ANA Endorses President Barack Obama's Re-Election Bid

The American Nurses Association?this week announced its endorsement of President Barack Obama for re-election.

"Increasing access to care and transforming the American healthcare system from one that focuses on illness care to a system that emphasizes prevention, wellness, and care coordination have been ANA's priorities for more than two decades," said ANA President Karen A. Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN.?"ANA remains committed to supporting President Obama's efforts to fully implement and fund the Affordable Care Act."??

According to ANA, the Obama administration has consistently supported the nursing profession by appointing nurses to key leadership positions and creating new opportunities for nurses to deliver care through community health centers and school-based health centers.

The president has also supported nursing workforce programs, which include nurse faculty education and expanding loan repayment and scholarship programs.

"The Obama administration values nurses' expertise and understands that nurses need to practice to the full extent of their education, training, and licensure in order to fulfill the vision of healthcare reform," Daley said.?"We're honored to have the support of the American Nurses Association, and we look forward to working with them throughout the campaign," said Jim Messina, Obama for America campaign manager.

"President Obama believes affordable, reliable health insurance is an important part of middle-class security. He refuses to go back to when health insurance companies had unchecked power to deny coverage when you get sick or charge women more than men simply because of their gender," Messina continued.

"Americans who work hard and pay their premiums deserve the security that comes with good healthcare - and America's nurses know that. With their help, we'll ensure that President Obama has another 4 years to continue implementing the landmark health reforms that are already helping millions of Americans save money and lead healthier lives."

ANA will connect members who wish to engage actively?in the president's re-election efforts with the campaign's?Nurses for Obama?group. ANA has members in all 50 states and all U.S. territories, and has been making endorsements of candidates for? president since 1984.

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Irritable bowel syndrome linked to bacteria in gut

Friday, May 25, 2012

An overgrowth of bacteria in the gut has been linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the results of a new Cedars-Sinai study which used cultures from the small intestine. This is the first study to use this "gold standard" method of connecting bacteria to the cause of the disease that affects an estimated 30 million people in the United States.

Previous studies have indicated that bacteria play a role in the disease, including breath tests detecting methane ? a byproduct of bacterial fermentation in the gut. This study was the first to make the link using bacterial cultures.

The study, in the current issue of Digestive Diseases and Sciences, examined samples of patients' small bowel cultures to confirm the presence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth ? or SIBO ? in more than 320 subjects. In patients with IBS, more than a third also were diagnosed with small intestine bacterial overgrowth, compared to fewer than 10 percent of those without the disorder. Of those with diarrhea-predominant IBS, 60 percent also had bacterial overgrowth.

"While we found compelling evidence in the past that bacterial overgrowth is a contributing cause of IBS, making this link through bacterial cultures is the gold standard of diagnosis," said Mark Pimentel, MD, director of the Cedars-Sinai GI Motility Program and an author of the study. "This clear evidence of the role bacteria play in the disease underscores our clinical trial findings, which show that antibiotics are a successful treatment for IBS."

IBS is the most common gastrointestinal disorder in the U.S., affecting an estimated 30 million people. Patients with this condition suffer symptoms that can include painful bloating, constipation, diarrhea or an alternating pattern of both. Many patients try to avoid social interactions because they are embarrassed by their symptoms. Pimentel has led clinical trials that have shown rifaximin, a targeted antibiotic absorbed only in the gut, is an effective treatment for patients with IBS.

"In the past, treatments for IBS have always focused on trying to alleviate the symptoms," said Pimentel, who first bucked standard medical thought more than a decade ago when he suggested bacteria played a significant role in the disease. "Patients who take rifaximin experience relief of their symptoms even after they stop taking the medication. This new study confirms what our findings with the antibiotic and our previous studies always led us to believe: Bacteria are key contributors to the cause of IBS."

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Home Schooling Can Lead To Excellent Careers

Homeschooling is one the newest traits in schooling these days, though the idea of homeschooling originated within the twentieth century. This was in the course of the time before public training got here into being. It?s not until now that it has become an extra viable possibility for many households who have kids who?re still going to school.

A few of the well-known individuals which can be thought of to have acquired a homeschooled schooling, given the truth that they were self-educated or had availed of the steerage of a tutor embody: Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Jane Austen to call a few.

