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During his final State of the Union, the President put me in charge of a new national commitment to ending cancer as we know it.
We're calling it a "Moonshot," and that's because I believe that this effort, like President Kennedy's call to land on the moon 55 years ago, is truly a call to humankind -- to be bold and do big things.
And right now, I'm about to walk into the very first meeting of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force the President just created, and tasked me with chairing.
Here's what it all means.
Every single federal agency with a part to play in this mission -- from the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Energy and its national energy labs -- will be in the same room together to make sure we're working from the same playbook.
We'll make sure we're making the most of investments, of our research and data, our supercomputing capabilities, our targeted incentives, private-sector efforts, and patient-engagement initiatives.
In fact, just today we announced a new 1 billion dollar jumpstart to make sure some of the best work going on has the funding that it needs.
Because ultimately, as the federal government, our job is to break down silos and bring people together who are doing the most cutting-edge work. Our job is to clear out the bureaucratic hurdles -- and let science happen.
And we're going to continue to call on families, researchers, and physicians all across the country to join this effort and rise to the challenge.
I've been in touch with hundreds of the world's top cancer physicians, researchers, and philanthropists.
And I’ve been in touch with Americans around the country who know the realities of this disease firsthand, people who have lived through it and people who have lost their loved ones they hold most dearly.
And following the meeting, at around 3:30 p.m. Eastern, Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Douglas Lowy, Chief of the National Cancer Institute’s Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, will be taking your questions on Twitter. You can ask them using #CancerMoonshot.
As the President said in the State of the Union, we can do this for the loved ones we've lost -- and the families we can still save.
I couldn't agree more. If there is one word that defines us as Americans, it's "possibility." And I believe this is possible.
I know that we can do this.
I'll be in touch along the way with ways you can help -- believe it.
Thank you,
Joe
Brazilian Film Festival
Circuito Inffinito de Festival de Cinema Brasileiro.
New York -NY.
Photo by Sula Costa/Costa Consulting Co.
The 12th edition of the Brazilian Film Festival of New York was a success and brought to the Big Apple the best of the latest Brazilian audiovisual production! From June 1 to 7 the official screening were presented at the Tribeca Cinemas.
The closing night on June 7 at the in Central Park SummerStage, presented a tribute to the centenary of Vinicius de Moraes, delighting us with the sound of DJ Gaspar Muniz and the concert of the great singer and songwriter Toquinho, accompanied by Anna Setton.
Taste of Brazil – the gastronomy festival inspired by the Brazilian cuisine had another edition and many restaurants and bistros of New York accepted the challenge to implement on their menus a dish inspired by our culinary during the week of the Festival.
The film winners of the 12th edition of the NY Braff in 2014 were:
Feature Film
Invisible Collection, by William Aguilar and Luis Ferraz
Short Film
Razor’s Age, by Bernard Attal.
http://inffinito.com/en/index.php/festivais/12th-edition-of-the-brazilian-film-festival-of-new-york/
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During his final State of the Union, the President put me in charge of a new national commitment to ending cancer as we know it.
We're calling it a "Moonshot," and that's because I believe that this effort, like President Kennedy's call to land on the moon 55 years ago, is truly a call to humankind -- to be bold and do big things.
And right now, I'm about to walk into the very first meeting of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force the President just created, and tasked me with chairing.
Here's what it all means.
Every single federal agency with a part to play in this mission -- from the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Energy and its national energy labs -- will be in the same room together to make sure we're working from the same playbook.
We'll make sure we're making the most of investments, of our research and data, our supercomputing capabilities, our targeted incentives, private-sector efforts, and patient-engagement initiatives.
In fact, just today we announced a new 1 billion dollar jumpstart to make sure some of the best work going on has the funding that it needs.
Because ultimately, as the federal government, our job is to break down silos and bring people together who are doing the most cutting-edge work. Our job is to clear out the bureaucratic hurdles -- and let science happen.
And we're going to continue to call on families, researchers, and physicians all across the country to join this effort and rise to the challenge.
I've been in touch with hundreds of the world's top cancer physicians, researchers, and philanthropists.
And I’ve been in touch with Americans around the country who know the realities of this disease firsthand, people who have lived through it and people who have lost their loved ones they hold most dearly.
And following the meeting, at around 3:30 p.m. Eastern, Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Douglas Lowy, Chief of the National Cancer Institute’s Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, will be taking your questions on Twitter. You can ask them using #CancerMoonshot.
As the President said in the State of the Union, we can do this for the loved ones we've lost -- and the families we can still save.
I couldn't agree more. If there is one word that defines us as Americans, it's "possibility." And I believe this is possible.
I know that we can do this.
I'll be in touch along the way with ways you can help -- believe it.
Thank you,
Joe
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