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Google to launch new payment API Android Pay
Reports suggest the launch of a new payments API, dubbed Android Pay, is imminent.
Building an emergency internet in the white spaces
How Microsoft has used white spaces radio to help with disaster recovery in the Philippines.
Japan focuses self-driving car technology
The Japanese government is looking to bring together Toyota, Nissan, and Honda, as well as Panasonic and Hitachi, to create standards and common technology for self-driving cars.
Aussies 3D print jet engine in world first
Australian scientists have created a 3D-printed jet engine, with the world-first breakthrough being tipped to result in advanced manufacturing opportunities.
Microsoft Garage incubator delivers new Windows Phone, Android productivity apps
Microsoft has made a handful of new, free experimental productivity apps for Windows Phone and Android available for download from its Garage incubator.
Data is key to IoT value: Microsoft
An Internet of Things strategy can help reduce daily cost operations for businesses, but only if it's extracting the right data, new research from Microsoft and Telsyte has revealed.
Makerbot's Jenny Lawton out as CEO in another executive shuffle
Lawton became acting CEO of Makerbot after the Brooklyn-based company's co-founder Bre Pettis stepped down last fall to take over Stratasys' Innovation Workshop.
Singapore 2015 budget retains focus on SMBs, innovation
Government continues to provide financial support to encourage skills upgrading and drive research and development efforts in the country. SMBs are offered grants to innovate and expand internationally.
Toshiba updates range of wearable, Internet of Things processors
The processors integrate sensors for data collection related to biomedical and health applications.
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Microsoft starts rolling out fitness Band preview developer kits
Microsoft is rolling out the first major update to software and services for its Microsoft fitness Band, along with the first Band developer kit previews for Windows Phone and Android phones.
Turnbull calls for earlier introduction of coding in schools
Australian Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for the country's schools to introduce IT skills such as coding to students much earlier than they do now, suggesting that children as young as five or six should be introduced to coding.
Adobe, Salesforce Ventures chip into Livefyre's $47m capital raise
Adobe and Salesforce Ventures have helped Livefyre raise an additional $32 million in its latest funding round.
Search, book review: The new 'hinge' linking people and machines
The traditional search engine will evolve into a digital personal assistant that tracks your activities and automatically delivers helpful information, according to Microsoft's Stefan Weitz, whose excellent book takes an optimistic view of this future while acknowledging the potential pitfalls.
Apple granted VR headset patent
The US Patent Office has granted Apple a patent for a virtual-reality headset designed to accommodate an iPhone for its display, much like Google's Cardboard or Samsung's Gear VR headset.
Connected car tech to watch in 2014
Who are the key players and what are the top technologies to watch out for in the automotive industry this year?
Fourteen game-changing enterprise products for 2014
As enterprise technology often struggles to keep up with the consumer world, here are the high impact products breaking into the mainstream with excellent chance to help companies keep up and get ahead.
Six clicks: 3D printing industry predictions for the next 5 years
As 3D printing increases in popularity, these are the trends we predict to take the tech world by force.
Unusual and odd uses for 3D printing
Now that 3D printing has gone beyond the world of manufacturing, we're seeing a number of interesting and, frankly, odd uses of the technology.
10 innovations in the 3D printing realm
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April Fools' 2014: The best tech pranks of the day
To celebrate the day, tech firms around the globe make announcements to try and dupe us -- and what are some of the best this year?
Photos: Which of these smartwatches will you be wearing this year?
Motorola and LG have shown off their smartwatch designs with other tech companies and fashion brands working on projects too. So would you wear one?
Foldable, swappable, invisible: 12 visions of tomorrow's tablet
Designers are busily reimagining the humble tablet. Take a look at these futuristic concept designs and decide which are likely to become reality.
Cool tech announcements this year: 2013 in Review
From super strength exoskeletons to massive neural networks, we have seen a bunch of awesome - and odd technology announcements this year.
Opulence, I has it 2013
Can't decide on gifts to buy? What if price is no object? What if you "has opulence", so to speak? With that in mind, I've updated the latest revision of my holiday gift guide for the disgustingly and oppressively wealthy.
Mankind to machine: 14 computing devices you'll be wearing in the future
If you thought Google Glass was the "future" of wearable tech, think again. From e-tattoos to 3D printed clothes, ZDNet explores what we could be wearing in the very near future.
Ladyada's Hacker Gift Guide
UPDATED for 2013. Give gifts that inspire your favorite hackers to make something great. Our exclusive Hacker Gift Guide features Ladyada's top gifts for hackers of all styles, ages and interests.
2013 in Review: Tech Turkeys of the year
And now, for your reading pleasure, the very worst from the tech world in 2013.
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 hands on: Can it help Microsoft win over tablet fans?
Surface Pro 2, with Windows 8.1, better battery life and an adjustable kickstand, is Microsoft's second swing at coming up with a tablet to unseat iOS and Android devices in the enterprise.
Innovation an endless resource
U.S. CIO Steve VanRoekel cybersecurity concerns should not be excuse not to innovate.
United States CIO: Innovation is an endless resource
Speaking Tuesday at a Churchill Club event in Palo Alto, Calif., the country's Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel discusses innovation in the federal IT landscape. He says cybersecurity concerns should not be used as an excuse not to innovate.
Inside the largest machine ever built
A look at how CERN is working to understand the universe.
Innovation spend to rise in banks: IDC
Current IT spending within banks and financial institutions focuses on maximising staff productivity and keeping the lights on, but that's all about to give way to more innovative projects in the near future, according to IDC analysts.
Helping to green data centers in Singapore
HP, which is partnering the National Environment Agency to benchmark the energy efficiency of data centers in the city-state, explains why having the right standards and tools to assess green facilities are important.
Hulu CEO: New ad innovations offer more choice to TV watchers
At the NewTeeVee conference in San Francisco, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar talks about new ad concepts the company is developing for its users, including a smart promotional spot and the option to watch a movie trailer instead of a 30-second commercial. Kilar says the future of TV is advertising but that he believes in lightening the number of ads viewers see today.
