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There will only be 1.4 million people in the coding, programming, and computing world by the year 2020 and there will be one million unfilled software engineering jobs in the United States alone. Of the 1.4 million, only 29% will be American, and less than 3% will be women. ‘Code’ examines why women are not seeking out opportunities in the computer science fields. Do stereotypes, education, and cultural beliefs play a role in this digital divide?

Even though there is a lack of women in the tech world today, ironically, females, like Grace Hopper, helped set the stage for today’s technological world, as she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer in 1944. Teaching women to become qualified applicants for one of the job openings in the computer sciences, will not only boost women’s self-confidence, but will also make a difference in the world, as well as, help to ‘Debug’ the gender gap.

3:15 PM – TUE 4/21 BOW TIE CINEMAS CHELSEA 4
5:30 PM – FRI 4/24 BOW TIE CINEMAS CHELSEA 8
4:30 PM – SUN 4/26 REGAL CINEMAS BATTERY PARK 11-9

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What is a 3D Virtual Reality Headset?

When you place the headset on over your head and eyes, 5 icons and a blue cursor appear. On this headset, there are 5 icons that represent 5 short films: 1. ‘Evolution of Verse,’ 2. ‘SNL Jeopardy-Lorne,’ 3. ‘SNL 40 Q & A-Creators,’ 4.’Clouds Over Sidra,’ and 5. ‘Vice’ News.

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Now, move your head until the blue cursor is over one of the five icons of the short film you wish to view and press the button on the side. Place the headphones on, and stand in an area away from others. As the film runs, you are able to turn your head in any direction, literally up, down, left, right, or behind, and you feel as though you are completely submerged in the movie. Of course, at first it is a strange sensation because you will look down and not see your feet, or look up and not see the ceiling. You are submerged in the Virtual Reality, or VR film.

For example, “Evolution of Verse,” is a 3.5-minute short film that places users in a serene mountainous landscape with streamers coming out of the sky and a baby extending it’s hand and giving a soft smile, meanwhile, meditational music is playing. As you turn your head, you will see the panoramic, 360 degree view.

Produced by Unicef, the virtual film, “Clouds Over Sidra,” created by Gabo Arora, and Chris Milk, is approximately 7 minutes long and narrated by a 12 year old girl named Sidra, who is a Syrian refugee living in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. 3.7 million Syrians have fled the war and as of March 26, 2015, the camp population was estimated at 83,000 refugees.

The refugees walk for days to cross the desert in Jordan. The 12 year old, 5th grader, Sidra, appears sitting on couch cushions on the floor. She, and her family have been living in the camp for 1 and 1/2 years. She explains how she likes cloudy days because she feels as if she is under a cover, like a blanket.

The film depicts scenes in Sidra’s classroom, where she and her other female classmates, dressed in religious garb, are waiting to be called on by their teacher. Turn your head to your left and see their teacher. Visit a bakery where a kiln is preparing pita bread, clothes lines are drying laundry in the hot desert sun, and their family sits on the floor eating a Mediterranean style dinner. The Syrian boys play on the computers, lift weights, and wrestle, while the girls take turns playing soccer.

Very endearing and eye-opening.

This technology could easily be used as a teaching/learning tool, for example, to demonstrate surgeries to surgeons, etc.

Must try!

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The documentary begins in computerized video game styled graphics of a doctor walking into a waiting room and telling a married couple (Ryan and Amy Green) that their son Joel has had a recurrence of his brain tumor, and that the recurrence means the chemotherapy has failed. At that time, Joel was one year old. As can be imagined, the couple was solemn, and left with a lot to contemplate. They have 4 boys, Joel, being the youngest of the four.

To handle the internal conflict, Ryan and his family create a video game called “That Dragon, Cancer,” where he, his wife Amy, and all of their sons reenact and document all of their experiences with Joel’s battle with cancer, believing that fighting cancer is like a game. From conversations with Medical Doctors, Joel being wheeled in a wooden wagon throughout the pediatric ward in a Children’s Hospital in Colorado attached to drips and nasogastric tubes, additional treatment modalities, and how they choose to spend time with Joel as though he was living and not dying, the digital video game reflects who they are as family grieving, and wanting to keep Joel in their thoughts.

In the hospital environment, Ryan realizes that he is surrounded by 500 other families possibly going through similar experiences, and how we in the United States, don’t like to talk about death.

Bereavement support:

Spend time listening to the needs of mourners. Pay attention to what is not said as well as to what is said.

