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Warner Bros TV Group Taking 14 Series to SDCC 2010
WARNER BROS. TELEVISION GROUP MAKES COMIC-CON 2010 ITS BIGGEST EVER, HEADING FOR SAN DIEGO WITH A STUDIO-RECORD 14 SERIES
Stars and Producers of "The Big Bang Theory," "Chuck," "Fringe," "Human Target," "Nikita," "Smallville," "Supernatural," "V," "The Vampire Diaries," "Childrens Hospital," "Unnatural History," "Batman: The Brave and the Bold," "MAD" and "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated" to Appear
Warner Bros. Entertainment's Nearly 3,000-Square-Foot Booth to Host Signings, Video Game Demos, Numerous Giveaways and More During the Convention
BURBANK, Calif. (June 29, 2010) – Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) is returning to Comic-Con International: San Diego in unprecedented fashion in 2010. A star-studded lineup of performers, producers and other members of the creative teams of a record 14 series from Warner Bros. Television, Warner Horizon Television and Warner Bros. Animation will be on-hand for panel sessions, screenings, media appearances and autograph signings. This will mark the largest contingent of talent from WBTVG ever assembled for the world's leading pop culture convention. (In 2009, WBTVG featured 12 television series at Comic-Con.)
For continuing info on the Studio's plans at Comic-Con, please follow us on Twitter @TheWBdotcom, hashtag #WBSDCC. For the second year in a row, WBTVG will also produce a Con-related online destination at www.thewb.com/comiccon, launching in mid-July. For a complete social media contact list, including official Facebook pages and Twitter feeds for WBTVG series, talent and producers, download the social media contacts page here:
www.thewb.com/comiccon/2010WBTVGSocialMediaContacts
Series stars and creative teams scheduled to attend include:
"The Big Bang Theory": Stars Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar join creators/executive producers Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for a session moderated by Wil Wheaton
"Chuck": Stars Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Ryan McPartlin, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, with Sarah Lancaster and Adam Baldwin join creators/executive producers Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak
"Fringe": Stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown and Jasika Nicole join executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman
"Human Target": Stars Mark Valley, Chi McBride and Jackie Earle Haley join executive producer Matthew Miller
"Nikita": Stars Maggie Q ("Mission: Impossible III"), Shane West ("ER") and Lyndsy Fonseca ("Kick-Ass") join executive producer Craig Silverstein ("Bones")
"Smallville": Series stars to be announced join executive producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson
"Supernatural": Series stars to be announced join executive producers Sera Gamble and Ben Edlund, and creator/executive producer Eric Kripke
"V": Stars Elizabeth Mitchell, Morris Chestnut, Joel Gretsch, Logan Huffman, Laura Vandervoort, Charles Mesure, with Morena Baccarin and Scott Wolf join executive producers Scott Rosenbaum and Steve Pearlman
"The Vampire Diaries": Stars Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Michael Trevino and Matt Davis join executive producers/writers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec
"Childrens Hospital": Creator/executive producer/star Rob Corddry ("Hot Tub Time Machine," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart") and executive producer Jon Stern ("The Ten," "Scotland, PA") join series stars Lake Bell ("How to Make It in America"), Erinn Hayes ("Parenthood," "Worst Week") and Rob Huebel ("Human Giant"). A website for the series will go live July 6 here: www.adultswim.com/shows/childrenshospital
"Unnatural History": Stars Kevin G. Schmidt ("Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel"), Jordan Gavaris ("Degrassi: The Next Generation"), Italia Ricci ("Greek") and Martin Donovan ("Weeds") join creator/executive producer Mike Werb
"Batman: The Brave and the Bold": Voice of Batman Diedrich Bader joins executive producer Sam Register, producers James Tucker and Michael Jelenic, and voice director Andrea Romano
"MAD": New "MAD" animated television series producer/story editor Kevin Shinick ("Robot Chicken") and Warner Bros. Animation executive Peter Girardi join MAD Magazine editor John Ficarra, art director Sam Viviano, legendary artist Sergio Aragones and contemporary artist Tom Richmond
"Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated": Supervising producers Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone join producer Mitch Watson and art director Dan Krall
For additional panel details, including the complete schedule with times and locations, please download the addendum word document here:
www.thewb.com/comiccon/2010WBTVGPanelDetails
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Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing is once again launching www.thewb.com/comiccon, designed to provide fans with a one-stop-shopping source for Warner Bros. Entertainment (WBE) information as they plan their Comic-Con experience, as well as to serve as a must-visit destination for fans to attend the Con in virtual fashion, if they are unable to travel to San Diego this year.
New content related to Comic-Con 2010 – including exclusive video and an advance schedule of panels, signings and screenings from all divisions of WBE – will be launching in mid-July.
Photos and exclusive behind-the-scenes video from Comic-Con 2010 will be posted to the site throughout the duration of the convention.
Highlights from Comic-Con 2009 can be viewed at the site now, including more than 30 behind-the-scenes video reports from the convention floor, the Studio's booth, panel sessions, signings and more.
THE BOOTH
Warner Bros. Entertainment (WBE) will once again have a can't-miss, nearly 3,000-square-foot booth on the convention floor, this time in a brand-new location: space #4545. As usual, the booth will host autograph signings by the stars and creative teams of all WBTVG shows, with multiple interactive kiosks for fans to play video games from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and much, much more. Additional details about the booth will be released in the coming weeks.
THE TV SERIES SCHEDULE
Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: WBTVG continues its Comic-Con tradition of hosting a three-hour special sneak peek premiere event on preview night, this year offering fans two opportunities to screen one of the fall season's most highly anticipated new series: "Nikita," starring international action star Maggie Q. In addition to "Nikita," WBTVG will unveil special video presentations related to its other series.
New series "Childrens Hospital": Screening multiple new episodes in session
"Batman: The Brave and the Bold": Screening complete never-before-seen new episode in session and unveiling the trailer of the upcoming new animated series "Young Justice"
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New animated series "MAD"
New series "Nikita": Screening complete pilot in session
New animated series "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated": Screening full-length, never-before-seen new episode in session
New series "Unnatural History": Screening full-length, never-before-seen new episode in session
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Bill Prady
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Italia Ricci
J.H. Wyman
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Jasika Nicole
Jeff Pinkner
John Ficarra
Jon Stern
Kelly Souders
Kevin G. Schmidt
Kevin Shinick
Logan Huffman
Mark Christopher Lawrence
Mark Valley
Michael Jelenic
Michael Trevino
Mike Werb
Mitch Watson
Peter Girardi
Rob Huebel
Ryan McPartlin
Sam Register
Sam Viviano
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Scott Krinsky
Shane West
Spike Brandt
Steve Pearlman
Tom Richmond
Tony Cervone
Vik Sahay
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University of Kentucky Partners With Talkspace to Provide Free Therapy for Students as New School Year Begins
UK becomes the latest university to prioritize student mental health amid ongoing effects of the pandemic
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 13, 2022-- Talkspace (NASDAQ: TALK), a leading online behavioral health care company, has partnered with the University of Kentucky (UK) to provide all current students with free Talkspace therapy, including messaging, live video sessions, and access to its signature Self-Guided therapy app, as young Americans experience historic levels of stress and anxiety.
"With a new school year upon us, we're proud to be partnering with Talkspace to bring our students these much-needed support services," said Corrine Williams, Acting Associate Vice President for Student Wellbeing at UK. "People across the country are grappling with an unprecedented mental health crisis and our goal is to make accessing support like Talkspace as seamless as possible. Whether it's talking to a therapist via text or using self-guided tools on their own time, there's something for everyone in the suite of Talkspace services."
Mental health among college students has been in decline for most of the last decade. Research found that between 2013 and 2021, depression and anxiety among college students increased 135% and 110%, respectively. The crisis worsened during the pandemic, amid lockdowns and increased isolation, as 3 in 5 college students were diagnosed with a mental health condition including depression and anxiety. And yet, just 3 in 10 students who received counseling did so through their college – often citing a lack of awareness of available services.
With its new Talkspace partnership, UK joins the growing cohort of higher education institutions nationwide building a network of support services to bolster student wellbeing at a time of extraordinary need. To date, Talkspace brings students proven, high-quality mental health support to students at more than 20 colleges and universities including George Washington University, Williams College, Swarthmore College, and West Virginia University.
"The barriers to getting help are still great for so many. We applaud University of Kentucky for prioritizing the mental health of its students and making these services more accessible," said Amanda Conway, SVP, Employer Strategy for Talkspace. "We're thrilled to be in partnership with such an incredible institution and to stand together to help students as we enter another school year since the pandemic."
Talkspace now works with more than 25 total higher education institutions, serving students and/or educators and staff.
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Talkspace is a leading virtual behavioral healthcare company enabled by a purpose-built technology platform. As a digital healthcare company, all care is delivered through an easy-to-use and encrypted web and mobile platform, consistent with HIPAA and state regulatory requirements.
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I don't know about you but I've always been suspicious of anything being offered to me for free. There's always a catch, right? For example, I sent away for a free sample jar of face cream that I found online. I wanted to try it out with no strings attached. I read the small print. All I had to do was pay $4.95 for shipping. I was fine with that. I got the cream. And I liked it. Until I reconciled my credit card a couple of weeks later. There was an $80+ charge for my subscription to these skin products. Thankfully, I was able to call them and they canceled my subscription and refunded the charge. The cream is still good and I would buy it if it was available without the subscription.
Who is this guy? I did some quick vetting and was even more confused but I figured he had to be a marketing guy who, despite his 'no strings' disclaimer, was eventually try to sell me something or at best, fill my inbox with junk mail. So, I emailed my friend and asked him about this guy. He said he had met him and he thought he was a good guy. Okay, I signed up.
The emails started coming, just once a day (sometimes less) as he promised. And every email had something he was willing to give to someone for free. I liked many of these things but thought I should wait for something I really wanted (I didn't pay attention to the part that said I could respond for the item every day) plus I was still a little suspect. And I couldn't do that anyway because I always feel awkward when I get a gift.
Finally, in mid-March he was offering to buy a bag of his favorite coffee beans because he was ordering for himself and wanted to turn people on the this boutique coffee company, Pangeo. I responded to his offer and a couple of days later he emailed me on coordinating the shipping. After several options were offered, I chose to pick it up from him at his midtown office. I was still a little suspicious and wanted to check this guy out. We hung out and yakked for almost an hour and he ended up booking a photo shoot with me. And again, he wanted nothing from me. And the coffee was really good!
We ended up doing the shoot on April 1 in Los Angeles and I wrote about it and him on my April 6th blog post, Being You. That was almost a month ago and our friendship has continued to flourish from there. This person is truly different. And awesome. And smart. And honest. And real. And he is just giving stuff away with no strings attached. His purpose and hope is that this starts a trend of people wanting to give, without expectations of something in return.
Now for the reason I am writing about this today. Yesterday, I got the daily (not always) email from Tim about referrals. It was very cryptic, saying it would be the most expensive thing he had offered so far (a few weeks ago he gave away $100 in cash (< yup, he's seriously crazy but in a very good way). I wrote him back saying "I can't wait 'til tomorrow". I was actually looking forward to nabbing this mystery gift. He wrote me back and told me I didn't have to wait until today and included this LINK. That's when I found out that I am today's gift. He's actually hiring me to do a photo shoot with the person who responds to his email. If more than one person responds he picks someone. I have no idea how he picks but I'm sure it's fair and square.
So now is the time you want to take the leap of faith and sign up for his daily gift emails. He just assured me that everyone who signs up today will receive today's email and be able to respond and be in the running for a free (to you) photo shoot with me. You can also gift it to someone else if you're not in LA or NY (although you can fly me to where you are). You can then respond to any future free things he offers. And he really isn't selling anything or wanting something in return. Tim McDonald is the real deal. He's trying to make the world a better place. I wish there were more people like him.
Here's a screen grab of the first email you will receive if you sign up today. And if you respond to the email you will have a chance to get a free photo shoot with me (value $750). And better yet, over time you may get to be friends with the coolest dude around. That's one of the photos I shot of Tim and has become my favorite. It's especially appropriate because he is a huge supporter of No Kid Hungry. I can't wait to find out who I'm going to be shooting. This will be my biggest adventure yet!
I'm looking forward (not that I'll ever know) to seeing how many people will trust me and actually sign up. Are you suspicious?


