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First off, id like to introduce you guys to a little segment I like to call "My Loose Change." In these posts I will be ranting about sport related things that either rattle my cage, churn my butter, or anything in between. Most of the time these will be complete nonsense, but will likely add a smirk or two to your daily Obicularis Oris workouts (finally, anatomy going to use! Oh and to answer everyone's question, that's your muscle that helps you smile :). I hope you guys enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed the headache of trying to avoid using "My Two Cents" as the title of this segment- fuck you Kent Brockman!
Last June, I was watching the NBA finals with my entire family. None of us had a team we were rooting for in the finals (thanks a lot Dallas), so we were merely just enjoying the last seconds that basketball had to offer until the lockout. Dirk just hit one of those crazy one legged faders to end his ridiculous half, so obviously a sideline reporter wanted to interview him. My entire family knew what was coming, and we couldn't bare it anymore. "We now turn to Michele Tafoya with Dirk Nowitzski on the sidelines" Mark Jackson States.
"Fuck, not again" I thought too myself. I don't want to hear her report, every time she's about to interview someone I cringe. Every question is just so fucking pointless. "How do you plan to stop the opposing team?" WHAT TYPE OF FUCKING QUESTION IS THAT!? You get paid to ask these superstars intelligent questions but yet every question I hear is asinine.
A woman commentating about sports……..Well, that's just preposterous. I don't care if you have the silkiest hair, the biggest rack, the tightest button down shirt on, or Reggie Millers sister, there's no reason for you to be on those sidelines asking juvenile questions….In fact nobody should be interviewing these players, asking them questions my nine year old nephew can come up with. I'm not joking, he was sitting there saying "how is Miami going to stop dirk 1-1?" or "they have to rebound more." When it came for the coaches interviews Erik Spoelstra was asked how they plan to stop dirk 1-1, and how they can outhustle Chandler. These reporters are useless, and unfortunately they're mostly female, which adds even more potential of ridicule. There almost as painful to watch as that drunk chick who thinks she knows sports.
Come on, we've all been through this before- that one chick at the party who thinks she's just "one of the boys" and can jump into any sports conversation with things like "Oh Tom Brady! I love that guy! He's such a good quarterback" or even worse, you get that chick sitting on the couch watching the hockey game telling stories about how she grew up with her no good father wishing she was a boy so she actually kind of knows a bit about sports, when realistically she just wants to get into your pants, to show her no good father whos boss. Women and Sports do not mix. Kinda like liquor before beer, you're in the clear. Women and sports, you'll end up with warts. We leave you alone when your going shopping with the gals, so can you please give us 3 hours in return to watch Big Ben Roethlisberger dangle in the pocket?
Phil Jackson had it right. I don't think I've ever seen a man who hates these interviews as much as he does. You can just tell he wants to tell the reporter off, and usually he does. Whenever it's Craigs Sager interviewing Phil, he just mocks Craig for how crappy he looks and how crappy his job is. Most of the time Phil wont answer the question. I remember this one time, Phil apologized to Doris Burke for having to waste his and her time. Please, just watch the 1:30min video below and tell me how pointless and unnecessary these interviews are…..He just completely ignores the question and calls Craig an ice cream man. Phil, you are a fucking P.I.M.P.
I'm going to run through each question Craig asked Phil and explain why a fucking child can come up with answers to these questions
Question the First: did you feel comfortable resting Kobe late in the third, will you rest him in the fourth?
Why this question is stupid: if you know anything about Phil Jackson, you would know that he always keeps his rotation the same, winning or loosing. Most coaches tend to do this, so players know their roles. Craig has probably seen Phil coach for 10+ years and now he's asking him if he's comfortable doing something he's been doing for 10+ years with 6 rings? He benched Jordan late in the third as well, clearly he's comfortable resting his stars dipshit. NEXT!
Question the Second: what do you think of OKC's crowd during their first playoff game?
Why I want to drain my spinal fluid after hearing this question: He's the opposing team in a hostile environment where the city is experiencing their first playoff game ever….clearly OKC is going to be nuts, and clearly Phill wants nothing to do with it. You really think a competitor and winner like Phill is gonna prance around being like "oh man, OKC you're such a wonderful city, showing so much support for your players. Awww how cute…." NO! That won't happen, nobody wants to hear this question, for any opposing team in any arena, the home crowd is just fucking annoying.
Question the third: you've been able to score 32 and 33 (or something) points in the first two games, what's different about tonight?
Why I'm going bald just thinking about this question: Phil's answer is just fantastic, he blatantly stares down Sager and says "we have 23." I'm not even going to waste our times with this one. Probably the dumbest question I've heard on the sidelines to date. Sure, you can argue that Sager was looking for an answer like "we'll we aren't going through screens and playing tight on the cutter while keeping your back to the basket.," but no coach is going to give an answer like that. Tell me, have you ever seen an interview where the coach actually went into depth with their plan? No, because then anyone can see what Coach A likes to do against Team B. Fucking asinine folks.
It makes me laugh knowing that the one guy who happens to be a sideline reporter is only recognizable by his laughable suits. It also makes me laugh that my own mother cant stand watching Cheryl Miller interview anyone because of how stupid she sounds. "I cant stand watching that bitch Cherly Miller interview anymore, she shouldn't be calling basketball games, she's ludicrous!"
Ok you caught me, my mom never said ludicrous, however she did chirp someone of her own sex who's made it far in the professional world. I mean really, who wants to sit there and watch a girl in balloon pants (or in a males case, a bright florescent suit) asking questions in hope that the team releases top secret information. If my mother, the person who cant tell the difference between NHL 12 and Hockey Night in Canada wont stand to watch another sideline report, this tells me that sideline reporters clearly aren't needed in the wonderful world of sports.
Hopefully I am not the only one that believes in this epidemic. I bet the players hate these interviews too, do you really think they want to be bothered with brainless questions right when they're about to be yelled at by the coach? Let the coaches' coach, and the players play. Save your asinine questions for the post game interview, where the fans can choose to watch it over the Internet, and so we can get more postgame interviews like this:
-P.S. To anyone that felt a bit offended by this post.....you shouldn't be, learn to take a joke and move on...besides, i was drunk when i wrote this, so maybe 1/3 of me actually believes what i wrote, but then again who knows.


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Lincoln Elementary Newsletter
Lincoln Elementary Newsletter
December 8, 2017
Important Dates
Dec. 14 Limited Edition Perform
Dec. 18 PTO, 5:30 pm, school library
Dec. 22 Last day of 1st Semester
Dec. 23-Jan. 8 Christmas Break
Jan. 9 First day of 2nd Semester
Jan. 15 Reading Fair, 3:45-5:00 pm
Jan. 22 Orangeman Pride Awards
A Reminder. . .
There is no adult supervision available before school until 8:20 am. If students are eating breakfast at school they may arrive at 8:00 am and go directly to the gym for breakfast. Those students not eating breakfast should not arrive at school before 8:20 am. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Lunch Money
Lunch money should be given to your child's teacher. The teacher will send it to the office to make sure it is deposited to your child's account. One check can be written for all children you have enrolled in the Beatrice Public Schools district, please make sure that you write each child's name and the amount you want deposited in their account. Please make sure that the lunch money is in an envelope with the student's name on it.
