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Join us Tuesday night March 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Wethersfield Library, 515 Silas Deane Highway for a free showing of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, rated PG-13. The film stars Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Bill Nighy. British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
Tuesday Night Movies are free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but seating is limited. Light refreshments are provided by the Friends of the Wethersfield Library. For information call the Library at 860 257-2811, or visit the Library at 515 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield.


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Saratoga County Water Reports
Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP) Reports
CSLAP reports are created from data collected by sampling volunteers from member lake associations. The data collected from May through October is primarily related to lake eutrophication. Lake reports are not available for all CSLAP lakes. Reports will be added annually. Reports from 1997 through 2010, and previous reports after 2010, can be found on the New York State Federation of Lake Associations (NYSFOLA) website. For historical reports (before 1997) please contact the Division of Water.
- Ballston Lake, 2016 Report (PDF, 321 KB)
- Efner Lake, 2016 Report (PDF, 253 KB)
- Galway Lake, 2016 Report (PDF, 299 KB)
- Hunt Lake, 2016 Report (PDF, 238 KB)
- Jenny Lake, 2016 Report (PDF, 233 KB)
- Moreau Lake Report, 2002*
- Saratoga Lake, 2016 Report (PDF, 325 KB)
Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP) Scorecards
Information from CSLAP reports and other sources is combined to create a scorecard to provide a quick and simple summary of sampling results. Scorecards are not available for all CSLAP lakes. Scorecards will be added annually. Scorecards first developed for CSLAP since 2010 are found on the New York State Federation of Lake Associations (NYSFOLA) website. For CSLAP lakes sampled since 2011, the most recent scorecards can be found below.
- Ballston Lake, 2015 Scorecard (PDF, 171 KB)
- Efner Lake, 2015 Scorecard (PDF, 166 KB)
- Galway Lake, 2015 Scorecard (PDF, 169 KB)
- Hunt Lake, 2015 Scorecard (PDF, 172 KB)
- Jenny Lake, 2015 Scorecard (PDF, 422 KB)
- Saratoga Lake, 2015 Scorecard (PDF, 264 KB)
Stream Biomonitoring Unit Rapid Assessment Survey (RAS) Reports
Rapid Biological Assessment Surveys (RAS) are conducted to assess water quality in streams and rivers, or reaches within these waterbodies.
- Alplaus Kill Report, 2005 (PDF) (5.43 MB)
- Background, Results & Conclusions, Discussion, Tables & Figures (PDF) (3.45 MB)
- Species Lists & Site Summaries (PDF) (1.26 MB)
- Appendices (PDF) (696 KB)
- Hans Creek Report, 2006 (PDF) (1.80MB)
- Mourning Kill Report, 2005 (PDF) (3.93 MB)
- Snook Kill Report, 2007 (PDF) (1.32 MB)
- Spring Run Report, 2008 (PDF) (2.54 MB)
- Spring Run Report, 2001 (PDF) (4.43 MB)

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Lorcan Dempsey's "Thirteen Ways" article published in Catalogue 2.0: The Future of the Library Catalogue
"Thirteen Ways of Looking at Libraries, Discovery, and the Catalog: Scale, Workflow, Attention" by Lorcan Dempsey discusses the position of the catalog and uses it to illustrate more general discovery and workflow directions for libraries. There is a renaissance of interest in the catalog and catalog data. Yet it comes at a time when the catalog itself is being reconfigured in ways which may result in its disappearance as an individually identifiable component of library service. The catalog is being subsumed within larger library discovery environments and catalog data is flowing into other systems and services. This article should be of interest to those who manage or make decisions about discovery services in libraries, or who are interested in how general Internet trends are affecting library services. A version of this article appeared in EDUCAUSE Review Online in December 2012.
Catalogue 2.0: The Future of the Library Catalogue edited by Sally Chambers, brings together some of the foremost international cataloging practitioners and thought leaders, including Lorcan Dempsey, Emmanuelle Bermès, Marshall Breeding and Karen Calhoun, to provide an overview of the current state of the art of the library catalog and look ahead to see what the library catalog might become. Practical projects and cutting edge concepts are showcased in discussions of linked data and the Semantic Web, user expectations and needs, bibliographic control, the FRBRization of the catalog, innovations in search and retrieval, next-generation discovery products and mobile catalogs.
For more information: Lorcan Dempsey
Vice President, Research, and Chief Strategist
Melissa Renspie
Senior Communications Officer
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Location data tech provider, Blis, just rolled out Blis Prime a private marketplace for location-based advertising with access to brand-safe inventory. The company says it's the world's largest private marketplace of its kind.
Blis Prime is the company's new marketplace for location mobile ads
Source: blis.com
With buyers ever more concerned about the transparency of their inventory, Blis Prime is a customisable marketplace that gives access to high-end publishers, premium data as well as exclusive ad formats.
Among publishers providing inventory are News International and Forbes. In combination with location data, this inventory can be accessed programmatically via the company's exchange partners across the Blis platform. The latter features audience targeting capabilities as well as automated campaign processes.
Greg Isbister, CEO, Blis, says:
"Blis Prime combines the huge insight of location data with the quality and pricing benefits of private market deals. This unlocks tremendous value for our clients."
Blis also partnered with analytics firm Moat for improved advertising viewability and attention metrics within Prime. The addition provides assurance that ads are viewed in the right places and the right time.
Jonah Goodhart, CEO and Co-Founder, Moat, adds:
"As consumers increasingly move towards mobile first, location data is a powerful asset for marketers seeking the right time to reach their audiences. We are excited to work with Blis to provide even more insight into how those audiences pay attention to ads online."


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This is a discussion on Looking for Win7 Bluetooth Drivers for Nexus /S within the Nexus S forums, part of the Google Phones category; Anyone know? Thanks for your help!...
Anyone know?
Thanks for your help!
Creating a Bluetooth link between the Nexus /S and the Windows 7 Desktop.
Desktop Bluetooth can see the Nexus but cannot connect because the drivers are missing (or so Win7 says)
Drivers are for hardware connections, so your PC is asking for the drivers for the bluetooth hardware on you computer...
You don't need drivers to connect via bluetooth.
Windows 7 seems to be of a different opinion.
Thank you for your assistance.
I still think that it's the bluetooth receiver on your PC that needs drivers, but that does look weird...
Bluetooth protocol is standardized, so you shouldn't need any special drivers to communicate between two devices. The connection between your PC and it's bluetooth hardware will need drivers though.
Have you tried:
Connecting another bluetooth device to your PC?
Connecting another blurtooth device to your phone?
Another thing you may want to try would be to get Bluetooth file transfer on your phone it apparently helps people with the connection to their computers but I'm not sure I've never tried it so it might just be a better ui than what comes standard.
I had the exact same issue going on. Downloaded Bluetooth File Transfer and used that program to successfully transfer files from my phone to my laptop.


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Making Work Life Happy
The millennial generation has increasingly turning to jobs where the work-life boundaries can be blurred: they take work home so they can leave early; they work from home via the internet if possible; and they take meetings at ungodly hours to meet their deadlines and then take all their vacation days too. The reason for this is that millennials have learned from their parents' mistakes – they will not prioritize work over life, nor allow it to consume them.Since work is what pays for our life, it helps when the work we do is inspiring and motivational. This is not a problem in certain 'callings' like the teaching or medical professions. What of the corporate sector? Where do business companies get their fulfilment? Here's a quick look into how businesses can make 'work' 'fun':
Inculcate Fun at Office
Plenty of millennials stay at low paying jobs simply because it is a fun environment to be in. In fact, the companies with the most employee retention are not the ones that pay the most but the ones who promote an employee culture survey now and then, who hold focus group discussions and otherwise gauge the temperature of a workplace and then do something to help. This way, the work place becomes a fun place and employees look forward to coming in in the mornings and going about their work.
How to Improve
Another big complaint among the work force is that companies do not offer opportunities for growth – and they don't mean promotions. In a skill based world, workers expect their employers to provide them with learning opportunities such as great leadership development, life skills upgrade, technical and technological skills upgrade that they will need in the future. These programmes allow employees to bond with each other and provide a fun learning environment, particularly if they are at a retreat of some sort.
Incentivize with R&R
Rewards and recognition are as old as the hills in corporate life, but new generations don't really care as much about a fancy dinner cum awards ceremony at the end of the year when they might be forced to watch a rival triumph over them. Instead, building R&R into daily work life, such as praising the work of a team at daily huddles, or setting subtle yet arresting goals weekly (like displaying the number of conversions achieved or amount of dollars they've raised) will motivate your employees to work harder and still enjoy what they do. This enjoyment will translate into better work ethics, better performance and your company profits will soon be booming.


