Empathy plays a key role in moral judgments

May 22, 2013 ? Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Those who tend to say "yes" when faced with this classic dilemma are likely to be deficient in a specific kind of empathy, according to a report published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

Philosophers and psychologists have long argued about whether there is one "right" answer to such moral questions, be it utilitarian ethics, which advocates saving as many as possible, even if it requires personally harming an individual, or non-utilitarian principles, which mandate strict adherence to rules like "don't kill" that are rooted in the value of human life and dignity.

In their new report, co-authors Liane Young, an assistant professor of psychology at Boston College, and Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht of the Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Favaloro University in Argentina, address two key questions related to moral decision-making: First, what specific aspect of emotional responding is relevant for these judgments? Second, is this aspect of emotional responding selectively reduced in utilitarian respondents or enhanced in non-utilitarians?

"A number of recent studies support the role of emotions in moral judgment, and in particular a dual-process model of moral judgment in which both automatic emotional processes and controlled cognitive processes drive moral judgment," explained Young. "For example, when people must choose whether to harm one person to save many, emotional processes typically support one type of non-utilitarian response, such don't harm the individual, while controlled processes support the utilitarian response, such as save the greatest number of lives. Our study showed that utilitarian judgment may arise not simply from enhanced cognitive control but also from diminished emotional processing and reduced empathy."

The researchers' findings show there is a key relationship between moral judgment and empathic concern in particular, specifically feelings of warmth and compassion in response to someone in distress. In a series of experiments, utilitarian moral judgment was revealed to be specifically associated with reduced empathic concern, and not with any of the demographic or cultural variables tested, nor with other aspects of empathic responding, including personal distress and perspective taking.

The study of 2748 people consisted of three experiments involving moral dilemmas. In two of the experiments, the scenario was presented to participants in both "personal" and "impersonal" versions.

In the first experiment's "personal" version, participants were told they could push a large man to his death in front of an oncoming trolley to stop the trolley from killing five others in its path. In the "impersonal" version, participants were told they could flip a switch to divert the trolley.

In the second experiment's "impersonal" scenario, participants were given the option of diverting toxic fumes from a room containing three people to a room containing only one person. In the "personal" scenario, participants were asked whether it was morally acceptable to smother a crying baby to death to save a number of civilians during wartime.

The final experiment included both a moral dilemma and a measure of selfishnessnes. The moral dilemma asked participants if it was permissible to transplant the organs of one patient, against his will, to save the lives of five patients. In the selfishness measure, participants were asked if it was morally permissible to report personal expenses as business expenses on a tax return to save money. This experiment provided the researchers with a sense of whether utilitarian responders and selfish responders are alike in having lower empathetic concern. In other words, do utilitarians endorse harming one to save many simply because they endorse harmful, selfish acts more generally? The results suggest that the answer is no; utilitarians appear to endorse harming one to save many due to their reduced empathic concern and not due to a generally deficient moral sense.

In each experiment, those who reported lower levels of compassion and concern for other people -- a key aspect of empathy -- picked the utilitarian over the non-utilitarian response.

However, other aspects of empathy, such as being able to see the perspective of others and feel distress at seeing someone else in pain, did not appear to play a significant role in these moral decisions. Similarly, demographic and cultural differences, including age, gender, education and religiosity, also failed to predict moral judgments.

"Diminished emotional responses, specifically, reduced empathic concern, appear to be critical in facilitating utilitarian responses to moral dilemmas of high emotional salience," the researchers concluded. "

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Rapper Chief Keef arrested at hotel near Atlanta

DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) ? Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

Dunwoody police spokesman Timothy Fecht says officers arrested Cozart after responding to a call about illegal drug activity at the Le M?ridien hotel just north of Atlanta Monday afternoon. Fecht says officers saw smoke and smelled marijuana wafting from a room.

It wasn't immediately clear what Cozart was doing in Georgia. Representatives at his booking agency said they didn't have contact info for an attorney for the 17-year-old Chicago native and didn't know much about the incident.

Cozart was arrested in January and spent about two months in juvenile detention for violating probation on a weapons conviction. He had received probation for pointing a gun at police in 2012.

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Health and Fitness Talk ? GAPS ? Bridging Diet and Psychology

by Francesca Orlando, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with an ASD, bi-polar disorder, a learning disability, or an autoimmune condition, or if you suffer from digestive distress, please know that there is hope for you yet.?Thousands of people have healed thanks to the GAPS protocol.

The GAPS protocol was created by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. Dr. Natasha, as her patients call her, is a world-renowned Russian neurologist and neurosurgeon, practicing in the UK.?When her son was diagnosed with autism, Dr. Natasha decided to study intensively the condition, its causes and treatment option.?It was during her quest to heal her son, that Dr. Campbell-McBride developed her theories on the relationship between nutrition and neurological disorders. This led to her completing a second Postgraduate Degree in Human Nutrition at Sheffield University, UK.?After treating her son successfully with nutritional therapy, Dr. Natasha decided to specialize in a nutritional approach to autism, and she is now recognized as one of the world?s leading experts in treating people affected by learning disabilities, mental disorders, as well as digestive and immune disorders.

Her book Gut And Psychology Syndrome. Natural Treatment Of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Depression And Schizophrenia was published in 2004. In her first book, Dr. Natasha explores the connection between the body and the brain, specifically the connection between the state of the gut and the rest of the body.

As, Hippocrates, the father of medicine put it ? ?All disease begins in the gut.??The book explains how an unhealthy gut and imbalanced gut flora lead to autoimmune disease, mood disorders, learning disabilities, and a myriad of other health issues.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), ?about 1 in 88 children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). About 1 in 6 children in the U.S. had a developmental disability in 2006-2008, ranging from mild disabilities such as speech and language impairments to serious developmental disabilities, such as intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, and autism.? The CDC also states that 4 out of 100 children have a food allergy, and children with food allergies are more prone to develop asthma and other allergic conditions. To this scenario, we add the hundreds of thousands of children suffering from delayed food sensitivities and intolerances.

Never in the history of mankind, have our children had such a precarious state of health. Each generation is weaker than the one before. As a species, we are producing weaker children.

We believe that the weak link resides in our gut, and mainly in our gut flora. The human body carries around 4 to 6 pounds of bacteria. We have more organisms living within us than we have cells in our body. It is a specialized, organized eco system, and unfortunately when the health of our gut flora is compromised, so is ours.

Dr. Natasha Campell-McBride

Our gut flora is the right arm of our immunity; it synthesizes vitamins; it aids digestion and elimination; it detoxifies the body. Our beneficial gut flora also keeps pathogenic microorganisms in check; it is keep the intestinal tract clean; it fuels the cells of the colon; and much more.

