservation of their board seats. "You want it to be a minority group that is doing it for the income," one CEO says.
We heard a number of other wishes about board composition. "I'd like to see younger, more digitally savvy directors," one leader commented, voicing a common desire. But CEOs point out that they have limited ability to improve the mix of their boards, because it's extremely difficult to get board members to leave. Asking directors to vacate their seats can be unpleasant; we heard about explosive anger and vindictive behavior, including spreading stories damaging to the firm, the CEO, or other directors. One CEO marveled at his board's constant attempts to circumvent the company's 15-year limit on director tenure; he routinely had to urge directors to "change the rule or abide by the rule." He was stunned when one of the directors who had lobbied for term limits confided, "My term was up, but they wanted to make a resolution to get me to stay!"
Constructively Challenge Strategy
There is a common perception among shareholder activists and members of the public that CEOs demand rubber-stamp approval of their plans and resent pushback. But CEOs say the opposite is true. They are disappointed by the absence of energetic debate in the boardroom.
One reason such debate is lacking is that conflict aversion sets in. On the one hand, that's surprising, given that the room is full of opinionated, powerful people; on the other hand, it fits with what we know about the psychology of teams. A fraternity culture can easily take hold in the boardroom, suppressing discussion and disagreement. As one CEO describes the phenomenon, "In the boardroom, the thinking is: You have to be equal. Don't be overwhelming or dominant, don't hurt feelings, and don't take someone's chair. It's all about getting along." A board's biggest challenge, Jeff Bewkes says, is "to strike the right balance between the necessities for collegiality and for the board to function effectively as a team. You want to deal with multiple points of view and not make it hard for people to express their views, but you don't want to have overpronounced collegiality that allows any person to dominate."
"I'd like to see younger, more digitally savvy directors."
A habit CEOs don't appreciate is when directors take their opinions outside the open boardroom discussions, where they can't be contrasted and integrated with other views. One CEO described a director—a former CEO—who always dropped in on him after board meetings, often trying to overturn a decision or divert the direction the board was taking.
Of course, the other extreme—needlessly aggressive discussions in the boardroom—isn't ideal either. And it happens more frequently than you might think. We heard about one director who stormed out of many board meetings "on principle." He "prided himself on raising difficult subjects, but he wasn't willing to have a debate," the CEO recalled.
William Donaldson has thought a fair bit about "what's really going on in that boardroom." Frustrated with the superficial thinking of the "cottage industry" that has grown up around governance, he says, "The most important part is the least examined: The board is a social entity. And the human beings on it—they act like human beings do in groups. The longer individuals are there, the more allies they have, the more they have their dislikes, the more irrational they become in terms of personal conflict." He's amazed that more work has not been done to illuminate "the social contract within a board."
Worst of all is when outspoken comments are completely unconstructive, focused on rehashing past mistakes or otherwise unrelated to the questions on the table. As another CEO colorfully put it, "We don't need directors on the sidelines saying, 'Oh, you missed the shot. You should've stayed in Cleveland.'" Little wonder that yet another executive expressed this wish: "Board members should police one another. It's difficult when you make the CEO accountable for dealing with disruptive personalities."
Instead of aggressively advocating a point of view, directors should ask probing questions, CEOs say. One CEO recalled a director's weighing in on a proposed acquisition in an adjacent market space by wondering aloud whether the company had the skills to succeed in that market. "His question provoked a better decision," the CEO said. In another case a CEO walked into a board meeting convinced that two independent business units should be merged, but thought better of the idea after one director asked, "If you do this, is there any way to undo it?" By the end of the discussion the CEO found himself unwilling to risk a "messy divorce" down the road. The director said, "Aren't you the one proposing the change?" But the CEO felt no need to stick to his original position. "The purpose of these meetings is to review and critique, so I am no longer recommending the deal," he replied.
"You want it to be a minority group that is doing it for the income."
