FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods

This product image provided by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company shows packaging for Alert Energy Caffeine Gum. (AP Photo/Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company)

This product image provided by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company shows packaging for Alert Energy Caffeine Gum. (AP Photo/Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company)

This product image provided by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company shows the back of packaging showing the nutritional facts for Alert Energy Caffeine Gum. (AP Photo/Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Trail mix. Potato chips. And now gum.

With a growing number of foods boasting added caffeine for an energy boost, the Food and Drug Administration says it's time to investigate their safety.

The FDA's new look at added caffeine and its effects on children and adolescents is in response to a caffeinated gum introduced this week by Wrigley. Called Alert Energy Gum, it promises "The right energy, right now." The agency is already investigating the safety of energy drinks and energy shots, prompted by consumer reports of illness and death.

Michael Taylor, FDA's deputy commissioner of foods, said Monday that the only time FDA explicitly approved the added use of caffeine in a food or drink was in the 1950s for colas. The current proliferation of caffeine added to foods is "beyond anything FDA envisioned," Taylor said.

"It is disturbing," Taylor said in an interview with The Associated Press. "We're concerned about whether they have been adequately evaluated."

Taylor said the agency will look at the potential impact these "new and easy sources" of caffeine will have on children's health and will take action if necessary. He said that he and other FDA officials have held meetings with some of the large food companies that have ventured into caffeinated products, including Mars Inc., of which Wrigley is a subsidiary.

Wrigley and other companies adding caffeine to their products have labeled them as for adult use only. A spokeswoman for Wrigley, Denise M. Young, said the gum is for "adults who are looking for foods with caffeine for energy" and each piece contains about 40 mg, or the equivalent amount found in half a cup of coffee. She said the company will work with FDA.

"Millions of Americans consume caffeine responsibly and in moderation as part of their daily routines," Young said.

Food manufacturers have added caffeine to candy, nuts and other snack foods in recent years. Jelly Belly "Extreme Sport Beans," for example, have 50 mg of caffeine in each 100-calorie pack, while Arma Energy Snx markets trail mix, chips and other products that have caffeine.

Critics say it's not enough for the companies to say they are marketing the products to adults when the caffeine is added to items like candy that are attractive to children. Major medical associations have warned that too much caffeine can be dangerous for children, who have less ability to process the stimulant than adults. The American Academy of Pediatrics says caffeine has been linked to harmful effects on young people's developing neurologic and cardiovascular systems.

"Could caffeinated macaroni and cheese or breakfast cereal be next?" said Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which wrote the FDA a letter concerned about the number of foods with added caffeine last year. "One serving of any of these foods isn't likely to harm anyone. The concern is that it will be increasingly easy to consume caffeine throughout the day, sometimes unwittingly, as companies add caffeine to candies, nuts, snacks and other foods. "

Taylor said the agency would look at the added caffeine in its totality ? while one product might not cause adverse effects, the increasing number of caffeinated products on the market, including drinks, could mean more adverse health effects for children.

Last November, the FDA said it had received 92 reports over four years that cited illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths after consumption of an energy shot marketed as 5-Hour Energy. The FDA said it had also received reports that cited the highly caffeinated Monster Energy Drink in several deaths.

Agency officials said then that the reports to the FDA from consumers, doctors and others don't necessarily prove that the drinks caused the deaths or injuries but said they were investigating each one. In February, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg again stressed that reports to the agency of adverse events related to energy drinks did not necessarily suggest a causal effect.

FDA officials said they would take action if they could link the deaths to consumption of the energy drinks, including forcing the companies to take the products off the market.

In 2010, the agency forced manufacturers of alcoholic caffeinated beverages to cease production of those drinks. The agency said the combination of caffeine and alcohol could lead to a "wide-awake drunk" and has led to alcohol poisoning, car accidents and assaults.

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Police say 4 people stabbed at Albuquerque church

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ? Police say a 24-year-old man stabbed four people at a Catholic church in Albuquerque as a Sunday mass was nearing its end.

Police spokesman Robert Gibbs says Lawrence Capener jumped over several pews at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church around noon Sunday and walked up to the choir area where he began his attack.

The injuries to the four church-goers weren't life-threatening. All four were being treated at hospitals.

An off-duty police officer and others at the church subdued Capener and held him down until police arrived.

Some of those who were stabbed were members of the choir.

The choir's pianist, Brenda Baca King, told KRQE-TV that the attacker was looking at the lead soloist. "I just remember seeing him hurdle over the pews, hurdle over people and run towards us and I thought, 'Oh my God, this is not good,'" Baca King said.

Police described the stabbing scene as chaotic as parishioners screamed as the attack unfolded.

Gibbs says Capener was interviewed by police and was expected to face felony charges. It's not yet known whether Capener has an attorney.

Gibbs says investigators don't yet know the motive for the stabbings, whether Capener had ties to the victims or whether he regularly attended the church.

The stabbings occurred as the choir had just begun its closing hymns.

Archbishop of Santa Fe Michael Sheehan released a statement saying he was saddened by the attack.

"I pray for all who have been harmed, their families, the parishioners and that nothing like this will ever happen again," Sheehan said.

The church didn't immediately return calls seeking comment on Sunday afternoon.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-4-people-stabbed-albuquerque-church-224409447.html

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Engaging online crowds in the classroom could be important tool for teaching innovation

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Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern Educators report on pilot study

PITTSBURGHOnline crowds can be an important tool for teaching the ins and outs of innovation, educators at Carnegie Mellon University and Northwestern University say, even when the quality of the feedback provided by online sources doesn't always match the quantity.

In a pilot study that invited the crowd into their classrooms, Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern instructors found that input from social media and other crowdsourcing sites helped the students identify human needs for products or services, generate large quantities of ideas, and ease some aspects of testing those ideas.

Finding ways to incorporate online crowds into coursework is critical for teaching the process of innovation, said Steven Dow, assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute. He and his co-investigator, Elizabeth Gerber, the Breed Junior Professor of Design at Northwestern University, will present their findings April 29 at CHI 2013, the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, in Paris.

"Educating students about innovation practices can be difficult in the classroom, where students typically lack authentic interaction with the real world," Dow explained. "Social networks and other online crowds can provide input that students can't get otherwise. Even in project courses, feedback is limited to a handful of individuals, at most."

At the same time, tapping the power of online communities has itself become part of the innovation process, Gerber said, with many entrepreneurs turning to sites such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo to get initial support.