Today is one year since my mother Gayle Lorenat died. Even though the last few years were hard because of Alzheimer's I sure do miss her.
From sneers to a standing ovations…watch this video of an amazingly talented singer, Susan Boyle. Click on hyperlink above. Get the tissues.


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Q: [cgal]; Segment Fault Error Parallel Code with OpenMP I'm trying to do a parallel code with OpenMP but I get a segment fault error while compiling. The code is the following one:
    int i, j;
    vector<double> xcentro, ycentro, zcentro, x, y, z, r, d;
    #pragma omp parallel for num_threads(4)
    for (i = 0; i != xcentro.size() - 1; i++)
    {
        //Inicio el valor de r[i] a un valor muuuy grande, muy superior al que pueda tener la máxima esfera de todas
        r.insert(r.begin() + i, 10000000);
        for (j = 0; j != x.size() - 1; j++)
        {
        d.insert(d.begin() + j, sqrt((xcentro[i] - x[j])*(xcentro[i] - x[j]) + (ycentro[i] - y[j])*(ycentro[i] - y[j]) + (zcentro[i] - z[j]*(zcentro[i] - z[j]))));
            if (d[j] < r[i])
            {
                r[i] = d[j];
            }
        }
    }

Could anyone please help me?
Moreover,I don't know if my code is appropiate for parallelizing.

A: I took the freedom of cleaning up your code a bit. Meanwhile I found and corrected an error in the calculation of the distance: There is a ) in the wrong position. I'm also very skeptical of you ignoring the last element of xcentro and x. I think you will want to use e.g. x.size() instead of x.size() - 1 everywhere to not ignore the last element.
vector<double> get_r(vector<double> const &xcentro,
                     vector<double> const &ycentro,
                     vector<double> const &zcentro,
                     vector<double> const &x,
                     vector<double> const &y,
                     vector<double> const &z) {
    vector<double> r(xcentro.size(), 10000000);

    #pragma omp parallel for num_threads(4)
    for (int i = 0; i < xcentro.size(); ++i)
    {
        // maybe try "#pragma omp simd" here
        for (int j = 0; j < x.size(); ++j)
        {
            double const d =
                    sqrt((xcentro[i] - x[j]) * (xcentro[i] - x[j]) +
                         (ycentro[i] - y[j]) * (ycentro[i] - y[j]) +
                         (zcentro[i] - z[j]) * (zcentro[i] - z[j]));
            if (d < r[i])
            {
                r[i] = d;
            }
        }
    }
    return r;
}

The vector container is generally not thread save (assuming this is std::vector), therefore one can't use any member functions that may reallocate the container like insert. There is quite a big possibility that your code would run faster even without parallelism when removing the inserts into d, as all elements after j have to be copied over one location even, when there is enough memory allocated for the inserted element.
In fact the serial version might be faster, as this workload is memory bound, meaning that it doesn't encompass enough computation relative to the number of memory reads and writes to profit from parallelization depending on your hardware.

A: When inserting to your vectors, you are incrementing iterators past the end of the vectors. For example
r.insert(r.begin() + i, 10000000);
takes the begining of vector r and increments it i places. However, at that point, vector r is not large enough as the code got parallelized on several threads.
Thus, for example one of the threads might try to insert to location r.begin() + 2, while r is only 1 element.
You could fix that by pre-allocating your vectors like that:
std::vector<double> r(SOME_NUMBER) and then indexing it as r[i].
Or conversely, you could use push_back instead of insert, but bear in mind that the order of insertion might be shuffled.

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Council taxes are set to rise again to pay for policing.
Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw has confirmed residents will pay an extra £3.12 a year - six pence a week – after increasing the policing precept by 1.99 per cent. The announcement comes just days after Lancashire County Council announced plans to hike their share of council tax by at least £30 a year.
Police chief Mr Grunshaw said 2,685 people had responded to a cross-party consultation – the largest to date – with 86.5 per cent of residents supporting a tax increase to fund the police.
He thanked residents for supporting the council tax increase for police funding and said the decision will add an extra £1.3 million to their budget - equivalent to 28 police office roles.
He said: "We know how much people in Lancashire value their police and the outcome of the consultation shows this.
Hyndburn council has ruled out a rise in its share of council tax, but has instead cut the level of council tax support from 80 per cent to 73 per cent. Together with the other increases it effectively adds £83 a year to bills for Hyndburn's worst off residents of working age.


