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it was great I am planning on going back again soon. maybe even working there to help. Posted a few photos see if others see what I see. Waiting on my sons photos to be printed then we can see if any thing else is there. Very strange vibes down there though
I haven't been there, but I saw a feature about the tunnels on the Travel Channel recently. I'd definitely recommend taking the tour based on what I saw.
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PIXEL, an interactive LED display for pixel art1/14/2013 | Edgar Mutelbrünk
Here's a nice LED display in a nice frame that can display different pixel art files. You can put new files on to the dispay by using an Android phone and a kit will cost you around $200.
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Volkswagen Type 2 T1
Nice to see you at my Volkswagen Type 2 T1 page! As you probably all know, I am a huge fan of the Volkswagen Bus, introduced by German automaker Volkswagen. And I hope that in the near future I can own a VW T1 Van. If you know someone, who is willing to sell his own T1 Van. Think about me and please don't hesitate to contact me
Volkswagen Type 2 T1
My obsession with this forerunner of modern cargo and passenger vans, did not came completely by accident. I started to develop this fascination for the Volkswagen T1 a few decades ago, when my friends and I where traveling across Europe. When I drove this amazing vehicle for the first time, it was love at first sight. The Volkswagen Type 2 (also officially known as Transporter or informally as Bus) was the second model introduced by German automaker Volkswagen. It was a panel van introduced in 1950, initially based on VW's first model, the Type 1, also known as the "Beetle".
The first generation of the Volkswagen Type 2 with the split windshield, informally called the Microbus, Splitscreen, or Splittie among modern fans. There were different versions of the T2. Models before 1971 are often called the T2a (or "Early Bay"), while models after 1972 are called the T2b (or "Late Bay"). T2C term is used for the buses in the early 90s, for cars with raised roofs, specially built for U.S. market merchants. From 1950 to 1956, the T1 was built in Wolfsburg; from 1956 it was built at the completely new Volkswagen Transporter T1 factory in Hanover, later in Mexico and finally built in Brazil. The T2 is to this day produced (only for Brazilian market), and is the longest-running Volkswagen model.
History of the Volkswagen bus
The Volkswagen Bus - also called Type 2 - is the second model which was produced by postwar Volkswagen. After the Second World War there was a large demand for commercial vehicles, Volkswagen soon developed itself as the leader in this segment. Under the name, Type 2 they brought 5 variations on the market, from the T1 to T5. The name Type 2 is, in contrary to what sometimes is thought, not synonymous for a T2 bus. During the fifties the Type 2 had no competition. Of course many car manufactures around the world constructed a commercial vehicle, because many retailers were simply dependent on their van, with the introduction of the Volkswagen Bus it was the start of a new era. »
VW Type 2 Restoration
In many countries, VW vans and pick-ups are lovingly restored to their original state, and in such a way that a Car Show easily can be won with it. Always keep in mind that the restoration of a Volkswagen Microbus is not the cheapest hobby a man can choose, but it is economically justified in compare to the price of a new commercial vehicle. Many people experience a joyous feeling of nostalgia when seated in a classic Volkswagen Mini Van that's because of it's friendly character. The VW Bus became part of the family and relatives, how worn, boring or recalcitrant, this car should be cherished. »


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nick Johnson scored 23 points and freshman Aaron Gordon added 16 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 6 Arizona to a 69-60 victory over San Diego State on Thursday night.
JJ O'Brien and Xavier Thames had 19 points each for the Aztecs (1-1), who had won two of the last three meetings with Arizona (3-0), the loss coming in the final seconds of last year's Diamond Head Classic.
Arizona had a 14-point lead midway through the second half, but San Diego State rallied, closing within four points on Thames' layup with less than 2 minutes remaining.
Gordon then had a soaring dunk off an inbounds pass to put away the Aztecs in the game played at Viejas Arena.
No. 13 MEMPHIS 95, AUSTIN PEAY 69
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Joe Jackson had 16 points and seven assists as six Memphis players scored in double figures.
Memphis (1-0) shot 54 percent from the field and its pressing defense forced 22 turnovers by the Governors (1-1).
Michael Dixon Jr. was 5 of 7 from the field and scored 15 points for Memphis, while Nick King had 13 points and Geron Johnson and Chris Crawford finished with 11 each. Johnson grabbed 10 rebounds.
Ed Dyson scored 11 points to lead the Governors and Zavion Williams and Chris Freeman added 10 each.
Memphis had its own turnover problems with 21 in its uptempo approach, but it wasn't nearly as damaging as Austin Peay's. Memphis had 27 points off turnovers, compared to 14 for the Governors.
Memphis outrebounded the Governors 50-27. The 29 turnovers by Austin Peay, included four steals each from Dixon and Crawford.
No. 16 WICHITA ST. 79, WILLIAM & MARY 62
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fred VanVleet had a career-high 18 points and Cleanthony Early added 14 for Wichita State.
Ron Baker added 13 points and Kadeem Coleby had 10 for the Shockers (3-0), who have won 20 straight non-conference games at home by an average of 22 points.
Marcus Thornton had 18 points to lead the Tribe (1-2), who were just 11 of 22 from the free throw line. Tim Rusthoven added 13 points and freshman Omar Prewitt finished with 11.
The Tribe rolled to a 13-3 lead in the opening minutes, and never trailed in the first half. Rusthoven had 10 points in the first 20 minutes, dominating in the post.
Early — one of the breakout stars of last year's Final Four — hit a long 3-pointer that got Wichita State within 39-38 at halftime.
Mired in foul trouble, William & Mary began to let the game slip away in the second half. Wichita State took its first lead on Coleby's dunk to start the second half, and then pushed the lead to 53-43 on a 3-pointer by VanVleet a few minutes later.
No. 19 CONNECTICUT 101, DETROIT 55
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Omar Calhoun led six Connecticut players in double figures with 17 points in the opening round of the 2K Sports Classic.
Niels Giffey tied the career high he set against Yale on Monday with 15 points, all in the first half, for UConn (3-0). The Huskies used a 21-2 run to take a 48-26 halftime lead.
Ryan Boatright had 12 points and seven assists for UConn and Shabazz Napier added 10 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, three days after recording the second triple-double of his career.
All 14 Huskies played, and 13 scored.
Matthew Grant led Detroit (1-2) with 15 points. Juwan Howard Jr., the son of former NBA player and current Miami Heat assistant coach Juwan Howard, added 14.
UConn scored 100 points for the first time since March 2009, when it put up 103 on Chattanooga.