"The Internet affords access to online communities to which we might not ever have access," she said. "Future innovators need to know how to find and respectively engage with these communities to get the resources they need." Dow and Gerber have received a National Science Foundation grant to study the use of crowd technologies in the classroom. They have created a website, http://crowddriveninnovation.com/, to share ideas and resources regarding the use of crowd-based resources in innovation education.

In the pilot study, they explored the use of crowds with 50 students enrolled in three innovation classes offered by Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern. Students worked in groups of 3-4 on projects.

Students found online forums, such as Reddit, were very helpful in discovering unmet needs. A group working on public transit, for instance, found lots of people talk about transit on social media, Dow said. "It also helps them figure out what questions to ask users in more traditional interviews," he added.

An attempt to generate ideas through Amazon Mechanical Turk, which pays workers small fees for performing micro-tasks, produced little of use.

"Understanding context is critical for ideation and this is difficult to do in a micro-task work environment," Gerber said. What did work effectively, she said, was asking people from the user research site Mindswarms to reflect on students' storyboard concepts.

In the final class assignment, to help students learn how to pitch ideas, the teams created a crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter or IndieGoGo. But that made many students uncomfortable.

"The main problem with the crowdfunding piece of the class was that few students, as far as I could tell, actually wanted to raise the money," one student explained. "Most students in the class have other plans and weren't planning to continue working on their idea."

"In a strange way, this discomfort validated our hypothesis that engaging external crowds would bring the reality of innovation practices into the classroom," Dow said. "It was almost too real." One solution, Dow and Gerber said, may be to have students prepare a crowdfunding campaign, but not launch it.

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About Carnegie Mellon University: Carnegie Mellon is a private, internationally ranked research university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business, to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 12,000 students in the university's seven schools and colleges benefit from a small student-to-faculty ratio and an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A global university, Carnegie Mellon's main campus in the United States is in Pittsburgh, Pa. It has campuses in California's Silicon Valley and Qatar, and programs in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Mexico. The university is in the midst of "Inspire Innovation: The Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University," which aims to build its endowment, support faculty, students and innovative research, and enhance the physical campus with equipment and facility improvements

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Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern Educators report on pilot study

PITTSBURGHOnline crowds can be an important tool for teaching the ins and outs of innovation, educators at Carnegie Mellon University and Northwestern University say, even when the quality of the feedback provided by online sources doesn't always match the quantity.

In a pilot study that invited the crowd into their classrooms, Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern instructors found that input from social media and other crowdsourcing sites helped the students identify human needs for products or services, generate large quantities of ideas, and ease some aspects of testing those ideas.

Finding ways to incorporate online crowds into coursework is critical for teaching the process of innovation, said Steven Dow, assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute. He and his co-investigator, Elizabeth Gerber, the Breed Junior Professor of Design at Northwestern University, will present their findings April 29 at CHI 2013, the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, in Paris.

"Educating students about innovation practices can be difficult in the classroom, where students typically lack authentic interaction with the real world," Dow explained. "Social networks and other online crowds can provide input that students can't get otherwise. Even in project courses, feedback is limited to a handful of individuals, at most."

At the same time, tapping the power of online communities has itself become part of the innovation process, Gerber said, with many entrepreneurs turning to sites such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo to get initial support.

"The Internet affords access to online communities to which we might not ever have access," she said. "Future innovators need to know how to find and respectively engage with these communities to get the resources they need." Dow and Gerber have received a National Science Foundation grant to study the use of crowd technologies in the classroom. They have created a website, http://crowddriveninnovation.com/, to share ideas and resources regarding the use of crowd-based resources in innovation education.

In the pilot study, they explored the use of crowds with 50 students enrolled in three innovation classes offered by Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern. Students worked in groups of 3-4 on projects.

Students found online forums, such as Reddit, were very helpful in discovering unmet needs. A group working on public transit, for instance, found lots of people talk about transit on social media, Dow said. "It also helps them figure out what questions to ask users in more traditional interviews," he added.

An attempt to generate ideas through Amazon Mechanical Turk, which pays workers small fees for performing micro-tasks, produced little of use.

"Understanding context is critical for ideation and this is difficult to do in a micro-task work environment," Gerber said. What did work effectively, she said, was asking people from the user research site Mindswarms to reflect on students' storyboard concepts.

In the final class assignment, to help students learn how to pitch ideas, the teams created a crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter or IndieGoGo. But that made many students uncomfortable.

"The main problem with the crowdfunding piece of the class was that few students, as far as I could tell, actually wanted to raise the money," one student explained. "Most students in the class have other plans and weren't planning to continue working on their idea."

"In a strange way, this discomfort validated our hypothesis that engaging external crowds would bring the reality of innovation practices into the classroom," Dow said. "It was almost too real." One solution, Dow and Gerber said, may be to have students prepare a crowdfunding campaign, but not launch it.

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About Carnegie Mellon University: Carnegie Mellon is a private, internationally ranked research university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business, to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 12,000 students in the university's seven schools and colleges benefit from a small student-to-faculty ratio and an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A global university, Carnegie Mellon's main campus in the United States is in Pittsburgh, Pa. It has campuses in California's Silicon Valley and Qatar, and programs in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Mexico. The university is in the midst of "Inspire Innovation: The Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University," which aims to build its endowment, support faculty, students and innovative research, and enhance the physical campus with equipment and facility improvements

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Big growth likely for Georgia's film industry

ATLANTA (AP) ? A few years ago, Georgia was locked in a bidding war with North Carolina over the Disney movie, "The Last Song," starring Miley Cyrus.

Both states wanted the movie to film in their state, and North Carolina was close to sealing the deal with an attractive tax incentive package. But Georgia snapped up the production, largely because it had recently expanded its own tax credit for films.

The state hasn't looked back since. Not only are TV shows like "The Walking Dead" and films like "The Hunger Games" sequel filmed in Georgia, but tens of millions of dollars are being invested to build up critical infrastructure. No fewer than five major studio developments or expansions have been announced in recent months with the goal of luring big-budget blockbusters.

"It really is about the whole package," said Lee Thomas, director of the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office. "They can do everything here now."

Last fiscal year, productions filmed in Georgia generated an estimated $3.1 billion in economic activity, a 29 percent increase from the year before, according to state estimates. And Thomas said that will only increase with the studio projects in the works that will add large soundstages and back lots to lure big productions, such as "Iron Man 3," which Georgia wasn't able to accommodate. The state didn't have a studio that fit the requirements of the film's production company.

Of the studio projects in the works, one being planned in Fayette County, a short drive south of Atlanta, could be a game changer. British film studio Pinewood Shepperton PLC, home to the James Bond franchise, has reportedly been in talks with a group of investors to manage and operate the facility. It would be Pinewood's first production facility in the U.S. Recent films shot at Pinewood Studios, outside London, include the coming Angelina Jolie film, "Maleficent" and "Jack Ryan," directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh.

