text: Advocates Assail Budget Proposals to Deny Life-Saving Access to Treatment for People in Need NAMI-Florida supports legislators making tough budget choices with data for cost-effective, smart decisions to benefit the entire community. Feb 10 2004 Tallahassee, FL — "The belief that cutting the budget for mental health medications in Medicaid saves money is false," said Mike Mathes, president of NAMI-Florida, before the Florida House appropriations subcommittee today in a hearing on Governor Bush's proposed budget. "Denying access to effective medications for people with mental disorders has devastating community impact." Mathes, representing the one in five Florida families affected by mental illnesses, argued that the perceived savings from restrictive medication polices, like preferred drug lists and prior authorizations, do not exist. "The impact of denying clinically prescribed treatment for mental illness is causing a crisis of expense in our jails, classrooms, courts, community hospital emergency departments, homeless shelters –and human life. In New Hampshire, for every dollar saved on restricting schizophrenia medication, $17 was spent in emergency service. "That's why NAMI-Florida's Campaign for the Mind of America is expanding, with the national NAMI campaign, daily adding new, non-traditional partners like teachers, county officials, police, emergency physicians and business leaders. Community leaders see the mental health crisis in their workplace every day and are uniting with us to demand open access to treatment of mental illnesses," Mathes said. Pointing to his own experience of watching his desperately ill daughter struggle heroically since childhood with a serious mental illness called bipolar disorder, Mathes says that with access to the clinically right medication she is now on the President's List at her community college and looking forward to working soon as a contributing citizen in the community. "Without open access to medications, men, women and children can and will descend into the hell of depression, of mania, and of psychosis," said Mathes. "Free access to the best medications keeps the men, women and children with serious mental illnesses in Florida, the state budget and our communities, stable and healthy." ### As The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness, NAMI leads a national grassroots effort to transform America's mental health care system, combat stigma, support research, and attain adequate health insurance, housing, rehabilitation, jobs and family support for millions of Americans living with mental illnesses. NAMI's one thousand affiliates are dedicated to public education, advocacy and support and receive generous donations from tens of thousands of individuals as well as grants from government, foundations and corporations. NAMI's greatest asset, however, is its volunteers—who donate an estimated $135 million worth of their time each year.


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NEW YORK — Alfonso Soriano took one look around Yankee Stadium and broke into a big, familiar smile.
NEW YORK — Alfonso Soriano took one look around Yankee Stadium and broke into a big, familiar smile.
"This is my house, this is my home," he said. "I'm happy I have the opportunity to come back to New York — 10 years."
The Yankees reacquired Soriano in a trade with the Chicago Cubs Friday, hoping the seven-time All-Star can provide a power boost to a team that desperately needs pop.
Soriano immediately went into the starting lineup, batting cleanup and playing left field against Tampa Bay. The Cubs got minor league pitcher Corey Black and will send almost $17.7 million to the Yankees to cover the rest of Soriano's rich contract.
"We've obviously been trying to improve our offense, to no avail, throughout this season," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "By far, he is the best available bat to date."
Soriano outhomered the Yankees all by himself (10-8) in the four weeks prior to the deal. Overall, the 37-year-old was hitting .254 with 17 homers and 51 RBI with the Cubs.
The Bronx Bombers led the majors with 245 home runs last year, but have become the Bronx burn-outs this season, ranking next-to-last in the AL with only 88. Banged up, they've played most of the year without Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.
Their slump from the right side — Soriano hits righty — is even more acute. It's been a month since a right-hander homered for the Yankees, with Jayson Nix the last to do it on June 25.
Soriano got a big ovation when the public-address announcer read the lineups and welcomed him with "and once again a Yankee." Soriano saluted the stadium's Bleacher Creatures during their roll call, and was cheered again when his past Yankees highlights were shown on the video board.
Wearing his socks high, Soriano got an assist when his throw led to an inning-ending out in the top of the second. He led off the bottom half and flied out. For the game, he went 0-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI in New York's 10-6 loss to the Rays.
Soriano made his major league debut with the Yankees in 1999 and quickly blossomed into a rare package of speed and power. In 2002, he hit 39 homers and 51 doubles while batting .300, stealing 41 bases, scoring 128 runs and driving in 102.
"He's not the same player he used to be," Cashman said, "but he certainly provides some thunder from the right side that we've been lacking."
Cashman hinted, too, that more deals might be in the works.
The Yankees are 54-49 record and in fourth place in the AL East, 7 games behind the division-leading Rays.
Soriano got his old No. 12, with Vernon Wells shifting to No. 22. The Yankees optioned outfielder Thomas Neal to Triple-A to make room for Soriano.

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The Indianapolis Colts' offseason of discontent continued Thursday with the NFL handing down an eight-game suspension to tight end Weslye Saunders, according to an NFL spokesman. It was his second violation of the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
Previously, second-year wide receiver LaVon Brazill was suspended four games for his second violation of the league's substance abuse policy. Third-year safety Joe Lefeged was arrested on gun-related charges after a traffic stop in Washington, D.C. The case has been continued.
Saunders, 24, of Gary, Ind., joined the Colts last season just five days after being released by Pittsburgh. The Steelers cut him after he had been suspended four games for testing positive for the stimulant drug adderall.
The blocking tight end appeared in six games for the Colts and caught two passes for 15 yards. Saunders, who is about to enter his third NFL season, spoke of his mistake when he joined the Colts on Oct. 17, 2012.
"It's something that was unfortunate, probably led to my dismissal in Pittsburgh," he said at the time. "It was a mistake that I made, taking adderall, something obviously a lot of people are objecting about right now. But I don't have anything to say about it right now because my suspension is over. I served my suspension and I'm ready to get back it now."
He said the drug helped him focus when feeling drowsy, and that his younger brother took it.
"When you hear performance-enhancing drugs, automatically you kind of think of some guy in the corner shooting up whatever into his veins," he said. "It was nothing like that. A one-time thing. I learned from it and am ready to roll now."
Saunders can participate in preseason, but considering the severity of his suspension and the fact he's a reserve player, his roster spot is tenuous at best.
Phillip B. Wilson writes for The Indianapolis Star, a Gannett property.


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26 judges get death threat
[Bangla Daily Star] Twenty-six judges of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court have received threats through SMS for "not granting bails to leaders and activists of Islam".
The anonymous message was in Bangla written in English fonts and sent from mobile phone number 01981611914 between 3:00pm and 7:00pm yesterday.
"You are the enemies of Islam. You are keeping the leaders and activists of Islam in detention instead of granting them bail. We have beaten up
; now we will cut your tendons and that of your family members. We will kill you. Be ready. Allahu Akbar," reads the translation of the text.
The judges include Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Bikash Kumar Saha, additional CMMs Md Ali Hossain and Md Shahidul Islam Faruque, Keshab Roy Chowdhury, MA Salam, Shahriar Mohammad Adnan, Rezaul Karim, Ashiqur Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Ismail Hossain, and Tanvir Ahmed.
Preferring anonymity, one of the 26 judges said the members of
The Islamic Society
, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer
. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
might have sent the message. "The language of the message indicates it has been sent by their men."
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried...