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Dan Kaminsky Inducted into Internet Hall of Fame
By Ryan Naraine on December 14, 2021
Famed hacker Dan Kaminsky has been inducted in the Internet Society's Hall of Fame for his groundbreaking contributions to DNS (domain name system) security.
Kaminsky, who passed away suddenly in April this year, was inducted alongside a list of tech visionaries and pioneers being celebrated for "extraordinary contributions" to the worldwide availability and use of the Internet.
"Dan was an outspoken advocate of Internet security and privacy and a determined digital sleuth," the Internet Society said in a note celebrating Kaminsky's life, accomplishments and contributions.
"His untimely death at the age of 42 cut short a brilliant career that had by then already made the Internet stronger and more secure," it added.
In July this year, Kaminsky was inducted into FIRST's incident response hall of fame.
A regular presence at major security conferences and events over the years, Kaminsky is best known for his groundbreaking DNS cache-poisoning research that prompted an industry-wide scramble to address a major weakness in the way the web worked.
He is also credited with amplifying the severity of the SONY rootkit infections back in 2005.
In June 2010, Kaminsky was named by ICANN as one of the Trusted Community Representatives for the DNSSEC root.
He was a graduate of Santa Clara University with a Bachelor's degree in Operations and Management of Information Services.
Related: Security Researcher Dan Kaminsky Passes Away
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Ryan Naraine is Editor-at-Large at SecurityWeek and host of the popular Security Conversations podcast series. He is a journalist and cybersecurity strategist with more than 20 years experience covering IT security and technology trends. Ryan has built security engagement programs at major global brands, including Intel Corp., Bishop Fox and Kaspersky GReAT. He is a co-founder of Threatpost and the global SAS conference series. Ryan's career as a journalist includes bylines at major technology publications including Ziff Davis eWEEK, CBS Interactive's ZDNet, PCMag and PC World. Ryan is a director of the Security Tinkerers non-profit, and a regular speaker at security conferences around the world. Follow Ryan on Twitter @ryanaraine.
Previous Columns by Ryan Naraine:
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In 2008, Project Horse was founded by Darcy Woessner. Project Horse connects people in need of renewed hope and confidence with rehabilitated rescue horses, through innovative experiential learning and therapy programs.
This introductory video shares the program purpose, vision and funding needs. Please visit projecthorse.org for more information.
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As an architecture student, you were exposed to a particular design software. Maybe it was one of the most well known in the field at the time. After graduation, when you joined an architecture firm or opened your own, you went with that software, right? Vectorworks wants to be the go-to BIM software for the AEC environment, and to change how you think about design software.
Since 1985, Vectorworks has been committed to developing the best CAD and BIM software for Mac and Windows. Yes, since 1985. Where have you been?
On September 18–20, 2017, the company held its third annual Vectorworks Design Summit, this time in Baltimore, Md. In the three days of educational sessions and keynote presentations, Vectorworks offered hands-on training, as well as face-to-face meetings with Vectorworks staff — two areas where those bigger software companies seem to be failing, if you ask your fellow architects. The nearly 500 people in attendance — architects, landscape architects, landscape designers, and entertainment industry designers — also saw what's new in the 2018 release, which features multiple drawing views and direct section and elevation editing.
Though he often starts with charcoal drawings, Cloepfil's designs are a process of "visual exploration," progressing through concept models and then into design software, one of which is Vectorworks. He described several projects, including the Clyfford Still Museum, in which his firm did a number of digital studies in natural light for the galleries; the National Music Centre of Canada, in which they moved from 2D into 3D and back into 2D to explain the design concepts; and the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, which has large, cantilevered, concrete arches, held together with a tension ring to "lift" the building out of the site in a spiraling effect.
The National Music Centre was a particularly complicated project to communicate, said Cloepfil. The building is organized as a series of nine interlocking towers. Allied Works used every technological tool they could find, including Vectorworks modeling, to communicate the concepts to building contractors, who were not accustomed to the way the structure is supported.
The National Veterans Memorial and Museum, which was still being built at the time of Cloepfil's presentation, has three different structural layers, the topmost being an amphitheater in which various veterans' ceremonies are held. Allied Works used Vectorworks to "unwrap" the building and make it flat in order to better understand and communicate its structure, as the mesh of steel rebar and precast concrete was so challenging to engineer. Allied's previous experience of moving between 2D and 3D, doing mock-ups, and using Vectorworks along with other modeling software was transferred to this project in even greater force.
Dr. Biplab Sarkar, CEO of Vectorworks, spoke about the changes to the software and the direction it's headed in the future.
While at the Summit, Masonry Design spoke with the Vectorworks CEO, Dr. Biplab Sarkar, who said that Vectorworks is always looking for ways to improve. Not only are they increasing the number of training webinars and seminars, but they are also considering developing advanced workflows for interior architecture. They've already begun to incorporate virtual reality into the software, and augmented reality is on its way.
Vectorworks staff take pride in being accessible, whether it's through their personal technical support or avenues for feedback. That's part of what makes the Design Summit so popular among users — the access to the software's developers.
The company also wants to see more architecture students using Vectorworks. Free student software is available, along with the opportunity for a design scholarship. Learn more at http://www.vectorworks.net/education.
When it comes to feedback to improve the software, Vectorworks is always listening. A Community Forum can be found at https://forum.vectorworks.net. There are also user groups around the country. You can find the one closest to you at: http://www.vectorworks.net/community/usergroups/user-groups.
Photos courtesy of MARTa Herford Museum and Tomas Mayer Photography.
In 2008, when we first launched Masonry Design as a print publication, I would write an article for each issue about a unique masonry structure in another country. Since we don't do this anymore in the magazine, I thought I would give these older articles new life by posting them here. In July, I shared with you the story behind the beautiful Young Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. Now, I bring you the magnificent MARTa Herford Museum in Herford, Germany.


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"RxAnte is pleased to continue to provide the patient-level insights that we believe are integral to achieving successful clinical outcomes and improved Star Ratings," said Josh Benner, PharmD, president of RxAnte.
RxAnte, LLC, the leading platform for improving medication use and drug therapy outcomes through predictive analytics and targeted clinical programs, today announced that it has renewed its collaboration with Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., New Jersey's oldest and largest insurer. RxAnte will provide its advanced analytics solutions to predict future outcomes and manage the use of prescription medications for Horizon's Medicare Advantage population.
RxAnte's existing Medicare Advantage customers have improved quality scores at a faster rate than the national industry average, which in turn has led to improvement on overall Star Ratings. RxAnte uses pharmacy data to generate highly accurate predictions about future medication use, enabling Horizon to provide member-centered support programs, targeting outreach efforts to the patients who will benefit most. The provided solutions will continue to focus specifically on triple-weighted Star Ratings medication adherence measures, including adherence to blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes medications.
Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., New Jersey's oldest and largest health insurer, is a tax-paying, not-for-profit health services corporation, providing a wide array of medical, dental, and prescription insurance products and services. Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. serves 3.8 million members with headquarters in Newark and offices in Wall, Mt. Laurel, and West Trenton. Learn more at http://www.HorizonBlue.com.
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Some areas in Ahmedabad lucky, will get better roads
ByLakshmi PatelLakshmi Patel / Updated: Jul 31, 2020, 06:00 IST
Representational image of the road.
Most AMC works halted, but...
AMC standing committee approves road resurfacing work in Bodakdev, Paldi, Vasna and Gota at a cost of Rs 40 crore
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown a spanner in several works planned in the city by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Already, talks about postponement of not-so-urgent works have been doing rounds in view of excessive financial burden on the civic body exchequer due to the pandemic. However, amid this, a few areas in the city have a reason to cheer. The standing committee of AMC on Thursday approved road resurfacing works in Paldi, Vasna, Bodakdev and Gota areas.
According to standing committee chairman Amul Bhatt, the road resurfacing work in these areas, to be completed at a cost of Rs 40 crore, will begin once monsoon ends.
"The local corporators will be asked to prepare a list of broken roads, following which the priority will be decided based upon discussions with them. The road works will then be taken up in the respective areas," said Amul Bhatt.
Besides this, work on TP road in Gayatrinagar in Sarkhej will be taken up at a cost of Rs 40 lakh, while the stretch from Gota bridge to Shyam Dham crossroads will be repaired at a cost of Rs 93.78 lakh.
Patch work will be carried out in Vadaj and Ranip areas at a cost of Rs 91 lakh and in Jodhpur at a cost of Rs 94 lakh.
The standing committee also approved a proposal to allow physiotherapy college students to seek practical training and clinal posting for a fee of Rs 1,000 each at the physiotherapy centre run by the health department.
A new school will be constructed in Gomtipur at a cost of Rs 3.60 crore. Till now, students of Gujarati and Urdu mediums used to sit in the same premises.
Meanwhile, the deadline for advance tax rebate scheme has been extended from July 31 to August 31.


