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\"After a brutal fifteen-year war for survival, the Coalition of Ordered Governments is forced to destroy mankind's only remaining city in a final bid to stop the Locust Horde. As the survivors flee Jacinto, they must contend with the last of the Locust, bent on vengeance, as they struggle to stay alive in an icy wilderness. Marcus Fenix, Dom Santiago, and their fellow Gears fight to get Jacinto's refugees to a safe haven but find themselves in a lawless new world where the enemy is human--and as desperate and dangerous as any Locust.\"--p.[4] of cover.

Every political science professor who has ever conducted a classroom discussion will have heard undergraduate students identify themselves as conservatives or liberals and then proceed to endorse policy positions radically at odds with their professed ideology.

Catholic School Leadership addresses many of the challenges facing those who prepare faith leaders and education leaders for the Catholic schools of the future. The well-known editors and contributors to this volume have written about their personal experiences with Catholic schools; the educational foundations of Catholic schools; teacher preparation and development; Catholic school leadership; dealing with parents and families; and the challenges of technology for Catholic schools. The contributions emphasize the perspectives of both scholars and practitioners within Catholic education and will interest anyone who has experienced time in a Catholic school either as a student, teacher or administrator, as well as those interested in what is happening within Catholic schools today. Thomas Hunt is currently professor in the School of Education at the University of Dayton. Until recently he was professor of foundations of education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Over the last 17 years he has authored or edited nine books on religion and education. He presently serves as Co-Editor of Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, and as Editor of the Private School Monitor. Thomas Oldenski is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Dayton. He has been a teacher, counsellor and principal of Catholic secondary schools in the United States, Nigeria and Ireland for 21 years. He is a member of the Society of Mary (Marianists) Theodore Wallace is director of the Centre for Catholic Education at the University of Dayton. He has served as the president and principal of Catholic high schools in Sandusky and Dayton, Ohio.

Background Depression accounts for the greatest disease burden of all mental health disorders, contributes heavily to healthcare costs, and by 2020 is set to become the second largest cause of global disability. Although 10% to 16% of people aged 65 years and over are likely to experience depressive symptoms, the condition is under-diagnosed and often inadequately treated in primary care. Later-life depression is associated with chronic illness and disability, cognitive impairment and social isolation. With a progressively ageing population it becomes increasingly important to refine strategies to identity and manage depression in older people. Currently, management may be limited to the prescription of antidepressants where there may be poor concordance; older people may lack awareness of psychosocial interventions and general practitioners may neglect to offer this treatment option. Methods/design CASPER Plus is a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of a collaborative care intervention for individuals aged 65 years and over experiencing moderate to severe depression. Selected practices in the North of England identify potentially eligible patients and invite them to participate in the study. A diagnostic interview is carried out and participants with major depressive disorder are randomised to either collaborative care or usual care. The recruitment target is 450 participants. The intervention, behavioural activation and medication management in a collaborative care framework, has been adapted to meet the complex needs of older people. It is delivered over eight to 10 weekly sessions by a case manager liaising with general practitioners. The trial aims to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of collaborative care in addition to usual GP care versus usual GP care alone. The primary clinical outcome, depression severity, will be measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) at baseline, 4, 12 and 18 months. Cost effectiveness analysis will assess health-related quality of life using the SF-12 and EQ-5D and will examine cost-consequences of collaborative care. A qualitative process evaluation will be undertaken to explore acceptability, gauge the extent to which the intervention is implemented and to explore sustainability beyond the clinical trial. Discussion Results will add to existing evidence and a positive outcome may lead to the commissioning of this model of service in primary care. Trial registration ISRCTN45842879 (24 July 2012).

Authors’ contributions All authors contributed to the design and development of the study protocol and were members of the project management team. CCG designed the process evaluation, supervised qualitative data collection and initial analysis, and contributed to drafting the manuscript. DM contributed to the study design, co-ordination and development.