The project, once finalized, would underscore how much Georgia has become a film destination and be another sign that California continues to struggle with runaway production.

A survey last year found that California lost $3 billion in wages from 2004 to 2011 because of film and TV production moving to other states and countries, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. Half the wages went to states such as Georgia, North Carolina and Louisiana that offer tax incentives and rebates to the industry.

Representatives of Pinewood declined comment on the plan, and the head of Fayette County's development agency would say only that discussions continue between the company and a group of Georgia-based investors on the state-of-the-art studio complex, which would sit on 288 acres and include at least five soundstages.

"It takes the state to a whole new level," said Matt Forshee, president of the Fayette County Development Authority, who has been closely involved in the project. "When you look at the films that have filmed in Georgia, for the most part, they have been smaller budget films, in the range of $20-25 million. This allows us to open up to larger budget productions, which means more expenditures occurring within the state, which becomes a bigger return on the investment on the state level for the tax credits."

Georgia has come a long way since the 1939 Civil War epic "Gone With The Wind," arguably the most famous movie about the state, was filmed in California. Three decades later, the 1971 Burt Reynolds movie "Deliverance" helped put Georgia on the map as a shooting location. The state created a film commission, and Reynolds returned to the state to shoot hits such as "Smokey and the Bandit" and "The Longest Yard."

Now, Atlanta truly has the feel of Hollywood South. In recent years, the state has been a shooting location for films such as Clint Eastwood's "Trouble With the Curve," the new Jackie Robinson biopic "42" with Harrison Ford, Denzel Washington's Oscar-nominated turn as an alcoholic pilot in "Flight," the Katherine Heigl rom-com "Life as We Know It," the current Reese Witherspoon project "The Good Lie," and comedies such as 2011's "Hall Pass" and the coming "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" starring Will Ferrell.

While studio developers building soundstages are not eligible for Georgia's tax credit program, the production companies making films are. Georgia provides a 20 percent tax credit for companies that spend $500,000 or more on production and post-production in the state, either in a single production or on multiple projects.

Georgia also grants an additional 10 percent tax credit if the finished project includes a state promotional logo. Further, if a company has little or no Georgia tax liability, it can transfer or sell its tax credits.

"The industry follows the dollar," Forshee said. "They are going to go where they can do the best product for the cheapest cost. This tax credit has made Georgia a viable and lucrative place to make films."

The economic benefits have been debated in Georgia, although the state has remained committed to the film incentives. Meanwhile, lawmakers in North Carolina are debating a plan that would place certain limitations on the state's program, with supporters of the effort saying there's no evidence the $30 million in tax breaks in 2011 matches the job growth cited by the industry. In comparison, Georgia handed out $140.6 million in tax credits in 2010.

Gov. Nathan Deal said it's the combination of the tax credits and Georgia's diverse landscape ? from the mountains to the coast ? that has made the state so attractive to filmmakers.

"It is an affirmation of several things, some of which is just the natural beauty of our state," Deal said in a recent interview. "You are seeing ample evidence that the tax credits for the movie and film industry are definitely paying the dividends that we anticipated."

There are a number of ripple effects. The films bring jobs, and the state already has an estimated 5,000 union and non-union professionals associated with the film industry along with more than 1,000 production suppliers and support companies. Major components of the proposed studio projects also include educational programs aimed at training the next generation of industry employees.

This week, Atlanta-based Jacoby Development announced plans to build an estimated $1 billion multiuse project north of downtown Atlanta that will include 12 soundstages as well as production offices and an arts and media school.

Jim Jacoby, chairman of The Jacoby Group, said he expected to have financing lined up quickly and was in Hollywood this week to pitch the project.

"The times are ripe because the demand is there right now. We feel like we have a facility that we can get to market quickly," Jacoby said.

The studio project will be located on 100 acres in Gwinnett County just north of the city, where with an existing 500,000-square-foot building can be remade into 12 soundstages. Plans call for construction to begin by the end of the year.

"The facility that Jacoby is building will be designed to Hollywood standards and will fill quickly," said Gary Bastien, whose architectural firm will be involved in the studio design. Bastien has designed various TV and movie projects for major studios in Southern California.

Other projects include a planned expansion of Tyler Perry's sprawling studio complex that already includes five soundstages, a $100 million project east of the city in Newton County and a $90 million studio planned in Effingham County near Savannah.

The one in Newton County is in the early stages, but Covington-based Triple Horse says it plans a 160-acre studio with multiple soundstages, post-production facilities and a back lot. The one in Effingham County is backed by Medient Studios, which began in India and has expanded with offices in Hollywood and London. Medient's project includes a $90 million studio and entertainment complex with the goal of also becoming a major tourist destination.

Thomas, who heads the state's entertainment office, said another side benefit has been Georgia's burgeoning film tourism industry, with fans planning vacations around visits to film locations. Much of that has centered on the town of Senoia, where AMC's "The Walking Dead" is filmed, with plans to promote Georgia locations in connection with the coming release of the "Hunger Games" sequel. The state also has launched a website, ComeTourGeorgia.com, that lists movie tours and travel tips, pitching an opportunity to "walk in the footsteps of your favorite actors and musicians."

Said Thomas: "We have all the pieces of the puzzle here."

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Libya to help ease Egypt crisis with $1.2 bln oil deal

By Jessica Donati and Ghaith Shennib

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya will soon start shipping oil to neighbouring Egypt on soft credit terms, two senior Libyan officials said, as Cairo struggles to pay for energy imports and avoid fuel shortages.

The officials told Reuters that Tripoli would supply Cairo with $1.2 billion worth of crude at world prices but on interest free credit for a year, with the first cargo expected to arrive next month.

Egypt has slid into economic crisis since president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown two years ago. Most international companies have reduced oil product supplies to the country fearing non-payments, as the government tries to curb soaring energy subsidy costs which swallow up a fifth of its budget.

Libya plans to ship one to two cargoes a month for refining in Egypt under a deal that involves 12 million barrels of crude over 12 months, the oil industry officials said.

With foreign currency reserves running low, Egypt has not bought any crude on the open market since January. In rough terms the Libyan deal would be worth slightly more than half its 2012 imports, which the central bank put at $2 billion.

"Their situation is very bad, and if necessary they can take up to a year to pay (for each delivery)," said one of the Libyan officials.

Libyan authorities themselves face a daily struggle to keep services running and take control of a country awash with weapons looted from the arsenal of Muammar Gaddafi, who was toppled in 2011.