This post is about enhancing the media library by using WordPress media library management plugins.
WordPress media library is power packed with lots of features. Using different types of media to improve website content is mandatory because very few number of websites contains only text now a days. WordPress makes the process of using media in content easier by providing very useful feature called media library.
Media files including images, videos, documents, etc… are important part of the website to enhance the user experience. Media files also help breaking up large pieces of text content, and emphasize points made in the content via blog posts of pages.
For a fresh and new website using media library is super easy without any problems. One can enjoy managing media files like images, videos, audios, etc… for initial posts or pages. But when you start adding content everyday, at one point you will find thousands of media files in media library. The WordPress media library will still work like a charm with those thousands of media files but at that point everyone starts looking to make the process easier of copying file URL, renaming file, moving or deleting file, resizing images, managing meta information etc… Here WordPress media library management plugins can help a lot.
If you are managing a big blog or business site where you use a huge number of media files regularly, you will need third party plugins for better management of the media files. Here is the list of useful WordPress media library management plugins.
Using Enhanced Media Library is super easy because of features of this library are designed to work just like a default WordPress media library. This plugin will be very useful for those who need to manage a lot of media files in their website. This plugin allows you to organize media by tags, categories, or any third party taxonomies. Enhanced Media Library plugin offers the ability to use shortcodes to dynamically display media galleries based on different taxonomies. It is available in multi languages.
This plugin allows you to delete all old images size and really regenerate the thumbnails for your image attachments. You can use this plugin in any WordPress version between 2.8 to 4.0.22. Additionally, this plugin also supports multiple languages.
The Media File Renamer is a WordPress plugin that physically renames media files nicely for a cleaner system and for a better SEO. The plugin automatically renames your media filenames depending on their titles. When files are renamed, the references to it are also updated including posts, pages, custom types and their metadata. A new column in the Media Manager will display to you the new ideal filename and a button will allow you to rename it straight away. Most noteworthy, please take a look on instructions and special notes provided by plugin author before you start using it.
While managing content of the website we often need to copy URL of media items like image, video, audio, document, etc… For that we see the details of the item in media library and copy URL from the input available in right panel. WP Copy Media URL WordPress plugin makes this process easier by adding a button under each media item to copy media URL by just a one click. You can see more details about WordPress Copy Media URL plugin here.
This plugin is a real time saver and one of the most useful WordPress media library management plugins out there. Enable Media Replace plugin is free, lightweight and easy to use plugin that allows you to seamlessly replace a file or image in Media Library by uploading a new file in its place. With this plugin you can avoid unnecessary process of deleting, renaming and re-uploading files. You can replace the old files by accessing them via the Media "Edit View". A new option "Replace Media" will appear, and simply clicking on it helps to replace a media file.
This plugin adds an additional field to the media manager to add tags to each media file. Provides bulk editing options. Once the plugin installed, it will display which taxonomy is already associated with the image in question and also suggest additional ones. Additionally, there is the ability to manage user roles for media files. Media Tags plugin gives you complete control over which type of user can do what in terms of media files management. Therefore, It is very useful for multi-author sites.
This plugin is packed with number of shortcodes to sort, order and display your images. It includes an advanced gallery shortcode that lets you add images and other media files to your posts. With the quick edit feature, you can remove, edit and add taxonomies in bulk. It improves the WordPress media search feature by including ALT text, slug and image captions as search filters. Using style and markup templates it provides control over the content of each gallery, markups and styles.
Now a days quality of the images are as important as the performance of the website. But uploading high resolution and big images can sometime impact the performance. Imsanity WordPress plugin automatically resized the dimensions of images to something more manageable and reduce the file size. You can feel free to allow contributors uploading their larger images because this plugin will automatically shrink them to a standard size. Imsanity is configurable with a max height, width, and quality. When an image uploaded having larger size than the configured, plugin will automatically scale it down to the configured size and replace the original image.
This plugin provides the ability to use categories in the WordPress Media Library. Once the plugin activated there will be a dropdown of categories in the media library. You can add, change or remove the category of multiple media items at once with available bulk actions. In additional, if you want to change the categories of existing items in the media library, it is also possible because of bulk editing options available for categories. By default, Media Library Categories plugin uses the same categories as the post and pages, but by adding some code in the functions.php file you can also use other categories.
With this plugin you can search through large number of free creative common images with any keywords, and then pick the best one from the result for the article you are preparing. Additionally, you can insert them into the post or you can set them as featured image. There is a good tutorial on Image Inject also available to see how it can be useful.
This plugin gives you access to content from Instagram, Vimeo, Dailymotion, YouTube, and Flickr directly into the WordPress media library. Plugin makes it possible to navigate, search, and inserts remote media into pages and posts. It is also a nice solution to easily share media across multiple WordPress sites.
This plugin automatically adds credits to the inserted media file and it also offers customization of credits via CSS. Once the plugin activated it will add a "Credit" field when uploading media to posts and displays it under the images on your blog.
Setting up featured image is really an easy process in WordPress. Similarly editing featured image of any post or page is also an easy task. But what if you have to edit featured image of hundreds of pages or posts? This plugin can be really useful in this case. Quick Featured Image plugin sets, replaces and removes featured images for large number of posts and pages in one go, therefore it's really useful for bulk operations.
This plugin can be useful when there is a need to upload large media file. Default WordPress interface sometimes let you down for uploading large media files. WordPress will not show the image in media library if it is uploaded from FTP or Control Panel of the website. Therefore, to deal with this issue the Media from FTP plugin is designed. Media from FTP allows to upload larger media files via FTP, then register that file and show that file in the WordPress Media Library.
You are most welcome to suggest any additions to this list of WordPress media library management plugins. You can use the comments box below to make any suggestions or you can drop me an email.
I use media library category to help sort and categorize make my media.


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Savers and landlords can grab a better financial deal by working with each other, claims a peer-to-peer buy to let platform.
The platform, Landbay, argues savers can earn more interest and landlords can cut the cost of borrowing by shunning banks and building societies by doing business with each other through the company?s online platform.
Although savings and borrowing rates are competitive, one issue saver might have is investing with Landbay is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
The FSCS covers up to £80,000 in bank and building society accounts to protect savers in the event of a financial crisis.
Lack of access to the FSCS also generally means savers cannot approach the Financial Ombudsman for redress if they have any complaints.
Savers can expect peer-to-peer rates of 4.2% fixed for three years or 3.5% for a three-year tracker with Landbay, compared to 3% on a five-year bond or 2.5% on a three-year bond.
Other bank and building society savings accounts offer rates of between 1.4% and 1.8%.
John Goodall, cofounder and CEO of Landbay, said: 'There is no doubt that record low interest rates are leaving savers with very little to shout about. Low returns from high street savings products are pushing people to seek out alternatives.
?We think that secured lending to a diversified group of professional landlords hits a real sweet spot for savers in terms of risk and return.?
?Residential mortgages have traditionally been financed by institutions through the wholesale money markets, cutting out the general public from the attractive returns that are available. Our platform cuts out the banks instead, benefitting our customers by passing on these strong returns.?


