Join us for the 2nd Annual World Mental Health Day Blog Party ? Oct ...

Next week, on October 10th, we?re celebrating World Mental Health Day, and we?d like you to join us.

World Mental Health Day is promoted by the World Health Organization to help raise awareness about mental health issues. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, and what the world?s governments and health organizations are doing in prevention, promotion and treatment services.

This year, we?re inviting you to join us and the Carter Center?s Mental Health Program for our 2nd annual blog party on Wednesday, October 10, 2012.

Mental health is important to all of us, and we need your help to spread that message!

So how do join in the party? Read below to learn how.

The Carter Center has worked for decades in bringing together the leadership in mental health to tackle the challenges in our mental health care system. ?Mental illness affects all of us, but there are still many myths and misconceptions about these disorders,? said former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who founded the Carter Center?s Mental Health Program in 1991.

Participation in the blog party is easy. All you need do is commit to publishing a blog entry on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, about a mental health issue that?s close to your heart. It may be on the topic of access to treatment, resources or support within your local community. It may be on an individual?s personal struggle with a mental health concern. It may be about the prejudice a person faced when discussing the issue with a family member or co-worker.

Our goal is to flood the Internet with voices that can help bring mental health to discussions and readers that might not often hear about these issues.

Blog entries work best if they are relatively short (generally under 700 words, but even shorter is fine) and with a clear message or take-away. If you need help crafting your post, we?ll be happy to help.

Even if you don?t currently blog or your organization doesn?t have a blog, not to worry! We will happily publish your entry on Psych Central (just contact us at the below email address ahead of time).

Once you?ve posted your blog entry, simply let us know on Oct. 10: blogparty@psychcentral.com

We?ll be posting links to everyone?s entries throughout the day on our World Mental Health Day blog: http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mental-health-day/

Please consider joining us this year on World Mental Health Day to help increase awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health diagnosis, access to services, treatment, and support. We believe your contribution would add a valuable and important voice to the campaign.Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your participation in this event!

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DataWiz Is a Complete Data Usage Tracking Tool for iPhone [IPhone Downloads]

iOS: If you don't have an unlimited data plan with your cell phone carrier, then you likely keep pretty close track of your data usage so you don't go over. While a lot of different apps exist to help you do this, DataWiz is a tracking app that has all types of useful features to help keep your data bill down.

DataWiz tracks the amount of data you send over your carrier's network, analyzes it, and then creates predictions for your data usage over time. You can set it up so it alerts you if you're about to go over your cap. You can customize it for a variety of settings and billing periods. What's especially handy about DataWiz is that you can create alerts for daily usage as well. So, if you happen to be using a lot of data one day, you can set DataWiz to calculate ways to make that up over time. Essentially, DataWiz is a tool that not just lets you track your data usage, but actually get a good overall view of what you use, and when you use it. DataWiz is similar to our favorite data tracker, Data Usage, but it's free.

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Community lauds victim of apparent school prank

WEST BRANCH, Mich. (AP) ? A mid-Michigan community cheered on a 16-year-old sophomore ? the victim of an apparent prank by classmates ? as she took her place with other members of her high school's homecoming court.

Whitney Kropp was escorted by her father and grandfather onto the Ogemaw Heights High School football field Friday night in West Branch, about 140 miles northwest of Detroit.

Kropp was named to the homecoming court of the 800-student school earlier this month, but said she felt betrayed after some students suggested her selection was a joke. She said she had been picked on in the past, but it intensified afterward.

Her story has sparked national interest and on Friday, residents and business owners in the West Branch area turned out to the game to show their support and help take a stand against bullying.

Orange T-shirts ? Kropp's favorite color ? have been sold with the slogan "It's not cool to be cruel."

"It's just so much right now for me," Kropp said Friday night. "I had thoughts about not coming but I actually changed my mind and came out. I just thought maybe I won't have fun. But I'm having a lot of fun right now."

Her gown, jewelry, shoes, hair styling and makeup were donated.

"The kids that are bullying, do not let them bring you down," Kropp told reporters. "Stand up for what you believe in, and go with your heart and go with your gut. That's what I did, and look at me now. I'm just as happy as can be."

Many in the stands, even students from visiting Cadillac, wore orange, as did Kropp.

