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Governor Brown's Transportation May Revision Summary
The Transportation Agency is responsible for developing and coordinating the policies and programs of the state's transportation entities to improve the mobility, safety, and environmental sustainability of California's transportation system. The Department of Transportation (Caltrans) designs and oversees the construction of state highways,
operates and maintains the highway system, operates three intercity passenger rail routes
(nearly 900 miles of track), and provides funding for local transportation projects. Caltrans maintains 50,000 lane miles of state and federal highways and nearly 13,000 state‑owned bridges, and inspects more than 400 public‑use and special‑use airports and heliports.
California continues to face considerable challenges in funding critical maintenance and repair of its core transportation infrastructure — state highways, local roads, and bridges. Over the last decade, transportation funding has been directed primarily to decreasing traffic congestion, expediting goods movement, funding local streets and roads projects, and increasing transit facilities. While the repair, maintenance, and efficient operation of the state's highway system are important to California's continued economic growth, current resources do not sufficiently fund the system's annual maintenance and repair needs. Of the $8 billion in annual highway repair needs, the current fuel excise tax revenues are only sufficient to fund $2.3 billion, leaving $5.7 billion in unfunded repairs each year based on recent assessments of the state's deferred maintenance.
The Governor's Budget outlined a package of additional funding for state and local transportation priorities along with key program reforms. The package includes a combination of new revenues, additional investments of Cap and Trade auction proceeds, accelerated loan repayments, Caltrans efficiencies and streamlined project delivery, accountability measures, and constitutional protections for the new revenues. The proposed new revenues are split evenly between state and local transportation priorities, and the ten‑year funding plan provides a total of $36 billion for transportation with an emphasis on a "fix‑it first" strategy that focuses on repairing and maintaining the existing transportation infrastructure. It also includes significant investments in public transit. Specifically, the proposal includes annualized resources as follows:
• Road Improvement Charge — $2 billion from a new $65 fee on all vehicles, including hybrids and electrics.
• Stabilize Gasoline Excise Tax — $500 million by setting the gasoline excise tax beginning in 2017‑18 at the historical average of 18 cents and eliminating the current annual adjustments. The broader gasoline tax would then be adjusted annually for inflation to maintain purchasing power.
• Diesel Excise Tax — $500 million from an 11‑cent increase in the diesel excise tax beginning in 2017‑18. This tax would also be adjusted annually for inflation to maintain purchasing power.
• Cap and Trade — $500 million in additional Cap and Trade proceeds.
• Caltrans Efficiencies — $100 million in cost‑saving reforms.
• Accelerated Loan Repayments — $879 million in loan repayments over the next four years to be used for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, trade corridor improvements, and repairs on local roads and the state highway system. The Legislature has already adopted the first year's repayment of $173 million.
Over the next ten years, the $36 billion transportation package will provide $16.2 billion for highway repairs and maintenance, and invest $2.3 billion in the state's trade corridors. Local roads will receive more than $13.5 billion in new funding. Transit and intercity rail will receive over $4 billion in additional funding. Because the state's disadvantaged communities are often located in areas affected by poor air quality, a minimum of $2 billion (50 percent) of these transit and rail funds will be spent on projects that benefit these communities.
In addition to accelerated loan repayments of $173 million already adopted by the Legislature, the Governor's Budget reflected partial first‑year resources from the transportation package of nearly $1.6 billion, which will be distributed as follows:
• Local Streets and Roads — An increase of $342 million in Shared Revenues to be allocated by the Controller to cities and counties for local road maintenance according to existing statutory formulas.
• Low Carbon Road Program — $100 million Cap and Trade for Caltrans to implement a new Low Carbon Road Program for local projects that encourage active transportation such as bicycling and walking, and other carbon‑reducing road investments, with at least 50 percent of the funds directed to benefit disadvantaged communities.
• Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program — An increase of $400 million Cap and Trade for transit capital investments that provide greenhouse gas reductions, with at least 50 percent of the funds directed to benefit disadvantaged communities.
• Highway Repairs and Maintenance — An increase of $510 million for Caltrans to fund repairs and maintenance on the state highway system.
• Trade Corridor Improvements — An increase of $200 million for Caltrans to fund projects along the state's major trade corridors, providing ongoing funding for a program originally established with $2 billion in one‑time Proposition 1B bond funding. Trade corridors will also receive additional federal funding as described below as part of the May Revision.
In addition to new funding, the Governor's transportation funding package includes language that would eliminate unpredictable fluctuations in fuel tax revenues that have occurred in recent years. These changes in revenue make it difficult to plan transportation projects at both the state and local level. Due to these fluctuations, the California Transportation Commission and local governments are currently faced with the difficult task of identifying over $750 million in transportation projects to be defunded before the end of the fiscal year.
May Revision Proposal
The May Revision reflects the availability of federal funds that would provide additional funding for trade corridor improvements over the next five years.
• Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act — The new Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act provides a five‑year federal authorization of highway, transit, safety, and rail programs. The FAST Act allocates $582 million over the five years to California through the new National Highway Freight Program funding formula. Additionally, California is eligible to receive a portion of $900 million annually for Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation of the Long‑term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) competitive grants. FASTLANE grants can be applied to up to 60 percent of Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program costs, with the remaining funds from state, local, or other federal funding sources. The May Revision includes provisional language which makes other state and federal funding available as a match for the remaining 40 percent. Caltrans proposes expending the formula funding pursuant to the Trade Corridor Improvement Fund Guidelines. The California Transportation Commission will allocate half of the funding to corridor‑based projects proposed by local agencies and half to projects of statewide significance proposed by Caltrans.
(Source: http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2016-17/pdf/Revised/BudgetSummary/Transportation.pdf)
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In comparing the two cities, Hansel E. Tookes, a second-year medical student, replicated the methods of a previous study done in San Francisco in 2008. For the 2009 Miami study, Tookes and fellow students and staff members conducted visual inspections in the top quartile of Miami neighborhoods with the highest concentration of drug use, as designated by city data.
The researchers walked the streets of each city looking for syringes and found that there were close to 400 dirty syringes in Miami, more than eight times as many as on the streets of San Francisco, the city with needle and syringe programs.
The researchers also interviewed more than 1,000 injection drug users in these cities, and found that in Miami they were more than 34 times as likely to report public disposal of syringes as their counterparts in the city with needle and syringe programs (NSPs). The study—which is believed to be the first NSP versus non-NSP city-to-city comparison— revealed that 95 percent of syringes used by injection drug users in Miami were disposed of improperly, versus only 13 percent in San Francisco. Improper disposal in Miami neighborhoods translated to nearly 10,000 needles and syringes per month cast aside in trash cans, sewers, parks and other public places.
"It is clear that cities such as Miami may benefit from implementation of needle and syringe programs to provide a venue for safe syringe disposal, and to reduce the transmission of blood-borne diseases to injection drug users and other community members," said Tookes, who conducted the study with his colleagues as his final project for his master's in public health, also at the Miller School.
The study, "A comparison of syringe disposal practices among injection drug users in a city with versus a city without needle and syringe programs," was published online on December 28 in a leading substance use journal, Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
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Top Times
100 freestyle - 52.47
100 butterfly - 58.01
200 butterfly - 2:08.11
200 individual medley - 2:08.06
College Career
- Finished 2nd in the 200 Y Fly vs. Olivet
- Finished 2nd in the 400 Y IM vs. Kalamazoo
- Finished 3rd in the 200 Y IM vs. Hope
- Finished 16th in the 200 Y Fly at the MIAA Championships
- Took 15th place in the finals of the 400 IM race at the MIAA Championships (4:34.21)
- Swam in the finals of the 400 freestyle relay, finishing the race with his team in 3:20.31
- Earned his season fastest time in the 100 butterfly race at the Carthage Classic (58.65).
