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Poll: Nine in Ten Want U.S. Involvement in World Health Organization

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Washington, DC (PRWEB) January 16, 2013

A poll conducted during the current record-setting flu season and released today by the Better World Campaign reveals strong bipartisan support for the World Health Organization (WHO).

Sixty-one percent of voters express a favorable opinion of the WHO, and 92 percent say that it is important for the United States to both provide funds and be part of the decisionmaking process for the WHO, which works to protect against threats to global health and prevent disease outbreaks around the world. The figures are in keeping with findings of an April 2012 poll, in which 93 percent of Americans said it is important that the U.S. be a WHO member, indicating consistent U.S. support for the United Nations coordinating health agency.

With regards to U.S. spending on international assistance to help people in poor and developing countries improve their health situation, a plurality of voters45 percentsupport keeping the level of U.S. spending the same, 22 percent support an increase in this spending, and 27 percent support a decrease in this spending.

The poll was conducted January 6-9 by the bipartisan research team of Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research Associates. It surveyed 900 registered voters (630 landline/ 270 cell) with a margin of error of

THE DARK SIDE OF US POLITICS: Depth Psychologists Analyze The U.S. Presidential Election

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 30, 2012

The Asheville Jung Center, in conjunction with The C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and innerQuest Psychiatry held a 5 hour internet seminar last weekend entitled The “Citizens Dilemma in Divisive Times: Four Voices”. The live presentation was broadcast to a global audience and explored the unconscious trends that grip not only Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, but essentially all of U.S. Politics. The seminars offers 5 hours of Continuing Education Credit for therapists.

Tired of Pundits, PACs, and Politicians?

Surprised to see ABCs Nightline featuring a psychoanalysts profile of the candidates after the second debate?

How does anyone get their bearings from the Spirit of the Depths as well as the Spirit of the Times?

When Candidate Obama said so, its not surprising that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who arent like them.. (speech April 10, 2008) he was speaking of the psychology that shapes the body politic.

Four Jungian presenters offer a radically different approach to deciphering the mystery of the psychologically charged times in this Presidential election.

The Huffington Posts recent interview by Pythia Peay with Dr. Murray Stein discussed some of these deeper forces shaping this presidential election. Excerpts from the interview illustrate how Jungian Psychology can reveal the code:

Dr. Murry Stein, president of the International School of Analytical Psychology, describes our two party political system as “whenever you have two of anything running against each other you’re going to have a splitting process: It’s a psychological phenomenon.

Dr. Stein goes on to say Differences are necessary in order to have growth and dynamic movement. Out of the dialectic between two polarities, a new possibility emerges. But if the “opposites,” or in this case the two parties, become completely unrelated, then the collective psyche is in danger of splitting: There’s no forward movement, there’s just mutual aggression, stalemate and stagnation. The system doesn’t evolve, it devolves, and you don’t want to see that happen.

The Citizens Dilemma in Divisive Times: Four Voices internet seminar is a deep exploration of the undercurrents and shaping forces at play in this highly charged historical moment.

The seminar is still available for viewing at http://ashevillejungcenter.org/webinars/w7/

Presenters:

Thomas Singer, MD, a psychiatrist/Jungian analyst will explores emotions and complexes in the collective psyche.

Richard Stein, MD, a psychiatrist/Jungian analyst, offers guidance for the introvert in times of political extremism.

Naomi Ruth Lowinsky, PhD an analyst and poet reminds us that poetry sings our cultural myths, mourns whats been lost, and praises the newborn day.

Richard Tarnas, PhD, author of The Passion of Western Mind and Cosmos and Psyche explores our times from an archetypal astrological perspective.







Obamacare Driving Presidential Election to be the Nastiest and Scariest in U.S. History According to Lucid Living Seminars

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Houston, TX. (PRWEB) September 04, 2012

Obamacare If there was a thermometer that measured peoples political election temperature it would probably be high enough for people to be concerned and want to call the doctor says Dr. Houston Vetter. Whether a Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal or progressive, it seems politics are at a fever pitch and the nation hasn’t even gotten into the heart of the election cycle yet so say’s Dr. Houston Vetter. As JOHN HINDERAKER reported on August 12, 2012 in POWERLINE Democrats back off the claim that Mitt Romney was responsible for a womans death by cancer.