A newborn?s gut is sterile. As the baby passes through the birth canal, he swallows his first mouthful of flora. Whatever resides in mom?s vaginal tract, will colonize the baby?s gut.?Dr. Natasha shows us how dysbiosis and candidiasis are passed on from generation to generation. She also shows how, with every generation, things get worse.

The main disruptors of gut flora are antibiotics, the pill and other medication, bottle-feeding, chlorinated water, stress, alcohol, pollutants, caffeine, diet. Also, unhealthy foods such as refined carbohydrates, sugar and other man-made concoctions ferment, feeding pathogenic microorganisms, leaving the healthy flora starved and unable to fight back.

This imbalance in gut flora also affects the enterocytes of the small intestine, making them weaker and weaker and causing the lining of the gut to become leaky. When we develop leaky gut undigested food particles are allowed through the gut lining into the bloodstream in inappropriate sizes. This further compromises the immune system and leaves the body malnourished.

Pathogenic microorganisms also produce toxins that flow from the gut into the bloodstream and get shuttled around the body. These toxins can settle in the muscle (the person may develop different forms of arthritis), the skin (skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis may develop), and the brain. When toxins reach the brain they can cause seizures, autistic behavior, migraine headaches, mental and mood disorders, learning disabilities, etc.

The goal of the GAPS protocol is to reestablish the optimal gut ecology, heal and seal the gut lining, and gently detoxify the body.?The protocol is composed of a diet, a supplemental regimen and a detoxification program.

The diet removes all processed foods; all foods that feed pathogenic microorganisms, as well as foods that cannot be broken down by damaged enterocytes. It is a nutrient dense, whole foods diet that provides the building blocks necessary to rebuild and repair the entire body from the cell up. It is based on healing foods like bone broths, fermented vegetables and dairy products, with plenty of vegetables, proteins and animal fats.

Everyone suffering from one a GAPS condition should take a therapeutic probiotic, and EPA and DHA from fish oil. The rest of supplemental regimen needs to be tailored on the individual taking into consideration biochemical make-up, condition and level of disfunction, nutritional deficiencies, digestive dysfunction, etc.

The detoxification part of program is targeted at reducing the toxic load. It does so on several front: elimination of toxins, support to the organs of detoxification, reduction of toxic exposure.

It takes time, planning and dedication to implement GAPS. The protocol is strict and it is labor intensive. But the results are short of amazing. As a Certified GAPS Practitioner I have seen so many clients heal and regain their life back. I have seen children and families blessed with a second chance. If you or a loved one is suffering from ASD, bi-polar disorder, a learning disability, or an autoimmune condition, please get a copy of Gut And Psychology Syndrome and visit www.gaps.me.

If you would like to schedule a GAPS consultation you can reach me at Francesca@healthfullivingsd.com

Francesca Orlando is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner in private practice in San Diego, CA. She is a certified GAPS practitioner and a Lead Instructor for the Nutritional Therapy Association Inc.?Her expertise in traditional diets comes from a family background in biodynamic farming, wine making and the Slow Food movement. She is a follower of the works of Dr. Westin A. Price and Dr. Francis M. Pottenger, Jr. and believes that food is medicine and that through proper nutrition the deleterious effects of the standard American diet can be reversed. You can reach her with questions or comments at francesca@healthfulliving.com, or visit her Website, www.healthfullivingsd.com.

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Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal

NEW YORK (AP) ? Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market.

The announcement Monday comes after the companies said earlier this month that they were in talks about a possible pairing of one of the world's largest generic drugmakers, Actavis Inc., with an Irish company that has a portfolio of established, branded drugs.

The combined company will be incorporated in Ireland, and analysts say that country's lower tax rate is a key to making the deal work. Actavis said it expects about $400 million in after-tax savings and cost cuts from the combination, counting the lower tax rate.

Generic drugmakers like Parsippany, N.J.-based Actavis have benefited the past couple years from the expiration of patents protecting top-selling drugs like the cholesterol fighter Lipitor. But many companies are competing for that revenue source, and analysts expect it to start drying up over the next few years.

The Warner Chilcott PLC deal will give Actavis an earnings jolt starting next year, Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Andrew Finkelstein said in a research note. But he added that he expects revenue from Warner Chilcott's product portfolio to decline modestly.

Morningstar analyst Michael Waterhouse said Warner Chilcott's pipeline of products under development also is weak, and he thought both companies were a bit overvalued heading into the deal.

"I would say we're probably not as enthusiastic as the market has been (about the acquisition)," Waterhouse said.

Actavis was formed last fall through a $5.6 billion combination of Watson Pharmaceuticals of New Jersey and Actavis of Switzerland. It sells versions of Lipitor and the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs Adderall XR and Concerta, among many other products.

Warner Chilcott's products include the ulcerative colitis treatment Asacol, which is its top-selling drug, and Delzicol, another ulcerative colitis medication approved in February. Its revenue has been hurt the past couple years in part because low-cost generic versions of its osteoporosis drug Actonel went on sale in Western Europe and Canada in 2010, and U.S. sales have slipped as well.

In the deal announced Monday, Warner Chilcott shareholders will receive 0.160 shares of the new company for each share they own. This equals $20.08 per share, which is a 34 percent premium to the stock's closing price on May 9, the day before the companies said they were talking about a deal.

Warner Chilcott shareholders would then own a 23 percent stake in the new company.

Actavis Inc. shareholders will receive one share of the new company for each share they own.

Actavis CEO Paul Bisaro said in a statement that the deal will provide support for the launch of new products over the next several years, specifically in the women's health category. He said it also gives Actavis a broader portfolio of specialty products that have sales potential outside North America.

Both companies' boards unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to close by year's end. It still needs the approval of the majority of shareholders of both companies.

The new company will be called Actavis PLC, and its U.S.-traded shares are expected to trade under the "ACT" ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange.

Monday's announcement follows reports that Actavis had rebuffed takeover bids from generic drugmaker Mylan Inc. and Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. and that Novartis AG was considering a bid, something the Swiss drugmaker later denied. Analysts say any companies interested in Actavis could still step in with a fresh offer before the Warner Chilcott deal is completed.

Shares of Actavis climbed more than 2 percent, or $3.11, to $128.61 in Monday morning trading, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index was flat. The stock price has spiked 20 percent since the companies said on May 10 that they were in talks about a combination.

U.S.-traded shares of Warner Chilcott climbed more than 3 percent, or 60 cents, to $19.81. That price has climbed 32 percent since closing at $15.01 on May 9.

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Tom Murphy contributed from Indianapolis.

Associated Press

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BoE's King sends message to successor Carney

By William Schomberg

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has urged successor Mark Carney not to bring to Britain his trademark policy of spelling out how long interest rates will remain low.