Matiur Rahman Akanda, assistant publicity secretary of Jamaat central committee, outright rejected the allegation. "None of us has sent such massage as we do not believe in covert activities," He said.
Several hundred Jamaat-Shibir members, including the top brass, are behind bars on charges of war crimes and various other offences.
Contacted, Additional CMM (1) Md Shahidul Islam Faruque said, "I have no idea who may have sent the message and why."
Harun-ur-Rashid, deputy commissioner of Lalbagh division police, told this paper they were informed of the matter and have ensured the judges' security.
Home Secretary CQK Mustaq Ahmed said, "If it is true, we have modern technologies to identify the man who have sent the message. Law enforcers and intelligence officials would take proper action."
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again...
Mahbubul Alam, nazir of the CMM Court, filed a general diary on behalf of the judges in connection with the threats, said Sub-Inspector Rokibul Haque of Kotwali Police Station.
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Los Ilegales (El Jueves 1867, March 2013)
Bernardo Vergara began his career in the 1980s, drawing for fanzines like Hamelín and TMEO. His first professional work appeared in the end of that decade in Ipurbeltz by Editorial Erein. In the early 1990s he moved from Pamplona to Barcelona, where he began an association with the children's magazines of Ediciones B., including Yo y Yo, Mortadelo Extra ('Casa Paco') and Súper Zipi y Zape ('Benjamín). During the same period, he also worked through comic agencies like Comicup on artwork for children's magazines in Germany.
By 1993 he settled in Huesca, and combined his work for Comicup with contributions to the local press and Mini Mundo, the children's supplement of newspaper El Mundo. He has been a regular in the humor magazine El Jueves since 1999 with series like 'Los Ilegales', 'Urbano', 'Los Chapas' (with Ágreda) and other satirical features. He has a daily cartoon on the frontpage of the newspaper Público, and has additionally published his work in U, Volumen, Trama, Mister K, Mala Impresión, Dos veces Breve, Spirou, La Comictiva, El Manglar, Tretzvents, Dibus, Heraldo de Aragón, Diario del Altoaragón, El País and the eldiario.es supplement Cuadernos.
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Our kids are 'going digital' at earlier ages than ever before. It has been well-documented that technology usage among kids is happening essentially from birth and only increases with each year that kids increase their tech-savvy and adeptness at using these engaging devices.
Earlier this year, Nielsen found that 70 percent of kids aged 12 and under with tablets in their households used them regularly. MDG Advertising recently pulled together a great infographic that supports this figure and demonstrates how the iPad in particular has been adopted and embraced wholeheartedly by kids.
It goes without saying that kids are drawn to these devices for their sheer entertainment and media consumption purposes. That aside, Apple leads the pack when it comes creating future generations of Apple loyalists with its cornucopia of educational app offerings, iTunes U, iTextbooks and anything else a young student may need in his/her pursuit of higher learning. And early exposure may indeed help a child's integration into the school system. According to the information below, frequent usage of an educational app helped increase the vocabularies of 27 percent of kindergartners and 17 percent of three-year-olds. The iPad has already had a significant impact on special needs education as well.
That doesn't mean you should plop your kid down in front of an iPad for hours and expect him or her to instantly start speaking in French and discussing ancient philosophers. But with the rate of tech adoption among kids, there's no doubt that technology is here to stay.
For more interesting information about tablet usage among kids, check out the infographic in its entirety at the MDG Advertising blog.
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Mark Alan Schneider, 70, died Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at Via Christi – St. Francis in Wichita. He was born June 7, 1943 in Wichita, the son of Arthur and Marie (Schwertfeger) Schenider. He was a farmer.
He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Natrona. On June 29, 2002 he married Virginia K. Bunch at Pratt. She survives.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Gayle Schneider
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at Larrison Mortuary 300 Country Club Rd., Pratt. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Pastor Michael Schotte presiding. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Great Bend.
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Throughout the year, the Office of Admissions receives
notices of scholarships that are offered through external
organizations. Information about the scholarship awards
that are currently available is listed below. Award
notices are listed in the order in which they were received.
You may also find information on other outside scholarship
awards on the Internet. The following sites are useful
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NEW! The �South Suburban Bar Association's, Henry A. Gentile Memorial Scholarship
Application Deadline: November 6, 2009
The South Suburban Bar Association has a $1,500 scholarship available to students who meet the criteria set by the South Suburban Bar Association. To apply, students must meet the following criteria: attending an accredited local law school; be a resident of the South Suburbs of Cook County and must have a present interest to practice law in the South Suburbs; and demonstrated financial need. Students interested in applying must submit a brief resume and a cover letter (200 word maximum) indicating why they want to practice on the Southside. The committee may conduct interviews of applicants or alternatively, may in its discretion, recommend a candidate to the Board of the South Suburban Bar Association. In order to receive the scholarship award, the student must attend the South Suburban Association Installation Dinner Dance to be held December 4, 2009. Cover letters and resumes must be forwarded directly to South Suburban Bar Association Scholarship Committee, attn: Daniel D. Hinich, 17926 S. Halsted St., Suite 3S. Homewood, IL 60430.
NEW! The Richard Linn American Inn of Court Mark T. Banner Scholarship for Law Students
Application Deadline: October 9, 2009
The Linn Inn Mark T. Banner Scholarship is a new scholarship created in the name of the late Mark T. Banner, a former Linn Inn founder and Master, a leader in the field of patent law in his own right, and the son of Donald W. Banner. This scholarship is part of the Linn Inn's commitment to fostering the development of intellectual property lawyers with commitment to ethics, professionalism and civility. The scholarship is open to all students currently enrolled in an ABA accredited law school interested in pursuing a career in intellectual property law. Applicants must have exemplary writing and oral communication skills. Recipients of the scholarship will receive $5,000 payable for the fall 2010 semester. Applications are available in the Office of Admissions, suite 230.
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Application Deadline: October 1, 2009
The Donald Banner Diversity Scholarship is open to all students currently enrolled in an American Bar Association accredited law school and pursuing a career in intellectual property law. The applicant must be a member of a historically under represented group (including race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability) and must have exemplary writing and oral communication skills. For more information about the scholarship and eligibility requirements, please visit the Banner and Witcoff website at www.bannerwitcoff.com.
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Setup Server, Load CodeCanyon PHP & App Software on Server, minor changes
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New: Opera Live in Berkeley on Sunday Afternoon
This week brings the grand opening of San Francisco's grand opera, complete with glamorous get-ups and lavish parties. But what's often forgotten is that opera's 19th century roots were firmly in common ground. It's been a popular art form in Italy and elsewhere for more than two centuries, even though it's attracted superb classical composers. Many European cities and towns still have small opera houses, and travelling music-lovers report that up-close and personal opera is exciting in a way that big-house and/or big-screen opera can never be.
Large American companies like the San Francisco Opera now fly in famous singers from around the world for elaborately staged and costumed extravaganzas, creating a level of expense which mandates big auditoriums and high ticket prices for fans who want to be close enough to see the action without binoculars. There have been a number of more-or-less successful recent attempts to make opera available to a larger audience: bringing streamed performances to movie houses, adding video to the nosebleed section of big opera houses, and other gimmicks.
