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Originally posted 10/09/2012 03:30PM
When it comes to taking on a role, Brad Pitt has a lot to consider, specifically his family.
In Interview's October/November issue, Pitt talks to Guy Ritchie about balancing his acting career with his love for producing films and his family.
"There are always creative issues, but those practical issues are also significant: who you're going to be with, where you're going to be together, how everyone's schedules line up, how long it's going to take you away from your family," says Ritchie.
Originally posted 08/26/2012 03:00PM
Vive le weekend!
Angelina Jolie, fiancé Brad Pitt and four of their children surprised locals on Saturday when they visited the coastal town of Le Touquet, France for some family fun.
Jolie, who visited Le Touquet last September, flew her family from London to the beach town via helicopter and played tour guide as she led her brood to some of her favorite spots.
Originally posted 07/07/2012 02:25PM
Angelina Jolie has touched down in Sarajevo – and she has her kids (including a smiling Shiloh, 6) in tow!
The actress, who's in Bosnia for the 18th annual Sarajevo Film Festival, was spotted smiling and waving at fans en route to her hotel on Saturday morning.
Back in April, Jolie, who's been filming Maleficent in the U.K., was declared an honorary citizen of the city, which she's visited twice before in her role as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.
Tonight she's scheduled to participate in a cinema workshop dedicated to young southeast European filmmakers, according to festival organizers. She will also walk the red carpet beforehand at the National Theatre of Sarajevo.
Originally posted 05/03/2012 08:30AM
They've announced that they're getting married, she's done her UNHCR Special Envoy work and prepped to play the evil screen queen Maleficent – and now, the globe-trotting Jolie-Pitts have gone to Legoland!
This time, it was the U.K. version of the fun park, in Windsor, after Angelina Jolie took kids Maddox, Pax and Shiloh kids to Berlin's Legoland last February, during that city's film festival. Also, this time the entire brood went, including dad Brad Pitt, a source tells PEOPLE.
"The whole family came and appeared to have a really wonderful time," says the source. "Both Brad and Angelina were very hands on and relaxed, helping the children to operate the rides and have a good time. They seem very much in love, too, and a really happy family."
Originally posted 04/18/2012 01:15PM
Forget Disneyland – now that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are engaged they're off to the Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador.
"We were informed that they arrived at the airport in Baltra yesterday," a source in the mayor's office of Santa Cruz tells PEOPLE. "Then they made their way over to a villa in the Galápagos Islands."
Their destination is reportedly the exclusive Royal Palm Hotel, and they arrived in style, first to Baltra, Ecuador, on a private jet – and then, according to Ecuador's El Universo, on board the Reina Silvia, one of the area's most luxurious yachts.
Originally posted 04/13/2012 04:45PM
Congratulations are in order for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who confirmed their engagement to PEOPLE on Friday.
But the couple, who've been together since 2005, have had plenty to say on the subject of marriage over the years – namely why they weren't going to do it.
Citing lack of marriage equality and the commitment of parenting their six children, the two have celebrated their partnership in the press even as they (mostly) said they had no plans to walk down the aisle.
Here's a chronological look back at how they've addressed their feelings about marriage over the years:
Originally posted 03/08/2012 11:10AM
Jacques be nimble, Jacques be quick!
Three of the Jolie-Pitt children took a field trip to the market in New Orleans on Wednesday, bringing along their English bulldog, Jacques, for the snack run.
On the walk, the kids – Maddox, 10, Zahara, 7, and Shiloh, 5 – each took a turn holding the leash, guiding Jacques as he sniffed around the Big Easy.
Originally posted 02/10/2012 08:40AM
It took more than 1-degree weather to keep Angelina Jolie and three of her and Brad Pitt's kids from enjoying Berlin's Legoland Discovery Centre on Thursday afternoon.
Mom and Maddox, Pax and Shiloh piled into a Mercedes van and headed to the indoor fun facility, where the kids played for about 90 minutes, before selecting some Lego toys from the gift shop. Pax had the hardest time deciding which package to choose, reports the German tabloid, B.Z..
Jolie seems to be a fan of Legoland, having visited the version in England with one of her kids last September. She also has donated generously to Merlin's Magic Wand, a worldwide charity created by the operator of Legoland to provide fun experiences for children who are seriously ill, disabled or disadvantaged.
Originally posted 01/09/2012 02:00PM
Angelina Jolie is as well known for her work helping refugees around the world as she is for making movies. But she'll let her kids decide for themselves whether they want to follow in her activist footsteps.
"I'm not one of those moms who kind of lectures [my kids]," Jolie, 36, told reporters on Saturday at the 23rd Annual Palm Springs Film Festival. "But I do tell them, whenever I go on a trip, where I'm going and why. And on some occasions, they've come with me to different refugee camps. And they also go to their home countries a lot."
The actress, who wore an Elie Saab gown to the festival's awards gala, has faith her little ones will make decisions based on what they see in their day-to-day lives.
Originally posted 12/05/2011 10:35AM
Hey, those people in the movies are getting married. Why aren't Mom and Dad?
That's the question Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's children have started asking, according to the actress, whose stance on marriage is the subject of intense interest outside the household as well.
"They have asked, yeah, because ... people get married in the movies," Jolie, 36, tells Nightline in an interview airing Monday. "Shrek and Fiona are married, you know?"
So, how does she respond? By explaining that you don't have to be married to be committed to a partner or your family.
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Title:"Piñero" is another Hollywood sucker punch to Latinos
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Blurb:The movie disrespects Latinos by celebrating Piñero as an icon of Nuyorican creativity and poetic art while ignoring the rampant rumors of pedophilia and even his sociopathic qualities.
Body:Hollywood has hit Latinos with another sucker punch in this disjointed and undeveloped portrait of a psychopath. Worse than West Side Story, Badge 353 and Fort Apache, Pi?ero takes us on a walk on the wild side of hell without so much as a whisper of the rampant rumors of pedophilia surrounding this twisted, demented sociopath, whom the film celebrates as an icon of Nuyorican creativity.
Miguel Pi?ero appeared on the New York artistic scene in 1974, with the presentation of Short Eyes, a play he wrote in a prison workshop while serving time in Sing Sing for armed robbery. Presented first by La Familia, then Lincoln Center and Joseph Papps Public Theater, the play became a hit. It won the N. Y. Drama Critics Circle Award for best American play before it was turned into a movie.
The work was about someone who abused boys only to find himself in jail among prisoners who can forgive anything but. Piñero (who always told writers to write what they know, and surely knew this topic as both victim and predator) was tapped by Hollywood to write and act about crime and criminals for shows like Baretta, Miami Vice and others.