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Outlook 2010 Error: Security certificate cannot be verified
InMotion Hosting now offers Fre SSL's with all of our web hosting plans, which solves many certificate issues. If you have incorrectly configured your Outlook 2010 email client, then the server you are connected to may show an error saying that the security certificate cannot be verified. The error may appear as per the screenshot below:
Troubleshooting the Outlook 2010 error: Security Certificate cannot be verified
This error is caused by a mismatch when enabling SSL and your port number in your account settings. Open Account Settings in Outlook and click on the advanced tab. If you need further assistance to open your account settings please see our Outlook 2010 Accessing Account Settings guide.
Verify that you are using the correct ports for the incoming and outgoing mail server. If you are going to use the SSL enabled settings you will need to use the correct servers. If you are on a shared hosting plan, you would use:
secure##.inmotionhosting.com (you will need to replace the ## with the server number in your Temp URL)
We recommend using the SSL enable options. If by chance you are in a school or somewhere that may have these ports blocked, you can use the non-ssl settings. The correct ports are below:
Important! To get your SSL settings please see our article on Getting Started Guide: Email.
Non-SSL incoming POP: 110
Non-SSL incoming IMAP: 143
Non-SSL outgoing SMTP: 587
SSL enabled incoming POP: 995
SSL enabled incoming IMAP: 993
SSL enabled outgoing SMTP: 465
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2015-02-24 6:47 am
when i configure outlook with yahoo server
pop3 i gave 995 to incoming server and 25 to outgoing server
but the same problem happen please help
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2015-02-24 10:12 am
Hello Betelhem,
Thank you for your question. I found an article in the Yahoo help page, where they say to use:
995 - Incoming
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I recommend reviewing their guide for additional information.
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2015-02-11 5:06 am
Can we stop click "yes" by default? because we don't want to click "yes" everytime when open outlook. :(
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2015-02-11 9:15 am
Hello Vannda,
Sorry for the problem with the Certificate. Since the default certificate on a shared server is set to the server name, you would get this question every time you opened up email if you are using your domain name for the email settings. However, you should be able to do one of two things: 1)Approve the self-signed certificate on your computer, or 2)Use the SSL settings for all of your email settings. If you're using the SSL settings, then the question to approve the server should not be appearing. Check out this link for an example of how you would approve a self-signed certificate. If you want to use the secure settings, you would need to change the email settings that you used to connect to the mail server for your account. Please review this article to see the different email settings. Secure settings for the incoming and outgoing (SMTP) servers are noted with "(SSL)".
I hope this helps to answer your question, please let us know if you require any further assistance.
Arnel C.
2014-12-28 12:26 am
I found that when I manually changed the account type to pop3 from imap this resolved the issue for me.
2014-12-24 12:21 am
Hi, I have same problem, but i am using yahoo mail.
wiewing same msg of error.
i tried all above options but this is all matching, ports are ok,
"The server you are connected to is using a security certificate that cannot be verified. The target principal name is incorrect".
Secondly when I clicked "view certificate"à it shows issued to .imap.mail.yahoo.com
and the same settings are done in incoming and outgoing account settings. Also the certificate status says" The certificate is OK.".
In advance settings incoming server SSL and port 993
Outgoing server ... SSL and port is 465.
I am able to send and receive emails also but only when i am starting outlood daily , only that time this error appears.
any advice plz??
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2014-12-24 6:48 am
Hello Sadi,
Thanks for the question. The article above is primarily intended for Outlook users, but in your case, this issue is happening when you are connecting with the Yahoo email client. The message occurs because the server name on the certificate does not match the name of the mail server in your settings. Click View Certificate again and either use the name they provided imap.mail.yahoo.com or look for Details in the certificate and find Subject Alternative Name. You should be able to find other mail server names you can use for the Yahoo setting in the "DNS Name=" line.
Also, when I researched this issue. I found another post that mentioned that Internet Search Providers (such as AT&T) have changed security. So their outgoing server settings for Yahoo may have changed. For example, with AT&T Yahoo service, the email server setting should be smtp.att.yahoo.com. This may differ depending on your ISP. If you're not sure, contact their technical support team for more information.
I hope this helps to explain and resolve the issue for you! Please let us know if you require any further assistance. If you require any further email assistance, make sure to check out our Everything Email section.
Arnel C.
2014-09-10 6:21 am
I've been searching the web for an answer to this very problem, but with my local provider and using Outlook 2013 - POP/SMTP. The above replay gave me the hint:
There was nothing wrong with the names, but I found out that in the advanced settings of the account for " Use the following type of encrypted connection" I had set "Auto". When set to "none" the problem disappeared!
2015-07-05 11:36 pm
Thanks Christiaan Boland, my problem solved. :)
2014-08-08 1:37 pm
From "Outgoing Server" Uncheck My outgoing Server(SMTP) Requires Authentication.
it worked for me :)
2014-05-01 7:45 am
The port details are correct, but still the same error is seen. "The server you are connected to is using a security certificate that cannot be verified. The target principal name is incorrect".
Secondly when I clicked "view certificate"à it shows issued to gmail.com and the same settings are done in incoming and outgoing account settings. Also the certificate status says" The certificate is OK.".
I tried all trouble shooting including system restore…but nogo. Your help in this regard is highly appreciated.
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2014-05-01 7:58 am
If you're using a hostname which is not covered by the SSL certificate, this warning will appear. Could you clarify the hostname that you are using within your incoming/outgoing mail server settings?
2014-05-01 8:21 am
Hi JeffMa,
Good to see your quick response. Here are the details requested.
E-mail Client: MS outlook 2007
OS: Win XP SP3
Incoming mail server: imap.gmail.com
Port: 993, SSL type
Outgoing mail server:smtp.gmail.com
Port: 587, TLS type
Secondly when I try the test account settings button, it says its successful and I receive a test mail too.
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2014-05-01 9:23 am
Unfortunately, I don't have exact details on why you may be getting this error in Gmail, but you may attempt to permanently save the exception. The Gmail forums may have more information for you as well.
2015-06-06 2:28 am
None of these are helpful my certificate says issued to hotmail.com
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L2/UTC response to JTC1 N5698:
February 11, 1999
Author: Ken Whistler
1. Japan's concern seems predicated primarily on the concern for market relevance of the ongoing work in SC2 for 10646. Their first point implies that working on dead or almost dead ancient character sets has no market relevance. However, the very fact that the Unicode Consortium has seen fit to pursue some of these as of interest is a prima facie case for market relevance, since the Consortium is a group of market-driven entities. There is a market relevance to having complete solutions for customers, so that specialists in academia, libraries or government, and enthusiasts of various sorts with online presence can make use of off-the-shelf software, rather than having to depend on customized solutions that have interoperability problems.
2. There are a number of living scripts in use in Southeast Asia that are not yet included in 10646. However, it is incorrect to infer from the fact that they are not yet in the standard that they are not being given due attention and proper priority by SC2. WG2 has before it proposals for Cham, Philippine and various Tai scripts. It is aware of extensions to the Myanmar script required to handle Shan, Mon, Karen, and other minority languages. It has on its roadmap various other scripts such as Javanese, Lisu, Meitei, Kirat, and Lepcha. Most of these are simply awaiting enough expert input to ensure that WG2 does a proper job of encoding them. The block to progress is generally the availability of a sufficiently detailed proposal and information about the relevant experts and/or community to be consulted, rather than insufficient knowledge about how the scripts should be prioritized for encoding.
3. It is misleading to characterize the supply of ancient scripts as "virtually inexhaustible". WG2 also has a roadmap for Plane 1 of 10646-2, which catalogs and gives suggested positions for nearly all of the historic scripts that various experts are aware of (other than Han extensions, which are for Plane 2). The number of these historic scripts is fairly well-known, as is the approximate number of characters they will require for encoding. The overall scale of the encoding to be done is approximately the same as the number of characters that have already been encoded. While that is a large number, it is not an inexhaustible number. The main difficulty lies in gathering sufficient, detailed and authoritative information about historic scripts, rather than in the number of characters to be encoded.
4. As regards the issue of market relevance of historic scripts, or living minority scripts, for that matter, 10646, as the Universal Character Set, is in a unique position as a standard. Unlike the major world scripts (Latin, Cyrillic, Han, and so forth), which have obvious market relevance all around the world, historic and minority scripts often have more localized importance. While Japan, for instance, may find no market relevance for the pursuit of Glagolitic, it would be of obvious interest to Bulgaria or to many communities of scholars. Conversely, while Japan may view Cham, a minority script used in Vietnam, as of market and business relevance, Cham might be of no interest whatsoever to Brazil or Italy, for example. Since 10646 is intended as the one, universal international standard for characters, not merely as a standard that may only contain characters that everyone agrees are widely used everywhere, there seems little choice in the matter: 10646 must contain both Glagolitic and Cham under these circumstances. It is then up to market forces to drive the scope of implementations of the standard. The 10646 solution to a perceived lack of market relevance for some collection of characters in a particular part of the world is the subsetting mechanism—implementors can choose to implement only the parts of the standard that are relevant to their applications and markets. 10646 should be inclusive while allowing subsetting, rather than being viewed as a private club with an exclusionary bar to admission of more scripts, historic or living.
5. Japan's second point suggests that "it will be quite difficult, in terms of expertise and resources, for JTC 1 to develop and maintain all these standards." First of all, there really is only one standard at issue here: ISO/IEC 10646. The relevant working group, WG2, has demonstrated time and again that it can rise to the task of dealing with complex script encoding, by inviting the participation of experts and affected nationally based organizations, as well as by its long-standing cooperation with the Unicode Technical Committee, which has gathered much additional information and expertise about the unencoded scripts of the world. The perceived burden on national bodies that have little interest in some of the historic and minority scripts currently being proposed for addition to the standard might be addressed by making it procedurally less onerous for them to engage in all the review and balloting of amendments for additions they do not care about. But suggesting to distribute the development and maintenance of 10646 outside of WG2 is more likely to cause interoperability problems than to avoid them.
6. Japan's last point claims that the "basic concept of IS 10646 seems to be changing and ambiguous." This is not correct. From the start, the basic concept of IS 10646 has been as the Universal Character Set. What has been changing is the nature of the new proposals for scripts and other characters to be added to the Universal Character Set. Now that the major world scripts have been completed, WG2 is dealing with minority and historic scripts. And now that more and more implementations of 10646 are appearing, implementors have brought forward new requirements for new formatting or other special characters that were not part of the original set of such characters included in the first edition. This is exactly what should be expected of a Universal Character Set—it is the one character set that should include ALL characters needed in information technology. It is not proper for a group which got all of its characters encoded in the first round to turn around and say to latecomers, we're sorry, but your format characters aren't the kind that we want to use, so you'll have to stay outside. WG2 works hard to ensure that new additions to the standard maintain technical consistency with the existing standard, so that existing data and implementations are not destabilized by additions; but within those constraints, WG2 must be open to new ideas and concepts that must be expressed as character codes for best implementation.
7. Finally, Japan claims that "the plane assignment is given for limited number of planes in rather ad hoc manner". This matter is a part of the scope and definition of Part 2 of ISO/IEC 10646, which is currently in working draft. It would seem that Japan has plenty of opportunity to question the assignment of those planes if it views them as ad hoc, since no characters have actually been assigned in them, and 10646-2 has not yet been balloted at all. There is plenty of room for specifying the scope of 10646-2 in more principled detail, if that is the issue. Japan states that "We must be provided with a clear guiding principles for the future extension of IS 10646." WG2 has already developed a quite detailed Principles and Procedures document (WG2 N 1502R, WG2 N 1876 and related documents) with a very clear roadmap for the future extension of IS 10646. This is in addition to the scope statement of the working draft for 10646-2 itself.