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This year, in a concerted effort, Angela Thompson and colleagues set out moth traps to determine where and when the southwest corn borers were coming inside Tennessee's borders. So far, "we've been rather surprised at the numbers we're trapping," says the Extension corn/soybean specialist. "This early generation is large."
It may not be a harbinger of bad things to come but producers need to know the possibility for borer problems, says Thompson. "Farmers need to keep their eyes peeled."
"We've got traps from west Tennessee all the way into the middle part of the state," says Russ Patrick, Extension entomologist with the University of Tennessee. "Trapped numbers have been pretty consistent right across that range."
Most Tennessee producers don't spray for the first generation. The generation Thompson and Patrick are most concerned about is the second – and the potential for that one to be heavy is picking up.
"In other states, 75 to 80 moths per trap, per week may not be a large number," says Patrick. "In Tennessee, though, that's a substantial increase over the norm. The last time we saw such moth numbers was 1998-1999."
Current trap numbers have been seen since late May. "We'd had the traps out for a month and suddenly the flush came," says Patrick. "The numbers seem to be building more than they have in the past.
"It looks like the increased moth counts are state-wide. It's definitely the case in western and middle-Tennessee. I don't have traps in the east but if precedence holds, corn borers are there, too. They were in eastern Tennessee last year."
There are plans later in the season to make some "over-sprays" in areas where it's believed the corn borers will be especially heavy. "We want to see what treatment options work best to prevent damage," says Thompson. "If spraying isn't an option for a producer – maybe he can't get an airplane in – we'll encourage him to harvest his corn as soon as it's ready. In those situations that's the proper approach. To help prevent lodging, you don't want to leave the corn out any longer than necessary."
Overall, Tennessee's corn is doing well – especially since the first of June, says Thompson. "However, some of our corn planted after Easter has struggled. We've still got some fields of erratic size. There is some corn ready to tassel this week along with some replanted corn three weeks old – there's a lot of variation in development."
Patrick says one change in approaching corn borers is in using bucket traps. "These traps are new to us. Previously, we used the small, sticky traps. The buckets have worked great. For some reason, the borers seem to get into them much better."
As far as he knows, there hasn't been any spraying for corn borers yet. "We think the moths we're seeing came out of over-wintering," says Patrick. "The winter was just too mild to take them out."


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Even the "American Idol" judges said the win this season was too close to call. But after Caleb Johnson and Jena Irene confirmed that they would still attend her high school prom together, regardless of the show's outcome, and that each thought the other was "da bomb," the two finalists finally found out which of them had won: The voters had spoken, and they chose … Johnson.
He'd auditioned for "American Idol" twice before, in Seasons 10 and 11, and failed to make it to the live shows. But this time around, the 23-year-old old-style rock-and-roll belter from Asheville, N.C., made it all the way to the very end of Season 13 and emerged carrying the "Idol" trophy, covered in confetti and intermittently singing the song that will be released as his winner's single, "As Long As You Love Me."
The voters did love him, it turned out -- more even than they did his BFF Irene, the 17-year-old pop singer from Farmington Hills, Mich., for whom they were willing to raise their glow sticks on command.
After a host of special guests and "Idol" regulars had performed -- Phillip Phillips, Jennifer Nettles, Jennifer Lopez, KISS, Aloe Blacc, Demi Lovato, Paramore, John Legend, Jason Mraz, Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, members of the "Idol" top 13, judges Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban, along with mentor Randy Jackson, and even Ryan Seacrest with his early musical hero Richard Marx -- Seacrest ordered the lights dimmed "for the last time of the season" and prepared to read the results he'd just been handed.
"The winner of 'American Idol' Season 13 is …," he began.
No sooner had the host gotten out the name "Caleb Johnson" than Johnson and Irene enveloped each other in a long hug, and when he finally emerged to his new reality, the "wild child" singer was, for once, short of words.
"Congratulations, Mr. Johnson," Seacrest said. "You did it. You just won 'American Idol.'"
The screen behind him flashed "Caleb Wins."
"This is a guy that has worked so hard and wanted it so badly, and that's all paid off tonight," Seacrest said.
Johnson declared himself unable to talk, but managed to get out, "This is crazy. Thank you guys so much."
But when his cue to sing came, he seemed to give a tribute to Irene. "Y'all make some noise," he said into his mic -- and then got sucked into a group hug with the contestants he'd managed to beat. He lifted one of them in his arms, and was lifted by another.
Finally, he made his way through the crowd and the confetti and into the arms of his family as the fans cheered him on.
As long as they love him, he's got a bright future ahead -- as does his talented prom date.
What do you think of the results? Do you think the best singer won?


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If you watch Mad Money regularly, you know that sometimes when a caller asks about a stock Jim Cramer tells them quite honestly he needs to do more work before he can form a thesis.
And he means it. Following is research and Cramer's resulting conclusion sparked by viewer questions about stocks.
Globus Medical (TICKER: GMED)
Jason in Virginia called in to get Cramer's thoughts on Globus Medical, a medical device company that's a pure play on the spine market.
At first glance the stock looks extremely attractive. "Globus is a relative newcomer in the field so it has a lot of room to grow," said Cramer. "It's developing some exciting new products, and the stock is inexpensive, selling for 14.5 times next year's earnings estimates with a 14% long-term growth rate."
But all that said, Globus is trading near a 52-week low and that's a tell-tale trouble sign.
"Globus faces three headwinds that must clear before I can countenance owning the stock. First, the company only came public in August and there's a big lockup expiration coming next month that will allow lots of selling by insiders. Second, the spine segment of the medical device industry has been in secular decline for years, so we can't touch this until we see a rebound in spinal procedures. And third, Globus has declining gross margins, which is the kiss of death, especially in the medical device space."
All told, Cramer said steer clear of this one. If you're looking for a similar play he thinks Johnson & Johnson is a better option.
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MONTGOMERY | More than 100 people crowded into the Alabama House chamber for a public hearing Wednesday on legislation that would repeal education standards known as Common Core, previously adopted by the state school board for public schools.
MONTGOMERY | More than 100 people crowded into the Alabama House chamber for a public hearing Wednesday on legislation that would repeal education standards known as Common Core, previously adopted by the state school board for public schools.
Members of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education Committee held an emotional hearing lasting more than two hours. Neither committee voted.
A number of educators, local school officials and state schools Superintendent Tommy Bice spoke against repealing the standards. Bice said eliminating the standards would undo many of the advancements Alabama schools have made in recent years.
House Speaker Mike Hubbard said he wants Alabama to set its own standards and believes Common Core will lead to federal control of state schools.
"We must have strict and aggressive academic standards, but those public education guidelines should be determined by Alabamians, not by federal bureaucrats and certainly not by (President) Barack Obama," Hubbard said.
While Hubbard spoke in favor of repealing the standards, the Business Council of Alabama issued a statement opposing the legislation to repeal the standards — also known as the Alabama College and Career Standards.
Business Council President and CEO William Canary said the standards "are vital in preparing students to compete in the 21st century global workforce of highly skilled workers." Canary called opposition to the standards "a campaign of fear."
It's unusual for the Business Council and Hubbard to be on opposite sides of issues.
The state school board approved the standards in 2010 as part of an effort to ensure education standards in Alabama keep up with those of other states.
School Board member Betty Peters of Huntsville, who voted against the standards when they were adopted by the board, said she doesn't understand why the board approved them.
"I think we have done a good job in Alabama," she said.
Judy Welch, a first-grade teacher from Elmore County, said she has used the new standards in her classroom and likes them. "In seven months,
I have seen a tremendous growth in my first-graders," Welch said.
Alabama's 2003 teacher of the year, Kitty Morgan of Homewood High School, said the math standards have been a great aid.
But a high school student in Montgomery who is being
homeschooled said he's afraid he will be hurt by the new standards. He said he fears most standardized tests will be created to match the standards.
"That's bad news for homeschooled students," Hunter Mills said.
Many of those wanting to repeal the standards were critical of the federal government, while proponents of the standards talked about what Alabama could do to improve the image of its schools being among the nation's worst.
State school board member Ella Bell of Montgomery said she recently heard late night host Jay Leno talk about how Alabama was tops in the nation in football, but near the bottom in education. She said she's tired of hearing people "laugh at us."
But state Rep. Kerry Rich,
R-Albertville, said he doesn't pay any attention to criticism of Alabama.


