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About the Yale SCOR (Specialized Center of Research)
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. Women, compared to men, have poorer rates of smoking cessation, exacerbated health risks, and FDA-approved medications for smoking cessation may not be as effective for women or have emerging limits due to side effects.
The Yale-SCOR, funded by the Office of Research on Women's Health and the National Institute of Drug Abuse, brings together leading basic and clinical science experts to establish an interdisciplinary and translational program of research aimed at identifying novel therapeutics to address the critical health disparity faced by female smokers.
Research finds that women are more likely to smoke to regulate negative affect and stress, while men are more likely to smoke for the reinforcing properties of nicotine, suggesting that the noradrenergic system is an important direction in the development of a new approach to smoking cessation treatments.
Using both preclinical and clinical strategies, our interdisciplinary team, led by Dr. Sherry McKee as the Yale-SCOR PI, will probe the noradrenergic system's effects on stress-reactivity and nicotine reinforcement - hypothesizing that (a) different brain systems modulated by noradrenergic activity are activated by smoking in women and men, and (b) noradrenergic agents can preferentially target these gender-sensitive systems to improve smoking cessation outcomes.
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AIM 1: Evaluate the role of the noradrenergic system and its interactions with cholinergic and dopaminergic systems, in stress-induced smoking relapse and nicotine-based reinforcement, and use these findings to inform and expedite the development of gender-sensitive therapeutics for smoking cessation.
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Ending hunger
A vision of food empowerment
In 2005, in Silver City, N.M., I started a program for schoolchildren who were going hungry over the weekend. The idea was to send them home each Friday with a backpack full of easy-to-open-and-eat snacks — raisins, fruit juice, peanut butter and crackers. One of the biggest obstacles to ending hunger in America is denial that the problem exists. I didn't know it then, but I was in denial, too: I thought my program would turn out to be a fairly small project.
I knew the statistics. One in four children and one in six seniors in New Mexico are "food insecure," meaning they don't always know when they will eat their next meal. But statistics are like rain on a rain slicker. They slide off; they don't penetrate. I have lived in or near Silver City for almost 30 years. For a relatively poor rural town, population 10,545, we look pretty good with our small university, vibrant arts community, outdoor recreation and great restaurants. Surely there couldn't be real hunger here?
I raised enough money to help 15 children throughout the school year. Almost immediately, I needed to raise 10 times that amount. Then I added 50 children. Expanded into another school district. Added another 100 children. And what would happen come summer? How would we feed the kids then?
We called the program Alimento para el Niño, Nourishment for the Child, and its success was bittersweet. Checks streamed in from bank presidents and from the poor themselves; one elderly woman faithfully sent in $5 a month. People dropped off food; people packed food. They loved this program. And the children loved it, too. In the school counselor's office, every Friday became a party, the children with their backpacks open. Butterscotch pudding! Beef jerky! By necessity, the food was over-packaged and over-processed. The program wasn't perfect. But the payoff was immediate. Adults are supposed to feed children. Children are supposed to be fed.
Today, four years later, I am on the board of The Volunteer Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending hunger in my county. We have taken over and expanded the school backpack program, organized three community gardens and started a food pantry in partnership with our local food co-op. Moreover, we have a federal grant to purchase land and buildings for a Food Security Center with a small-scale permaculture system of farming, commercial kitchen, and retail store. Here, we imagine, the single mother on welfare who falls in love with growing tomatoes can start making and selling her great-grandmother's famous salsa. We'll grow our own community activists by providing jobs for local people, who will teach others how to cook, can and market their homegrown vegetables. As people work in the soil and sun, they will learn to value these natural resources. At the same time, we'll be tackling an epidemic of obesity and diabetes, encouraging everyone to get outside and exercise.
This vision is synergistic, each part enhancing the other. It's not just about hunger; it's about community and empowerment. A sustainable future. Our relationship to food. It nicely combines the different parts of my life, from the idealism I inherited as a teenager in the '60s to today's local-is-better philosophy.
So why am I nostalgic for the days when I simply put a fruit roll-up into a child's eager hand? I've gone from the tangible thrill of buying juice for kids to serious fund-raising and the promotion of Big Ideas like Sustainability and Bioregionalism. I worry that these Big Ideas are being imposed on poor families who have less interest in growing tomatoes than in the comforts of a middle-class lifestyle, who struggle daily with the legacy of substance abuse and broken homes. Am I really holding out homegrown squash as an answer to meth addiction? Or to the humiliating process of getting food stamps? Or to a minimum wage policy that leaves people choosing between food and rent?
I've caught myself feeling oddly jaded, even about the things I believe in. A secret Grinch, I sit at board meetings thinking, "Community gardens? Boy, that's a lot of work!"
It is a lot of work. And I'm not a professional activist; I'm more like someone who accidentally wandered into a disaster area and was handed the nearest shovel. I know that ending hunger requires more than giving out snacks. And I know that the answers are multiple: a food pantry for the immediate need, an overhaul of the food stamp program for the mid-term, and a vision of food empowerment for the future.
Really, I'm just afraid of failing. But visions, by definition, involve the risk of failure. So I will stop wringing my hands and imagine a better future: children running through the rows of the Food Security Center 's garden, munching on carrots, breathing in the smell of sweet basil. Someone is baking bread in the commercial kitchen. There are the sounds of laughter, conversations in Spanish. It's not perfect. It may even fail. But in the end, not trying would be so much worse.
Sharman Apt Russell's books include Hunger: An Unnatural History; for more information, go to www.sharmanaptrussell.com.

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Okay i want to describe here how to set up a tftpd server under archlinux.
At first thing is to install all necessary stuff:
pacman -S mkpxelinux tftpd-hpa dhcpd
Now we need to do some configure stuff at first we will create our dhcpd.conf file.