Winter Coats
If your student is in need of a warm winter coat please let us know. We have brand new winter coats in all sizes for boys and girls and they need homes. Please call the office at 402-223-1575 if your child is in need of one.
Lost & Found
We have several items in our lost and found closet. If your child is missing a clothing item, please have them check with the office.
Morning Drop-off
When dropping your children off at school in the morning please observe the children in the area and watch your speed. When dropping off, please pull in, drop off your student, and drive away. Please don't linger. Please don't take up staff parking places while waiting for your child to go line up for school. Please don't drop off on the opposite side of the street and have your student run across in the middle of the street. Students need to use crosswalks to cross the street. We appreciate your help in this matter!
Cold Weather Policy
It is the policy at Lincoln Elementary to go outside for recess during the day and at lunchtime if the temperature (with wind chill) is 0 degrees or above. Therefore, it is very important that your child have boots, gloves/mittens, hat/scarf, and a winter coat each day. If your child is lacking any of these essential items they will not be protected from the elements as well as they should be. Please call our school office if you need assistance with providing coats, gloves or hats for your student. We thank you in advance for your cooperation with our cold weather policy.
FREE Dental Clinic
Free dental clinic open to children ages 5-18. Appointment and pre-screening required. Please contact Public Health Solutions District Health Department for applications, pre-screenings, appointments, and transportation arrangements.
When: Friday, February 2, 2018
Where: UNMC College of Dentistry, Lincoln

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Report on Phase I and II Cultural Resource Investigations Performed Along County Road 264, Morrison County, Minnesota
Author(s): C. Harrison
Year: 1996
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At first such teenage tomfoolery dismays the well inculcated probity towards good manners, especially for the woman who did music a favor by "breaking up the Beatles," but one must temper expectations for good manners in New York. When my friend first told me this story a decade ago I had to remind myself that New York witnessed some of the last men and women of good manners enter her harbor 95 years ago, now 105 years ago to the day, when the Carpathia brought ashore the 705 men, women, and children who survived the sinking of the Titanic.
The parents of this generation can still recall when a few survivors from modern history's most glamorous disaster could be counted on for television appearances. Now they are all quite dead and the unsinkable ship's maiden voyage survives only in a James Cameron film.
The Titanic was not the only ship to founder on her maiden voyage; the battleship Bismarck went down in 1941 with 2,200 on board, taking over 1,400 British sailors with "him" after sinking the Hood and damaging the Prince of Wales. Nor was the Titanic the greatest civilian maritime sinking; a Soviet submarine torpedoed the Wilhelm Gustloff and sent 9,400 people down to "Davy Jones' locker."
By sinking the RMS Titanic disappointed an era of boundless optimism, a time ebullient with the boundless capacity for ingenuity and invention to better the human condition. Society had matured from the growing pains of 19th century political revolution and could only be better off without the antiquarian altar and throne scheme. Edward style and society retained Victorian standards with brighter colors. Old money was fairly new, inherited wealth made two generations earlier by the Robber Barons (one had to be third generation wealth to join the clubs in Newport). Titanic synthesized all these things in her impermeable iron hull, where the old new money dined a few decks above those disjointed by industry, both propelled at 22 knots in a vessel a sixth of a mile long towards a new world unhindered by lingering social structures.
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Titanic did not sink quickly like the Gustloff or as a ship of aggression like Bismarck. She died a slow, 160 minute death in which most of what was good in past society also died. Women and children were let off first, although more would have lived if Charles Lightoller did not interpret that order to mean "women and children only." Stokers who knew they would die made no attempt for a "run at it" and instead manned their positions in the boiler rooms to the end, keeping the power on and the pumps running to buy the ship additional life. The band played until the end, hoping to keep passengers calm and add some normality to the surreal sinking on the flat calm night. Contrary to film depictions, those in second and third class were not gated below, but they did not rush the upper decks and cause a panic either. The elderly Ida Straus gave her lifeboat seat to another so that she might pass with her husband, the owner of Macy's. Benjamin Guggenheim put on his white tie and top hat, ordered a cigar, and resigned to "go down as a gentleman."
How comical and carnivalesque to modernity for men in tails to listen to The Blue Danube Waltz during a watery death march, but is it only perverse because we never knew a sense of duty, place, and order and once permeated men and women more forcefully than the cold waters of the Atlantic that hit boiler room six. Their politics and religion were inherited from a revolts of past ages, but their courtesy and gentility inherited from homes more tangibly connected with Christian life than ours.
If the Titanic disappointed a changing world eager to embrace the promises of the machine, World War I yielded no reconsideration of the standing trajectory, and World War II, culminating in man's own Fiat lux on August 6, 1945. The old society died, but the new one failed to live up to billing. "Women and children first" and the band playing on was replaced with dull housewives, television, and rock 'n' roll. When promises disappoint we rarely return to our better paths; instead we wallow in bitterness and try to make the most of a new paradigm, like the child who goes off to college, lapses from faith, fails to get a decent job, and will not admit his live in girlfriend of four years is a waste of his time.
But today is a day to remember better men than we, men from 105 years gone by, all of them dead now. Offer a prayer for them in your charity.


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Criminal defense attorney Amara Clarke can't help but be hot and bothered by the handsome, enigmatic new cook at her local diner--and his seeming dislike of her. Until she finds herself in a dangerous situation--and the mysterious Jack Parker comes to her aid.
. . .The man who'll do anything to protect her.
Amara doesn't know that Jack is a DEA agent, evading death threats from a powerful drug lord. The last thing he wants is to endanger her by letting her get too close. But when fate puts her in his path, Jack's cover is blown wide open. Soon he and Amara are on the run--but they can't escape the smoldering chemistry between them. To keep Amara out of harm's way, Jack will have to take drastic measures--even if it means shattering her fragile heart. . .