Diving deep into your IT Priorities: videos
ZDNet's IT Priorities survey, which polled 1310 IT professionals across Australia and New Zealand, provides insights into the purchasing desires of IT departments and outlines top trends for the coming year.
The Future Of... Hospitals
Hospital stays are rarely relaxing - but at Mountain View's El Camino Hospital, robots run errands, communication devices keep noise to a minimum and patient beds help translate doctors' orders. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a tour of one of the most technologically advanced medical facilities in the world.
Strict laws more effective than a firewall?
At the second IT Priorities Roundtable, which was held in Singapore last week, the panel's topic of choice was green computing.
Interop: Avaya chief pushes SIP
At the Interop conference in Las Vegas, Kevin Kennedy, CEO of Avaya, outlines the characteristics of Session Initiation Protocol. He sees SIP as a consolidating technology that will follow a similar adoption path to that of TCP/IP.


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Gun Safety Should Be Part Of Routine Doctor Check-Ups
April 9, 2013
Should gun safety be part of routine check ups? A South Carolina representative says the doctor's office is no place to be asked about guns, but some doctors say legislation against it could lead to censorship.
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text: U.S. Trails for Projected 2013 Salary Budget Increases Pay budgets, while on the low end of the global scale, haven't declined By Stephen Miller, CEBS 7/12/2012 Permissions Projected salary increases for 2013 are lowest in the United States, Spain and Japan and highest in India, China and Brazil, according to the 39th annual WorldatWork 2012-2013 Salary Budget Survey. Salary Budget Increases Actual 2012 Projected 2013 India 11.2% 10.7% China 9.1% 8.8% Brazil 7.7% 7.2% United States 2.8% 3.0% Spain 2.8% 2.9% Japan 2.6% 2.7% Source: WorldatWork. In addition, survey respondents from Singapore, Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands reported planned 2013 pay increases ranging from 3 percent to 4.3 percent. Japan, at 2.6 percent, had the survey's lowest average 2012 actual total salary budget increase of the countries surveyed, and its 2013 projections are just a tenth of a percentage point higher (at 2.7 percent). "Salary increases in growth markets such as India, China and Brazil remain strong again this year," although projections for 2013 are somewhat lower than actual 2012 increases, said Adam Sorensen, GRP, global practice leader for WorldatWork. "Although more companies are implementing integrated total rewards programs to attract and retain employees, cash remains king among employees. The war for talent—particularly for senior leaders and employees with specialized skills—rages on. Organizations must continue to be competitive in cash compensation even as they expand the range of other rewards in order to attract, motivate and retain their critical talent." Hampered by Uncertainty "Salary budget increases in the United States and Canada, while on the low end of the global scale, have not declined despite continued mixed economic signals," added Kerry Chou, CCP, a compensation practice leader at WorldatWork. "However, it is apparent that employers still view the near term with uncertainty, and as such are not making significant changes to their salary budgets." U.S. Total Salary Budget Increases, by Employee Category Actual 2012 Mean Actual 2012 Median Projected 2013 Mean Projected 2013 Median Nonmanagement (hourly nonunion) 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.0 Nonexempt salaried 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 Exempt salaried 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 Officers/executives 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 Source: WorldatWork. "The salary budget increase normally exceeds the salary structure increase because an organization's salary budget increase reflects not just the typical annual increase in wages, but also the acquisition of skills, competencies and experiences as well as employee performance, while the salary structure only reflects the annual wage increase," according to Ken Cardinal, CCP, CBP, a managing director with pay consultancy Pearl Meyer & Partners, in a WorldatWork commentary, Salary Structure Change and Compensation Increase Budgets. WorldatWork, an association of total rewards professionals, fielded the survey in April 2012, receiving 4,299 responses from 13 countries representing more than 17 million employees. Survey respondents were WorldatWork members employed in the HR, compensation and benefits departments of mostly large companies. Conference Board: U.S. Salary Increase Budgets to Rise 3% for 2013 Based on a sample of 316 companies, the Conference Board's U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2013 survey also reveals a median increase of 3 percent in 2012, just like in 2011. Projections for 2013 are 3 percent as well—an indication that the economic recovery has not yet picked up enough strength to substantially raise salary budgets. Despite the relatively low level of projected salary budget increases in 2013, the danger of inflation eroding the real value of the increase appears slight, according to the Conference Board. Stephen Miller, CEBS, is an online editor/manager for SHRM. Related Articles: Unanimity on 2013 Salary Forecasts Holding Up, SHRM Online Compensation Discipline, August 2012 Spending on Performance-Based Awards Remains Strong, SHRM Online Compensation Discipline, August 2012 Forecasted 2013 U.S. Base Salary Increases Remain Stable, SHRM Online Compensation Discipline, July 2012 38% of U.S. Workers Aren't Betting on Above-Inflation Raises, SHRM Online Compensation Discipline, July 2012 Pay Decisions Overly Focused on Benchmarks, SHRM Online Compensation Discipline, July 2012 Wage Growth Still Reels from 'Great Recession,' SHRM Online Compensation Discipline, April 2012 Median Salary Rises 4.5% for Class of 2012, SHRM Online Compensation Discipline, April 2012 Quick Links: SHRM Online Compensation Discipline SHRM Salary Survey Directory SHRM Compensation Data Center SHRM Metro Economic Outlook reports • Sign up for SHRM's free Compensation & Benefits e-newsletter Permissions Related Content Wage Growth Varied Markedly by Industry in 2014 Promotions See Uptick, but Not Related Pay Increases Forecast: Restrained Wage Growth Continues into 2015 85% of Companies Targeted Market Median for Base Pay Engineering Majors Top Salary Projections for Class of 2015 ADVERTISING LINKS


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Hi there, need some help with my first attempt at cider... My friend has a small orchard at the end of their garden and we keep missing the opportunity to gather the apples each year...this year we managed to organise ourselves! So, collected a wheelbarrow full of apples...mushed them...squeezed them...and ended up with about 20 litres of juice. put this into a clean foodsafe bucket. Following some very basic instructions on the web... we believed we just had to leave the juice uncovered inside for a few days whilst it begins to froth-up...then when the activity slows...put in demijohns with airlocks and wait a few months. The juice has been sitting for 3 days now and small mould spots are appearing on the surface...but nothing much else is happening. After reading more on the web...I see the safe route is to add campden tablets and then yeast... is it too late for us to do this? or should we stick with what we are doing? mould cant be a good sign!??? Any help would be much appreciated... we plan on collecting another batch of apples this weekend...but lots of work went into getting the first 20 litres...and we would much rather save this batch! Thank you all for your time. Ben.