The config is located in /etc/
and have to look like this (basic dhcpd config)
ddns-update-style interim; subnet *your subnet here* netmask *here your netmask* { option routers *here ip of your router*; option subnet-mask *your subnet here again ;)*; option domain-name "here you can put your domain name if you dont have one take example.com"; option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard Time next-server *here ip of your machine where dhcpd is running*; filename "pxelinux.0"; allow booting; allow bootp; range *here the range of ip addresses your dhcpd is allow to take example: 10.0.0.10 10.0.0.200; }
remove the ** form the config ;).
after this you have to run
mkpxeboot -a
this will create all images and stuff to boot. Now we replace the kernel and the initrd.img with the newest from the install iso.
wget ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/0.8/i686/ftp-0.8-beta2-20070222-i686.iso
when download is finished we nearly finished.
mount -o loop /where/the/iso/is/located /path/to/mount/ cp /path/to/mount/isolinux/initd.img /var/tftpboot/ cp /path/to/mount/isolinux/vmlinuz /var/tftpboot/
now last config and then we can load all the stuff
nano/vi/joe... /etc/hosts.allow and add this line: tftpd: ALL in.tftpd: ALL
now do
/etc/rc.d/tftpd start and in a terminal dhcpd
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Shirley A. Lowdermilk
Shirley A. Lowdermilk, 84, of 110 Taylor Ave., Ridgway, died Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.She was born July 10, 1929 in Ridgway, daughter of the late Donald (Bud) and Kathyrn N. (Leilous) Lowdermilk. She had resided in Ridgway all of her life and was a graduate of the Ridgway High School. She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church. She had been employed by Quality Components for 30 years.Shirley is survived by her sister-in-law, Marlene Lowdermilk of Ridgway; three nephews, David and his wife Missy of Wallingford, Donald and his wife Gina of Darien, Ill, and Darin and his wife Beth of Nokesville, Va; one niece, Jo and her husband Tony of Harrington, Del.; one great-niece, Rachel; and five great-nephews, Brian, David, Donald, Drew, and Davis.She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, David.Funeral and committal services for Shirley A. Lowdermilk will be held at the Thompson Funeral Home on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 1 p.m. Officiating will be Rev. Roger A. Peterson, Pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Thayer Memorial Cemetery. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Ridgway Public Library.


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(I can touch my toes!! ) (pigeon pose – well part of it)
I am on a mission…to loose weight and be healthier! Since being diagnosed with celiac disease almost five years and my intestines slowly healing I have put on about 35 pounds. I'm saying around because I am not one to weigh myself much but I know about what I used to weigh when I was constantly getting sick and what I weigh now. This is not an easy post for me to write because lets face it I am overweight, borderline obese – something I never thought I would say, ever.
My family has a history of being overweight and we all carry it as visceral fat. There is also a history of diabetes (both my grandfathers), heart disease (both my grandfathers), Alzheimer, diverticulitis, crohns disease, IBS, and more. In addition to the weight gain from my celiac disease, my family history, I also have: chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. So I have all that stacked up against me but I am determined to not let that get the best of me, my body, and my health.
Here are my current photos and anthropometrics:
BMI: 29.3 = overweight (borderline obese)
IBW: 95 IBW Range: 85.5-104.5 AIBW: 106
Bust: 41 (I hope I lose weight here as well, I never have but I hope I do!)
Chest: 33.5
Waist: 33
Hips: 40
Calves: 15
Thigh: 23
Arms: 11 3/4
BEE Harris Benedict x Activity Factor: 1626 kcal
Protein Needs 9 oz
Fluid Needs: 7 cups
Bryan has been doing the Tapout workout – and that is WAY out of my league!! So I have been trying to find something that was more my speed and I think I have figured out that the work outs that incorporate dance to them are for me. I get bored with just doing squats and what not, but when there is dance involved, I'm all for it. Probably because I am working out but I don't feel like I am working out. I can't afford a gym or and type of class so I have resorted to finding videos online, TV, etc. We have Netflix but sadly they removed all of their workout instant play videos so I found some on our OnDemand through our cable company. I found these two videos that at first made me laugh but I tell you what – I felt it afterwards!! I started out with Beautiful Belly with Hemalayaa and then finished with Hemalayaa: Bollywood Booty. I'm sad to say though after doing them for two days they are now no longer available! So today I found an online Zumba "class" which was fun but it focused on the class and not what the instructor was doing so I hope I did it right! I am back to square one with finding a video that I like and have to remember that if it is OnDemand, it won't be there for very long.
I have also started doing a little bit of yoga. Like I said I can not afford any classes so with the help of Bryan's sister Leigha (who has been posting some kick but yoga photos on her instagram!) and the lovely folks over at Aurorae Yoga who sent me a link to some online yoga videos, I have been trying out some different poses. Starting with the basics of course and as I can I will slowly move up to some more advanced poses. I have to say my favorite one so far is the pigeon pose! I also entered a contest on Aurorae's Pinterest page to win some of their awesome goodies. Seeing as I am just starting out, I could really use this! So if you wouldn't mind heading over to their contest page and give my photo (pink tank, grey pants, green mat) a like and repin I would truly appreciate it. "Voting" ends on March 8th! The person with the most likes and repins wins an Aurorae Yoga package including: Aurorae "The Ultimate" Racerback Tank Top, Aurorae "The Ultimate" Long or Cropped Yoga Pant, Northern Lights Yoga Mat & Sling Yoga/All-Purpose Backpack!!
We are also changing the way we eat…more whole grains, legumes, vegetables, leaner proteins, less processed foods, red meat, and sugary items. We do not eat out much to begin with but we are cutting back even more and making our favorite dishes at home instead.
I am putting all of this out there as a way to keep my accountable. I really want this and need this. I want this for myself and my health, but I am also studying Culinary Nutrition and hope to be a registered dietitian after school, and let's be honest, who in their right mind would take nutrition advice from someone who is overweight or obese? That's right, no one would!
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Helen Thomas, barrier-busting White House reporter, dies at 92
Helen Thomas, whose keen curiosity, unquenchable drive and celebrated constancy made her a trailblazing White House correspondent in a press corps dominated by men and later the dean of the White House briefing room, died Saturday at home in Washington. She was 92.
Her death was announced by the Gridiron Club , one of Washington's leading news societies. Thomas was a past president of that organization.