The film opens with the multilayered beats of Hector LaVoes salsa pulsating. The beginning scenes slice through Piñero's black and white past with technical wizardry which masks the lack of infrastructure, stunted script and character development in the quick-paced, eye-blinking, MTV-ish frames.
We see a jive-time hustler spewing smart-alecky street rhymes in jail. We move to a troubled child, beset by poverty and incest. We then see a strung-out junkie in a dope den, pimping the talent that took him out of jail. Then were back to his mother, holding onto five children and calmly telling the father to leave, after witnessing his rape of her eldest son. Welcome to the avant-garde.
Actor Benjamin Bratts total possession of Piñeros spirit, however, is brilliant, electrifying and shocking. Bratt breaks through his previous papi chulo roles, bringing Piñero to life as vividly as the heroin that danced with Mikey through decadent degradation and debauchery. Like a lightweight boxer, Bratt pounces and punches his posse with words heard only in the deepest and most desperate layer of urban subculture.
I have to keep doing bad to keep the writing good, is how Piñero justifies his anti-social behavior. But his writing was never all that to begin with. The topic of pedophile-as-underdog has been done many times over. The Quare Fellow, Brendon Behan's play about an imprisoned child molester murdered by his fellow inmates was produced here in New York before Short Eyes. And while Piñero's poetic rhetoric spoke of strength against the oppressor and societys hypocrisy, his soul was corrupted by his total weakness and enslavement to drugs and dereliction.
There were moments of lucidity as the Puerto Rican/Nuyorican poets encounter each other. Piñero comes face to face with Puerto Rican scholars on the Island who repudiate his art and lifestyle. Piñero, the defiantly cool captive of his own dysfunction, outs the colonized slavery of the Islands academia as a sanctimonious identity not their own. By contrast, the scene where Piñeros play is presented by Papp to a packed audience is telling. In his moment of triumph, Piñero shows his ass to the world. The sun was not always shining for this cool dude.
In his sickness and arrogance, Piñero never recognized his self-described junkie Christ as anti-Christ. Even in death, his unholy alliance with mainstream American media once again contemptuously maligns the hard working, self-sacrificing Latino artistic community that rises above its horrific childhood traumas to create works of true literary insight, craft and artistry as legacy of our pride and courage. Understandably, sensationalized commercial films sell tickets, but for a community still invisible on the screen, marginalized in society and misunderstood by its neighbors, this is one more attempt to show only the pus-infected canker sores of a debauched existence.
On some deeper level, maybe Piñero knew he was being patronized and displayed like a curious monkey with humanlike qualities by the cultural elite who saw him more as freak than peer. He may be laughing right now at how, in death, he can still steal ten dollars from everyone who sees his film.
The absence of real female characters in this contorted macho nightmare flies in the face of the founding of the Nuyorican Poets Café. The Café was founded on the poems of Sandra Maria Esteves, one of the cultural warriors of the Nuyorican frontline never mentioned in this hallucination. Neither are other worthy soldiers such as Victor Hernandez Cruz, Papoleto, Eddie Figueroa, Tato LaViera, el Coco que Habla, et al. But it's just as well. Even comic John Leguizamo refused to play the role after he researched Piñeros life. ¡Vaya Juanito!
Clearly many of the new breed of poets look to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe as an alternative showcase for literary voices that relate to our reality. And there are many who answered the calling. Piñero was not one of them. And to claim that this was the precursor to hip hop and rap when The Last Poets had already carved a role as political griots of that particular social shift in time is bogus indeed.
This is not a film to take a sensitive young artist to. Nor is it a portrait of an exemplary Latino talent that survived New York's dark reality. This is a film that celebrates the reckless life of someone who was abused by his father, let down by his mother and everyone around him; a deviant who crashed and burned under the weight of living taking a few down with him. Some hero.
The Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund, the Institute of Puerto Rican Policy and the National Hispanic Media Coalition presented the community screening I attended. The Village Seven Theater was packed with community leaders from the arts, education, social services and politics. The applause for the movies spokespeople, Miguel Algarin, Giancarlo Esposito, Nelson Vasquez and Tim Williams was lukewarm.
Questions about Hollywoods spotlight on negative Latino images and incest were glibly and smugly shrugged off or totally ignored by Algarin, who displayed the same self-delusional aplomb and cockiness as the film's protagonist. The response was polite curiosity from the crowd. But once everyone dispersed outside, the consensus was transparent. Miguelthe emperor has no clothes.
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You are faced with making a choice, one that will shape the next few years of your life. So it is important to plan carefully. Don't be overly concerned about "hot" majors-what's hot today may be ice cold by the time you graduate. Try not to dwell on so-called "practical" majors-there's no point in taking a practical major if you have absolutely no desire to pursue the subject.
Truth is, most undergraduate majors have little correlation with a person's eventual career. What majors can do for you is give your talents a chance to flourish and round out your background, increasing your chances of doing well in the future.
Keep in mind that the best major is the one that will challenge and stimulate you...the one that will keep you interested throughout your college career. The question is, how will you know which major fits you?
Get to know yourself first. Looking back at what you've accomplished and enjoyed in your life so far will clue you in on what you'll enjoy....and do well in....at college. Take a close look at the different aspects of your life that make you the kind of student and person that you are today.
Education. See what clues your educational background can give you. List your courses, grades, and your reaction-whether you liked, disliked or especially liked each course.
As you review your grades, see if you can determine a pattern. Do you tend to do well in certain subjects? Do the subjects you prefer seem to relate to each other, such as:
Now take another look at your school experience. Ask yourself:
A consistent pattern of good grades and likes may be a good indicator for choice of an academic major. A mixed pattern may warrant a discussion with an academic advisor or counselor.
Extracurricular Activities. Your academic life is just one facet of who you are-look beyond your course work. Participation in extracurricular activities gives insight into what you like doing. Look at your background-college and high school-and examine how you spend your time when you're not in school.
Work Experience. This area may be more challenging to evaluate because it's sometimes difficult to see how part-time and summer jobs have any relevance toward choosing a major. Be assured that everything you've done, whether you've enjoyed it or not, gives you some insight into who you are and what you like doing. In reviewing your work experience, ask yourself:
Review. Review what you've compiled so far-your lists of courses, school activities, outside activities, and work experiences. Make a list, in each category, of what you consider your high points. For example:
Come up with five or six examples, and describe each more fully. In simple terms, try to explain
Once you've completed this, put it away. After a few days, you'll be ready to look at it with a fresh perspective, and be better able to recognize patterns of interests, skills and values. Interests. Do you detect a repetition of the kinds of subjects and activities you enjoy? Do you seem to be more comfortable working with people? Data? Equipment? Some interests may seem contradictory-like public speaking and research-but don't overlook a single one. Jot them down. Your list may or may not include such diverse interests as
Skills. It's important to know what you do well because the appropriate major may help you expand your skills. Or you may want to gain new skills to round out your background. For example, if your strongest skills fall into the quantitative area (math and science, economics), you may want to complement these with course work that allows you to develop stronger communication skills.
