Source: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/friedreichs_ataxia/friedreichs_ataxia.htm
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Friedreich's Ataxia
Information on Freidreich's ataxia, compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
New Report Highlights the Impact of the President’s Agenda on the Hispanic Community
Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in a policy conversation held at the Center for American Progress on ensuring that the ladder of opportunity remains strong for the Latino community. In conjunction with that event we released a report, “An America Built to Last: President Obama’s Agenda and the Hispanic Community,” that takes a close look at the President’s agenda and how the Administration’s policies have made a difference for Hispanics and all Americans as we work to move our country forward out of the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression.
The need for this report is simple. Latinos will account for 60 percent of the nation’s population growth in the coming decades, and in turn will be an increasingly larger share of our nation’s workforce. If our nation is going to be successful, we need a strong and well prepared workforce, so the success of our nation is tied directly to the success of the Hispanic community. That’s something President Obama understands, and why he has made it a priority that his Administration is not only reflective of America’s great diversity, but that we’re being open and responsive to the needs of all Americans.
So this report looks at what the policies and programs of this Administration have meant for Hispanic Americans throughout the last three and a half years. The report highlights:
- How policies in the Recovery Act, including tax cuts for working families and improvements in unemployment insurance, combined to keep over 2 million Hispanics out of poverty in 2010.
- How the tax agreement the President fought for extended key provisions including the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) that directly benefit an estimated 3.7 million Hispanic families, including 8 million Hispanic children.
- How the payroll tax cut the President fought for ensures that taxes do not go up on nearly 25 million Hispanic workers.
- How since the start of the Administration through March 31, 2012, more than $3.8 billion in over 10,800 Small Business Administration loans went to Hispanic-owned small businesses including more than $128 million through nearly 300 international trade loans.
- The report also highlights how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is working on behalf of Hispanic consumers, including taking on deceptive credit card practices, and providing protections for those who use remittance service providers and payday lenders.
- Because education is such an important issue for this community, the report also has an extensive section on what’s being done to improve education from cradle to career and how these reforms affect a community in which only 56 percent of Latino students graduate on time from high school.
- Along those lines, the report highlights how more than 150,000 Hispanic students stand to benefit from the increases in Pell Grants. The Obama Administration has raised the maximum Pell Grant award and has provided resources to support an additional three million Pell Grant recipients, a 50 percent increase in students served since 2008.
- The report also details the Administration’s work toward immigration reform, and improvements that have been made in both border security and immigration enforcement, as well as in streamlining and improving the legal immigration process.
- Civil rights have also been at the forefront of the efforts of this Administration. So this report looks at how the Department of Justice and Civil Rights divisions throughout the government are enforcing our nation’s civil rights laws, and what that means for the Hispanic community. Everything from proteting victims of crimes and abuse, to protections for farm workers, to enforcing hate crime laws and protecting migrants and guest workers against human trafficking.
- And since more than 210,000 Hispanic soldiers are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces and we have over 1.1 million Hispanic veterans, the report looks at what our Administration is doing to make college more accessible for veterans, to make tax credits available for them, to help more veterans start businesses, and to increase access to intensive reemployment services.
The report is now available at www.whitehouse.gov/hispanic, and www.whitehouse.gov/espanol in Spanish. Take a look, let us know what you think.
Christina Ricci Chyler Leigh Ciara Cindy Crawford Cindy Taylor
Revised Spanish Article-Hemophilia
Hemophilia (heem-o-FILL-ee-ah) is a rare bleeding disorder in which the blood doesn't clot normally.
Source: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-spanish/health-topics/temas/hemofilia/
Beyonc? Bianca Kajlich Bijou Phillips Blake Lively Blu Cantrell
NIH researchers implicate unique cell type in multiple sclerosis
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found evidence that a unique type of immune cell contributes to multiple sclerosis (MS). Their discovery helps define the effects of one of the newest drugs under investigation for treating MS – daclizumab – and could lead to a new class of drugs for treating MS and other autoimmune disorders.
Source: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/MS_drug.htm
Gretha Cavazzoni Gwen Stefani Halle Berry Hayden Panettiere Haylie Duff
IACUC Administrator’s Best Practices Meeting: November 2010, State College, PA
The Pennsylvania State University is presenting the "5th Annual IACUC Administrator's Best Practices Meeting." Two sessions will be held on November 9-10 and 11-12, 2010 in State College, Pennsylvania. Program information can be found on the OLAW website in the Education Section under Workshops and Conferences at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/workshop.htm.
Source: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/newsarchive_2010.htm#20101021
Donna Feldman Drea de Matteo Drew Barrymore Ehrinn Cummings Elena Lyons
New Forum for Submitting Comments on the OLAW Online Seminars
OLAW has developed an online forum for participants and viewers of the OLAW Online Seminars. If you have participated in the Online Seminar, "What Every IACUC Should Know About AAALAC International", or watched the recording, you may now submit comments and questions online. OLAW will compile comments, answer questions and post relevant material on the OLAW website. The comment period for this seminar is open until August 15, 2009. The link to the forum can be found on the Education Resources page by clicking on the seminar title.
Source: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/newsarchive_2009.htm#20090707
Jennifer Love Hewitt Jennifer Morrison Jennifer ODell Jennifer Scholle Jennifer Sky
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