It should still be ok to pitch some yeast. rehydrate the yeast first in a bowl of warm water at 35c for 15 minutes. Taste the juice to see if it tastes ok. Have you been taking hydrometer readings? You should check every day or 2 until it stabilises at or just below zero.
Hi, thanks for the quick reply... we first tested the juice the day after and it read 1.050, it is still the same 3 days later... is this because the fermentation has not started? where should I go from here? should I buy some of the campden tablets and put them in? and yeast? if so..which yeast...so many kinds! thanks for your help...really dont want to do it wrong! Ben.
I'm also a noob, but I've done a lot of research and it looks like you can use any yeast, but in order of most common/desireable they would be: Champagne Dry white wine Any wine Ale Bread (you have to be really desperate, haha) I list them all because I had a hell of a time finding champagne yeast near me.
do i need to do any of the camden tablet business???
I've only done 1 cider using champagne yeast; it took a very long time and came out very dry/tart. I had to keg it and after adding 2 cans of frozen apple juice concentrate it is actually pretty good -- something like a woodchuck cider.
Doing a natural fermentation - which is what the first poster described - is possible, but you really have to be careful with sanitation. Natural ferments can take from 1 to 7 days to start. If you do this again, I'd recommend using fresh pressed juice, filling a demijon up so that there is very little air in the top and use an airlock. Normally for fresh pressed juice I would recommend not using campden, just be careful with sanitation, but in this case where the juice has been sitting open for 3 days, I'd use the campden and pitch the yeast 24 hours later if you want a dry cider that you sip by the glass, use champagne or wine yeast. If you want to drink it by the pint, use ale, lager or wheat yeast. Read the sticky for more details
ok, many thanks...so... do i add the campden tablets...leave for 24hrs, add the yeast...then leave open still? i have the demijohns and airlocks, just not sure when to transfer to them? once the level drops from 1.050 to 1.000? thanks, ben.
I use carboys like the ones on the last page of the sticky for primary fermentation. I know a lot of recipes just call for leaving the cider in an open pail for a while, but this seems like adding a lot of unnecessary risk to the process.
Once you pitch the yeast put an airlock on it right away to avoid letting any more bacteria and oxygen into your brew. Rack it when the hydrometer reading stabilizes over a period of a few days (my ciders usually finish anywhere from 1.005 to 0.990, sometimes lower). Depending on the temperature and the yeast you use it should only take a couple of weeks.


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Thank you for visiting the North Carolina Wildlife Federation Chapter and Member networking site, now with over 870 members from all over North Carolina. We invite you to look around and hope that you will join our efforts to protect, preserve and restore wildlife and their habitat across our great state. Please feel free to join the discussions about environmental and conservation issues, and post your favorite wildlife images. (We reserve the right to delete content deemed not appropriate for this site)
After tallying over 3,000 individual votes, North Carolina's Ten Natural Wonders (in alphabetical order) are:
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TRANSYLVANIA NATURALLY! 7 May 2014
Last summer, when I became Habit Steward Certified, at the NC NWF training, I knew what I wanted to do: expand native plants for native pollinators and all fauna (us included) and eradicate invasive plants! AND! get county and city governments PROCLAMATIONS:
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It is becoming increasingly obvious that relying on coal, oil, gas, and uranium for our energy needs is environmentally destructive and not sustainable. When we look around for more benign energy sources, it is natural that we should turn to biomass as part of the answer to this problem. South Carolina is blessed with abundant forest resources,…
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In response to the increasing interest in native plants and the environment, the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens has partnered with the NC Native Plant Society and the Habitat and Wildlife Keepers to offer a series of in-depth courses combining lecture and hands-on learning, leading to a Certificate in Native Plant Studies.
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* Training in identification, plant selection, planning and maintenance of gardens and landscapes that primarily utilize native plants, and other specialized skills (depending on electives chosen).
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* Home gardeners
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NC NATIVE PLANT LISTS--Downloadable
Mecklenburg County created an extensive list of native plants, their soil and light requirements and what they provide for wildlife. Feel free to download these files to your computer
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Invasive Plants of North Carolina
Meck County Invasive list and native alternatives.doc
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History & Storytelling at the CarnegiePosted Monday, September 10, 2012, at 9:40 AM
Be sure to mark your calendar for this Thursday, September 13th from 6-9pm to be at the Carnegie Heritage & Arts Center of Greene County if you are interested in hearing stories of long ago.