Often, individual skills tend to be related, and fall into more general categories. Here are some examples:
Values. This may be the deciding factor in what kind of choices you make, so now's the time to decide what's really important to you. And since some of your values may be somewhat conflicting, be prepared to set priorities. Commonly expressed values include:
At this point, you should have a fairly good idea of how you see yourself. Now you should try to get input from others:
TESTING. This can give you a more objective picture of yourself as a student. Tests should not be viewed as conclusive, but they can be good indicators of your knowledge and skills to date. This kind of information may be necessary in order to form a complete evaluation of yourself. Some of the tests you'll want to look at are ones you took in high school. Others are ones you have taken or can take in college. What follows is a fairly representative sampling of high school tests. You may have taken different ones depending on where you live. If you don't remember what tests you took in high school, call high school guidance counselor and request copies of you results.
Aptitude Tests (generally measure potential).
Achievement Tests (generally measure what you have learned).
Vocational Interest Tests measure your interests and compare them to successful performers in a variety of occupations. Some popular tests are the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, The Self-Directed Search: A Guide to Educational and Vocational Planning, and Campbell Interest and Skill Survey. If you haven't taken these-and would like to -talk with a counselor in Student Counseling (235 Behmler Hall).
Reviewing Test Scores Again, what you're looking for are patterns. One individual test score is probably not that significant, but you need to pay attention to repeated patterns. For instance:
Put this information together with your grades and interests, and you should be able to see a clearer picture of yourself. Here's a quick review to help you determine mine what you've learned so far.
UTILIZE AVAILABLE RESOURCES One terrific asset at UMM is the people. You might never again be in an environment that offers such a range of qualified professionals who can provide you with information and advice, free of charge. These people are here for you.
If the thought of choosing a college major-or figuring out what you want to do with your life-makes you feel anxious, you're in good company. So don't feel like you have to face it alone; help is available at Student Counseling. You'll find
Faculty Advisors. They can be consulted regarding the content of their own course and the necessary preparation for graduate and/or professional school. Peer Career Assistants. PCAs are students who have been through the process themselves to informally advise students regarding career concerns.
Career Services. It's a good idea to check out the UMM Career Services early in your academic career because the counselors there are not limited to job placement assistance. They can also
Written Resources. Another way to seek out information you need is by doing library research. While there are not many published books on choosing a major or how college majors relate to careers, there are undoubtedly new articles and studies being released every day. The following books are valuable resources and can be found in the Career Library (231 Behmler Hall):
What Can I Do With A Major In...? How to Choose and Use Your College Major. Lawarence R. Malnig with Anita Malnig. Abbott Press: Box 433, Ridgefield, NJ 07657, 1984.
Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Washington, DC, 1991.
Occupational Outlook for College Graduates. United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Washington, DC, 1996.
America's Top Jobs For College Graduates. J. Micheal Farr. JIST Works, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, 1997.
The Career Connection for College Education. Fred A. Rowe (Ed.) JIST Works, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, 1994.
Major Options-The Student's Guide To Linking College Majors And Career Opportunities During and After College. Nicholus Basta. The Stonesong Press, Inc., New York, NY, 1991.
Liberal Arts Jobs. Burton Jay Nadler. Peterson's Guide's, Princeton, NJ 1989.
Career Guide To Industries. United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC, 1994.
Now that you know yourself better, it's time to explore your possibilities. While you're shopping around, you may want to declare yourself an "undeclared major." Some colleges encourage this because it relieves some of the pressure that freshmen feel upon entering college. It allows you to see what a number of different major fields of study might be like, without officially declaring a major. The question here is, where do you start? First, get to know the majors that are open to you. UMM offers twenty-seven different majors listed below with their respective Holland Code type. Holland Code types can be determined using a number of interest inventories.
These are all very important factors that employers consider when hiring new college graduates. You may also learn that history, for example, is a very flexible major. The history department may require only 11 courses which may be taken in a non sequential order and your exams may all be essays. Compare that to biology, which might require a total of 19 courses in sequential order, and all exams may be problem-solving tests. Neither major is better or worse. Whether one major is better than another for you depends on:
Your academic advisor will probably recommend that you talk with a faculty member in the major and perhaps some students in the majors you're considering. Talking with someone so closely involved could give you a better feel for what you'd be getting into.
Declare your major. There's' no avoiding the fact that you have to choose a major-and fulfill the requirement for that major-before you can get your degree. And you can't just accumulate credits indefinitely; you have to be making progress towards graduation.
When you've decided what you plan to major in, you'll want to maximize that course of study for the best return on your investment-which in this case is time. You're going to spend a number of years in college and you want to make the most of it. A good place to start is when you're selecting course work for your major.
Look at your requirements. You'll find that you have certain requirements that you must fulfill in order to get your degree, both for your general education requirements and for your selected major.
General Education requirements are broad in scope, because they are designed to provide solid grounding, no matter what major you choose. A number of courses are usually offered that can meet these requirements, mostly during your freshman and sophomore years.
Departmental major requirements are specific in nature, because they're designed to give you an area of specialization. The amount of individual freedom for picking courses varies according to the discipline. Most majors have specific course work required in the lower levels; other majors may have recommended course work in the lower levels. However, the bulk of your major course work will undoubtedly be taken in your junior and senior years. Look at the big picture. True, you must fulfill all requirements mentioned above. But don't become so concerned with the obligations that you overlook greater opportunities. It's important that you get the best education you can, and you must assume responsibility for making that happen. So as you evaluate what you must take, see if you can orchestrate it creatively. If you can, try and take some courses each semester that relate to each other. For example, if you need to satisfy requirements in math, natural or social sciences, art and business, consider taking courses in statistics, psychology, or others. In this way, you may be able to see how they all work together. If you are taking related courses in different disciplines, let you professors know. They may allow you to write one final multidisciplinary paper, or work on projects that are related.
