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College Towns: Consider These 16 Communities For Retirement

If a recent graduation ceremony sparked a wish to be back on campus yourself, you might seriously consider acting on it: College towns make great places to retire. Retirees can take advantage of the public resources a university provides simply by moving into town, or take the next step by moving to facilities such as The Village at Penn State that combine a retirement community with all that a college campus has to offer.

"Today's retirees and the baby boomer retirees want three things," said Professor Andrew Carle, director of the Program in Assisted Living/Senior Housing Administration at George Mason University. "They want active, they want intellectually stimulating, and they want intergenerational retirement environments. Well, I've just described a college campus."

Retirees get access to cultural and sporting events hosted by the university, and may even get a chance to attend classes for free. They're constantly surrounded by young people, which Carle emphasizes as "a lynch-pin issue": working with and around a younger demographic can make you feel, well, more like a kid. (This common wisdom may be backed up by science, too). Some established facilities actively promote intergenerational interaction through mentorship and volunteer programs.

Other benefits of retiring to a college town, beyond the campus: They often boast a low cost of living and a thriving downtown. If you think about it, what retirees are looking for is not too different from what makes 20-somethings happy (okay, maybe with the exception of the downtown scene. But a good, affordable meal, for example, transcends the generational divide). College towns are usually pedestrian-friendly, and public transportation is typically abundant with buses and campus shuttles for students who didn't bring a car to school. That's ideal for seniors who will in all likelihood outlive their driver's license.

Quality health care provided by teaching hospitals is also a major draw.

Interestingly, the environment itself may stimulate retirees to feel a little healthier, too. Carle points to the "counter-clockwise study" conducted by Professor Ellen Langer of Harvard University in the 1970s, which placed elderly men in an environment reminiscent of their youth. She found that the body can remember and "act younger" in response to these environmental cues. BBC magazine more recently informally replicated the study, and discovered similar results. So returning to an alma mater, or even just somewhere that kind of looks or smells like it (eau du fraternity, anyone?) can tap into this phenomenon as well.

Buyer beware, however, especially when considering a retirement community using the name of a college or university. Carle has composed a list of five criteria retirees should look for, as a part of his "University-Based Retirement Community" model:

• Proximity: Some facilities aren't actually close enough for retirees to really take advantage of the college or university.
• Formalized programming linking the facility with its affiliated college: Carle warns against the "stranger on campus" scenario, where retirees aren't really interacting with students.
• A true relationship between the university and the senior housing provider: In some cases, the connection is financial only -- senior communities slap on a university label -- and universities allow them to use their brand without any real interaction.
• A documented percentage of community residents with real ties to the college: Carle believes communities should strive to include former deans, professors, and alumni to add to a sense of connectedness with the university.

• A continuum of care: Retirees should look for a full continuum of independent and assisted living, so they don't have to uproot themselves when they grow frailer and need more assistance.

Check out the slideshow below for some great college towns to retire to, and if you don't see your favorite listed, let us know in the comments!

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Beyonce wants chocolate after 60-pound loss

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Beyonce five months after delivering her daughter.

By Access Hollywood

After sticking to a strict diet to lose baby weight following the January birth of Blue Ivy, who can blame Beyonce for wanting to indulge?

?Y?all have no idea how hard I worked!? the new mom told fans during her concert at Revel Beach?s Ovation Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night, via the Associated Press. ?I had to lose 60 pounds. They had me on that treadmill. I ate lettuce!?

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The ?Run the World (Girls)? singer, 30, said she?s more than ready to ditch the produce for dessert.

?Now tonight I?m gonna get chocolate wasted!? she exclaimed.

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Beyonce?s treadmill admission had to please a certain VIP in the audience ? Michelle Obama (who has partnered with the singer in the past to inspire kids to exercise with her ?Let?s Move!? campaign).

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The First Lady enjoyed the concert with daughters Sasha and Malia, who happily danced in their seats to the music of Queen B, according to Us Weekly.

?They sat up in a private balcony with Gayle King. Michelle was jamming out to ?Crazy in Love,?? a concertgoer told the mag. ?When Beyonce told the crowd to get up and jump, [Malia and Sasha] stood and started dancing and jumping. They were shouting when Beyonce asked, ?Do girls run the world??