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Not that I can blame them for holding out this long before going public...but it suggests that they already had an idea what the study was going to say before All Aboard Florida made its announcement.
Of particular interest is the travel time from Orlando to Miami (3:02). This is just...amazing (though it's probably a shame that they couldn't find :03 to shave off so they could wave around "Less than three hours!" in a PR...but I expect we'll see a move for some sort of upgrade a year or two in that will allow this, giving them either a way to ask for money or some minor service upgrade that they get a free round of press for). This would also seem to hint at a stop-included average speed of around 80 MPH (which, IIRC, isn't too much slower than the Acela WAS-NYP)...and it would also, I believe, suggest that you might well pick up a decent bit of traffic driving from Daytona/Jacksonville Cocoa and picking up the train there.
Another thing that has me scratching my head a bit: This project is going to cost $1 billion, which I love. But if this can be done for $1 billion and (per my dinner with Daniel Lyons) Orlampa could probably be done for $400 million at 125 MPH for only a 15-minute loss, that gives a total cost of Tampa-Orlando-Miami of $1.4 billion or so. IIRC, the HSR project was supposed to run something like $10 billion for the same general route. What was the TPA-MIA travel time for that project (or, in other words, what were we going to pay $9 billion for)?
Finally, two hunches here following up on the blog's speculations:
1) The FEC will probably aim to do the passenger rail project itself entirely on their own (to keep the Feds as far out of it as possible and reduce at least some of the study requirements), and handle the crossing upgrades (which have their own merits, and their elimination has been an FRA safety priority for some time) as a nominally separate project that shouldn't require lots of environmental work.
2) I can't help but wonder if they're not hauling ASCII on the project to try and get something in if CA melts down. A ready-to-go project with an aimed completion date of 2014 or thereabouts would almost be tailor-made for that money, even if it just went to grade crossing "fixes"...though I don't know if they'd even be eligible to apply for the money.
*Either that or this study ought to be a scathing indictment of government feasibility studies taking as long as they do.
Blogpost link: http://reasonrail.bl...mi-orlando.html
Edit: This guy also did a back-of-the-envelope analysis of the ridership that's expected to be needed to make the operation work. The conclusion? About 3 million riders per year, which is about what AAF expects to attract from what I can tell.
Finally, for the kicker of the day: Apparently, the Miami Tea Party folks have backed the plan. Granted, if it works out with mostly private money (public funds only covering some odd-and-end compliance stuff)...well, Atlas Shrugged centered around a railroad.
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I got engaged last week and Fiance and I have chosen setting/stones for a custom made ring. The ring will have sapphires and diamonds in it. I have never owned jewellery of this calibre before (I normally wear stuff from fashion shops). My question to you is:-
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Kate Winslet: 'Labor Day' in Boston!
Kate Winslet heads back to her trailer on the set of Labor Day on Tuesday (June 5) in Boston, Mass.
The 36-year-old English actress stars as Adele, a single mom who, with the help of her son Henry, offers a wounded, fearsome man a ride.
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Police search the town for the escaped convict as the mother and son gradually learn his true story and their options become increasingly limited.
Josh Brolin, The Avengers' Clark Gregg, and James Van Der Beek also co-star in the drama, which Jason Reitman is directing.