"It wasn't right what they did to her," said Alexis Dahlstrom, a 16-year-old Cadillac junior. "We wanted her to know that there are people out there who support her."

Dahlstrom and her friends learned about Kropp's story on Facebook.

"Whitney is strong. I don't know that I would have had the courage to go," 15-year-old Ogemaw Heights sophomore Heather Oyster said.

Ogemaw Heights won the homecoming game, 24-21, over Cadillac.

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Questionable Texas touchdown accompanied by Oklahoma State sadness

Texas took the late lead against Oklahoma State on a touchdown that ... well, it wasn't 100 percent a definite touchdown, that's for sure.

David Ash led Texas on a game-winning drive against Oklahoma State, completing four straight passes and setting up a two-yard touchdown run by Joe Bergeron. That's what the run was called, at least. Officials reviewed the play and determined there wasn't enough evidence to call it anything else, even though it appeared to many that he fumbled.

Have a look for yourself!

I have no idea, man. That's the strongest stance I can offer here. It looks like the ball's peeking out right around the time his elbows strike, but we'll never really know whether it came out early or not. Maybe we will. Strong stances, I'm saying.

One thing I do know: it was all set up by this catch by Mike Davis, which features a very forlorn Pistol Pete in the background.

Cheer up, Pistol Pete.

Check the national college football scoreboard right here, and look through SB Nation's many excellent college football blogs to find your team's community.

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Ex-wrestler props up India's PM, but he may want the job

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - As a former wrestler, Mulayam Singh Yadav has got India's government where he likes it - in a vice-like grip.

The ructions over fresh economic reforms that reduced the ruling coalition to a parliamentary minority last month left Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dependent on this wheeler-dealer from the country's dusty northern plains.

In an interview with Reuters, Yadav insisted there were no strings attached to his support for Singh's Congress party, just a desire to keep the opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power.

"We are supporting them," he said in the Hindi language, looking hearty for his 72 years despite rumors earlier this year that his health was failing. "There are no conditions of any kind, it's only to ensure communal forces do not get strengthened."

However, Yadav is at least as well known for his maneuvering as he was in his youth for pinning opponents down in a wrestling bout: Congress party leaders know he cannot be trusted to stick with them through thick and thin - and few are convinced when he denies any ambition to one day become prime minister.

For now, the 22 lawmakers of Yadav's Samajwadi (Socialist) Party will side with the government, ensuring it can muster the 272 votes needed in parliament to prevent its collapse. Their support became crucial after another regional party leader left the coalition, angry over hikes in the price of subsidized fuel and a decision to open India's doors to foreign supermarket giants.

Yadav's take on the reforms is that he opposes them, but will nevertheless continue to support the government. "We will oppose anything that goes against the interests of the people," he said. "But we will not allow the government to fall."

A FAMILY BUSINESS

Yadav was born to a rural family in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state with 200 million people and - since it sends more lawmakers to Delhi than any other - its politically most important.

As a young man, he trained as a wrestler before being attracted to socialism and local politics, eventually becoming chief minister of the state three times and federal defense minister in a coalition government during the 1990s.

Six months ago, when his Samajwadi Party returned to power in Uttar Pradesh after a hiatus, Yadav stood aside for his son Akhilesh to head the state government. That, and what was perhaps a bout of ill-health, set off reports he was seriously ill and no longer well enough to hold office.

"I am fine," Yadav said at his sprawling colonial bungalow in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh. Impeccably dressed in the starched white dhoti-kurta of the region and his salt-and-pepper hair still damp from a mid-morning bath, he showed few signs of age as he strode out from under the porch of his home, chatting with aides and party colleagues.

"Those were just rumors. I went on the campaign trail and I am fine now."

In India, where caste and family play hugely important roles in politics, the Yadavs have several advantages. They are from a land-owning lower caste whose members were mostly subsistence farmers and cattle herders, but have become wealthier, more politically aware and socially assertive in recent decades.

Yadav, his daughter-in-law Dimple, a cousin and a nephew are in the federal parliament. A brother is in the Uttar Pradesh state government headed by Akhilesh.

On the negative side, the party is anathema for other lower caste groups. Critics also say it is tarred by association with people who have criminal pasts, and previous Samajwadi Party rule in Uttar Pradesh brought rampant corruption and increased violence.