Lerøy Seafood Group works hard to ensure that all the rights of the employees are protected and respected, emphasizing equality and equal employment opportunities, as well as a discrimination-free environment.
Independently of the demand for equal opportunities for men and women, the Group has always emphasised individual skills, performance and responsibility in its recruitment policy and salary system.
Furthermore, the Group at all times ensures equal employment opportunities and rights for all employees. The Group works hard to prevent discrimination based on national origin, ethnicity, colour, language, religion or personal philosophy.
One of the company's goals is to provide a workplace that is free from discrimination based on disability. Wherever possible, the company will arrange for individually-adapted workplaces and work tasks for employees or work applicants with disabilities.
Our Code of Conduct sets out good practices defining how management and employees should handle various situations arising within working conditions.


The IPO of DB Corp, which publishes the Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, set a new record for oversubscription after the economic recovery. The issue was subscribed a whopping 39.54 times, according to data from the National Stock Exchange website, the highest since January 2008 when the Reliance Power IPO was oversubscribed 73.04 times.
Since then, Oil India has been the only other IPO that comes close-it was oversubscribed 30.82 times in September this year.
Market experts said following the example of DB Corp, the onus of attracting retail investors to future IPO's rests with the people who bring them to the market. There has been a change in the midset of merchant bankers now—to bring some sanity into IPO pricing, keeping in mind the retail investor, said Mayank Shah, CEO, Anagram Securities.
Uday Kotak, head, Kotak Investment Banking, said the DB Corp issue heralds a change in India's IPO market.
The DB Corp offer was priced at Rs185 to Rs212 and looked to raise Rs336-385 crore. Most of the issue proceeds would be used to set up publishing unit in new markets. The rest of the money will go towards reducing working capital loans and prepayment of term loans.
The IPO of DB Corp Ltd., publishers of the second largest daily newspaper in the country, Dainik Bhaskar, was oversubscribed 39.54 times. A total of 58.92 crore bids were received against the total issue size of 1.49 crore equity shares on offer, as per data available on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) website.
Stock analysts say that the response has been very encouraging, especially if one looks at the response to the recent IPOs of Godrej Properties and JSW Energy. "In that background, it's fantastic. Even then, the response from the retail investor has been lukewarm. Till the time retail investors do not come, depth will not come into the market," says Jagannadham Thunuguntla, Equities Head at SMC Capital.
As per data on the NSE site, qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) oversubscribed 68.47 times; non-institutional investors or high networth individuals (HNIs) oversubscribed 25.86 times; whereas retail investors subscribed only 3.42 times the total meant for them.
The issue, which opened on December 11 at a price band of Rs 185 - Rs 212, closed yesterday. At this price band, the company hopes to take in Rs 336-385 crore. The stock will be listed on both Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and NSE.
"I feel that the stock is attractively valued at Rs 212. The stock is not for a short-term trader, but for a long-term one. If one looks at the print and media listed companies, it is the only one present in three languages. Wherever they entered, they have had a huge subscription. There is a long-term story in the company. The listing should be in the range of Rs 220-224," says Rohit Maheshwari, research analyst at KR Choksey Securities.
However, Thungutla says that even though the response to the IPO has been very encouraging, he is not sure whether the listing will be equally good.
The issue comprises 10 percent of the fully—diluted post issue capital of the company. Of this, 7 percent is fresh offering and the remaining 3 percent is on sale by Cliffrose Investment Ltd.
Before the IPO was launched, DB Corp had allocated 32.71 lakh shares at Rs 212 per equity share of Rs 10 each to nine anchor investors. This translates to approximately Rs 69.35 crore.
The anchor investors are: Government of Singapore, FID Funds (Mauritius) Ltd, FIL Trustee Company Pvt Ltd, Normura Funds Ireland, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Reliance Capital Trustees Co Ltd., IDFC Classic Equity Fund, India Capital Fund and BNP Paribas Arbitrage, as per information given by DB Corp to the exchanges.
Through the money raised, the company plans to set up new publishing units, upgrade the existing plant and machinery, enhance brand image through sales and marketing, reduce working capital loans and prepay existing term loans. The company has a debt of Rs 130 crore.
DB Corp has seven newspapers, 48 newspaper editions and 128 sub—editions in three languages (Hindi, Gujarati and English) across 12 states. It also has 17 radio stations under the My FM brand.


Met Eireann are forecasting the hot weather to continue for the weekend and into next week in Dublin.
However temperatures will take a bit of a drop with no real chance of reaching the 32C recorded in Shannon earlier this week.
Today, Saturday, will be another scorcher with clear skies and hot conditions.
Sunday is likely to be much the same.
A Met Eireann forecaster said: "Today will continue mainly dry and sunny. Temperatures will not be as hot as the last few days, but still warm and top temperatures reach around 22 to 25 degrees in light to moderate easterly breeze.
"Tonight will be mostly dry with some clear spells. Lowest temperatures will stay around 13 to 16 degrees. Winds will be light to moderate easterly to northerly at first but increase moderate northerly by morning.
"Tomorrow, Sunday will be mostly dry with some sunny spells but also some cloudy periods and the risk of a few showers and perhaps the odd heavy shower.
"It will be warm again with top temperatures reaching 23 to 26 degrees in moderate north to northeasterly breezes."
The coming week will be a continuation of the heatwave again with temperatures in the mid to high twenties.
The forecaster added: "The coming week will continue warm or very warm but there is the risk or scattered or isolated showers and although there will be good sunshine there will be some cloudier periods as well."