Make referrals to community programs. The bereaved may need help with financial or legal matters.

Remember that this is a process of adjustment. Encourage social interactions and community involvement.

Be sensitive to the religious convictions of the bereaved.
Cultivate empathy and recognize one’s own feelings about death, dying and grief. -by Camille A. Servodidio, RN, MPH, CRNO and Maryann Steed, RN, MSN, CHPN

‘Thank You For Playing” is showing at ‘The Tribeca Film Festival 2015,’ with tickets still available.

FRI 4/17 5:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
SAT 4/18 6:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
TUE 4/21 6:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5
THU 4/23 5:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10

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April is National Autism Awareness month. Become aware!

Autism was first diagnosed in 1943 by psychiatrist, Dr. Leo Kanner.

Impaired social interactions, difficulties communicating and interpreting social cues, engaging in repetitive movements such as rocking and twirling or self-abusive behavior such as biting or head-banging, and lacking empathy are just some of the characteristics that make up Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), or a range of complex neurodevelopmental disorders or neurobehavioral disorders, and abnormalities in neurotransmitter levels.

Autistic Disorder, is the most severe form of ASD, while Asperger’s Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, and Rett’s Syndrome are milder forms.

Although ASD varies significantly in character and severity, it occurs in all ethnic and socioeconomic groups and affects every age group. About 1 in 68 children has been identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder, according to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. Males (1 in 42), are approximately four to five times more likely to have an ASD than females (1 in 189).

Although controversial, there is no scientific data to prove that thimerosal, an ingredient in vaccines, causes autism. There is a genetic component.

Many with ASD also have depressive (5-82%) and anxiety (7 to 50%) disorders. It is challenging to diagnose depression in those with autism, because assessment of depression relies mainly on communication skills. The prevalence of any type of comorbid psychiatric disorders among individuals with ASD ranges from 65% to 85%. -Oren Shtayermman, MSW, PhD

“Autism in Love,” a 75 minute Documentary screening at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015, observes the relationship between Stephen and his wife of 17 years, Gitta, the courting stage between Lindsey and her boyfriend Dave, and a bachelor named Lenny, who is still looking for that certain someone, and has a few requirements that his perfect mate must meet.

The film answers the question “Can someone love you without truly understanding you?” The answer is “Yes”!

Screenings for “Autism In Love”

THU 4/16 5:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-4
FRI 4/17 5:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
SAT 4/18 6:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
TUE 4/21 3:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6

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The ‘Pilgrim Republic Children’s Rehab Center’ founded in the year 2000 by Pastor ‘Crocodile’ Gennadiy Mohnkenko in Mariupol, Ukraine, assists homeless adolescents, who many times are escaping abusive family lives, and are now living on the streets under manhole covers. Engaging in risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse and theft, Pastor Gennadiy helps the children transition to safe homes and orphanages, and schools where they can learn computer skills, and engage in sports activities. Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was a nurse manager (to the nurses she trained), that assisted injured soldiers during the Crimean War, therefore, I will refer to Pastor ‘Crocodile” Gennadiy Mohnkenko, as a modern day Florence Nightingale.

Pastor Gennadiy believes that

‘It is not the homeless children’s fault, but their misfortune.’

‘Child Protective Services did not help the children, therefore, someone had to.’

With all the progress the Pastor made, Mariupol, Ukraine is not devoid from the political unrest in the surrounding areas. The film discusses the current situation in Crimea, and captures in depth clips from the protests and uprisings.

‘The Pilgrim Republic’ travels the world to find inspiring ministries that care for orphans and vulnerable children. They give them what they need to keep their doors open and better the lives of the children they serve. Their goal is to find orphans, no matter where they are, and make sure they are provided the loving care they deserve.”

http://soworldwide.org/orphanage/pilgrim-home-for-children/

‘Crocodile Gennadiy’ is screening at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015:

THU 4/16 9:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6
SAT 4/18 3:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-1
SUN 4/19 3:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
FRI 4/24 8:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-3

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Adolescent alcohol use and abuse is a serious public health problem that shows no signs of abating. Alcohol use by teens is defined as at least one drink in the past 30 days; binge use is five or more drinks on the same occasion at least once in the past 30 days; and heavy use is five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least five different days in the past 30 days.1 Alcohol dependence is characterized by tolerance, withdrawal and psychological/physical problems.by Susanne J. Pavlovich-Danis, MSN, ARNP-C, CDE, CRRN and Judith Sutherland, RN, MN, PhD

Tribeca Audience Award Winner: Documentary

Remember pouring buckets of ice water over your head to raise awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease on facebook last year?

ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease involving the upper and lower motor neurons that control voluntary movement. When neurons can no longer transmit impulses to the muscles, the muscles begin to atrophy and weakness increases over time. ALS is an age-dependent disease in which incidence and mortality rates advance with increasing age. A patient’s average age at diagnosis is 55. The disease incidence is two per 100,000, with a prevalence of six to eight cases per 100,000. According to The ALS Association, based on population studies, about 5,600 new cases of ALS are diagnosed each year. ALS is 20% more common in men than in women.

ALS can cause the weakness of any voluntary muscles. Patients with ALS will exhibit weakness of the legs, hands, proximal arms or oropharynx (with slurred speech or dysarthria, or difficulty swallowing). Many times, the hands are affected first, usually asymmetrically. Painless difficulty with buttons or turning a key is an ominous symptom in midlife. Gait is impaired because the muscles are affected first. Alternatively, a spastic gait may occur. Slowly the weakness will become more severe and more areas of the body will be affected, leading to an increased life of dependency. Muscle cramps caused by the hypersensitivity of denervated muscle and weight loss are characteristic symptoms. The weight loss results from the combination of muscle wasting and dysphagia. Respiration is usually affected late but occasionally may be an early or even the first manifestation. ALS continues in a steady, relentless fashion until respiratory function is impaired by diaphragmatic weakness. Most patients die of respiratory failure within three to five years from symptom onset, while a few patients have a rapid course, dying within a year. About 10% of patients with ALS live longer than 10 years.
by Dallas A. Forshew, RN, BSN and Rachel Palmieri, RN-C, ANP, MS and Mary Lyon, RN, MN

“Transfatty Lives” a film by and about Patrick Sean O’Brien, was shot over the course of 10 years. NYC DJ, internet personality, and filmmaker was making a film in the Howard Johnson’s on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, NJ, when his legs started shaking and his pointer finger became weak. In the year 2000, he was diagnosed with ALS and given 2 to 5 years to live. Sean turned this negative experience into a positive one, by having a good attitude, turning difficult situations into humorous ones, fundraising and raising awareness, and documenting his entire journey in “Transfatty Lives”.

THU 4/16 6:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
FRI 4/17 5:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-3
TUE 4/21 8:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
THU 4/23 6:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6

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‘The Who’s’ Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon, probably wanted to ask aspiring ‘band managers’ and ‘film directors’ Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, “Who are you?”

Back in the 1960’s, Christopher ‘Kit’ Sebastian Lambert and Christopher Thomas ‘Chris’ Stamp‘s intentions were to discover a Rock and Roll band and then make a film about them, as their entryway into the film industry.

Lambert and Stamp stumbled upon “High Numbers” in a pub, or “The Who” before their name changed to ‘The Who’. Their original intention was to make a film about them, and not to become the band’s managers, however, they wound up doing both.

1967-‘The Who’s European Tour’- ‘The Who’ really liked ‘Lambert and Stamp’ as they were confident salesman, even though they faked it until they made it, as they admittedly didn’t know anything about managing a band, knew nothing about Rock and Roll, and had NO connections. They were merely going through the motions, and only said that they were managers. Kit had courage and took risks, while Chris Stamp was NOT afraid of authority.

Pete Townshend- a little about that time period. “We were from middle class, working class, post-WWII families. The older generation clashed with the younger, especially when and if you disobeyed authority. We didn’t think that time period of pop music would last more than a couple of years.”

In theaters.

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‘One World Cinema’s’ very first drawing for 2 free movie tickets to the AMC Theatres chain (along with 2 free popcorn vouchers), goes to Movie Actress, Bonnie Rose!!! Bonnie has worked with Sidney Lumet and the Coen Brothers. Congratulations Bonnie!!!

Since working on Sidney Lumet’s, “Night Falls on Manhattan,” and “Find me Guilty,” to the Coen brothers’, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Bonnie Rose loves working in the movie business. From indie shorts to full-length features, she has worked with Academy Award winners from Alan Arkin to Vin Disel. Always very grateful and feeling extremely blessed, she has come a long way from starting out as Bette Midler’s stand-in, and is VERY excited that she won 2 movie tickets and popcorn!!!

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Don’t say I didn’t warn you! Buy now before they are all gone! Passes and ticket packages are on sale NOW, TODAY, PRONTO!!! Tribeca Film Festival April 15-26, 2015!!!