King also said the bank could not be run as "a one-man show," a sign of concern at high expectations that the arrival of the Canadian will lead to a quick fix for Britain's slow economy.

In an interview with Sky News television broadcast on Sunday, King praised Carney, saying Britain was fortunate to have him. "I think everyone will admire what he will achieve," he said before sending a message to his successor.

"He will work with the rest of the Monetary Policy Committee. It's not a one-man show," King said. "There is a very strong team of people here in the Bank of England which I have built up over 20 years."

King, who steps down at the end of June, said he was confident the bank under Carney would make the right judgments but he stressed his opposition to one of the changes that the Canadian is expected to make - signalling how long interest rates will remain low.

"What none of us can know of course, is what the right decisions will be down the road," King said. "They will have to made month-by-month, according to how the economy develops, and I am sure that they will make the right decision."

Carney was chosen as the next Bank governor last year by Chancellor George Osborne who hailed the former Goldman Sachs banker as "the outstanding central banker of his generation."

Osborne has asked Carney to report to him on the merits of adopting a system of signals about interest rates similar to that used in the United States.

There, the Federal Reserve has said interest rates will not go up unless unemployment falls or inflation expectations rise to specific levels.

Carney took what was seen as a bold step by adopting a similar policy in 2009 at the Bank of Canada, before the Fed's move, in an attempt to persuade households and businesses that the cost of borrowing was not going to rise in the near future.

But King and other BoE policymakers have warned that "forward guidance" risks undermining the credibility of a central bank if it has to change course more quickly than expected on interest rates. Getting agreement on how guidance could be used in Britain will be Carney's first big challenge.

CONCERN ABOUT HOUSING PLAN

In the interview with Sky, King expressed concern that a flagship British government scheme to boost mortgage lending must not become permanent like in the United States.

"We do not want what the United States have, which is a government-guaranteed mortgage market, and they are desperately trying to find a way out of that position," he said.

King also said more needed to be done to nurse the British economy back to health after some recent signs of recovery.

"We will need to do more to use up the spare capacity, and to get back to a healthy, growing economy. But we are in a recovery period now," he said.

King has voted for more BoE bond buying in recent months but most of the bank's policymakers oppose the idea.

He said the single biggest risk to Britain's nascent economic recovery was the crisis in the euro zone which was unlikely to be growing quickly "for a long while."

Britain's banks were on track to return to health after a series of reforms prompted by the financial crisis and which would be complete in one or two years' time.

"If we can get to end of this process, then we will have revolution in the way in which banking is handled and we will be able to be proud again of British banking," he said.

(Additional reporting by Mohammed Abbas; Editing by David Cowell)

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Dan Pfeiffer Explains the IRS Scandal

White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer did a tour of the sunday shows to try and calm everyone down about this whole IRS targeting Tea Party groups scandal. He was the one tasked with assuring the masses that the White House knew nothing, that things will change in the future, and that heads will roll. On Fox News Sunday, Pfeiffer promised the administration would make sure "everyone who did anything wrong here is held accountable" before the dust settles. The IRS's next goal is to "fix the problem, make sure it never happens again and restore the public trust," Pfeiffer said. On CBS's Face the Nation, Pfeiffer defended the President's relative?naivet??about the scandal. "What would be an actual real scandal in Washington would be if the president had been involved or had interfered in an IRS investigation,"?Pfeiffer said. "You do nothing to interfere with an independent investigation and you do nothing to offer the appearance of interfering with investigations," he added. Only the administration did learn the facts, only then did they decide to respond. On ABC's This Week, Pfeiffer said the law was "irrelevant" to the fact that the activity was "outrageous and inexcusable." He explained: "What I mean is, whether it?s legal or illegal is not important to the fact that the conduct doesn?t matter. The Department of Justice has said they?re looking into the legality of this. The president is not going to wait for that. We have to make sure it doesn?t happen again, regardless of how that turns out." On NBC's Meet the Press, Pfeiffer finally went on the offensive and attacked Republicans for trying to make the IRS scandal into the biggest deal possible. He acknowledged the scandal as a "very real problem at the IRS," before launching into a scathing bit about Republican strategy. "We?ve seen this playbook from the Republicans before," Pfeiffer said. "What they want to do when they?re lacking a positive agenda is try to drag Washington into a swamp of partisan fishing expeditions, trumped-up hearings and false allegations. We?re not going to let that happen. The president?s got business to do for the American people."

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Meanwhile, Rep. Paul Ryan was promising to continue the crusade against the IRS on Fox News Sunday. "Look, people have no trust that their government is being impartial," the Wisconsinite told Chris Matthews. "This is arrogance of power, abuse of power, to the nth degree, and we're going to get to the bottom of this." Ryan argued there was "credible evidence that donors were targeted, that the IRS leaked private information to the public, which served political purposes." There's something nefarious afoot at the IRS, Ryan thinks, and it all roads lead to Obamacare. Becasue, wait, what? "So there's so much more that we have just uncovered that we do not know the root causes of. And so to suggest that this is some bureaucratic snafu, that's been disproven, Chris," Ryan said. "The other point I'd say, as bad as this is, the person in charge of this bureaucratic snafu has now been put in charge of Obamacare." The former head of the tax exempt division,?Sarah Hall Ingram, is now moving to head the IRS's implementation of Obamacare. This is "rotten to the core," according to Ryan. "This is big government cronyism," he argues. "And this is not what hard-working taxpayers deserve. People deserve a government they can trust, that's honest, that's impartial, equality before the law, and that is not what we're getting here. And so to try to suggest that this is just bureaucratic snafus, we already know that's not true.?

Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn accused the Obama White House of practicing a "culture of cover-ups," on CBS's Face the Nation. He inquired in 2010 and 2011 for his constituents about whether or not they were being unfairly targeted. If the President somehow didn't know about the IRS overreach, it was "willful ignorance," Cornyn said. He said he wants to hold more hearings about the IRS scandal in the future. "We need to have a fair and respectful process and not put the cart before the horse," he said.

Meanwhile,?Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Meet the Press's David Gregory there is "a culture of intimidation throughout the administration." He called the IRS "the most recent example." It's all part of an overall "nanny state" being run by the White House, he said. There's "an attitude that the government knows best: The nanny state is here to tell us all what to do. And if we start criticizing, you get targeted." McConnell signaled there could be more hearings on the way, too, when he claimed the investigation was just beginning. "I don't think we know what the facts are," he said. "... I'm not going to reach a conclusion about what we may find. But what we do know happened is they were targeting tea party groups. We know that."