But last September's S.F. Opera experiment with bringing a streamed Rigoletto to the Giants' waterfront ballpark is not being repeated this year. The company's web site says that another Opera in the Ballpark will be presented in the summer of 2014, but neither the date nor the program is announced.
Nonetheless, whether you're already an opera lover, or if you just think you like what you've heard on Prairie Home Companion and want to hear more, it doesn't have to be a budget-busting expenditure. And if you've only seen opera on the big screen until now, you could be experiencing it live in a good number of Bay Area venues.
Next Sunday afternoon, September 8, for example, you'll be able to see a real live production of Rigoletto presented by a company, Verismo Opera, whose goal is to make opera "accessible to the public at reasonable prices through a community effort of professional musicians and singers."
In keeping with its mission statement, the non-profit company has been offering affordable opera for several years in a variety of locations around the bay, including Vallejo, Pacifica, Redwood City, San Francisco and Santa Cruz as well as Berkeley. Most shows are fully staged and costumed, with chamber orchestra and English supertitles, and every seat in the intimate houses where Verismo plays is a good seat.
The top price for tickets at Berkeley's Hillside Club on Sunday at 2 will be only $20, with discounts below that for seniors and students.
The lead singers are experienced Bay Area pros: Frederick Winthrop (Duke of Mantua, tenor), Chris Wells (Rigoletto, baritone) and Eliza O'Malley (Gilda, soprano). They might be familiar to Berkeley audiences from previous Verismo productions at the Hillside Club theater—the most recent, La Traviata, played to a full house and a standing ovation in June.
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Over the last decade, Jack White has turned each of his bands into an outlet for certain aspects of his musical personality: uber-rocker in the White Stripes, drummer in the Dead Weather, songwriting sidekick in the Raconteurs.
Now he's finally gotten around to putting out an album with his own name at the top. His solo debut, "Blunderbuss" (Third Man/XL/Columbia), stays clear of his comfort zone: the blues tropes and heavy guitars of the White Stripes and Dead Weather are pretty much missing in action. Instead he favors arrangements with piano, upright bass and a bit of a rural, country flavor provided by fiddles and pedal-steel guitar.
Among the definitions of "blunderbuss" is a gun with a wide muzzle that fires scattershot, and White has never spread himself so wide as a musician, ranging from the wall-rattling guitars of "Sixteen Saltines" to the string-band Vaudeville of "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy." "Love Interruption" builds its moody atmosphere with Wurlitzer piano and a clarinet, of all things. Songs often flash multiple personalities, shifting tone as if to suggest some latent progressive-rock tendencies: the way the guitar scratches to life midway through and transforms the orchestrated stateliness of "Weep Themselves to Sleep"; the segue from cool-jazz breeziness into frantic rock in "Take Me With You When You Go"; the aptly named "On and On and On," a road song that unfolds new musical scenery at every turn.
Yet "Blunderbuss" is more than just a hodgepodge of influences. It's sequenced to play as a journey that is both musical (the way the piano on "Hypocritical" cascades out of the title track) and psychological, a harrowing trip inside a collapsing relationship. Celebrity watchers may be tempted to infer that the lyrics are all about White's divorce from Karen Elson, but then how to explain that Elson is all over the album as a backing vocalist?
This is less about personal confession than pulse-pounding story-telling. "Blunderbuss" is laced with American-Gothic imagery, splashes of "Pulp Fiction" gore and Old Testament drama. It all starts with Samson and Delilah, the fun couple referenced in White's swaggering cover of Little Willie John's "I'm Shakin'." Their tempestuous relationship -- love will bring you down, shear off your hair and chain you down while the walls collapse -- serves as a template for songs that measure a romantic relationship's cost in severed body parts ("Missing Pieces"), impotence ("Love Interruption") and torture ("Freedom of 21").
There's poetry in the mayhem, too. The title track, about a tryst in an opulent hotel, brims with sharply written images of decadence as the narrator makes off with another man's wife. It's all too much, and White's narrator finally figures it out; as the album winds down, he slams on the brakes before he loses his mind or his life.
It makes for an entertaining rollercoaster of a listen. One pictures a musician and songwriter not brooding over a failed relationship, but having a ball making an album full of tall tales and uninhibited music.
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LITTLE ROCK — ExxonMobil, the company responsible for a large oil spill that polluted a central Arkansas neighborhood, donated $250,000 on Thursday to aid recovery efforts in the state from last week's severe storms that included a deadly tornado.
The oil business made a $125,000 donation to the American Red Cross's location in Little Rock, after the company's vice president of operations, Karen Tyrone, toured the damage in Mayflower. The company also contributed $125,000 on Thursday to the Arkansas Community Foundation. More than 200,000 gallons of heavy crude spilled from the company's Pegasus pipeline beneath Mayflower last year.
Fifteen people were killed in the April 27th tornado that tore through central Arkansas communities, including Mayflower and Vilonia. A newborn's death has also been attributed to the storm, because of injuries the mother suffered from the twister. The National Weather Service rated the tornado as a "high-end" EF4, with winds near the top of the 166-200 mph range.
According to Brigette Williams, spokesman for the American Red Cross, the oil company's gift will help relief efforts in storm-damaged areas, including purchasing food and cleanup supplies. The organization has deployed 24 mobile units to several Arkansas counties affected by last week's severe storms, including Pulaski, Faulkner and White counties. Half of the units are "food trucks" for storm victims and the other half serve as supply vehicles, carrying kits filled with materials needed for cleanup efforts, such as gloves, rakes, face masks and bug spray.
Williams said the organization learned earlier this week of the oil company's plan to donate the money, calling the gift a "nice surprise." The group also received a $250 donation this week from three Conway girls who raised the money from their lemonade stand.
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Kids all over the U.S. will soon be able to add to their slugslinging arsenal as a new range of Slugterra toys from Jakks Pacific hits shelves this fall. Based on the animated series produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment and currently airing on Disney XD, the expansion will see action figures, vehicles, stretchy slug flyers, and plush added to the current line of collectible slug figures and blasters with unique transforming darts. International rollout of the line will begin in Western Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America this fall.
Jakks Pacific is bringing more retailers on board this fall to support the line expansion. Worldwide, Jakks plans to coordinate the distribution of the product line to land at retail shortly after the series launches in each market.
The Emmy-nominated Slugterra launched on Disney XD in the U.S. in October, and quickly resonated with its core demographic of boys ages 6 to 11. Home video from Shout! Factory hit shelves in the U.S. in February, with a second volume slated for release this summer, and T‐shirts from Hybrid Apparel and sleepwear and socks from MadDog Concepts are set for a fall release. Internationally, Nerd Corps has been busy signing on agents and licensees to help support the toy rollout and global merchandising and licensing of the brand.
Kids are involved in the world of collecting and slinging at an interactive level as well, with the iOS game Slug it Out! for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch consistently ranking in the top 20 puzzle games in the App Store worldwide, and flash games Battle for Slugterra and Slug Run accumulating well over eight million plays to date.


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Hollyoaks: Shock for bad Brendan Brady
GAME Of Thrones star Fintan McKeown has joined the soap as villain Seamus Brady.