But the official said Libya could not shy away from helping an important trading partner. "If you are a good neighbour and something is wrong with your neighbour, you will not feel comfortable with yourself. It's human nature," he said.

Cairo has so far failed to agree a $4.8 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund and has sought help from energy producing countries in the region and beyond.

Tripoli has already deposited $2 billion at the Egyptian central bank and Qatar has announced $8 billion in loans, grants and other deposits since Islamist President Mohamed Mursi was elected last June.

WORLD PRICES

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) declined immediate comments on the details of the deal, although one of the oil industry officials said it would supply Sirteca, the cheapest of all the country's grades. "Shipments will be sold at world prices," said the second Libyan official.

An official at the Egyptian oil ministry confirmed some of the deal's terms. "(It will be) one million barrels a month and deferred payment for 12 months without interest starting from the first half of May, God willing," the official told Reuters.

However, the official maintained that the two sides were still discussing the kind of crude oil to be supplied and how long the shipments would last. The Libyan officials said that if the first cargo was sent next month as planned, they would last until April 2014.

The Libyan deal should ease the problems of Egypt, which owes at least $5 billion to oil companies, half of it overdue.

Cairo aims to raise prices of subsidised energy gradually, bringing them close to world levels in four years, to reduce the burden on its huge budget deficit. In the short term, it wants to avoid arousing more social unrest by ensuring energy supplies during the approaching summer when energy consumption peaks.

Libya has already shown willingness to step back into its old role as North Africa's version of a Gulf petro-state by using cash to open doors.

Libya's new rulers authorised a payment of almost $200 million to Mauritania after it extradited Gaddafi's former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi last year, although they later denied there was a quid pro quo.

Diplomats and analysts have also suggested Libya's growing support may help persuade Egypt to hand over Gaddafi's cousin Ahmed Gaddaf Alddam, who was arrested in Cairo in March.

Egypt sent two other ex-Gaddafi officials to Libya last month but barred the extradition of Gaddaf Alddam, who is claiming Egyptian citizenship. Libya is appealing the Egyptian court ruling.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/libya-help-ease-egypt-crisis-1-2-bln-124645011.html

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Harvard To Close New England Primate Research Center

Federal funding has all but dried up for Primate research. Researchers have found that Chimps are indeed very similar to humans, and testing on them is inhumane. Animal/primates rights activists have won, and the few chimps in federal care are the only ones left, they won't be replaced. There's quite a backstory here that isn't being told.
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Slow Insurance Approvals Strand Mental Health Patients in ER ...

By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on April 25, 2013

A significant problem regarding health care access involves obtaining hospital admission for those experiencing a mental health crisis.

The backlog in obtaining insurance approval for admission to a hospital bed is problematic for the patient in crisis, other emergency room patients and physicians.

A research letter to be published in the May issue of the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine argues that pre-authorization process is akin to health care ?rationing by hassle factor.?

?An emergency department is just about the worst place for a psychiatric patient to wait for an inpatient bed, and yet that is exactly what the pre-authorization process forces on millions of these vulnerable people,? said senior author J. Wesley Boyd, M.D., Ph.D.

?The thousands upon thousands of hours emergency physicians spend obtaining prior authorization for admission to the hospital are hours we are not spending on direct patient care. Only Medicare does not require prior authorization for us to admit psychiatric patients to the hospital; maybe they are onto something.?

In the study, researchers recorded data on 53 patients ? most were in the emergency department because they were having suicidal thoughts.

Half of the authorization requests took under 20 minutes to be approved, but 10 percent of the patients? authorizations took an hour or more. Only one of the 53 patients? insurance carriers denied pre-authorization. There are approximately 2.5 million psychiatric admissions to hospitals every year in the U.S.

?Psychiatric care is really the poor stepchild in the world of insurance coverage,? said lead author Amy Funkenstein, M.D., of Brown University in Providence, R.I..

?Insurance carriers reimburse poorly and as a consequence, hospitals often have inadequate resources for patients who urgently need this care. The situation is so dire that ERs are now being designed and configured to house psychiatric patients awaiting placement as inpatients. These patients deserve better.?

Source: American College of Emergency Physicians

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Nauert PhD, R. (2013). Slow Insurance Approvals Strand Mental Health Patients in ER. Psych Central. Retrieved on April 26, 2013, from http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/25/slow-insurance-approvals-strand-mental-health-patients-in-er/54083.html

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George W. Bush: 'Painting has Changed My Life' (ABC News)

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Digital Storm goes after DIY gaming PCs with its $699 Vanquish (video)

Dear rig builder, before you go shopping for your next PSU, Digital Storm would like a word. The company's new line of Vanquish PCs is aimed at gamers who want the price of a self-build, but without the worry that they've mistakenly jammed a 12V ATX cable into a Blu-Ray drive. The base unit offers up an AMD FX-4300 with 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, a Radeon HD 7750 and Windows 7 for $699 -- just $38 more than the company claims you could snag those unassembled parts on NewEgg. Alongside the professional build, Digital Storm will provide lifetime in-house tech support and a three-year warranty, so if you'd like to learn more, there's PR and video after the break.

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New matter-antimatter difference observed in LHCb experiment at CERN

Apr. 24, 2013 ? The LHCb collaboration at CERN today submitted a paper to Physical Review Letters on the first observation of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the decays of the particle known as the B⁰_s. It is only the fourth subatomic particle known to exhibit such behaviour.

Matter and antimatter are thought to have existed in equal amounts at the beginning of the universe, but today the universe appears to be composed essentially of matter. By studying subtle differences in the behaviour of particle and antiparticles, experiments at the LHC are seeking to cast light on this dominance of matter over antimatter.

Now the LHCb experiment has observed a preference for matter over antimatter known as CP-violation in the decay of neutral B⁰_s particles. The results are based on the analysis of data collected by the experiment in 2011. "The discovery of the asymmetric behaviour in the B⁰_S particle comes with a significance of more than 5 sigma -- a result that was only possible thanks to the large amount of data provided by the LHC and to the LHCb detector's particle identification capabilities," says Pierluigi Campana, spokesperson of the LHCb collaboration. "Experiments elsewhere have not been in a position to accumulate a large enough number of B⁰_s decays."

Violation of the CP symmetry was first observed at Brookhaven Laboratory in the US in the 1960s in neutral particles called kaons. About 40 years later, experiments in Japan and the US found similar behaviour in another particle, the B⁰ meson. More recently, experiments at the so-called B factories and the LHCb experiment at CERN have found that the B⁺ meson also demonstrates CP violation.