- Set a new personal best in the 200 fly (2:08.11) and the 200 medley (2:08.06) at the MIAA Championships
- Took first in the 1000 freestyle race (11:43.52) at the Kalamazoo meet
- Finished 19th overall in the 200 butterfly race at the Carthage Classic (2:12.34)
- MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
- Took 1st in the 200 butterfly (2:24.6) at the Alma-Albion meet
- Finished 17th in the finals of the 200 individual medley (2:13.62) at the Carthage Classic
- Finished 13th in the finals of the 200 butterfly (2:14.57) at the Carthage Classic
High School: Earned a varsity letter 2012-16 ... Helped team to division championships in 2015-16 ... KLAA Kensington Conference fifth place and 17th place at MHSAA Division 1 state meet in the 2015-16 season ... Captain of Canton swim team in 2015 ... State qualifier in 2015 ... Scholar athlete and winner of the Pat Gilligan Leadership and Education award ... Earned coaches award during sophomore year.
Community Involvement: Member of National Honor Society ... Also a member of the Key Club and the Captain's Council ... Volunteered with YMCA summer of service, Miracle League of Baseball and Canton church service
Personal: Enjoys reading, watching tv, and biking ... Chose to attend Alma College for the students and personal staff interaction, and the opportunity to swim in NCAA Division III.


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John ADEANE + Eleanor Justin LEE - Auckland New Zealand
John Adeane was born in Berkshire England about 1856
- it is possible he sailed to New Zealand on the White Star Vessel CADUCEUS into Auckland on 12th October 1860 with his parents and siblings
- (can you verify this?)
John ADEANE & Eleanor Justin LEE were married in 1882
- they had 9 children:
1883 - John Stacey Lee Adeane
- he married Mary Agnes LYNCH in 1905
- John died 15th Feb 1932 in Auckland aged 48
- he is buried Area 10 Block A Lot No 378 Hillsborough Cemetery
- Mary Agnes was born on Xmas Day 1882
- she died 9th Feb 1979 in Auckland aged 96
- she was cremated at Purewa - her ashes were scattered
1884 - Charlotte Inez Adeane
- nothing known of Charlotte
1885 - Frances June Adeane
- she (possibly) married Bartholomew Sydney WOODLOCK in 1907
1887 - Frank Justin Adeane
- he served in WWI:
FIRST KNOWN RANK - Private
NEXT OF KIN - Mrs E.J. Adeane 32 Williamson Ave, Arch Hill Grey Lynn, Auckland (house no longer there)
ENLISTMENT ADDRESS - 7 Codrington St, Arch Hill, Auckland
MILITARY DISTRICT - Auckland
BODY ON EMBARKATION - Main Body
EMBARKATION UNIT - Auckland Infantry Battalion
EMBARKATION DATE - 16 October 1914
PLACE OF EMBARKATION - Wellington
VESSEL - Star of India
DESTINATION - Suez,Egypt (3 December 1914)
MILITARY AWARDS - British War Medal & Victory Medal
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES - Promoted on the field and attended officer training at Cambridge University
- 1917 PHOTO (Frank is 2nd on left sitting)
- he married Leoni Elvira Ethlene KELLY in 1917
- Frank died on 15th Oct 1954 aged 67
- he is buried at Waikumete SOLDIERS BURIAL J Row 6, Plot 20
- Leoni died in 1965 aged 74
- she had been living at 50 Logan Avenue, Marewa Napier
- she is buried in PLOT 23 - SECTION 14 Wharerangi Cemetery Napier
1889 - Arnold Frederick Adeane
- Arnold was an Ironmongers assistant
- he accidently drowned at St Helier's Bay, Auckland on 9th Nov 1906
- he is buried at Waikumete Cemetery ROMAN CATHOLIC DIVISION A Row 4, Plot 27A
1891 - not recorded Adeane
- possibly died as an infant
1892 - Eleanor May Adeane
- She married George Ernest WALKER in 1912
- Eleanor died in 1952 aged 59
1895 - Ivy Adeane
- She married John Joseph HOARE in 1915
1900 - 1946 Henry Hellems 'Harry' Adeane
Henry married Thelma Agnes Lena (AKA Thelma Patricia) SEEBACH (formerly Howard), daughter of Otto James Anthony & Margaret Theresa Seebach of Maryborough, Victoria
NOTE The Argus, 1 Dec 1905 DIVORCE COURT - SEEBACH V. SEEBACH Misconduct was the ground on which Margaret Teresa Seebach, aged 25 years, of Swanston-street, Melbourne, sought a dissolution of her marriage with Otto James Anthony Seebach, aged 27 years, clerk. The parties were married in Melbourne in December, 1902. Mr Hotchin (instructed by Mr. S. M. Watson) appeared for the petitioner. The suit was not defended. It was alleged that the misconduct had taken place in New Zealand. A decree nisi was granted, with costs
HENRY & THELMA had at least one child in Ballarat:
1922 - 1989 John Stacey 'Stace' Adeane who died in Palmerston North
THELMA died in Auckland 29 April 1935 aged 32
- she is buried ROMAN CATHOLIC DIVISION C Row 20, Plot 27 Waikumete
HENRY HELLEMS Adeane was at Waterfall Sanatorium, Werriwa, NSW in 1943
(Waterfall Sanatorium was designed for the treatment of patients in the advanced and chronic stages of tuberculosis)
HENRY died there in 1946
Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 1946 ADEANE June 2 1946, at hospital, Henry (Harry) Hellems Adeane, of 476 New South Head Road, Double Bay, beloved youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs John Adeane, of Auckland. N.Z.
Eleanor Justin Adeane died in Auckland on 26th May 1917 aged 50 after a long illness
- she is buried in Waikumete Cemetery ROMAN CATHOLIC DIVISION A Row 4, Plot 27B by son Arnold. She was recorded as Eleanor Gustino Adeane
John Adeane died in 1944 aged 88
- not known at this time where he is buried
According to the St Paul's register a John Adeane was buried 24 April 1879 aged 54 years, he had previously been in hospital.
This makes a birth year of about 1825
- was this John's father as per the ships list above?
The New Zealand Herald of 22nd April 1879 has John Adean died 21 April 1879, at Provincial Hospital, aged 54 years. He was buried at Block H 287 Symonds Street Cemetery
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ngairedith has been a Family Tree Circles member since Feb 2008.
Dear Ngaire,
I saw your ADEANE family from NZ on the family tree circles and I have more information for you.
My mother's sister married John Stacey (Stace) ADEANE born 23 Jan 1927 Crocker Street, Grenville, Ballarat Victoria Australia. I have been helping her and her children and grandchildren put a family tree together.
Have sent you a private message with my email.
Brenda MacCulloch
Hamilton, New Zealand
Thie family fits with this following announcement in the Poverty Bay Herald 3 Sep 1879:
Osborne-Adeane --On Sep 3, at Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne, D'Arcy, Eldest son of John Osborne, of Manchester, England, to Alice Jane, youngest daughter of the Late John Adeane and Sarah Adeane of Auckland. Auckland and Thames papers please copy."
John and Sarah's marriage 2nd quarter of 1846 in Reading. Family appears in 1851 census but not 1861 (after emmigration). Alice Jane appears to have gone to San Francisco in the US by 1900 with her daughter Vivian. Alice Ann is listed in that 1900 US census as born in NZ with parents born in England. This much is fairly solid.
This next is not: Alice Jane may have remarried a John Rustgard and moved to Juneau Alaska by the 1910 census where the only matching data are: approx DOB, birthplace, immigration date, number of children/surviving and first and middle name.
If accurate, Alice would be the first wife of my grandfathers's second wife's first husband!
Good luck.
Don Brearley
Chicago, IL USA
Hello - I was wondering if you might know where the middle name of HELLEMS came from in regards to Henry HELLEMS Adeane? My family roots are mostly from Germany to the US to Canada and back to the US.
Thank you.