Thomas covered every president from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama for United Press International and, later, Hearst Newspapers. To her colleagues, she was the unofficial but undisputed head of the press corps - her status ratified by her signature line at the end of every White House news conference, "Thank you, Mr. President."
Her blunt questions and sharp tone made her a familiar personality not only in the parochial world inside the Washington Beltway but also among television audiences across the country.
"Helen was a true pioneer, opening doors and breaking down barriers for generations of women in journalism," Obama said in a statement Saturday. "She never failed to keep presidents - myself included - on their toes."
Presidents grew to respect, even to like, Thomas for her forthrightness and energy, which sustained her well after the age at which most people have settled into retirement. President Bill Clinton gave her a cake on Aug. 4, 1997, her 77th birthday. Twelve years later, Obama gave her cupcakes for her 89th. At his first news conference in February 2009, Obama called on her, saying: "Helen, I'm excited. This is my inaugural moment."
But 16 months later, Thomas abruptly announced her retirement from Hearst amid an uproar over her assertion that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and go back where they belonged, perhaps to Germany and Poland. Her remarks, made almost offhandedly days earlier at a White House event, set off a storm when a videotape was posted.
In her retirement announcement, Thomas, whose parents immigrated to the United States from what is now Lebanon, said that she deeply regretted her remarks and that they did not reflect her "heartfelt belief" that peace would come to the Middle East only when all parties embraced "mutual respect and tolerance."
"May that day come soon," she said.
Thomas' career bridged two eras, beginning during World War II when people got their news mostly from radio, newspapers and movie newsreels, and extending into the era of 24-hour information on cable television and the Internet. She resigned from UPI on May 16, 2000, a day after it was taken over by an organization with links to the Unification Church.
Weeks later, Thomas was hired by Hearst to write a twice-weekly column on national issues. She spent the last 10 years of her working life there.
When Thomas took a job as a radio writer for United Press in 1943 (15 years before it merged with the International News Service to become UPI), most female journalists wrote about social events and homemaking. The ones who covered war, crime and politics and congratulated one another over drinks at the press club were typically men.
She worked her way into full-time reporting and by the mid-1950s was covering federal agencies. She covered Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1960, and when he won she became the first woman assigned to the White House full time by a news service.
Thomas was also the first woman to be elected an officer of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first to serve as its president. In 1975, she became the first woman elected to the Gridiron Club, which for 90 years had been a men-only bastion of Washington journalists.
Thomas was known for her dawn-to-dark work hours, and she won her share of exclusives and near-exclusives. She was the only female print journalist to accompany President Richard M. Nixon on his breakthrough trip to China in 1972.
"Helen was a better reporter than she was a writer - but in her prime had more than her share of scoops the rest of us would try to match," Mark Knoller, the longtime CBS News White House reporter, wrote in a Twitter message Saturday morning.
And, he added, "Pity the poor WH press aide who would try to tell Helen, 'You can't stand there.'"
In the Watergate era, she was a favorite late-night confidante of Martha Mitchell, the wife of John N. Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general and campaign official.
Martha Mitchell told Thomas that responsibility for the "third-rate burglary" at the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington and the cover-up that followed it had gone far above the midlevel officials who were implicated early on.
People with a vested interest in discrediting Martha Mitchell hinted that she was emotionally unstable and that she drank too much. But volatile or not, she was right. Thomas called Martha Mitchell, who died in 1976, "one of the first victims, and perhaps the only heroine, of the Watergate tidal wave."
On April 22, 1981, three weeks and two days after the attempt on President Ronald Reagan's life, Thomas and a reporter for The Associated Press interviewed the president, who told them of the "paralyzing pain" he had felt when a bullet went into his chest and of the panic that had overcome him when he could not breathe.
In 1971, Thomas married Douglas Cornell, a widower, who was about to retire as a White House reporter for The AP and was 14 years her senior. He died in 1982.
Thomas wrote half a dozen books. Her first, "Dateline: White House," was published by Macmillan in 1975. Four others were published by Scribner: "Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times," in 2000; "Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom From the Front Row at the White House," in 2003; "Watchdogs of Democracy? The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public," in 2006; and "Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do," written with Craig Crawford, in 2009. With the illustrator Chip Bok, she also wrote a children's book, "The Great White House Breakout," about a little boy whose mother is president.
Helen Thomas was born in Winchester, Ky., on Aug. 4, 1920, one of 10 children of George and Mary Thomas. Her father, who could not read or write, encouraged his sons and daughters to go to college.
In 1942, when Thomas graduated from what is now Wayne State University in Detroit as an English major, the country was at war. She went to Washington to look for a job.
She found one, as a waitress. But she did not last long. "I didn't smile enough," she recalled years later.
The Washington Daily News soon hired her for a clerical post, and soon after that she began her career with the United Press news service.
"'Where'd this girl come from?' " she asked rhetorically in an appearance before a women's group in 1999. "I love my work, and I think that I was so lucky to pick a profession where it's a joy to go to work every day."
Before she left UPI in May 2000, the news service had been shrinking its payroll and closing bureaus for years, a decline that led to its takeover by News World Communications, the organization founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church. It also publishes The Washington Times, a favorite of conservative readers in Washington.
"I do not intend to stay," she said on departing. "United Press International is a great news agency. It has made a remarkable mark in the annals of American journalism and has left a superb legacy for future journalists. I wish the new owners all the best, great stories and happy landings."
Thomas bitterly opposed the war in Iraq and made no effort to appear neutral at White House news conferences, where some of her questions bordered on the prosecutorial. In "Watchdogs of Democracy?," she wrote that most White House and Pentagon reporters had been too willing to accept the Bush administration's rationale for going to war.
In an interview with The New York Times in May 2006, Thomas was typically uncompromising and unapologetic.
"How would you define the difference between a probing question and a rude one?" she was asked.
"I don't think there are any rude questions," she said.


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If you're thinking of buying a Focus-sized family hatch, then the chances are that you're not thinking of buying a Toyota Auris. If what you want is an affordable, economical, responsive petrol engine beneath the bonnet though, this Japanese contender now has a claim to make on your affections in this form of the 1.2T model we look at here.
