| Local Artist Douglas Sandler Supports the Paul Wellstone Mental Health ...
Florida Artist Douglas Sandler recieved main page coverage of this very important issue in the January 6, 2008 issue of the Panama City, Florida news herald. The artist has taken up the fight for mental health and addiction parity for all Americans. Discrimination against people with mental illness and addiction is wrong. .
Five Students Pursue Research Careers with Gilliam Fellowships
Silvia Caballero, Shoa Clarke, Alejandra Figueroa-Clarevega, Daniel Gilmer, and Betty Mbom are not your average twenty-somethings. Their paths through life have already taken them to Africa and Central and South America; to disaster relief efforts, clinics, and leading research labs. They have helped create support networks for minority students, studied tropical diseases at the Pan-American Health Organization, and investigated how HIV suppresses the immune system. Along the way, they have each developed a common passion: a desire to improve their world through science. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected these five young scientists as recipients of this year's Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. The competitive fellowships, offered to outstanding students from groups underrepresented in the sciences or from disadvantaged backgrounds, provide full support for up to five years of study toward a Ph.D.
Skincare Science: Research about Four Skin Care Health Foods
Skincare-News.com introduces research about fruits and vegetables that are being harvested for their potent skin-boosting benefits. Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) February 19, 2008 -- Skincare is more than just chemicals and science. Skincare-News.com's latest article, "Ingredients that Heal," investigates how four super-foods contribute to skin health: pomegranates, grapefruits, pumpkins, and mushrooms. While scientific advancements are surely leading to breakthrough products that heal the skin and body, sometimes, a more natural approach to healing can't be beat.
http://www.skincare-news.com/articles.php?ArtID=514 From the Romans who imported pomegranates from Libya to its presence during the Han and Sung dynasties in China, it seems that countries around the world have always agreed on one thing when it comes to the pomegranate: health and prosperity.
Smith says Oregon vote not an argument against S-CHIP expansion
PORTLAND, Ore. The vote against a cigarette tax in Oregon isnt a good argument against a similar effort nationally to expand health insurance for children, Republican Sen. Gordon Smith says. Opponents of expanding the federal State Childrens Health Insurance Program, or S-CHIP, have pounced on the Oregon vote. They say its evidence raising the federal tobacco tax by 61 cents to insure four million more children nationally will never fly. President Bush, who vetoed the S-CHIP bill, referred to the Oregon vote in speeches and in a call to U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., the only member of the Oregon delegation to vote against the bill. Smith said Thursday he thought Bush misunderstood the Oregon vote. Oregonians were impatient that legislators hadnt handled the matter themselves, rather than putting it to a statewide vote, Smith said.
Obama stays close in race as Republican rivals lag
The democratic candidates have already positioned in this run, made clear their political options and the politics they stand for. McCain on the other side still struggles in which way he wants to relate to G.W. Bush and his unpopular politics. Instead of hesitating about such details he should start explaining people what his actual choice in politics is. There are many fields; he certainly should position in the question of Iraq and explain how he wishes to give Americans new hope in a mostly lost battle, either by ending it as fast as possible or by saying how he wants to put in useful means to make progress. More political topics occur, he should position in social issues. America still has a high number of low-income citizens and especially their children who have no health-insurance.
Movie can clarify vision of rebel Che Guevera
Last year was the 40th anniversary of the death of mythic, Argentine-born, physician-turned revolutionary, Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara de la Serna. Now, director Steven Soderbergh (''Traffic'') is shooting a film about Guevara, with Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro as Che. In the stills I've seen from location in Spain, Del Toro bears an uncanny resemblance to Guevara.
Reportedly, Soderbergh used recently declassified CIA transcripts as background preparation and there is a responsibility to correct a narrative grievously marred by misinformation, vilification and commercialization since Che's death. That includes the marketing of Alberto Korda's iconic photograph of Che, something that would have appalled him. A few years ago I spotted a teenager wearing a shirt bearing this ubiquitous image.
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