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New Mexico Has Heavily Relied On Federal Dollars And Is Now "Learning What Happens When Uncle Sam Slows The Flow Of Money." "This State, Which For More Than A Century Has Relied So Heavily On Federal Government Economic Support, Is Learning What Happens When Uncle Sam Slows The Flow Of Money. … Given The Budget Wars In Washington And, In Our Post-Pete Domenici/Post-Jeff Bingaman Era, The Relative Lack Of Clout Of Our Congressional Delegation, Only The Most Cockeyed Optimist Is Waiting For A Return To The Old Normal Of Growing Employment Courtesy Of The Federal Government. Many Politicians, Business People And Economists Have Argued For Years That New Mexico Needed To Decrease Its Reliance On Federal Spending And Diversify Its Economy, And They Are Absolutely Right." (Winthrop Quigley, "New Mexico's 'New Neutral,'" Albuquerque Journal, 5/20/14)
Richardson Administration Changed Budget Deficit Estimate After 2010 Election From $260 Million to $452 Million:
"New Mexico's Budget Crunch For The Coming Fiscal Year Could Be $190 Million Worse Than Previously Thought, And Announcement Of The Bad News Set Off Another Fiery Exchange Between The Outgoing Administration Of Gov. Bill Richardson And Gov.-Elect Susana Martinez."" (Dan Boyd, "Richardson Drops Bomb", The Albuquerque Journal, November 12, 2010)
- "Richardson's Finance Secretary Dannette Burch Said Thursday That Martinez And State Lawmakers Will Face A $450 Million Revenue Shortfall For The Fiscal Year, Starting Next July 1, Just To Maintain The State's Current Level Of Services." (Dan Boyd, "Richardson Drops Bomb", The Albuquerque Journal, November 12, 2010)
- "That's A Much Higher Number Than The Legislative Finance Committee's Earlier Projected Shortfall Of $260 Million." (Dan Boyd, "Richardson Drops Bomb", The Albuquerque Journal, November 12, 2010)
"New Mexico's Budget Deficit Has Been Revised Upwards From An Estimated $260 Million For Next Year Up To $452 Million, According To Outgoing Gov. Bill Richardson's Financial Expert." (Rob Nikolewski, "URGENT: NM budget deficit NOT $260 million — try $452 million!", Capitol Report New Mexico, November 11, 2010)
"Originally, The State Budget Deficit Was Estimated At $260 Million. Then, Shortly After The Election, Gov Bill Richardson's Budget Experts Came Back With An Estimated Figure Of $452 – A Number That Shocked Lawmakers And Voters Alike. Thursday's LFC Revenue Estimate Did Not List A Precise Number On The Size Of The Overall Deficit But Sen. Smith Told Us That He Thinks $300 Million Is A Good Ballpark Figure." (Rob Nikolewski, "The good news? Revenues adjusted upwards $55.8 million. The bad news? We're still broke", New Mexico Watchdog, December 2, 2010)
Legislative Council Service and LFC Described Budget Shortfalls In December of 2010:
"Budget Shortfall Estimates For FY 2012 Range From $215 Million To $410 Million." (New Mexico Legislature Council Service and New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee, "New Mexico Economic Summary", December 2010)
Many Businesses Did Not Want New Taxes To Fix Budget Deficit:
"With The State Facing A Budget Deficit Estimated By The Legislative Finance Committee To Be $215 Million — And About Double That By The Governor's Office — Businesses Know Some Legislators Will Look To Them To Foot The Bill, Speakers At A Recent Economic Forum Meeting In Albuquerque Said." (Winthrop Quigley, "No Tax Increases, Eased Regulations Lead Off Some Business Wish Lists", The Albuquerque Journal, December 27, 2010)
Gov. Martinez Vowed To Not Raise Taxes And Opposed Cutting Core Budgets Of Public Schools And Medicaid:
"Martinez Has Vowed Not To Raise Taxes During Her Four-Year Term. She Has Also Said She'll Oppose Cutting The Core Budgets Of Public Schools And Medicaid, Though Those Items Make Up About 60 Percent Of The State's Spending." (Dan Boyd, ""State Budget Cutting Still Looms", The Albuquerque Journal, December 3, 2010)
Despite Senator Howie Morales' Ridiculous Claim on the Campaign Trail that No Deficit Existed, Morales Himself Acknowledged the Deficit in 2011 And Advocated that Taxes Be Raised.
"I Don't Think We Should Tax Our Way Out Of This Shortfall Nor Should We Cut Our Way Out. With This Said, During The Governor's State Of The State (Campaign Speech) She Said 'Revenue Generators, Revenue Enhancements, Tax Increases, Call Them What You Want, They Will All Be Vetoed' This Statement Was Accepted With Much Applause From The Republican End Of The Chambers. I Shook My Head And Knew This Was A Closed Minded (Yet Politically Popular) Approach To Balancing The Budget." (State Senator Howie Morales, "Letter From State Senator Howie Morales", Gila Region Community News, Calendar, Forum, February 28, 2011)
- "There Are Some Tax Breaks That Are Legitimate, But I Also Feel There Are Many More That Could Be Eliminated Or Reduced To Increase Revenue To The General Fund." (State Senator Howie Morales, "Letter From State Senator Howie Morales", Gila Region Community News, Calendar, Forum, February 28, 2011)
Morales Even Advocated Kicking the Can Down the Road Again by Using One-Time Stimulus Funds to Avoid Tough Decisions in Closing Deficit
State Senator Howie Morales: "I did ask the governor and met with the governor's staff earlier this session, there's about 56 million dollars of unused stimulus money. I felt that this unused stimulus money could go a long way in assisting in helping balance the budget. I do know it is a one-time money. The money wouldn't be available next year, but it's my hope, just as last week we found that we're about 36 million over in our estimation. The economy is bouncing back. We're bouncing back. So I would really like that option to be able to use unused stimulus money at this time, to help balance the budget and really protect our citizens of the state." ("Your Legislators: Sen Howie Morales", KRQGnews Video, 9:05-9:38, Uploaded 03/04/2011, Accessed 04/07/2014)
Gov Martinez Signed Bi-Partisan Budget Compromise That Balanced Budget Without Raising Taxes
"SANTA FE — Gov. Susana Martinez Signed Into Law Friday A Slimmed-Down $5.4 Billion Budget For The Coming Year That Cuts Spending..But Avoids Tax Hikes For New Mexicans." (Dan Boyd, "Martinez Signs Budget Bill, With Deletions", The Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 2011)
- Governor Susana Martinez: ""We did it without furloughing state employees, we did it without decreasing the salaries of state employees and we did it especially without raising taxes,"" (Dan Boyd, "Martinez Signs Budget Bill, With Deletions", The Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 2011)
"Money To Help Balance The Budget Came From Two Separate Measures Approved By Martinez On Friday." (Dan Boyd, "Martinez Signs Budget Bill, With Deletions", The Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 2011)
- "One Measure Approved By The Governor Reduces Financial Burden On The State By Requiring State Employees And Teachers To Pay More Into Their Retirement Plans — Cutting Their Take-Home Pay. The Other Saves The State Money By Capping Film Production Rebates." (Dan Boyd, "Martinez Signs Budget Bill, With Deletions", The Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 2011)
"The Budget Signed By Martinez For The Fiscal Year That Begins In July Trims Total State Spending By About 3 Percent, Or Slightly More Than $150 Million, From Current Levels." (Dan Boyd, "Martinez Signs Budget Bill, With Deletions", The Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 2011)
State Senator John Arthur Smith Describing The Balanced Budget: "Pretty Durned Responsible." (Rob Nikolewski, "A Balanced Look At The Balanced Budget Heading To Gov. Martinez", Capitol Report New Mexico, March 18, 2011)


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Well, this is good news....
The federal government should be making immigration policy, and that's what I'm going to do as president again
-Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
"again." Again? Again!!!!!
Pulling out my trusty copy of the Constitution of the United States, I find that the 22nd Amendment says in part:
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
Granted, Hillary was never actually elected. However, since Hillary admits that she has acted as President--groan--for eight years worth of term(s) to which some other person was elected President, the worst that can happen is that Hillary serves only one term as an actual elected President of the United States. That would severely limit the havoc she could create.
Just think, she would be a lame duck after just two years!
Wah-hoo! The worst case scenario just got a whole lot better.
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This article is a summary of a two-part series on Microsoft's Desktop Operating System Strategy published in Directions on Microsoft (December 1994 and January 1995) by Redmond Communications. The article also contains two excerpts on Desktop System Management and Understanding the Registry. Reprint and ordering information follows the excerpts.