All of these CP violation phenomena can be accounted for in the Standard Model, although some interesting discrepancies demand more detailed studies. "We also know that the total effects induced by Standard Model CP violation are too small to account for the matter-dominated Universe," says Campana. "However, by studying these CP violation effects we are looking for the missing pieces of the puzzle, which provide stringent tests of the theory and are a sensitive probe for revealing the presence of physics beyond the Standard Model."

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DirecTV adding voice search to its iOS and Android phone apps, beta coming this summer

Now that it's finally got an Android tablet app to speak of, DirecTV is returning its attention to phones: the company announced today that both its iOS and Android applications will be receiving voice search starting this summer. As the company describes it, the app is meant to address the age-old problem of there being "nothing on TV." (And also, the fact that searching for things on your television is damn tedious.) In particular, you can use the app to search by person, title, channel show time or genre, using commands such as "find comedy movies," etc. Like other voice-control services, too, you can give follow-up instructions like, "with Bill Hader" and it'll know to narrow down your results instead of starting a new search. Considering DirecTV whipped up its own search algorithm from scratch, it seems to work intuitively. Still, the fact that the landing page is filled with sample queries suggests there's very much a right and wrong way to ask for what you want.

If you're using the app away from home, you can set your DVR to record different shows. When you're on your home network, though, you can have the search results show up on your television, at which point your phone transforms into a remote you can use to scroll through menus and the like. With the TV, too, you can wade through various programs, as well as search for sports content or ask the app to switch to a certain channel (saying either the channel name or number will work). You can even tell the app to go back through menus, but you can't use your voice to access features like the settings menu. No word on when the beta will roll out, except that it'll happen sometime this summer.

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Senior Scholarship List as of April 23, 2013. ? Lakeland High School ...

Lakeland High School

Senior Guidance Department

Scholarship List

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**In order to obtain an application you must complete a Scholarship Request form (which is located in the Guidance Department). All completed request forms must be given to Ms. Stanley to ensure prompt receipt of applications.

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Name of Scholarship: 2013 Elie Wiesel Writing Competition and Visual Arts

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Eligibility Criteria: Information on this competition will not be available until after Thanksgiving.?

THIS COMPETITION IS FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS

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Deadline: TBA.

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Name of the Scholarship: Holland Blackburn

Eligibility Criteria: You must be an African American graduating senior who plans to apply to and attend the University of Virginia; have a 600 or better on each section of the SAT and in the top 10% of your class.

Deadline: See website (http://.www.hollandblackburn.org/index.php)

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Name of the Scholarship: University Achievement Award

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who plans to attend and apply to the University of Virginia; you must have a history of overcoming disadvantage; be a first generation college student; be a member of an underrepresented minority or ethnic group; be a member of a low-income family; reside in a rural or inner-city location and have been raised in a single parent household.

Deadline: You are automatically considered for this scholarship when applying.

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Name of the Scholarship: Walter N. Ridley

Eligibility Criteria: You must be an African American graduating senior who plans to apply to and attend the University of Virginia; you must have special talents and/or leadership qualities (characteristics) and have excelled academically.

Deadline: See website (www.alumni.virginia.edu/ridley/)

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Name of the Scholarship: Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a Hispanic graduating senior who plans to apply to and attend the University of Virginia and in need of financial assistance.

Deadline: See website (http://www.hsf.net/)

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Name of the Scholarship: Questbridge Scholarship Program

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who plans to apply to and attend the University of Virginia and have an extreme financial need.

Deadline: See website (www.questbridge.org)

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Name of the Scholarship: Epsilon Sigma Alpha

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior.

There are several scholarships listed on this website.

Deadline: Various deadlines (visit this website http://www.epsilonsigmaalpha.org/scholarships-and-grants/scholarships/results/?state=Virginia ).

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Name of the Scholarship: Abbott & Fenner

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a junior or a graduating senior planning to attend a 4 year college or university.

Deadline: June 14, 2013 (http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm).

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Name of the Scholarship: Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who plans to attend a TMCF college/university, must complete the FASFA, be a U.S. citizen, demonstrate leadership qualities and service experience and be recommended by a faculty or staff member at your current school (counselor).

Deadline: application available February of 2013 (you must apply online at http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.net/scholarship/about-scholarships-program)

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Name of the Scholarship: United Negro College Fund

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior. ?

Various scholarships are available.

Deadline: Various deadlines (you must apply online at http://www.uncf.org/sections/ForStudents/SS_Scholarships/scholarships.asp)

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Name of the Scholarship: Mary Free Bed Minority Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be an African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaskan Native, have a cumulative grade point of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, currently enrolled in or accepted into an accredited college or university as a full-time degree-seeking student in nursing or therapy program (PT , Speech, OT), demonstrate leadership abilities through participation in community services, extracurricular activities or other volunteer activities and demonstrate commitment to serving diverse populations.

Deadline: Application will be available January, 2013 (you can apply at www.maryfreebed.com)

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Name of the Scholarship: Back Bay Amateur Astronomers 2013 Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who has demonstrated an avid interest in astronomy.

Deadline: May 1, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: Whaleyville Ruritan Club

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who resides in the Whaleyville borough (23438) and planning to attend college.

Deadline: May 1, 2013.

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Name of the Scholarship: Suffolk Art League (Chip Picot Student Scholarship)

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who plans to attend an institution of higher learning; you must also possess talent, financial need and you must have a good scholastic record.

Deadline: April 25, 2013.

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Name of the Scholarship: EastWest Foundation (2013 Bill Jessee Memorial Scholarship)

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior planning to pursue a degree in engineering, construction or architecture at any Virginia college or university.

Deadline: May 3, 2013 (post mark date).

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Name of the Scholarship: Suffolk Association of Educational Office Professionals

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who has applied for admission to a post secondary high school program and plans to further his/her education. You must also have a grade point average of 3.0.

Deadline: April 24, 2013.

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Name of the Scholarship: America?s Homecoming Queen

Eligibility Criteria: Please see link for additional information? http://www.americashomecomingqueen.com/.?

Deadline: TBA

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Name of the Scholarship: Suffolk Ruritan Club

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who resides in Suffolk, Va; planning to apply/attend an accredited college or university in the fall of 2013; have a gpa of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and you must currently participate in extracurricular and community service activities.

Deadline: May 10, 2013.

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Name of the Scholarship: The Hampton Roads Choir Directors/Organists Guild

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who plans to earn a baccalaureate degree in music at an accredited college/university and you must have a grade point average of a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.?