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Marriott's 'The Producers' Keeps It Gay
How do you keep The Producers fresh after a 1960's movie, a hit Broadway musical and a movie of the musical? Well, it is all in the "coesting," as Ulla would say. The latest production of Mel Brooks mega hit, which opened Wednesday at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, certainly has not made any missteps in the casting departing, starting with Ross Lehman and Guy Adkins as Bialystock and Bloom.
Put any thoughts of Nathan Lane and Mathew Broderick out of your mind, and judging by the younger skew of the audience in attendance on opening night, Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder are not even on the radar. Lehman, who is a beloved fixture at Chicago's Shakespeare Theatre, brings more of a Richard Dreyfuss quality to his Max. (Dreyfuss never quite made it to opening the London production.) This works much better in the Marriott's theatre in the round setting. Lehman projects a businessman-like quality to Max which comes across as a much more believable portrayal of the character than the fatty fat fat buffoonery of Lane or Mostel.
Guy Adkins is the best Leo Bloom I have seen. He has made a very difficult part his own. Broderick never quite found his own stride in either the stage or film, yet from the moment Adkins utters "scared, can't talk," Adkins and Bloom are merged. The audience really feels the bond between Max and Leo and the chemistry between Lehman and Adkins is real.
It is when the supporting characters come on, scene and after scene that The Producers really takes off. Michael Linder, who is a vundervul zinger und danzer and a previous guest on Stage Door Chicago, is hilarious as Franz Liebkind. Straight off from playing the villain in It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman, Bernie Yvon keeps it "gayer" than ever as Roger Debris along side George Keating as his fabulous assissssssssstant Carmen Gia. There were many a man in the audience giving Angela Feeney's, Ulla, a standing ovation.
Under the musical direction of Richard Carsey, some of the numbers, especially Max's, seemed extremely under tempo. This greatly effected Lehman's "Betrayed" which is suppose to build to a rapid, out of breath ending, but instead loses its momentum halfway though the number.
Marc Robin's direction and choreography are right on point. As with Susan Stoman, who did the same double duty on Broadway and in the film, this seems to be the formula to make this show work as the dance numbers are so intertwined with the action.
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I'm considering options for Yoga Teacher Training either later this year or in early 2019. I think I'd like to do a more dynamic style of yoga so that I can teach classes flow classes with more confidence. I occasionally teach very slow flow classes but they aren't that great and I'd like them to be better.
I also would like to teach a retreat at the end of next year and to do this I need to teach flow as I don't think I'd get people coming along just to do yin and restorative. I need some flow classes for the morning yoga classes.
I also want to learn more restorative and yoga therapy work. Yoga Therapy teacher training is generally two years long and a huge commitment. Also would involve travelling to either London or Amsterdam for the two courses that I am considering. The Amsterdam one does a 100 hour intro to yoga therapy which I think might be a good starting place to it rather than just signing up to the full 500 hours.
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For many centuries, mariners struggled with simply finding, let alone getting into Humboldt Bay. The natural entrance to the bay went undiscovered for so long because the opening was hidden and storms and fog concealed it. It was not until 1806 that Capt. Jonathan Winship first recorded entry into Humboldt Bay by sea. Eventually the mouth of the bay was protected and reinforced by sand spits and jetties.
The Humbolt Bay Bar is considered by boaters to be the second most dangerous bar crossing on the West Coast, the first being the Columbia River Bar. Visiting boaters who are unfamiliar with this crossing should check the tide tables and swell conditions before attempting passage.
Humboldt Bay Harbor has a two-hour Courtesy Tie-Up and the marina operates on VHF Channel 14. Guest boats can moor at Woodley Island Marina, the largest marina in Humboldt Bay, featuring a café and bar, laundry and shower facilities, ships chandlery and boat sales, as well as rentals and boat lessons.
Today, Eureka is a vibrant seaport city with a close proximity to numerous renowned attractions. The Aqua Rodeo Farms, located in the Woodley Island Marina, is a curious "farm" that is a must-stop if you love raw oysters. Take a tour of the facilities, and then enjoy some of Humboldt's finest beers, wines, cheeses, breads, chocolates and of course fresh oysters in the Local Tasting Room. Nearby Old Town Eureka is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and its main street has an abundance of art galleries, boutiques, restaurants and craft cocktails.
The Ma-le'l Dunes have a labyrinth of hiking trails to explore the beautiful views of the beaches and get some light cardio work in. For the urbanites, there are hundreds of Victorian-style structures in Eureka. Take a walking tour and marvel at the many wonderfully preserved Victorian homes, most of which were built in the 1800s. The most famous of the historical Victorian buildings is The Carson Mansion. Although it is not open to the public, you can marvel at the unique architecture of this Eureka landmark. With a bustling art scene with murals, sculpture, galleries, museums, art nights and performances, Eureka is a great place to soak in some art and culture.
The Table Bluff Lighthouse, also on Woodley Island, was the first lighthouse to mark Humboldt Bay in 1856. The lighthouse is located on the southwest end of the marina, and can be seen from the Don Calusen Embarcadero. It's also visible from the Eureka boardwalk. To the north of Woodley Island, past Indian Island, is the Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum. To get to the museum, boaters would need to take a car to cross the 255 Highway. For historical boat aficionados, the drive will be well worth it. You can spot the red barn-like structure surrounded by large boat artifacts from the highway. There is also an adjacent café called Samoa Cookhouse if you would like to try a historical familystyle meal in an old logging mill.
For more dining options, award-winning Lost Coast Brewery and Café is located just a few blocks from the marina. Lost Coast Brewery brews both year-round and seasonal beers, and is one of only two breweries in Humboldt County to be female owned. It also has a fantastic café where you can pair a unique brew with a burger or some "chicken lips." Right off the marina on Woodley Island, Café Marina & Woodley's Bar serves fresh, local seafood for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. For a waterfront dining experience in walking distance from Old Town Eureka, Bayfront Restaurant has the traditional Japanese teppanyaki dining experience. Farther down the boardwalk, Jack's Seafood 10 has more local seafood classics, and a great happy hour from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Eureka is not your cookie-cutter coastal town. It's an eclectic working port that is directly in the middle of the stunning Redwood Coast that is definitely worth a visit.
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Nowadays, the use of a body hair trimmer for shaving, trimming and styling hair below the neck is becoming part and parcel of a personal grooming regimen for an increasing number of men. Indeed, a personal trimmer is must-have for any man – or woman, for that matter. However, there are several kinds of trimmers available in the market today. The trick is in knowing which type to use on what body part as well as in when and how to use it.
Types of Tools
Let's first discuss the types of tools used in body grooming, of which a body hair trimmer is a general category of these tools. The most common are:
Razor is used to shave the head and face hair. It should not be used to "trim" body hair because you have an increased risk for skin injuries. It is not usually designed with body shaving in mind, from its handles to its blades.
Electric hair clipper is used to cut both head and body hair to variable lengths, which will depend on the setting.
Nose hair trimmer has a flat, circular and yet still safe blade that allows for effective cutting of nose hair. Trimming nose hair is an important part of male grooming just as trimming hair on your chest and nether regions.
Get each type of body hair trimmer mentioned above just so you will have the right tools to do the right job. Let's then start with the head going down to the nether regions.
For the head, a head razor is the best tool for the job although a body hair trimmer with the right settings will also work. Just make sure that the manufacturer provides for the instructions for the latter purpose. If you want a clean-shaven look, you must shave your head every 1 to 3 days.
Aside from the body hair trimmer, one of the most important tools in your male grooming arsenal is the best nose hair trimmer that your money can buy. The reason is obvious: Tendrils of hair peeking ever so obviously from your nostrils are such a turn-off! However, go easy on the trimming process as nose hair has a functional purpose – to prevent dirt and dust from entering your mucous membranes with impunity. Just squeeze your nose and any hair that peeks out should be trimmed; leave the others alone.
