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Want Informatio​n on Heart Health? FDA Has It!


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Want Information on Heart Health? FDA Has It!

American Heart Month–first celebrated in February 1964 following a proclamation by President Lyndon B. Johnson–turns 50 this year. And FDA has a wealth of information to keep you and your family heart-healthy.

Whatever the question, www.fda.gov is a great place to look for heart-healthy answers.

Eating for Heart Health

Sodium and Heart Health

Eat for a Healthy Heart

Trans Fat and Heart Health

What You Need to Know

FDA Targets Trans Fat in Processed Foods

Heart Health for Women

Aspirin and Heart Health

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and Heart Health

And read our Consumer Updates:

FDA Helps Women Get Heart Smart

Eat for a Healthy Heart

FDA Team Advances Women’s Health

Lowering Salt in Your Diet

Why is the Great American Smokeout Important?

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Art, made with code: calling all future interactive artists


In between creating masterpieces like the Sistine Chapel and “Madonna and Child,” Michelangelo dissected cadavers in the hopes of understanding how the human body worked so he could paint it accurately. He’s not the only one: there has long been a connection between science and art. And it’s true today more than ever, as modern artists use technology for inspiration, inventing ways to give life to code, letting it spill from the screen and onto the canvas. We call this “DevArt,” and this summer, we’re teaming up with the Barbican in London and their Digital Revolution exhibition to celebrate DevArt in an interactive gallery. And we want you to be a part of it.

As part of this exhibition, we’re looking for the next up-and-coming developer artist. This is your opportunity to express your creativity, and to have your work featured in the Barbican and seen by millions of people around the world. To throw your hat in the ring, build a project on the DevArt site and show us what you would create. From there, we’ll pick one creator whose work will sit alongside three of the world’s finest interactive artists who are also creating installations for DevArt: Karsten Schmidt, Zach Lieberman, and the duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet.

The exhibition will open at the Barbican this summer. Until then, visit g.co/devart, where you can submit your own project. If you’re not the creative coding type, visit the site to see some incredible art and follow the artists’ creative process—from concept and early sketches to the finished piece—on their respective Project Pages. You’ll get a rare look into artists’ ways of working with modern technologies (including some Google products), and maybe even get inspired to create something yourself.

If you had the chance to make your mark in today’s art world with technology as your canvas, what would you create? We’d like you to show us.
Posted by Steve Vranakis, Executive Creative Director, Google Creative Lab

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One vote short on unemployment


VoteVets.org

Mr. Portman of Ohio: No.

Mr. Kirk of Illinois: No.

We needed one of those two Senators in particular, and thought there was a chance of earning their support. But with their “no” votes, any hope for the 21,000 veterans who lost their unemployment benefits last December evaporated into yet another Tea Party-led filibuster in the Senate.

For those veterans, and the 3,000 more who join their ranks with each passing month, VoteVets commits to continue the fight to extend unemployment insurance for all the job seeking Americans who need this important bridge to their next paycheck.

So far over 25,000 veterans, military family members, and VoteVets supporters have called on Congress to extend unemployment benefits. Add your name to theirs.

http://action.votevets.org/unemployment-vote

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has committed to keep bringing this issue to a vote until it passes.

Next time it happens, we’re going to be there with hundreds of personal stories from veterans who lost their benefits, and 30,000 supporters who stand ready to take action on their behalf.

Thanks for being a part of that fight.

Jon Soltz
@JonSoltz
Iraq War Veteran and Chairman
VoteVets.org

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I’m not allowed to save money


I have Down syndrome, and it’s illegal for me to put over $2,000 in a savings account without losing my benefits like Medicaid. I’m calling on Congress to pass the ABLE Act to help people like me plan for our futures.

I’m 31 years old, and I happen to have Down syndrome. I have two jobs, and lead an independent life, however, when my mom died suddenly last year, things got a lot harder for me and my family. I want to support myself and save money for my future, but if I save more than $2,000, I’ll lose the benefits I depend on like Medicaid and Social Security.

That’s because of a law that says that people with disabilities like me can’t have more than $2,000 in assets or we risk losing the benefits we need to live. For me, living on my own, that means I can’t even save enough to put down rent and a security deposit on an apartment. This law keeps me dependent on other people, and that’s really scary now that my mom is gone.

But there is a solution: The ABLE Act. The Achieving a Better Life Experience Act is a bill in Congress that would allow people like me to save money for our futures through 529-like accounts that wouldn’t impact our medical care and disability benefits.

I started a petition on Change.org calling on Congress to pass the ABLE Act this year. Will you click here to sign it?

It’s very scary for me to be on my own knowing I’m not allowed to save money in case something goes wrong. I’ve worked so hard to build a life for myself, living on my own and working as a law clerk. It’s horrible to think I could lose everything because I have no security. I dream of living on my own, working one, full-time job, and even taking postsecondary courses to earn a degree.

With an ABLE account, I would not only have security, I could also plan for my future. This bill will not only change my life but has the potential to change the lives of millions of people with and without disabilities.  

Some people think my disability holds me back, but they’re wrong. I’ve learned that I can be independent, even without my mom, as hard as that is. I can hold down a job, and even speak at rallies in Washington, DC. I just need to be allowed to make my own way and plan for my better life. Will you help me make that possible?

Please click here to sign my petition calling on Congress to pass the ABLE Act so that people like me can plan for our futures.

When this bill passes, I’ll be standing next to President Obama when he signs it. And I’ll thank you for making that moment happen.

Thank you,

Sara Wolff Moscow, PA

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