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...study is just one piece of the puzzle in determining the role of vitamin D. “So far we’ve only had observational data,” said Sandon, who is also an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. “I also would love to see more clinical trials done for this study to test the effectiveness of vitamin D to boost immunity and fight respiratory infection.” Sandon, a registered dietician, said she has always recommended that her patients spend at least 15 minutes...
...Aspirations in the Arts and Humanities are not an indulgent form of free play for the benevolent or indulgent imagination,” Director of the Humanities Center Homi K. Bhabha said in his opening remarks for “Witness,” an event organized by the Center, featuring Toni Morrison and Yo-Yo Ma. “Rather [artistic] interpretation is an act of empathetic intersession, a way of giving voice to another place, person, or period, and setting the stage in their interest.”Co-sponsored by the Office of the President and Provost...
...Craig Fugate is widely considered to be among the very best emergency managers in the country, and Florida is being looked upon as one of the very best prepared states." - Kathleen Tierney, director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder (Florida Trend magazine...
...privately run Center for Employment Opportunities in lower Manhattan helps hundreds of inmates each year acquire basic skills and find employment while earning an income doing maintenance work on public buildings; close to 13,000 former inmates have found jobs through the organization, and simply enrolling there cuts the chances of landing back in prison by half. "Our people are usually in the back of the line for jobs, but [in the current economy] that line just got a lot longer," says CEO and executive director Mindy Tarlow, who notes that it is taking twice as many calls these days...
...center of this strategy, as its linchpin, is the President, who has positioned himself not as the author of the new health plan, but as its mediator, facilitator and, if needed, as the taskmaster who intends to keep everyone on track. In his recently proposed budget, and on the campaign trail, Obama proposed the vague outline of a policy solution, including nearly $630 billion in new spending on health care in the short term, which would be coupled with long term cuts in the growth of medical costs. But he told leaders Thursday afternoon that he is not wedded even...