The typical personal grooming tool should ideally be used below the neck including the chest area. The general rule is that the hair growth on the neck should not be more than 1/4 inch thick so it is best to shave every 2 weeks. You should trim from your neck's base, move carefully upward with short movements and then trim off any stray hair, when necessary.
Chest and Back
The general rule is that chest hair should be just under 1/2-inch long, which may or may not apply to your back hair. If your girlfriend or wife starts cracking gorilla jokes, then it is time for a trim – about 2 to 3 weeks.
Nether Region
And don't forget to use the body hair trimmer on your nether region either. Just be careful to use the lowest setting to be on the safe side and to trim as often as necessary. Nobody likes to go down, so to speak, on a verdant forest.
With practice, you will eventually wield your mail grooming tools with ease and expertise. Now, start trimming your hair and enjoy those new ruggedly handsome benefits.


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TORONTO — The new chief executive of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion said Monday drastic change is not needed after he assumed his new job following the departure of Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-CEOs and co-chairmen of the once-iconic, but now struggling company.
The RIM founders have been replaced by Thorsten Heins, a little known chief operating officer who joined RIM four years ago from Siemens AG.
The Canadian company turned the email smartphone into a ubiquitous device that many could not live without, but U.S. users have moved on to flashier touch-screen phones such as Apple's iPhone and various competing models that run Google's Android software. RIM has suffered a series of setbacks and has lost tens of billions in market value.
RIM's survival has been in question but Heins said he didn't think significant change was needed and said the moves were not "seismic" changes. He said he was committed to the vision and new software platform favored by Lazaridis and Balsillie, who announced Sunday they would step down from the top jobs but serve in other roles.
Heins said RIM has to improve its U.S. marketing in an effort go beyond the traditional corporate customer and attract consumers.
"In the U.S. we were very, very successful coming from the core enterprise business and in the public opinion this is still where we're skewed to," Helms said on a conference call on Monday. "We need to be more marketing-driven. We need to be more consumer oriented because this is where a lot of our growth is coming from. That is essential in the U.S."
Shares of RIM fell 3.9 percent, or 66 cents, to $16.34, after the conference call Monday morning after initially moving up almost 4 percent in premarket trading.
RIM said last month that new phones deemed critical to the company's future would be delayed until late this year. And its PlayBook tablet, RIM's answer to the Apple iPad, failed to gain consumer support, forcing the company to deeply discount it to move the devices off store shelves.
Many shareholders and analysts have said a change or sale of the company has been needed, but the sudden departure of the two founders from their top jobs wasn't expected despite their promises that they would examine the co-CEO and co-chairmen structure.
Balsillie and Lazaridis have long been celebrated as Canadian heroes, even appearing in the country's citizenship guide for new immigrants as models of success. They headed Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM together for the past two decades.
"There comes a time in the growth of every successful company when the founders recognize the need to pass the baton to new leadership. Jim and I went to the board and told them that we thought that time was now," Lazaridis said in a statement.
Lazaridis will take on a new role as vice chairman of RIM's board and chairman of the board's new innovation committee. Balsillie remains a member of the board.
The two remain two of RIM's biggest shareholders.
"I agree this is the right time to pass the baton to new leadership, and I have complete confidence in Thorsten, the management team and the company," Balsillie said in the statement. "I remain a significant shareholder and a director and, of course, they will have my full support."
Analysts have said RIM's future depends on its much-delayed new software platform as RIM has tried and failed to reinvigorate the BlackBerry. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs said in late 2010 that RIM would have a hard time catching up to Apple because RIM has been forced to move beyond its area of strength and into unfamiliar territory of trying to become a software platform company.
Heins, 54, said Lazaridis and Balsillie took RIM in the right direction and said he's committed to the new software.
"We are more confident than ever that was the right path. It is Mike and Jim's continued unwillingness to sacrifice long-term value for short-term gain which has made RIM the great company that it is today. I share that philosophy and am very excited about the company's future," Heins said.
Barbara Stymiest, a former chief operating officer of the Royal Bank of Canada who has been a member of RIM's board since 2007, has named chair of the board of directors. RIM also announced that Prem Watsa, the chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings, is a new board member. Watsa has become a significant shareholder.
Lazaridis said he was so confident in the future direction of the company that he intends to purchase an additional $50 million of the company's shares on the open market.
RIM was worth more than $70 billion a few years ago but now has a market value of around 8.9 billion.
Peter Misek, an analyst at Jefferies & Co. in New York, said that after missing the software transition caused by the iPhone, Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis put RIM's future in doubt.
The company still has 75 million active subscribers, but many analysts believe RIM will lose market share internationally as it has in the U.S. Market researcher NPD Group said RIM's market share of smartphones in the U.S. declined from 44 percent in 2009 to 10 percent in 2011.
Balsillie acknowledged in December that the last few quarters have been among the most challenging times in the company's history.


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The UK's food supply chain is vast, it contributes £100 billion to the economy and employs 3.6 million people.
The food supply chain involves 300,000 agricultural enterprises, 7,700 horticultural enterprises and 7,400 food processing businesses operating 9,600 factories. The chain is dominated by the sheer buying power of the UK's multiple retailers (supermarkets) with over 70% of the UK's groceries sold through the four biggest multiple retailers.
The Moore Food Advisory Group is uniquely placed to help food producers and processors to survive and thrive with sector-specific financial tools and services.
We are committed to working closely with our agricultural clients and pride ourselves on our vast knowledge. We endeavour to keep our clients up to date through regular client meetings, seminars and releases on topical tax planning and VAT matters, including specialist agricultural advice. Our expert team have hands on knowledge in the field, from large estates to small shoots, providing them with an in depth understanding of agricultural operations. We are also member of the CLA and the ICAEW agricultural sector.
We have a long established track record of providing leading business advice to farmers and agricultural supply businesses and owners and operators of food production and processing businesses throughout the UK. We understand the challenges facing the industry. Our services are designed to help build and maintain financial success at every stage.
Our Food Advisory Group highlights recent allergy warnings within the US and UK.
The procurement cycle can be complex with multiple opportunities to conceal significant losses to fraud and corruption. John Baker and Duncan Swift of Moore break down the exposure in the food supply chain.


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Special guests for today's show are from the Pakatakan Farmer's Market, President Gary Lamont and Market Manager Georgi Farleigh
From mid-May through mid-October area farmers and artisans gather to share their creativity and bounty at the Pakatakan Farmers' Market. Located at the historic Round Barn on Route 30 Halcottsville (approximately 5 miles north of Arkville/Margaretville) the market runs Saturdays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
$1.1 Million In Grants For Specialty Crops
A New Name for High-Fructose Corn Syrup By TARA PARKER-POPE
SEPTEMBER 25: 8TH ANNUAL CAULIFLOWER FESTIVAL.From the former cauliflower capital comes this annual traditional country fair celebrating food, culture, and history. Crafts, vendors, history displays, antiques, music, dancing, kid's activities, cooking. Free. Village Park, Bridge St., Margaretville; 10am-4pm; 586-22219; email@example.com
OCTOBER 2: HERITAGE HARVEST FESTIVAL. Family fun, u-pick pumpkins, corn maze, wagon rides, animals, local food and more. 10 am – 5 pm. MAPLE SHADE FARM, 2066 County Highway 18, Delhi. 607-746-8866.www.mapleshadefarmny.com
OCTOBER 7: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLES W. WILCOX Charles Wilcox was a progressive Meredith farmer who left a paper trail that includes diaries dating from 1867 to 1926, and articles written about him from newspapers and magazines from which one can construct a picture of rural farm life and customs in Meredith during the last half of the 19thcentury. For more information call 746-8083. Meredith Historical Society, PO Box 26, Meridale, NY


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Over the years, thousands of Cubans have fled to the United States
Cuba's interior ministry says it believes the killings of four people, whose bodies were found west of the capital, Havana, are linked to an attempt to leave the island illegally.