Deadline: April 30, 2013 (post mark date)

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Name of the Scholarship: Virginia Pupil Transportation

Eligibility Criteria: There are several scholarships available; please see below:

The Clyde W. Morris Scholarship: You must be a graduating senior whose parent or grandparent is either currently employed or formerly employed in the public school pupil transportation field in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Deadline: April 30, 2013

The Buster Bynum Education Scholarship: You must be a graduating senior whose parent(s)/guardian(s) has been an active employee in public school transportation during the past five years. Deadline: April 30, 2013

All applications can be obtained via this website: (http://www.vapt.org/)

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Name of the Scholarship: Paul D Camp Community College Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who plans to attend Paul D Camp Community College (Suffolk, Franklin or Smithfield).?

Deadline: See website for deadlines and applications (www.pdc.edu/scholarships)

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Name of the Scholarship: Jamari W. Atkinson Scholarship Fund, Inc.

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating high school senior who resides in Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News or Norfolk; planning to attend college?majoring in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) discipline; have a grade point average of 3.0 and an ACT score of at least 25 or a SAT score of at least 1100.?

Deadline: April 30, 2013 (post marked by)

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Name of the Scholarship: Suffolk Christian Church Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who is planning to attend college/university in the fall of 2013.?

Deadline: April 30, 2013 (post marked by)

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Name of the Scholarship: The Ian Michael Burgett Foundation

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who will attend a four year accredited college/university as a full time student in the fall of 2013; you must possess good character, thoughtfulness, a spirit of volunteerism, self confidence and a strong sense of who you are; you must also be involved in extracurricular activities through school or outside organizations.?

Deadline: April 30, 2013 (post marked by)

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Name of the Scholarship: National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior or a student enrolled in a GED program or another alternative education program and planning to enroll in a post secondary program. You must be homeless or have been homeless during your school attendance and have demonstrated average or higher than average achievement.??

Deadline: June 14, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: ACCA Hampton Roads 2013 Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who is planning to continue your education in the heating, air condition, ventilation, control and refrigeration field and you must also have a 2.0 grade point average.?

Deadline: April 30, 2013 (post marked by)

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Name of the Scholarship: East Suffolk High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who is a descendant of an East Suffolk High School graduate with a 2.5 grade point average and planning to attend college in the fall of 2013.?

Deadline: May 10, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: East Suffolk High School Alumni Association Joyce A. Artis Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who is a descendant of a John F. Kennedy High School graduate; planning to attend a college/university in the fall of 2013; have a grade point average of 2.8 or better and a demonstrated commitment to community service.

Deadline: May 10, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: L. T. & Margaret W. Reid Scholarship Fund

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who has achieved academically; has a financial need and planning to attend college in the fall of 2013.?

Deadline: April 30, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who has achieved academically; obtained honors; participates in extracurricular activities and is planning to enroll in college in the fall of 2013.

Deadline: May 3, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: Virginia Tech Farmhouse Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who has been accepted to attend a four-year college/university in the Fall of 2013; the student must possess outstanding scholastic ability, leadership qualities, educational goals and you must have a financial need.

Deadline: June 1, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: Suffolk PTA/PTSA Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who is planning to attend college; achieved academically and involved in extracurricular activities and be in good standing with State Local PTSA council.

Deadline: May 16, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: Les Gemmes, Incorporated (Suffolk Chapter)

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who plans to attend college/university in the Fall of 2013; you must have a grade point average of a 2.5 or greater; be involved in community organizations and achieved honors and awards.

Deadline: May 10, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: Doretha Jones Ricks Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating African American senior who plans to pursue a Bachelor?s degree starting with 12 credits at a 4 year college/university; you must possess good citizenship and a grade point average of 3.0 or better.

Deadline: May 5, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: Suffolk Chapter Las Amigas, Inc.

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior who plans to pursue a Bachelor?s degree starting with 12 credit hours at a 4 year college/university; you must possess good citizenship and a grade point average of 3.0 or better.

Deadline: May 5, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (Franklin/Southampton Alumni Chapter)

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a male graduating senior who plans to attend a ??college/university in the fall of 2013 (verification of enrollment must be provided); have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 or better; you must participate in community service activities and possess good citizenship qualities.?

Deadline: May 23, 2013

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Name of the Scholarship: Great Bridge Fisherman?s Association

Eligibility Criteria: You must be a graduating senior enrolled at a high school located in Southeastern Virginia; have a minimum grade point average of 2.0; leadership and character attributes and have a financial need.

Deadline: May 3, 2013

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? Additional Scholarships

***Please note that the scholarships listed are not available in the Guidance Department.

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Howard University Presidential Scholarship

Contact: http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman Eligibility: First-Time-in-College students with SAT=1500 ? 1600, ACT = 34 ? 36, and GPA ? 3.75. Award: Tuition, Fees, Room, Board, $950 Book Voucher, & Laptop Deadline: contact for details

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Hampton University Presidential Scholarship

Contact: http://www.hamptonu.edu/studentservices/admissions/scholarship.htm Eligibility: Freshmen with a SAT score of 1300 ? 1390 (combined Math and Critical Reading score only) or an ACT composite score ranging from 29- 31. Award: Tuition, Room, and Board Deadline: contact for details

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Hampton University Trustee Scholarship

Contact: http://www.hamptonu.edu/studentservices/admissions/scholarship.htm Eligibility: Freshmen with a minimum SAT score of 1400 (combined Math and Critical Reading score only) or minimum ACT

composite score of 32. Award: Tuition, Room, Board, and a $500 book stipend Deadline: contact for details

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American Meteorological Society (AMS) Minority Scholarship

Contact: http://www.ametsoc.org/amsstudentinfo/scholfeldocs/index.html Eligibility: The AMS Minority Scholarships help support the college educations of minority students traditionally underrepresented in the sciences who intend to pursue careers in the atmospheric or related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. Minority students who will be entering their freshman year of college in fall 2012 are eligible to apply. Award: $3000 for a nine-month period in the freshman year and an additional $3000 for a nine-month period in the sophomore year. Deadline: February 10

Contact: http://www.jackierobinson.org/apply/application.php, scholarships@jackierobinson.org or 212-

290-8600 Eligibility: Minority graduating high school senior showing leadership potential, demonstrating a dedication to community service, and demonstrating financial need. Award: up to $7,500 Deadline: Mar 30

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The Buick Achievers Scholarship

Contact: http://www.buickachievers.com/home buickachievers@scholarshipamerica.org or 1-800-537-

4180 Eligibility: Be high school seniors or high school graduates who are first-time college students, plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited four-year college or university, plan to major in a course of study that focuses on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math), demonstrate an interest in pursuing a career in the automotive or related industries using these areas of study, and be US citizens and have permanent residence in the US. Award: $2,000 ? $25,000 Deadline: March 31