Most of all, remain flexible. Be willing to experiment so that you can stretch yourself. If you don't take advantage of intellectual opportunities now, you probably won't ever have a similar opportunity. So what should you take? Anything and everything that looks interesting. You'll be amazed to find out how many courses that you like will satisfy one requirement or another. Classes with good reading lists. A trip to the bookstore to see who's requiring what books is not only fun but very instructive. You can get a real sense of a professor's interests by the books one recommends. Courses taught by "outstanding" professors. Interestingly enough, many times the subject matter is less important than who's teaching it. "Great" professors are an unbelievable treat no matter what they teach. What you will learn form them will have far greater impact on your life than the content of any one course.
Courses from other schools. Just because you're at UMM doesn't mean you can't take courses at other colleges.
Courses at other campuses. Since UMM is part of the University of Minnesota system, it's possible to take courses at another UM college.
Studies abroad. Although it may seem most appropriate for foreign language or international studies majors, studying abroad is an opportunity that's available to almost any student. Even if it doesn't specifically relate to your major or career goals, it can be a valuable life experience that may serve you well in the future. In general, these studies are taken at a foreign school, usually during a summer or junior/senior year. Check with your advisor and the UMM Center for International Programs (CIP) to see which programs are available.
Independent/Directed studies. Sometimes you'll discover an area of interest where there is no course offering at UMM but you'd like to explore this topic further. An avenue for doing this is arranging an independent study course through a discipline faculty member or University College (228 Community Services). All you usually need is a proposal of what you'd like to study and the approval of a faculty member who's willing to sponsor the project for credit, and the approval of the Division Chairperson.
Choosing a minor. A minor is a secondary area of specialization that allows you to take a concentration of courses in another field. While some students choose minors related to their majors such as Spanish and Latin American Area Studies; others use it as a means of specialization, concentrating in such areas as microbiology or English literature. Some students complete a minor just because they like a particular subject. Others use it to add "practical" courses-like accounting, computer science, marketing, statistics and communication studies-to a liberal arts degree.
There are other ways to augment your major(s) as well. You can:
Work with a professor on specific research. This is particularly valuable if you're considering graduate/professional school or teaching at the college level. It's also a good idea if you want to explore a particular subject matter in depth, or develop a close relationship with a professor. In any event, it will allow you to refine research skills and apply knowledge gained through courseware. Again, there are faculty advisors and counselors who can advise you if you find yourself in this situation. They can help you explore your feelings, identify what's wrong so that you can pick a more appropriate school, and research different options.
Learn outside the classroom. What you do at school in your spare time can have a bearing on how you do in the real world. Participation in team sports can help prepare you for collaborating with colleagues in business. Campaigning for student leadership positions can develop your sales and administrative skills.
Take advantage of the many opportunities available at UMM. Think about joining an organization related to your major; it not only gives you the chance to practice and enhance your skills, but to interact with people who share your interests and possibly make valuable contacts as well. Say you're a management major who enjoys theater-why not keep books for UMM's theatre productions? And if you're a science major interested in communications, consider working at KUMM's radio station-either on the controls or on air as Science Reporter. Open yourself up to the possibilities.
Once you determine your major field of study, don't let yourself fall into the trap of concentrating solely on your course work. College is your chance to broaden, not limit, your horizons. Besides, chances are slim that your major-whatever it is-will relate directly to your job twenty years after you graduate from UMM.
What your major should do is prepare you for a wide range of options. In the meantime, you should try to help along the process. Here's how you can get things rolling.
Find out if you really need or want a graduate degree. In some fields, it's a necessity; in others, it's optional. More and more students are opting for grad schools, whether for a specific credential in such disciplines as law, medicine, business, or social work...or for more advanced and intensive study, in areas such as economics, sociology, French literature.
If you're considering applying to graduate school, it's a good idea to find out, as early as possible, what makes a successful candidate. You may be surprised. For instance, some of the top business schools in the country prefer not to accept applicants with undergraduate degrees in business; they look instead for a more varied background, such as liberal arts. And some medical schools accept as many English, psychology and mathematics majors as biology majors.
If you're wondering if grad school is right for you-or which grad school would be right-remember that you can always talk to a faculty advisor or Career Services Counselor. It might also help you put the picture into focus if you explore the job market.
Get out in the marketplace. When you realize that there are over 25,000 different types of jobs and literally thousands of employers you can work for, it makes sense to begin narrowing your choices. One good way to do this is by getting out into the marketplace. There are some terrific ways to do this while you're still in school.
What's important to know up front is that you can accomplish almost anything you want to in college if you work hard. The most difficult part of the whole process is that there are so many choices to make. But being able to make choices is an integral part of making it in the real world. It gets easier as you go along. So work on it. Get to know yourself. Seek out information. Take the initiative. Use campus resources. Challenge yourself-both intellectually and experientially. And persevere. The more you do, the more rewarding your college experience will be.
You can accomplish almost anything you want to in college if you work hard.


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End-to-End Mobile Security for Your Consumer Apps
According to Harvard Business Review, 82% of the average user's mobile minutes are spent using apps, compared to just 18% with Web browsers. Increasingly, the mobile app is replacing the Web site as the primary channel through which consumers get information on or interact with products and services. Consequently, apps have become central to strategic initiatives focused on achieving marketplace differentiation and driving business growth.
For example, look at the way Nike is using an app to drive consumer engagement from the ground up. Runners can use the Nike+ app and device to monitor their performance, collaborate and share information. This is not Nike's typical elite marketing model, centered on high-profile sports figures but the company attributed 30% of its 2012 running division growth to this app-based approach.
However, adopting an app-based strategy comes with risks. Consumers are using mobile apps to access banking records, healthcare benefit plans and retail accounts. This creates security risks for companies because it requires them to expose backend systems and data via APIs. It also means that consumers' sensitive information is being placed at risk of compromise.
Businesses have recognized the opportunity at hand, have made mobility a top priority but in the meantime have put security in an awkward position. Information must be exposed and shared in a much more "open" architecture in order to take full advantage of mobile app opportunities. Security must now adapt, focusing on how to protect and reduce the risk in the context of this new open architecture.
What are the options for mobile app security? Solutions exist in a range of categories, including mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM), containerization, wrapping and more. Generally, these solutions enable a level of control over the device that is not appropriate in consumer scenarios. In fact, many organizations are finding that this level of control is often too restrictive and impinges excessively on user privacy when trying to secure enterprise data on employees' devices.
What's the alternative? As previously mentioned, most enterprises' consumer-facing apps expose valuable backed systems via APIs. Using an API security solution to protect these backend interfaces and the sensitive consumer data they expose is therefore a vital part of the process. It is also vital to control access to the apps that leverage the exposed systems and data. Through the implementation of OAuth and OpenID Connect, organizations can apply risk-based access control to mobile apps. Not only is access controlled to the app but app access to the backend API is also controlled, delivering a complete end-to-end mobile app security solution.