The ministry suggested there had been what it called "support from outside."
The BBC Havana correspondent Sarah Rainsford says this implies they were using traffickers to take them by boat to the United States.
Thousands of Cubans have left the island for the US since the revolution.
Six suspects have been arrested in connection with the discovery of the bodies.
Cuba very rarely reports violent crimes. So by making this multiple murder public, it looks as if the interior ministry is trying to discourage others tempted to flee by sea, especially those considering paying criminal gangs to transport them, our correspondent says.
Cubans are now allowed to leave the island without government permission but it is hard to get visas for most countries.
However, any Cuban who sets foot on American soil is entitled to stay there, so many take to the sea in the hope of reaching the US.
Last year, the US Coast Guard intercepted more than 1,300 Cubans trying to do that.
The number who made it to shore or who died trying is not known.
Day to day life for many in communist Cuba is still difficult, with small state salaries and minimal prospects for the future.
So some try to reach the US themselves in boats or on rafts, and others pay traffickers to take them.
Earlier this year one man arrived in the US on a windsurfer after four days at sea with just a bottle of water and a bag of sweets to sustain him.


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Alexis R. Abramson
Dean and Professor of Engineering
Building energy efficiency; data analytics applied to energy applications; nanoscale energy transport; thermal, electrical and thermoelectric properties of nanostructures, nanocomposites and biological materials; interfacial thermal resistance effects; coupled mechanical and thermal phenomena; computational modeling of heat transfer; MEMS and nanostructure synthesis and fabrication; thermal management of electronics and solar cells, including specialized devices; electrohydrodynamics and heat transfer
Margie Ackerman
Professor of Engineering
Protein engineering; biotherapeutics; vaccine technology; engineering immune responses
Mary R. Albert
Professor of Engineering
Executive Director, US Ice Drilling Program
Climate adaptation; Arctic engineering; ice cores and climate; glaciology
Ian Baker
Sherman Fairchild Professor of Engineering
Senior Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs
Materials for energy systems; mechanical behavior; phase tranformations; electron microscopy; x-ray topography; x-ray diffraction; microstructure and mechanical behavior of snow, firn, and ice; magnetic materials; intermetallic compounds; high entropy alloys; high temperature materials; nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia; biomaterials
Petra Bonfert-Taylor
Professor of Engineering
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Complex analysis; geometric function theory; discrete groups; complex dynamics; mathematics of medical imaging
Petr Brůža
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Optics in medicine, biomedical imaging to guide cancer therapy; dose imaging in radiation therapy; Cherenkov light imaging
Zi Chen
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Mechanical instabilities of thin structures; origami structures; energy harvesting devices; stretchable electronics; biomimetic materials/devices; nanofabrication; mechanics of morphogenesis; cell biomechanics; mechanics of DNA structures
Benoit Cushman-Roisin
Professor of Engineering
Environmental transport processes; environmental fluid mechanics; industrial ecology; sustainable design; energy efficiency
George Cybenko
Dorothy and Walter Gramm Professor of Engineering
Information systems and theory
Scott C. Davis
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Engineering in medicine; cancer diagnostics and treatment; biomedical optics; multi-modal medical imaging; molecular imaging; fluorescence molecular tomography; fluorescence guided surgery; photodynamic therapy
Solomon G. Diamond
Associate Professor of Engineering
Director, Cook Engineering Design Center
Biomedical imaging; functional neuroimaging; magnetic nanoparticle imaging
Amro M. Farid
Associate Professor of Engineering
Research Affiliate, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Intelligent energy systems; sustainability, resilience, and reconfigurability; integrated control, automation, and information technology; smart power grids; energy-water nexus; transportation electrification systems; industrial energy management & demand response
Eric R. Fossum
John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies
Director, PhD Innovation Program
Associate Provost, Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (OETT)
Solid-state image sensors (CCDs, CMOS active pixel sensors, Quanta Image Sensors); advanced imaging systems; on-chip image processing; new applications for image sensors
Harold J. Frost
Associate Professor of Engineering
Materials science; modeling of microstructural evolution; deformation and fracture at high temperatures
Tillman U. Gerngross
Professor of Engineering
Protein engineering; glycoprotein engineering; high cell density fermentation technology; metabolic engineering; protein expression
Karl Griswold
Associate Professor of Engineering
Protein engineering; directed evolution; biotherapeutics; applied biocatalysis; high throughput screening
Ryan Halter
Associate Professor of Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine
Biomedical instrumentation; electrical impedance tomography and spectroscopy; medical imaging; tissue bioimpedance; cancer detection technologies; traumatic brain injury; medical robotics
Eric W. Hansen
Associate Professor of Engineering
Director, Dual Degree Program
Signal and image processing; digital system design; optics
Geoffroy Hautier
Hodgson Family Associate Professor of Engineering
Computational materials design; ab initio computing; high-throughput computing; machine learning; opto-electronic properties of materials; materials for energy production and storage; transparent conducting oxides; thermoelectrics; photovoltaics; high entropy alloys
Joseph J. Helble
Professor of Engineering
Provost, Dartmouth College
Environmental impacts of fossil energy utilization with emphasis on mercury; particulate matter; air pollution control; CO2 capture; combustion-derived pollution
Shudong Jiang
Professor of Engineering
Optical spectroscopy and imaging systems for biomedical applications
Eugene Korsunskiy
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Design thinking; human-centered design; creative confidence; hands-on learning
Mark Laser
Associate Professor of Engineering
Biomass conversion; sustainable energy and development; process design and evaluation; integrated food and energy systems; life cycle assessment
Ronald C. Lasky
Professor of Engineering
Senior Technologist, Indium Corporation, Clinton, NY
Process optimization; designed experiments; statistical analysis; electronic assembly; Lean Six Sigma; electronic and optoelectronic packaging; materials science; environmental compliance for electronics; electronic assembly with lead-free solders
Jiwon Lee
Ralph and Marjorie Crump Assistant Professor of Engineering
Antibody repertoire profiling; systems immunology; protein engineering; vaccine designs
Christopher G. Levey
Associate Professor of Engineering
Director, Microengineering Laboratory
Director, Instructional Laboratories
Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Microfabrication technology; micro-optical systems and binary optics; micromechanical and electromechanical systems (MEMS); microrobotics
Weiyang (Fiona) Li
William P. Harris Career Development Assistant Professor of Engineering
Energy materials; functional nanomaterials design and synthesis; structure-property correlations; electrochemical engineering; energy storage and conversion devices; batteries, fuel cells, and clean/renewable energy; electrocatalysis
Yan Li
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Multiscale modeling; fracture/fatigue analysis; process-microstructure-property-performance relation; data-driven material design
Jifeng Liu
Associate Professor of Engineering
Optoelectronic materials and devices; integrated nanophotonics for energy-efficient Information Technologies (Green IT); Nanomaterials and nanostructures for solar cells and thermophotovoltaic cells; Infrared and ultraviolet optical sensors
Geoffrey P. Luke
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ultrasound imaging; photoacoustic imaging; bionanotechnology; cancer diagnostics and therapy; molecular imaging
Lee Rybeck Lynd
Paul E. and Joan H. Queneau Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Adjunct Professor of Biology
Area Coordinator, Energy Engineering
Director, Grand Challenges Scholars Program
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Enchi Corporation
Consolidated Bioprocessing Team Leader, DOE Center for Bioenergy Innovation
Executive Committee Chair, Global Sustainable Bioenergy Initiative
Microbial cellulose utilization; metabolic engineering; innovative biomass processing technologies; sustainable bioenergy futures
Vicki V. May
Professor of Engineering
Engineering education; inquiry-based learning; student-centered learning; K-12 and outreach activities; creativity; seismic engineering
Matthew McGarry
Assistant Professor of Engineering
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Paul M. Meaney
Professor of Engineering
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Colin R. Meyer
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Academic Cluster: Arctic Engineering in a Period of Climate Change