To meet the needs of different users, Microsoft has designed two different PC desktop operating systems. Users and MIS managers want to know details about how these operating systems differ and how the differences will affect them in the short and long term. Microsoft's Desktop Operating System Strategy compares Windows 95 to Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 in key functional areas, helping organizations choose the right operating system for their needs.
Windows 95 is designed for office workers and home PC users and runs on PCs with minimal resources, such as a 386 machine with 4 megabytes of RAM. To run applications like spreadsheets and word processors, this system is simple to use and hides underlying complexities when possible.
Windows NT Workstation is a powerful and secure operating system, designed for software developers, scientists, statisticians, and financial professionals. This operating system implements a number of security measures to protect data and also supports high-end hardware systems.
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Security and Support for High-End Hardware
Application Compatibility, Network Connectivity, and User Interface
Desktop System Management
Understanding The Registry
Security and Support for High-End Hardware
Microsoft's Desktop Operating System Strategy, December 1994, covers desktop system management and the Registry (excerpts follow), security features, and support for RISC and multiprocessor machines. Sidebars on C2-level security, porting 32-bit Windows applications to the RISC platform, and writing Windows NT applications for multiprocessor machines are also included.
Many organizations find the security available with Windows 95 to be more than adequate for their needs. Users can protect data using share-level security for peer-to-peer network configurations, while user-level security is available when server-based networks are used. Encrypted password files allow easy access to share-level network resources at the expense of some network security. It becomes the network security system's job to grant or deny access to resources once the user logs on to the network at boot-up. However, Windows 95 uses the MS-DOS File Allocation Table (FAT) as the local file system, which has no built-in security mechanisms, so local files on FAT-based machines can be copied or altered by others.
With Windows NT Workstation, local files are protected by secure logon, a secure file system, and user rights. Users must have both a valid user name and logon password to access the machine and its resources. Windows NT Workstation protects its resources with user-level security and can specify access permissions all the way to the file level. In addition, Windows NT Workstation can force users to change their passwords periodically and a system administrator can grant or deny a user's ability to load specific files or access other computers. Windows NT Workstation also conforms to stringent C2-level security specifications, providing protection for organizations with exacting security needs.
Support for High-End Hardware
Windows 95 is targeted toward the mainstream user. It supports single processor i386-based machines. It does not support RISC-based systems or multiprocessor systems.
Windows NT has been designed from the ground up to support RISC-based and multiprocessor machines. The operating system was written in the machine-independent language C/C++ so that the code could be recompiled to support different CPU instruction sets. Also, the hardware-dependent code is in a single component, so that only this component must be rewritten to support a different CPU or multiprocessor architecture.
Application Compatibility, Network Connectivity, and User Interface
Microsoft's Desktop Operating System Strategy, January 1995, covers the ability of the two operating systems to run existing applications, their support for PC-based networks, and their different graphical user interfaces, including graphics of the Windows 95 interface and detailed descriptions. It also includes sidebars on NCP and SMB protocols, understanding domains, network transports, and a table giving a side-by-side comparison of Windows 95 to Windows NT Workstation.
Application Compatibility
Both operating systems strive for the highest degree of backward compatibility possible. Windows 95 will run nearly all existing MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows applications, in addition to recent 32-bit applications.
Windows NT Workstation provides less backward compatibility for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x applications than Windows 95. This is partly because some MS-DOS and Windows applications directly access hardware. Windows NT Workstation, because of its stringent security model, will not allow an application to bypass security and directly access hardware components. Windows NT Workstation also supports OS/2 and POSIX applications.
Network Interoperability
Most of the network interoperability differences between the two operating systems are only valid for the short term and will disappear as more 32-bit versions of client software become available. However, one long-term difference is that Windows 95 supports real-mode networking client software developed for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x, offering compatibility with existing networks (such as Novell, Banyan, and DEC), while Windows NT Workstation does not.
Windows NT Workstation and Windows 95 both can use client software to access NetWare servers or Microsoft-based networks. In addition, they can operate as clients on other networks, such as IBM LAN Server, DEC PATHWORKS, LAN Manager for UNIX, and others.
User Interface
User interface differences between Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation are short-term because the Windows 95 interface is based on early designs for Cairo, the next major release of Windows NT.
Windows 95 was designed to help the novice, so it uses icons, animation, wizards, and other features to simplify basic tasks. Experienced Windows users can use familiar features, such as icons and toolbars, and can customize the main menu to launch frequently-used applications. New features include folders to store files, which let users link to documents that are physically stored at another location on the network, and support of long file names beyond the 8.3 character limit.
The Windows NT Workstation interface is based on the Windows 3.1 interface and probably won't get an updated shell until Cairo ships.
The following sections are excerpted from Directions on Microsoft , December 1994: Microsoft's Desktop Operating System Strategy, Part I.
Desktop System Management
Desktop management was a design priority for both Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation operating systems. Most of the differences that do exist are short term and will disappear in future versions.
Both systems' management infrastructures are designed around a central database, called the Registry. The Registry stores configuration information about the devices, software, and the user preferences for an individual machine. System management applications and utilities can access Registry information to give administrators a comprehensive view of desktops they manage. (For an in-depth description of the Registry and its contents, see the following section.)
Although there are some differences in the way Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation handle system administration, most are short-term and can be expected to disappear in future versions.
This section compares Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation system administration in four specific areas:
Configuring Individual Machines. How easy is it to configure a PC and customize the machine's environment for a particular user?
Configuring Machines for Multiple Users. How can an administrator set up a machine for use by multiple individuals, each with their own user-specific configuration preferences?
Configuring Groups of Machines. How easy is it for an administrator to make and distribute global configuration decisions?
Monitoring the Performance of Individual Machines. How can you keep track of how well a machine is performing?
Supporting Third-Party System Management Tools. How can a third-party's system management application take advantage of configuration information provided by the operating system?
Configuring Individual Machines
Both Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation give users and administrators the ability to configure a machine according to an individual user's preferences and privileges. This is accomplished by editing computer- and user-specific configuration information in the machine's Registry.
There are two ways to edit Registry contents on a Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation machine. End users can edit the Registry through the Control Panel. However, the Control Panel only allows users to edit a local machine Registry.
System administrators or power users can edit the Registry using the more sophisticated Registry Editor. The Registry Editor allows the administrator to examine and modify Registry entries both locally or remotely over a network or asynchronous remote access connection. The Registry maintains a copy of the last known "good" configuration that can be used to reinitialize a machine in the event a user or administrator makes a mistake editing system settings.
The Registry Editor can also be used to troubleshoot problems and closely control the end user's environment. It can be used to control desktop settings such as which program groups appear on the user's desktop and whether or not a user can access the Registry Editor itself. The Registry Editor can also be used to control the desktop's networking settings.
Windows 95
The Windows 95 Registry, which evolved from the Windows NT Registry, affords system administrators a somewhat greater degree of control over individual desktop configuration. An administrator can configure a Windows 95 machine to:
Restrict access to all but a specified set of programs
Disable the MS-DOS prompt
Restrict access to Control Panel settings, including those for display, networks, printers, drivers, and security
Hide aspects of the Windows 95 user interface such as the "Network Neighborhood"
One of the primary roles of the Windows 95 Registry is to provide information necessary to support Plug and Play features that automatically install and configure new and existing peripheral devices, such as modems, sound boards, and printers. When new devices are installed, the system checks the existing configuration in the Registry to determine the hardware resources (for example, IRQs, I/O addresses, and DMA channels) that are not being used. In this way, the new device can be automatically configured without conflicting with a device already installed in the system.