I hope I can bring something unique to the style and format of the show
Seamus is the father of resident bad boy Brendan and his sister Cheryl. Fans will know that Brendan was sexually abused by his dad as a child, so his arrival in Chester will come as a major shock.
Speaking of his new role, Fintan said: "I hope I can bring something unique to the style and format of the show.
"I enjoy working with everyone on set, especially my on-screen family Emmett and Bronagh."
A Hollyoaks source added: "Brendan's sister Cheryl is unaware of the very different childhood her sibling had, so could this be an opportunity for the truth to finally surface?"
Seamus will arrive in Chester next month.


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How to Cultivate the Art of Asking Good Questions
Everyone knows about the mobile messaging app that sold for $19 billion. But have you heard about another amazing app—the one that helps you figure out what to do whenever you're faced with a problem or a challenge? Doesn't matter if it's a business issue, a career decision, or a family dilemma: if you've mastered this app, you're ready to tackle the problem. Did I mention it can also help you come up with brilliant ideas? Which increases your chances of success? And may lead to wealth and happiness?
Here's the best news about this app: you don't have to acquire it, because you were born with it. The "app" in question is our aptitude for asking questions.
You can see this natural ability on full display in the average 4-year-old—for whom questioning is as normal as breathing, and almost as important. Constant inquiry helps young kids make sense of, and successfully navigate, the strange new world around them.
Studies show we tend to hit our questioning peak around age 4 or 5, and then ask fewer questions as we get older. Not that we've lost the ability to question—we just don't exercise it as much. Teachers and bosses generally want answers, not questions.
But it's a mistake to let that inquiry "app" go unused. Questioning can do as much for adults as for kids—helping us to explore, discover, and innovate. It's no accident that many innovators and entrepreneurs are great questioners who use thoughtful inquiry to navigate uncertainty and find their way to breakthrough ideas and big payoffs. A number of the billion dollar tech start-ups, from Instagram to Nest, sprang from insightful questions raised and tackled by the founders.
So how do you get better at questioning? It starts with releasing your inner 4-year-old: Good questioners try to look at the world around them with a curious, observant eye and a "beginner's mind," taking time to wonder about things others take for granted. And they're not afraid to give voice to the most fundamental "why" questions—even though such questions can make the questioner seem naive. When innovators like the late Steve Jobs or Amazon's Jeff Bezos ask those childlike "why" questions, they're digging beneath assumptions and conventional wisdom to try to get at a deeper truth and a possible untapped opportunity.
Asking "why" is a great start, but we've all seen the questioning child who goes 'round and 'round in a circle of endless "whys." To question productively and "beautifully" is to inquire with direction and purpose—progressing from "Why" to "What if" to "How." A questioner can move forward on almost any problem or challenge by first trying to understand it (Why is this a problem?); then imagining possible solutions (What if I came at the problem this way, or that way?); and finally trying to figure out practical ways to turn those what-if ideas and possibilities into realities (How might I actually begin to make this happen?)
It's not just about typing in a query on Google to get easy answers. Thoughtful, productive questioning is a process that takes time, considerable thought, and often hands-on experimentation. But if we're willing to put in the effort to ask and act on better questions, it can help us work through thorny problems in business and everyday life, and can lead us to powerful insights and fresh possibilities. What's the market value of an app that can do all that? I'd say it's priceless.
Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) is the author of "A More Beautiful Question" (Bloomsbury).


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The year's biggest professional development and networking event designed exclusively for plumbing industry professionals—the ASPE Convention and Exposition—is now open for registration. Being held Oct. 27 to 31 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., the ASPE Convention and Exposition showcases the largest display of plumbing products and services available while providing unmatched education and the opportunity to receive a year's worth of CEUs/PDHs.
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Selectmen unanimously voted to request a state audit of the Wachusett Regional School District finances, despite the claims of a school committee member that the audit is unnecessary.
�There is a great deal of misunderstanding about what happened,� school committee member Margaret Watson said. �There is no missing money � all the bills were paid. All of our expenses were perfectly legitimate.�
Selectman Robert Lavigne disagreed. �It doesn�t look like anyone really knows where the money went. Do you have $1.2 million in extra supplies?�
Before the audit can be performed, it must first be approved by the state auditor�s office.
�There�s a cost associated with it, and I�m not sure the town wants to pay the cost,� Mr. Lavigne said.
Mr. Lavigne suggested that the board reach out to the boards of selectmen in other region towns to see if they are interested in pursuing the audit and perhaps in sharing the cost.
�If we�re going to do it, then we should expedite it,� Selectman Mark Ferguson said.
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Charts seek to stay on top after 60 years
It is 60 years since American crooner Al Martino topped the first ever UK singles chart. Are the charts still relevant in an age when Top of the Pops has been replaced by YouTube as the number one destination for pop fans?
When Robbie Williams scored his 14th number one hit earlier this month, there was little doubt about what being at the top of the charts meant to him.
"I haven't been number one since 2004 and it's great... I am number one - it feels brilliant," he said. "There's a lot of vindication, happiness and relief."
For Williams, wounded by a series of flops, being number one again was proof that he was still a star.
More singles are now sold than ever - about 3.5 million per week - and, judging by the ear-splitting screams that greet stars like JLS and One Direction when they step near a stage, pop music still matters.
But a lot has changed in the last decade or two. More than 99% of all single sales are now downloads and pop fans have many more ways of getting music - from YouTube to file-sharing to streaming services like Spotify, none of which count towards the charts.
It also feels like the charts are less central to our lives than they were when the Top 10 was beamed into 15 million living rooms every Thursday night on Top of the Pops.
"In an environment where singles sales are booming, the chart still is very relevant," says Martin Talbot, managing director of the Official Charts Company. "You need to sell about twice as many copies as you did about 10 years ago to get to number one."
After the demise of Top of the Pops, MTV became the home of the official charts on TV. Rather than 15 million, 1.1 million people watch the Top 20 and Top 40 rundowns across MTV's channels per week. A further 1.2 million tune in to the weekly countdown on BBC Radio 1.
When Top of the Pops was axed, the BBC said it was a victim of competition from "multimedia and niche musical outlets which enable viewers to consume music of their choice, any time night or day".
The internet and countless digital TV and radio channels now offer seemingly endless choice, and have split the music scene into a honeycomb of self-sufficient niches.
Today, chart pop is just the biggest niche. Those who do not like it can easily ignore it.
And fans no longer have to shell out to hear a song they like. YouTube offers a virtually exhaustive jukebox and recent research from the US suggested that more teenagers now listen to music through YouTube than iTunes, CDs or the radio.
The rise of video sites and streaming services have made tracking the popularity of a song much more complicated.
"That's the constant challenge that we face - trying to ensure that the official singles chart is the definitive representation of popularity," Talbot says.
"Clearly, when the chart was first launched, they were very innocent times. There was one bloke picking up a phone, calling a couple of dozen retailers, writing down what they had sold on a piece of paper and then compiling it into a chart."
The singles chart still simply counts sales rather than YouTube views or Spotify streams.
"The only way of changing that at the moment, by adding streaming, would effectively compromise what that chart is all about - make it less transparent, slow it down, make it less dynamic and fundamentally make it less interesting," Talbot says.