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Strawberry growers covered their crops while San Diego zookeepers turned on heaters for the chimpanzees as Californians braced for a cold snap that was expected to drop temperatures to a six-year low.
Forecasters warned that a low pressure trough sinking over San Diego County and parts of neighboring Orange County could keep nightly temperatures below the freezing point in coastal areas, the low deserts and inland valleys, threatening orange, avocado orchards and other sensitive plants. The coldest nights were expected to hit Friday and Saturday.
Farmers were prepared to pull out giant fans to circulate the frosty air and keep it from settling on their citrus trees, said Eric Larson of the San Diego County Farm Bureau. Other growers were placing soft cloth over their strawberries and flowers. The National Weather Service predicted overnight lows in the 20s in the lower deserts and key citrus-growing regions in the Central Valley, and in the 30s along the coast.
"These guys are going to be up all night watching thermometers," Larson said.
Freezing temperatures weren't the only weather challenge in Southern California, a region boasting one of the planet's most temperate climates.
Forecasters say a combination of astronomical high tides, high surf and strong winds will bring minor flooding to low-lying areas of the Southern California coast. The weather service issued coastal flood advisories for all counties from San Luis Obispo south to San Diego through Saturday morning.
They also warned motorists to watch out for sand blowing across coastal highways and snow in the mountains down to 2,000 feet. Snow briefly closed the Grapevine section of Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles twice on Thursday. Several accidents and spinouts were reported in the mountain pass as the winter weather bore down on Southern California.
Winds could gust to 60 mph there and up to 45 mph in valleys and coastal areas. Highs will only hit the 50s and 60s and rain showers are expected throughout the region.
Families pushed aside boogie boards and pulled out sleds as snow fell Thursday in the mountains of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Chains were required on all vehicles.
Farther north in Sonoma County, homeless shelters started handing out extra warm clothes to protect the least fortunate from below-freezing overnight temperatures.
Jennielynn Holmes of Catholic Charities in Santa Rosa told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat the waiting list to get in her three shelters doubled Wednesday morning. John Records, who runs the Mary Isaak Center in Petaluma, said he planned to put out extra sleeping mats and make more space for people.
"It's terrible to be on the street in weather like this," Records said. "People anticipate it and they find a safe place to be."
Workers at SeaWorld in San Diego planned to crank up the heat for their macaws, toucans and parrots. San Diego zookeepers were also heating rooms for chimpanzees, apes and other tropical animals.
"They'll probably be huddling together and not be in areas where people will be able to see them," said zoo spokeswoman Christina Simmons.
Many local residents planned to do the same.
"We'll have to huddle up, drink coffee, and tell stories," joked J.P. Pierre, owner of Surfy Surfy Surf Shop in the beach town of Leucadia. "But there's a no whining rule around here because I have so many friends from the northeast and Canada. If everyone had a decent jacket it would be no big deal, but everyone is walking around in flip flops."
The so-called king tides will peak Friday morning around 7 feet, depending on location. The conditions may cause some flooding across beaches, parking lots and around estuaries, lagoons and harbors. Parts of Pacific Coast Highway between Sunset Beach and Seal Beach could see standing water.
San Diego's Mission Beach was nearly empty Thursday except for a few snowbirds who scoffed at a cold snap that seemed downright balmy to them. Some shot pictures of the wind-swept waves.
"We're from Chicago, so to us this is like a heat wave," said Rod Erdohaty, 54, walking to the beach in blustering wind.


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TIME, DATE, PLACE: 5:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7, Dewey 1-101, University of Rochester River Campus.
Prior to the lecture, Kerfala Fana Bangoura and Mounfanyi drum & Dance ensemble will perform at 4:45pm. A reception following the lecture will be held in the Welles-Brown Room.
WHAT: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, a social activist, writer, and scholar, will give a talk titled "Language as battlefield: My journey in the minefield," as part of the Frederick Douglass Institute speaker series. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is currently a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and has written several novels, short stories, and one act plays.
Born and raised in Kenya, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o lived through the Mau Mau War of Independence (1952-1962), which was central to the making of modern Kenya and had a major influence on his early work. In 1967, he became a lecturer in English literature at the University of Nairobi. Then in 1977, he was imprisoned without charge after the release of his novel, Petals of Blood, which was highly critical of the inequalities and injustices in Kenyan society.
While in prison Ngugi Wa Thiong'o wrote the novel, Caitani Mutharabaini (1981) on toilet paper, which was translated into English as Devil on the Cross (1982). It was not until Amnesty International deemed him a prisoner of conscience that an international campaign secured his release a year later. Exiled from Kenya and hounded by the Moi Dictatorship, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o continued to publish his writing and work out of London with the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners in Kenya. He gradually began to pursue a life of academia alongside his literary and social activism, to eventually become a visiting professor of English and comparative literature at Yale in 1989.
In 2001, he was the recipient of the Nonino International Prize for Literature and seven honorary doctorates. He continues to write and speak around the world today.
ADMISSION: The talk is free and open to the public.
SPONSOR: The University of Rochester's Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies and the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies at 585.275.9161.


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Princeton-based clinical decision support company PeriGen announced today Rebecca Cypher has been appointed chief nursing officer. Cypher is a perinatal nurse practitioner with 25 years' civilian and military experience.
According to the announcement, she is currently the perinatal clinical specialist at a tertiary care facility in the Pacific Northwest working in the Maternal-Fetal Division, caring for high-risk obstetric patients and their families. Cypher retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2008 after serving two decades of active duty service.


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Fifteen police departments in Western Massachusetts are offering permanent drop-off boxes where residents can dispose of unwanted prescription drugs.
Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan and the state Department of Public Health plan to unveil the new boxes this week.
Previously, Sullivan's office has participated in National Prescription Drug Days to allow residents to get rid of unwanted drugs.
Now, permanent drop boxes will be located at police stations in Amherst, Athol, Belchertown, Erving, Easthampton, Deerfield, Granby, Greenfield, Hadley, Montague, Northampton, Orange, South Hadley, Sunderland and Ware.
Prescription and non-prescription drugs, vitamins and veterinary medications can be dropped in the boxes.
Needles, liquid medications, IV equipment and chemotherapy drugs will not be accepted.