Note: For a detailed discussion of Plug and Play functionality in Windows 95, see the December 1993 issue of Directions on Microsoft.
Windows NT Workstation
Although similar in functionality, Windows NT Workstation's implementation of the Registry is different than that of Windows 95. Windows NT Workstation has its own specific Registry Editor. Windows NT Workstation's Registry Editor cannot be used to view or modify a Windows 95 Registry. The reverse is also true.
Microsoft's long-term goal is for both Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation to support the same Registry functionality and use the same interfaces and tools, including the same Registry Editor.
Configuring Machines for Multiple Users
In many organizations, several users may share the same PC or move frequently between different machines.
To accommodate these organizations where several users share the same machine, both Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation Registries have the ability to store multiple instances of user-specific configuration information, called user preferences. User preferences include items such as favorite screen colors, mouse click speed, and program groups. When the user logs on, the desktop is automatically configured to that user's preferences.
To accommodate organizations where individual users move between different machines, both operating systems also allow user preferences to be stored on a central network server. When the user logs on to the network, this information is downloaded to the local machine's Registry database, and the user's preferences appear on the desktop.
It is important to note that currently a set of user preferences created for a Windows NT Workstation user cannot be applied when that user logs on to a Windows 95 workstation. The same is true for a Windows 95 user logging onto a Windows NT Workstation.
Configuring Groups of Machines
Windows 95's design incorporates a group configuration feature, called System Policies, that is not yet available on Windows NT Workstation.
System Policies are sets of configuration parameters defined by the system administrator. They take precedence over any user- or computer-specific configuration parameters. System Policies can be applied to prevent groups of users from performing some action such as:
Sharing files or printers from machine (peer services)
Modifying control panel settings
Running a program not specifically authorized by the administrator
During the Windows 95 logon sequence, the operating system checks the Registry for the location of a System Policies file. This file is located on a network server so that System Policies can be automatically accessed by every machine that logs on to the network. Windows 95 reads the file and tailors the PC's Windows 95 environment to conform to the stated System Policies.
Windows 95 administrators use the System Policy Editor to create or modify policies. Any change made by an administrator to the System Policy file is automatically applied to Windows 95 workstations the next time users log on. This gives administrators an easy way to establish and modify the standard desktop environments for a group of machines, without having to configure each individual machine separately.
Monitoring the Performance of Individual Machines
Both Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation include tools to allow a user or administrator to monitor various aspects of a machine's performance. The performance monitoring tools can be used to monitor an individual machine in real time from the desktop itself, or remotely from an administrative workstation. Performance issues identified using these tools can sometimes be resolved by adjusting the errant machine's configuration through the Registry Editor.
For example, a PC helpdesk person attempting to troubleshoot a "slow PC" can use a monitoring tool to remotely examine statistics such as network adapter performance, memory utilization, and disk transfer rates. If, for instance, the administrator discovers that the network adapter card has an unusually high number of dropped frames, she can use the Registry Editor to examine and adjust the network card's configuration.
Both operating systems also include a tool for administrators to monitor a remote desktop's peer service activity. This tool also enables an administrator to disconnect users as desired.
Windows 95
Windows 95's tool for monitoring desktop performance is called the System Monitor. The System Monitor allows a user or administrator to monitor and graph the following aspects of system performance in real-time:
32-bit file system performance, including bytes read/second, and bytes written/second
Network protocol performance, including packets lost/second, and packets received or sent/second
Operating system kernel performance, including percentage of processor usage, number of threads running, and number of virtual machines running
Network redirector performance, including burst packets dropped, bytes in cache, and requests pending
Peer services performance, including number of buffers, and bytes read or written/second
Memory management performance, including allocated memory, free memory, maximum and minimum cache size, swapfile size, and number of page faults
The System Monitor also allows third-parties to add additional statistics to be monitored.
Windows 95's tool for monitoring peer service activity is called the NetWatcher. The NetWatcher shows all current connections to a machine's peer services, including which users are connected and which files or printers are in use. It can also be used to disconnect users—either closing specific files or terminating a user's connection to the shared resource.
Windows NT Workstation
Windows NT Workstation's tool for monitoring desktop performance is called the Performance Monitor. Its capabilities are considerably more extensive than those provided by Windows 95's System Monitor. The Performance Monitor allows an administrator to monitor more types of performance data, log data for subsequent analysis, and set performance thresholds to trigger automatic alert messages on the administrator's machine.
Examples of the several hundred system statistics that can be tracked by Windows NT Workstation's Performance Monitor include:
Performance data, such as percentage of processor time for individual processes or threads running in the system
Remote access service statistics, such as bytes transmitted/second and compression ratios
Pages/second read from the disk or written to the disk to resolve memory references
Number of megabytes of unallocated space on a hard disk
The Performance Monitor also allows third-parties to add additional statistics to be monitored.
An administrator can also instruct the Performance Monitor to write data to a log file. Detailed performance logs help system administrators detect bottlenecks and can also be helpful for capacity planning. The Performance Monitor can also create a log entry or send an alert message to an administrator whenever a specific performance statistic exceeds a stated value.
The Windows NT Workstation operating system also maintains a log of system, security, and application events separate from the Performance Monitor log. Some examples of system event log contents include:
Successful and unsuccessful logon attempts, including whenever a local user logs on to the system or whenever a remote user connects to a shared resource
User connects/disconnects to the machine via Windows NT Workstation's Remote Access Service
Failure to load a system component successfully, such as a network transport
Modifications to a user or group account through the User Manager facility
An Event Viewer utility lets an administrator search and filter through a Windows NT Workstation's event log.
Windows NT Workstation's tool for monitoring peer service activity is called the Server Manager. Like Windows 95's NetWatcher, the Server Manager enables an administrator to view connections to a Windows NT Workstation and close files or disconnect users from a shared resource.
Supporting Third-Party System Management Tools
While desktop configuration and monitoring tools such as the Registry Editor and the Performance Monitor are quite powerful, they were never intended to be a complete desktop management solution. Organizations require additional tools to perform tasks like hardware/software inventorying, automated software installation, and capacity planning analysis to manage large numbers of PCs in a cost effective manner.
Both Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation make third-party system management applications more practical by allowing them to access a desktop's Registry remotely via three industry standard interfaces:
Windows 32-bit (Win32) API. Win32 includes APIs for accessing and manipulating Registry contents. These APIs are used by the Registry Editor and other operating system components. They can be invoked across the network using Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) built into Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation. RPCs allow applications running on one computer to execute functions or processes on another computer regardless of the underlying network protocol.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP was originally designed for managing network routers and other LAN devices. It is widely employed in large TCP/IP-based networks. Network Management products such as HP's OpenView and Novell's Network Management System accept data via SNMP.
An SNMP agent on a Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation desktop accesses the local Registry, converts the information into a special SNMP format called a Management Information Base (MIB). The agent then sends the MIB to the SNMP-based management console.