On the other scandal front, Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz wants even more documents about Benghazi from the White House. This guy makes Lindsey Graham look modest. "People deserve the truth and the families deserve the truth," Chaffetz said on Face the Nation. "I can't imagine that this administration would say those same things about what happened in Boston where we had four people killed by a terrorist." (Yes, that comment is as head scratching as it looks. Chaffetz blamed a cover up for keeping the answers from the American people. "We weren't able to investigate," he said. "We still have terrorists that committed these attacks that are out there. They are on the loose. We don't know where they are."

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Hillary Clinton should have resigned as Secretary of State over what happened in Benghazi on CNN's State of the Union.?"[Clinton] should have resigned and accepted blame for it," Paul said. He explained that he's not so worried about the Benghazi talking points anymore, but that the outpost wasn't given more security. That was a "tragic mistake," he said. "We need to treat it more like Baghdad, that's an error of judgment the president and secretary of state made," Paul said.

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Video Roundup: Science Friday Desktop Diaries

I don't have a desk, because there's no room in my apartment, but if I did it would probably be covered in so much crap that I wouldn't be able to use it anyway. And it makes me feel a little better to know that Nobel Prize-winning psychologist and economist Daniel Kahneman doesn't have a desk either.

I wouldn't know that, though, without the awesome Desktop Diaries series created by the team at Science Friday. They've been interviewing scientists about what's on their desks for more than a year and each video is a fascinating window into how these researchers work.

It's tough to pick a favorite when you can choose from Neil deGrasse Tyson showing off the Saturn-themed desk lamp he made in middle school, Michio Kaku pointing at imaginary dinosaurs in the corners of his office, Oliver Sacks playing with magnets, and Brian Greene talking about how he reformed his award-winning messiness, but Daniel Kahneman losing his Nobel Prize medal is certainly a contender for best moment. Spoiler: He eventually found it. [Science Friday]

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A 6,000-Mile Panorama Of The Earth Is Pretty Beast

In April NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission took a huge panorama. From 438 miles above the Earth, the satellite shot a 6,000-mile-long, 120-mile-wide strip of planet from Russia to South Africa. It is aptly named ?The Long Swath.? Oh and it's 19.06 gigapixels.

Since the Landsat moves at 17,000 miles an hour it only took about 20 minutes to shoot the whole thing. That means that unlike satellite images on Google Earth or elsewhere that are taken over time and patched together, the swatch is actually pretty representative of what was happening at basically the same moment everywhere along a 6,000-mile path. It's amazing to see the different geographic conditions along the route, from icy rivers to lush forests to desert.

NASA Earth Observatory put the data together in a number of different ways, so you can explore it however you want. There's an accessible tour (complete with culturally sensitive music), a 15-minute version, an interactive option on Gigapan, and a way to load it in Google Earth. Go nuts! [NASA Earth Observatory via PetaPixel]

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Ian Somerhalder Calls Out Justin Bieber: Be a Role Model!

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The World's Fastest Wi-Fi Puts Your Sluggish Router to Shame

For the most part, we're all happy if we can get Internet that's fast enough to stream some HD video. But faster is always better, and a new, world-record setting network developed in Germany is so blazing fast you wouldn't know what to do with it. It can deliver multiple HD films in a second.

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Obama's Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs

ATLANTA (AP) ? When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities ? a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress.

The so-called HBCUs educate a hugely disproportionate share of low-income students, and both students and schools have been hit hard by a double punch. First, unemployment for blacks remains nearly double that of whites, making it harder for many students to keep up with tuition. Secondly, tougher credit standards have made it harder to secure a federal PLUS loan used by about one-third of HBCU students.

The result shows graduation rates have worsened at HBCUs, which were already facing scrutiny under a national push to improve outcomes in higher education, according to U.S. Education Department data analyzed by The Associated Press.

The AP found graduation rates declined at 57 of the 80 four-year HBCUs that have complete data between 2006 and 2011. While total HBCU enrollment increased about 3 percent overall, the aggregate graduation rate for HBCU students fell from 37.7 percent in 2006 to 33.7 percent in 2011, the AP found.

That means of the 47,139 students who entered HBCUs six years before, just 15,885 had completed their degree by 2011, though the figures do not include transfers or part-time students.

"Particularly after this recession, I'm looking at an African-American unemployment rate of 16 percent, that's touching my students," said Walter Kimbrough, president of Dillard University in New Orleans, who has been critical in the past of some HBCUs. He believes recent criticism of their low graduation rates is unfair.

"They all know somebody who's lost their job, and if it's somebody who's helping them pay for their schooling, we may not see them next semester," he said.

Morehouse's 2011 graduation rate, however, was 55 percent, among the very highest of HBCUs.

The HBCU rates compare to a national average of about 58 percent, and 39 percent for blacks at all four-year institutions. However, while the most selective colleges have much higher graduation rates, their enrollments are also heavily tilted toward high-income students. One recent study found two-thirds of students at the 193 most selective colleges came from the top 25 percent of income, and just 15 percent from the bottom half.

At HBCUs, by contrast, about two-thirds of students receive Pell Grants, which are almost always awarded to families earning less than $40,000. Such students are not only more likely to need to start college with remedial work ? which makes for a longer path to graduation ? but they are much more vulnerable to financial problems that could drive them from school.

Only 83 institutions nationwide have as many at 60 percent of their students receiving Pell Grants, Kimbrough said. Fifty of them are HBCUs.

"It's simple economics," Kimbrough said. "If you get rid of poor kids, your graduation rates can go up."

The struggles of students have translated into trouble for HBCUs themselves. About 40 percent have seen enrollment declines, and 20 schools saw enrollment fall more than 10 percent between 2006 and 2011, according to AP's analysis.

Financial struggles pushed Morehouse student Remy Sylvan to tap into his entrepreneurial side to finance part of his education. As the economy worsened, business suffered at his family's restaurant in Seattle, and his parents were unable to pay as much of his tuition as before, he said.

So Sylvan, who is set to graduate with a marketing degree, began doing independent software technician and coding work to make ends meet.

"It hurt the family at first because of the economic struggle, but it helped because it actually gave me the spirit to do something myself," Sylvan said. "You just got to find other intuitive ways to make ends meet. And I think that's what America overall is going through right now."

Marybeth Gasman, a leading historian of HBCUs at the University of Pennsylvania, said HBCUs typically have small endowments so they can't offer students the aid they need during tough times.

"It's been difficult but I do think that HBCUs tend to be fairly resilient," she said. "They tend to be creative about how to do things they know how to do on a small budget."

Gasman said retention rates are rising for all students, including non-traditional ones.

"You can't hold them to the same standard to institutions that are not willing to take any of those risks," she said. "There are lots of things to be optimistic about. If you look at individual HBCUs, there are a lot of people doing really good things."