Fluid dynamics; snow and ice mechanics; glaciology; icy satellites; applied mathematics
Sohail K. Mirza
Professor of Engineering
Spinal biomechanics and surgery
Elizabeth L. Murnane
Charles H. Gaut & Charles A. Norberg Assistant Professor of Engineering
Human-centered design, human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, personal informatics, social computing
Ethan K. Murphy
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Electrical impedance tomography; data fusion; finite element method (FEM) modeling; noise/data filtering; general numerical methods; magnetic resonance electrical property tomography; electroencephalogram (EEG) source localization
Kofi M. Odame
Associate Professor of Engineering
Analog integrated circuits; low power sensor interfaces; nonlinear signal processing
Daniel Olson
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Metabolic engineering; cellulosic biofuel; metabolic flux analysis; genome resequencing analysis
Geoffrey G. Parker
Professor of Engineering
Director, Master of Engineering Management Program
Data analytics; platform economics & strategy; intellectual property; core operations; product innovation & development; outsourcing & supply chain strategy; energy economics, policy, strategy, innovation, market structure & performance
Keith D. Paulsen
Robert A. Pritzker Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Radiology & Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine
Scientific Director, Center for Surgical Innovation, Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Co-Director, Translational Engineering in Cancer Research Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Biomedical engineering; numerical methods in electromagnetics; cancer therapeutics; medical imaging methodologies; bioelectromagnetics
Donald K. Perovich
Professor of Engineering
Sea ice geophysics; the interaction of sunlight with ice and snow; the Arctic system and climate change
Minh Q. Phan
Associate Professor of Engineering
System identification; iterative learning control; model predictive control; control of robotic swarms; intelligent control; adaptive control
Brian W. Pogue
MacLean Professor of Engineering
Professor of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine
Co-Director, Translational Engineering in Cancer Research Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Optics in medicine, biomedical imaging to guide cancer therapy; molecular guided surgery; dose imaging in radiation therapy; Cherenkov light imaging; image guided spectroscopy of cancer; photodynamic therapy; modeling of tumor pathophysiology and contrast
Laura Ray
Professor of Engineering
Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development
System dynamics and controls; robotics; signal processing; machine intelligence
Peter J. Robbie
Associate Professor of Engineering
Product design; human-centered design; cognitive strategies and methodologies for creative design practice
Kimberley S. Samkoe
Associate Professor of Engineering
Quantitative fluorescence molecular imaging; fluorescence guided surgery; biomedical systems engineering; biological models of cancer; cancer diagnostics and therapeutic monitoring; optics in medicine; photodynamic therapy
Eugene Santos Jr.
Professor of Engineering
Nonlinear decision-making; innovative reasoning; emergent behavior; probabilistic reasoning; adversarial modeling; intent inferencing; user modeling; information retrieval; evolutionary computation; socio-cultural modeling; intelligent systems; artificial intelligence
Rahul Sarpeshkar
Thomas E. Kurtz Professor
Professor of Engineering
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Analog synthetic biology; biological and bio-inspired super-computing chip design; quantum circuit design, quantum computation, and hybrid quantum-classical computation; feedback control systems; medical devices; ultra-low-power, fault tolerant, and ultra-energy-efficient systems; engineering systems that operate at the fundamental limits of physics
William Scheideler
Assistant Professor of Engineering
3D nanomanufacturing; low-power sensors; flexible and wearable electronics; energy harvesting; wireless devices
Erland M. Schulson
George Austin Colligan Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Director, Ice Research Laboratory
Flow and fracture of ice; mechanical behavior of metals and alloys; physical metallurgy and materials science
Simon G. Shepherd
Associate Professor of Engineering
HF radar development; ionospheric plasma convection and physics; solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere coupling; space weather and climatology
Fridon Shubitidze
Associate Professor of Engineering
Numerical methods in computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic sensing methodologies; detection and discrimination of sub-surface objects; linear and non-linear inverse-scattering; induced geo-electromagnetic fields; micro strip antennas; photonic band gaps; near field optics; DNA sequencing; electrostatic discharge; magnetic nano-particles hyperthermia for cancer treatment and imaging
Jason T. Stauth
Associate Professor of Engineering
High-frequency and chip-scale power electronics; photovoltaic and electrochemical system management; sensor interfaces and energy scavenging; integrated circuit design (analog/mixed signal, RF, power, and embedded applications); communications electronics; technology entrepreneurship
Charles R. Sullivan
Professor of Engineering
Power electronics; electromagnetic design of power electronics components; micro-fabricated magnetic components; nanocomposite magnetic materials; energy efficiency and renewable energy
Stephen Taylor
Professor of Engineering
Information operations, distributed computing and systems, computer and network security, embedded systems, surveillance technologies
B. Stuart Trembly
Associate Professor of Engineering
Therapeutic heating of tissue; dielectric properties of tissue; biomedical engineering; antenna theory
Douglas W. Van Citters
Associate Professor of Engineering
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education
Musculoskeletal Research, including: orthopaedic failure analysis and design; wear of polymers; polymer processing; biomaterials; biomechanics; implantable and wearable technology; surgical device design
Vikrant Vaze
Stata Family Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering
Research Affiliate, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Logistics and transportation; aviation; healthcare analytics; healthcare systems modeling; building energy analytics; systems optimization; game theory; data-driven and statistical modeling
John X.J. Zhang
Professor of Engineering
Program Director, Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS), NSF
Miniature imaging and biosensing systems; bio-inspired nanomaterials; lab-on-chip design; advanced nanofabrication technologies; multi-scale modeling of fundamental force, flow, and energy processes in biological interactions


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Here's Your First Look at the Beast With Belle in Disney's New Live-Action Film
OMG! Never did you think a beast could look so regal. After the first sneak peek at Disney's new live-action Beauty and the Beast, we had no doubt it would be magical. Seriously, with incredible sets, dreamy costumes and Emma Watson in a starring role as Belle, how could it not be amazing? But now we've been given our first peek of Belle with her Beast, and wow, it's perfect.
On the cover of the new Entertainment Weekly, Emma looks gorgeous in a beautiful sunshine-colored gown, the loose skirt flowing around her like golden waves. While being swept around the ballroom, she looks into the eyes of the Beast (played by Dan Stevens), who looks down at Belle while holding her in his arms.
With the line, "Be our guest as we take you inside the most magical and romantic movie of the year," just under the pic, it will make you swoon while giving you chills.
Excuse us while we just stare at this dreamy pic all day and wait eagerly for the premiere of the film, on March 17, 2017.
What do you think about our first look at the Beast? Tweet us @BritandCo!
(h/t Entertainment Weekly; photos via Disney)


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Mobile health apps weigh on Weight Watchers' results
- The number of mobile health apps has almost doubled in the past two years
- Weight Watchers%2C meanwhile%2C is struggling with a drop in market value and customer enrollment
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Smartphone health apps are on the rise, and Weight Watchers is struggling to hold its financial weight.
The weight-loss program, one of the oldest and most widely recognized in the nation, recently announced a drop in its quarterly profit as it struggles to recruit new members.
At the same time, mobile apps that help people count calories and keep track of their fitness routines are thriving.
Take Chris Cookson, a 23-year-old freelance animator living in Stamford, Conn., who has lost about 30 pounds in the last three months. When he decided to go on a diet, he turned to the app MyFitnessPal, which allowed him to monitor his food intake and exercise regimen.
"When you're already on your smartphone, it makes it so easy," Cookson says.
In the past few years, free health mobile apps have become increasingly popular across the country. The number of available health apps has almost doubled in the past two years, says Jennifer Grenz, vice president of marketing at Azumio, a company that has developed 12 health and wellness apps.