Since the current industry SNMP standard lacks security safeguards, Microsoft only allows third-party SNMP-based management applications to query the Registry for configuration parameters. Changing parameters via SNMP isn't currently supported.
- Desktop Management Interface (DMI). DMI is an emerging standard specifically designed for desktop management. The first edition of this specification was recently published by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF), an industry organization with more than 300 vendor members. A DMI agent on a Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation desktop allows DMI-compliant management applications to query and change desktop configuration parameters by making the appropriate calls to invoke the Win32 Registry APIs.
Windows 95
Windows 95 supports the Win32 Registry APIs and SNMP. Since the bulk of the DMI specification wasn't finalized until just a few months ago, it is not certain whether or not DMI will be included in the initial Windows 95 package. It may be delayed until a subsequent update.
Windows NT Workstation
Windows NT Workstation also supports the Win32 Registry APIs and SNMP. Since Windows NT Workstation 3.5 shipped right around the time the DMI specification was being finalized, it was not possible for Microsoft to include DMI support. It is anticipated that Microsoft will offer DMI support in a subsequent version of Windows NT Workstation.
Understanding The Registry
The Registry is the foundation for system administration of both Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation machines. It is the central repository for all system configuration information about an individual machine, including its devices, the software it is running, and the configuration preferences of the person or persons using it. All operating system components and Win32 applications store and retrieve configuration information from the Registry.
The Registry replaces the myriad of configuration files—including AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI and application-specific .INI files—used to store configuration information on MS-DOS or Windows 3.x systems.
Registry Benefits
By aggregating all of a machine's system configuration parameters into one centrally-located database, the Registry provides the following benefits:
A single tool can be used by administrators to view or modify any aspect of a machine's configuration. The Registry Editor, a tool provided with both Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation operating systems, simplifies the task of diagnosing a problem or locating a configuration setting. The Registry Editor can be run on a desktop locally, or remotely from an administrator's workstation. Remote access can be executed across a network or across an asynchronous telephone line using the remote access software (RAS) included with Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation.
Desktop system elements can share information. For example, each application that uses a modem can retrieve information about the brand and speed of that modem from the Registry. The software can then configure itself accordingly without any user involvement.
Third-party management applications can be created to remotely manage groups of desktops. The Registry exposes its contents through a variety of industry standard interfaces, including the Win32 API, SNMP, and DMI. This allows third-party developers to create system management applications that combine information about many machines collected remotely from their Registries.
Registry Contents
Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation Registries store both computer- and user-specific configuration information. They also contain statistical information about various system components.
Computer-Specific Configuration Information
Computer-specific data describes aspects about a local machine's configuration which remain the same regardless of the user. Examples include:
Hardware configuration information for components such as the system bus, the keyboard, the graphics adapter, and the disk drives
Operating system configuration information such as details about network protocols and print drivers installed
Application configuration information such as associations between applications and particular file extensions (for example, .DOC files are associated with Microsoft Word and .XLS files are associated with Microsoft Excel)
User-Specific Configuration Information
The Registry also stores configuration information specific to each individual user of a local machine. Some examples of user-specific Registry data include:
Desktop settings, such as the layout of the operating system shell window panes, personal program groups, wallpaper type, color schemes, screen saver parameters, cursor blink rates, and display resolution
Network connections, such as shared printers and disk drives, along with their port and drive letter assignments
Application settings, such as menu and toolbar configurations, preferred fonts, and window configuration preferences
Both Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation allow the user-specific portion of the Registry database to be stored on a central network server and downloaded to the workstation at logon. This makes it possible for "roving users" to get their personal configuration regardless of which workstation they are currently using.
Statistics Counters
The Registry collects statistical information about system software and hardware components, including the file system, operating system kernel, and network adapter card. Third-party applications can use the Registry to store their own application-specific statistics.
Examples of statistical data accessible via the Registry include:
Percentage of CPU usage
File system bytes read/second
Count of packets sent/second by the network adapter device driver
Since statistical data tends to change frequently, it is not stored directly in the disk-based Registry. Instead, the Registry contains pointers to the most up-to-date source of statistical information. The pointer might reference a location in memory where the operating system maintains a counter statistic. Or, the pointer might reference a code module that collects the data on demand.
The summary and excerpts above are from "Directions on Microsoft," an independent publication about Microsoft's technology and strategy. A complete reprint of the two-part series on Microsoft's Desktop Operating System Strategy (December 1994 and January 1995 issues) is available for $99 by phoning (206) 882-3396 or faxing (206) 885-0848. A one-year subscription (10 issues) to "Directions on Microsoft" can be ordered for $595 and a two-year subscription is $995. "Directions on Microsoft" is published by Redmond Communications, Inc.


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A dragon collecting gemstones, a pillow fight between Mickey and Donald, a cactus on rollerskates,... There's no doubt, you're in the children games category.
You'll find simple games specially designed for young ones. Learning while having fun is possible! There's no place for violence or blood, you are more likely to see candies or cute animals. But there are different types of games, like for example platform, puzzle or drawing games. Building a snowman, helping Santa Claus, guiding ladybugs to their houses,... When finding happiness becomes a child's play!


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The Granary Hotel is a privately run hotel that has been extensively refurbished over the past few years to give a modern and contemporary feel. The 2 AA Rosette award for the hotel restaurant fully reflects the really excellent standard and quality of food. The hotel bedrooms are all en suite and on ground level some have views looking across to the Malvern Hills. In addition to our standard rooms there are also two stunning Executive Suites. The Granary is located with easy access from the Motorway system and is close to Worcester. This central location makes the hotel an ideal centre for exploring the beautiful Worcestershire countryside as well as the rich industrial heritage of the West Midlands. Both Bed and Breakfast as well as Dinner Bed and Breakfast rates are available. (from LateRooms.com)
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US comedian Jerry Lewis 'dies aged 91'
Entertainer Jerry Lewis, one of Hollywood's most successful comedians, has died aged 91, US media report.
His 10-year partnership with Dean Martin saw them star in 16 films and achieve huge box office success.
Lewis went on to become the highest paid actor in Hollywood, chalking up box office successes such as The Bell Boy, Cinderfella and The Nutty Professor.
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Revenge on the rats who stole the the cat's chess.Your task is to destroy all the rats, to help cats to revenge. Use hammer to crack the object to break the balance of the scene so that the objects will hit the rats, then they will disappear.
At the same time, you have to keep cats from the objects, otherwise the game will end.
Keep all the rats and cats within the scene, otherwise the game will end.
During the game, you can break diamonds, gem basin to gain points!
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1 wood: You can crack it section by section.
2. Ice bar: You can crack it with a hammer.
3 Stone: can not be cracked.
4. Bomb case: it will explode by the force, the explosion will cause a strong impact to the objects nearby.
5. Iron Balls: rats and cats will die if they are hit by the iron balls.
6. Barbed iron fence: rats and cats will die immediately if they are hit by it.
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Personal Info For 100 Million Facebook Users Harvested Into One File
Do you share your personal info with everyone on Facebook? If so, there's a decent chance that data is now part of a file — containing information for around 100 million users of the social networking site — that's now making its way around the Web.