Obama spoke to graduates of historically black Hampton University in 2010. One of Obama's connections to Morehouse is its current president, John Silvanus Wilson, who previously served under the president as executive director of a program designed to help HBCUs. Wilson, himself a Morehouse graduate, took the helm at the school earlier this year.

Kimbrough said funding increases in Obama's first-term had been helpful, but the most important thing was heading off cuts to the Pell Grant program. Funding rose substantially in Obama's first term but has been flat recently.

"We'd just like to see a little more forcefulness to make sure our students are protected," he said.

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Pope is AP's education writer based in Ann Arbor, Mich. Associated Press writer Phillip Lucas in Atlanta contributed to this report.

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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT

Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT

Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

Passengers leave the area where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) ? Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.

Three patients remained in critical condition Saturday morning, with two of those stable, according to officials at two Bridgeport hospitals.

The crash happened Friday evening on the Metro-North Railroad, which serves the northern suburbs of New York City.

Passengers described a chaotic, terrifying scene of crunching metal and flying bodies.

"All I know was I was in the air, hitting seats, bouncing around, flying down the aisle and finally I came to a stop on one seat," Lola Oliver, 49, of Bridgeport, told The Associated Press. "It happened so fast I had no idea what was going on. All I know is we crashed."

About 700 people were on board the Metro-North trains when one heading east from New York City's Grand Central Station to New Haven derailed about 6:10 p.m. just outside Bridgeport, MTA and Bridgeport officials said.

The train was hit by a train heading west from New Haven to Grand Central on an adjacent track, MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan said. Some cars on the second train also derailed as a result of the collision.

"We're most concerned about the injured and ultimately reopening the system," Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said from the scene about three hours after the crash.

Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board were headed to the area to survey the crash site with Malloy, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and other Connecticut officials, according to Malloy's office.

The officials planned to update journalists on the crash following the Saturday morning tour.

Malloy said most people in the crash were not seriously hurt. Among those critically injured, he said, one's injuries were "very critical."

The nursing supervisor at St. Vincent Medical Center said Saturday morning that 44 people from the crash had been treated there, and that five of those were admitted. One of the five remained in critical condition but was now stable, the supervisor said.

Bridgeport Hospital spokesman John Cappiello said two patients were admitted in critical condition, and one of those was now stable. The hospital treated 24 other patients from the crash, and many had been released already with the rest expected to be released by late Saturday morning, Cappiello said.

The Metro-North Railroad, a commuter line serving the northern suburbs, described it as a "major derailment." Photos showed a train car askew on the rails, with its end smashed up and brushing against another train.

Malloy said there was extensive damage to the train cars and the track, and it could take until Monday for normal service to be restored. He said the accident will have a "big impact on the Northeast Corridor."

Amtrak, which uses the same rails, suspended service indefinitely between New York and Boston.

Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch said the disruption caused by the train accident could cost the region's economy millions of dollars.

"A lot of people rely on this, and we've got to get this reconnected as soon as possible," Finch said.

Investigators Friday night did not know what caused the first train to derail. Malloy said there was no reason to believe it was anything other than an accident.

Passenger Bradley Agar of Westport, Conn., said he was in the first car of the westbound train when he heard screaming and the window smash behind him.

"I saw the first hit, the bump, bump, bump all the way down," he said.

Agar had returned to work this week for the first time since breaking his shoulder in January. And since he was still healing, he thought it would be safer to take the train than drive.

The area where the accident happened was already down to two tracks because of repair work, Malloy said. Crews have been working for a long time on the electric lines above the tracks, the power source for the trains. He said Connecticut has an old system and no other alternate tracks.

By late evening, Bridgeport Police Chief Joseph Gaudett said everybody who needed treatment had been attended to, and authorities were beginning to turn their attention to investigating the cause.

"Everybody seemed pretty calm," he said. "Everybody was thankful they didn't get seriously hurt. They were anxious to get home to their families."

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates the Metro-North Railroad, the second-largest commuter railroad in the nation. The Metro-North main lines ? the Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven ? run northward from New York City's Grand Central Terminal into suburban New York and Connecticut.

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Associated Press writer Michael Melia contributed to this report from Hartford, Conn.

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Markets remain subdued after soft US data

LONDON (AP) ? Financial markets were subdued Thursday despite encouraging growth figures out of Japan, as investors digested a mixed batch a U.S. economic data, a day after Wall Street indexes hit record highs.

One of the reasons why stocks have been buoyant for most of this year has been optimism over the U.S. economy. But a 32,000 rise in weekly jobless claims to 360,000 and a fairly downbeat manufacturing survey from the Philadelphia Fed raised questions about the underlying health of the world's largest economy.

However, the impact on the markets was muted given that a 0.4 percent fall in monthly consumer prices, which took the annual rate down to a two and a half year low of 1.1 percent, suggested that the Federal Reserve won't be in a rush to end its super-easy monetary policy soon. The Fed's monetary injections over the past few years have lain behind the recovery in stock markets since 2009.

"Optimism abounds, and with inflation concerns starting to ignite concern for more rather than less bond buying ahead, it does not seem rational to sell stocks on the view that the economy may be slowing," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co.

In Europe, Germany's DAX was flat at 8,360 while the CAC-40 in France fell 0.4 percent to 3,968. The FTSE 100 of leading British shares was 0.1 percent lower at 6,687.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.2 percent at 15,241 while the broader S&P 500 index fell 0.3 percent to 1,655.

Japan was in focus earlier after figures fueled hopes of an economic turnaround in the country. A day after the latest set of data showed that the eurozone ? the 17 European Union countries that use the euro ? was in its longest recession since the currency was launched in 1999, Japanese data impressed on the upside.

Stronger consumer spending and public works investment coupled with aggressive monetary easing gave some oomph to the recovery. Japan's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 3.5 percent in annual terms and by 0.9 percent on a quarterly basis, according to figures reported by the Cabinet Office on Thursday.

The forecast-busting data provides the first tangible evidence that the economic policy of the new government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is working.

Abe promised aggressive steps to restart the country's postwar boom, which effectively ground to a halt in the early 1990s. As part of that effort, the Bank of Japan plans to double the amount of cash circulating in the Japanese economy and held as bank reserves.

One of the offshoots of the policies has been a dramatic fall in the value of the yen, and that's boosted the export prospects of the country's businesses, lifting the Nikkei 40 percent this year.

The Nikkei didn't extend those gains Thursday, losing 0.4 percent to close at 15,037.24 as investors used the release as an opportunity to book some gains.

"If you're looking for a clear example of the markets currently moving in a way that is unrelated to the quality of the data, then look no further than the movement in the Nikkei," said Craig Erlam, market analyst at Alpari.