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Ecnomic Recovery and other Things About VoiP Services

In recent years, a number of technological tools like Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP services have been making a stir among businesses. VoIP primarily works via the net to make a new communications system that's more dependable and flexible. Compared to the conventional telephone system, VoIP has capabilities that enable users to maximize communication and make it work more to their advantage. The old system has some limitations that could hinder the continuous and smooth operation of any enterprise. This calls for a reputable VoIP provider.

VoIP Features and Alternatives

Finding the most effective VoIP provider is now easy. SMBs at the moment have a great deal of VoIP services and choices to select from. Even so, many providers can provide a wide range of services which are not necessarily of top quality. Providers have numerous products built to meet particular requirements. There are VoIP products for office, mobile and fax needs. Just lately, mobility solutions have grown to be well-known among customers. One great example is the use of VoIP technology via smartphones or other mobile telephone applications. Owners and employees are the leading users of these mobility solutions as they find such extremely practical and helpful.

VoIP for Economic Recovery

In today?s unpredictable economic situation, everybody is highly encouraged to contribute in the country?s global recovery. Market sectors like the small to medium businesses (SMBs) are amongst the ones expected to deliver. Although inflation in variable inputs such as fuel affects the strength of SMBs, they still remain promising when it comes to making a considerable amount of income. Nonetheless, concerns such as better communication systems concern them. To address that, VoIP services have solutions that SMBs can avail and use to overcome weaknesses. Quite a few SMBs have already installed the VoIP system and have enjoyed elevated revenues that aid the economic climate.

Benefits of Mobility Solutions

Communicating with business partners, suppliers, staff and customers through mobile phones has substantially changed the pace of business transactions. The product for mobile communication of VoIP services has helped SMBs to make and obtain calls regardless of location and time. Whenever calls aren't possible, they can still use their phones to send and get voicemails. This defies time and space constraints. A VoIP provider is excellent if it enables a business to integrate its mobile product to its current telephone system. The product should have other features such as advanced call forwarding, call queues, mobile telephone integration, auto-receptionist, flexible answering rules, voicemail with free e-mail delivery, cloud based PBX with numerous extensions, toll free or local number for voice and many others.

According to In-Stat, a market analysis firm, there will be an estimated 288 million VoIP users that can avail mobile solutions by the end of 2013. Of the estimated figure, more than 50 percent is expected to acquire the solution from mobile VoIP providers. This manifests that providers of VoIP mobile solutions are delivering exceptional and quality services. The trend in mobile options clearly affirms that installing VoIP services in a business communication system is necessary.

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The Most Helpful Mindset to Have in Personal and Professional ...

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HUMAN POTENTIAL - TOOLS FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE

COURAGE Found in Your Passion/Commitment: Courage is the inner passion, a drive to progress regardless of the perceived difficulty. Actions are "preceded" by the strength of your words. Words are "preceded' by the courage found in your inner passion. All combined creates your experiences. For the purpose of this three part article we are going to discuss the Strength of your words, the Courage found in your passion and Wisdom found in reality as the keeper of truth... how this ties into you becoming aware of how your perception of love is at your core. There comes a time in everyone's life when you MUST STEP FORWARD and meet the requirements of the time, of "your" current situation through competence. Competence describes MORE than just skills and knowledge. Competence represents anything that improves your ability to perform, including your knowledge, skills, relationships, resourcefulness, processes, systems and information. Building your competence boosts your confidence. Building competence requires courage...courage to face the reality through facts. Seek honest feedback based on reality as the keeper of truth. Then, be ready for what you might hear and be prepared to make changes that might feel uncomfortable, yet it will build your competence. Regardless of whether your time is now or in some future moment, being ready supports the "courage" to take the required actions, the steps necessary however large or small in what you MUST do to move forward. When you more forward... even through the path of what may be your "own inner resistance" to change, you gain the "courage" necessary for being the best you ever through your personal accountability in building your competence.

