Broadlawns Board of Trustees should include a physician Prakash Kopparapu, Iowa View contributor
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Broadlawns Medical Center has grown exponentially since 2010 in offering affordable health care services to central Iowans who cannot afford expensive treatments. Thanks to the leadership of CEO Jody Jenner and the Board of Trustees, its finances and revenue growth have been diligently managed.
As the revenue continues to grow, it is imperative that it be re-invested in the system to serve the very citizens who are helping to grow Broadlawns. That growth needs to align with the needs of citizens, physicians, nurses and staff and, most importantly, attract world-class experts to central Iowa.
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Opetaia Foa i grew up in Samoa surrounded by the island s rhythms, sounds and songs. But surviving wasn t easy and his family moved to the city of Auckland in New Zealand. As he grew up in this new environment he began to look into his roots and started to make music about his voyager ancestors. It caught the eye of producers at Walt Disney Animation Studios who wanted him to co-write the music for their upcoming movie Moana, about a Pacific Island teenager trying to save her community. Opetaia Foa i made sure the smash hit movie stayed true to Pacific culture - writing the soundtrack s lyrics in Samoan and Tokelauan and turning to his daughter Olivia Foa i to sing.
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Walter Murch is a superstar sound designer, who s worked on some of Hollywood s biggest films like The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now. His work has immersed audiences in everything from the clattering trains of New York to the rhythmic helicopter rotors of the Vietnam war. Walter s avant-garde production techniques have changed the way cinema sounds. His story is featured in the documentary, Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound. This episode was first released on 1st January 2020.
Presenter: Emily Webb
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Sam Jalloh learned to play tennis barefoot, with a racquet fashioned out of plywood. He d grown up poor in Freetown and his motivation to play was at first driven by the allure of a fresh tracksuit. But when Sam took to the court his talent quickly got him noticed by local coaches. He was training around the clock, with a career at the national level beckoning. But while he honed his skills, a brutal civil war was tearing Sierra Leone apart. Even when Sam found himself in the crosshairs of the conflict, he never stopped playing. He’s now a successful tennis coach based in the UK and has a sports foundation that supports young athletes.
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Tartania Brown is from New York City and she has sickle cell anaemia, a genetic disorder that affects red blood cells and can be fatal. At one stage, Tartania didn’t know if she would reach her 20s. Her brother Christopher also had the condition, and when he was just four years old he had multiple strokes that left him unable to speak or move. It was a challenging time for Tartania s whole family, but also transformative for her. After watching the way the doctors and nurses cared for her brother she was inspired to study medicine herself. After much hard work, she is a palliative care physician, looking after patients with a range of conditions including sickle cell anaemia.