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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-TALK (8255) - is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.  By dialing 1-800-273-TALK, the call is routed to the nearest crisis center in our national network of more than 150 crisis centers.  The Lifeline’s national network of local crisis centers, provide crisis counseling and mental health referrals day and night.  The Lifeline is administered by Link2Health Solutions, Inc. (L2Hs), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mental Health Association of New York City.  Lifeline’s grant is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

The latest segment of UCF's Metro Center Outlook TV Program was dedicated to the MS&T Industry in Central Florida and specifically the future of Medical Simulation.  To view the program click on the following link: 

http://www.ucftv.ucf.edu/shows/ucf_metro/

Valencia College learned today that it won the inaugural Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.  Announced in a ceremony held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the award comes with $600,000 in prize money.  In a competitive year-long process, the Aspen Institute, along with a panel of some of the biggest names in higher education, selected Valencia and four runners-up from a preliminary list of 120 “top” community colleges in the nation, based on student performance and graduation data collected by the U.S. Department of Education.  “Valencia College has proven that devotion to assessment yields results,” said Josh Wyner, executive director of the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program.  “The college is an engine for employment in Central Florida, and a model for the country.”

Micro Depot, Inc. (MDI) has been a provider of custom server solutions to the training and simulation industry since 1996 (founded 1988) with customers such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, SAIC, Rockwell Collins, Blue Ridge Simulation, Oasis Advanced Engineering, J.F. Taylor and CAE.  MDI offers the Astrix Graphics server family for training and simulation applications with top-end graphics and processing in a rackmount form factor (both individual systems and fully integrated racks) and in an innovative portable form factor.  Contact MDI sales to have them design a custom COTS solution, built to specification on cost, performance and compatibility for your applications.