Fred Markle will be leading the history and storytelling session. He has in the past given several history tours of the downtown Linton area to elementary classes enlightening many young minds of exciting events that took place in our small town. Storytelling is becoming a lost art. Gone are the days of sitting on the porch and listening to grandpa or grandma tell stories from the past. Instead we are immersed in our technology and many of our youth are missing an important part of our heritage. Don't miss this great opportunity to learn local history from one of the best and add a story or two of your own! The Carnegie Heritage & Arts Center is located at 110 East Vincennes Street in Linton. Regular hours are Tuesday noon -3 p.m., Wednesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Saturday by appointment. For more information call 812 847-0165. Donna is president and founder of the Carnegie Heritage & Arts Center of Greene County. She can be reached at email@example.com . |
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IBM Helps Transform Thames Water Using Big Data Analytics In Preparation For Future Growth
LONDON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has been appointed as the Technology and Innovation Partner in the Thames Water AMP6 Alliance. IBM together with Thames Water will create innovative strategies by analyzing big data and social media with the aim of improving operations and customer interaction while preparing the water company for future transformation. As part of the alliance IBM will help shape the water company's business plan which supports essential improvements to aging water and sewer networks across London and the Thames Valley.
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Thames Water provides clean and wastewater services to 14 million households and businesses in London and the South East of England - more than any other UK Water Company. The alliance, the biggest in the UK Water Sector, is set to carry out between £2bn and £3bn of work and signals a complete transformation in the way Thames Water operates.
"We have a significant amount of work to do upgrading our deteriorating infrastructure over the next 25 years and beyond, while keeping customers' bills affordable. If we are to achieve this a different approach is required," said Lawrence Gosden, Asset Director, Thames Water.
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The idea that Martin Luther King, Jr. would bless our presence in Afghanistan is an insult to his memory.
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Vang Pao's passing reminds us how U.S. enables drug dealing as means to foreign-policy ends.
A nuclear attack is a good opportunity to "cocoon."
There is a tendency among right-wing think tanks in the United States involved in Middle East policy to employ "experts" from the region to bolster their pro-war advocacy campaigns.
If, as 2011 begins, you want to peer into the future, enter my time machine, strap yourself in, and head for the past, that laboratory for all developments of our moment and beyond.
The U.S. nuclear-weapons program is long on money, short on recruits.
Those on the left cede defense issues to the right and the center.
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Wyclef Jean - Wyclef Jean To Write Seven Books
Wyclef Jean's memoir is the first of seven books the musician is planning to write.
The Fugees star has opened up about his life story in his new autobiography, Purpose: An Immigrant's Story, and he details his time in the group as well as his relationship with former bandmate Lauryn Hill.
Jean has now revealed the tome is part of a massive writing project which will be kickstarted by the release of his memoirs.
He tells MTV.com, "I'm gonna write seven books, and the first one was a memoir because of one of the things I learned when I ran for president (of Haiti) and got bamboozled. The mass world, what they know about Wyclef is basically that he can sing, he can produce, he can write songs, but they don't know how smart musicians actually are and where they're from.
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Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday reiterated his ministry's stand that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should come under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Addressing a press conference on exposure draft of the National Youth Policy 2012 here, Maken said his ministry had approached the Central Information Commission (CIC) with a request to include the BCCI under RTI.
"Various State governments have given land (for construction of stadia) to the BCCI. Between 1996 and 2006, the BCCI has got tax exemption of Rs. 365 crore and that is all public money.
"Besides, it is selecting the team as India. For all these reasons, it cannot call itself a private body," said Maken.
Asked about the possibility of five-time World chess champion Vishwanathan Anand being backed by the Sports Ministry for Bharat Ratna, Maken said his ministry would not promote any particular sportsperson for the award.
"The Prime Minister will decide which sportsperson from which game will get the award. We will be happy in case any sportsperson gets the award…It's like asking a mother which of her sons is dearer to her. Like a mother, I cannot say which sportsperson should get Bharat Ratna first," said the Minister.
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Birth name | Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri |
Ring name(s) | Ali Vasari[1] Col. Mustafa[1] Great Hossein Arab[1] The Iron Sheik[2] |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1][2] |
Billed weight | 258 lb (117 kg)[1] |
Born | [3] Tehran, Iran[2][4] | March 15, 1942
Resides | Fayetteville, Georgia, USA[5] |
Billed from | Tehran, Iran Baghdad, Iraq (as Col. Mustafa) |
Trained by | Verne Gagne[2] Billy Robinson |
Debut | 1972[1] |
The Iron Sheik | |
Birth name | Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri |
Ring name(s) | Ali Vasari[1] Col. Mustafa[1] Great Hossein Arab[1] The Iron Sheik[2] |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1][2] |
Billed weight | 258 lb (117 kg)[1] |
Born | [3] Tehran, Iran[2][4] | March 15, 1942
Resides | Fayetteville, Georgia, USA[5] |
Billed from | Tehran, Iran Baghdad, Iraq (as Col. Mustafa) |
Trained by | Verne Gagne[2] Billy Robinson |
Debut | 1972[1] |
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian:حسین خسرو علی وزیری) (born March 15, 1942)[6] is a semi-retired Iranian professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik. He is known for ending the near six-year World Wrestling Federation Championship reign of Bob Backlund, and for being the man Hulk Hogan defeated for his first WWF Championship.
A heel throughout the 1980s, he later gained popularity on Kidd Chris, The Howard Stern Show, and on the Internet due to his shoot interviews and outbursts on the wrestling industry and the hatred he expressed for various wrestlers.
Khosrow was born in Tehran, Iran. He made a name for himself as an amateur wrestler, and also worked as a bodyguard for Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his family for several years.[4]
Khosrow competed to become part of the Iranian Olympic Greco Roman team for the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico.[4]
After this, he moved to the United States and became the assistant coach of two U.S. Olympic squads in the 1970s. In 1971, he was the Amateur Athletic Union Greco-Roman wrestling champion at 180.5 pounds.[7] He was assistant coach to the USA team for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
In 1972, Khosrow was invited to become a professional wrestler by promoter Verne Gagne. Khosrow trained at Gagne's wrestling camp under trainer Billy Robinson (in the same class as Ric Flair) and then wrestled for Gagne's American Wrestling Association. He also worked as a trainer, teaching Ricky Steamboat, Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell.[8]
Khosrow first wrestled as a face in preliminary matches before a promoter suggested that he adopt a heel gimmick similar to that of the notorious Sheik.[8]
Khosrow obliged and adopted what came to be his signature look: he shaved his head bald, grew a traditional "buffo" style mustache, added wrestling boots with the toe curled up (a nod to his ethnic background which, according to Khosrow, was an idea from Jimmy Snuka).[citation needed] He also introduced the Persian clubs, a sport in his native Iran, and challenged wrestlers to do as many swings as him.[9] His Iranian gimmick received attention due the events of the Iranian revolution.[8]
Taking the name The Great Hossein Arab, he won his first title, the Canadian Tag Team Championship, with partner the Texas Outlaw.