"The reality is that I don't think the chart is any less interesting, relevant and reflective of what music people are enjoying on a week-by-week basis."
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The Official Charts Company did recently launch a separate streaming chart, based on information from the likes of Spotify, We7, Napster and Deezer.
Some 2.6 billion audio streams were delivered in the UK last year - dwarfing the number of download sales - and countries including the US have begun to incorporate such streams into their main singles charts.
But that is unlikely to happen in the UK - at least while download sales are still rising, Talbot says.
"The number of downloads being bought on a weekly basis would need to start to stabilise and start falling, and we would need to start seeing a decline in the number of singles you need to sell to get into the Top 10 or 20," he says.
"It's going in exactly the opposite direction at the moment. And we need to see streaming as an activity begin to catch up with purchasing as an activity."
If a streamed single counted towards the official Top 40, one thorny question is how much one stream would be worth compared to one sale.
"When you start getting into formulae, inevitably you begin to chip away at that transparency and immediate understanding of what the official chart is about," Talbot says. "That's a big philosophical step for us as an industry."
The simplicity of the charts has been an asset as the music industry and media have transformed around them.
And as long as the charts are around, musicians will always want to get to number one.
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top Ten is on BBC Four on Friday 16 November 21:25 GMT.


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As part of the YMCA's commitment to the community, the Y has teamed up once again with the Food Bank of Western New York and WGRZ-TV Channel 2 to help give back to those in need right here in Western New York. All YMCA Buffalo Niagara Branches and YMCA Buffalo Niagara's association office are currently taking donations of non-perishable items for the Food Bank.
Last year, organizers were able to collect more than 3,000 pounds of food for area families. This year, they would like to challenge Western New Yorkers to help them reach 4,000 pounds. Donations will be accepted until Nov. 27. Participants in the YMCA Turkey Trot are encouraged to bring cans with them to packet pick-up at the Delaware YMCA from Nov. 25-27.
"The Food Bank of WNY is excited to be partnering, once again, with the YMCA's annual Turkey Trot," said Marylou Borowiak, president and CEO of the Food Bank of WNY. "Last year's participants generously donated non-perishables, which were distributed throughout the holiday season to those who rely on us. This year, the numbers of those seeking assistance from us have grown to 34,030 households. The Food Bank of WNY is truly grateful to be a part of this wonderful event."
Donation locations include:
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Locally founded in 1852, YMCA Buffalo Niagara is an inclusive association of people committed to a common effort to help individuals and families reach their fullest potential in terms of spirit, mind and body. The YMCA's focus on health and wellness is reflected in the variety of programs offered for all ages and abilities. A not-for-profit organization, YMCA Buffalo Niagara serves more than 100,000 people annually through the seven branches located throughout Western New York, YMCA Camp Weona, as well as at 40-plus community-based program sites. For more information, visit www.ymcabuffaloniagara.org
The Food Bank of WNY Inc. is the primary hunger relief organization in Western New York, obtaining and then distributing food to 340 member agencies such as pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, after-school programs and senior citizen centers. Through those agencies, the Food Bank services 34,030 families. A staggering 96,179 individuals rely on its services each and every month, including more than 38,000 children and 7,847 senior citizens.


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Does Agile Drive Death March Projects?
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In a recent Gartner blog Thomas Murphy raises the spectre of Agile projects becoming continual Death March cycles.
He says that in a 12 month waterfall project teams may have 10 months of "normal" life followed by 2 months of hell as the pressure is on to deliver to unrealistic deadlines and scope.
In contrast, in an Agile project with two week iterations:
That is a possibility for 26 sprints per year. If two of the working days of your 10 day sprint are a death march, that is 52 days per year vs. 40 days in the "annual" program. A more than 25% increase in death march days
He goes on to talk about the importance of the Agile principle of Sustainable Pace and says
The question is what is sustainable. I am hearing stories that don't sound like only the last 2 days of a sprint are a death march. Every day feels like a death march. This isn't a new topic, I have included links below to some posts on the topic. Organizations, actually teams, need to determine what is sustainable for the team. WIP limits need to be understood. A freeway filled to 100% capacity is a parking lot. Don't let a shift to agile mean a shift to constant running. Global business and mobile devices only make this a more challenging battle.
He references a number of posts which discuss the need for sustainable pace and realistic working conditions, including a discussion on the Big Visible blog that tackles how to achieve sustainability:
When reading literature about Agile or talking to practitioners we often hear the term "sustainable pace." Anyone who is overworked might think two things: Sustainable pace sounds wonderful and impossible. Upon discussing the term, many people struggle with believing that the required work could be accomplished under this constraint. Some think that software creation and sustainable pace are mutually exclusive.
He is far from the only commentator talking about these things. Last month Ben Linders posted an InfoQ news item looking at how to achieve a sustainable pace.
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So, does Agile lead to more Crunch? If you ignore the Agile principle that you cannot control scope, budget and timescale simultaneously. If you're doing Agile In Name Only. If you think the software fairy fixes your project if you click your ruby slippers together and say "Agile" three times, instead of following the processes that actually make it work.
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Scrum is Agile, and yet there are no death marches at all, 0% because when the iteration is finished, whatever didn't fit in it is transferred to the next iteration. This is the evidence that the blog post is an oversimplification and is not always true.
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It´s a) the basic belief that 100% utilization of a resource is a good thing.
And b) it´s the belief, software development is about craftsmen hammering away on some slab of requirement stone.
Both beliefs must be attacked from other angles.
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P.S.: the only person I've ever seen implement Scrum properly is me. Have you seen any company measuring team velocity, sizing tasks like t-shirts, and coming with the ETA based on latest data? Companies don't get anything right, they even fail with something as simple as agile standups. Their standups turn out into discussing tasks in detail, and taking 30m+.
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It's when the constraints placed upon the project overwhelm its capacity to deliver, and people still push on, it becomes a death march.


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SANTIAGO, Chile The Chilean government declared a state of emergency in a central region Thursday after a magnitude-8.3 earthquake killed 11 people and caused widespread disruption.
President Michelle Bachelet declared the state of emergency for the region around the port city of Coquimbo, near the epicenter of the quake that struck late Wednesday, the daily El Mercurio reported, citing Interior Minister Jorge Burgos.
Hundreds of soldiers were to be sent to the affected region.
Parts of the country began to return to normal after a night of strong aftershocks and a small tsunami that flooded some coastal homes and businesses.
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Jimmie Johnson pulled out a victory at the Tums Fast Relief 500 in Martinsville; the race for the cup now is between two drivers. The 5-time champion Jimmie Johnson, and Brad Keselowski, who is trailing by only two points in the standings. Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne are 26 and 29 points behind, respectively. After an unfortunate turn of events for Denny Hamlin, he is now 49 points behind.
The next race is at a 1.5 mile track in Texas. In the past five races at Texas Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson has averaged a 7th place finish, including two 2nd place finishes while Keselowski only averages a 25th finish with his highest being 14th. One would argue that statistically, Johnson has the strong advantage in this race.