Despite the modest retreat in Tokyo, most other Asian markets advanced. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.2 percent to 23,082.68. while South Korea's Kospi added 0.8 percent to 1,986.81. China's main index in Shanghai ended 1.2 percent higher at 2,356.80.

Currencies were fairly flat-footed, with the euro up 0.3 percent at $1.2912 and the dollar 0.1 percent lower at 102.07 yen.

Oil prices eked out some gains, with the benchmark New York rate up 48 cents to $94.78 per barrel.

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Samsung advertising barrage said to ?mentally enslave? Indian consumers

BERLIN (Reuters) - Women's rights protesters disrupted the opening of a giant pink doll's house in Berlin on Thursday, saying the Barbie "Dreamhouse Experience" objectified women. Promoting the doll made by Mattel Inc, the house allows paying visitors to try on Barbie's clothes, play in her kitchen and have a go on her pink piano. The exhibition will be open until August 25. A handful of protesters gathered outside the shocking pink house that has been erected in one of central Berlin's greyest areas. ...

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05/16/13 RTIR E-zine: Lowering DUI Limits, Benghazi, Drug ...

May 16, 2013

01. Was Benghazi Consulate a CIA Front?
02. Benghazi: Who Cares?
03. Like Jolie, She had Double Mastectomy
04. Mastectomy Is Not the Only Choice
05. 1,000 Teens Will Die in Cars this Summer
06. Lower the DUI limit?
07. Avoid Shady Contractor Scams
08. Job Advice for New Grads
09. Drug Addiction Today ? It?s Not What You Think
10. May 17th ? Food Revolution Day
11. Two Surprising Foods that are Killing You
12. Bill Kids for Cell Phone Use!
13. What Your Kids? Handwriting Can Tell You
14. Better than a Paycheck ? Find a Career
15. Hilarious Show on Midlife Crises
16. How to Say No Without Looking Selfish
17. Orthodox Jew Shares her Bipolar Journey
18. Change the Way You Age
19. Natural Allergy Remedies
20. Going Barefoot Could Save Your Life
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01. ==> Was Benghazi Consulate a CIA Front?

According to former CIA analyst and director of the
National Security Project at the Center for
International Policy Melvin Goodman, ?When
congressional Republicans complete manipulating the
Benghazi tragedy, it will be time for the virtually
silent Senate intelligence committee to take up three
major issues that have been largely ignored. The
committee must investigate the fact that the U.S.
presence in Benghazi was an intelligence platform and
only nominally a consulate; the politicization by the
White House and State Department of CIA analysis of the
events in Benghazi; and the Obama administration?s
politicization of the CIA?s Office of the Inspector
General, which has virtually destroyed the office and
deprived congressional intelligence committees of their
most important oversight tool.? Goodman?s latest book
is ?National Insecurity: The Cost of American
Militarism. He just wrote the piece The Real Benghazi
Scandal for CounterPunch. Contact him at (301)
229-8188; (240) 305-0873 or goody789@verizon.net

02. ==> Benghazi: Who Cares?

With two new real issues before them ? the IRS and AP
scandals ? Ivan Eland says Congress should forget their
focus on the cover-up involving the attack on the
Benghazi diplomatic compound in Libya. ?Republicans who
really want to help the country, instead of merely
trying to foil Hillary?s possible 2016 presidential
bid, should focus on the two scandals involving serious
violations of treasured American civil liberties and on
exploring the consequential inadvertent downsides to
profligate U.S. military interventions overseas.
Americans don?t usually vote on foreign policy unless a
huge catastrophe has occurred (although tragic,
Benghazi does not rise to that level). 2016 is a long
way off, and the American public doesn?t even care
about the issue now. By 2016, voters even will have
forgotten where Benghazi is or what happened there.?
Eland is a senior fellow and director of the Center on
Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute, a non-
profit, non-partisan, research and educational
organization. Contact him at (703) 282-3484 (cell);
ieland@independent.org

03. ==> Like Jolie, She had Double Mastectomy

Everyone is talking about Angelina Jolie?s recent
prophylactic double mastectomy, but can we really
comprehend what is involved? Susan Armstrong can. ?I
applaud Ms. Jolie for her choice in removing both
breasts and her decision to go public. I had the same
surgery 12 years ago and allowed a documentary to be
made about it.? Invite her on your show to share her
journey and what it?s like to make that difficult
medical choice. ?It is not a decision that I would
recommend women take lightly. The emotional and
physical effects of the surgery are monumental and the
decision should be carefully researched and weighed. My
surgery was almost 2 years from start to finish as a
result of complications. This is not something people
usually factor in ? and they really should.? Susan
Armstrong is a corporate and organizational trainer and
a personal growth teacher, author and coach. She?s
appeared on numerous radio and TV programs and is the
author of ?An Invisible Prison? her story of triumph
over self-defeating behaviors. Contact her at (416)
570-6960; susanarmstrongtraining@gmail.com

04.? ==> Mastectomy Is Not the Only Choice

Anna Manayan worries that Angelina Jolie?s decision to
have a double mastectomy may make some women think
that?s the only way to deal with having an increased
risk for breast cancer. Manayan, a holistic clinician,
says women have other options and don?t have to take
drastic measures out of fear. Invite her to explain how
risk for estrogen based breast cancer can be minimized
by improving estrogen detoxification, the 3 signs that
you?re at risk for breast cancer, and what you can do
to reduce your risk even with ?bad? gene markers -
without cutting your breasts off! Manayan is a
metabolic/immune specialist who treats patients with
severely compromised liver detoxification pathway
issues. She?s the founder of Immune Matrix and an
attorney who donates her time to assist on legal
matters concerning insurance coverage for alternative
medical care, acupuncture, and rules and regulations
regarding the use of herbal medicine. She?s been
featured on CNN, CNBC & MSNBC. Contact her at (408)
836-5565; immunematrix@ymail.com

05. ==> 1,000 Teens Will Die in Cars this Summer

Proms, graduation parties ? teens are gathering,
partying and getting in a lot of accidents this time of
year. Certified defensive driving instructor Robert
Ragazzo says while most parents worry about their teens
drinking and driving, there are other reasons to also
be concerned. Ragazzo will explain other dangerous
behaviors that cause kids to have accidents. ?Kids
spend 44% more time in cars during the summer. They
also pile into cars causing distractions to the driver.
And then there are everyday distractions like cell
phones, music and being in a summer mindset that create
a deadly mix of ingredients for driving safely.? Bob
encourages parents to teach their teens to treat every
other driver as either drunk or stupid and says
limiting kids? access to cars in the summer and
volunteering to drive, especially for late night
activities, can help keep them safe ? and alive ? this
summer. Ragazzo specializes in training 15- to 24-year
old drivers and is the founder of Save Your Teen
Driver.com.? Contact him at (908) 451-0480;
bobr@saveyourteendriver.com or
BobRagazzo@WorldsGreatestMediaTraining.com

06. ==> Lower the DUI limit?