Toyota's Auris has never quite replicated the sales success of its Corolla predecessor, even in more dynamic-looking second generation guise. The Japanese brand keeps trying though and in recent times, has substantially revised this MK2 model, adding into the range the perky little 1.2-litre petrol turbo engine we're going to look at here. Ride and handling improvements are also welcome, as are equipment upgrades and a smarter cabin. Ultimately though, what's important about this 1.2T derivative is that it now gives you a really good reason to buy an Auris that doesn't have either a diesel or a hybrid engine beneath the bonnet. Time to check it out....
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Toyota really gave the Auris a bit of attitude with the Mk2 car that appeared in 2012 and this improved version builds on that by featuring the lower and broader frontal treatment now common to many of the company's latest products. There's a splash more chrome on the grille, plus LED headlamp clusters which include LED daytime running lights. In profile the revised front and rear styling generates longer overhangs, while the rear end features a sleeker lower bumper assembly and LED rear lights. The cabin benefits from better quality materials and a lower profile dashboard, with cleaner-looking dials and a more consistent use of grains, illumination and typefaces across the fascia. There's a twin-clock binnacle with a 4.2-inch colour TFT multi-information screen. Many details, such as the air vents, doorhandles and gear lever surround, have been redesigned to give a crisper, high-quality appearance. There's also a Touring Sports estate version on offer if you need a bit more hauling space.
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If the petrol-powered Auris model you were considering is the base 99bhp 1.33 Dual VVT-i model, then you'll have to accept a bit of a price premium if you're to consider this 114bhp 1.2T variant. Whereas 1.33-model prices start at just over £15,000, 1.2T prices start at well over £18,000. Find another £1,000 and there's also the option of a 'Touring Sports' estate model. Still, equipment levels are strong and the safety side's well provided for. The Auris already has a five-star Euro NCAP safety score tucked under its wing and the latest car also benefits from an optional Toyota 'Safety Sense' pack. This comprises a Pre-Collision System, a 'Lane Departure Alter' system, Automatic High Beam and Road Sign Assist, functions which process information provide by a laser and camera unit mounted on the top of the windscreen.
Cost of Ownership
By using this small capacity, turbocharged engine, Toyota has made this car very competitive if specified correctly. The engine provides just enough power and torque in the right place not be slow and uses very little fuel in the process. Some rivals offer a little more power but for the price, the Auris 1.2T looks attractive. Road tax is £30 for a year thanks to the 1.2T only producing 112g/km and, with a 58.9mpg combined cycle showing, trips to the petrol station should be relatively few and far between. It's also worth pointing out that the 1.2T is also far more likely to achieve its claimed fuel figures than the lesser 1.33-litre petrol variant as its engine gives a lot of the power very low down. The feebler model has to be revved harder for the same effect, which of course is detrimental to fuel economy. Insurance should be fairly cheap too, with the grouping being 14-15 depending on trim.
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Beginning at 10 a.m. Oct. 9, a group for adult males who have been victims of sexual abuse or assault will begin. The focus will be on providing support, resources and developing coping skills. The stance of Freedom House is that they believe persons who say they have been impacted by sexual violence and that the abuse is not their fault. The group is open to all non-offending adult males. Individual counseling is also available.
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The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy Prophetess Anna
February 3
Yesterday we celebrated the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple; today we honor the righteous Elder Symeon and Prophetess Anna, who prophesied concerning Him by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and were the first in Jerusalem to receive Him as the Messiah.
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Hail Virgin Theotokos full of Grace, for Christ our God, the Sun of Righteousness, has dawned from you, granting light to those in darkness. And you, O Righteous Elder, rejoice, taking in your arms, the Deliverance of our souls, who grants us Resurrection.
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Your birth sanctified a Virgin's womb and properly blessed the hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our God, give peace to Your commonwealth in troubled times and strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving One.
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DETROIT -- At a press conference packed wall-to-wall with media, this afternoon in downtown Detroit WWE and THQ unveiled the newest soon-to-be released video game, WWE Raw vs. SmackDown 2008.
The game has many improvements over the 2007 version and creative designer Cory Ledesma of THQ touched on them all in a 20-minute presentation at the Atheneum Suite Hotel, just a few blocks south of Ford Field.
"We want to build on the success of the 2007 game," said Ledesma, who designed the game along with fellow creative designer Bryan Williams. "This is a party game and we wanted to cater to our fans. I can't emphasize enough how much we listen to the fans. We want to hear what you want so we can deliver that to you. We want you to be happy with your purchase."
New to the 2008 model will be the presence of ECW, new fighting styles for all wrestlers, a struggle submission system, a 24/7 mode and upgraded animation.
Eight methods of wrestling -- hardcore, high flyer, submission, powerhouse, brawler, showman, dirty and technical -- have been added to the system. For instance, Bobby Lashley will have a powerhouse arsenal whereas Rey Mysterio will have the high flyer mode. Lashley will not have the high flyer option.
Players will still have the option of creating their own wrestler and picking their arsenal, look, fighting style, etc. and "environmental hot spots," i.e. chairs, tables, foreign objects have been upgraded.
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aspect, players will now have the choice of going all-out with a lot of pressure on a submission move and trying for a quick submission, or they can start light and prolong the submission maneuver. On the flip side of that, wrestlers in those holds will have an option to power out.
"It's all manual analog control," noted Ledesma. "We don't want to have a player just sitting there watching the game. We want you to have ultimate control."
"You'll be able to manage wrestler's fatigue, injuries, you name it," said Ledesma of the 24/7 mode. "There will also be new storylines. This will be cool because if you're The Undertaker, it might only take you six months to become a Legend because he's so close. But if you pick a younger guy, it might take three years."
With the reincarnation of the ECW name, that brand will get equal billing on the game along with Raw and SmackDown, said Ledesma. That, and to add to the parity, all three commentary teams will also be on the game.