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HPV and Genital Warts
how common are genital warts and also the general hpv class? The most recent reports indicate infection up to 75% of the sexually active population. What's the recommended protocol for sexually active hpv carriers?
HPV is the virus (human papilloma virus) that is responsible for genital warts. It has a high prevalence in the general population, but since many women and men with HPV do not have symptoms, the exact number is unknown. It is estimated that there are about 12-24 million men and women in the US with HPV. The majority of women with HPV do not demonstrate genital warts. In the majority of women, the virus is either suppressed or eradicated over time and demonstrates no symptoms. Women who are known carriers of HPV should know that they can infect other HPV negative partners and therefore should use barrier protection to prevent the transmission of the virus. Unless in a longterm committed relationship, barrier protection should be used regardless of HPV status to prevent the acquisition of other sexually transmitted infections.
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Nicholas Hoult stars as "R" in the new zombie rom-com, "Warm Bodies."Link
Teresa Palmer and Nicholas Hoult in "Warm Bodies." (Summit Entertainment)Link
"Daily Show" favorite Rob Corddry play's "R"'s good buddy.Link
Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich star in "Warm Bodies." (Jonathan Wenk / Summit Entertainment)Link
Nicholas Hoult, left, Rob Corddry and Teresa Palmer in "Warm Bodies," which led the weekend box office. (Jonathan Wenk / Summit Entertainment)Link
"Warm Bodies" is getting a warm reception from critics with its head-turning girl-meets-boy-zombie premise.
It remains to be seen whether moviegoers will agree. Also unclear: Whether Super Bowl Sunday will hurt or help "Warm Bodies' " box office. (Hard to believe, but not everyone looks forward to a weekend dominated by beer, chicken wings and football.)
But early reviews by some of the nation's top media critics suggest audiences will be taken with "Warm Bodies' " surprisingly sentimental mash-up.
Los Angeles Times critic Betsy Sharkey says writer-director Jonathan Levine strikes the right tone in the horror-meets-romance film starring Nicholas Hoult as a slacker undead and Teresa Palmer as a human who somehow warms his cold soul: "… in doing a little genre bending of romantic schmaltz and horror cheese — some fundamental zombie mythology is turned on its head — the film breathes amusing new life into both."
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— " 'Warm Bodies' is the first movie worth paying to see in theaters this year," says Time's Mary Pols, calling it "an inventive charmer" that is "a likely cult classic."
— "Overall, 'Warm Bodies' doesn't break any new ground or change the face of zombie cinema. It's just a fun, hokey love story … with a bite. A perfect date film, you know, for those who love to love zombies," says Fox News' Justin Craig.
–Although the New York Times' Manohla Dargis says the film "is cute and amusing enough to catch on cable one day" she goes on to describe "Warm Bodies" as "an improbable romance sweetened with appealing performances and buoyed by one of the better cute meets in recent romantic comedy…"
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Industry, environmentalists mull 'fracking' rules
Leases have been signed on tens of thousands of acres in southern Illinois. Studies have hinted at the potential economic payoff of drilling for oil and gas deposits deep underground. But so far, oil and gas companies have held off on high-volume hydraulic fracturing in Illinois because the state lacks ground rules for the industry.
That could change under a regulatory bill being negotiated by officials from industry and agriculture, environmentalists, lawmakers and Attorney General Lisa Madigan. The bill, which would address everything from chemical disclosure to air and water pollution, could be introduced as soon as this week if the parties agree on the final language.
"From an industry perspective, they're not going to invest millions of dollars in Illinois if they don't know the regulations," said Mark Denzler, vice president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, which joined petroleum and transportation advocates and unions to form a coalition pushing for fracking regulations.
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," uses high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals to crack open thick rock formations and release trapped oil and gas. Combined with horizontal drilling, it allows access to formerly out-of-reach deposits -- and has opened large swaths of the country for exploration, most notably in states such as Pennsylvania and North Dakota. The industry -- which is eyeing the New Albany Shale formation that lies under southern Illinois and parts of Indiana and Kentucky -- insists the method is safe and could create thousands of jobs.
But critics claim it contaminates air and water, could deplete water resources needed for agriculture and other uses, and would leave Illinois communities with no control over the practice.
"This is literally our land and our water and our lives on the line," said Liz Patula, a Williamson County resident who belongs to Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, a group of farmers, land owners and others who favor a 2-year moratorium on fracking to allow a task force to study safety issues and evaluate best practices. Sen. Mattie Hunter, a Chicago Democrat, already has introduced a bill calling for a moratorium, which is supported by some environmental groups, including the Sierra Club.
Patula said there is no reason for Illinois to rush into fracking without carefully studying implications for the environment, jobs, agriculture and tourism. She said she fears the industry could be "a boom and bust" for Illinois that would import workers from other states, then move on while leaving the state with long-term problems.
"What about farming and tourism? They could take serious hit from this," said Patula. "Would it really create cheaper energy for Illinois and for how long? Why not invest in industries that can bring energy here forever and not put families out of their homes?"
While industry and environmentalists don't often work on legislation together -- especially on something as contentious as fracking -- momentum is building for fracking in Illinois and it was wise for everyone to be at the table to establish regulations, those involved in the discussions said.
"Illinois is likely on the verge of a fracking rush, so it's essential for that reason to have safeguards in place to protect the public," said Ann Alexander, a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council's Midwest program, who has participated in negotiations. "Illinois has the opportunity to be a leader here; we can do right what other states have not done right ... with basic commonsense protections."
The bill, which those involved in the talks say likely will be introduced in the state House by Rep. John Bradley, a Marion Democrat, would set rules for limiting air pollution and protecting drinking water and establish setbacks from residential areas. Alexander said such basic protections are just a start, and lawmakers can tweak regulations as needed.
Bradley told The Associated Press negotiators "have been trying to make sure that we have significant and reasonable regulatory scheme" that would protect groundwater and allow the industry to develop responsibly.
"This is in my area ... this affects the community that I represent and those of legislators around me, and we're very interested in making sure that we get this right," he said.
The U.S. Geological Survey believes that the New Albany Shale, a formation hundreds of thousands of years old and roughly 5,000 feet below the surface -- may hold 1 trillion to 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, just a fraction of 22 trillion cubic feet U.S. consumers go through every year. By contrast, the "gas rush" is most pronounced in the Marcellus Shale, stretching from Ohio to New York and beneath roughly two-thirds of Pennsylvania that's believed to hold one of the biggest natural gas resources in the country, 43 trillion to 144 trillion cubic feet, according to the USGS.
The price of natural gas has fallen because of fracking, but energy companies believe Illinois' New Albany formation may contain oil and other liquid hydrocarbons that are rarer and more profitable.
Jim Watson, a former Illinois lawmaker who's now executive director of the Illinois Petroleum Council, said Illinois has the "opportunity to set a standard for the nation." And he said it would bring jobs to one of the poorest areas of the state.
"The opportunity we have for the nation and Illinois is reliable energy and cheap energy, (which will) do nothing but good things for us," Watson said. "If America can become energy independent, that's huge."
Associated Press Writer Regina Garcia Cano in Springfield contributed to this story.


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Every year, Andy Rent goes out on the road to do his show live from the Family Fare on Lake Michigan Drive for Fat Tuesday! This year was no different and Andy had a great time hanging out, eating paczki, and enjoying all things Fat Tuesday. Check out some photos from the fun after the jump!


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Anzhi Makhachkala manager Guus Hiddink has revealed that he would be keen to return to the Premier League, though insisting that he is enjoying his role in Russia.
The 66-year-old, who had a brief stint in the hotseat at Chelsea in 2008-09, has been rumoured to be on Roman Abramovich's shortlist to succeed the outgoing Rafa Benitez this summer.
The Dutchman, who takes his free-spending Anzhi to Newcastle on Thursday evening to fight for a place in the last eight of the Europa League, says that he is open-minded about a permanent return to English soil.
"I don't know because I'm not the youngest anymore, although I feel still very energetic and I love to be on the pitch almost every day with the guys," he told reporters.
"There is energy left, but I never can predict my future because a big part of the future is already behind me.
"I'd like to add a little sentence to that because it does seem in my answer that I'm not having a lot of joy in my current job, which is not true, I love the job which I am doing now.
"Anzhi are coming internationally from a small club. Within one year, the club image has increased a lot, the seriousness within the club and the way we are trying to play has given me also a lot of energy."
The Moscow-based club head to Tyneside with the tie delicately poised following a goalless draw in Russia and Hiddink revealed he missed the Premier League on the eve of his clash with Alan Pardew's outfit.
He added: "I enjoyed very much the Premier League, of course and in my Chelsea time, we played here and had a good result.
"Overall, the Premier League is what every player likes to do and also the managers and coaches, they like to work in the big leagues, of course."