Overall, an acceptable mobile app security solution for consumers should contain a variety of flexible features, including multi-channel authentication, mobile social login, two-factor authentication, geolocation access control, mutual SSL, fine-grained API access control and threat protection against SQL injection, cross-site scripting and DDoS attacks – features that provide an acceptable level of control while maintaining the convenience of the device and preserving the privacy of the user.
To hear more about this, please join tomorrow's CA Layer 7 webinar as Leif Bildoy and myself walk through the 5 Steps for End-to-End Mobile App Security with Consumer Apps.
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Find out how to watch the Red Carpet at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday 16 February, 2014.
As in previous years, there will be opportunities for the public to view the Red Carpet and watch the excitement of the stars arriving for the evening.
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Disabled Access to the Public Viewing Area
Space for disabled access to the EE British Academy Film Awards red carpet in 2014 is now full.
There are 20 spaces available in the disabled area on the Red Carpet. These places will be issued on a first come, first serve basis. All disabled guests should contact Helen Kierney to apply for a place in the viewing area.
On the day of the awards, disabled guests who have a confirmed space in the area should meet at 16.00 by the clothing store East, located in the Covent Garden Piazza. Here you will be issued a wristband by BAFTA security and escorted to the viewing area.
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A family that went missing for two days in northern Nevada was found safe on Tuesday.
Survival experts at the Zombie Apocalypse store in Las Vegas say a disaster could happen in an instant, leaving people without food and water.
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While Miller recognizes that their name is tongue-in-cheek, he says the message about surviving if someone became stranded is very real.
"Of course we're the Zombie Apocalypse store and it's fun to take it to that level," Miller said. "But we're really about the practical, about the every day."
Miller says someone looking for survival tools should start with the basics. "Food, water, first aid and some sort of multi-tasking tool that can double as self-defense," he said.
They have other tools such as a solar-powered flashlight that also can charge a cell phone. Miller says something like that is another useful tool if someone became stranded.
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The Clark County Coroner's office released names of people who died in a number of recent incidents.
Carlos Rasmone Randle, 40, died of multiple gunshot wounds as a result of a homicide, the coroner's office said.
According to Las Vegas Metro police, Randle was found dead on Jan. 14 on Miratan Street, just off Stewart Avenue. Police said a group of people had gotten into an argument which led to Randle being shot.
Another person, who was identified as Michael Smith, 24, was found with a gunshot to the head just blocks away. Police said he was transported to University Medical Center.
Metro has charged Smith as a suspect in the shooting. Police believe his shooting was self-inflicted.
The coroner's office identified Joseph Anthony Deluca, 38, of Henderson, as the motorcyclist who died in an accident involving a sport utility vehicle.
According to police, Deluca's motorcycle was traveling east on Tropicana Avenue when he braked behind slowed traffic. The braking caused Deluca to be ejected from the bike and hit a sport utility vehicle.
Deluca was transported to Sunrise Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Tristan Verne Ables, 17, was identified as the person who died in a wreck in Moapa Valley.
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'No Idea' When Jackson Autopsy Will Be Released, as Medical Probe Expands
Posted Jul 31, 2009 12:41 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
Public release of the result of Michael Jackson's autopsy is being delayed indefinitely by the Los Angeles County coroner's office, as an investigation of the medical personnel who treated the renowned pop singer before his June 25 death expands.
Assistant chief Ed Winter of the coroner's office says he has "no idea" when the autopsy results will be released, reports the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, court records show that a manslaughter investigation that initially focused on Dr. Conrad Murray has now expanded to probe communications between the doctor, who was Jackson's personal physician, and other practitioners who had contact with Jackson.
Murray's lawyer has said the physician gave Jackson nothing that should have caused his death. However, the investigation reportedly is focusing in on propofol, an intravenous general anesthetic that Murray is believed to have given Jackson after midnight on the day he died to help him "sleep," as discussed in a previous ABAJournal.com post.
The drug, which is used on surgical patients in a hospital setting and is not considered appropriate for in-home use as a sedative, is believed to have caused Jackson's death, reports the Associated Press, citing an unidentified source.
Search warrants released yesterday refer to Jackson as an "addict," and raise the possibility that excessive prescribing and prescribing to an addict as well as manslaughter could be at issue in the investigation, according to the AP and the Times.
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ABAJournal.com: "Probe of Michael Jackson's Death Zeros In On Prescription Drug Issues"
Associated Press: "Jackson's personal doctor was in financial trouble"
New York Daily News: "Michael Jackson doctor, Conrad Murray, may lose Las Vegas home"
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I really like it here at CWC. I love the theatre program. I love most of the student body. I love all of my professors. The only thing that I would do differently is try to get more money from departments and scholarships before coming here.
Career Services:
I haven't yet experienced this.
Academic Flexibility:
Class schedules are super easy to manage. There are few, if any, class conflicts. I have yet to experience transferring credits, so I'm not sure about that.
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I absolutely love attending college. Personally, I'm overloaded a lot of the time, but that's entirely my doing. I absolutely love being immersed in the school work and atmosphere of theatre and the performing arts.The job opportunities here are great.I love working in the theatre.
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Registering for classes is super easy. I feel like I learn a lot here. I love all of my professors. The workload isn't at all bad if you're not like me and take way too many classes.
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I love the library.Campus activities aren't too great.The campus could use some TLC.
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The financial aid process was majorly confusing and time consuming and the billing statements are so incredibly hard to understand that even after taking a class about how to read them I have no idea what they say, but tuition is affordable, and most of the professors are definitely worth it.
Our school definitely puts more of an emphasis on sports than it does anything else. It's really disappointing when money and resources are allocated unfairly in the school setting.For example, every other facility on campus has been updated aside from the performing arts department building, and it's in a terrible state. When it was built they didn't bother having a theatre consultant come in to design the place, instead they had a contractor who has never built a theatre before build it and it has caused a lot of problems since it was built. Really, the whole place needs an entire overhaul, but all we're asking for is a stage extension and they won't even give us that.
Online Courses:
I have been in a total of two online courses and so far one of them has been awesome and the other one has been somewhat less desirable. I think it depends a lot on the subject and the teacher. Some teachers really seem like they don't care, while others will do anything to help out.
Student Body:
I mostly stick with the theatre crowd, but I end up out of the house a lot, hanging out and making great friends.
We have one of the best archaeology programs in the country because of all of the field school and hands-on experience that the students get the opportunity to benefit from. For such a small school we have great programs and top-notch professors! Oh, and both our Rodeo and Speech and Debate team have been known to qualify and compete nationally.