Raw vs. SmackDown 2008 will be released on seven systems -- Playstation 2 and 3 and Portable, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and THQ Wireless -- this fall. The PS3, Wii and DS versions will be those system's debuts.
"This game is by the fans and for the fans," added Williams. "We really pay attention to what the fans want."


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Everyone knows that working amid a disjoint or dsynfunctional team reduces productivity. Staff meetings resemble battlefields, there's no give and take, and seniority exceeds its natural boundaries.
On the other hand, being on a great team can make work seem like fun. A team that clicks is tackles technical problems with ease and increased efficiency.
So how do you build a great, individual system administrator? How can each individual contribute to the team dynamic? The answers are the same whether you're a manager or a team member. In this column, I'll discuss strategies that have worked for me as a team member and as a leader, and I'll give you some examples of what a team can do when it pulls together.
A great team of system administrators starts with proficiency. Notice that I didn't say technical proficiency. Of course, technical skills are very important and serve as the basis for hiring, assignments, and promotion. However, not every member of a system administration team need be an expert in Linux, Solaris, or what have you.There is a enormous value in having team members who are subject matter experts in something only incidentally related to the pursuit of system administration.
For example, I once had a great team that included four very different personas: a Unix expert, a great intermediate system administrator with experience in varied environments, a guy who used to raid drug boats for the United States Coast Guard, and a former Apple Genius. The team worked because it "did things right" and drew on varied expertise in some pretty cool areas. The Unix expert served as an architect, while our all-purpose administrator would tackle any and every weird request thrown at him (and there were plenty) with great aplomb. The drug boat raider was able to work quickly and efficiently under absurd levels of pressure and whining from users, while our former Apple Genius wowed the users with amazing customer service.
Such a diverse team need not happen by accident. You can craft the team to suit. There are plenty of junior and intermediate system administrators out there with something other to offer than guru-like knowledge of Unix. Hire the whole package and you'll often get an employee that is highly-motivated to learn and bolsters the capabilities and personality of your group. I am especially fond of candidates with considerable customer service experience.
The next most important property of a great team is cohesion, or what the military refers to as "unit cohesion." Cohesion is lunching together and helping out in the middle of the night. Cohesion is helping out when you don't have to or when you don't want to.
For example, Joe is on call this week, the Christmas holiday. Bob is not, but Bob has more knowledge about the new CRM system the sales team had to have up and running before the New Year. When the CRM mail gateway fails, no one wants Joe stuck in the data center until 3 a.m. on Christmas morning, working on a recovery. Thus, Bob and the team head to the data center to help Joe. Working together, the system is spitting out mail before Santa leaves Eastern Standard Time.
To build cohesion, eliminate process silos. When a sole team member is responsible for a product or final deliverable, there are few opportunities for cross training and collaborative work — less cohesion. Engaging more team members in a final deliverable means gives each individual a stake in the group's success. When more people have a stake in the collective success, everyone is more likely to cooperate to achieve a successful outcome.
For example, one way to avoid the holiday debacle of the failed CRM mail gateway is to give parts of that build out to each team member. Each completes his section of the build (usually working from a standard checklist or document called a Method of Procedure) and passes the ticket to the next team member. Now, if your team is small and organized into "areas of responsibility" this approach may not be the best for you. Helpdesk guy and network guy may not have much to contribute to server builds, but these days it's a good idea to have as much flexibility in small teams as possible. This is where gaps in understanding become opportunities for overlap, resulting in cross-training and team building. Cohesion tends to increase the more team members learn from each other.
Discipline is another very important element of a great team. Now, when I say "discipline," I don't mean a single, strong, clearly-focused leader barking out orders to the team (although strong leadership is always present in any great team). Instead, I mean the contrary: With system administration teams, as with other unique organizations, leadership roles are most effective when shared. There is a natural order in individual leadership and accountability throughout the group. This isn't to say there isn't one manager to which all team members report, but rather that the manager lets the team member whose task or deliverable is currently being performed call the operational shots.
For example, if you're doing a network reorganization on a late night in your local network closet, a good team leader or manager will have the member of his team responsible for the network configuration delegate all the tasks to be completed by the team and let that team member work the procedure. In this case, the team leader/manager only steps in and retakes the helm if something terrible happens.
Incidentally, if letting your employees call some of the shots gives you the willies, you probably need to consider another line of work. System administration is no place for harboring.
Discipline must also improve performance. A great team improves performance directly by assessing work products to identify flaws, opportunites, and optimizations. Obviously, the idea is to limit the flaws and encourage the optimizations, but the point is that the review is performed by the team. Team introspection goes hand in hand with the concept of spreading a final deliverable out over various team members. Evaluating progress at the roundtable encourages open-ended discussion and active problem-solving. Team meetings are transformed from weekly rehashes of what's "happened/happening/will happen" to active sessions where team members challenge each other and offer valuable input and feedback on the proposed actions of the coming week.
Speaking of performance, metrics of success should reflect the basic operating assumptions of the group. If the group changes, the metrics must change, too, or you risk an ineffective or even counterproductive measurement system. I mention this because as system administrators, not a day goes by where what we do isn't measured in some totally crazy way, usually by some relic milestones system from the 1990s mean to measure sales goals or assembler code development. As you contribute to your team's performance, make an effort to contribute to the continued development of the performance measurement system as well.
The last important element of great teams is culture. A team culture allows the team to develop a proud and distinct identity, which fosters pride in the group's work. Building culture is fun, but it also takes work. Here are four suggestions.
Follow these four recommendations and you're well on your way. However, there is a catch. The trick is avoiding what I called "culture spillover." Culture spillover is when your culture gets too big for the group and your team members start acting like some self-righteous goth punk kids with an attitude about technology. In a March, 2001, Harvard Business Review article, Paul Levy called this "The Nut Island Effect," named after the team that operated the Nut Island sewage treatment plant in Qunicy, Massachusetts. The quick version describes the possible eventualuty ike this:
To avoid the Nut Island Effect, communicate well and often, and keep the mission of the organiziation in mind. Remember who your customers are. Don't get cocky and everything will work out fine.