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The James Cummings trained Prized Icon and Godolphin's Obscura are the race morning joint favourites for the Group 1 $500,000 Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick today.
Prized Icon is backing up in seven days after winning the Listed $150,000 TFE Hotels Fernhill Handicap (1600m) at Randwick last Saturday and has firmed in overnight to join Obscura at $4 at Ladbrokes.com.au.
The betting for the Champagne Stakes had to be drastically reshaped after the odds on favourite Yankee Rose was scratched on Friday after failing a veterinary check after suffering some bruising to her front feet during the week.
The new market saw six of the ten two year olds marked under $10 with the John O'Shea trained Obscura being elevated to the top spot before being joined by Prized Icon.
Obscura has only been to the races on two occasions for a third in a 1200m Kembla Grange two year old maiden followed by a fifth to Attention in the Group 3 $150,000 The Schweppervescence (1400m) at Rosehill on March 26.
Trainer John O'Shea is happy to step the Street Cry colt up to Group 1 company and the task will be lot easier with Yankee Rose out of the way.
"He is a lovely horse. I really like him," O'Shea said.
But O'Shea thinks the market framers have got it wrong and he doesn't believe he should be listed as equal favourite.
"I think the market is well wrong there in that race. I don't think he is entitled to be that price to be fair," O'Shea told Racing HQ Saturday.
"He is a lovely horse and has a bright future but there is now way he is entitled to be favourite in a Champagne Stakes. He was 50-1 the other day and ran fifth."
"I know it is not an overly strong version of the Champagne but I think there are horses there with superior form going into it but he will acquit himself very well."
"I think he has a lovely future coming into the Spring and he will get a beautiful run today but I think the market has probably got it wrong there."
Obscura has drawn the inside gate in the ten horse field and O'Shea can see jockey James McDonald giving the Street Cry colt the run of the race.
"We won't be too far away from them and I suppose that that is one of the enduring qualities to give him a chance in the race and he will run a strong mile, but he just probably lacks that little bit off seasoning."
Prized Icon won't have any concerns with the 1600m after having won over the Champagne Stakes course and distance last week in the Fernhill Handicap.
Champagne Stakes market order at Ladbrokes.com.au: $4 Obscura, Prized Icon, $5.50 Faraway Town, $7 Divine Prophet, El Sicario, $8 Chimboraa, $21 Crown Him, $26 Jaws Of Steel, Pop, $61 North Sky.


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Transformational Leadership In Behavioral Health
This weblog covers psychological well being, medicine and psychotherapy with an emphasis on the role of household dysfunction in behavioral problems. Of course, therapy doesn't work flawlessly in every case, however neither does remedy for any chronic, relapsing disease, which substance dependence is. As such, opioid dependence, like different power, relapsing medical disorders, requires a mix of remedies, including medicine and behavioral modification or change, in an effort to achieve impactful and sustained therapy results.
Dr. Lovaas used conduct modification at UCLA for decades and his early work with this inhabitants of youngsters and their mother and father led to the formation of the National Society for Autistic Children (at present known as the Autism Society of America), which he co-based with the late Dr. Bernie Rimland, whose e book Infantile Autism: The Syndrome and Its Implications for a Neural Theory of Behavior first published in 1964 changed the mental well being group's perspective on the situation.
We need to grasp that from the vantage level of the continuity of White supremacy, the basis for the labeling of Black Consciousness and behavior by Whites as normal or abnormal depends not on the discovery by Whites of discrete states of consciousness and their correlated behavioral tendencies in Africans, however on the discovery of the diploma to which Black Consciousness/behavioral tendencies are perceived as serving or dis-serving their hegemonic pursuits.
While the vast majority of individuals with a mental health condition are nonviolent, Director of the National Institute for Mental Health, Dr. Thomas Insel, told this subcommittee at our March 5 public discussion board that efficient treatments, which embrace medication adherence and evidence-primarily based psychosocial therapy, can reduce the chance of violent habits fifteen-fold in persons with serious mental illness.