The file was compiled by a security consultant who wanted to show how easy it was to harvest all the information from Facebook users who hadn't made their profiles private. The info contained in the file does not include phone numbers, e-mail or postal addresses, though it's conceivable that this information could be just as easily harvested.
Facebook poo-pooed the news, saying that the information on the shared file is already publicly available:
People who use Facebook own their information and have the right to share only what they want, with whom they want, and when they want… In this case, information that people have agreed to make public was collected by a single researcher and already exists in Google, Bing, other search engines, as well as on Facebook… No private data is available or has been compromised.
While it is true that all the information in the file is readily available because those users didn't make their profiles private, a privacy expert complains to the BBC that the massive size of this data harvest shows that many Facebook users don't understand their privacy settings:
It is inconceivable that a firm with hundreds of engineers couldn't have imagined a trawl of this magnitude and there's an argument to be heard that Facebook have acted with negligence… People did not understand the privacy settings and this is the result.
Details of 100m Facebook users collected and published [BBC]
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Caterpillar third-quarter 2012 profit was up 49 percent compared to the same period last year, on sales and revenue that were up 5 percent. Total income was $16.4 billion for the quarter. Caterpillar reported a $273 million pre-tax gain from the sale of its logisitics business as part of that profit.
Chairman/CEO Doug Oberhelman continued to point to "economic and geopolitical headwinds facing the world," but noted the company continues to "track toward our goals on cost control, margin improvement, product quality, safety and better product availability for our customers."
Caterpillar expects 2012 sales and revenues to be about $66 billion and profit in a range of $9.00 to $9.25 per share. The previous outlook for sales and revenues was a range of $68 to $70 billion with profit of about $9.60 per share at the middle of the sales and revenues outlook range.
Caterpillar cited:
- Global economic conditions that are weaker than we had previously expected.
- Cat dealers have lowered order rates well below end-user demand to reduce their inventories.
- Production across much of the company has been lowered, resulting in temporary shutdowns and layoffs.
- Lower production will continue until inventories and dealer order rates move back in line with dealer deliveries to end users.
Oberhelman said economic uncertaintly is "definitely impacting our business with dealers intending to lower inventories and mining customers delaying some projects and reducing orders."
"We're focused on being very nimble and taking actions to respond to the current environment while at the same time keeping our 2015 goals and expectations in mind. It requires a pragmatic and steady approach as we balance our actions in the short term with what we need to do to be prepared for better growth when the world economy improves," Oberhelman added.
Last week, Caterpillar
- Reassigned several vice presidents
- Introduced a hybrid excavator
- Announced its Tier 4-Final diesel solution
Caterpillar preliminary 2013 outlook
From an economic standpoint, Caterpillar said it is expecting slightly better world growth in 2013 with modest improvement in the United States, China and most of the developing world, but continuing difficulty in Europe. Its preliminary outlook for 2013 is for sales and revenues to be about the same as 2012 in a range of up 5 percent to down 5 percent.
"We are taking a pragmatic view of 2013—we're not expecting rapid growth, and we're not predicting a global recession. At this point, we expect 2013 sales will be similar overall to 2012, but with a slightly weaker first half and a slightly better second half. While machine deliveries to end users have continued to hold up, our sales will probably remain relatively weak early in 2013 as dealers are likely to continue reducing inventories. When expected dealer inventory reductions level off, and easing actions by central banks and governments around the world begin to improve economic growth, we expect our business will begin to improve. While there's reason for optimism, and we're not expecting a global recession in 2013, we are prepared and stand ready to take action no matter what happens to the global economy," Oberhelman added.


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Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD Email Schahram Akbarian
- Positions
- PROFESSOR | Neuroscience
- PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
- Specialty
- Psychiatry
- Language
- English
- Hospital Affiliation
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
He is a former recipient of the Klerman award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the Judith Silver Memorial award of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the Outstanding resident award of the National Institute of Mental Health and the Eva King Killam Research Award of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Dr. Akbarian has been a principal investigator on National Institutes of Health-funded research projects and grants since 2001and published close to 100 articles in scientific journals and book chapters. He is a member of professional societies such as the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) and presently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF, formerly NARSAD), the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). He serves on Editorial Boards of various journals in the field, including Biological Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, Schizophrenia Bulletin and European Neuropsychopharmacology.
Visit Dr. Akbarian's Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation of the Human Brain and Mount Sinai Conte Center on Epigenetic Mechanisms of Depression for more information.
Research Topics
Depression, Schizophrenia
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Genetics and Data Science [GDS], Neuroscience [NEU], Pharmacology and Therapeutics Discovery [PTD]
Internship, General Medicine
Beth Israel Medical Center
Residency, Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Akbarian's research interests include epigenetic determinants of normal and diseased human brain development, with implications for the neurobiology of major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, autism and depression. This work is largely focused on charting DNA and histone modification landscapes, and more generally, genome organization, in specific cell types from brain. These clinical studies are complemented by preclinical research, exploring novel avenues for treatment of psychiatric disease in cell cultures and animal models with specific mutations in proteins regulating chromatin and chromosomal architectures.
Key words: nucleosome, epigenome, histone methylation, neuronal nucleus, prefrontal cortex, mood disorder, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder
Hoss AG, Kartha VK, Dong X, Latourelle JC, Dumitriu A, Hadzi TC, Macdonald ME, Gusella JF, Akbarian S, Chen JF, Weng Z, Myers RH. MicroRNAs Located in the Hox Gene Clusters Are Implicated in Huntington's Disease Pathogenesis. PLoS genetics 2014 Feb; 10(2).
Ginns EI, Mak SK, Ko N, Karlgren J, Akbarian S, Chou VP, Guo Y, Lim A, Samuelsson S, Lamarca ML, Vazquez-Derose J, Manning-Boğ AB. Neuroinflammation and α-synuclein accumulation in response to glucocerebrosidase deficiency are accompanied by synaptic dysfunction. Molecular genetics and metabolism 2014 Feb; 111(2).
Udagawa T, Farny NG, Jakovcevski M, Kaphzan H, Alarcon JM, Anilkumar S, Ivshina M, Hurt JA, Nagaoka K, Nalavadi VC, Lorenz LJ, Bassell GJ, Akbarian S, Chattarji S, Klann E, Richter JD. Genetic and acute CPEB1 depletion ameliorate fragile X pathophysiology. Nature medicine 2013 Nov; 19(11).
Mitchell AC, Bharadwaj R, Whittle C, Krueger W, Mirnics K, Hurd Y, Rasmussen T, Akbarian S. The Genome in Three Dimensions: A New Frontier in Human Brain Research. Biological psychiatry 2013 Aug;.
Bharadwaj R, Jiang Y, Mao W, Jakovcevski M, Dincer A, Krueger W, Garbett K, Whittle C, Tushir JS, Liu J, Sequeira A, Vawter MP, Gardner PD, Casaccia P, Rasmussen T, Bunney WE, Mirnics K, Futai K, Akbarian S. Conserved chromosome 2q31 conformations are associated with transcriptional regulation of GAD1 GABA synthesis enzyme and altered in prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2013 Jul; 33(29).
Tushir JS, Akbarian S. Chromatin-bound RNA and the neurobiology of psychiatric disease. Neuroscience 2013 Jul;.