Which only goes to show that individuals who have not acquired a formal education can also change into successful in life.

The truth is some surveys that had been performed with homeschooled individuals show that more of these people are concerned of their communities, and have a better percentage rate with regards to voting. 58.9% of them also claim that they are very proud of their lives, compared with 27.6% of the rest of the population who additionally make this claim.

There are lots of profession choices that await homeschooled individuals. Surveys show that the popular occupations that these persons are extra likely to decide on are: business, computer programming, career in the armed forces, internships, house employee, etc.

But earlier than they embark on a profession most of those homeschooled college students choose to go to school first. There are a variety of schools that settle for students fresh out of homeschooling.

Many highschool college students who?re undergoing homeschooling concurrently take faculty programs to earn credits. These credit rely in the direction of the credit score their going to build up as soon as they go to college. Homeschooled students have been known to score excessive in college entrance exams.

There are some stereotypical views that have been hooked up to people which have acquired their schooling by homeschooling. Similar to that these individuals are usually reclusive, antisocial, or extreme of their views in relation to religion.

But slowly these views are dissipating since homeschooling is now changing into extra mainstream.

Loads of mother and father have become extremely dissatisfied with the best way public college systems are run. Not solely do they concern for his or her children?s safety, however the quality of schooling that their youngsters obtain some mother and father additionally discover lacking.

That is why quite a lot of these involved parents have made the decision to have their kids homeschooled. A call that now appears to be paying off.

Since the previous decade the number of homeschooled college students has multiplied, now resulting in accountable adults who?ve stable jobs and thriving careers in their chosen fields of endeavor, proving that homeschooling provides a wonderful high quality of education.

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Robert Pattinson all grown up in "Cosmopolis"

CANNES, France (AP) ? Going back to what he does best, David Cronenberg takes a visceral day-trip inside the cushioned limousine of a tycoon who cares little for the bloody, populist riots that explode outside his car in "Cosmopolis."

All the young multi-billionaire Eric Packer ? played by a steely-eyed Robert Pattinson ? wants is a haircut.

Packer spends the entire film, which premiered Friday in Cannes, crossing town to get one but is waylaid when the U.S. president's visit to the city causes traffic chaos. Yet when he eventually makes it to the barber, his haircut is interrupted and he leaves in futility, half-shaven.

For Cronenberg, a master of provocation, the significance of this probably goes beyond a debate on the quality of haircuts at barber shops ? though judging by Pattinson's slick red-carpet hair, it is probable he opted for a stylist.

In the surreal "Cosmopolis," ? full of long, introspective dialogue ? the portrayal of cold, moneyed arrogance is a warning against the perceived greed of current times.

The oversexed, 28-year-old Packer has made his billions as an asset manager in a dystopian Manhattan and is so self-obsessed he barely registers the violent protests against capitalism around him. The only time Packer seems worried is after a doctor tells him, in one of the movie's many comic moments, that he has an "asymmetrical prostate" ? with prostate-gazing an obvious synonym for navel-gazing.

Pattison ? who is most famous for playing a vampire in the teen "Twilight" series ? said he was nervous about the complex role.

"I spent two weeks in my hotel room worrying," he said, joking that "actors aren't meant to be intelligent."

But the ego and cynicism stretch beyond his character and infect the whole landscape.

The film starts with a quote: "a rat becomes the unit of currency," that turns out to be true for the movie's characters, who all seem to be part of a individualistic "rat race" each struggling to get his or her 15 minutes of fame.

The last scene sees a claustrophobic 22-minute face-off between Packer and a crazed man trying to assassinate him, played with standout brilliance by Paul Giamatti. The two talk on a couch, separated by a screen that Cronenberg said conjures up images of a Catholic confessional, exploring how selfish the world is.

Pattinson, whose past public appearances have caused mobs of teens to swoon, said he identified with the role, joking that he sometimes thinks "people are trying to kill me."

The film was based on a 2003 book by Don DeLillo, who was at the Cannes Film Festival alongside Cronenberg and said the film's dialogue was directly lifted from the novel. Still, at many points, the drawn-out dialogue seemed to have more elements of a play and the movie dragged.