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A good honours degree in materials, a physical science (biology or chemistry) or a related engineering subject. A good honours degree in dentistry or medicine is also acceptable. Some background in chemistry and biology is desired.
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A multi-disciplinary course, students will be introduced to the field of biomaterials, and important factors in the selection, design, and development of biomaterials for clinical applications. You'll develop an understanding of biomaterials science, engineering, regenerative medicine and associated specialisms.
This course will be of particular interest to students interested in facilitating their development into the medical field aiming to contribute in the health care sector.
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A friendly, forward-thinking community, our students and staff are on hand to welcome you to the department and ensure you settle into student life.
Your project supervisor will support you throughout your course. Plus you'll have access to our extensive network of alumni, offering industry insight and valuable career advice to support your own career pathway.
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Prospective employers recognise the value of our courses, and know that our students can apply their knowledge to industry. Our graduates work for organisations including Airbus, Rolls-Royce, the National Nuclear Laboratory and Saint-Gobain. Roles include materials development engineer, reactor engineer and research manager. They also work in academia in the UK and abroad.
90 per cent of our graduates are employed or in further study 6 months after graduating, with an average starting salary of £27,000, the highest being £50,000.
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We have invested in extensive, world-class equipment and facilities to provide a stimulating learning environment. Our laboratories are equipped to a high standard, with specialist facilities for each area of research.
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Smith likely to OK new class schedule
By Laura Loh and Laura Loh,SUN STAFF
November 14, 2002
Middle and high schools in Anne Arundel County are likely to move to uniform four-period schedules next year, which officials say would use school time more efficiently and give students more flexibility in choosing classes. Superintendent Eric J. Smith, who is expected to make his final decision next month, said having everyone on the same type of schedule would help him track and improve student achievement at all schools, which vary in course offerings and test scores. "It allows us to better support our classroom teachers in defining the kind of instruction that needs to take place," said Smith, who asked middle and high school principals to study the issue.
Dance wants all students to graduate bilingual
By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun
March 21, 2013
Baltimore County schools Superintendent Dallas Dance plans to issue digital devices to middle- and high-school students and wants all children in the school system to graduate bilingual, believing it will make them globally competitive, he said in the county's first state of the schools address Thursday. "Earning a Baltimore County public schools diploma needs to have greater meaning," he told a crowd at Valley Mansion in Cockeysville. The superintendent hopes to see kindergartners learning world languages and older students carrying electronic devices within the next five years, he said in an interview Thursday.
Swimming, soccer, samba - and conjugating verbs
By Lynn Anderson and Lynn Anderson,SUN STAFF
June 23, 2000
On bent knee, his arm outstretched, Mark Hiteshew proposed to a beautiful cockroach this week as part of an inaugural foreign-language summer camp sponsored by the Baltimore County school system. Mark, 13, and 29 other middle and high school students paid $100 each to polish their Spanish language skills during a weeklong camp at the Essex campus of the Community College of Baltimore County. Mark, a pupil at Catonsville Middle School, dropped to his knee for his role in a fanciful production of "La Cucarachita Bonita," a fable that the students will present in Spanish to their parents today, the last day of the language camp.
Pediatrics study shows more teen, tween boys using steroids
By Liz Atwood
November 27, 2012
From Liz Atwood: For years we've heard about the teen and tween girls who have a negative body image. Trying to emulate the unnaturally thin models they see on TV or in magazines, they can starve themselves to death. But a new study shows that not only girls, but also teen and tween boys, can harm their health when they become too worried about their bodies. The journal Pediatrics recently published a study that shows a significant number of boys are using protein shakes and steroids to build their muscles.
Schools seek $35 million for buildings Enrollment 'bulge' moving to middle and high schools
By Howard Libit and Howard Libit,SUN STAFF
September 25, 1996
Howard County schools Superintendent Michael E. Hickey proposed yesterday a $35 million capital budget for next year that would complete all elementary school construction within two years and begin a rapid expansion for the expected explosive growth of middle and high school students.Hickey's plan includes the construction of two new elementary schools, four new middle schools and additions to nine other schools over the next 10 years. That's in addition to the two new elementaries and one new middle school that Howard will open next fall.
Music festivals a time for fun, and learning
By Laura Shovan and Laura Shovan,SPECIAL TO THE SUN
March 20, 2003
Imagine prom night - circa 1600. The girls are dressed in Renaissance-style gowns of blue, red and gold velvet. The boys are in tunics, tights and feathered velvet caps. Their costumes may look like something out of Romeo and Juliet, but they help set the tone at a madrigals performance. Eight county high schools attended a madrigals festival at Wilde Lake High's Rouse Theatre this month. It kicked off an eight-week season of adjudicated music festivals for Howard County middle and high school groups.
Taking the stigma out of free lunch
August 15, 2000
YOU'RE HUNGRY. You're in a crowd. You have no money. Someone offers: Raise your hand -- in other words, admit you're poor -- and you can eat free. Do you swallow your pride and take the meal? Why should you have to? Embarrassment simply shouldn't figure into a decision to eat or go hungry. But for kids who participate in school free lunch programs, it does. That's especially true of middle- and high-school students, the self-conscious, need-to-be-cool teens who are trying hard just to fit in. For them, a free lunch card might as well be a billboard announcing they're poor.
Christian Academy To Open In 1991
December 19, 1990
Chapelgate Presbyterian Church in Ellicott City announces the opening of Chapelgate Christian Academy for middle and high school students in the fall of 1991.Emphasizing high-quality, college preparatory education from a Christian perspective, Chapelgate Christian Academy will offer classes for students in grades six through nine its first academic year and will add one grade per year to complete its high school program.The school will be on the church's new property at Marriottsville Roand and Route 40. Information 465-7877.
School board plans to discuss proposed policies The...
June 7, 2000
School board plans to discuss proposed policies The county Board of Education will hold a public hearing on proposed policies during the 7:30 p.m. session of its meeting tomorrow at the Department of Education, 10910 Route 108, Ellicott City. The board will discuss discrimination and violence as well as revisions to Policy 1815, Title IX/Harassment. The board is scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. June 22. The meeting will begin with a Listening Post session. To sign up for either hearing: the board's executive assistant, 410-313-7197.
Dance helps pupils make transition PASADENA
February 9, 1993
A dance instructor at George Fox Middle School has come up with a creative way to ease the transition for children from elementary to middle school -- dance them through it.For the third year, students from Pasadena area schools will put on a free dance show, which helps elementary school youngsters make connections through dance with middle and high school, said Pam Swaggerty, dance instructor and chairwoman of physical education at George Fox.Students from...
Dance will be guest teaching in middle and high school classrooms
By Liz Bowie
April 9, 2012
When Interim State Superintendent Bernard Sadusky decided to waive the state law to allow Baltimore County to hire S. Dallas Dance to be the next school superintendent, he gave it on the condition that Dance be a guest teacher in a middle and high school this coming school year. State law requires superintendents to have three years of teaching experience, but Dance has only two, in a high school near Richmond. In addition, he did not take teacher preparation courses in college.
Glitch Disrupts Prince George's High Schools
By The Washington Post
August 27, 2009
Thousands of Prince George's County high school students missed a third day of classes Wednesday as school officials said it could take more than a week to sort out the chaos caused by a new computerized class scheduling system. Students were put in gyms, auditoriums, cafeterias, libraries and classes they didn't want or need at high schools across the county as their parents' fury over the logistical nightmare rose. "The school year comes up the same time every year," said Carolyn Oliver, the mother of a 16-year-old senior who spent Wednesday in the senior lounge at Bowie High School.
Education Notes
April 19, 2009
Board of Education Ethics Panel to meet The Anne Arundel County Board of Education Ethics Panel will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in Conference Room I at the Parham Building, 2644 Riva Road, in Annapolis. The panel's duties include overseeing all ethics forms relevant to school system regulations; providing advisory opinions on ethics matters and making determinations on complaints alleging violations; referring findings on complaints and other enforcement matters to the board; and holding an information program on ethics regulations.
Parents to help govern schools
By Sara Neufeld and Sara Neufeld,Sun reporter
June 11, 2008
Parents of Baltimore City students will soon be involved in evaluating their school principals. They'll be able to check homework assignments online. And they'll have summer classes of their own to learn what to expect when their kids go to middle and high school. Baltimore school administrators unveiled last night an unprecedented initiative to get parents involved not only in the education of their children but also in the governance of their children's schools. The school board signed off on spending about $1 million in public and privately raised money next academic year to contract with community-based organizations, which would be charged with getting parents involved and forming PTAs in the many schools that don't have them.
Parents get advice on getting involved
By Ruma Kumar and Ruma Kumar,Sun Reporter
January 30, 2008
Cartoons can be destructive. Sarah Russo knew this, but there was something about the way John W. Hodge illustrated the point yesterday that jarred the mother of a kindergartener. Hodge, a nationally known motivational speaker, had just aired excerpts from an episode of the animated series South Park, which follows the lives of four foul-mouthed third-graders in a small Colorado town. In the episode, the boys mock a school counselor's anti-drug lecture and get him fired. Later, the counselor, homeless and depressed, slips into drug use and casual sex. "Ten-, 11-, 12-year-olds are watching this," Hodge said.
Mount Airy parents demand a revamp
By Arin Gencer and Arin Gencer,Sun reporter
September 23, 2007