"Same old same old creates same old same old."- Veronique

"To be whatever you want to be that's the wonder of the human spirit. To accomplish your dreams is the power found in the human will. To trust oneself by going beyond what limits becomes the passion from in the courage to succeed." -Veronique

WISDOM Gained From Reality as the Keeper of Truth: Another key factor to success personally and professionally is discovering and facing REALITY as the keeper of truth, "wisdom" in a nut shell. Wisdom is simple truths. Wisdom is choosing the purity of truth over popularity. Reality can be defined as "the truth" - the real nature of something - the FACTS unaltered by perception or misunderstanding. Choosing to search for truth is wise, having the courage to confront the hard realities will pay dividends. You'll find the road to success a little straighter, the challenges less overwhelming and fewer surprises along the way when you allow yourself to grow from reality as the keeper of truth. Using the strength of your words forms the reality of your opportunities and the reality of developing a refined understanding or appreciation that supports solutions to the most challenging problems. You know you are getting to the real wisdom... the simple truths, when you can glean nuggets of wisdom from common sense principles such as:

NO MATTER WHAT: be accountable and responsible for how you feel and what you want.

DON'T SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRE: give beyond the expected.

LIVE UP TO YOUR WORD: it is all you have that defines you.

ABOVE MONEY: hold tightly to your values... don't let money lessen your integrity.

SEE FEEL TRUST KNOW: set attainable goals, envision their growth, keep moving forward no matter what, take positive action moment by moment... know what you focus on will eventuality create.

STAND WHERE YOU STAND: focus on what you can be responsible for, let go of control or manipulating others to get what you want... invest your energy in what you have command over.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: and your power lives in your thoughts, your words, your actions... become consciously aware of how you are using these keys to create through.

ALLOW: Missing the mark, often referred to as "mistakes" are opportunities to gain wisdom from your circumstances and move forward. When you, miss the mark IE: make a mistake, don't look back at it for long. Grow from the situation and move forward with STRENGTH - COURAGE - WISDOM.

Although the past cannot be changed; how you shape your future moment to moment is still in your hands. - Veronique

(It's always good to reread so our mind can fully absorb the empowering suggestions to be successful.)

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Boehner: Spending cuts must exceed debt limit hike

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that when Congress raises the nation's borrowing cap he will again insist on spending cuts and budget reforms to offset the increase.

In remarks Tuesday afternoon at a budget conference in Washington, the Ohio Republican said he welcomes another wrenching debate on increasing the so-called debt limit because it forces a Congress and White House plagued by gridlock to make difficult decisions.

Boehner also said that the GOP-controlled House will vote to extend Bush-era tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year and that the House will act next year on "broad-based tax reform that lowers rates for individuals and businesses while closing deductions, credits and special carveouts."

According to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, the government will hit its borrowing cap later this year, but Treasury can use accounting maneuvers to buy time for the newly elected Congress to deal with the issue early next year.

About a year ago, Boehner made a similar promise demanding spending cuts spread over a decade exceed the amount of increase in the debt limit, which at the time was discounted by some in official Washington.

"When the time comes, I will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase," Boehner said at a "budget summit" sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan group that advocates tackling the nation's debt problem. "This is the only avenue I see right now to force the elected leadership of this country to solve our structural fiscal imbalance."

Asked whether President Barack Obama agreed that any increase in the debt ceiling should be offset by spending cuts, White House spokesman Jay Carney said that scenario would present an ugly repeat of last year when Republicans held the U.S. government credit "hostage," as Carney put it.

"It can't possibly be the case that the right prescription for what we need to do right now is to engage in the kind of political brinksmanship that, unfortunately, congressional Republicans engaged in last year," Carney said. "So we're not going to do that."

Yet it was unclear how the White House could prevent it if the Republican-led Congress again insists on commensurate cuts. Carney said Obama would again demand balancing spending cuts with an increase in tax revenue, which Republicans have rejected.

Boehner said it may take one or more stopgap debt increases to buy time for a larger bargain.

Last year, Congress and Obama - with Boehner playing a lead role - agreed on a 10-year, $2 trillion-plus package of spending cuts the coming decade. The measure paired caps on domestic agency operating budgets with the promise of $1.2 trillion in further deficit cuts though a so-called deficit supercommittee.

But the supercommittee's failure to reach a deal has forced a scheduled painful round of automatic spending cuts at the Pentagon and other Cabinet agencies next year, along with a 2 percent cut to Medicare providers. Lawmakers are already trying to unwind those cuts, which take effect in January.

Boehner seemed to warn that he won't permit such a scheme this time around.

"Just so we're clear, I'm talking about real cuts and reforms - not these tricks and gimmicks that have given Washington a pass on grappling with its spending," he said.

Geithner warned against a replay of last summer's debt crisis, which led to a downgrade in the U.S. government's credit rating.