This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for March 18th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week's episode: Equifax and Marriott data breach updates, facial recognition coming to 20 US airports, and the Citrix password spraying attack.
In data breach news, Equifax CEO Mark Begor and Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson appeared before a US Senate subcommittee to testify regarding the data breaches that both companies have suffered. While no new information was made about the Equifax breach (just the committee grilling Equifax's CEO on the security controls and investments in security that they've put in place) several more technical details about the Marriott breach were revealed. In September of last year, Accenture, who managed the Starwood Guest Reservation Database, contacted Marriott's IT team about a strange query from a legitimate administrator account. Marriot discovered that these credentials were stolen and began an investigation. Investigators first found a remote access trojan being used as well as a tool to reveal usernames and passwords in memory called MimiKatz. Investigators finally found two encrypted files that were deleted and then recovered. These two files were removed from the Starwood network on November 13th of last year. Shortly after, investigators were able to decrypt these files to show what type of data was stolen. Even though 383 million guest records were accessed, the good news was that 9.1 million credit card numbers in the stolen data was encrypted and there has been no evidence to indicate that the master encryption keys to decrypt the card data was accessed. Marriott also said that they have not received any claims of loss from fraud from the incident. This is quite surprising, given that attackers had breached the Starwood network for at least 4 years since 2014 well before Marriott acquired the hotel chain.
In other Equifax news, famed reporter Brian Krebs reports that even if you already froze your credit files through Equifax after their data breach and were issued a PIN code, it still may be possible for an attacker to bypass your PIN and lift an existing credit freeze with just your name, social security number and birthday. Check out the link in our show notes to read the full article on this rather disturbing development.
US Customs and Border Protection (or CBP) is beginning to implement facial-recognition technology at 20 airports across the US. These new systems will be used to verify the identities of passengers entering and exiting the country. The plan is to have this system in place across all US airports by 2020. The technology will measure what's called facial landmarks, which is the distance between the eyes or from the forehead to the chin, and match that data to passport photos stored in a database. You might be surprised to hear this but similar commercial facial-recognition systems are already in use at many airports already. For example, Delta has a "curb-to-gate" facial recognition system for international travelers at Atlanta International Airport and other airlines like JetBlue, British Airways, and Lufthansa are running similar pilot programs of their own. You may have also seen a third-party service called "Clear" at over 27 US airports which are kiosks that use iris or fingerprint biometric scans. Clear allows you to basically jump to the front of the security screening line, and includes a bunch of other airline specific perks, which can significantly decrease the time it takes through airport security. The issue with Clear, is that it comes at a cost of about $15 a month.
Facial-recognition technology seems to be implemented faster than we can understand the privacy ramifications. In a lot of ways, we're starting to see the beginnings of a government funded massive surveillance network, now tied into the passport system, which has the potential to expand even outside of the airport. It's also important to note that there are no laws that govern the use of facial recognition. Yet, the government is happy to roll this technology out, all in the name of your security. Third-parties like Clear, now make millions of dollars in this new business model of paying money in order to trade our privacy for extra convenience. Just so we don't have to wait in line like everyone else. I hate to say this but it's not going to stop anytime soon. So what do you think? Are you OK with facial-recognition technology being used at airports? Does it really improve security? And are you willing to trade your privacy for convenience?
A recent attack on Citrix, a large virtualization and software provider used by 98% of the Fortune 500, shows that weak and guessable passwords are still a huge problem for organizations. On March 6th, Citrix posted a notice that they had their internal network hacked by international cyber criminals. In a blog post about the intrusion Citrix said that the attackers may have accessed and downloaded business documents and that they are cooperating with the FBI in the ongoing activation. Apparently, the attack vector used was a technique called "Password Spraying" which is where an attacker puts together a list of usernames, usually collected through harvesting employee names from LinkedIn or other publicly available sources, and tries to login to exposed applications using a single common weak password like, "Winter2019" or "Password1". Each login uses a username from the list and that single password. This technique is similar to another type of attack called a "brute force" attack were multiple logins and multiple common passwords are used. This type of attack is much noisier and easier to detect which is why many attacker prefer to use password spraying. Once an attacker finds a valid set of credentials, it doesn't take long for the attacker to gain a foothold into the company's internal network. Typically, this is done through lateral movement by exploiting vulnerabilities found with the access of that one single account. This attack, of course, take advantage of poor password policies as well as the lack of other controls like multi-factor authentication. Check out our show notes for our recent episode on multi-factor authentication to find out why just having a password alone, is not enough to protect user accounts.
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I'd also been lurking over a couple of blog entries on the topic of Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection pattern and trying to work out the best strategy for configuring the base provider class as well as the dependencies, and so for the first time I was thinking - hmmm.. a case for DI and a pluggable architecture.
I'm by no means an 'Alpha Geek' where DI, IoC and pluggable frameworks go, however I've been using EntLib and various providers in .Net for a while now and my curiosity was peeked when Enterprise Library 3.0 shipped with its very own Application Block Software Factory.
A brilliant blog writer by the name of Jeremy D. Miller has posted a series on DI and IoC - such as The Dependency Injection Pattern – What is it and why do I care? and Thoughts on Building Pluggable Frameworks. I'd been looking at StructureMap and Castle Windsor as possible starting points.
I've also been following the evolution of the Guidance Automation Toolkit and the Guidance Automation Extensions. There's some cool stuff going on here with the software factories released so far.
So... while StrctureMap looks like an excellent choice (although I should stress I'm really not qualified at this stage to compare the two) - I decided to try it the Microsoft way first using GAX and the Application Block Software Factory ... and here are the results - a Foo Application Block sample app (Zip).
There aren't any QuickStart sample apps for an Application Block using the software factory (at least not yet) and the docs supplied are clear but very brief and so a little digging was required. Tom Hollander has posted three video tutorials on getting started with this software factory - Enterprise Library: The Videos. The first two demonstrate the creation of providers for existing application blocks. The third one takes you through the creation of a custom application block. As an aside - the Configuration namespace in .Net 2.0 is large and daunting at first - but there's some powerful stuff in there. It helps a lot if you're familiar with the most common classes in the configuration namespace, ideally having created at least one configuration section using the ConfigurationSection base class.
I also wanted a simple App.config ready to go with my new block and configuration settings including custom settings for a provider. While Tom's video demonstrates this - the screen width was too narrow to see some of the settings he'd used including the most important reference to the section handler type.
After watching the videos and trying it out - a couple of hours later I'd got the hang of it and can now produce a custom application block, base provider and configuration classes in about five minutes; not a bad return.
The only dependencies in the new custom block are the Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common and Microsoft.Practices.ObjectBuilder namespaces - so if you're already using Entlib - these shouldn't worry you - and if you're nervous about getting into bed with GAX and GAT too soon - then with one custom application block in the bag - you can use this as a template for other projects without GAX. Creating new providers within the project is very straightforward.
One mistake I made that caused me to get hung-up for a few minutes - was a typo in the type declaration in the App.config settings file for my first concrete provider (CoolFooProvider) - if you make this mistake you'll get the following exception at runtime - "The [Assembler] attribute is not set in the configuration object type Foo.Configuration.FooProviderData." (for your base provider data class). Since this is the base type for concrete provider data class it's not decorated with the [Assembler] attribute; it's never meant to be 'assembled'. The application block couldn't find my concrete implementation (because of the config typo) and so fell back to trying to assemble the base class. Check your config file carefully if you see this message.
I also didn't like the default name of the ApplicationBlockSettings class that was created by the software factory - but this is a simple search and replace in files from VS - in this case renaming ApplicationBlockSettings to FooSettings. This is important though since this is the class that handles the section - and the one that you'll need to reference in your App.config section definition.
"public const string SectionName = "foo"" in FooSettings was in order.
My objective in the exercise was to see how quickly I could create configurable providers for the base and interface definitions for the component - including the correct settings for App.config since I did not want to depend on the designer for configuration setting creation. Like most things - it's quick and easy once you know how. Here's the link again to a working demo of a custom application block - Foo application block (Zip).
The next step in the project will be to create two new provider bases and interfaces for the nested dependencies (this is the main design goal of the block - otherwise I'd be using a simple FactoryClass to create the component). The constructor for the parent provider will simply call ProviderFactory for the nested providers based on one of the string settings in the parent provider, and of course the App.config will contain another list of possible provider entries for the child providers. If you've made it to your first custom Application Block then this next step is a breeze.
If I were more knowledgeable about StructureMap and the Castle Windows Container - I'd make some comparison comments - but I'm not (yet) so I wont. I've read enough so far to know that I'm in good shape for the first step in the process which is a good object configuration and creation strategy.


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Special Milford committee to deal with swine flu vaccine
Danielle Ameden/Daily News staff
Preparing to hold an H1N1 vaccine clinic in late October or early November, the Board of Health is appointing a special advisory committee to plan.
With vaccines expected to start arriving soon in waves, Public Health Director Paul Mazzuchelli told the board yesterday the public should be ready to get them, as the benefits would outweigh any possible side effects.
"People should get vaccinated," Mazzuchelli said.
Mazzuchelli and other officials, including Fire Chief John Touhey and School Nursing Director Judy Dagnese, attended a state conference on H1N1 last week.
The advisory committee, which Mazzuchelli recommended the Board of Health establish, is expected to include him, Board of Health members, Touhey, representatives of the Visiting Nurse Association, Milford School Department and Milford Catholic Elementary School, and possibly a parent.
"This is something that we need a collaborative effort to work as a team to attack this," Mazzuchelli said.
The preliminary plan is to dispense the swine flu vaccine at a clinic at the high school after school hours or on weekends, once the vaccine becomes available.
If demand exceeds availability, Mazzuchelli said, the priority will be protecting children and adults at the highest risk.
He said the first doses would go to pregnant women, people caring for infants under the age of 6 months, health care and emergency medical workers, children 6 months to 4 years, and children 5 to 19 with chronic medical problems.
"This subgroup would take priority when they do come," Mazzuchelli said.
The next priority group would be everyone ages 6 months to 24 years and adults aged 25 to 64 who have health issues.
The final subgroup is all healthy adults and seniors, Mazzuchelli said.
The elderly are expected to have built an immunity to swine flu, he said.
Board of Health member Lenny Izzo said the town should soon have $3,000 of an expected $12,000 to $15,000 grant from the Region 2 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coalition.
Izzo is a member of the coalition.
Mazzuchelli said those funds will be a big help toward the costs associated with putting on a clinic.
He also gave an update yesterday to the town's Local Emergency Planning Committee.
The seasonal flu vaccine will be available during a clinic that starts Oct. 16, Mazzuchelli said.
"There is no harm in getting both," he said.
Danielle Ameden can be reached at 508-634-7521 or dameden@cnc.com.