The second of the three races left is in Phoenix, where Jimmie Johnson has had tremendous success. In the past five races there, he averages a 5.8th place finish, including 4 top 5 finishes. Keselowski is averaging a 19.2nd place finish, with only 1 top 10 finish. The statistics for this race can be somewhat misleading, though, because this past March at Phoenix, Jimmie finished in 4th and Keselowski in 5th.
The final race of the Sprint Cup another 1.5 mile track, at Miami. This race seems to be statistically even. Over the past three races in Miami, Johnson has achieved two top 5 finishes averaging a 13th place finish. For Keselowski, in the past three races he is averaging a 19.33rd place finish with 0 top 10 finishes. However, last year Keselowski finished in 20th and led 11 laps, while Johnson finished in 32nd and only led 2 laps.
After looking at the past results over the past couple years, we have a pretty consistent veteran 5-time champion, Jimmie Johnson. Opposing Johnson will be up-and-coming Brad Keselowski who is definitely having a breakout year. He has 5 wins and 21 top 10 finishes this year compared to Johnson's 4 wins and 23 top 10 finishes.
I believe these next three races will be very close and provide a lot of excitement for fans. While Keselowski is having the best year of his career, I believe that Johnson will eventually be crowned the champion for the sixth time in his career, placing him ONE title away from NASCAR greats Dale Earnhardt & Richard Petty. Who do you think will come out victorious at the end of the season? TH
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A new book by Mr Anthony Lejeune, who has been writing about London's clubs for four decades, allows a rare glimpse inside the grand establishments that define the British capital's clubland. The images in The Gentlemen's Clubs of London reveal the incredible elegance and grandeur of these spaces, the raison d'être of which Mr Lejeune explains in his introduction:
"Clubs happen because of the elementary truth that we like to be with our own kind, with whom we can be ourselves and let our hair down, by whom we won't be misunderstood and among whom we are taken for the decent people we know we are."
In London, unlike many other cities, the phrase gentlemen's club is descriptive rather than euphemistic. To be quite clear, there are no erotic thrills to be had in London's clubland. These grand buildings offer men at the top of British society a comfortable home from home in the St James's district of the city, and, by largely being all-male environments, follow the gender-segregated example traditionally set by British public schools. They're resolutely old fashioned, but continue to define a design aesthetic that retains a very masculine currency, and deserve praise for holding the line in the face of society's declining standards of dress.
Their strict approach to dress codes is an expression of a deep conservatism, but they have not always been defined by the image of an old man snoozing in a well-worn chesterfield armchair. Their origins lie in the raffish coffee houses of the 17th century, which were hotbeds of political activism. Two hundred and fifty years later British author Mr PG Wodehouse, whose famous character Bertie Wooster was a member of a boisterous fictional club called Drones, recorded an epoch when these clubs were more about hell raising than heritage. It's a point made, albeit less convincingly, by the fact that in 1981 The Prince of Wales held his stag party at the club White's. His son, Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, is also said to be a member, as is Prime Minister David Cameron.
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BOODLE'S28 St James's Street. boodles.org
Boodle's, originally located on Pall Mall, was founded in 1762 by future prime minister Lord Shelburne, but the club's name comes from more humble origins: Boodle was the surname of its head waiter. It is reputed that Mr Beau Brummell's final bet was made at the club before he escaped his debts and fled to France.
PRATT'S14 Park Place. 020-7493 0397
Pratt's, established in 1857, is named after Mr William Nathaniel Pratt, a steward to the Duke of Beaufort, who owned the building since 1841. The duke, after having so much fun at Mr Pratt's house one night, frequently returned. The club's members have boasted former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan among their ranks.
REFORM CLUB104 Pall Mall. reformclub.com
The Reform Club was founded in 1836 upon political motives when, after the passage of the Reform Bill in 1832, Radicals and Whigs needed a hub for their activities. Since the 1920s it has served a purely social purpose, with Mr Henri Cartier-Bresson and Sir Winston Churchill among its notable past members.
THE GARRICK CLUB15 Garrick Street. garrickclub.co.uk
The Garrick Club, founded in 1831, boasted Mr Charles Dickens and Mr William Thackeray among its members during the 19th century, and is reportedly where their famous feud began. Its collection of theatrical paintings, including portraits of Mr Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud, is one of the world's largest.
THE ARTS CLUB40 Dover Street. theartsclub.co.uk
Since 1863 The Arts Club has been a haven for men of the creative, literature and science worlds. Its Dover Street premises even survived a hit during the Blitz in 1940, and today the club includes fashion, film and photography among its interests.
Given their conservatism it's unsurprising that, despite some relaxation, the clubs' dress codes remain strict. By and large men must wear a lounge suit and tie. According to Mr Lejeune, Arthur's (which has now closed) "was probably the last club in London to insist that its members dressed for dinner". In this context dressing for dinner involves a dinner jacket. Boodle's club made its feelings clear when it called the area of its dining room where members could dine without getting dressed (bear in mind they were still in lounge suits) the "dirty end". These are not establishments that feel any need to track society's increasing informality, but then they don't really fit into modern life at all. They are glorious anachronisms, with little contemporary relevance given that: they ask members to relax in formal clothes, demand a total separation of work and private life by forbidding any discussion of business matters or the use of mobile phones and laptops, close at weekends (when it's assumed members will be in the country), refuse entry to children and, in some cases, women. In many ways they're about a century behind the curve.
As such they exist as relics of an age when men ruled the world (which still left them plenty of time for dining, drinking, gambling and playing billiards), and when the pursuit of elegance, in terms of architecture, dress and lifestyle, was taken very seriously. In Mr Lejeune's words, "A good club... is a refuge from the vulgarity of the outside world... the echo of a civilized English way of living, a place where people still prefer a silver salt cellar which doesn't pour to a plastic one which does."
It's testament to men's wish to congregate in a sympathetic environment that such clubs, in their heyday, sprung up and still thrive in Italy, the US, Hong Kong, France and Argentina, among other countries. The fact that their names are frequently related to sporting pursuits speaks volumes about the old-world masculinity they represent.


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September 2008 release dates
So August was a decent filmy month, Rock On being the best film by far. September is interesting enough for us not to sing, "wake us up when September ends". Here are a few I am curious to see (below is the complete listing). Skipping the theaters this month -- October should be a real treat:
1. A Wednesday
Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill, Deepal Shaw, Aamir Bashir and others. Shah and Kher in an action flick promise fireworks! Besides, it's a very Bombay-centric film (yeah, yeah, I know it's Mumbai, but I haven't yet seen 'Mollywood', so I'll stick to name of the city I was born in :P). Here's its official website.
2. Saas Bahu Aur Sensex
'Sensex' is the Bombay Stock Exchange index. The film stars Farooq Sheikh, Kirron Kher, Ankur Khanna, and lovely ladies Masumi Makhija and Tanushree Dutta. The official film website has the trailer (should be fun!) and more.
3. 1920
I debated including this, but it's starting to look like a decent period film (no points for guessing the year). And I'd be lying if I said I'm not looking forward to seeing more of Adah Sharma! Love this picture, more for Ms. Sharma and her wardrobe than for the lunch box (or tiffin, as it is often called in India). Loveleh!