"This commitment to meet the obligations of the nation, this commitment to protect the creditworthiness of the country is a fundamental commitment you can never call into question or violate because it's the foundation for any market economy," Geithner said Tuesday morning at the same event. "This allows us to govern, to fight wars, to deal with crises, recessions, to adjust to a changing world."

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Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier

This image from the Health and Human Services new website alzheimers.gov shows the home page. The Obama administration adopts a landmark national strategy to fight Alzheimer's on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, setting the clock ticking toward a deadline of 2025 to finally find effective ways to treat, or at least stall, the mind-destroying disease. But work is beginning right away: Starting Tuesday, embattled families and caregivers can check a new one-stop website for easy-to-understand information about dementia and where to get help. (AP Photo/HHS)

This image from the Health and Human Services new website alzheimers.gov shows the home page. The Obama administration adopts a landmark national strategy to fight Alzheimer's on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, setting the clock ticking toward a deadline of 2025 to finally find effective ways to treat, or at least stall, the mind-destroying disease. But work is beginning right away: Starting Tuesday, embattled families and caregivers can check a new one-stop website for easy-to-understand information about dementia and where to get help. (AP Photo/HHS)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during the Alzheimer's Disease conference, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Graphic originally moved July 21, 2011 and is moving again for related story and with new logo; shows projected number of people age 65 and over in the U.S. with Alzheimer's disease; includes percent increase of the disease between 2000-2008 compared to other diseases.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during the Alzheimer's Disease conference, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease ? by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.

The most ambitious attempt: An international study announced Tuesday will track whether an experimental drug can stall the disease in people who appear healthy but are genetically destined to get a type of Alzheimer's that runs in the family. If so, it would be exciting evidence that maybe regular Alzheimer's is preventable too.

A second study will test whether a nasal spray that sends insulin to the brain helps people with very early memory problems, based on separate research linking diabetes to an increased risk of Alzheimer's.

The new focus emerges as the Obama administration adopts the first national strategy to fight the worsening Alzheimer's epidemic ? a plan that sets the clock ticking toward finally having effective treatments by 2025.

"We are at an exceptional moment," with more important discoveries about Alzheimer's in the last few months than in recent years, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, declared Tuesday.

But a meeting of the world's top Alzheimer's scientists this week made clear that meeting the 2025 deadline will require developing a mix of treatments to attack the different ways that Alzheimer's damages the brain ? much like it can take a cocktail of drugs to treat high blood pressure or the AIDS virus.

Perhaps more importantly, it will require testing possible drugs before full-blown Alzheimer's sets in, when it may be too late to do much good. After all, Alzheimer's starts ravaging the brain at least a decade before memory problems appear. And doctors don't wait until the worst symptoms appear before treating heart disease, cancer or diabetes, noted Dr. Reisa Sperling of Harvard Medical School.

"Once the train leaves the station of degeneration, it might be too late to stop it," Sperling said. "We need to define the critical window for intervention."

Future therapy is far from the only goal of the first National Alzheimer's Plan. It's a two-pronged approach, promising to provide better and support for overwhelmed families along the way.

"A lot more needs to be done and it needs to be done right now, because people with Alzheimer's disease and their loved ones and caregivers need help right now," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in announcing the plan.

Among the first steps: A new website ? www.alzheimers.gov ? that Sebelius called a one-stop shop for families offers easy-to-understand information about dementia and links to resources in their own communities. The government will offer free training to doctors and other health providers on how to spot the early signs of Alzheimer's and care for those patients. This summer, a campaign will begin to improve public awareness of Alzheimer's, important in reducing the stigma that helps fuel late diagnosis and the isolation that so many affected families feel.

Patient advocates applauded the move, and country music legend Glen Campbell, who has Alzheimer's, appeared on Capitol Hill to urge more research.

Alzheimer's "has been in the shadows for far too long," said Eric J. Hall of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America. The plan "provides solid stepping stones toward substantial change."

Already, 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer's or related dementias. Barring a research breakthrough, those numbers will jump by 2050, when up to 16 million Americans are projected to have Alzheimer's.

There is no cure, and the five medications available today only temporarily ease some symptoms. Finding better ones has been a disappointing slog: Over the last decade, 10 drugs that initially seemed promising failed in late-stage testing, Sperling said.

