Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. Staph infections, including MRSA, occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities (such as nursing homes and dialysis centers) who have weakened immune systems.
Overview: HA-MRSA | CDC Infection Control in Healthcare
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Foods Fight Common Diseases
Foods Fight Common Diseases
October 25, 2007
Broccoli and breast cancer: Broccoli prevents breast cancer. Yeast protects against anthrax. Honey fights cholesterol. These aren't headlines in a tabloid newspaper, but news to come from the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, an organization of chemists and chemical engineers. Scientists at the recent conference described a number of studies in which foods might be used to treat common diseases. One found that an anti-cancer agent present in broccoli seemed to fight breast cancer in animals. Another found that a compound from baker's yeast significantly increased the survival rate of mice infected with lethal anthrax spores. And another study found that honey contains about the same level of plaque-fighting antioxidants as leafy green vegetables.
— Liz Atwood
Baltimore Sun
October 25, 2007
Broccoli and breast cancer: Broccoli prevents breast cancer. Yeast protects against anthrax. Honey fights cholesterol. These aren't headlines in a tabloid newspaper, but news to come from the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, an organization of chemists and chemical engineers. Scientists at the recent conference described a number of studies in which foods might be used to treat common diseases. One found that an anti-cancer agent present in broccoli seemed to fight breast cancer in animals. Another found that a compound from baker's yeast significantly increased the survival rate of mice infected with lethal anthrax spores. And another study found that honey contains about the same level of plaque-fighting antioxidants as leafy green vegetables.
— Liz Atwood
Baltimore Sun
-:: GREEN FOR ALL ::-
-:: GREEN FOR ALL ::-
Green for All has a simple but ambitious mission: to help build a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.
By advocating for a national commitment to job training, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in the emerging green economy – especially for people from disadvantaged communities -- we fight both poverty and pollution at the same time.
Green for All has a simple but ambitious mission: to help build a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.
By advocating for a national commitment to job training, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in the emerging green economy – especially for people from disadvantaged communities -- we fight both poverty and pollution at the same time.
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Friday, October 05, 2007
ARCHITECT OF THE AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND
Rodney Leon
President, AARIS Architects
http://www.tnj.com/events/2006winners/2006_4040rleon.php
http://www.nps.gov/afbg
Rodney Leon, president and co-founder of AARIS Architects PC, has enormous respect for Black culture and its influence throughout the world. He speaks passionately of its architectural aestheticism and ingenuity, which is evident in his own designs, perhaps nowhere more so than in the African Burial Ground memorial in Lower Manhattan, a project he is developing into a historical and philosophical landmark. Leon was one of five designers selected from the 61 applicants who responded to a call for proposals on the project in 1998. Named the official designer in April 2005, he considers the venture a significant career achievement through which he will make an impact on future generations. “The project represents a contribution to culture and the history of our people. It is a big responsibility and I feel blessed to have the opportunity,” he says.
Leon recalls watching his uncle, an architect and engineer, as a child, and admiring his books and drafting tools. It came as no surprise, then, when he received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Pratt Institute and a master’s in architecture from Yale University. Architecture in general is one of the more difficult professions, but it is an especially challenging field for Blacks to enter, Leon contends. He accepted the challenge, and partnered with a colleague, Nicole Hollant-Denis, to establish AARIS Architects P.C., a firm specializing in residential, commercial and institutional projects. As one of a handful of licensed African-American architects, he is able to seize opportunities locally and globally. He and his colleagues make a point of nurturing relationships with African-American churches, community organizations and other non-profit groups. Their firm currently is developing an affordable housing project for New York City and a sustainable housing development project in Haiti.
Leon has turned his passion for architecture into a moral obligation for building communities. His goal is to design projects that have a significant historical and cultural impact upon society, with emphasis on public institutions that focus on the contributions of people of African descent to humanity.
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