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I could not be happier with my experiences at CWC. I found my career path, my independence, and some of my missing confidence here. All of the staff is very supportive and encouraging, it was just a wonderful experience and I'm sad I only get to attend for two years. We have some remarkable professors and career opportunities! Two thumbs up. Five stars!
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The scholarship opportunities are great and the tuition is very reasonable. One of the BEST upsides to attending a junior college! CWC is really good about working with you!
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I am so thankful I chose CWC!!! It is wonderful!
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A number of entrepreneurs have launched ketchup products that offer healthy and flavorful alternatives to Heinz ketchup.
News this week of a deal valued at $28 billion by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to take over H.J. Heinz Co. reminds us just how ubiquitous Heinz is to America—particularly with its ketchup. Of course late word tonight that the SEC is alleging insider trading reminds us how complicated anything in corporate America can be.
But let's tip-toe through the tomatoes for a moment. Heinz owns 60 percent of the U.S. ketchup market, according to Esquire. Hunt's ketchup owns 16 percent and Del Monte's 5.3 percent.
Clearly, it's an almost impossible market to make any real impact on (just check out this New York Times piece from 1990 to understand why Heinz has had a hold on the market for so long), but that hasn't stopped some entrepreneurs from trying to break in:
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Workplace Wellness: Q&A with Catherine M. Baase, The Dow Chemical Company
We've written extensively on NewPublicHealth on the importance of building a Culture of Health—an environment where everyone has access to opportunities to make healthy choices. In June, the Washington Post held a live forum—sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation—titled "Health Beyond Health Care," which looked at how creative minds in traditionally non-health fields are working together to build a Culture of Health in the United States. As part of our continuing coverage of this issue we spoke with Catherine M. Baase, MD, Chief Health Officer at The Dow Chemical Company, about workplace wellness programs.
NewPublicHealth: Why do you think workplace wellness is important?
Catherine Baase: I guess it depends on "important" in what way. I'll tell you two things. One is if you were asking me why it's important to a business or a corporation, I think it brings critical value to many different corporate priorities—things such as safety, human capital priorities such as attracting and retaining talent, manufacturing reliability, the capacity to positively impact health care costs. So there's a landscape of corporate priorities where the achievement of healthy people is important, even including drug satisfaction and employee engagement.
But on another lens, I would say that I think workplace wellness is important to society for the achievement of public health objectives. The fact that we're not doing really well on the achievement of health outcomes for our population as a whole, and the achievement of improved health will depend on a variety of sectors of society getting involved, and one of them is workplaces. Others are schools and communities and things like that, but the achievement of public health objectives depends a bit on workplaces being involved, as well.
NPH: Who is it that benefits from workplace wellness?
Baase: Well I think the individuals, the employees and oftentimes their families, because a lot of workplace wellness programs either directly or indirectly impact the family. It's the community within which folks live because the culture is impacted, and the company certainly.
A Campaign to Keep Kids in School
This week, NewPublicHealth will run a series on new and creative public health campaigns that aim to improve the health of communities across the country through the use of public service announcements, infographics and more. Stay tuned to learn more about a new campaign each day.
It's no secret that getting a better education is linked to having a longer, healthier life. But the flip side is also true: Habitual truancy—an excessive number of unexcused absences from school by a minor—has been identified as an early warning sign that kids could be headed toward delinquency; substance use and abuse; social isolation; early sexual intercourse; suicidal thoughts and attempts; and dropping out of high school, according to a 2009 report prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
That's why Hawaii's Truancy Reduction Demonstration Project and the College of Education, University of Hawaii, launched a series of public service advertisements (PSAs) to try to inspire kids to stay in school. The 30-second spots emphasize that school is where kids' dreams grow; that education is a gift; and that teachers, families and students are together accountable for kids' learning.
Meanwhile, New York City launched the School Every Day Campaign to fight truancy, informing parents that students who miss 20 days of school or more in a single year have a significantly decreased chance of graduating from high school. The outdoor ads—created with support from the Ad Council and AT& T—address a hot topic, considering that one out of five public school students in New York City miss that much school in a given year.
Messages such as these really can make a difference. In 2006, the public school graduation rate in Spokane, Wash., was less than 60 percent; by 2013, it had leaped to nearly 80 percent, thanks largely to the "Priority Spokane" campaign. A 2014 winner of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize, the campaign emphasizes education as a catalyst for better health and brighter futures.
"We're using educational attainment as a lens for improving health," said Alisa May, executive director of Project Spokane. "We're beginning to see real signs of success in our work."
Spokane County Commissioner Shelly O'Quinn agrees: "Spokane County's focus on educational success and other areas is improving the health of our children. Healthy children become healthier students and adults, and everything we are doing now gives them the foundation they need to succeed after they graduate."
Public Health News Roundup: August 21
Ebola Update: U.S. Doctor Being Treated for Ebola Expected to Be Released from the Hospital Today
(NewPublicHealth is monitoring the public health crisis in West Africa.)
Reuters and other news outlets are reporting that Kent Brantly, MD, who contracted Ebola in Liberia where he was treating patients for the disease, has recovered from the virus and is expected to be released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta today. An update on the condition of Nancy Writebol, a health worker who also contracted Ebola in West Africa, is also expected today. Since the start of the current outbreak in West Africa, more than 1,350 people have died of the disease. In an effort to reduce the spread of the disease, officials in Monrovia, the densely populated urban capital of Liberia, began a quarantine to stem the disease outbreak, sparking clashes between residents and troops. Read more on Ebola.
Many Older ER Patients Show Signs of Malnutrition
A new study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine found that many patients over age 65 who go to the emergency room for medical care are also found to be malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. The study authors say the reasons behind the insufficient nutrition include dental problems that make it difficult to eat, depression and lack of access to food. The study suggests that all older patients be assessed for malnutrition during emergency room visits. Read more on aging.
Free Online Search Tool from DOT Lets Consumers Check Vehicle Safety
The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a free, online search tool—accessible at www.safercar.gov—that consumers can use to find out whether a vehicle, including a motorcycle, has been recalled by using the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). Consumers can find their vehicle identification number by looking at the dashboard on the driver's side of the vehicle, or on the driver's side door where the door latches when it is closed. After entering the VIN number into the search tool, a message indicating whether the vehicle was recalled will appear, which will let users choose not to buy or rent the car, or if they own it or are planning to buy it, to have it fixed according to the recall specifics. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is working with the National Automobile Dealers Association to make sure that the VIN tool is used by all U.S. car dealerships. Read more on safety.