The other family firmly entrenched in Indian politics is the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has ruled the country for a majority of the years since independence in 1947, and also looks on Uttar Pradesh as its base.

Akhilesh is often compared to the scion of that dynasty, Rahul Gandhi, whose Congress party was burned by the Samajwadi win in the Uttar Pradesh elections earlier this year. He dismisses talk of rivalry or probable cooperation.

"He is a new leader, a nice man, a youth leader," Akhilesh said in a separate interview. "We are of the same age. His party should give him an opportunity."

INDIA'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER?

Although the Congress party-led coalition could coax other parties to keep it alive, for now it is dependent on Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is widely expected to demand a pound of flesh despite his professed unconditional support.

News reports have said he will press for an illegal wealth case against him to be dropped, and for impoverished Uttar Pradesh to get more federal aid.

Longer term, Yadav could be preparing to form a "Third Front" government, an amalgam of smaller parties that keeps out both Congress and BJP after national elections due by mid-2014.

Analysts and voter surveys suggest no clear winner will emerge in those polls, meaning the Third Front may well have the parliamentary numbers to stake a claim to power.

Since Yadav's party won Uttar Pradesh with a large majority, odds are he will have enough lawmakers in parliament after the 2014 elections to put him in pole position to form a coalition, and to head it.

Asked if Yadav could become prime minister, Sudha Pai, a political scientist who is rector at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, said: "He knows how to make a deal, how to get on with other political parties. He is very good at negotiating, he is the traditional Indian politician."

Yadav dismisses such ambitions: "I have never been a candidate for prime ministership, and I am not now," he said.

But the murmurs in his party, where he is called Netaji, or leader, are growing.

"No political party has a leader who is from a village or is a farmer," said Samajwadi Party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary. "This is a nation of villagers and farmers and Netaji represents 70 percent of the country."

THE YOUNGER YADAV

The Samajwadi Party, which is more or less restricted to Uttar Pradesh, cannot expect to get anything near a parliamentary majority on its own, but its workers say it can clinch up to 60 of the state's 80 parliamentary seats.

It could be joined by other regional parties and left-wing groups and even a section of the Congress party could be won over to cobble a majority, analysts say.

Akhilesh, the son and new chief minister, says governing Uttar Pradesh is as important to him as increasing numbers in parliament.

"It's not enough to say that because we won the state elections so well, we will get more MPs," he said. "I have to perform, and if people believe that my government has performed well, then the result will be good.

"My priority is Uttar Pradesh," said the 39-year-old, a contrast, at least on the surface, to his politician father.

The younger Yadav speaks fluent English, is tech-savvy, and studied in Australia. He was trained as an environment engineer and was once a keen footballer and Manchester United supporter. Now he says, politics consume him almost completely.

"If we go to the center, Netaji will go there (and) some of our senior leadership, but I am happy in the state," he said, adding the party was not looking to topple Prime Minister Singh.

His father is similarly cautious.

"In 2014, Samajwadi will fight on its own strength, there will be no understanding with anyone," he said. "After the elections, things (alliances) happen, nothing happens before. Depending on the circumstances, we will take decisions then."

(Editing by John Chalmers and Dean Yates)

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Jets' Revis has torn ACL, will likely miss season

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) ? The NFL's top shutdown cornerback will likely be shut down for the season.

Darrelle Revis has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that will require surgery, a huge blow for the New York Jets that leaves coach Rex Ryan without his best defensive player.

A somber Ryan stopped short of ruling Revis out for the season on Monday, saying he just learned of the MRI results. But Revis will have to wait two or three weeks before surgery, Ryan said, and the recovery from an ACL tear is usually six-to-nine months. So the chances of Revis returning this season appear extremely slim.

Ryan added that he will speak with Revis before the team decides whether he will be placed on injured reserve, a move that could happen as early as Tuesday.

"It's just disappointing," Ryan said. "This guy wants to win. As great a player as he is individually, he's a great teammate and just wants to win. That's why he was so excited about this year."

The 27-year-old Revis was injured in the third quarter of the Jets' 23-20 overtime victory at Miami on Sunday, falling awkwardly and grabbing his knee even before he hit the grass. It was a non-contact injury, and he covered his face with gloved hands in obvious pain. He was able to walk off the field, but was taken into the locker room on a golf cart.