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Janice M. Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund

Contact: http://www.usd108.org/Counselor/Janice%20M%20Scott%20Scholarship.htm Eligibility: US

Citizen or permanent resident of US. High school senior with a GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher who will

matriculate full-time at a US accredited four-year college or university within the fifty states or District of

Columbia starting at the beginning of the fall semester or quarter. Student must have demonstrated

leadership abilities through participating in community services or other extracurricular activities. Combined adjusted income of the parents cannot exceed $100,000. Award: $500 ? $2,500 Deadline: March 31

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Louis Stokes Health Scholars Program

Contact: http://www.cbcfinc.org/louis-stokes-health-scholars-program.html, scholarships@cbcfinc.org or

202-263-2800 Eligibility: US citizens or legal residents, minimum 3.0 GPA, currently enrolled or planning to start a full-time undergraduate program with an anticipated course of study in the health field. Award: up to $8,000 Deadline: April 14

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Tylenol Scholarship

Contact: http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/news/subptyschol.inc Eligibility: Applicants should be majoring in health or healthcare. Award: $5,000 ? $10,000 Deadline: May 27

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SunTrust Off To College Scholarship Sweepstakes

Contact: http://www.suntrusteducation.com/sweeps/ Eligibility: Sweepstakes is open to any legal resident of the US who is either a high school senior, or a current undergraduate college student, who is planning to enroll in a US Department of Education accredited college or career school for the Fall. Entrants must be at least 13 years of age. Award: $1,000 Deadline: May 11

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Megan Ashley Perry Memorial Scholarship

Contact: http://www.meganashleyperry.org/scholarships.html info@meganashleyperry.org Eligibility:

Graduating high school seniors who have been admitted to an accredited US post-secondary institution and intend to pursue a major in Education, Social Services, Social Sciences, Communications, or related fields; US Citizens or qualified non-citizens with a minimum cumulative 3.00 GPA at the time of application. Award: $4,000 Deadline: May 13

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Abbott & Fenner Consultant Scholarship

Contact: http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm Eligibility: High school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any accredited post secondary institution. Write an essay on the most difficult time in your life, and why. Award: $1,000 Deadline: June 15

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American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AiCHE) Minority Scholarship Award

Contact: http://www.aiche.org/Students/Awards/MinorityScholarshipAwardsStudent.aspx Eligibility:

Applicants shall be undergraduates in chemical engineering, be members of a minority group that is underrepresented in chemical engineering, and have a minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0. Award: $1,000 Deadline: Jun 15

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Raymond W. Sarber Awards for Microbiology

Contact: http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2294&Itemid=328,

27 awards@asmusa.org Eligibility: Undergraduate and predoctoral students attending accredited US university and enrolled in a microbiology-related major. Award: $1,500 Deadline: July 1

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Scholarships for PDCCC (applications are not available in Guidance, click the application link)

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40/7 Society Scholarship

This scholarship was created in 2011 by the Paul D. Camp Community College Foundation in celebration of the 40^th year of service and inauguration of their 7^th president, Dr. Paul Wm Conco. This scholarship is awarded annually.

Criteria:

• Non-traditional student ? Part time, evening (i.e. Taking at least one class after 4pm)
• Demonstrated Financial need (as determined by Financial Aid with FAFSA)
• Good academic standing with college

Application Process:

Application for the 40/7 Society scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

Determination is made by the Paul D. Camp Scholarship Committee

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Alvin C. Rogers Memorial Smithfield Ruritan Scholarships

Amount:

One scholarship at $500 for Spring Semester

Criteria:

• At Least 2.0 GPA or GED (transcript or GED scores must be attached to application)
• Financial Need (paragraph describing financial need must be attached to application)
• Enrollment in a certificate or degree program at Paul D. Camp Community College?s Smithfield Center
• Smithfield Address
• 200- to 500-word essay on ?The Importance of Community Service Organizations?(must be attached to application)

Application Process:

Application for the Alvin C. Rogers Memorial Smithfield Ruritan scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

College Scholarship Committee makes selection

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Bertella C. Westbrook Memorial Scholarship for Nursing Students

Amount: $750

This scholarship was established in memory of Bertella C. Westbrook, RN, who was a staunch advocate of education and the nursing profession.

Criteria:

• Letter of acceptance into the RN Program at PDCCC (must be attached to application)
• Resident of College Service area (Cities of Franklin and Suffolk, Counties of Isle of Wight and
  Southampton)
• Three letters of recommendation, referencing character, potential for leadership in school activities,
  and community work (must be attached to application)
• Financial Need (paragraph describing financial aid must be attached to
  application)
• Short Essay on why you chose the nursing profession (must be attached to application)

Application Process:

Application for the Bertella C. Westbrook Memorial scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

The College Scholarship Committee makes selection.

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Career Preparation Grant (for Franklin, Southampton or Isle of Wight residents; one for each service area)

Amount: $500

Criteria:

• New or Returning Student with interest in career/job preparation (a returning student is one who has not attended college in the last 3 years)
• Resident of Franklin, Southampton, or Isle of Wight
• Three letters of recommendation (must be attached to application)
• Enrollment in at least 6 semester hours of an Associate or Applied Science degree or certificate program at PDCCC for the Fall Semester.

Application Process:

Application for the Career Preparation Grant scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

The College Scholarship Committee makes selection.

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Col. Lula B. Holland, U. S Army (Ret.), MSW, BSN, AA Scholarship

Amount: $250

After dropping out of high school for several years, Lula B. Holland decided to return and completed her high school diploma at the age of 21. Later, she earned an Associate of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and a Master?s degree in Social Work. She retired from the U.S Army Reserves at the rank of Colonel, having served as the Chief Nurse of the 18th Field Hospital?and from the City of Portsmouth (VA), having served as the Assistant Director of Social Services.

Known throughout the country as the ?hat lady? because she is never seen in public without wearing a beautiful hat on her head, Lula prides herself more in wearing the ?hats? of service to her country, service to her community, service to her church and service to her family. This annual scholarship established in her name will provide for books and incidentals related to the completion of a degree by a non-traditional student.

Criteria:

• High School Graduate or GED recipient
• Enrollment in at least 6 semester hours of an Associate or Applied Science Degree Program at PDCCC
• Starting college at age 21 or older
• Resident of Suffolk
• Financial Need (paragraph describing financial need must be attached to application)
• Proof of community service
• Two letters of reference (must be attached to application)
• Essay describing (1) how the decision was made to begin pursuing a college education at an age greater than 21 years old and (2) future plans (must be attached to application)

Application Process:

Application for the Col. Lula B. Holland, U. S Army (Ret.), MSW, BSN, AA scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

The College Scholarship Committee makes selection.