Recommended Reading: RWJF Culture of Health Prize Winner Spokane County on Health Affairs Blog
Earlier this year, Spokane County, Wash.,was chosen by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) as a Culture of Health Prize winner for its efforts to improve community health by increasing graduation rates. As part of a new ongoing series, Health Affairs blog has featured a piece by local Spokane leader Ben Smith on the community's health successes.
Just eight years ago, the high school graduation rate for Spokane Public Schools was below 60 percent and 18 percent of the county's students lived in poverty. In addition, the students who did attend college or technical school often failed to earn their degree, leaving them unprepared to fill available positions in the county's more technical fields.
To address these issues, Priority Spokane emerged from a collaboration of local businesses, educators, health organizations and community nonprofits—all committed to improving the future of Spokane County residents by improving education. A report linking lack of education to poorer health helped spur a dramatic change. Over the next several years, the county emphasized increased collaboration and a clear vision to improve the high school graduation rate to 79.5 percent overall.
Spokane County's efforts include:
- Training teachers and childcare workers to mentor children who experience traumatic home events.
- Developing an early warning system for at-risk students.
- Establishing community attendance support teams that reengage truant students in school.
- Starting Spokane Valley Tech, a high school designed to help students build careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
To learn more about Spokane's prize-winning efforts to improve health, read the Health Affairs blog post.
>>Bonus Links: Learn more about the 2014 RWJF Culture of Health Prize winners and read NewPublicHealth coverage of the prize announcement.
>>Bonus Content: Watch a NewPublicHealth video on Spokane's efforts to build a Culture of Health.
Is Your Child In the Right Car Seat?
This week, NewPublicHealth will run a series on new and creative public health campaigns that aim to improve the health of communities across the country through the use of public service announcements, infographics and more. Stay tuned to learn more about a new campaign each day.
Each day in 2010 approximately two children ages 12 and younger were killed in car crashes and another 325 were injured. If the correct child safety seats were used and installed properly, that death rate could be cut by more than 50 percent. Proper use of car seats reduces the risk of death by 71 percent in infants and by 54 percent among toddlers ages one to four, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Use of booster seats decreases the risk of serious injury by 45 percent among kids ages four to eight, compared to just using seatbelts in this age group.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) and the Ad Council's Child Passenger Safety campaign urges parents and caregivers of children under age 12 to secure their kids in the best possible car restraint system for their age and size.
Through a series of television, radio, print, outdoor and digital PSAs, the campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of using the correct restraints for children, whether it's a rear-facing car seat (for babies up to age one), a forward-facing car seat (for kids up to age five), a booster seat (for ages five to 12) or a seatbelt for older kids. The PSAs direct viewers to the Parents Central website, where they can find out whether their children are in age- and size-appropriate car seats and learn how to install the car seats properly.
Child Passenger Safety Week, from September 14-20, will also feature free car seat inspection events throughout the country to help people learn how to install and use them properly.
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Public Health News Roundup: August 20
Workers with Access to Natural Light Sleep Longer and Better
Natural light in the workplace improves overall health, according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. Researchers from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that employees with windows received 173 percent more white light exposure during an average work day and slept an average of 46 minutes more per night. They also engaged in more physical activity and reported a better overall quality of life. "There is increasing evidence that exposure to light, during the day—particularly in the morning—is beneficial to your health via its effects on mood, alertness and metabolism," said senior study author Phyllis Zee, MD, PhD, a Northwestern Medicine neurologist and sleep specialist, in a release. "Workers are a group at risk because they are typically indoors often without access to natural or even artificial bright light for the entire day. The study results confirm that light during the natural daylight hours has powerful effects on health." Read more on environment.
Public Transportation to Work Linked to Healthier Weights
Public transportation should potentially be added to what we think of as "active commuting" modes because of its related health benefits, according to a new study on TheBMJ.com. People who go to work on public transportation tend to be thinner than people who drive their own cars, according to researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University College London. The findings are based on data from 7,424 people in the United Kingdom on how much body fat they had and from 7,534 people on their body mass index. "It seems to suggest switching your commute mode—where you can build in just a bit of incidental physical activity—you may be able to cut down on your chance of being overweight and achieve a healthier body composition as well," said study leader Ellen Flint, according to Reuters. Read more on physical activity.
ACOG: All Pregnant Women Should Receive a Flu Shot
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is now recommending that all pregnant women, no matter how far along they are in the pregnancy, should be vaccinated against influenza. During the 2009-2010 flu season the immunization rate for pregnant women was 50 percent; prior to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic it was only 15 percent. According to the college, flu prevention is "an essential element of preconception, prenatal, and postpartum care" because of immune system changes during the pregnancy and the added need to protect the fetus. "The flu virus is highly infectious and can be particularly dangerous to pregnant women, as it can cause pneumonia, premature labor, and other complications, " said Laura Riley, MD, chair of the College's Immunization Expert Work Group, which developed the Committee Opinion in conjunction with the College's Committee on Obstetric Practice. "Vaccination every year, early in the season and regardless of the stage of pregnancy, is the best line of defense." Read more on maternal and infant health.
Google Hangout Convenes Culture of Health Prize Winners to Discuss Lessons Learned in Creating Healthy Communities
This past June, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced the six winners of its 2014 Culture of Health Prize, which honors communities that place a high priority on health and bring partners together to drive local change. Each community, selected from more than 250 across the nation, received a no-strings-attached $25,000 cash prize in recognition of their accomplishments.
Last week, RWJF brought together representatives from two of this year's winners and one from last year in an online discussion, "Building a Culture of Health: What Does it Take?" Each community representative spoke about the barriers they've faced, how they overcame them and the role partnerships play in their ongoing success.
The discussion was moderated by Julie Willems Van Dijk, co-director of the RWJF County Health Rankings & Roadmaps and director of the RWJF Culture of Health Prize.
Alisa May, executive director of Priority Spokane and representing 2014 winner Spokane County, Wash., said that as a largely rural community of 210,000 people they've placed an emphasis on improving education at all levels. And they took a data-centric approach.
"Priority Spokane—which is a collaboration of community leaders—looked at the data, pulled community members together to talk about the issues that were most important to them, and educational attainment rose to the surface," said May.
A Call to Action to Help Caregivers
This week, NewPublicHealth will run a series on new and creative public health campaigns that aim to improve the health of communities across the country through the use of public service announcements, infographics and more. Stay tuned to learn more about a new campaign each day.