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In Berlin, the world's first television tower was built in 1926. If we compare it with a modern tower building, then in their background it looks like "baby", because its height of 150 meters, and weight - 600 tons.
Of course, these dimensions can not compete with the parameters of the current television towers. Today, we have prepared a report and want to introduce you to the highest tower in the world.
Tashkent TV Tower
Height: 375 meters
Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Year Built: 1985Camaya highest TV tower in Central Asia. Tashkent erected tower over 6 years, and has been opened and started its functioning from January 15, 1985.
Kiev TV Tower
Location: Ukraine, Kiev
This tower has a lattice structure and the world it is the most high among the towers of the same design. The tower is constructed entirely of steel tubes of different diameter and weight is 2,700 tons. The vertical tube 4 meters in diameter located in the central part of the tower. This tube is the elevator shaft and connected to the antenna part proceeds.
In Ukraine, Kiev TV Tower is the tallest building. Although this tower up to 60 meters of the Eiffel Tower, it weighs 3 times lower.
Central TV Tower in Beijing
Location: China, Beijing
Central TV Tower in Beijing (China), which was built relatively not so long ago, the top has a revolving restaurant.
Kuala Lumpur Tower
Location: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Year Built: 1995Cooruzhenie the tower lasted five years and ended in 1995.
Menara Tower for its peculiar lighting gained the unofficial title "Garden of Light".
Milad Tower
Location: Tehran, Iran
The tower constructed of moving six panoramic elevators. Visitors at an altitude of 276 meters, can have a good time in the rotating restaurant. Twelve floors, a total area of 12,000 square meters. m, it takes the gondola tower - it is considered the largest territory in the world of television towers.
In Iran, it is the tallest building.
Oriental Pearl
Location: China, Shanghai
The second highest TV tower in Asia is considered the "Oriental Pearl", which is located in Shanghai, China. At the top of the tower it built a sphere with a diameter of 45 meters, which is located at an altitude of 263 meters above the ground.
In this tower you can and have fun: at the level of 267 meters located the revolving restaurant at an altitude of 271 meters, you can visit a bar and 20 rooms with karaoke ...
... but at an altitude of 350 meters awaits visitors penthouse lookout.
Ostankino Tower
Chief designer Nikitin just for one night designed Ostankino tower. The design resembles a kind of inverted lily.
Weighs tower with the foundation - 51 400 tons. Photo Ostankino tower in the Victory Day May 9, 2010.
Ostankino Tower in infrared light. The Ostankino Tower August 27, 2000 was an emergency -. A large fire at an altitude of 460 m The result is that entirely burned 3 floors. For a long time there continued repair and construction work. Finally, to complete the repair and restore and ennoble the territory managed to February 14, 2008.
Location: Canada, Toronto
This tower is almost twice as high as the Eiffel Tower and 13 meters above the Ostankino.
This unique tower very powerful: it can withstand a wind gusts, the speed reaches 420 km / h. In addition, the tower can resist before lightning - every year it gets more than 80 lightning.
In the period from 1976 to 2007, the CN Tower is the highest construction of the world.
Guangzhou TV Tower
Location: China, Guangzhou
Year of construction: 2009Ctalnye large diameter pipes constitute retina tower. The height of the steel capstan, which completes the tower is 160 meters.
Interestingly, the Russian engineer Shukhov in 1899 patented the design of the retina, which corresponds to the Guangzhou TV Tower design.
Tokyo Sky Tree
Year Built: February 29, 2012
The youngest of all structures built tower - Tokyo Sky Tree, Japan. It was erected 29 February 2012 and 22 May 2012 it held its grand opening. Here you can choose a variety of entertainment - visit restaurants, an aquarium, a planetarium and theater. And for those who like shopping in the tower are more than 300 boutiques.
It looked like the process of construction of the tower in October 2010.
Today it is the tallest building in Japan and beyond: even in the TV towers of the world it has no competitors.
How to meet the world's new in 2018
The world's largest dials, and where to find them
Five bridges that run ships
Walk on the fortress "cut the throat"
China of the 21st century
Ostankino Tower - 503 meter mark


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Mallorca Slideshow and Movie by David Vuono
David Vuono
www.davevuono.com
On March 27, 2009 at 8:00pm, David Vuono will be giving a slideshow on his most recent climbing adventure to deep-water solo in Mallorca, Spain with his good friend and climber Kevin Ryan. The slideshow and raffle will take place at Petra Cliffs Climbing Center in Burlington, Vermont.
David Vuono is a passionate rock climber, professional rock climbing photographer and environmental activist. Over the past five years, he has been giving slideshow presentations about his personal climbing trips as a means to express his passion for climbing and photography. As a result, his shows have gained wide acceptance and praise throughout the climbing community and have become a great venue to raise money for a local climbing organization, Climbing Resource Access Group or CRAG-VT.
CRAG-VT is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to protecting and preserving Vermont's climbing and environmental resources through cooperation and collaboration with local and state authorities, private residents, and other organizations. CRAG-VT has acquired land through fundraising and donations, thereby preventing land development and environmental degradation.
A donation for the raffle from your organization would benefit CRAG-VT in this manner to protect a natural area known as Upper West Bolton. Upper West is one of the birthplaces of Vermont climbing and your donation will help secure it forever.
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By Dan Dewell