The National Transportation Safety Board has
recommended states lower the legal limit for blood-
alcohol content from 0.08 to 0.05. The suggestion is
controversial; drunk driving is a stubborn national
problem that accounts for one-third of all traffic
deaths but is this the way to make our roads safer? Not
according to Mike M., a recovering alcoholic with two
DUIs who has been sober for two years. Mike will
explain why lowering the level that much would send a
message of? zero tolerance for any alcohol whatsoever.
He says it would penalize people who don?t have a
drinking problem and maybe weren?t even too impaired to
drive safely. More importantly, he says,? it would have
zero effect on stopping an alcoholic from driving. Mike
M is the author of ?Alcoholics Anonymous Field Guide:
Your First 30 Days.? Contact him at (520) 331-1390
(AZ); mike@soberblueprint.com

07. ==> Avoid Shady Contractor Scams

It?s spring remodeling season! But finding a contractor
can be a daunting experience. Many people avoid
tackling home remodeling projects because they?ve heard
horror stories of people being taken advantage of by
their general contractors. Martin Simmons will explain
what you need to know before hiring a contractor, to
ensure you?re not the next victim of a home remodeling
scam. Simmons has worked in the construction industry
for over 30 years. He?s the author of ?Contractors
Exposed: How to Win the Home Improvement Game.? Contact
him at (208) 547-7709; mrsimmons404@gmail.com

08. ==> Job Advice for New Grads

Twenty years ago finding a job was relatively
straightforward: Work with a headhunter or scour the
ads in the newspaper each Sunday. Today, it?s all about
relationships and how effectively you?re able to mine
the hidden job market where, according to career coach
Michelle Riklan, 95 percent of all the jobs actually
are! She?ll explain how the economic landscape has
changed the way companies fill jobs and share
strategies and foolproof ways to tap into this new
market. You?ll learn 5 fatal mistakes job seekers make
and how to avoid them, what grads need to know before
they even start their job search, and the secret
formula that will ensure your resume doesn?t land in
the trash can. Michelle Riklan is an award-winning
resume writer and a featured author in ?101 Great Ways
to Enhance Your Career.? She writes a weekly column in
Matters magazine and is co-founder of Self Improvement
Online, Inc., an online resource for self-improvement
information. Contact her at (800) 540-3609;
michelle@ricklanResources.com

09. ==> Drug Addiction Today ? It?s Not What You Think

When you think of drug addicts you likely picture
street junkies, but the truth is deaths from
prescription drug overdoses now outstrip deaths from
heroin and cocaine combined, and the trend isn?t likely
to be reversed anytime soon. Invite Richard Taite of
the Cliffside Malibu Treatment Center to talk about the
issue and explain why prescription drugs are so deadly
and why the traditional 12-step recovery program often
fails. Taite says America?s over-reliance on
prescription drugs is a symptom of a larger problem
that needs to be addressed in a new type of recovery
program for the 21st century. Richard Taite is co-
author of ?Ending Addiction for Good.? Contact Lynn
Wiese at (520) 575-8302 (AZ); (520) 247-1064 (cell) or
lynn@lwsliteraryservices.com

10. ==> May 17th ? Food Revolution Day

Linda Watson is a ?food evangelist? whose mission is to
help people save money, eat fabulous food, and save the
world. Watson says ?There?s no need to wait for
companies to label food or the government to protect
us.? For a great show, celebrate Food Revolution Day,
May 17th, and invite her to share how your listeners
can afford organic food even on a food-stamp budget,
where to find bargains at local farmers? markets, and
why cooking real, healthy foods from scratch is one of
the most powerful ways to protect your family and the
planet. Linda Watson is the author of ?Wildly
Affordable Organic: Eat Fabulous Food, Get Healthy, and
Save the Planet?All on $5 a Day or Less.? Contact her
at (888) 242-4944 (NC); linda.watson@cookforgood.com

11. ==> Two Surprising Foods that are Killing You

You?ve heard of dishes that are to die for, but the
possibility that your dinner might actually do you in
is probably not at the top of your worry list. But Dr.
Gary Epler says a patient?s diet is nearly always a
factor in chronic disease cases and, although you may
prefer not to think about it, there?s a very good
chance that eating the wrong kinds of food will shorten
your life. Invite Dr. Epler to clear up misconceptions
about how to eat as he explains why counting calories
is the wrong way to stay healthy and energized and lose
weight. You?ll learn two foods that are killing you and
three foods that will give you unlimited energy. An
internationally-known pulmonary and critical care
professor at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Epler is the
author of ?Food: You?re the Boss.? Contact him at (617)
680-0650 (MA); gepler@comcast.net

12. ==> Bill Kids for Cell Phone Use!

Most kids don?t have a clue about the costs associated
with the family cell phone plan. Financial expert
Denise Winston says that?s why parents should make them
use some of their allowance to pay an appropriate share
of the cell phone costs as part of their overall
financial and survival education. With many college
grads leaving school owing tens of thousands of dollars
in loans, Denise says it?s important to teach kids how
to effectively manage money early on to ensure they?ll
have the independence to live well on their own? not in
the family basement. She says a child?s future credit
score is even more important than their GPA and will
share easy ways to use an allowance to teach money
management to even the youngest kids, even if your own
financial situation is a mess. A media veteran with
more than 100 live TV appearances, Denise Winston is
the author of ?Money Start$ Here! Your Practical Guide
to Survive and Thrive in Any Economy.? Contact her at
(661) 333-5247 (CA); denise@denise@moneystarthere.com

13. ==> What Your Kids? Handwriting Can Tell You

Think handwriting analysis is just for criminals? David
?Doc? Grayson says you can use it to figure out what?s
going on with anyone. In fact, Grayson says, it can be
a great tool to help parents understand what?s going on
in their kids? brains. Grayson, a handwriting expert
who?s studied handwriting and children for decades,
will share 5 things you can learn from a child?s
handwriting ? and what to do with that knowledge. He?ll
talk about the science of handwriting and what it can
tell you about your partner, your coworkers, and even
yourself. David Grayson, Ed.D,, will analyze
handwriting samples from show staff and audience
members on the air. In addition to working with police
departments, lawyers and small businesses, he was a
teacher for more than 40 years. His book is
?Handwriting Secrets Revealed: The Book on Handwriting
Analysis.? Contact him at (708) 524-1091 (IL);
docgrayson@aol.com or
doc@handwritingSecretsRevealed.com