Moreover, scientists still don't know exactly what causes Alzheimer's. The chief suspects are a sticky gunk called beta-amyloid, which makes up the disease's hallmark brain plaques, and tangles of a protein named tau that clogs dying brain cells. One theory: Amyloid may kick off the disease while tau speeds up the brain destruction.

Previous studies of anti-amyloid drugs have failed, but that new international study will test a different one, in a different way: About 300 people from a huge extended family in Colombia who share a gene mutation that triggers Alzheimer's in their 40s will test an experimental drug, Genentech's crenezumab, to see if it delays onset of symptoms. The study also will include some Americans who inherit Alzheimer's causing gene mutations.

Meanwhile, there are brain-protective steps that anyone can take that just might help, Dr. Carl Cotman of the University of California, Irvine, told Tuesday's NIH meeting.

"It's just a well-kept secret," he said.

The advice:

--Your brain is like a muscle so exercise it. Intellectual and social stimulation help build what's called "cognitive reserve," the ability to withstand declines from aging and dementia.

?Getting physical is crucial also. Clogged arteries slow blood flow to the brain, and people who are less active in middle age are at increased risk of Alzheimer's when they're older. "Any time your heart is healthier, your brain is healthier," said Dr. Elizabeth Head of the University of Kentucky.

--Don't forget diet, she added. The same foods that are heart-healthy are brain-healthy, such as the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish.

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Lauran Neergaard covers health and medicine for The Associated Press in Washington.

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The Tomb Is Open for Business

Production is officially underway in New Orleans on the action-thriller The Tomb. Sylvester Stallone stars as Ray Breslin, the world?s foremost authority on structural security. Breslin is framed and incarcerated in a prison of his own master design, and must now figure out how to break out.? Stallone is joined by Arnold Schwarzenegger, who plays a fellow inmate (and likely accomplice in said jail break), as well as Curtis ?50 Cent? Jackson, Jim Caviezel, Amy Ryan, Vincent D?Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, and new addition Sam Neill.

In an interesting turn, Caviezel will be playing the warden of the prison, with Jones set as his head of security.? Mikael Hafstrom (The Rite) is onboard to direct, and I?m really looking forward to watching a Stallone and Schwarzenegger prison break pic.? Hit the jump to read the full press release, which has details regarding the other characters in the film.

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THE TOMB

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Mikael H?fstr?m directs the action-thriller now shooting on location in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, LA MAY 10 ? Production is underway on Summit Entertainment?s The Tomb. ?Directed by Mikael H?fstr?m, the action-thriller is an Emmett-Furla Films/Mark Canton production.? The producers are Atmosphere Entertainment?s chairman Mark Canton, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Robbie Brenner and Kevin King-Templeton. Co-financed by Emmett-Furla Films and Summit Entertainment, The Tomb is being filmed on location in the New Orleans area.? Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE company, holds worldwide distribution rights and will release the motion picture in North America.

Written by Miles Chapman for the screen, with a rewrite by Jason Keller, The Tomb follows Ray Breslin (Stallone), the world?s foremost authority on structural security.?He?s analyzed nearly every high security prison. After being framed by persons unknown, all of Breslin?s ingenuity and expertise are about to be put to work in the most challenging test he?s ever faced: escaping from a high-tech prison facility that?s design is based on his own protocols.

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Emil Rottmayer,a complex inmate with multiple shades of gray. He?s the guy who fights to keep the prisoners from losing their humanity in their darkest hour as they struggle together to stay alive.

Jim Caviezel plays Hobbes, the warden of the Tomb. This is the type of prison facility that deals with inmates that no government wants on its books.? The lead guard of the maximum-security facility, Drake, is played by English actor and retired footballer Vinnie Jones.

Curtis ?50 Cent? Jackson plays Hush, Ray Breslin?s right-hand man and high-technology expert.? Buttoned-down with street lurking just below the surface, Hush is aptly named because when he speaks, it is just above a whisper?but it?s a whisper with attitude and edge that can turn from soft to drop dead serious in the blink of an eye. Vincent D?Onofrio plays Lester Clark, Breslin?s business partner and CEO of B&C Security, their independent security company hired by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to test the integrity of their maximum-security facilities nationwide.? Amy Ryan plays Abigail Ross, jack-of-all trades and one of Beslin?s closest confidants at B&C Security.? Sam Neil is cast as Dr. Emil Kaikev, the prison doctor embedded within the Tomb, who is sympathetic to Breslin?s plight.