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Firefighters contain hydrochloric acid spill
Cedar Rapids firefighters continue to deal with a hydrochloric acid spill at a Cargill plant.
City officials say the acid leak was reported around 7:30 a.m. Sunday after a truck driver noticed that acid was leaking out of his semitrailer tank.
Firefighters strapped an air bag to the side of the tank to stop the leak from nickel-sized hole shortly after 1 p.m. But the rest of the acid in the trailer still had to be unloaded.
Hydrochloric acid is extremely corrosive but it has many industrial uses.
Officials say the acidic mist that surrounded the area in the morning has dissipated.
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Our generative prediction model will follow the same framework outlined in Graves' paper where he demonstrated both generative text, and generative handwriting. Karpathy's and
has some fantastic examples on how this framework is used to generate data that is represented as text.
Generative Sequence Model Framework
In the text-generation example, assuming we have a model that has been pre-trained already, we feed in an initial random character into the model that with an initially empty state. The model will use the state's information along with the current input, to generate a probability distribution for the next character. That distribution will be sampled randomly (possibly we distort the sampling process by applying temperature ), to obtain a prediction for the next character. The sampled character will be placed back as the next input, as well as the current internal state of the model.
A simple model that fits this framework is the basic N-GRAM character modelling method. In N-GRAM, all we do is keep a record of frequencies of the previous N characters and use the historical table of frequencies as the probability distribution we can draw to generate the next character.
This framework can also be represented by a recurrent neural network, where the states are the hidden states of recurrent LSTM nodes, and the output values of the network can be converted into a discrete probability distribution via applying softmax layer to the outputs. To train the weights of the neural network, we need a way to compare the predicted distribution, to the actual distribution of the training data. What is usually done is that cross-entropy loss function is usually applied, to compare the model's predicted probabilities after the softmax layer, with the actual data of the entire sequence generated.
This has been done in Graves' sequence generation paper and implemented as
by Karpathy.
has been used successfully to generate not only Shakespeare's text, but also bizarre examples such as Linux source code, LaTeX documents, wikipedia formatted xml articles, and music scores.
I wanted to create a
like tool, but for learning to draw sketches, rather than learning to generate character sequences. SVG data is readily available on the web, although obviously not as easy to obtain as text data. In the end, I created a tool called
that would attempt to learn some structure from a large collection of related .svg files, and be able to generate and dream up new vectorised drawings that is similar to the training set. Just as how
can take Donald Trump quotes to generate hypothetical
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, I wanted to be able to feed in a large collection of .svg pictures of cats and have an algorithm come up with new vectorised pictures of cats. It was difficult to obtain .svg pictures of cats in sufficient quantities, while it was quite easy to obtain .svg files for Chinese characters, so in the end this turned into an experiment to generate fake Kanji.
In analyzing these embellishments, we will consider the predictive-, tension-, and outcome-related responses arising at each moment as the embellishment is approached and resolved. Due to the complexity involved, we will not consider imaginative responses. [7] In addition, we will need to analyze separate the what and the when dimensions of expectation.
By way of example, consider the anticipation illustrated in Figure 30. Here the anticipation occurs as part of an authentic V-I cadence with the final tonic pitch anticipated. The numbers identify three moments that we will analyze separately. The moments can be designated the (1) pre-anticipation, (2) anticipation, and (3) post-anticipation moments.
(1) Consider first the pre-anticipation moment.
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Outcome response : With an already established key context, the listener hears a dominant chord. The chord itself is the "outcome" of preceding expectations. As an outcome, we need to consider its response valence. Since the chord is a simple major sonority, it exhibits a low degree of sensory dissonance and so will tend to evoke a relatively positive valence.
Tension response : At the same time, musicians would note that the dominant function would normally be considered "dissonant" insofar as it needs resolution. This way of speaking can be re-interpreted in terms of the tension response . We would note that the V chord has a low probability of being followed by silence (i.e., it is unsuitable for closure). Experienced listeners will have a strong expectation that some further sounds will occur. Moreover, the V chord has a high probability of being followed by a I chord and the supertonic has a similarly high probability of leading to the tonic. In short, the listener has a relatively good idea of what to expect next; there is little of the stress that comes with uncertainty. Consequently, the tension response has only a very small negative valence.
There is one aspect to the tension response, however, in which there is relatively higher uncertainty. This has to do with when a tonic chord might appear. Since the dominant chord occurs on the downbeat, one possible moment of occurrence would be the downbeat of the next measure. Another possibility, might be the third beat of the current measure.
(2) Consider now the moment when the anticipation note appears (C eighth-note).
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Outcome response : The first thing to note is that the sonority is now more dissonant. That is, the outcome response has a comparatively negative valence.
Prediction response : Since the previous moment lead the listener to make a prediction, we can now consider the successfulness of this prediction. The pitch of the anticipation was indeed the optimum prediction arising from the previous moment, so there is a predictive "reward" associated with the "what". That is, the prediction response is positively valenced. However, the timing of the onset for this note is very low. Recall that the third beat or the downbeat of the next measure were more likely moments for "when" for this event might occur.
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In non-standard evaluation , you learned the basics of accessing and evaluating the expressions underlying computation in R. In this chapter, you'll learn how to manipulate these expressions with code. You're going to learn how to metaprogram: how to create programs with other programs!
Structure of expressions begins with a deep dive into the structure of expressions. You'll learn about the four components of an expression: constants, names, calls, and pairlists.
Names goes into further details about names.
Calls gives more details about calls.
Capturing the current call takes a minor detour to discuss some common uses of calls in base R.
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completes the discussion of the four major components of an expression, and shows how you can create functions from their component pieces.
Parsing and deparsing discusses how to convert back and forth between expressions and text.
Walking the call tree with recursive functions concludes the chapter, combining everything you've learned about writing functions that can compute on and modify arbitrary R code.
Throughout this chapter we're going to use tools from the
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To compute on the language, we first need to understand the structure of the language. That will require some new vocabulary, some new tools, and some new ways of thinking about R code. The first thing you'll need to understand is the distinction between an operation and a result:
We want to distinguish the action of multiplying
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from the actual result (40). As we've seen in the previous chapter, we can capture the action with
returns an
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does not return an expression in this sense. Instead, it returns something more like a list of expressions. See
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An expression is also called an abstract syntax tree (AST) because it represents the hierarchical tree structure of the code. We'll use
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As an aside, one question that sometimes gets brought up at this point in the conversation is, well, didn't they only have two bombs to use? So wouldn't a demonstration have meant that they would have only had another bomb left, perhaps not enough? This is only an issue if you consider the timescale to be as it was played out— e.g., using both bombs as soon as possible, in early August.
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(they originally thought the 24th, but it got pushed up), so one could imagine a situation in which things were delayed by a week or so and there would have been no real difference even if one bomb was expended on a demonstration. If they had been willing to wait a fewmore weeks, they could have turned the Little Boy bomb's fuel into several "composite" core implosion bombs, as Oppenheimer had suggested to Groves after Trinity.I only bring the above up because people sometimes get confused about their weapon availability and the timing issue. They made choices on this that constrained their options. They had reasons for doing it, but it was not as if the way things happened was set in stone. (The invasion of Japan was not scheduled until November 1st.) J Adams Low Wedge Heel UWxogW
So, obviously,they didn't choose to demonstrate the bomb first. But what if they had? I find this an interesting counterfactual to ponder. Would dropping the bomb in Tokyo Bayhave been militarily feasible? I suspect so. If they could drop the bombs on cities, they could probably drop them near cities. To put it another way: I have faith they could have figured out a way to do it operationally, because they were clever people. 4
But would it have caused the Japanese high command to surrender?Personally, I doubt it. Why? Because it's not even clear that the actual atomic bombings were what caused the Japanese high command to surrender. There is a strong argument that it was the Soviet invasion of Manchuria that "shocked" them into their final capitulation. I don't know if I completely buy that argument (this is thesubject of a future blog post), but I am convinced that the Soviet invasion was very important and disturbing to the Japanese with regards totheir long-termpolitical visions for the country. If an atomic bombdropped on an actual city was not, by itself, entirely enough, what good would seeing a bomb detonatedwithout destruction do? One cannot know,but I suspect it would not have done the trick.
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Of course, the Chicago scientists suspected that as well, but said it was necessary from a moral point of view. Sure, the Japanesemight not surrender, but then, at least, you can say you showed them what was coming first. As it was, we gave no real warning whatsoever before dropping itonHiroshima.But here's the question I come to next: could you demonstrate it, and then drop it on a city? That is, could the United States reallysay:" we have made this apocalyptic weapon, unleashed the atom, and many other peril/hope clichés — and we have chosen not to use it to take life… yet. But if you don't give in to our demands, we will unleash it on your people." How could that not look like pure blackmail, pure terrorism?Could they then turn around and start killing people by the tens of thousands, having announced their capability to do so? Somehow I suspect the public relations angle would be almost impossible.By demonstrating it first, they would be implying that they knew that it was perhaps not just another weapon, not just another way to wage war. And that acknowledgment would mean that they would definitely be seen as crossing a line if they then went on to use it.
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Police, public works officials and inmates from the Barnstable County Correctional Facility started an annual clearing of homeless camps around Hyannis earlier today.
Police, public works officials and inmates from the Barnstable County Correctional Facility started an annual clearing of homeless camps around Hyannis earlier today.
Workers walked into the woods off Nantucket Street at about 8:30 a.m. to clear out tents, sleeping mats, clothing and debris from a camp located there. The ground was scorched from a recent fire and trash filled the underbrush.
"It's time to motivate them to get the services they need for the winter months," said Barnstable police Lt. David Cameron.
Police officers had warned people living in the woods over the past 10 days about the planned clean up, Cameron said. There are about 14 sites that had been identified to be cleared, he said.
About a half dozen public works employees, several police officers and a half dozen inmates found empty cases of beer, bottles, clothing, and fire pits off Nantucket Street and in an extensive set of trails off Old Colony Road behind Pope John Paul II High School.
In one area there was a makeshift lean-to set up within feet of Old Colony Road. Deeper in the woods a large tarp covered a tent that held the belongings of a homeless man well-known to police - including his medication, clothes and other essential items.
"This is impressive," said one of the inmates participating in the clean up. "This is like a campsite."
Police would set the items that had some value aside and try to return them to him, Cameron said.
In other instances a Bobcat was used to scoop up old, dirty mattresses and clothes that were dumped into a large steel bin waiting on the road.