Proficiency. Cohesion. Discipline. Culture. All four are the keys to building an awesome team of system administrators. Learn from each other as much as possible, and strive to meet the objectives of your organization according to the business model given to you by senior management.
Fantastic article on building a thriving and ultimately successful team.
I made a spanish translation for this article in: http://mmejiav.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/no-existe-un-yo/
Thanks for the great tips. cheers from Colombia – South America.
I know this is a bit late, but I just saw this post and thought it was great. Those four aspects are the key to a happy, successful admin team. You did a great job of summing it up and think you\'re definitely on the right track here.
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Oh good catch puddin!! GNOMES!!HEEEE> I predict someone WILL be eliminated this leg.
So since this is a TBC, that means that there will probably be a U-turn and/or a fast foward because from what i remember from previous seasons, there was once a Fast Foward on the second half of a double leg meaning that probably K/J or T/V will go for it depending on how far behind they are from M/J and J/C.
What's up with Tammy/Victor's lack of make-uppery? I think it's either:1. Make up task and something else are the detour options and the eating is a miscellaneous task. -OR-2. They only put make up on the racers who are NOT Chinese and the eating task and something else are detour options.I'm leaning more on (1) though.
Oh wait.Eating task is the roadblock.Roadblockers:1. Victor2. Margie3. Jen4. Jamie/Cara, unknown at this point.So the make-uppery thing is a detour option. Wonder what the other one is...
What's the name please?/ I only see boxes, lol....
Wang Fu Jing Dong Huan Men Night Market( i originally typed it in chinese) which is the same as TAR1 but different location cuz this is where the actual stalls where they have to eat and it is famous to all tourist and a lot of people at night. I've been there.
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Can the U.S. Senate overcome strong opposition in the House and pass legislation to help farmers who suffered a variety of weather and economic disasters including the hurricane-spawned high-energy prices of 2005?
That's the question that was on the minds of a group of senators and farm organization leaders who held a rally on Capitol Hill to build support for the Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006.
The latter, introduced by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., would provide emergency funding to farmers and ranchers who suffered weather-related crop production shortfalls, quality losses and damage to livestock feed supplies. It will also provide payments for the loss of livestock.
"This bill gives our farmers and ranchers a chance to stay in business by overcoming some of the losses due to events outside of their control," said Conrad, who was joined by 23 senators who co-sponsored the legislation.
Among those are Sens. Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln, Democrats from Arkansas; Christopher "Kit" Bond and Jim Talent, Republicans from Missouri; Mary Landrieu, Democrat from Louisiana; Mel Martinez, R-Fla.; Bill Nelson, D-Fla.; Max Baucus, D-Mont.; Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.; and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
Baucus and Dorgan appeared with Conrad at the rally on Capitol Hill March 28.
Although his state is many miles removed from the Gulf Coast region where a record number of named hurricanes struck in 2005, Conrad said North Dakota farmers still experienced their share and more of weather and other natural disasters.
'Wave of losses'
"North Dakota's farmers and ranchers have suffered from a wave of losses – rain, frost, floods and even anthrax," he said. "Every single county in North Dakota was designated a primary disaster county last year. Disastrous weather kept farmers from planting more than a million acres last year in North Dakota.
"This bill is a priority for our family farmers in rural America because our producers are in jeopardy."
"This past year was one when several major natural disasters, including droughts, floods, fires, tornadoes and hurricanes ravaged thousands of acres of agricultural land and destroyed farmstead buildings and homes," said American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman.
"The Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 will provide help to producers for losses incurred during the 2005 crop year. Without such help, many producers will be forced out of business."
Farm Bureau was one of several organizations, including the National Farmers Union, U.S. Rice Producers Group and U.S. Rice Producers Association, represented at the rally, which, ironically, was forced indoors by rain.
The USA Rice Federation, the umbrella organization for the U.S. Rice Producers Group and other industry segments, said the Conrad bill contains a supplemental direct payment provision that is key for rice producers who experienced significant natural disaster-related losses in 2005.
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"The 30 percent supplemental direct payment provision in this bill would provide some relief to rice producers trying to recover from the hurricane, drought and flood-related losses of 2005," said Paul Combs, chairman of the U.S. Rice Producers Group. "We appreciate the support of Sen. Conrad and our rice state senators on this legislation."
Conrad noted that 22 farm groups, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Soybean Association, National Cotton Council, the two rice producer organizations and the National Farmers Union, have written Congress to endorse disaster legislation.
"We are deeply concerned about the current economic condition of agriculture due to last year's natural disasters that resulted in substantial production losses and significant cost of production increases throughout the country," the letter said.
"Virtually every state in the nation has been impacted and about 80 percent of U.S. counties declared disaster or contiguous disaster counties last year due to devastating hurricanes, fires, floods, excessive moisture and severe drought. Besides heavy crop and livestock losses and increased production costs, many areas also face contaminated fields and infrastructure losses that pose serious long-term challenges to economic recovery."
The bill also will help farmers overcome losses as a result of energy prices that spiked following last year's hurricanes, said Conrad. Energy-related farm expenses rose by more than $5 billion last year compared to 2004.
Little pass-on
"Unlike other industries," he said, "Farmers and ranchers are largely unable to pass on these costs, meaning those higher energy costs directly reduce farm income."
House members like Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., have introduced similar disaster assistance bills in recent months, but the legislation has run into strong opposition from the House leadership.
The latest Berry attempt – an amendment to a $92.2-billion, emergency-spending bill that would have provided $3.4 billion in disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers – was defeated in a 34-27 vote in the House Appropriations Committee. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., was the only Republican voting for the amendment.
"Congress must not turn its back on those who produce America's food supply," said Stallman in a statement released by Farm Bureau following the March 28 rally. "Although assistance has been granted for certain agricultural commodities in hurricane areas, other impacted commodities and other regions of the country have been left to battle their own disasters.
"Sen. Conrad's bill is a sensible approach to a national problem."


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Seib & Wessel: Challeges Mount for Obama
President Obama continues to face challenges on multiple fronts as he tries to keep the spotlight on the middle class while grappling with troubling news in Syria and new revelations on U.S. government surveillance. WSJ's reporter roundtable discuss.