Some Mount Airy parents would like to see their local middle and high schools on the school system's newly proposed capital improvement plan, which the Board of Education is expected to vote on Wednesday. Both buildings are in need of modernization, parents say. "We moved to Carroll County on the assumption that our children would have the same opportunities as those in neighboring counties and the same opportunities as those within the same county," wrote Jennifer Seidel, who has a child at Parr's Ridge Elementary, in a letter to Carroll Superintendent Charles I. Ecker, the school board and the county commissioners.
Redistrict Meetings Set
March 24, 1991
The Carroll Board of Education will hold public meetings this week on preliminary redistricting plans for the new Piney Ridge Elementary School, scheduled to open in Eldersburg in September.The meetingswill be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Carrolltowne Elementary School and at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eldersburg Elementary School.Redrawing boundary lines in the elementary attendance area of southeastern Carroll, school officials said, is necessary to alleviate overcrowding and balance enrollment between Piney Ridge and the other schools -- Carrolltowne, Freedom and Eldersburg elementaries.
The Week That Was
July 29, 2007
Soldier killed by police officer A police officer killed a soldier from Fort Meade who was armed with a large handgun. The officer was breaking up a fight at a downtown Baltimore parking garage when the shooting occurred. Bag ban debated A proposal in Annapolis to ban plastic shopping bags and require recycleable paper or reusable containers drew reaction from both sides of the issue. Dog hunt started When Reilly the dog ran away, its Baltimore County owners spared no expense, hiring private detectives and a helicopter to look for the pooch.
Keeping students honest
By Ruma Kumar and Ruma Kumar,SUN REPORTER
May 25, 2007
Amid concerns about cheating at Severna Park High School, Anne Arundel County student government leaders said that the problem is common at their schools too and goes unchecked because of defensive parents, weak administrators and a frantic competition to get into top colleges. At a forum this week with two school board members, students said they do not believe their schools are abiding by a five-year-old Board of Education policy that requires an Honor Council made up of parents, educators and students in every middle and high school.
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If You are Never in the Mood
It is supposed to be mom who is too tired or simply doesn't feel like it. In reality, it is often dad who is hesitant about resuming sex after mom is good to go.
Common hurdles include:
- New dads have a lot on their minds - You have a new focus in life or are pre-occupied with problems you face (financing a new family for example). This leaves you with little interest in sex.
- Moms do not make good sex objects - The naughty imagery that drives sex can clash sharply with the picture of your mate breastfeeding or changing a diaper. It can be especially hard to feel lusty when she suddenly reminds you of your own mom.
- Her new body is unattractive to you - Extra weight, flabby tummy, stretch marks, and a lack of time to take care of herself does not fit the average guy's notion of a sex goddess. It is hard for her to feel sexy as well, which can leave little inspiration all the way around.
A variety of other serious turnoffs can apply: nervousness about intercourse during pregnancy lingers, graphic birth images stick in your mind, etc. The result is you are having a hard time becoming reattracted to your mate as your lover.
An active love life is important, of course. You have lost your sex kitten, and your lack of interest may leave your partner feeling rejected, unattractive, unfulfilled and unloved at a time she needs you more than ever.
Believing you no longer find her appealing can be devastating to her. You are not going to be feeling great either.
Suggestions from Those Who Have Been There
It happens, and you need to deal with it proactively. Ideas from guys who have been down this road include:
- Talk about it with her and reassure her that you love her.
- Exercise or try some new activity together.
- Try cuddling, massage and other non-sexual intimacy.
- Turn out the lights and let her seduce you, or try mutual manual sex.
- Get away overnight without the baby, where she has the opportunity to take her time, dress up and look her best.
- Engage in a mild fantasy that shakes up your normal images of each other.
Again, give it time, but don't give up. Talk to a counselor if it gets serious. This is one issue you definitely want to take care of for both of you.Tell-a-Friend
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{Past Event} - HHI - Investment in Employee Health & Wellness with a Research Update from Vanderbilt Health
Increasingly businesses are discovering the linkage between employee well being, employee engagement and business performance.
Ironically, hospital workers are sicker than the general population. Health, wellness and the physical environment play a critical role in staff engagement and quality performance. There is a high correlation between patient satisfaction scores and staff engagement, as well as between employee engagement and financial success.
What drives employee engagement? 1. Worker engagement is improved when the staff perceives that leadership cares about their well-being, and 2. staff engagement relates to the health of the work environment. Staff engagement and the health of the employee is a business issue and if wellness and environmental stewardship programs are not given adequate funding or support, the downstream impact of quality and satisfaction will be impacted.
Join us for a call with employee engagement expert Eric Parmenter who will share research and evidence around the business value of investing in health and wellness. Eric will discuss the poor health of the hospital workforce, the drivers of employee engagement and the key tenets of successful wellness programs.
Mary Yarbrough, MD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine and Executive Director of Faculty/Staff Health and Wellness Program for Vanderbilt University will share a case study from her work at Vanderbilt (which resulted in 25 percent reduced costs associated with staff health care costs) and an overview of employee wellness initiatives through the World Health Organization and CDC's model for a healthy work place and the emphasis on a healthy environment. This blueprint provides a foundation for the business case for healthier environments. Dr. Yarbrough will also share tips on evaluation and innovation in developing partnerships and the relationship between wellness and environmental stewardship at Vanderbilt.
- Understand the business case and return on investment for engaging the health care worker.
- Recognize the link between an engaged worker and a reduction in health care costs.
- Take away tips to link employee wellness to health care spending.
- Understand one organization's success in linking wellness with environmental stewardship activities.
Eric Parmenter, Vice President Employer Services at Evolent Health
Eric Parmenter, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, RHU, REBC, SPHR, CEBS, MBA is Vice President of Employer Services for Evolent Health. He is a former Vice President of Consultant at HighRoads and Senior Consultant and Principal with Towers Watson. He has worked in the employee benefits business for over 25 years, serving as an adviser to his hospital and health system clients, developing innovative total rewards strategies that align with client needs, objectives and strategies.
Eric is a recognized national leader in the hospital health system industry and a recognized expert on the impact of Health Care Reform on health care providers. He is a consultant with deep experience in health plan strategy, design, wellness and productivity.
Dr. Mary Yarbrough, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Executive Director of Faculty/Staff Health and Wellness Programs, Vanderbilt
Dr. Yarbrough earned an M.D. from Vanderbilt and an MPH from Johns Hopkins. She completed residencies at Vanderbilt (Internal Medicine) and Johns Hopkins (Preventive Medicine and Public Health) and is boarded in Internal Medicine, General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and Occupational Medicine. She is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt. She is the Executive Director of Vanderbilt's Faculty/Staff Health and Wellness Programs, which includes the Occupational Health Clinic; the Child and Family Centers; Work/Life Connections--EAP, including the Faculty/Physician Wellness and Nurse Wellness Programs; and Health Plus, Vanderbilt's health promotion program. Previously she served as a Luce Scholar in Sabah Malaysia, as a consultant to the World Health Organization, and as Director of Environmental Epidemiology for the Tennessee Department of Health.
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Authorities ban Belarus-Sweden conference
Under the pressure from the ideology department of Minsk City Executive Committee, the managers of the Belarus Hotel, where a contact Belarus-Sweden conference was due to take place on 20-22 May, refused a rental agreement. And at the last minute the Belarusian Embassy to Sweden refused visas to the Swedish participants of the contact conference, said the press service of the NGO Assembly.
From 20 to 22 May a contact Belarus-Sweden conference was due to take place in the Belarus Hotel in Minsk with a view to developing contacts, planning new partnership projects and analyzing those already implemented. The conference organizers were the Swedish center for developing international cooperation of civil organizations Forum Syd and the Minsk department of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Moscow. A total of 100 Belarusian public associations appealed for taking part in the conference, only 30 were selected. Also, today about 17 representatives of the Swedish non-governmental organizations were to have arrived in Minsk. However, the organizers had to call off the conference for an indefinite time.
On Monday (16 May) the Belarus Hotel received a fax from the ideology department of Minsk City Executive Committee. It informed the rental of all premises paid by a foreign organization shall be regarded as foreign aid following the receipt of the fax message. Correspondingly, these funds have to be duly registered with the Department of Humanitarian Activity or Ministry of Economy. Because of this warning made by the ideologists of Minsk City Executive Committee, the hotel managers refused rental of premises to the organizers.
Notwithstanding the fact, another location to host the conference in a somewhat changed format was found. Up to now, the organizers continued sorting out the organization issues. But in the morning they found out that the Belarusian Embassy to Sweden refused visas to the representatives of the Swedish organizations, who planned to take part in the Belarus-Sweden conference in Minsk.
So far no official statements explaining the decision of the Belarusian authorities have been made. However, some Belarusian participants of the conference are sure that all of the obstacles created by the authorities to prevent the conference are politically motivated rather than technical. They are also convinced that the banning of such a large conference shows that public activity in Belarus is unwanted.
Governmental agencies of Sweden (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minsk Department of the Embassy of Sweden in Moscow) were involved with the organization of the cancelled Belarus-Sweden conference. Now, most probably, the issue will be upgraded to the level of the diplomatic relations between Belarus and Sweden.
"Limiting contacts of Belarusians with the foreign partners from democratic countries so rudely implemented by the authorities will not remain unnoticed and causes indignation. The fact that we are deprived of the opportunity to legally conduct meetings with foreign partners does not mean that we are going to refuse any of such contacts in the future. We will be looking for new ways to implement our rights. Each of the foreigners encountering such attitude from the Belarusian authorities to themselves and Belarusians usually starts to do more to change the situation in Belarus", Siarhei Matskievich, the Chair of the Working Group of the NGO Assembly, commented on the ban of the conference.