He caught the eye of the WWF where he made his debut in 1979 and won the first-ever Battle Royal in Madison Square Garden, New York City. This earned him a title shot at then-champion Bob Backlund, who pinned him later that night in a 30-minute battle.[10] He later feuded with Chief Jay Strongbow and Bruno Sammartino before leaving in 1980.[11]
Khosrow resurfaced as The Iron Sheik in the NWA territories. Playing on real-life political matters (notably the Iran hostage crisis) and the animosity Americans had for the country of Iran, he moved on to the Mid-South and Mid-Atlantic territories, capturing the Mid-Atlantic title from Jim Brunzell before moving to Georgia Championship Wrestling. There, he had notable matches with Dusty Rhodes, Dick Murdoch, and Tommy Rich, and traded the National TV title with Ron Garvin.[12]
The Iron Sheik returned to the WWF in 1983 and challenged Backlund for WWF World Heavyweight Championship again. Backlund accepted, an on the December 24 episode of All- American Wrestling, also accepted Sheik's weekly Persian club challenge. He was successful in his third attempt to swing the clubs, and the Sheik immediately attacked him from behind, injuring his neck. In the December 26 title bout at Madison Square Garden, Backlund attempted to roll Sheik into a bridge pin, but this aggravated his weakened neck. Sheik capitalized by applying his Camel Clutch chinlock finisher. Backlund didn't submit, but his concerned manager Arnold Skaaland threw in the towel and forfeited the championship.[13]
The Iron Sheik rematched Backlund undecisively at house shows and primarily defended the title against Chief Jay Strongbow, as well as Pat Patterson, Salvatore Bellomo and Bobby Bradley. On national TV, he defeated only jobbers, but wrestled Tito Santana on a live PRISM broadcast from The Spectrum in Philadelphia on January 21, 1984. This match was later included on WWE's Legends of Wrestling 3 compilation.[14]
Two days later, at Madison Square Garden, The Iron Sheik was scheduled to rematch Backlund, who was replaced by Hulk Hogan. Five minutes in, Sheik had Hogan locked in the Camel Clutch. Hogan powered to his feet with Sheik still on his back, rammed him backwards into the turnbuckles and hit his Big Ledrop for the pin and the championship. This moment is generally considered the beginning of "Hulkamania".[15]
He then bitterly feuded with Sgt. Slaughter, eventually losing a "Boot Camp Rules" match. As a tag team partner with Nikolai Volkoff, and under the management of "Classy" Freddie Blassie, the newly dubbed "Foreign Legion" won the WWF World tag team title from the U.S. Express at the first WrestleMania.[16] Part of the pair's regular entrance consisted of waving the flags of Iran and the Soviet Union, then demanding that the crowd be quiet and "show respect" while Volkoff sang a throaty version of the Soviet national anthem, a demand that usually only attracted boos from the crowd. Sheik then usually grabbed the mic and said "Iran number 1, Russia number 1, USA (followed by a simulated spitting act)." It was all designed to get major heat from the crowd. During his stint in the WWF, he appeared in the music video for Cyndi Lauper's "Goonies 'R' Good Enough" as a part of the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection.[17]
In May 1987, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan (an on-screen rival) and Khosrow were pulled over by New Jersey police after a WWF event, suspecting Duggan of DUI. After a search of the vehicle and the persons, police discovered that Duggan was under the influence of marijuana while the Sheik was high on cocaine. Small amounts of cocaine were also found in the vehicle. Duggan received a conditional release while the Sheik was placed on probation for a year. The mini-scandal that erupted after two in-ring enemies were found drinking and doing drugs together led to the end of the angle, the Sheik's release, and Duggan's temporary departure from the WWF.[1][8][18][19][20] In 1988, The Iron Sheik returned to the WWF but the return was short-lived.[21]
In 1987, The Iron Sheik competed in Dallas' World Class Championship Wrestling where he feuded with Matt Borne over the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship.[22] He stayed with that organization for only a few months, followed by brief stints with the AWA, where he attacked Sgt. Slaughter during a match, and Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council. In addition to reigniting his feud with Slaughter and teaming with Col. Debeers, his main opponent during this time period was Tony Atlas, who he feuded with in both WCCW and WWC.[23]
In 1989, he had a stint in the National Wrestling Alliance, where he feuded with Sting over the NWA World Television Championship. He left in 1990.[24]
He returned to the WWF again in 1991, making his re-debut on Wrestling Challenge as Colonel Mustafa, and was aligned with former enemy Sgt. Slaughter. Along with Iraqi General Adnan, Slaughter and Mustafa were portrayed as Iraqi sympathizers during the first Gulf War and feuded with Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior. Following Slaughter's face turn after SummerSlam 1991, he teamed with General Adnan until the middle of 1992, when he left the promotion again.[25]
The Iron Sheik wrestled independently afterward, and went on a wrestling tour to Nigeria in 1994, promoted by Chris Adams and co-sponsored by Pepsi, and featuring former WWF stars Jimmy Snuka, Greg Valentine, Demolition Ax, and World Class wrestler/owner Kevin Von Erich.