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HARRISBURG - Lawyers on both sides of a court challenge to the state's gay-marriage ban have agreed to dismiss Republican Gov. Tom Corbett and Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane as defendants.
Papers filed Friday in U.S. District Court said state Revenue Secretary Dan Meuser will be added as a defendant. State Health Secretary Michael Wolf and the Bucks County register of wills were named in the lawsuit and remain defendants.
Wolf's department deals with marriage and deaths while Meuser's department enforces tax laws central to the plaintiffs' goal of marriage equality, said Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union legal director Witold Walczak.
Walczak described the changes as largely procedural, designed to align the defendants with the constitutional issues the plaintiffs plan to raise.
Judge John E. Jones III is considering pre-trial motions in the case. No trial date has been set.
Despite the governor's dismissal as a defendant, the state defendants will continue to be represented by a private legal team hired by the governor's Office of General Counsel, a spokesman said Friday.
Kane, who took office in January as the state's chief legal and law enforcement officer, refused to defend the gay-marriage ban on the grounds it violates the state and federal constitutions.


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An attractive, appealing cast, headed by two immensely likable male leads, propels director Danny Mooney's "Love and Honor," a romantic drama set during the heady summer of 1969.
The warm if soapy script by Jim Burnstein and Garrett K. Schiff concerns Dalton (Austin Stowell), an upright Vietnam War soldier who, after landing in Hong Kong for a week of R&R, impulsively grabs a flight to Michigan to reconnect with Jane (Aimee Teegarden), the hometown girlfriend who recently dumped him by mail.
Never one to miss an adventure, Mickey (Liam Hemsworth), Dalton's hunky, smooth-talking buddy and unit-mate, tags along (grunts fly free!).
Upon arrival in Ann Arbor, though, Dalton finds Jane has become the hippified "Juniper," and is enjoying free-spirited communal living with a group of college-age activists, which include aspiring journalists Candace (Teresa Palmer) and Pete (Chris Lowell).
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Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of February 10, 2014
Patrick Hendry of Mental Health America Wins 2014 Reintegration Lifetime Achievement Award.
Debbie Plotnick, Senior Director of State Policy at Mental Health America, writes on CNN on How to Stop Tragic Shootings of People with Mental Illness.
Mental Health America Calls Changes to Part D Protected Drug Classes Harmful to Consumers.
Mental Health America Faults Rep. Tim Murphy's Legislation for Jeopardizing Role for Consumers and Their Recovery.
Open Enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace: Mental Health America has released a toolkit with a wealth of information and resources.
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MARCH 7-8—2014 Tools for Change Conference: The Center for Dignity, Recovery, and Empowerment, a project of the Mental Health Association of San Francisco, presents the Tools for Change Conference, now in its second year. Tools For Change, which will be held at the Hilton at Union Square in San Francisco, CA, is the first international conference focused on lived experience and culture change around mental health and mental illness. This year, Tools For Change brings effective stigma-change strategies into focus with culturally-responsive programs and the power of stigma change for prevention of suicide. Keynote speakers include former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher and Paolo del Vecchio, Director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services. To register, go to http://dignityandrecoverycenter.org/toolsforchange2014/.
The Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation Design Challenge 2014: This year's Design Challenge is exploring the most effective avenue to integrate mental health care into retail clinics. Retail Clinics (CVS' Minute Clinic, Walgreens' Take Care Clinic, Target Clinic, and local healthcare systems clinics) have existed since 2000. They are small health clinics located within a larger store in which patients can receive basic primary health care. They are known for convenience, low cost and high quality care however the model of retail clinics focuses on primary physical health and currently does not provide behavioral health interventions (e.g. screening, referral, and crisis management). Scattergood is challenging Mental Health experts to create a program that includes an education, access and/or service component for Behavioral/Mental Health in a Retail Clinic. Award: The winning solution will be considered for implementation at QCare, the first retail clinic in North Philadelphia. QCare is operated by Family Practice and Counseling Network. For more information and to download the user guide, go to http://www.scattergoodfoundation.org/design-challenge#.Utbnrvko7ct. Additionally, the Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation has started a crowd-funding page on the website, Indiegogo, to support the funding for mental health care at QCare: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/making-mental-health-care-accessible.
20th Annual Zarrow Mental Health Symposium Call for Presentations—All Things Prevention: In September 2014 the Mental Health Association in Tulsa will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Zarrow Mental Health Symposium. This annual educational forum brings together local, state, and national leaders to focus on state-of-the-art research, best practice information, and model programs about current issues related to mental health and substance abuse disorders. This year's theme is All Things Prevention. Proposals for conference presentations are now being accepted. Deadline for submission is Monday, March 10. For additional information, go to http://mhat.org/get-involved/events-and-conferences/zarrow/call-for-presentations/.
Deadline Extended—Consumer Scholarships Available for Fourth International Conference on Families with Parental Mental Health Challenges-Addressing the Needs of the Whole Family; Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley California - April 25-27, 2014: Scholarship funds are available to provide financial support to consumers of mental health services who are parents that wish to participate in the Fourth International Conference on Families with Parental Mental Health Challenges. These funds have been provided through generous support from Brook Lenfest and are possible thanks to support from the City of Philadelphia's Councilman-At-Large Dennis M. O'Brien, the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, and Employment Options, Inc. Both partial and full scholarships will be provided in order to give more people the opportunity to attend the conference. Consumers who are either conference presenters or participants are invited to apply. Please Note: To be eligible for this scholarship, a completed application must be received by U.S. Mail or by email (email@example.com) on or before the deadline of 11:59 pm on February 17, 2014. The application can be found at http://www.tucollaborative.org/pdfs/Consumer%20Scholarship%20Application_2014_FINAL.pdf. For more information or to register for the conference, please follow this link: http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/MentalHealth2014/.
SAMHSA Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Toolkit: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released a training resource toolkit, developed through the Enrollment Coalitions Initiative, entitled "Getting Ready for the Health Insurance Marketplace." The toolkit will assist organizations with outreach, education and enrollment of individuals in the Health Insurance Marketplace. It is composed of three sections: A description of the health care law, how it works, and why it is important for uninsured individuals with behavioral health conditions; An explanation of how the Health Insurance Marketplace works, how to apply for health coverage and where to get help; and Numerous communication ideas and materials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that can be used to raise awareness and encourage uninsured individuals to enroll. The toolkit has been developed in six slightly different 30-minute, interactive formats, each of which can be accessed and viewed online: http://tiny.cc/GettingReady (General information); http://tiny.cc/CommunityPrevention; http://tiny.cc/ConsumerPeerFamily; http://tiny.cc/HomelessServices; http://tiny.cc/CriminalJustice; http://tiny.cc/TreatmentProviders.