At the post-screening press conference, Cronenberg justified with aplomb the film's introspective qualities. "For me, the essence of cinema is a person, a face, speaking."

Pattinson said he loves Cronenberg's other films ? which include the 2011 "A Dangerous Method" ? but the Canadian director said "I always had the feeling he'd never seen any of my movies."

The film has drawn inevitable comparisons to current financial woes and the timeless themes of greed vs. poverty and populist anger, but Cronenberg said any link to current affairs was accidental. Still, the shooting did coincide with global anti-capitalist protests that began in late 2011.

"(After filming) in the evenings, to read about the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, it seemed at points that we were working more on a documentary," he said.

DeLillo said he wrote "Cosmopolis" after being struck by the massive gap between rich and poor in Manhattan.

"New York City streets at the turn of the century seemed suddenly filled up with white stretch limousines," he said.

People come to Cannes to dream, and this gritty, cynical film was seen by some Cannes revelers as a downer. So where was the hope?

"The hope is embodied in the fact that the movie got made in the first place," Cronenberg said with a dry smile. "It's not an easy movie to get financed. In Hollywood, $200 million is spent on movies that are extremely conservative, not-edgy. The hope is in the art."

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Albany filmmaker raising funds for new film through Kickstarter - Arts ...

A screengrab from Justin Halstead's Kickstarter web page for "The Perfect Color."

Writer and director Justin Halstead is raising funds through Kickstarter for his short film ?The Perfect Color,? which he plans to shoot in Albany.

Halstead was inspired to start a campaign on Kickstarter, an online funding platform for creative projects, after reading a Times Union article about the dozens of feature films shown at the Tribeca Film Festival last month that were actually low-budget indie projects funded by Kickstarter.

The money raised with Kickstarter will go toward the basic needs of production. However, the production will only be funded if at least $15,000 is funded by 8:57 a.m Tuesday, Jun. 19 or else the project will loose all the money raised so far on the website.

?(The campaign) is going great locally,? Halstead said, ?As we gain momentum with Kickstarter we are hoping to gain more support from those who are not necessarily local.?

For every pledged donation, the production is offering incentives and ways to be involved in the project. Minimum pledges of $10 will receive a personal ?Thank You? letter signed by the producer, director and cast and the donor?s name will also appear in the credits as an official contributor.

So far the campaign has reached close to 30 percent of our final goal, said Halstead, Usually 90 percent of projects that reach this mark on Kickstarter get funded.

Halstead is co-producing the film with two other Albany natives Michael Fuerstein and Jimmy Arrant. All the workers for the production will be locals as well. Halstead has even recruited his past and current students from the New School Center for Media in Albany, where he teaches film, multimedia, and music video production.

?The Perfect Color? tells the story of Bill, a wannabe cowboy, who watches his beloved Cowgirl die on his seventh birthday. Bill becomes obsessed with finding someone or something as perfect as Cowgirl. Years later he meets Jane, a drug addict sleeping with his closest friend. Jane forces Bill to question whether or not to continue living in his black-and-white world or accept Jane as she is with all her imperfections.

While Halstead has written many features, and directed, produced and edited many shorts and music videos with his company Motor Visions Media, he hopes this film will be the next step in reaching a wider audience.

?None of this is for us, it?s all for our love of film,? Halstead said, ??Any small support, we welcome it.?

To help fund this project go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/easternbush/the-perfect-color

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Is the third time the charm? OTA package for Verizon Galaxy Nexus now available from Google

Another new month, another new OTA package for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. For those that just want to get it on, here's the link direct from Google. Note that it's not a full ROM, and you'll need to be stock to flash it. Now where were we ...

This may play out like the last OTA update that mysteriously appeared, then just as quickly disappeared from Google's servers, but we're hearing that the OTA is pushing, so you might want to check your phone and see if it finds an update itself. Hopefully, this is the real deal and we can go from worrying about when the update will come and get back to complaining about the update like we're supposed to do. I kid, I kid. 

For instruction on what to do if you're rooted and ROM'd, be sure to hit the Verizon G Nex forums and read a bit -- everything you want or need can be found there. Our fingers are crossed this time!

Thanks, JD!

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