Naturally, CEOs come to their boards prepared to defend their own carefully considered opinions. But they really do want important decisions to emerge from intelligent stress testing—if only because that will help forge mutual conviction. A rubber stamp might be expedient in the short term, they say, but a casual "sounds like a great idea" won't have enough tread for a longer journey. The payoff from constructive conflict, one CEO points out, is that "it's their decision, too—and you hope they'll have your back when the vultures come around."
Make Succession Transitions Less Awkward, Not More So
No inquiry into CEOs and board tensions would be complete without a look at succession—an inherently fraught process, often made more so by undisciplined proceedings and awkward communication. CEOs, necessarily limited in their ability to manage it, are acutely frustrated when boards fall short in this most visible and high-impact responsibility.
Not surprisingly, CEOs are particularly critical of instances when a board makes an intemperate decision to oust a chief executive. In recent years a number of successful, visionary leaders, including the Gap's Mickey Drexler, JetBlue's David Neeleman, and Motorola's Chris Galvin, have been fired by their boards—and in each case the CEO was blindsided, with no chance to address the loss of faith by a board that didn't even allow a group discussion. Thus can a board inflict more-profound damage on a corporation than its most ferocious competitor or regulator.
For the most part, however, those we spoke with had not experienced such boardroom intrigue, and they focused on the general need for more-orderly succession processes. These executives are committed to cultivating a leadership pipeline and developing capable successors within the organization. "As CEO, you have an opportunity to understand what insiders have done and what they need to do to fill out their portfolios," one notes. Leaders stress the importance of giving the board a good look at the company's rising talent. At his firm's annual meeting, one CEO told us, "Every managing director from our 12 markets comes in to make a 20-minute cameo. These are 35- or 40-year-olds we're grooming, and when I do the succession review, the board knows who they are."
Having paid such careful attention to the internal pipeline, CEOs are impatient with boards' tendencies to fall in love with external candidates. It's easy to understand why that happens: The board has spent enough time with inside prospects to see them "warts and all," but in limited interviews, outside candidates can appear flawless. CEOs are dismayed that boards don't take account of this obvious illusion, and they wish for a more reasoned, thoughtful process that would take advantage of their knowledge and expertise. Every board is different. If you serve on one, some of these comments may strike close to home; others may not. As we listened to CEOs and reviewed our transcripts looking for patterns, we identified three important takeaways.
First, contrary to what some critics believe, CEOs do not want to keep their boards in the dark or to chip away at directors' power. They recognize that they and their shareholders will get more value if the partnership at the top is strong. Great CEOs know that if governance isn't working, it's everyone's job to figure out why and to fix it.
Second, most boards aren't working as well as they should—and it's not clear that any of the systemic reforms that have been proposed will remedy matters. Although governed by bylaws and legal responsibilities, interactions between CEOs and directors are still personal, and improving them often requires the sorts of honest, direct, and sometimes awkward conversations that serve to ease tensions in any personal relationship. When strong relationships are in place, it becomes easier for CEOs to speak candidly about problems—for example, if the board isn't adding enough value to decision making, or if individual directors are unconstructive or overly skeptical. For their part, directors should be clear about what they want—whether it's less protocol and fewer dog and pony shows or more transparency, communication, and receptivity to constructive criticism.
Third, the best leadership partnerships are forged where there is mutual respect, energetic commitment to the future success of the enterprise, and strong bonds of trust. A great board does not adopt an adversarial, "show me" posture toward management and its plans. Nor does it see its power as consisting mainly of checks and balances on the CEO's agenda. Great boards support smart entrepreneurial risk taking with prudent oversight, wise counsel, and encouragement.
Our conversations showed us that the CEO–board relationship is more complicated and nuanced than the standard debates about corporate governance recognize. Undoubtedly, those debates will continue. We end, therefore, with advice to the experts and advisers seeking to improve board performance. Turn the focus to the human level—to "what's really going on in that boardroom," in William Donaldson's phrase. And listen to every informed perspective on what goes on there, including the CEO's.


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