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Heavyweight Geronimo dos Santos (31-14 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been forced out of next week's UFC 153 event in Rio de Janeiro.
UFC officials today announced the scratch but did not reveal the reason for his removal.
That leaves Gabriel Gonzaga (13-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) without an opponent for the card, but UFC officials did not announce whether a replacement fighter would be sought on such short notice.
Gonzaga could now potentially serve as a replacement opponent for Daniel Cormier at November's Strikeforce event, but Zuffa officials have yet to make an announcement for their intentions with "Napao."
UFC 153 takes place Oct. 13 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The event's main card, including a light-heavyweight bout between UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and fan-favorite 205-pounder Stephan Bonnar, airs live on pay-per-view while preliminary-card fights air on FX.
Dos Santos is perhaps best known to hardcore fans for a 2010 bout against Josh Barnett for the ill-fated Impact FC promotion. Barnett earned a first-round submission.
After that, things improved considerably for dos Santos, who once served as a sparring partner for Lyoto Machida. He went 16-2 on the Brazilian regional circuit with 10 wins by way of stoppage due to strikes. Overall, he's won 23 pro bouts using his fists, and the bulk of his fights have ended in the first round.
Notably, dos Santos has defeated UFC vets Antonio Mendes and Assuerio Silva. He once fought current UFC champ Junior Dos Santos and lost by TKO in the first round due to a cut. The UFC 153 fight would have marked his octagon debut.
Gonzaga, meanwhile, comes into the fight at the start of a career resurgence. After going 3-5 with the UFC from 2007-10, he returned to the octagon in January at UFC 142, where he earned a first-round submission against Ednaldo Oliveira.
Gonzaga, of course, is still best known for the high kick he floored Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic with at UFC 70. That led to a shot at the heavyweight title against then-champ Randy Couture, who stopped him with a TKO at UFC 74.
With the announcement, the full UFC 153 card now includes:
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- Anderson Silva vs. Stephan Bonnar – light heavyweight fight
- Fabio Maldonado vs. Glover Teixeira
- Dave Herman vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
- Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva
- Phil Davis vs. Wagner Prado
- Demian Maia vs. Rick Story
- Rony "Jason" Mariano Bezerra vs. Sam Sicilia
- Gabriel Gonzaga vs. TBA
- Gleison Tibau vs. Francisco Trinaldo
- Diego Brandao vs. Joey Gambino
- Renee Forte vs. Sergio Moraes
- Chris Camozzi vs. Luiz Cane
- Reza Madadi vs. Cristiano Marcello
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Episode 2 - "The Gang Recycles Their Trash" (Airs October 18, 10:00 pm e/p) - With the garbage men of Philadelphia on strike, Frank concocts a plan to undercut the union and get the contract to collect the city's trash. But when The Gang's elaborate plan starts to fall apart, everyone will get their hands a little dirtier than expected. Written by Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney; directed by Matt Shakman.


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Saturday, April 07, 2007
Go vegetarian
as for Murder king (in reference to a fast food brand?), in my opinion it is a harsh accusation. We don't have that fast food chain in place here in the town, by the way.
Happy weekend to all !
According to a non-representative survey there are 150.000 vegetarians in Hungary.
24 comments:
- Zsolt said...
hehe...so the protest arrived sooner to Szentes then Burger King:)
- 11:23 am
- Mandi said...
Yeah, I've seen signs of "McMurder" instead of McDonalds in LA but never "Murder King".
- 12:41 pm
I wonder, sometimes, if the human race would be better equipped to deal with health issues if we did, in fact, eat vegetarian? I am not sure. I love meat and some kinds more than others. I learned to like green peas -- something my mother forced me to eat 70 years ago.
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- 1:26 pm
- GMG said...
Sorry, I don't buy that recommendation. Then, what would happen to the perkölt? No, thank you... :))
- 1:34 pm
- Kris said...
haha..that's so true! prevention is better than cure ;)
mmmm..i've seen mcmurder somewhere. Too radical to my taste :)
your mom did a great job :) i think my mom did, too :D
just take chinese vegetarian, we have mock meat made of flour which usually are deep-fried, sure its tasty but in no way healthy. It's up to the individual to decide what one want to put in their mouth :)
i hear you! you can serve me pörkölt anytime but with a big salad :D
thank you all for your feedback!
- 2:17 pm
- Keropok Man said...
one thing i dun like is mock meat. it just does not taste right. haha.. I like real vegies ;-)
- 4:43 pm
- Glenn Standish said...
great pic! Thanks for visiting Toruń DP!
- 6:57 pm
- david santos said...
Thnks for you work and have a good weekend.
- 8:42 pm
- Per Stromsjo said...
It's not only harsh; it's outright vulgar if you ask me. Spamming the city with anonymous stickers is a rather primitive form of debate by those who probably couldn't handle a proper discussion anyhow. We've got the same here of course.
If the alternative is industrially produced meat then green food is better for reasons of health and ecological balance. So if you ask me there are good arguments for going vegetarian now and then but that - of course - has nothing to do with the "murder" issue raised by this post.
Happy Easter everyone!
- 8:48 pm
- Felicia said...
I have a vegetarian friend that says "I don't eat things with faces". I respect that but I love meat.
- 12:20 am
- ohle said...
....interesting shot, interesting campaign poster.....
Happy Easter to all....
- 2:04 am
- dijah said...
Yeah,Murder King.My whole family are not allowed to eat fast food except once in a month or so.
Fast food really does have a lot of artificcial flavouring,so lets go vegeterian!
- 4:38 am
- Poulet S.A. said...
For me, it's REALLY a strange sign, Kris !
You know well that lots of Asian are veggies since they were born or be a veggie for life on their own reason..... (btw, DON'T count me in...though I eat veggies for sometimes !! LOL)
But we will not do this 'coz it's impolite in our Asian way ! heheheee...you know all, dear ! Different culture, different reaction... :)))
Have a beautiful Sunday and enjoy reading. :)))
P.S. Just GUESS what's the reaction IF they saw a cruel video clip about those cute and innocent Dolphins and Whales hunted I sent to you !!!! =:O
- 4:53 am
- Lachezar said...