The Sheik was the second champion of "Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble's Century Wrestling Alliance, originally winning the title from Tommy Dreamer in Burlington, Vermont on March 21, and dropping the championship to Vic Steamboat on October 23, 1993 in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
In 1992, the Sheik tried his hand at strong style professional wrestling in the UWFi in Japan. He lost by tap-out to Yoji Anjo in about 5:30 (the in-ring action of the UWFi, though tailored to resemble an actual competitive bout, was in fact made up of predetermined outcomes).
In late 1996, the Sheik teamed with his old nemesis Bob Backlund to manage WWF wrestler The Sultan, who had a Middle Eastern gimmick. He then failed another drug test (he refers to this as a "medicine test" in various interviews) and was released.
On April 1, 2001, at WrestleMania X-Seven, The Iron Sheik won the Gimmick Battle Royal, a match between other popular or outlandish wrestlers from the 1980s and 1990s. Rather than being booed for winning, the villainous Sheik was cheered as a fan favorite. He went on to wrestle in various independent promotions for several years afterwards and he still appears at independent events today.[26]
In 2005, The Iron Sheik was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his old rival, Sgt. Slaughter.[27] On the June 11, 2007 episode of Raw, he, along with Jimmy Snuka, appeared in a taped segment showing their appreciation of WWE owner Vince McMahon. On the June 18 episode of Raw, he approached McMahon's executive assistant Jonathan Coachman about having his own interview show on Raw. Coach replied saying, "I like the idea and I will really take some time to consider it."[28] On August 13, he appeared on an episode of Raw held at Madison Square Garden for a WWE version of American Idol. Sheik came out with Nikolai Volkoff while Volkoff sang the Soviet anthem. The March 10, 2008 edition of Raw featured rematches from previous WrestleManias. Iron Sheik appeared with Nikolai Volkoff to face off against the U.S. Express in a rematch from the first WrestleMania. Before the bout could begin, they were interrupted by Jillian Hall, who came out to sing the Bruce Springsteen song "Born in the USA."
In 2004, his MWF Studio Shoot Interview DVD made him a star to a whole new generation of fans, talking about his hatred for Brian Blair, Hulk Hogan, Jake Roberts and others.
On October 2, 2009, on the 10th anniversary of Smackdown, he appeared backstage arguing with Sgt. Slaughter, choking on a shrimp, then helped by Hurricane Helms.
He made an appearance on WWE Monday Night Raw on November 16, 2009 in the opening of the show, with Rowdy Roddy Piper and Luis Guzmán, going nuts on Hulk Hogan and proving his dominance with a LJN WWF action figure of himself and Hulk Hogan.
The Iron Sheik's final match took place at MWF Soul Survivor VI April 24, 2010 in Melrose, Massachusetts, teaming with TNA star "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal to defeat "Stalker" Dylan Kage (with Paul Bearer) by making Kage submit to the camel clutch. The Sheik remains active in the MWF as a manager.
On the November 15, 2010, edition of Raw, as part of the Old School theme, Iron Sheik appeared with Nikolai Volkoff, singing the Soviet national anthem before being interrupted by Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov, the latter of whom then sung a duet with Volkoff of the Russian National anthem. He then proceeded to rant on Hulk Hogan until his microphone was cut off.
He recently[when?] underwent an ankle operation to repair his damaged left ankle, which is one of the many injuries he has sustained over his long professional and amateur wrestling career. The operation lasted 9 hours. In an interview, Khosrow stated that, although he found a big improvement, he felt like he had another 50 percent to fully recover, and he is currently[when?] doing training therapy to improve his walking skills.
On November 6, 2013, he challenged the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, to an arm wrestling match.[29]
The Iron Sheik made his film debut in The Tale of the 3 Mohammads in 2005. He then appeared alongside Daniel Baldwin and Corey Feldman in Operation Belvis Bash in 2011. Sheik also made an appearance on the Canadian show Kenny vs. Spenny on the "Who is a better pro wrestler?" episode where he attempted to sodomize a naked Spenny with a beer bottle. He also appeared in Maz Jobrani's 2009 stand-up comedy special Brown & Friendly.
Vaziri was a former soldier in the Iranian Army.[30] He married Caryl Peterson in 1974. They have three grown daughters as well as five grandchildren together. Vaziri's eldest daughter, Marissa Jeanne Vaziri, was found strangled to death in her apartment on May 5, 2003, at the age of 27. Marissa's boyfriend, Charles Warren Reynolds, 38, confessed to the crime and was charged with murder.[31]
In August 2013, long-time wrestling fans Page and Jian Magen crowdsourced $40,441 to write, direct and produce a documentary, Iranian Legend: The Iron Sheik Story.[32][33] Some of the proceeds from the film will be used toward the costs of double knee and ankle surgery he cannot afford.[33]
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Media Create sales figures for this week have finally been released, showing that the Wii U has finally reached the 1 million mark for sales in Japan. For comparison, the Wii U reached this number in only 33 weeks, while the PlayStation 3 took 38 weeks to achieve this sales figure when it was released.
Even though the PlayStation 3 launched with a high price point, the Wii U doesn't seem to be faring as bad in Japan as it is in the rest of the world, especially Europe.
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The Sámi area of Northern Lapland offers year round unlimited outdoor and indoor activities, and most of all close contact with the unique culture of the Sámi – the only indigenous people of the European Union. The Sámi live in the Northern parts of Finland, Norway and Sweden as well as in parts of North-Eastern Russia. In Finland, the Sámi population is approximately 9 000 strong, and the preservation of their endangered language and culture is governed by an autonomous parliament of Inari, Finland. At the end of January and beginning of February, you can celebrate the end of the polar night by going to the Skábmagovat, the Indigenous Peoples' Film and TV Production Festival in Inari or join the Sámi for their National Day celebrations on February 6. In the summer, you can take part in the Teno river salmon fishing championship in Utsjoki in July, while the Music Festival of Indigenous Peoples, Ijahis idja (Nightless Night), and the Triphon procession of the Russian-orthodox Skolt-Sámi through four villages all take place in August.