14. ==> Better a Paycheck ? Find a Career

Some people measure success by how much they earn and
how high they climb on the corporate ladder, but even
seemingly high achievers may be selling themselves
short. Dr. Tom Tavantzis says the factors that govern
job satisfaction go far beyond pay and power, and
ignoring those ?other? factors can leave you stuck
doing a job you absolutely hate, even if the pay is
good and you do it well! Dr. Tavantzis will explain how
to capitalize on your natural strengths to achieve a
more fulfilling career and reveal why people think they
know their strengths? and why they?re usually wrong.
Dr. Tom Tavantzis has been a licensed psychologist for
more than 30 years. He?s the founder and president of
Innovative Management Development, a leadership and
team consulting practice and the author of ?Hardwired:
Your Talents at Work.? Contact him at (610) 420-0900
(PA); thomas.tavantzis@imdleadership.com

15. ==> Hilarious Show on Midlife Crises

Approaching middle-age used to mean a red Ferrari and
dating a model.? But today?s midlife crises are more
likely to involve men confronting past mistakes, and
according to screenwriter, novelist and Huffington Post
blogger John Blumenthal, they often include reflections
on the past and questions about the future. For a take
on life that will leave your audiences howling, have
Blumenthal explain how trying to relive your past could
be the worst idea ever, and why his latest book, ?Three
and a Half Virgins? (described as a cross between
American Pie, Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Forty-Year-
Old Virgin), resonates with today?s middle-aged men
After a career as a Playboy magazine editor and
Hollywood screenwriter, Blumenthal turned to writing
novels. He also writes about Boomer issues and comedy
for the Huffington Post. Contact him at (310) 451-4901
(CA); jbautog@aol.com

16. ==> How to Say No Without Looking Selfish

Everyone says you?re too nice to say no. And that?s why
you find yourself baking three dozen cookies for a
birthday party for a co-worker you barely know,
shopping for Styrofoam balls for your daughter?s
science fair solar system, and taking four calls from
the PTA president, who wants to know if you?ll
volunteer to set up the stage for next month?s spring
musical ? all in the course of an hour or two. And it?s
all because you didn?t want to be seen as selfish. Kim
Shannon says saying no doesn?t make you selfish and
will share how you can do it ? to co-workers, your
friends and even your mother-in-law ? in a way that?s
assertive, compassionate, and smart. Shannon is the
director of Good Girls Anonymous, an international
coaching program for women ready to break the rules of
perfectionism and people pleasing. Her upcoming book is
?The Good Girl Addiction.? Contact her at (415)
407-5433 (CO); kim@goodgirlsanonymous.com

17. ==> Orthodox Jew Shares Her Bipolar Journey

Entering the business world after college is difficult
for many, but for Linda Naomi Katz, the transition was
particularly challenging. When the time came to go out
on her own, Katz experienced episodes of intense
excitement followed by crushing depression, and her
thoughts raced. Katz has bipolar disorder, a mental
illness characterized by extreme mood swings. After the
problem was diagnosed, Katz?s life became about
surviving with the illness and triumphing over it.
She?ll explain how coping with the stigma of mental
illness wasn?t easy, particularly in the Orthodox
Jewish community to which she belonged, and in the
dating scene. Katz has volunteered for a variety of
mental health organizations, worked for agencies that
help those with mental illness, and published articles
in New York City Voices, a newspaper for people with
mental illness. She?s the author of ?Surviving Mental
Illness.? Contact her at (718) 261-3772 (NY);
baronkatz@gmail.com

18 ==> Change the Way You Age

Genie James is convinced that too many women are
spending too much money, time and worry battling
thickening waists, wrinkles, memory loss and low
libido. She interviewed dozens of pioneering medical
researchers and ordinary women over the age of 35
because, she says, ?It?s time to cut through the
clutter and confusion of anti-aging research and
products and get to the facts.? You?ll learn which
anti-aging advice is just plain junk or even harmful,
why what?s good for your waist is good for your face,
and what many doctors still don?t know about
personalized medicine. Genie James? anti-aging advice
has been featured in numerous magazines including
Prevention, Natural Health and Esquire and she hosts a
regular radio segment on women?s topics. Her latest
book is ?The Fountain of Truth: Outsmart Hype, False
Hope, and Heredity to Recalibrate How You Age.?
Contact Kim Weiss at kimw@hcibooks.com

19. ==> Natural Allergy Remedies

If your allergies are driving you crazy this time of
year, you?re not alone. More than 32 million Americans
suffer the red, itchy eyes, runny nose and overall
misery of seasonal allergies.
Here?s the good news: an ancient medicine can offer
quick relief ? without side effects. Acupuncture, herbs
and traditional Chinese medicine have been shown to
greatly reduce and in some cases eliminate allergy
symptoms. Dr. Ed Lamadrid, known as the ?Dr. Oz? of
alternative medicine, will share which supplements and
herbs can help you survive the sneezing season, how
chamomile, green tea and peppermint tea can relieve
nasal and sinus congestion and hay fever symptoms, and
why local honey may have a mild vaccinating effect,
since the bees are accumulating pollen from local
flora. A pioneering doctor of acupuncture and oriental
medicine, Dr. Ed Lamadrid is the founder of Integrative
Health Studio in New York City and Chicago and the
campus director and a professor at Pacific College of
Oriental Medicine. He?s been featured on many TV shows
and in print media. Contact him at (917) 741-7419;
dr.ed@edlamadrid.com

20. ==> Going Barefoot Could Save Your Life

When?s the last time you actually touched the earth ?
ran barefoot on the sand, swam in the ocean, or
gardened with your hands in the dirt? While it may
sound a little bit ?out there,? the concept is called
grounding, and it?s a significant factor in your
physical wellbeing. Dr. William Courter will explain
why your body needs electrons to capture free radicals
(a natural byproduct of your body when it detoxifies
certain chemicals, degrades toxins or fights
inflammation) that can cause damage to your cells and
DNA. Dr. Courter says the earth?s surface is like a
battery, providing the necessary charge to help us
reduce pain and swelling, heal faster, decrease stress,
and age more slowly. He?ll share how grounding can
improve allergies, arthritis, asthma, heart disease and
a host of other physical conditions and diseases.
William Courter, M.D., is a psychiatrist and the
founder of The Boomer Health Institute. His book is
?The Boomer Survival Kit: An Indispensible Guide for
Yourself, Your Relationships, Your Life.? Contact him
at (949) 677-0628 (CA); DrCourter@gmail.com

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Source: http://www.rtironline.com/2013/05/16/051613-rtir-e-zine-lowering-dui-limits-benghazi-drug-addiction/

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