Jakovcevski M, Bharadwaj R, Straubhaar J, Gao G, Gavin DP, Jakovcevski I, Mitchell AC, Akbarian S. Prefrontal cortical dysfunction after overexpression of histone deacetylase 1. Biological psychiatry 2013 Nov; 74(9).
Akbarian S, Halene T. The neuroepigenetics of suicide. The American journal of psychiatry 2013 May; 170(5).
Shulha HP, Cheung I, Guo Y, Akbarian S, Weng Z. Coordinated cell type-specific epigenetic remodeling in prefrontal cortex begins before birth and continues into early adulthood. PLoS genetics 2013 Apr; 9(4).
Akbarian S, Beeri MS, Haroutunian V. Epigenetic determinants of healthy and diseased brain aging and cognition. JAMA neurology 2013 Jun; 70(6).
Hope BT, Skinner MK, Kenny PJ, Akbarian S. Exploring the epigenetics of cocaine resistance. Nature medicine 2013 Feb; 19(2).
Akbarian S, Nestler EJ. Epigenetic mechanisms in psychiatry. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2013 Jan; 38(1).
Houston I, Peter CJ, Mitchell A, Straubhaar J, Rogaev E, Akbarian S. Epigenetics in the human brain. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2013 Jan; 38(1).
Bharadwaj R, Peter CJ, Jiang Y, Roussos P, Vogel-Ciernia A, Shen EY, Mitchell AC, Mao W, Whittle C, Dincer A, Jakovcevski M, Pothula V, Rasmussen TP, Giakoumaki SG, Bitsios P, Sherif A, Gardner PD, Ernst P, Ghose S, Sklar P, Haroutunian V, Tamminga C, Myers RH, Futai K, Wood MA, Akbarian S. Conserved Higher-Order Chromatin Regulates NMDA Receptor Gene Expression and Cognition. Neuron 2014 Dec; 84(5).
Maze I, Shen L, Zhang B, Garcia BA, Shao N, Mitchell A, Sun H, Akbarian S, Allis CD, Nestler EJ. Analytical tools and current challenges in the modern era of neuroepigenomics. Nature neuroscience 2014 Nov; 17(11).
Hoss AG, Kartha VK, Dong X, Latourelle JC, Dumitriu A, Hadzi TC, Macdonald ME, Gusella JF, Akbarian S, Chen JF, Weng Z, Myers RH. MicroRNAs located in the Hox gene clusters are implicated in huntington's disease pathogenesis. PLoS genetics 2014 Feb; 10(2).
Gascon E, Lynch K, Ruan H, Almeida S, Verheyden JM, Seeley WW, Dickson DW, Petrucelli L, Sun D, Jiao J, Zhou H, Jakovcevski M, Akbarian S, Yao WD, Gao FB. Alterations in microRNA-124 and AMPA receptors contribute to social behavioral deficits in frontotemporal dementia. Nature medicine 2014 Dec; 20(12).
Roussos P, Mitchell AC, Voloudakis G, Fullard JF, Pothula VM, Tsang J, Stahl EA, Georgakopoulos A, Ruderfer DM, Charney A, Okada Y, Siminovitch KA, Worthington J, Padyukov L, Klareskog L, Gregersen PK, Plenge RM, Raychaudhuri S, Fromer M, Purcell SM, Brennand KJ, Robakis NK, Schadt EE, Akbarian S, Sklar P. A role for noncoding variation in schizophrenia. Cell reports 2014 Nov; 9(4).
Ginns EI, Mak SK, Ko N, Karlgren J, Akbarian S, Chou VP, Guo Y, Lim A, Samuelsson S, LaMarca ML, Vazquez-DeRose J, Manning-Boğ AB. Neuroinflammation and α-synuclein accumulation in response to glucocerebrosidase deficiency are accompanied by synaptic dysfunction. Molecular genetics and metabolism 2014 Feb; 111(2).
Shen E, Shulha H, Weng Z, Akbarian S. Regulation of histone H3K4 methylation in brain development and disease. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 2014 Sep; 369(1652).
Shen EY, Ahern TH, Cheung I, Straubhaar J, Dincer A, Houston I, de Vries GJ, Akbarian S, Forger NG. Epigenetics and sex differences in the brain: A genome-wide comparison of histone-3 lysine-4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) in male and female mice. Experimental neurology 2014 Aug;.
Chen CT, Hehnly H, Yu Q, Farkas D, Zheng G, Redick SD, Hung HF, Samtani R, Jurczyk A, Akbarian S, Wise C, Jackson A, Bober M, Guo Y, Lo C, Doxsey S. A unique set of centrosome proteins requires pericentrin for spindle-pole localization and spindle orientation. Current biology : CB 2014 Oct; 24(19).
Akbarian S. Epigenetic mechanisms in schizophrenia. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience 2014 Sep; 16(3).
Mitchell A, Roussos P, Peter C, Tsankova N, Akbarian S. The future of neuroepigenetics in the human brain. Progress in molecular biology and translational science 2014; 128.
Amaral AC, Jakovcevski M, McGaughy JA, Calderwood SK, Mokler DJ, Rushmore RJ, Galler JR, Akbarian SA, Rosene DL. Prenatal protein malnutrition decreases KCNJ3 and 2DG activity in rat prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience 2014 Nov;.
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A forcado (European Portuguese: [fuɾˈkadðu]) is a member of a group of men that performs the pega de cara or pega de caras ("face catch"), the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight. Forcados may also be present in Mexican bullfights. Forcados were initially professionals from lower classes but nowadays people from all social backgrounds practice their art through amateur groups.
In past times the bullring had a staircase to the royal cabin and forcados were employed to ensure that the bull did not enter the stairs. To assist them they used a pole (approx 1.7 m or 5 ft 7 in long) with a half-moon of steel at the top. This pole is called a "forcado" and it is from there the name comes. Nowadays, they only use a more symbolic, less functional version of it in the cortesias ("courtesies", the opening ceremony) or historical demonstrations.
The pega involves eight forcados who challenge the bull with their bare hands. They form a line facing the bull and the forcado da cara (front man) eggs the bull on by "playing" with it and taking steps forward if necessary to get it to charge. Once the bull runs forward the first forcado times his hold of the bull's head. Once on the bull's head and holding onto it, usually around its neck, six forcados jump upon the bull piling upon themselves and grabbing the bull while one forcado grabs the bull by its tail. The objective is to subdue the bull, to stop it. The forcado who grabbed the bull by the tail (rabejador) is the last one to release the bull after it is subdued. Bull's horns are covered with a protection of leather to prevent it from injuring forcados. Although in popular street bullfights some bulls are released without any protection at all - "em pontas".
Forcados appear in traditional clothing for this event, including a green, long, knit hat. The campinos, who also traditionally wear the knit hats, are also present at the arena to herd the bull back to its pen at the end of the corrida. The forcados don't wear the hat on their heads, they carry it on their shoulders in the cortesias. During the pega, only the forcado da cara wears it.
Forcados are often seriously injured – in 2008 at least one forcado was in a coma for three days – or even killed.
The oldest forcado group is Grupo de Forcados Amadores de Santarém. It has been practicing this art uninterruptedly since 1915.