CVS to End Sales of Tobacco in October: National drugstore chain CVS Caremark announced it will end all its tobacco sales by October. Selling tobacco in a pharmacy sends the wrong message about social acceptability, CVS Caremark Chief Medical Officer Troyen Brennan, MD, and Steven Schroeder, MD, of the UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, explained in a viewpoint article online in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Although the sale of tobacco products in CVS pharmacies produces more than $1.5 billion in revenues annually, the financial gain is outweighed by the paradox inherent in promoting health while contributing to tobacco-related deaths," they wrote. Drugstores account for only a small proportion of tobacco sales, compared with the more than 75 percent from convenience stores. So the CVS "action may not lead many people to stop smoking; smokers will probably simply go elsewhere to buy cigarettes," the JAMA opinion piece acknowledged. "But if other retailers follow this lead, tobacco products will become much more difficult to obtain .... If pharmacies do not make this effort voluntarily, federal or state regulatory action would be appropriate." (MedPage Today, 2/5/14)
Morale, Mental Health Improve for Troops in Afghanistan: The imminent end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan has resulted in some of the highest morale and lowest levels of mental illness among deployed U.S. soldiers in years, according to an Army mental health study. The findings by Army scientists working in the combat zone last year dovetails with the 19 percent drop in active-duty Army suicides in 2013. The study, which interviewed war-zone troops anonymously, also notes fewer soldiers deployed to Afghanistan contemplated suicide. Some 8.5 percent did, down from 13 percent in 2010. Despite the improvements, the stigma against seeking mental health help remains, the study shows. Nearly half of the surveyed soldiers who need therapy said the perception of weakness discouraged them from seeking help. That rate has remained unchanged for years despite military efforts to reduce it, the report said. The report also showed that the more times a soldier is deployed, the greater the likelihood he or she will suffer from mental illness. (USA Today, 2/3/14)
Senate Finance Committee Members Protest Limiting Access to Mental Health Drugs: The 24 members of the Senate Finance Committee have sent a joint letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) urging the agency to roll back a proposal that would drastically limit consumers' access to mental health drugs. The letter strongly urges CMS to preserve the Medicare Six Protected Classes policy "as it exists today." This policy allows Part D enrollees to access all or substantially all medications within six classes: antidepressants, antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, immunosuppressants, antineoplastics, and antiretrovirals. The policy was developed by the Bush Administration—and later codified by Congress—as a means to ensure that vulnerable individuals with severe and disabling conditions could access the full range of medications they need. CMS has proposed to revoke protected status for antidepressants and immunosuppressants (with antipsychotics set to lose their protected status at a future date). "We are very concerned this change will lead to decreased access to medication, especially for those beneficiaries afflicted by mental health problems," the letter states. "These vulnerable individuals rely on multiple medications to control and treat their illnesses. Unfortunately, over the course of treatment, certain medications may cause undesired side effects or become ineffective. As a result, certain beneficiaries must have a wide range of treatment options available. By limiting the number and type of medications offered under a Part D plan, a beneficiary may be forced to rely, if only temporarily, on medication that simply does not work or results in adverse side effects." (MHH Reporting, 2/10/14)
Howard Dean argues against changes to protected drug classes in The Huffington Post.
In the New York Times, Nicolas Kristof examines "Inside a Mental Hospital Called Jail."
The New York Times profiles NIMH Director Tom Insel.
Futurity examines "Why rural women miss out on mental health care."
The Huffington Post looks at tragic death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Reporting on Health examines "Translating Trauma: The Challenge of Treating Refugees With PTSD."
MedPage Today looks at mental health parity.
Latest Research
Teens with Mental Health Issues at Higher Risk of Pregnancy: Young girls with mental illness are three times more likely to become teenage parents than those without a major mental illness, according to a new study. Published in the journal Pediatrics, the study is the first to examine trends in fertility rates among girls with mental illness. Researchers examined live birth rates from 1999 to 2009 in 4.5 million girls, 15 to 19 in Ontario, Canada, with and without a major mental health illness. They found young girls with a major mental health illness, including depression, bipolar disorder and other psychotic disorders, were three times more likely to become teenage parents. Although birth rates in both affected and unaffected adolescent girls decreased over time, the gap between the groups appeared to be increasing slightly over the 10-year study period. Among girls with a major mental illness, live births decreased by only 14 per cent during the study period compared to a 22 per cent drop among unaffected girls. Although the risk factors behind why girls with mental health illness may be at increased risk of becoming pregnant are known, pregnancy prevention programs in most developed countries have not traditionally considered mental health issues, the researchers note. They suggest targeted school-based programs are needed along with greater integration of reproductive health care into adolescent mental health care programs. (Medical Xpress, 2/10/14)
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Western Kentucky coach Bobby Petrino talked to Louisville on Tuesday about its top job.
Petrino interviewed with Cardinals athletic director Tom Jurich, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. Jurich is looking for a replacement for Charlie Strong, who took the Texas job over the weekend.
The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the school has not announced a list of coaching candidates, also said Louisville offensive coordinator Shawn Watson and defensive coordinator Vance Bedford are among "several candidates" who have interviewed for the position.
An announcement on Strong's successor could come as early as Thursday morning, when the University of Louisville Athletic Association is scheduled to meet to review Jurich's recommendation for the position.
Petrino, 52, is the most notable name among the known candidates because of his previous coaching success that began at Louisville. He went 41-9 as the Cardinals' coach from 2003-06 and earned the program's first BCS bowl victory his final season there in the Orange Bowl before a 3-10 stint with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons in 2007.
Petrino has an 83-30 career record as a college head coach, including an 8-4 mark last season with the Hilltoppers, his first position since his April 2012 firing by Arkansas amid scandal. The Montana native was dismissed for a "pattern of misleading behavior" about a motorcycle accident in which he claimed to be alone before revealing that his mistress was a passenger.
Petrino was 34-17 with the Razorbacks, including a 2-1 record in bowl games.
WKU gave Petrino a four-year deal with a base annual salary of $850,000. His contract includes a $1.2 million repayment to the school if he terminates it at any time.
Speculation over Petrino possibly being considered for Louisville increased when Jurich said during a Sunday news conference that "everybody is in play" to be Strong's replacement. The AD promised to move quickly on the hire but said he wanted a coach who was the right fit and committed to the school for the long term.
Strong was 37-15 in four seasons at Louisville, including a 3-1 record in bowl games.