I like the viewpoint and composition of the photograph. I also wonder why the girl's silhouette. As for vegetarian or Burger King... well its a choice. Actually from all the fast food joints, I prefer Burger King and take my son there from time to time...
- 8:50 am
- Kris said...
i'Ve been wondering why the girl's there. "she" is found in many other signs ??
some said B K is better than Mc D, for me it made no diff. i like them the same :)
Asia are blessed with varieties of vege. and available all year round. And the cooking method make them very appetising. I must have my vege every meal!
The vid. is awful! On the other hand, it is a good tool for us to remind ourselves to preserve nature :)
yes, eating it once per month makes it more "treasured". I had that same quata those days, now I eat them quarterly maybe.
if you put it that way, >.< i may turn to a vegetarian some day!
You have a point! ;)
welcome David!
Glen, you're welcome!
mock duck is very tasty ..heheh
only once in blue moon lah
Thanks all again for your interesting feedback :)
Happy easter again!
- 10:25 am
- richard said...
The diet argument works on several fronts. Healthwise if you eat an unbalanced diet and a lot of processed food, it doesn't much matter if its vegetarian or not. On the moral side, I have a vegetarian friend who refers to meat as "eating dead flesh", and if anyone has ever seen a young calf killed with a chisel driven into it's skull, the word murder is not far away. (I'm not vegetarian by the way)
- 12:53 pm
- Kala said...
I'm not toally for the vegetarian diet only because some of the nutrients like iron, protein, calcium are difficult to get in a bioavailable form for the body to use but its ok once in a while
- 9:49 am
Love this perspective.
- 7:39 pm
- Ming_the_Merciless said...
I love burgers but I don't go to Burger King. So I can boycott Burger King easily. :-)
- 9:25 pm
- Per Stromsjo said...
Killing vegetables ain't easy either! Ever seen the Swedish chef in The Muppet Show? :D
- 10:50 pm
- Kris said...
seeing the killings/huntings will turn certain people off from eating flesh. Flesh is part of the food chain..
honestly i eat vege. because i like the taste especially combined with meat. As long as you eat a salad or two once in a while, its fine i guess
absolutely! the burgers found at street corners are much tastier ;)
:D now that i have to see!
Thanks all again for your feedbacks!
- 1:28 pm
- Per Stromsjo said...
The Swedish Chef was a character in the original Muppet Show in the early eighties. Yeah, I'm old enough to remember… ;) He was a complete failure. His ingredients kept fighting back so regardless of whether he was aiming for turkey, chicken or cow it was always a fiasco. At one point he resorted to "veggie stew" but of course the vegetables put up a fierce resistance and he decided that dinner would consist of vitamin pills... :D
- 6:35 pm
- Jazzy said...
i love veg but good stake is just so good not to have it once in a while..
- 4:03 pm
- Kris said...
the 80s? you must be in your teens! ;) no wonder you could remember the storyline well..it is amusing. Can imagine it even better on screen.
hear, hear! juicy steaks
- 12:38 pm


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The West Michigan Whitecaps have a part in the new Will Ferrell movie "Anchorman 2," which is in theaters now.
We saw the story on FOX17 on Thursday night.
Apparently, a company shot video at Fifth Third Ballpark a few years ago, getting b-roll footage to sell for use in TV shows and movies.
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The Wabash College Lecture Committee announces the visit of physician and medical ethicist from the University of Chicago, Farr Curlin, on Monday, February 23 at 8:00 p.m. Curlin will speak on the topic of "Faithfulness or Intolerance: Religion and Moral Discourse in American Medicine." The lecture will take place in the Lovell Lecture Room of Baxter Hall.
Dr. Curlin is currently a MacLean Center Ethics Fellow at the University of Chicago Medical School. He received his B.A. and M.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has received numerous awards, including the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, the Terri Brenneman Award for "the graduating student who has most demonstrated a commitment to the underserved," the Cecil G. Sheps Award in Social Medicine, and the Norris Brookens Award as the Outstanding Internal Medical Resident in Illinois. He has written and spoken widely on medical ethics and the role of
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Horizon Workspace combines the application catalogue capabilities of Horizon Application Manager with the file sync and sharing capabilities of Horizon Data (previously known as Project Octopus).
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The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the PCCUA Stuttgart Foundation are bringing the Christmas spirit to the Grand Prairie Center Saturday, Dec. 7, with their Holiday Traditions and a special VIP party.
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The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the PCCUA Stuttgart Foundation are bringing the Christmas spirit to the Grand Prairie Center Saturday, Dec. 7, with their Holiday Traditions and a special VIP party.
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Hailed by the BBC as a "talent to watch out for, who conveys a mature command of his forces," Mann is quickly gaining a worldwide reputation as an "expressively graceful yet passionate" artist with a range spanning opera, symphonic repertoire, new music and experimental collaborations.
As winner of the Vienna Philharmonic's Karajan Fellowship at the Salzburg Festival, Mann has relationships with orchestras and operas worldwide including the Cleveland Orchestra, l'Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Georgian State Opera and the National Symphony of Cyprus. His recent Beethoven 9 was described as "Titanic" and his Canadian debut with the OSQ was dubbed by Le Soleil as a "Tour de Force" and led to an immediate reengagement in 2013.
Elected a Rhodes Scholar, Mann studied and taught at Oxford, and has served as assistant conductor to many well-known directors. At Oxford, he won the annual competition to become principal conductor of the Oxford University Philharmonia. Under his leadership, the Philharmonia's performances and tours received international press and acclaim.
Tickets for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's Holiday Traditions show are $30 or $20.
Tickets to the PCCUA Stuttgart Foundation VIP Party, which will be sold separately, are $75. Cocktail attire is required for the VIP Party.
To purchase tickets, visit the Grand Prairie Center box office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; call (870) 673-4201 Ext. 1895; or visit www.pccua.edu/GPC.


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