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King?s Fork Woman?s Club of Suffolk Scholarship

Amount: $150

The King?s Fork Woman?s Club of Suffolk has designated a scholarship to be awarded to an adult student at Paul D. Camp Community College.

Criteria:

Essay describing the applicant?s goals (personal or professional), why the selected continuing

education courses are important, and how this scholarship might help.

Application Process:

Application for the King?s Fork Woman?s Club scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

King?s Fork Woman?s Club makes the selection

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The Franklin Woman?s Club Scholarship

Amount: $400

Criteria:

• Available to any person who would like to enroll for college work after having been out of school or college for at least three years
• Must have a high school diploma or GED (transcript or GED scores must be attached to application)
• Financial circumstances of the applicants may be considered a factor in granting the scholarship (paragraph describing financial need must be attached to application)
• Two letters of reference (must be attached to application)
• Short paragraph explaining how this award would be beneficial to you (must be attached to application)

Application Process:

Application for the Franklin Woman?s Club scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

Franklin Woman?s Club makes selection

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The Woman?s Club of Smithfield Scholarship

Amount: Two Scholarships @ $400 each

Criteria:

• 25 years of age or older
• 2.5 GPA or above (transcript or GED scores must be attached to application)
• Enrollment or completion of any SDV course at PDCCC?s Smithfield Center
• Enrollment in at least one 3-credit academic course at the Smithfield Center
• Resident of Isle of Wight County

Application Process:

Application for the Woman?s Club of Smithfield scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

College Scholarship Committee makes selection

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Susan E. Terry Scholarship for Returning Students, Sponsored & Given by the Franklin Jr. Woman?s Club

Amount: $250

Criteria:

The Susan E. Terry Scholarship was established in 1983 in memory of Susan E. Terry, a dedicated member of the Franklin Junior Woman?s Club.

• 21 years of age or older
• Resident of Franklin or adjacent counties
• Enrollment in one or more courses at PDCCC
• Three letters of reference (must be attached to application)
• Essay explaining your need for this scholarship, the reason for your decision to continue your education, and your future plan (must be attached to application)

Application Process:

Application for the Susan E. Terry scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

Junior Woman?s Club Committee makes selection

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The Connie Patterson Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund

Amount: $250

The Connie Patterson Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund was established September 22, 2006 to honor the memory of Connie Patterson. Connie was employed by Internal Medicine from October 14, 1996 until her death in 2006, as a medical administrator. Connie is survived by her husband, John Patterson and two sons, Adam T Patterson and Mark E. Patterson.

The initiative for the Fund came from her coworkers at Internal Medicine and the physicians, Robert G. Edwards, MD and Daniel K. Peak, Jr. MD, who worked with Connie and desire to honor her commitment to helping others by establishing a scholarship to assist deserving students in the nursing profession

Criteria:

• New or Returning Student with interest in career/job preparation (a returning student is one who has not attended college in the past three years)
• Resident of Franklin, Southampton, or Isle of Wight
• Three letters of recommendation (must be attached to application)
• Enrollment in at least 6 semester hours of an Associate or Applied Science degree or certificate program at PDCCC for the preceding Fall Semester (attach student OR official transcript)

Application Process:

Application for the Connie Patterson Memorial Nursing scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

College Scholarship Committee makes selection

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Ryan L. Kirkland Memorial Scholarship for Nursing Students

Amount: $500

Ryan Lawrence Kirkland graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. Following a brief tour for the State of Alaska as a scientific observer on commercial fishing boats, he taught science in the public school system for four years. Ryan was passionate about education, science, and people. It was only natural when he decided to return to school to become a Registered Nurse. He entered the RN program at Paul D. Camp Community College in August 2006. His ready smile, sense of humor, dedication to study, and caring for others quickly earned the trust and respect of his classmates and college faculty. He was elected President of the Class of 2008.

Ryan loved people and accepted them as they were, no questions asked. He was always ready to lend his support to any project, problem, or cause. On March 21, 2007, Ryan died in a car accident. His time here was short, but he will never be forgotten. Ryan?s classmates said it best at their capping ceremony when they read a poem in his memory called ?The Dash? by Linda Ellis. The poem affi rms a simple truth: On a tombstone, you will see a date of birth and a date of death, but what is really important is how the Dash was spent between those years.

Criteria:

• High School Graduate or GED recipient
• Enrollment in at least 6 semester hours of an Associate or Applied Science Degree Program at PDCCC
• Starting college at age 21 or older
• Resident of Suffolk
• Financial Need (paragraph describing financial need must be attached to application)
• Proof of community service
• Two letters of reference (must be attached to application)
• Essay describing (1) how the decision was made to begin pursuing a college education at an age greater than 21 years old and (2) future plans (must be attached to application)

Application Process:

Application for the Ryan L. Kirkland Memorial scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

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Kiwanis Club of Smithfield Scholarships

Amount: Two Scholarships @ $250 each For Spring Semester

Criteria:

• 2.5 GPA or above (transcript or GED scores must be attached to application)
• Financial Need (paragraph describing financial need must be attached to application)
• Enrollment in a certificate or degree program at PDCCC?s Smithfield Center ? Resident of Isle of Wight County
• 250- to 500-word essay on ?How this Scholarship Might Assist Me in Obtaining my Educational and/or Career Goals? (must be attached to application)

Application Process:

Application for the Kiwanis Club of Smithfield scholarship at Paul D. Camp Community College.

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1. US Direct ? Closes December 10, 2012; Write a 200-300 word article on whether you think traditional or online schooling is better and why.? Post your article on your blog or website and submit your name, email and URL.

http://www.usbundles.com/college-scholarship

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1. WyzAnt College Scholarship ? Closes May 1, 2013; Third annual contest.? Write in 300 words or less an essay describing how you will use your education to make an impact on others.? Using email, social media, etc, reach out to friends and family to vote for your essay.? Scholarships range from $10,000 to $2,000.

http://www.wyzant.com/scholarships/

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1. ScholarshipScouts ? Closes June 2013; Fill out the application and submit a 500-800 word essay on one of three topics.

http://www.scholarshipscouts.org/scholarship-scouts-undergraduate-scholarship/

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Source: http://blogs.spsk12.net/lhs_guidance/2013/04/23/senior-scholarship-list-as-of-april-23-2013/

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