A November 2012 Pew Research Center poll says nearly one-fifth of smartphone users have health apps on their phones.
MyFitnessPal has become one of the most widely downloaded health apps, with more than 40 million users, says Mike Lee, co-founder of MyFitnessPal.
Azumio's apps have racked up more than 40 million downloads to date, and the number of daily downloads has increased, Grenz says.
This new industry has put Weight Watchers in a tough position. In addition to the company's lower sign-up rate, Weight Watchers' shares fell 19% last week. The company also experienced an approximately 16% decrease in second-quarter earnings for Fiscal Year 2013, the company said in its earnings report on Aug. 1.
"We feel that some of that is driven by the continued sudden explosion of interest in free apps and activity monitors," Nicholas Hotchkin, Weight Watchers' chief financial officer, said during an earnings conference call last week.
Weight Watchers and mobile apps have similar goals: getting people to become more aware of what they're eating and keeping tabs throughout the day.
The functions of health apps, however, aren't limited to counting calories or losing weight.
Apps such as Fitness Buddy and Nike's own Nike Training Club focus exclusively on acting as mobile personal trainers. The Nike app offers more than 100 workouts, from cardio to weight lifting, as well as audio trainer guidance.
"We are able to take elite-level athlete insights and incorporate them into the workouts," Nike spokesman Joseph Teegardin says. "The opportunity to provide motivation to every athlete is great, and we feel like this is just the beginning."
Other apps, such as SleepBot, monitor sleep patterns by tracking movement and sound levels. Stress Check helps determine levels of physical or psychological stress by measuring heart rate through the camera lens.
Just as programs like Weight Watchers hold meetings for dieters to discuss their progress, some health apps have incorporated social media. On MyFitnessPal, users can share updates about their own weight-loss programs.
"Being able to connect with these people at any given moment of weakness has been a tremendous help," says Samantha Banks, 24, a special education paraprofessional in Indianapolis. She's lost 50 pounds using apps such as MyFitnessPal. "I love having the ability to message any of these friends for suggestions on where I should eat out or what I should eat," she says.
Banks, who at her heaviest weighed 250 pounds, started shedding pounds before she bought FitBit One, which includes separate wireless activity trackers and an app. It costs around $100 and syncs with the MyFitnessPal app. The FitBit app also lets Banks earn badges for reaching certain milestones, like taking 35,000 steps in one day, and ranks her progress with that of other users.
It's not just apps that are becoming popular, though. Some companies such as Nike are turning to products such as watches or the Nike+ FuelBand to track fitness activity.
As for Weight Watchers, there's still hope. The company is transitioning to a new CEO, Jim Chambers, who in the next few months will be revealing a new company campaign to hopefully improve business in the digital age.
During the call, Hotchkin described mobile health apps as a "temporary phenomenon" because of the "science behind our program," which he says has proved that Weight Watchers works.
But Lee says health apps are extremely effective and will only improve as mobile technology evolves. "The capabilities will increase over time," he says. "We will be doing more and more to help users be successful."


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Georgetown University Medical Center's Trailblazing Women
Highlights from the many who helped shape history
Generations of 'women for others' found their calling at the Georgetown University Medical Center. Rather than waiting for cultural mores to evolve, they moved forward with tenacity and vision, paving the way for women's progress in health and medicine around the world.
Annie Rice, MD, (1853-1884) and Jeanette Sumner, MD, (1846-1906) were the first female students to enroll at Georgetown University, joining the School of Medicine in 1880. After only one year, both transferred to the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania where they earned medical degrees in 1883. A month later, the two doctors returned to Washington, D.C. to establish the Women's Dispensary, serving the area's impoverished women and children.
Rice died the following year of a chronic heart condition. Sumner maintained her connections with Georgetown, marshaling resources from friends, faculty, and alumni to expand health and medical services for women and children in need. She died in 1906 and is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
The first women graduates of Georgetown University, pictured with hospital administrator Sister Pauline, O.S.F., received their diplomas in 1906 from the newly founded Georgetown University Hospital Training School for Nurses. The school's first students, all female, enrolled three years earlier in 1903. As graduates, they helped open the door for others to learn in what is now the Georgetown School of Nursing & Health Studies, and they helped pave the way for other female students to attend Georgetown as each of its schools became integrated. The 1906 graduation announcement in The Washington Post included highlights of the Gaston Hall ceremony along with the names of the eight women: Edith Merry, Elizabeth Hemler, Lillie Crumbaugh, Lillian Welker, Grace McCarthy, Lela Montgomery, Sister Mary Jane, O.S.F., and Sister Mary Baptista, O.S.F.
Sofie Nordhoff Jung, MD, (1864-1943) became the first female appointed to a teaching position at Georgetown School of Medicine in 1923, as an instructor in gynecology. The prospect of hiring women faculty first arose in 1913, but the school's leadership decided that it would be "improper" to have female physicians instructing male medical students. Born in Prussia, Nordhoff Jung emigrated to the United States and earned her medical degree at Columbian School of Medicine (now George Washington University Medical School) in 1893, and practiced at D.C.'s Columbia Hospital for Women.
She was a prominent Washington physician and civic leader, as was her husband, Dr. Franz Jung. Both had studied medicine in Germany and had received many honors from the German government for their civic service. During World War I, she helped organize the American Red Cross in Germany and Bavaria. She also helped establish an American hospital in Munich, and studied under Louis Pasteur in Paris. She was honored by Georgetown on Founders Day in 1934 with "the highest insignia of the Angelo Secchi Academy of Science with letters patent, sealed with the Great Seal of the University." She died in 1943 and is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Sarah Elizabeth Stewart, MD, PhD (M'49) (1905-1976) was the first woman to graduate from Georgetown School of Medicine.
Born in Mexico to a Mexican mother and an American father, Stewart earned her doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1939. She worked in a lab and studied viruses at NIH, joining the faculty of Georgetown School of Medicine in 1944 as an instructor in bacteriology. In 1947 she began coursework as a second-year medical student (alongside five other women admitted that year), earning her MD in 1949.
How did her male classmates treat her? "They had to be nice to me. I was their instructor," she explained to The Washington Post in 1964.
After an internship at the United States Public Health Service Hospital in New York, she went to work at the National Cancer Institute, launching the research for which she would earn international acclaim. In the face of intense skepticism in the scientific community that viruses could cause cancer, she pioneered the field of viral oncology, in collaboration with her colleague Bernice Eddy. They produced cancer in mice from a virus they had grown in tissue culture, which they named the SE-polyoma virus—SE for Stewart and Eddy, and polyoma meaning many-tumored. Stewart went on to make seminal contributions to the identification of other agents, including herpes simplex, Burkitt's, and C type viruses.
Sister Eileen Niedfield, MD (M'51), (1920-2007) was part of the first School of Medicine class including women when she enrolled in 1947. A member of the Medical Mission Sisters, she was known to many as Sister Frederic. She graduated valedictorian of the Class of 1951, and received a gold medal for the highest scholastic average in bacteriology.
After Niedfield completed her surgical residency at Georgetown, the sisters assigned her to their Holy Family Hospital in Mandar, India, in a famine-struck region of Rajasthan. In a December 1953 article in the Post, she said of her work, "I love it. I don't even want to come home. It is so much more satisfactory to be where you are needed."
She served the area as surgeon for four decades, working in remote rural areas, and training local schoolteachers and agricultural workers in basic medicine and health care. She even trained a border post radio operator working in an area so remote that no professionals could reach it during the winter. She was known, if needed, to suspend an operation in order to draw a unit of her own type O blood to transfuse the patient before continuing with the surgery.
In 1992, she returned to the U.S. to care for AIDS patients in San Diego. She passed away in 2007.