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EVERETT, Wash. – With an eye to the post-season, the Washington Stealth built and sustained a lead over Calgary for just over 54 minutes of Saturday's NLL contest, but ultimately ran into a foe crueler than its West Division rival – itself, falling to the Roughnecks 13-11 before 4,727 on "Pink in the Rink" night Everett's Comcast Arena.
Needing just a single win to clinch its third playoff berth in four years, the Stealth stumbled with a two-goal lead with 7:16 remaining in the game when goaltender Tyler Richards was whistled for a five-minute high sticking major after toppling over the back of Dane Dobbie as the Roughnecks forward drove through the crease.
"It all happened pretty quickly," Richards said. "But from what I recall, Dobbie took a shot to my right side and followed the shot through so I was just protecting myself."
Down a man and with backup keeper Matt Roik now in goal, the Stealth gave up three straight power-play scores in just under two minutes, including a single by Curtis Dickson, and two by Dobbie to surrender the lead for good.
By rule, with Richards still in the box, the Stealth came back to full strength after giving up a third goal during a major-penalty powerplay. But Greg Harnett continued the run, hitting the Roughnecks' fourth straight to all but end the game.
"It was a game changing play, no doubt about that," said Stealth coach Chris Hall who had talked to his squad earlier about maintaining poise and the emotions of a game with playoff implications.
"We really earned where we were late in the game," said Hall whose squad outshot the Roughnecks 29-20 in the first half before settling in to a 50-46 shooting advantage while building four separate two-goal leads.
"The effort we brought tonight was outstanding," he said. "It's just awfully frustrating in a hard-fought, well-played game to get a good two-goal lead late in the game, then give it away."
With the loss, the Stealth evened their season-series with the Calgary squad and slipped to 7-6 on the season — a full game behind the Roughnecks and Edmonton, which now share the division lead with just three games remaining. Minnesota, which lost to Philadelphia on Friday, trails the Stealth by a game-and-a half, while Colorado, despite its win Saturday over the Wings, is on the bottom, two back of the Stealth.
Winning three straight for a 7-4 West-leading record in mid March, the loss is the second straight for the Stealth who still need just a win to clinch a post-season berth.
Washington opened scoring on a Dean Hill goal at 13:19 of the first, but was quickly answered by the Roughnecks Curtis Dickson who scored the first of his four on the night just 3:15 later.
The two battled through the first with Calgary moving ahead to a 3-2 lead on Dickson's second of the night with 4:24 remaining before Mitch Jones tied it at 3-3. It was Jones' first career NLL goal after being called up just two weeks ago for the Minnesota game. Jones added an assist to finish the night with two points.
"I know to go to the net hard and things are going to happen," said Jones who capitalized on a fast break by Stealth captain Kyle Sorensen. "I got a great bounce and put my first one away."
In the second, the Stealth moved out to a narrow 5-4 lead on goals by Sorensen and Rhys Duch. Sorensen's goal just 35 seconds into the quarter came after Richards hit the defender on a floor-length pass for a one-on-one showdown with Roughnecks goaltender Mike Poulin.
Trading goals in the third, the Stealth again opened up two-goal leads on scores by Ratcliff at 10:05 and Tyler Garrison at 6:00.
But in the fourth, Calgary found momentum with Dickson scoring on a power play just over two minutes in to the quarter to knot the game at 7-7 and Dobbie getting the go-ahead goal just 17 seconds later with assists from Geoff Snider and Scott Ranger.
The Roughnecks' lead was short-lived as Bucktooth ignited a three-goal run that would ultimately give the Stealth another two-score advantage at 10-8 before stumbling.
In the end, Hill brought the game within one with 1:10 to go, but with the Stealth goal empty in favor of an extra attacker, Roughnecks forward Jeff Shattler converted an empty-net score with two seconds remaining to seal the win.
Ratcliff led the Stealth in scoring with two goals and three assists on 11 shots. Bucktooth finished the night with two goals and two assists on six shots, while Duch tallied a single goal and four assists on nine shots.
For the Roughnecks, Dickson had four goals, while Dane Dobbie had three goals and two assists for five points.
Bob Snider was 14 of 28 in the face-off circle for the Stealth, while his brother Geoff won 12 of 25 for the Roughnecks.
The Stealth are on the road next Saturday, April 6 for the rubber-match of its season series with Calgary. Game time at the Scotiabank Saddle Dome is 6 p.m. PDT.
Following Saturday's matchup with the Roughnecks, the Stealth return home to Comcast Arena for the final two games of the regular season. On Saturday, April 13, the Stealth take on the Buffalo Bandits and on Saturday, April 20 meet-up with the Philadelphia Wings. Game time for both contests is 6:45 p.m. PDT.
Scoring 1 2 3 4 F
Calgary 3 1 2 7 — 13
Washington 3 2 2 4 — 11
Around the NLL
Friday, March 29
Buffalo 11, Toronto 18
Philadelphia 11, Minnesota 20
Saturday, March 30
Toronto 8, Rochester 12
Philadelphia 9, Colorado 10
Calgary 13, Washington 11