As the country turns increasingly gray, more and more adults are experiencing the stresses and strains of caring for aging family members. It has long been a silent struggle for many of the nation's 42 million unpaid caregivers, but the full impact of family caregiving is starting to come out from the shadows thanks to a major ongoing campaign from the AARP and the Ad Council first launched in 2012. Through a series of ads for television, radio, print media and digital venues, the campaign aims to raise awareness of the ripple effects of family caregiving and to steer overwhelmed families toward resources that may ease the pressure.
The public service advertisements (PSAs) depict the sense of isolation, responsibility and frustration family caregivers often feel as they tend to their loved ones—providing reassurance that they are not alone with these challenges. The ads also highlight a community of experts set up by the AARP to help caregivers take better care of themselves while caring for others and to encourage caregivers to access online tools or call a toll-free hotline (877-333-5885). The website includes resources on planning for long-term care (legally, financially and in other ways) and advice on dealing with emotional issues such as grief and loss.
Nearly 30 percent of caregivers report feeling sad or depressed, and 33 percent isolate themselves by avoiding people or social situations, according to a 2013 AARP report, Caregivers: Life Changes and Coping Strategies. Moreover, 38 percent of those caring for a loved one say they sleep less since they became caregivers, and 44 percent admit they try to squelch their feelings. An earlier survey by the AARP and the Ad Council, involving 500 caregivers between the ages of 40 and 60, revealed that 31 percent describe their caregiving tasks as extremely or very difficult; 21 percent say they don't feel like they have the support they need; and 26 percent don't feel confident about knowing where to turn to find support and information for unpaid caregivers.
"Only those who care for others know what it's really like to care for others—that's why we created a community where caregivers can connect with experts and others facing similar challenges," said AARP CEO Barry Rand. "We hope this campaign will help the millions of family caregivers in the U.S. feel heard and supported, in turn, helping them better care for themselves and for the ones they love."
As an offshoot of the Caregiver Assistance PSAs, the AARP and Ad Council also launched the "Thanks Project", a digital opportunity for family members and friends to publicly acknowledge and appreciate how much they value the contributions from the caregivers in their lives. The idea is that a note of thanks can mean a lot to caregivers.
>>Bonus link: Read a NewPublicHealth interview with Gail Sheehy, author of "Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos into Confidence."
Public Health News Roundup: August 19
EBOLA UPDATE: Death Toll Passes 1,200; Improvement Seen in Three African Doctors Who Received Experimental Treatment
(NewPublicHealth is monitoring the public health crisis in West Africa.)
The death toll in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed 1,200, according to the World Health Organization, with infection rates continuing to outpace containment efforts. Concerns over the disease also continue to spread, with a 30-year-old woman in Germany isolated and then taken to a specialist medical unit after being found with a high fever. However, the Liberian information minister was also recently quoted as saying that three African doctors treated with the experimental ZMapp treatment are showing "remarkable signs of improvement." The drug was used to treat two Americans who are now also showing signs of improvement. Read more on Ebola.
Study: Older Americans Receiving Cancer Screenings Against Recommendations
As many as half of older Americans continue to receive cancer screenings despite the recommendation by several professional societies that certain cancers not be screening for in people who aren't expected to live for another 10 years, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine. "There is general agreement that routine cancer screening has little likelihood to result in a net benefit for individuals with limited life expectancy," wrote Trevor Royce, MD, in the study. Keith Bellizzi of the University of Connecticut's Center for Public Health and Health Policy in Storrs added that "Each screening test carries different risks and benefits ... Individuals should be counseled about these risks in order to make an informed decision (sometimes involving caregivers or family members)." Read more on cancer.
Study: Dramatic Drop in Deaths, Hospitalization for Heart Disease and Stroke
Lifestyle changes, better treatment and effective preventive measures have caused a dramatic drop in deaths and hospitalizations for heart disease over the past decade, according to a new study in the journal Circulation. In a review of data on nearly 34 million Americans covered by Medicare, researchers found that from 1999 to 2011 hospitalizations rates for heart attacks dropped by 38 percent; rates of unstable angina dropped by almost 85 percent; and hospitalizations for both heart failure and stroke dropped by approximately one-third. "The findings are jaw-dropping," said lead researcher Harlan Krumholz, MD, a professor of cardiology at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn, according to HealthDay. "They really show that we have begun to reverse this epidemic of heart disease and stroke." Read more on heart and vascular health.
A Public Effort to Help Kids Breathe Easier
This week, NewPublicHealth will run a series on new and creative public health campaigns that aim to improve the health of communities across the country through the use of public service announcements, infographics and more. Stay tuned to learn more about a new campaign each day.
In an effort to reduce missed school days, theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the Ad Council, has launched a campaign to teach parents how to prevent asthma attacks in kids by identifying common asthma triggers. The "No Attacks" campaign urges parents to learn how to control factors that make a child's asthma worse, use asthma medicines effectively and recognize when to call the doctor.
Asthma affects nearly 9 million U.S. children, with poor and minority children suffering a greater burden from the disease. Asthma can be especially serious in kids because of their small airways.
Through a series of Public Service Advertisements (PSAs) featuring a rock band of puppet characters called the "Breathe Easies," the campaign includes online videos, radio spots and online banners (available in English and Spanish) with songs about asthma triggers at home, at school and outside. These entertaining messages inform viewers about how to prevent asthma attacks by cleaning up mold, vacuuming regularly and eliminating smoking at home; making sure their child's school has a plan for controlling cockroaches and other pests, banning furry class pets and minimizing the use of chemical irritants in cleaning products, air fresheners and pesticides; and postponing outdoor sports and other high-energy activities to avoid exposure to high air pollution levels.
"Too many Americans, particularly children, minorities and people living in poverty, suffer from asthma, spending their time at doctor visits and hospitals instead of at school, work and play," said Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. "By working with the Ad Council and other partners in communities across the country, we can make a real difference in the lives of millions of Americans dealing with asthma."
Asthma causes U.S. children to miss 14 million school days each year, which is especially worrisome because more frequent school absences are consistently linked with worse academic performance. The good news: "School absences due to asthma can be avoided by appropriate asthma management, including appropriate use of medications and reduced exposure to triggers," noted a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since there's no cure for asthma, preventing attacks—by reducing exposure to environmental triggers and using medications appropriately—is the primary focus of treatment.
The new PSAs stem from The Childhood Asthma Campaign, which was first launched by the EPA and the Ad Council in 2001. Since the debut of that campaign, the percentage of parents who feel they can make "a lot of difference" in preventing asthma attacks has risen from 49 percent to 67 percent, according to the Ad Council's tracking surveys. The hope is that the new PSAs will improve that percentage even more.


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Bette Jean Blackwell, 83, passed away Saturday Oct. 20, 2012, at St. Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil.
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