4. Welcome to Sajjanpur
Starring Shreyas Talpade (if you haven't seen Iqbal (2005), you MUST!) and the beautiful and likable Amrita Rao. This is the wild card for the month, the first comedy by Shyam Benegal -- if it's good, it could be very very good!
Sep 5, 2008
A Wednesday
Rishton Ki Machine
Sep 12, 2008
Ru Ba Ru
Saas Bahu Aur Sensex
The Last Lear
Sep 19, 2008
Hari Puttar - A Comedy Of Terrors (** this was originally scheduled for the summer)
Welcome To Sajjanpur
Sep 26, 2008
Rang Rasiya / Colors Of Passion
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The plot of A Wednesday reminds me of some of the Joker's schemes in The Dark Knight, so I'm hoping for a psychological thriller. By the way, have you heard anything about Naseeruddin Shah's 'Shoot on Sight'?
Saas Bahu Aur Sensex looks like a great "ensemble cast" film and I hope it's as funny as Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., which it kind of reminds me of. I like the website and I noticed the movie is being produced by Warner Brothers. I think a lot of people feel that these Hollywood production houses would not be able to understand Bollywood, but I hope the opposite proves true because variety and fresh ideas is something the industry really needs.
Hari Puttar (the name just cracks me up) I think is facing some legal trouble over its name so that might affect its release, but wasn't planning on watching it anyway.
Welcome to Sajjanpur - good to see Amrita Rao after a long time, and Shreyas Talpade always shines in comedy
Once again thanks for compiling the release dates of all of these films.
Ramadan Mubarak!
- Tuesday, September 02, 2008
- Filmi Girl said...
I really want to see Rock On! Was it better than Bachna Ae Haseeno? I thought that was one of the best I've seen all year.
For September, the only film I'm really interested in is The Last Lear - unless something gets great reviews from Raj and Pablo!
- Tuesday, September 02, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Salek: Ramadan Mubarak to you too! Have a blessed one.
Haven't heard of Naseeruddin Shah's Shoot on Sight. A Wednesday seems to have done well.
Saas Bahu Aur Sensex should be interesting. I'm hoping for some good comedy (hope it's clean), and surely they can come up with several great comedy situations given the plot, as suggested by the trailer. The Warner Brothers bit is fair, and I like that they don't seem to be going at it on their own. International production houses probably learnt a lesson from Saawariya.
You're right about Hari Puttar facing legal trouble. It's not surprising (likely well deserved too), although it'd be interesting to play defendant for them! I'm up for a mock trial =)
Filmi Girl: Yes, I thought Rock On was a lot better than Bachna Ae Haseeno (which I finally saw this past weekend, too). I think you'll really like it!
The Last Lear should be interesting too! Amitabh seems to have gotten nothing but good feedback for it. It has some good actors too (Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, etc.).
So many movies...Raj and Pablo will keep us guessing. Let's hope for some surprises this month.
- Tuesday, September 02, 2008
- bollyviewer said...
O My! So many good movies to look forward to! Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher - its been a while since they were together onscreen. Farooq Shaikh and Kiron Kher - I love them. But best of all, a comedy by Shyam Benegal (wow! *smiles of gleeful anticipation*) and starring Shreyas Talpade, too. TheBollywoodFan, thanks for posting about these movies.
- Tuesday, September 02, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Bollyviewer: There's so much to see, na?! There's something extraordinary each has to offer. It'll be nice to have movies with some of the finest artists this month. Thank *you* for stopping by :)
- Tuesday, September 02, 2008
- Nicki said...
Wow, thanks for the info. I'm really behind. I'm looking forward to them all!
You're right about Shreyas. I loved him since Iqbal!
- Tuesday, September 02, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Nicki: Yep, with you on being 'really behind'. That's likely the story of my life (when it comes to movie-watching, sadly), LOL...
- Tuesday, September 02, 2008
- Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said...
I really want to see "Saas Bahu" and "A Wednesday"- the first one cos it looks like Farukh is doing something sizeable after quite a while...and of course "A Weds" for Naseer- dont get enough of him...
- Thursday, September 04, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Shweta: Thanks for stopping by. Yes, they should both be fun! Can't wait.
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The brachiopods are a very important group for paleontologists as they have a rich 600 million year old fossil history. With more than 12,000 fossil species described they were possibly the most abundant animals of the Paleozoic era, and important ancient reef builders. Several historical extinction events, most notably the Permian-Triassic extinction, dramatically reduced their numbers and diversity and today only about 335 living species exist.
There are two highly divergent extant classes of brachiopods. The Inarticulata (with about 45 species) appeared first in the fossil record at the beginning of the Cambrian; these were followed by the Articulata (290+ species). The extant genus Lingula shows minimal change from Ordovician fossils and are considered "living fossils".
(Brusca and Brusca 2003; UCMP Berkeley).
Physical Description
Sexual Dimorphism
These exclusively benthic marine organisms superficially resemble bivalve molluscs in having two hinged shells (valves), yet they have vastly different body plans. While bivalves have two equally sized valves that are oriented laterally (left and right) with respect to the animal's body, brachiopod shells are oriented up and down as a dorsal valve and (usually) larger ventral valve. Clearly, shell production has converged from separate origins between these two phyla. Another anatomical peculiarity that obviously distinguishes the brachiopods from the bivalves is the presence of a feeding structure called a lophophore. Only two other phyla have lophophores, the ectoprocts (bryozoans) and phoronids. (These three phyla have long been considered a monophyletic group, but recent evidence suggests the "Lophophorates" is paraphyletic; Halanych, 2004.) In brachiopods the lophophore is made up of two arms of ciliated tentacles held out in a rigid ring circling the mouth. Depending on the species, the lophophore may be a simple circle or highly coiled structure, and in most species it has an internal skeletal support (the Brachidium). The lophophore sits inside the water-filled mantle cavity, taking up about two thirds of the space inside the valves and the brachiopod body takes up the posterior third.
Most brachiopods attach themselves to substrates on the ocean floor or bury into soft substrates using a muscular stalk (called a pedicle, but this structure is not homologous between the two brachiopod classes; Kozloff 1990) although some do not attach to anything and remain free-living. To feed, they crack their shells open using didactor muscles (class Articulata, which have valves that articulate with tooth and groove hinges) or hydrostatic pressure (class Inarticulata, which has unhinged valves and no didactor muscles). The cilia on the lophophore tentacles create a feeding current very specific to the shape of the lophophore, which moves particulates along the tentacles. Food particles are then transported to the mouth via branchial food grooves. In general, lophophorates have a blind, U-shaped gut. The Inarticulata has retained an anus and expel solid waste outside of the mantle cavity, however, the larger order Articulata has lost this feature, so secretes fecal pellets back to the mantle cavity though the mouth. Brachiopods can also clear the mantle cavity and lophophore of lodged non-food contaminants and waste products by contracting the adductor muscles sharply to snap the valves closed and create out-flowing currents.
Brachiopods have a contractile heart, but their open circulatory system appears to function primarily in distributing nutrients. Oxygen diffuses mainly across the lophophore and mantle, and is dispersed in the coelomic fluid. Metabolic wastes are discharged from the body into the mantle cavity though metanephridioducts, which are also used to spawn gametes. Brachiopods have a rudimentary nervous system, and a range of sensory organs dependent on where and how they live.