H?fstr?m?s previous writing/directing credits in his native Sweden include: the gripping coming of age drama Evil, which was nominated for an Academy Award^? in 2004 for Best Foreign Language film; the thriller Drowning Ghost; and the drama Days Like This, which won Sweden?s Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay.? His films have been invited to festivals around the world and, at home, H?fstr?m has received multiple Guldbagge nominations, with Evil winning the Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay.

The behind-the scenes filmmaking team of The Tombincludes director of photography Brendan Galvin (Immortals, Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix), production designer Barry Chusid (Source Code, 2012, Aliens in the Attic, The Day After Tomorrow) and costume designer Lizz Wolf (The Expendables and The Expendables 2, Rambo, Dreamgirls, Suspect Zero, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl, Armageddon, Traffic).

Special effects are supervised by Michael Lantieri (Alice in Wonderland, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, The Hulk, Minority Report, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man?s Chest) and visual effects are supervised by Chris Wells (300, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Live Free or Die Hard).? Elliot Greenberg (Chronicle) is editing. The sound mixer is Richard Schexnayder (Red, The Expendables, Jonah Hex) and stunts are coordinated by Noon Orsatti (The Expendables 2, American History X, Conan The Barbarian).

The executive producers of The Tomb are Nicolas Stern, Bill Chase, Stefan Partirosyan.

Schwarzenegger and Stallone will next be seen on screen together in The Expendables 2, which is currently in post-production and will be released this summer by Lionsgate. Schwarzenegger recently wrapped filming The Last Stand, also for Lionsgate, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and directed by Jee-woon Kim.

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Locating lice as they hitch-hike with birds for life

ScienceDaily (May 14, 2012) ? Although chewing lice spend their entire lives as parasites on birds, it is difficult to predict patterns of lice distribution, new research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, reveals.

Researcher Daniel Gustafsson has studied chewing lice on sandpipers around the world and investigated how host birds' migration patterns affect louse distribution and relationships.

With no wings and very small eyes, chewing lice are, by and large, helpless away from their host.

Daniel Gustafsson has studied species of chewing lice that live on the birds' wings and compared them with species that live on their body feathers.

"Given that chewing lice are almost totally dependent on direct contact between two birds to spread, lice that sit on birds' wings should find it easier to use occasional contact between two hosts to spread than those that sit closer to birds' bodies," Daniel Gustafsson says.

Unexpected results

But contrary to expectation, it would appear that body lice can spread more easily than wing lice, even though they live on parts of their host that less frequently come into contact with other birds.

"This is surprising as body lice should be more limited to one particular species of bird," Daniel Gustafsson says. "The real opportunities for spreading should be between parents and their offspring in the nest, or between adult birds during mating."

Genetic and morphological data from two different genera show complicated patterns.

"Wing lice from small bird host species are found on more host species than those that parasitize larger bird host species," Daniel Gustafsson says.

Genetically almost identical

Another unexpected result is that the body lice on almost all sandpipers worldwide, with the exception of those on dunlins and ruffs, are genetically almost identical.

"Sandpipers are incredibly mobile," Daniel Gustafsson says. "They breed around the Polar Circle but fly to the tropics during the Arctic winter, following specific migration routes known as flyways."

He has studied sandpipers in Sweden, Japan, Australia, and Canada.

When sandpipers migrate, they do so in enormous flocks, often tens of thousands strong and containing several different species. These winter flocks should offer excellent opportunities for the lice to spread as the birds often stand in tight groups at high tide and at night.

"But it would appear that several factors other than geography play a role, including the size of the host bird," Daniel Gustafsson explains. "Specific rest and wintering environments probably play a role, too, as some of the host birds that generally winter in fresh water localities carry species of wing lice that differ from those that live on bird species that are mainly found on the seashore."

Common on mammals

Some chewing lice have also been found hitch-hiking on louse flies, which are related to deer flies. In such cases they attach themselves to the louse flies' legs and abdomen.

Other chewing lice have been seen to switch between host ducks by walking on the water surface.

Chewing lice are common in birds and most groups of mammals. There are two species that live on humans: pubic lice and head lice.

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1. Daniel R. Gustafsson, Urban Olsson. Flyway homogenisation or differentiation? Insights from the phylogeny of the sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Calidrinae) wing louse genus Lunaceps (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera). International Journal for Parasitology, 2012; 42 (1): 93 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.11.003

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