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Brian Wool | April 24, 2008 | Comments
Can a local search application on Facebook help someone find a dentist or contractor better than Google? First of a two-part series.
There's been a lot of talk this year about Facebook opening up its platform and allowing outside companies to build applications specifically for its site. Already, I've seen social applications running the gamut from charities to beer. Facebook's new open platform will allow developers to create applications that keep its members engaged and interested and will also provide companies a direct avenue to monetize these applications.
Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with the CEOs of two local search applications launched for Facebook -- DoYa? and Loladex. In part one of this column, here's what Alson Kemp, CEO of DoYa? says about his company's plan for its social application:
Brian Wool:
Can you provide an overview of your Facebook application?Alson Kemp:
DoYa? is one of the leading social search applications on Facebook and is rapidly becoming one of the best ways to ask for and to share recommendations among friends. What sets us apart from our competitors is that we are taking business listings and combining them with a social network (the next generation of communication platforms). This modernizes and improves the oldest and most effective way to get recommendations for local businesses and service providers: word of mouth.One of the keys to our success in this space has been the comprehensiveness and quality of our local search results. This makes it easy for users to find and make recommendations for their favorite businesses.
How did you weigh the advantages of creating a local application on Facebook over building a standalone local directory?AK:
By working with Facebook, we get access to their great application platform and vast resources. Facebook has extensive advertising channels and viral marketing opportunities, not to mention a great brand. If we chose to go alone, we'd have to reinvent all of these assets.Being able to tap into the collective knowledge of a group of friends dramatically increases the relevance of the recommendations that a user can receive. Companies like Amazon.com and Netflix are building functions to provide users with personalized recommendations based on previous searches or purchases, but we're betting that people can gauge the preferences of their friends better than an algorithm.
We're also finding that businesses and service providers are extremely interested in social networks but are unclear on how to take advantage of them. Naturally, we're here to answer the question of how local businesses can take advantage of Facebook.
What business categories do you anticipate gaining the most traction within your application and social overall?AK:
It's tempting to try and pigeonhole social applications to a particular category but any business that benefits from word-of-mouth marketing will benefit from social networks. Our application focuses on helping people ask their friends for recommendations, so we're currently gaining traction in high-value service categories, such as doctors, contractors, dentists, Realtors, etc. At the same time, we have a wealth of listings for restaurants in our database, so we also see a number of recommendations for them.BW:
How do you plan on monetizing your application?AK:
We're a lead-generation application and have a revenue model that looks much like one would expect for a local search company: differentiated presentation, coupons, advertising, etc. We add to that base, the services only available within a social network. For example, we can tell a Realtor how effective her clients are at recommending her to their friends. That's very valuable information to a local service provider. Effectively, each local business has an implicit word-of-mouth marketing campaign and we provide the services to help them manage, track, analyze, and improve upon it.BW:
How does the personalization aspect of social search impact user experience?AK:
The primary effect is the tremendous increase in search relevancy. Google's done a great job of building clever algorithms to try to figure out my search needs, but, even with today's technology, searching for a dentist on Google yields results only marginally better than flipping through the phone book. Instead, in addition to providing the general information about the listing [like contact information], we personalize our local search results to show users what businesses their friends use and recommend. This allows us to return a smaller result set and, at the same time, provide much more value because of the enhanced relevance.Stepping away from social search, this boost in relevancy holds across nearly any market segment or Web activity. Our friends are similar to us and infusing a Web application with knowledge of me and of my friends will nearly always improve the experience. Searching for clothes? Searching for a car? Searching for a local service provider? You're probably going to want to look at businesses or products that are similar to your friends have chosen. Playing a video game? Probably going to want to play against a friend. Going on a vacation? Reading news? Bring in knowledge about my friends and improve my experience.
Stay tuned for my next column when the co-founder and CEO of Loladex, Laurence Hooper, discusses his company's plans for socializing search.
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A few thoughts on the Bruins' 4-3 loss Sunday to the Canadiens at TD Garden:
CHARA STEPS UP: The asinine sports radio callers who have been saying Zdeno Chara doesn't stand up for his teammates because he didn't fight John Scott can now hush.
And those who say Chara shouldn't step in much have a little more ammunition for their argument.
Chara went after Montreal's Alexei Emelin in the second period Sunday night after Emelin cross-checked Tyler Seguin in the neutral zone. It wasn't clear where exactly Seguin was hit (it appeared to be in the ribs or abdomen), but the winger had to leave the ice temporarily.
Emelin broke his stick on the cross-check and went into his defensive zone. Chara hunted him down and, predictably, the 6-foot-9 Boston captain mauled the 6-foot-2 Emelin, who's known as a pest for his stick work.
Chara was given 17 minutes of penalties for instigating. The incident happened at 15:35 of the second period, meaning Chara missed the right of the second and the first 13-plus minutes of the third period.
In that time, the Canadiens went from down 3-2 to up 4-3. In a meeting for first place in the Eastern Conference, the Bruins were without their best player for most of the second half of the game. Chara played a season-low 17:16.
It's not to say it was a bad play by Chara; those types of retribution plays are necessary from time to time, and taking a big hit on one of the Bruins' top forwards — especially one that looks like it may have caused an injury — can't be accepted. It helps team camaraderie to know a 6-foot-9, 255-pound monster has your back.
But the absence of the big Slovak made it obvious just how valuable he is. Against Montreal, that absence may have cost the Bruins the game.
JULIEN CALLS OUT HABS: Claude Julien made it clear after the game he did not like the way the Canadiens played Sunday.
"Tonight there was a lot of embellishment," Julien told reporters in his post-game press conference. "And it's pretty embarrassing for our game, embellishing. Right now, they've got over 100 power plays so far and it's pretty obvious why. We're trying to clean that our of our game and it's got to be done soon."