(Brusca and Brusca 2003; UMCP Berkeley)
While fossil species got up to 20 cm across, modern brachiopods range from 1 mm to 10 cm.
Since modern brachiopods inhabit mostly deep or cold marine environments, where they can live by expending very little energy, they are not commonly encountered although they are not rare in modern oceans (Brusca and Brusca 2003; UCMP Berkeley).
Trophic Strategy
Like other lophophorates, brachiopods are solitary, sessile filter feeders.
General Ecology
Much literature discusses brachiopods as generally avoided as food by fish, sea stars and crabs, and only rare boring predation possibly because there is not much edible tissue in a brachiopod (Thayer, 1985). But other literature disputes this (Harper & Wharton 2000), indicating that predation pressure may indeed have evolutionary significance on brachiopods.
Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
Brachiopod larvae are termed "lobate larvae", but are considerably different between the Articulata and Inarticulata in terms morphology and timing of settlement. Articulate larvae have no mouth so settle after a planktonic period of several days, where they undergo reorganization from a three-part lobed larva to a sessile adult. The morphology of the Inarticulata larvae is similar to adults. They have a far longer planktonic period, at the end of which they gradually uncurl a pedicule and start secreting calcium carbonate or calcium phosphate (Lingulata) to form a shell, which, because it is heavy causes them to settle without such a dramatic metamorphosis as in the Articulata (Brusca and Brusca 2003).
Brachiopods have separate sexes. In most cases fertilization is external in brachiopods, except in a few genera of Articulata where eggs fertilized by sperm in the mangle cavity are brooded in the metanephridia, then released as swimming larvae.
(Brusca and Brusca 2003; Kozloff 1990)
Evolution and Systematics
Systematics and Taxonomy
The phylogenetic position of the brachiopods has been controversial. Many traditional classifications have considered brachiopods (and other lophophorates) to be basal deuterostomes, based on several classically deuderostomic characters: initial cell division of the egg (cleavage) is radial (the cells are arranged in rows, as opposed to spiral cleavage); enterocoelic development leads to a three part body plan; and the mouth is not derived from the blastopore. However, some brachiopods and other lophophorates show exceptions to these characters and other analyses have allied the lophophorates with the protostomes. Molecular phylogenetic work with many independent genes provides consistently strong support for the formal reclassification of the brachiopods as the sister group to pheronids in a group called the "Lophotrochozoa," essentially derived protostomes (along with molluscs and annelids), and interprets the classical deuderostome characters as more labile and less informative than previously considered. Molecular reconstructions have not allowed much understanding of the relationships within the Lophotrochozoa, but there is much support for a sister relationship between the brachiopods and the phoronids.
(Halanych et al. 1995)
Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Species With Barcodes:36
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It hasn't been this cold for decades.
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Brief Introductory Therapy for Opioid Dependence
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00406484
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 4, 2006
Last Update Posted : January 16, 2014
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|January 16, 2014
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|September 2004
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|September 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Improvements in social, employment, legal, medical and psychiatric functioning [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
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|A randomized clinical trial to compare the efficacy of Behavioral Drug and HIV Risk Reduction Counseling (BDRC) and standard methadone drug counseling.
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The proposed study plans to compare the efficacy of behavioral drug and HIV risk reduction counseling (BDRC) to low intensity methadone counseling during methadone maintenance treatment. In selecting BDRC, we were guided by several considerations, including its acceptability, suitability, feasibility, potential efficacy, and potential for rapid and widespread dissemination in the U.S. and elsewhere. BDRC was developed to be delivered by regular drug counselors, so that it would be relatively easy to disseminate this counseling if it is found efficacious. BDRC combines behavioral contracting with an Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model for reducing HIV risk behaviors and illicit drug use that is grounded in social cognitive theory and supported by empirical findings in a number of studies and populations. The more intensive HIV risk reduction interventions provided in BDRC, including personalized assessment of risk (i.e., identification of personal, social and environmental factors associated with risky behaviors) and education and training in skill-building and self-control, may lead to greater reductions in both drug- and sex-related HIV risk behaviors than the more limited, brief counseling provided in LIMC, as supported by findings of a recent clinical trial with methadone maintained patients and a meta-analysis regarding the effectiveness of HIV risk reduction interventions during drug abuse treatment. BDRC emphasizes a medical model of treatment for drug dependence and is highly complementary to and compatible with regular methadone maintenance treatment.
Because early abstinence achievement is associated with longer term treatment success, BDRC uses short-term behavioral contracts to help the patient achieve an initial period of abstinence, take maintenance medications regularly and as prescribed, activate the patient behaviorally, and reduce behaviors associated with HIV transmission. The accomplishment of specific, short-term behavioral goals early in treatment promotes the patient's experience of therapeutic success and counters the patient's belief that his/her actions will not lead to success in accomplishing goals. Short-term behavioral goals target a limited number of domains, including achieving an initial period of abstinence, increasing activities (primarily vocational, social or recreational) that are not related to drug use, and reducing HIV risk behaviors (e.g., fostering consistent condom use, avoiding casual sexual encounters, avoiding IDU or needle or equipment sharing). BDRC teaches cognitive and behavioral strategies for promoting behavioral change, including identifying antecedents of drug use, needle sharing, and high risk sexual behaviors, and learning strategies to avoid high risk situations or cope without engaging in these behaviors. Skill building exercises (e.g., regarding condom use) are used within sessions to learn and practice new skills, and patients are encouraged to practice these skills outside the session in their natural environment. Based on recent findings from research in cognitive and social psychology on message framing, the treatment also emphasizes the positive consequences of behavioral change (e.g., the benefits of not using drugs or of maintaining a steady relationship vs. the dangers associated with continued use or sex with multiple partners). Counselors are trained to acknowledge the patient's efforts to change—even partial accomplishments of goals are praised--rather than to focus on the patient's failures, which is often perceived as criticism. Recognition of accomplishments and positively framed messages generally evoke positive affect, which is often generalized and ascribed to the behavior in question, thus resulting in greater adherence to recommendations. An emphasis on recognition of accomplishments and positively-framed advice helps patients to build self-esteem and the sense that they can change their lives for the better.
Substance abuse is thought to be associated with a range of memory and executive function (EFs) deficits, but the majority of research support for this hypothesis comes from research on alcohol and stimulant related disorders. The evidence of long-term cognitive deficits in chronic opiate users is limited, nonetheless most consistently it suggests that EFs may be affected by chronic opiate use. Because BDRC incorporates many cognitive behavioral therapeutic techniques, includes educational and learning components and aims at improving decision making skills of the patients, we plan to evaluate a broad range of memory and executive functions of patients enrolled in the proposed study in order to identify common EFs impairments, evaluate if such impairments interfere with treatment efficacy, and if additional treatment components are necessary and can be devised in order to improve treatment efficacy for patients with cognitive impairments. We also plan to evaluate if cognitive performance improves during methadone maintenance treatment when combined with BDRC and evaluate whether presence or absence of impairments are associated with differential effects of treatments.
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