Eventually, pests happen. Whether it's a rat or rodent infestation, a serious bug problem or something more serious like termites, you will need to hire a professional pest control company. In most cases, you can rely on them to rid your home of a problem, thanks to their expertise.
However, not every professional is trustworthy. How can you be sure you're hiring the right company, and how can you be sure it knows how to handle a pest problem?
Most states issue pest control licenses to certified individuals who have completed the proper training and authorization requirements. The laws are different for each state, so you'll need to refer to your local government agency's portal for more information. A large majority of states maintain a list of licensees, and it can usually be found through your local Department of Agriculture or Department of Pesticides.
Ask to see the company's license information, and ensure it's current when applicable. Issued licenses can expire, and you want to be sure the professional you hire has a current and up-to-date license.
Any reputable business will be insured so that it can pay for damage, losses or various problems caused by employees. This includes damages incurred to your house, furniture or belongings during treatment. Insurance also covers company employees should they be injured on your property.
Don't confuse this with the term bonding or being bonded, they are not the same thing. A bonded company offers a guarantee of performance and completion, and it's required by law. That means if it causes damage to your home, the company must reimburse you.
One of the biggest differences between the two is that a bondholder must repay the bonding company after a claim is made.
You should never substitute a bond for proof of insurance.
A reputable business will have plenty of references to offer. If you'd like some, it's as easy as asking.
It's also a great idea to get the contact information for previous customers and get in touch. Ask them how satisfied they were with the company's service. Did they complete their work in a timely and appropriate fashion? Were there complications along the way from the company itself or any of its employees?
In most states, there's a regulatory pesticide agency the same that issues licenses so you can contact the agency and find out if the company you're considering has received any serious complaints or infractions.
Will The Company Review Their Contract With You?
Before signing a contract for work, be sure the proper source reviews the information with you. Company employees should be willing to provide more information about a particular clause or topic that you're interested in. If they refuse to go over the contract with you, or they're less than helpful, then be wary.
In addition, be sure the contract explicitly mentions the nature of the pest issue, how bad the problem really is and how the company plans to eliminate said problem. It should detail in full how much work is required of the company to remove the pests from your home.
What Treatment Plans Do They Offer?
What pests will the treatment address?
How bad is the problem and what will happen if you don't use treatment?
What ingredients are used in the pesticide the company uses?
What adverse effects will there be — if any — from the pesticides?
How and where will the pesticide be applied?
Is there a need to avoid contact with the pesticide or leave your home?
Are there alternatives to the pesticide on offer, and do any of them employ nonchemical forms?
Are there any special instructions you need to be aware of?
What can be done to protect your home from future pest infestations and how should you follow up treatment?
How many times will the pest control company need to visit your home for treatment?
How long will it take for the treatment to take effect?
How Will They Handle a Botched Job?
Pests are highly unpredictable, even for professionals. In the event that you still have a pest issue after they visit — or the job is botched in some way — it matters how the company handles themselves. A reputable company will always do a follow-up. They will work with you to correct the problem and ensure the pests are eliminated.
Before the job starts, it's almost impossible to ensure that a company will handle things well, but you can still ensure the company guarantees its work and has the proper credentials. So why let your home value depreciate because of household pest infestations?
Thanks for the tips about what to look for in a pest control company. A friend of mine recently found some cockroaches in his house. I know he was looking for a good removal service. I'll have to show him a copy of this post. Thanks for sharing!
Like you mentioned, no one is immune to bug problems, and it can happen to everyone. I like that you suggest checking for experience and work history, which I believe will tell you what you need to know about the reliability of the company. I will keep these things in mind as I look around for a pest control company!
This is great advice for finding a good pest control company. I haven't been able to find anything about pest control companies that get rid of brown recluse spiders. Maybe it's not a very common infestation. I will definitely look around online. Thank you for sharing!
Did you say b – b – b – b- brown recluse spiders? Eww. Remind me never to spend the night at your house, Wendy!
This is some great information, and I appreciate your suggestion to find a pest control company that will review their contract with you. I like to be thorough when signing things, and I want to make sure I understand everything before making a final decision. I'll definitely look into finding a pest control company that will help me go over the contract and clarify any points of confusion. Thanks for the great post!
I like what you said about asking how many times the company will need to treat your home. If they need to visit my home multiple times, I would need to know about it so I can plan my schedule accordingly. My husband and I need to hire an exterminator because we have had a spider problem for a few weeks and it's getting out of control. Thanks for posting these tips, I will make sure to ask about that when we shop around.
My dad and I found that my grandma is having some problems with rodents. We have tried getting rid of them ourselves, but nothing we do seems to work. At this point we need to call a pest control service, but we aren't sure what kind to go with. This helped us know what to look for and I hope that we can find one soon.
Give my best to grandma!
I agree a lot with the idea of checking your home seasonally for pests. I think that it is important to check especially for mice. What do you think is the best way to control them?
Get a cat … or two.
That is cool that good pest control companies will review their contract with you. I don't always understand this kind of stuff. So it is good that someone will review the contract with me before I hire them for pest control. When should I mention I want to review it with them?
I like your tip on checking for a license when looking for a pest control company. I would imagine that having a license would be a way to ensure that they do a good job with your extermination. My wife and I have a terrible ant problem in our home so maybe we should find someone who is licensed.
Yeah, you probably should, Jeff. I'm not inviting you to any of my picnics until you do.
I've been wanting to hire a pest control company to protect my house. Thanks for the advice about going over the contract and making sure that it states the nature of the pest problem and how they're going to deal with it. Thanks for the help in picking a pest control company.
I can really relate to your point about the pests being really unpredictable. It's reassuring to know that the company will do a follow up to see if anything went awry. I think we have mice in the basement. We've tried a variety of traps but nothing is working. We're going to look for an exterminator soon.
I would imagine that getting information about a service from past clients would be a good way to ensure they are legitimate. My husband and I need to hire a pest service for our home so we'll have to be sure to find one with plenty of positive reviews.
Great advice here, Len. Thank you.
My wife called me at work because while she was doing laundry she found a bunch of mice running around our basement. You stated that any reputable business will be insured so that it can pay for the damage, losses or various problems caused by employees. Do most pest control treatments have a chance of resulting in the need for insurance?
I'm not sure what percentage of pest control treatments are considered risky, Derek — but that's really not the point. What's important is that the pest control company is insured for any eventuality that may occur.
Great article! As a pest pro, I love your article. Don't forget to check different review sites like google and angie's list. There are many great companies and a few bad ones.
I agree that you would want to check for experience and work history when hiring a pest control company. I would imagine that this would apply when you are doing your research. This would also be something important to bring up in an interview as well.
These are some great tips for hiring a good pest control company. I like how you mentioned finding a company that has liability insurance. You never know what might happen while getting rid of pests, so that is a good thing to check.
You mentioned that you should ask the pest control service what kind of treatment they plan on using, and if it will be necessary to leave your home for a while. A close friend of mine found a bit of a termite infestation in his home and is in need of pest control services. If he'll need to leave his home for some time, he'll need to work that in his schedule. I'll make sure that he asks the pest control about the treatment specifics.
Thank you for this great information! I didn't even know that our pest control companies are supposed to be licensed.
You say at the end that the company could potentially botch the job they did on your home – what would a botched job look like with pest control, more bugs?
Yes … more bugs, Lindsey. Bigger ones too. In fact, if the job is really botched, it will result in bugs that are big enough to eat a small pet.
Licenses are definitely important. How would it feel to hire some guy who says he's a pest control specialist, and then find out he doesn't even have a license? No thanks!
I hear ya, Fitz. And if you're really unlucky he may even botch the job!
Speaking with past clients is a great idea! Another thing to consider would be to find if the solution is animal friendly if you are worried or concerned about your pets.
Thanks for talking about how important licenses are when looking for a professional pest control company — I was burned once before. Remember to take your time and do your research. Then compare several companies and hopefully you can find one you trust.
Woodpeckers have started to become a little bit of a problem, and I am wanting to find a pest control company to help get rid of them. I agree that reliable companies will carefully explain their contract to me. That way I know that how much work is required in full detail, and know that they won't over charge me for it.
Ewwwww!!!! I've got a terrible bed bug infestation in my house. When I woke up this morning I found one on my arm!!!
Hopefully, I don't spread them to my family and friends!
It is a good idea to make sure that you ask how long the treatments will take — one scam company I called said it would take three years of weekly service to get rid of the bed bugs in my house. I told them that by the time they were finished the bed bugs would have already left on their own because I wouldn't have any blood left anyway!
I'm looking for a great pest control service to use ever since I saw some ants in our home. It is getting so bad now that the last time I had dinner guests over, one of them found a couple of the little guys in the box mashed potatoes I had served them. How embarrassing!
Sounds like quite a dinner party!
I've been thinking about getting a pest control service for my home, and I think that some tips would be helpful. I'm glad you talked about how a reputable pest control company will have plenty of references, and I think that would be good to check out. I'm going to have to do a little research and see what local pest control options are best!
My sister recently found a family of rodents living in her basement and wants them gone as soon as possible. I wish she would do some research and find a good pest control company in her area to help her get rid of the uninvited guests in her basement.
You can learn a lot about a company if you take your time and do your research. This is something I would recommend to everyone before they sign with a company.
We really need a pest control company's help. We've got way too many ants in our kitchen, and I honestly have no idea how to get rid of them. I'll be sure to follow your advice and check potential contractors for state-issued licenses. That seems vital.
I agree that you want to consider if a pest control service has a proper license. My husband and I hired a pest service to help get rid of the termites under our home but they weren't licensed. They took our money and didn't get rid of the termites.
My parents moved into their new home and there are roaches everywhere. I forwarded this article to Dad and told him I'm not visiting until he gets rid of them!
My sister and her family just moved into their new home in the mountainside and there are signs of pests.
You don't say! They should probably call an exterminator.
My husband and I are looking for someone to get rid of some termites, so we'll have to check their license.
A company should always be willing to provide more information or go over a particular clause or topic you may be interested in or have more questions on. If they don't this is a red flag and time to move on.
We just discovered that there are termites in our basement when I saw some discarded wings while cleaning it.
An expired license is as useless as none at all. Choosing a company with proper qualifications will ensure you get the best service.
I think talking to a potential company's previous clients is a smart idea. We discovered that we had termites after my husband noticed a shallow wood on our attic.
I came here because of the termites in our barn house. My husband noticed it when he was curious about the holes on a wooden pole there.
My family and I just moved to home near a field, and we've discovered the home has a small mouse problem. Your article had some great tips for choosing a pest control company that could help us with this, and I liked how you said before signing any contract, we should read it thoroughly, and to make sure it explicitly mentions the nature of the pest issue, how bad it is, and how they plan to eliminate said problem. Thanks; we'll keep this in mind when choosing the pest control service best for our needs.
A company that is licensed and insured not only provides peace of mind that the company is trustworthy and reputable but you also don't have to worry about being liable if there is an accident on your property.
My wife and I have been thinking of getting a new house, and we are concerned that we won't be able to stop bugs coming into our house from the lake nearby.
I've never asked for references from any company before, but I'll try it out when we hire someone to look at the ants in our kitchen.
My wife and I have been thinking of getting a pest control specialist out to our house since my wife has noticed some of our food storage has tiny bite marks. I will be sure to tell my wife that we should try and find a pest control company with insurance!