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Tennis champions Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova will jointly serve as spokespersons and cover stars for the PS2 version of Top Spin, Take-Two Interactive announced on Tuesday.
Roger Federer is currently the #1-ranked men's tennis player, having won three Wimbledon Championships in a row, and recently triumphed at The Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open.
Maria Sharapova is now the second-highest ranked women's player in the world. In 2004, she reached her first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon. She recently won this year's season-ending Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships -- and has now collected 10 WTA singles titles and three WTA doubles titles.
"We're thrilled to have two of the most exciting tennis players representing our game," stated Erik Whiteford at 2K Sports. "Roger Federer is by far the most talented and dominant men's tennis player in the game today. Maria Sharapova's power, competitive drive and tenacity have established her as one of the most important and visible players on the women's tour. Both players exhibit the winning attitude of great tennis champions, making them a natural choice to represent the best tennis video game."
Take-Two expects to release the PlayStation 2 version of Top Spin later this summer.


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As expected, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic versions of Eli Lilly's (NYSE:LLY) depression drug Cymbalta.
Six versions in fact.
On Wednesday, Aurobindo Pharma, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE:RDY), Lupin, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:TEVA), and Torrent Pharmaceuticals all got the FDA's green light to sell the drug known generically as duloxetine.
Given the large number of generic versions, the companies are going to have to compete on price, leading to limited profits for the generic-drug makers and a sharp drop in sales of the branded product.
U.S. sales of Cymbalta were $1.1 billion in the third quarter. Despite the expiration coming toward the end of the quarter, the pharma expects U.S. sales will drop to just $500 million this quarter. Since the expiration of the U.S. patent exclusivity was widely known, wholesalers and retail pharmacies have likely reduced inventories in anticipation of the launches of the generic versions. Eli Lilly's estimated sales also includes expected returns of the product.
While the drop in sales of Eli Lilly's top-selling drug will affect revenue and profits, the exact date for the loss of exclusivity has been known for years and thus shouldn't affect the company's valuation at this point.
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Alert, hardy, watchful, and possessing tremendous stamina, these dogs were bred to work cattle on vast ranches in the harsh terrain and inhospitable climate of inland Australia. Extremely intelligent, the Australian Cattle Dog requires regular exercise and activity if it isn't running, chasing, and herding out on the range. Fans of Australian Cattle Dogs are sure to appreciate the photographs in this charming mini wall calendar. Includes a free download of the DogDays™ app for the smartphone and tablet, which grants access to the world's most captivating dog photos and backgrounds, fun puzzles, and a calendar featuring your favorite furry friends.
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Australian Cattle Dog Puppies 2016 Mini Wall Calendar
Petstages Puppy Occupi Chew Toy – Medium
Occupi is the smart chew toy. Toys can help keep your dog engaged and eliminate behavioral problems. Treats can further enhance a dog's motivation and interest. Finally, a toy and treat combination that helps address many of the behavioral challenges your dog may exhibit at various ages. Using an Occupi toy with the appropriate Occupi treat you can keep your pet happy, busy and entertained. Perfect for training, rewarding and overall fun. Puppy Occupi medium treat toy is design for medium to large breed puppies. Product Features Size: Medium Trick rubber is puppy strength for teething dogs. Helps reduce boredom and destructive behavior. Lets you choose the behaviors you want to reinforce Great with treats or alone Textures massage gums 4.5 inches by 2.0 inches Perfect size for medium to large breed dogs
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Gary Patterson's Dogs 2016 Wall Calendar
Dog lovers have enjoyed Gary Patterson's humorous moments with dogs for over 30 years. His images have captured the hearts of fans, young and old. Laugh your way through the year with this collection of cartoon dogs from Gary Patterson in Gary Patterson's Dogs Wall Calendar.Dog lovers are sure to enjoy this calendarSeptember-December 2015 overviewPrevious and next month viewsObserves major holidays
Shelter Dogs Photo Booth 2017 Wall Calendar
Guinnevere Shuster's adorable photo booth images of rescued dogs went viral and sent adoption rates skyrocketing for the Humane Society. This calendar features her charming dog portraits accompanied by bios explaining how each dog came to the shelter and their heartwarming adoption stories. A portion of the calendar proceeds will benefit the Humane Society of Utah and Best Friends Animal Society. It's a guaranteed-to-make-you-smile collection of prized pooches who found forever homes.Proceeds will benefit the Humane Society of Utah and Best Friends Animal SocietyGuinnevere Shuster's photography of shelter dogs in photo boothsEach portrait is accompanied by the bio on how the dog comes to the shelter and get adopted out
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Hyper Pet Mini Tennis Balls (4 Pack)
Hyper Pet™ Mini Tennis Balls provide safe fetch toys that your dog will absolutely adore. These miniature tennis balls are made to be just as bouncy as normal tennis balls but at a smaller size that is ideal for small and petite dogs. These balls are also designed to be buoyant, making them ideal for pool play. Hyper Pet Mini Tennis Balls are designed to be pet safe and provide a great way to ensure your dog stays active and happy. This pack includes 4 of the balls to provide plenty for your pup's indoor or outdoor use. Provide your pet with the best toys available and order this pack of tennis balls for your pooch today. Key Features: Pet safe balls are designed specifically for dogs Bouncy and buoyant for indoor, outdoor and pool play Pack includes four tennis balls ideal for small and petite dogs


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It has been some time since ATH Carl Tucker Jr. of Cornelius, NC has heard from Clemson. The Tigers have offered but Tucker says he has not communicated with the coaches recently. "I'm not really sure what is going on there," he said.
"I'm still interested in them. I'm interested in every team that offers me."
Tucker carries five offers; Clemson, Tennessee, Wake Forest, East Carolina and North Carolina with interest from Penn State. The lack of contact with Clemson as the Tigers dropping down his list of favorites behind Tennessee, North Carolina and Wake Forest in that order. His junior day visit to Tennessee solidified the Volunteers lead for his services. "I felt loved there," Tucker said.
"I liked how it worked and I got a chance to see what it looks like, you know, besides the stadium. It went very well and my parents and I enjoyed spending time there."
He has also visited North Carolina where he saw his first basketball game in Chapel Hill. "I'm a big Chapel Hill fan in basketball so to see the Duke-(North) Carolina game in person was pretty special," he said.
Tucker plans to visit the two schools again this spring and is waiting to hear from Clemson to gauge their interest level.


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Mr. Billy James Hobbs, 57, passed away, Friday January 5, 2017 in McMinnville, Tennessee. He was born in Smithville, Tennessee on April 12, 1960 to James Hobbs and Freda Cantrell Hobbs who preceded him in death.
He was a landscaper and enjoyed playing Billiards.
He is survived by his son, Heath Hobbs; brothers, Ronnie and Danny Ray Hobbs; sisters, Teresa and Resa; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Monday in the funeral home chapel with Minister Bud Whitman officiating with burial to follow in the Fults Cemetery. Visitation: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Monday at Layne Funeral Home, Altamont, Tennessee. www.laynefuneralhome.com
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the funeral home to help with funeral cost.


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Sol Deo Gloria Productions released Marathon Infinity for the iPad on Thursday, bringing the final installment to the Marathon trilogy to the multimedia tablet. Marathon was first released for the Mac in 1994 and changed the first person shooter genre with its graphics, game play, and intelligent enemies.
The classic Marathon Infinity now on the iPad
Marathon Infinity includes 25 levels divided across four chapters, offers five hidden levels, includes exploration missions along with puzzles, a wide range of weapons for attacking the Pfhor enemies, and more.
Marathon Infinity, along with Marathon and Marathon 2: Durandal are free and available at Apple's iTunes-based App Store.