"Thanks for all the support!" Revis wrote on his Twitter page on Monday night. "It's just part of the game, I'm already on my way to recover!"

Ryan suspected the injury was serious when he talked to Revis on the plane ride home. MRI results Monday morning confirmed the team's worst fears.

"It's something we have to overcome as a football team. ... We're going to lose that presence. I don't know what else to say about it," Ryan said. "I guess that's the horrible thing that came out of the game."

This was Revis' first game after missing a week with a concussion sustained in the season opener against Buffalo. He had missed only three games before this season, all in 2010.

"I know the way Darrelle is that this is a guy who's as competitive as it gets, and I don't think there's any doubt that he's going to come back strong from it," Ryan said.

The Jets will be without perhaps the NFL's top cornerback on a defense Ryan had considered his best since the coach came to New York. Kyle Wilson, the team's first-round draft pick in 2010, will step into Revis' starting role opposite Antonio Cromartie. Ellis Lankster will take Wilson's spot as the nickelback.

"I just feel like I'm going to go out there and I'm going to continue to do my job," Wilson said. "Go out there, make plays and have fun. Just play my game, that's all I can do."

Wilson, who has trained in the offseason with Revis the last two summers, will continue to talk to him and get tips and suggestions throughout the season.

"I always pick that guy's brain," Wilson said. "He's obviously pretty good."

While Wilson hasn't yet lived up to expectations, and the drop-off from Revis is great, the Jets still have two first-rounders starting at the position.

"Most teams have just one No. 1 corner, and some teams don't even have any," Ryan said. "We're fortunate that we have the best in the league in Darrelle, and a No. 1 corner in Cromartie. We're fortunate there. We drafted Kyle Wilson to basically be a No. 2 corner, and that's what he's going to play, that role, and I'm confident in Kyle."

Ryan insists he isn't panicking despite losing the three-time All-Pro cornerback.

"It never happens," he said. "We have enough to get it done here. ... We'll find a way to get this done."

Ryan also didn't rule out signing a free agent. The Jets released defensive lineman Marcus Dixon on Monday, and Ryan said the move was made in part so the team could pursue other players ? such as bringing back linebacker Bryan Thomas. Rookie wide receiver Stephen Hill has a hamstring injury that could sideline him a week, so the Jets re-signed Patrick Turner.

"It's an onus on the whole defense," linebacker Aaron Maybin said of losing Revis. "We know that we all have to step up, and on offense and special teams. It's going to be a collective effort because when you have a guy like that go down, it really does affect the whole team."

The Jets, despite their mistake-filled win at Miami, are in first place in the AFC East at 2-1, holding the tiebreaker over Buffalo. But tough home games against San Francisco and Houston are up next.

"This is a team game, and as a team, we've got to step it up," Ryan said. "I think we'll respond. ... Is it a major blow when you lose a great player like Darrelle Revis? Of course, it absolutely is. But this is a football team, and I think we showed that yesterday, too."

The injury further clouds the contract status of Revis, who reported for training camp in July despite saying he was unsure if he would because he was hoping the Jets would rework the $46 million, four-year deal he signed in 2010. He is set to earn $13.5 million during the next two years after the deal ? reached after a 36-day holdout in 2010 ? was front-loaded with $32.5 million in the first two years.

But after not getting a new deal this offseason, many thought Revis and the team would re-visit the matter after this season. If he doesn't have a new contract by training camp next summer, he could become a free agent after the 2013 season.

"Yeah, I want to be a Jet for life," Revis said in July. "If management don't see fit (to) that, then I have to move on."

NOTES: LB Calvin Pace clarified his postgame comments about Dolphins RB Reggie Bush when he said the Jets "had to put him on out." Bush injured his left knee Sunday, but should be fine. "I wasn't trying to say it as if we were trying to hurt him," Pace said Monday. "I'm sad to see him get hurt. We aren't running any kind of bounty system or anything like that, and actually, looking at the play, somebody just fell on his knee. That's all I have to say. I guess I need to say things in a different manner, and I'll do a better job of it next time." ... Through three games, the Jets have just three sacks: two by linebacker Garrett McIntyre and one by nose tackle Sione Po'uha.

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