Estelle Ramey, PhD, (1917-2006) was born in Detroit and grew up in Brooklyn. She entered college at age 15, and earned a master's in chemistry at Columbia and a doctorate in physiology from the University of Chicago in 1950. In 1956 she joined the faculty at the School of Medicine, focusing her research on the relationship of the endocrine and nervous systems, including how hormones condition individuals to make appropriate responses to stress situations.
In 1970, history called. Edgar Berman, a prominent Democratic Party advisor and surgeon, publicly declared women to be unfit to hold high office because of their "raging storms" of hormonal imbalance. Using her scientific expertise, Ramey sharply refuted him in a letter published in the Washington Evening Star. The National Women's Press Club hosted a debate between the two, in which the Post reported that Ramey "mopped the floor" with Berman. He opened with "I really love women." She responded, "So did Henry VIII."
Winning the debate kicked off a new career for Ramey as a sought-after lecturer and social commentator. It also influenced her research. She wrote and spoke widely about how the women's movement might benefit men, who continued to suffer more disease than women and typically predecease them. "My research is a form of extreme altruism; I'm trying to find out how to keep men alive longer," she quipped.
Women need to be willing to make waves to make a difference, Ramey asserted. When the new anatomy textbook arrived on campus in 1972, it featured lewd text and suggestive photos of female anatomy. Ramey successfully fought to have it pulled from the market. In a profile published by the Journal of American Medical Association in June 1982, she said, "If you don't want to stick your head above the foxhole, then nobody's going to bother you very much. But you may remain an assistant professor for the rest of your life, and everyone's going to think you're a real sweet girl."
She appreciated the many men who supported women scientists over the years, including her husband James, Atomic Energy Commissioner. "There have always been men who have not been blinded by gender when they're looking at quality," she told JAMA. "There just haven't been enough of them."
Ramey passed away in 2006. Her obituary in the Post noted, "Her wit was rooted in statistics, scientific research, and personal experience with discrimination." Her memorial service featured remarks by both Gloria Steinem and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as well as numerous members of the medical school faculty.
She often said her epitaph should read: "I am my sister's keeper."


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The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley, under command of Lieutenant George E. Dixon, sank the U.S.S. Housatonic; a Union blockade vessel. The Hunley's mission was a success, but disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and never returned to port. The Hunley was the third in a series of submarines constructed by engineers Horace Lawson Hunley, Baxter Watson, and James McClintock. Before the Hunley's successful attack on the Housatonic, the Hunley had two accidents, the second of which claimed Horace Hunley's life.
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Disaster Recovery as a Service Sector to Surpass USD 13.5 Bln by 2021, States Occams in Its Report Published at MarketPublishers.com
30 May 2016 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – The worldwide disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) sector is set to surpass the USD 13.5 billion mark by 2021-end, posting 44.2% CAGR. Such growth is chiefly being driven by the surging demand for data security, robust environmental changes that can potentially lead to natural catastrophe, rising frequency of data loss events, enhanced efficiency and cost effectiveness from the deployment of cloud services, increasing adoption amid SMBs.
Meantime, budget allocation remains a key challenge to the market growth as many organisations seldom have plans for disaster recovery (DR). Furthermore, due to a dearth of universal compatibility of DR solutions, the data still may run a risk. Though, there has been ongoing efforts from the service providers to deal with these issues successfully. The rising levels of awareness will also likely result in pre planning efforts increasingly taken by the organisations.
Region-wise, North America currently dominates the market, with Europe following after. The APAC DRaaS market is projected to expand at 50% CAGR in the offing due to increasing efforts for digitalisation in a slew of developing nations.
The market is led by large-size firms as they have more refined plans and greater investments. VMWare, Amazon.com, Inc., IBM Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Inc., Google Inc., and Rackspace Hosting Inc. are some of the leading players in the industry.
Topical research report "Global Disaster Recovery as a Service Market Insights, Opportunity, Analysis, Market Shares And Forecast 2016 – 2022" elaborated by Occams provides a bird's eye overview of the market. The research study presents a parametric analysis, key insights into the market, competitive landscape analysis, Porter's five forces analysis, etc. Strategic recommendations are available as well. The report limelights key market driving forces, restraints and challenges and also identifies opportunities in the marketplace. It provides market segmentation based on solutions, services, company size, application field, and by geography; providing revenue figures (historical and forecast) for each segment discussed. The report provides an all-round analysis of the 30 prominent players by looking at their performance, strategies, etc.
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Strategy – big TRENDS 2013 – VIDEO
Facts & Figures at a glance for people in a hurry!
> The 2nd Search Engine after Google is YouTube. It is now of utmost importance to have a presence on both Google AND YouTube. Not only to get a good ranking position on Google, but also because more and more searches are done directly via YouTube, without even checking anything on Google.
> The 4G arrives on the smartphones market, and videos are getting easier and easier to watch on smartphones. Therefore, they are more and more consulted: +19% video shares for 2013's first quarter. And this is just a start.
> Clients who watched a video about products on the internet are 144% more likely to add products in their cart than the other clients.
> Online visitors who watched a video have an action rate 85% higher than the other visitors.
Figures from last year that are still relevant:
> 294 Million videos have been watched in France in February 2012
> +48,3%: increase of video's advertisers. Marketers use more and more videos for their Communication strategy
> +35%: increase of online video campaigns for 2012's first quarter
> 10% of published videos in the world have been watched from a mobile device, for 2013's first quarter vs 4% one year earlier. That's 20% more than the last quarter. 33% of these 10% come from tablets.
Ooyala reveals in its Global Video index Q1 2013 study that half of online visitors' connection time is dedicated to video.
The most active sectors on this market are the mass market actors with more than 100 video campaigns launched on all French video devices. The Cinema/TV/Music sector is improving and became now the 2nd most active sector. The Health and Beauty sector is now in 4th position with 8 video campaigns, only for the first quarter.
There are several video types. Examples:
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You have probably heard or read that video advertising is expensive… Well, good news ! YouTube created solutions to allow Small and Medium Enterprises to broadcast their videos too. Like on Google with Adwords, they created small budgets solutions: "You only pay when an internet user chooses to watch your video". This is the TrueView system.
There are 4 ways to introduce your video advertising on YouTube. But for each viewing formula, payment method stays the same: pay per view. No click? No views? Nothing to pay!
Video now became an essential tool for every communication strategy, like demonstrated by figures and facts previously stated. Search engines multiply initiatives to allow every structure, no matter their size or budget, to broadcast videos. If today, you do not even question the fact that you must have a website or be present on social media, it is now obvious that video is a MUST !
The real question is: HOW?
Which type of video to realize? How much money to invest? Where to broadcast? Which vendor to choose?
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This video from Royal Caribbean shows the docking out process for Anthem of the Seas which took place on 21 February 2015.
Unlike the previous footage you can find here this video contains some facts and figures about the event that took place at the Meyer Weft Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
Interesting facts from the day
- It took four hours to flood the dry-dock with 217,000 cubic metres of water, the equivalent of 87 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
- The length of the dry-dock spanned 482 metres which is equivalent to the length of New York's Empire State Building on it's side.
- The width of the shed door spanned 45 metres whilst the width of Anthem of the Seas spanned 41.4 metres.
- The float-out process took seven hours in total.
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text: Last year, Olympus' release schedule danced around the E-P3: the camera maker launched the semi-pro OM-D E-M5 and refreshed its smaller PEN bodies, but didn't touch its original mirrorless form factor. We know the company won't be forgetting its roots this year, as its Chinese branch has posted a teaser for a next-generation, flagship PEN camera. There are no official details beyond superlatives about "classic" textures and "unprecedented control," but rumors suggest it will be called the E-P5 (E-P4 skipped due to superstitions) and might be joined by the mid-tier E-PL6. We won't have long to learn the full story when Olympus is showing off its new PEN in four Chinese cities between May 11th and June 1st -- in-person demos require more than just a silhouette, after all.