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Petition Gains Momentum on White House Website

2013-01-05T19:09:00.000-05:00

Petition to recognized Pharmacists as healthcare providers under the Social Security Act begins to gain more steam. The petition is entirely spread through word of mouth of pharmacists, pharmacy students, interns, technicians, patients and the general public. Take a moment to sign the petition and let your elected officials know how much you appreciate your pharmacist.

By changing the compensation structure allowed under Medicare, we can ensure that patients have access to the medication expertise of pharmacists. Studies have shown that when a pharmacist is directly involved in patient care, patients have fewer adverse drug reactions, experience improved outcomes, and healthcare costs are reduced.
Learn more:
1) Health Care Provider Status on Hubpages
2) RXConsult Article on why patients should support pharmacists on this issue
3) Background on the petition
4) Rho Chi Post Issue on the petition and Dr. Sandra Leal
5) Original Change.org Petition
6) ACCP Policy statement on this issue
7) ASHP Policy statement on this issue
8) AMCP Policy Statement
9) How Pharmacists Save Money for the Healthcare System
10) Sign the petition today and tell your friends!

Mosab Hassan Yousef Interview with BBC

2012-11-22T20:17:00.000-05:00

Mosab Hassan Yousef is the eldest son of a founder of the militant Palestinian movement Hamas. He grew up with privileged access to the inner circle of the Palestinian leadership. He was captured and tortured by the Israelis but then decided to become a spy for the Israeli secret service Shin Bet. Over ten years he became one of their most valuable intelligence assets. His life under threat, he embraced Christianity and now lives in America. He tells Zeinab Badawi how he feels about being regarded as a traitor to his family, his people and his faith. View the video at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/8675568.stm

Liel Kolet and the voices of peace choir performing for the Dalai Lama

2012-10-13T14:36:00.001-04:00

Uncommon Knowledge President George W. Bush Interview and Policy Issues via Bush Institute

2012-09-21T23:16:00.001-04:00

[Breaking News] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Addresses the Nation

2012-09-21T23:10:00.001-04:00

Rho Chi Post Promotional Video

2012-08-26T22:58:00.001-04:00

America Israel Travel (AIT) Israel Trip Video

2012-07-29T21:20:00.001-04:00

Pharmacists Should Be Primary Care Providers Under Federal Law

2012-01-24T20:18:00.002-05:00

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Michel Teló - Awesome Brazilian Portuguese Music

2012-01-18T18:27:00.000-05:00

Portuguese Missionaries in Rural India

2011-10-28T19:59:00.000-04:00

Missionários português ministrando para os pobres nas aldeias da Índia. O vídeo é incrível e oferece uma grande prespectiva pessoal para a Índia. A Índia tem modernizado muito desde esse vídeo foi feito mas ainda assim, há muitas almas que vivem na pobreza absoluta nas aldeias rurais.

Urumi - DVD Full Movie with Eng Subs

2011-08-30T22:43:00.000-04:00

2011 Malayalam historical-fantasy film directed and co-produced by Santosh Sivan and written by Shankar Ramakrishnan.[2][3] It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, who was also a producer of the film, as Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar, Prabhu Deva as Vavvali, Alexx ONell as Estêvão da Gama, Genelia D'Souza as Princess Aysha of Cannanore, Amol Gupte, Robin Pratt, Jagathy Sreekumar, Nithya Menon, whilst featuring Vidya Balan, Arya and Tabu in guest roles. Background score and songs were composed by Deepak Dev, lyrics were by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Rafeeq Ahammed and Engandiyur Chandrasekharan.

It was made at a budget of more than INR200 million, making it the second-most expensive Malayalam film ever made, after Pazhassi Raja (2009).[1] Urumi was dubbed and released in Tamil as Padhinaitham Nootrandu Uraivaal , Telugu as Urumi and English as Vasco da Gama.

The film is set in the backdrop of the fierce warrior clans of Northern Kerala in the sixteenth century and focuses on the cult of Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar (Prithviraj), a man with an epic mission. His target and mission is Dom Vasco da Gama (Robin Pratt), the Viceroy of Portuguese Empire in India. The film is spread between the second and third visit of Gama to India and chronicles a varied version of how Vasco da Gama could have met a bloody death in AD 1524. In the journey of Kelu Nayanar, he has to encounter the seamless conflicts within the kinsmen and also kings, ministers, peasants and a warring Muslim warrior princess Ayesha (Genelia) of the famed Arackal Sultanat. Kelu has a forte, a legendary golden Urumi, specially made from the left over ornaments of the dead women and children who were burnt alive in the massacre of a Mecca Ship, Miri, commanded to be set on fire and drowned by Vasco da Gama during his second visit to Kerala in AD 1502. Kelu is supported by Vavvali (Prabhudeva), his childhood friend and in a way his elder brother, though he comes from the Muslim neighborhood. The film also has mystical characters like Vidya Balan, who plays Makkom, a displaced Devi Deity in the Oracle form. Kelu tracks his mission through the wild roads of treachery, treason and a hidden passion to reach a master plan to create his own army against the mighty empire. His action in creating an organized revolt becomes the first of its kind movement against the first Colonial advance in India.

The Misleading Allure of Fascism

2011-08-30T15:53:00.000-04:00

The Misleading Allure of Fascism

Analysis of the Doctrine of Fascism by Benito Mussolini and why the fascist ideals appealed to the people of Europe after World War I. Includes an analysis by Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm on why Fascism in Europe failed and its connection to extreme nationalism.