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- Seeing non-existent events: effects of environmental conditions, schizotypal symptoms, and sub-clinical characteristicsPhil Reed
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, Psychological Medicine, 66 Snowsfields, London SE1 3SS, UK
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 39:276-91. 2008..This tendency was especially pronounced in the high schizotypy group. False perceptions were predicted by positive schizotypy and disposition to hallucinations after controlling for trait anxiety, depression and delusional ideation... - Impaired flexible decision-making in Major Depressive DisorderMatteo Cella
Department of Psychology, Swansea University, United Kingdom
J Affect Disord 124:207-10. 2010..Depression is associated with dysfunctional affective states, neuropsychological impairment and altered sensitivity to reward and punishment. These impairments can influence complex decision-making in changing environments... - Metacognitive awareness of cognitive problems in schizophrenia: exploring the role of symptoms and self-esteemM Cella
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Psychol Med 44:469-76. 2014..Symptom severity, and also self-esteem and social functioning, can have an impact on cognitive problem perception and help to explain the gap between objective and subjective cognitive assessments in psychosis... - Cognitions, behaviours and co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses in patients with chronic fatigue syndromeM Cella
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Psychol Med 43:375-80. 2013..This study aims to measure the prevalence of specific cognitions and behaviours in patients with CFS and to determine their association with co-morbid anxiety or depression disorders... - How psychotic-like are paranormal beliefs?Matteo Cella
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 43:897-900. 2012..This study investigates the association of PLE and paranormal beliefs with psychological distress... - Does the heterogeneity of chronic fatigue syndrome moderate the response to cognitive behaviour therapy? An exploratory studyMatteo Cella
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Psychother Psychosom 80:353-8. 2011..Two recent systematic reviews suggest that heterogeneity may moderate treatment outcomes. However, no study has explored whether subgroups of CFS predict response to treatment... - Measuring disability in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: reliability and validity of the Work and Social Adjustment ScaleMatteo Cella
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
J Psychosom Res 71:124-8. 2011..The Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) is a simple and clear measure of disability. Although the scale is widely used, no study has yet investigated its psychometric properties in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)... - Measuring fatigue in clinical and community settingsMatteo Cella
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
J Psychosom Res 69:17-22. 2010..The Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFQ) is a widely used instrument to assess fatigue in both clinical and nonclinical settings. Psychometric properties of the scale and discriminative abilities were examined... - Delusional profiles among young adults: a latent class analysis of delusion pronenessMatteo Cella
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College, London, United Kingdom
Psychiatry Res 185:97-101. 2011..Latent structures of sub-clinical symptoms can be observed also in non-clinical population; paranoid thinking is the most common delusional theme... - Impairment in flexible emotion-based learning in hallucination- and delusion-prone individualsMatteo Cella
Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
Psychiatry Res 170:70-4. 2009.... - Cognitive decision modelling of emotion-based learning impairment in schizophrenia: the role of awarenessMatteo Cella
Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK
Psychiatry Res 196:15-9. 2012..Overall, a lack of awareness may be an important aspect in understanding impaired social cognitive functioning and emotion-based learning observed in schizophrenia... - The contingency-shifting variant Iowa Gambling Task: an investigation with young adultsSimon Dymond
Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 32:239-48. 2010..Overall, the contingency-shifting variant IGT may have potential as a novel measure of reversal learning in experimental and clinical settings... - The relationship between dysphoria and proneness to hallucination and delusions among young adultsMatteo Cella
Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 0HX, United Kingdom School of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA20HX, United Kingdom
Compr Psychiatry 49:544-50. 2008..The results are discussed in the framework of the cognitive account of schizophrenia and the dimensional model of psychopathology... - Understanding processing speed--its subcomponents and their relationship to characteristics of people with schizophreniaMatteo Cella
a Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 18:437-51. 2013..This study explores potential subcomponents of processing speed in schizophrenia and their relationship with demographic, clinical, and neuropsychological characteristics... - Therapist effects in routine psychotherapy practice: an account from chronic fatigue syndromeMatteo Cella
King s College, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Psychother Res 21:168-78. 2011..Future studies may stress the importance of these factors in the investigation of the therapist effect in psychotherapy... - Effects of decision-phase time constraints on emotion-based learning in the Iowa Gambling TaskMatteo Cella
Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
Brain Cogn 64:164-9. 2007..Overall, our findings demonstrate, for the first time, the effects of decision-phase time constraints on emotion-based learning and indicate that the IGT reward/punishment schedules are to some extent cognitively penetrable... - It is all in the factors: effects of cognitive remediation on symptom dimensionsMatteo Cella
King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Schizophr Res 156:60-2. 2014..This limited effect may be because the symptom clusters considered are too broad and heterogeneous. This study explores, for the first time, the effect of CR on five empirically defined symptom dimensions of schizophrenia... - Auditory verbal hallucinations in persons with and without a need for careLouise C Johns
King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, London, UK South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Schizophr Bull 40:S255-64. 2014..However, their predictive value for specific psychiatric disorders is not entirely clear. The theoretical and clinical implications of the reviewed findings are discussed, together with directions for future research. .. - Measuring community functioning in schizophrenia with the Social Behaviour ScheduleMatteo Cella
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Schizophr Res 153:220-4. 2014..This study aims to re-assess the Social Behaviour Schedule (SBS) to fulfil this measurement role... - Gender and duration of untreated psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysisMaria Teresa Cascio
Programma 2000 Center for Early Detection and Intervention in Psychosis, Department of Mental Health, Niguarda Ca Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy
Early Interv Psychiatry 6:115-27. 2012..Previous studies have suggested that gender may influence the length of DUP. This study reports the result of the first systematic literature review and meta-analysis on the role of gender in influencing DUP in first-episode psychosis... - Analysis of clinical uncertainties by health professionals and patients: an example from mental healthKeith Lloyd
Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 9:34. 2009.... - Narrating uncertainties about treatment of mental health conditionsFrances L Rapport
Centre for Health Information, Research and Evaluation, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Grove Building, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 45:371-9. 2010....


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