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We say "manage" but it more closely resembles conducting. We see our role as a conductor to bring the best out of each of the volunteer leaders. But that also means that like an orchestra conductor, our job is to wear many hats, many of which are behind-the-scenes jobs.
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Anxiety can cause a lot of unusual symptoms. But one of the strangest is the way that anxiety affects taste. Anxiety may genuinely cause a bad taste in your mouth, as though you've eaten something gross. It's one of the weirder symptoms of anxiety and while it's not dangerous, it is very irritating.
The good news is that bad taste from anxiety is easy to understand, and generally fairly easy to reduce. In this article, we'll look at the most likely causes of bad taste, and the quick things you can do to reduce it.
Bad Taste = Anxiety?
Most people find it hard to believe that anxiety can affect your taste buds, but anxiety really does make a big difference for how your mouth adjusts to flavors. Bad taste is almost never the only anxiety symptom, however. So take my free 7 minute anxiety test to see what else is a symptom of your anxiety and what you can do to cure it.
Diseases That Anxiety Makes Worse
It should be noted that in some cases, the bad taste in your mouth may be the result of a disease - like gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) - that is simply worse during periods of high anxiety. GERD isn't necessarily dangerous, but it is a disorder that is unrelated to anxiety, and anxiety is simply known to make it worse.
Talking to your doctor is always a good idea if you're nervous. You may want to visit a dentist as well. You should also take my anxiety test if you haven't yet, to learn more about your own anxiety symptoms.
Causes of Bad Taste From Anxiety
Bad taste in one's mouth seems like such an unusual anxiety symptom. That's because it's difficult to pinpoint the exact cause. It definitely affects many people with anxiety, but the reason for the bad taste many be any or all of the following (or even something not on the list):
- Taste Changes The most likely reason is that stress causes your taste buds to change. How they change differs from person to person, but there is evidence that under periods of intense stress, a person's sense of taste is altered with it.
- Mouth Breathing Anxiety also leads to rapid breathing - usually through the mouth. This type of rapid breathing may cause your tongue to dry up and ultimately taste a bit drier and less pleasant, which could be the cause of the unusual taste.
- Over-thinking Similarly, when you have severe anxiety - especially anxiety attacks - it's not uncommon to be more sensitive to issues that are already pleasant. For example, you may have already had a bad taste in your mouth, but you didn't necessarily know it. During a panic attack, you may be more sensitive to things like taste, making you become more aware of the bad taste that was already there.
It's also possible there are other issues at play here as well. We mentioned GERD, earlier, and acid reflux can create a bad taste and is altered by anxiety. It's also possible that you're creating more mucus, which can have a poor flavor. Salivary changes may create a bad taste as well, and it's possible for stress to allow bad smelling bacteria to flourish. It's difficult to know the exact cause, and it's possible that it could be any or all of those issues.
How to Address the Bad Taste
The good news is that improving the taste of your mouth is easy. Taste is still taste. If you often find that you have a bad taste in your mouth during times of anxiety, then finding something that tastes better is the solution. See if there is a breath mint you like, or a tic tac (although avoid peppermint if you think you may have GERD). There may be some gum available or water you can drink. These will all reduce the bad taste.
Ultimately the long term solution is to make sure you're addressing your anxiety.
I've worked with thousands of people that have this bad taste in their mouths during periods of intense anxiety. I tell them all to start off with my free 7 minute anxiety test. It will look at your symptoms, compare them to the symptoms of others, allow you to cross check the severity of your anxiety, and give you recommendations for treatment.
So if you haven't yet, start the test here.
Author: Micah Abraham, BSc Psychology, last updated Sep 28, 2017.


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Pretty Faux Leather Zebra Print Storage Stool by Southern Enterprises
- This storage stool measures 15.75 inch (Width) x15.75 inch (D) x15.5 inch (H)
- Comfortable faux leather seat
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Hide all the mess that is spread in your house with this zebra printed faux leather stool. This stool not only helps you store in the mess but also allows you to rest your foot on it conveniently. The pretty zebra pattern is funky indeed and attracts people eyes easily. You can simply brighten up your room with this item. Moving it is easy and thus you can choose to change the location of this stool according to your convenience.
This useful stool indeed puts a full stop to all your storage problems and at the same time help you sit in a relaxed way. With this stool, you can add style to your dwelling and at the same time hide all the clutter. Apart from home use, this stool also proves to be of great utility in five star hotels and offices. So get one, to keep your house clean and tidy always.?


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Many have adopted audio books over recent years. For iOS users, here are some of the best free text to speech apps for iOS that are available for download.
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Dayton in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
McCook Field
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This field is small. Use it all.
-sign at McCook Field
Entering World War I, the United States urgently needed to advance this new field of aeronautics. Thanks to the area's industrial strength, the military chose Dayton as the sight of a new aeronautical center. McCook Field, located north of downtown Dayton between Keowee Street and the Great Miami River, was charged with researching, developing, manufacturing, and testing all military airplanes and accessories.
Nearly all significant aviation developments in the decade after 1917 were achieved at McCook Field. New airplanes were only part of the work. Aircraft weapons systems, bullet-proof gas tanks, free-fall parachutes, and night observation cameras were invented at the field as well.
Soon, however, the larger, more powerful aircraft overwhelmed McCook Field. The Air Force needed a more permanent site, and Dayton was once again determined to provide it. In a 48-hour fundraising effort, the community raised $425,000 to purchase 4,520 acres northeast of Dayton. With that land, the groundwork was laid for the next generation of aeronautical innovation in the Miami Valley.
Erected 2003 by Inventing Flight and Dayton Power & Light Company Foundation.
Location. Touch for map. Marker is in Centennial Park, within Deeds Point MetroPark, off Webster Street, about 450 feet NNE of the confluence of the Mad and Great Miami Rivers. Marker is at or near this postal address: 510 Webster Street, Dayton OH 45402, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Wright-Patterson AFB (here, next to this marker); Huffman Prairie (here, next to this marker); John Glenn (a few steps from this marker); The Solution: Wing Warping (within shouting distance of this marker); Sir George Cayley (within shouting distance of this marker); Montgolfier Brothers (within shouting distance of this marker); Leonardo da Vinci (within shouting distance of this marker); Neil Armstrong (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dayton.
Also see . . . History of McCook Field. (Submitted on April 7, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Categories. • Air & Space • Science & Medicine • War, World I •
Credits. This page was last revised on July 22, 2018. This page originally submitted on April 6, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 927 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 6, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on April 4, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.


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I am currently searching for some of the Toots and Casper movies starring Bud Duncan and Thelma Hill. They made 12 shorts at FBO between 1927 and 1929 and so far I've found three. I don't know of the rest are lost or just really hard to find. If you have any info about them please let me know. Here are the titles I'm looking for ....
Don't Say Ain't
Spareribs Reforms
Who's the Boss?
Toots' Big Idea
His Wife's Secret
Big-Hearted Toots
Casper's Night Out
The Family Meal Ticket
What a Wife
I have a blog dedicated to actress Thelma Hill. I'm always looking for new photos or information about her. The link is
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blossom wrote:i forgot something just my thoughts-but say you have iron deposits and they are like a feeding frenzy attraction for bacteria viruses etc. it would make sence to do whatever you can to get them out of the body. i'm sure certain cases there would be permanent damage but i'd think better out of the body and see what could heal.
How can we get the excess iron out of the body? It has already been indicated that there is some association of hemochromatosis with MS severity.[/b]


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Senator Lee, District 20 — Press Release
December 15, 2016
Sarah Schwirian,
(813) 653-7061
Senator Tom Lee Takes Lead on Updating Florida's Building Code Amendment Process
Senator Tom Lee (R-Thonotosassa) announced today he will lead the Senate's effort to revamp and streamline the process by which the Florida Building Code is amended.
Currently, the Florida Building Commission is required to update the Florida Building Code every three years to reflect the most current version of various international codes. Senator Lee's bill will streamline this process by removing this requirement and, using Florida's existing Building Code as the foundation, by giving the Commission authority to decide which provisions of the international codes are appropriate and necessary for Florida.
"The Florida Building Code has been an effective tool for improving the structural integrity and energy efficiency of our state's housing stock, leading to lower property and casualty insurance rates and minimizing windstorm damages," Senator Lee said. "However, now that the most dramatic gains have been realized, it's time to look for a more common sense and cost effective approach to updating the code."
Under the proposed bill, the Florida Building Commission will retain its ability to adopt annual technical amendments to the Code that relate directly to public health, safety and welfare.
"The goal is to strike a balance between keeping our code current without letting trivial updates and pressure from suppliers create an unnecessary burden on the industry and the consumer," Senator Lee added.