Quoting John Hinderaker, Politics is about blame. While, honesty, accuracy and truth are the road kill. The problem: Politicians are always aware of this; the general public not so much. The reason politics and religion do not mix is for some, politics is their religion, which means if you dont believe like me you dont count.. In the mean time frustration, anger and fear builds up stronger and stronger like a nuclear reactor meltdown waiting for Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas to set things straight, as in the movie, The China Syndrome. Lucid Living Seminars believes they have an answer for all the fear worry and dread that has been triggered by Obamacare and the negative election atmosphere.

Obamacare is just the tip of the iceberg that is polarizing this years Presidential debate. Polls show an overwhelming majority of the U.S. population, including the healthcare field itself, is not in favor of the Obamacare ruling despite the Supreme Court decision. The hope and change many hoped for changed when they saw some of the things they got. One example, when President Obama was inaugurated gas was $ 1.70 to $ 1.90, four years later $ 3.59 to $ 4.10.

In an effort to provide support and real hope and change people can depend on regardless of age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, liberal or conservative and regardless of which way the election goes, Lucid Living Seminars is presenting a new training seminar designed to help struggling individuals get back the sense of safety, self worth and personal power that has been lost and to help neighborhoods in the process. This is healthcare reform on the individual and personal level. Addressing the emotional pain and problems from a cutting edge unique Quantum Physics (Spiritual) perspective makes for quick permanent change. Click Here To Watch The Video.

For more information on Lucid Living Seminars and their other offerings, visit http://docloves.me/lucidliving .







Future of U.S. Manufacturing to be Shaped at Unprecedented imX Industry Summit

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Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) September 01, 2011

The inaugural Interactive Manufacturing Experience (imX) summit on U.S. manufacturing will feature the first public address by newly appointed U.S. Chief Manufacturing Officer Michael Molnar, panels led by industry experts from Boeing and Lockheed Martin and a gala event celebrating the bright future of the American manufacturing industry. Taking place Sept. 12 to 14, 2011 in Las Vegas, the goal of imX is to chart a new course for the future of the domestic manufacturing industry by fostering collaboration among American manufacturers of all sizes.

The interactive industry panels and Molnars keynote address complement an agenda designed to address the critical shortage of skilled manufacturing workers and other industry challenges while also showcasing some of the most advanced machine tool technology on the market.

Manufacturing executives may learn more and apply to attend imX at http://imxevent.com.

Expert Industry Panels

Daily interactive industry panels during imX will enable executive guests to engage directly with leading end users and industry observers on topics ranging from future technologies to automation and benchmarking. Each session will feature opportunities for audience members to pose questions to the panelists. Panels take place each day from 1 to 2:30 p.m. They include:

Monday, Sept. 12 Market & Technology Outlook: Charting a Course for the Future

A panel of industry experts will join in an interactive discussion that will focus on the outlook of key markets and how future enabling technologies impact the way many manufacturers do business.

Featured panelists:

Women Making History at the U.S. Supreme Court

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Brooklyn, New York (PRWEB) March 05, 2012

Whats The 411 Networks, a digital media company (http://www.whatsthe411.com), founded by Ruth J. Morrison recently made history when it launched coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court. Whats The 411 Networks is the first Black-owned media company to receive media credentials to cover the U.S. Supreme Court. Constitutional Law Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall Whats The 411 Networks correspondent covering the United States Supreme Court is the first African-American woman journalist to cover the countrys highest court.

With U.S. Supreme Court media credentials, Ms. Browne-Marshall listened to the oral arguments at the United States Supreme Court on February 28, 2012, for the cases Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority. Both cases focus on corporate immunity; expressly, should corporations be held liable for acts of torture committed under their auspices? What makes these cases especially fascinating is that both cases allege torture by a foreign company on foreign soil.

My mission is to report on the U.S. Supreme Court in a manner that is accessible to the general public and of assistance to scholars at large, said Gloria Browne-Marshall. I applaud Whats The 411 Networks for its willingness to cover the actions of the U.S. Supreme Court, as not enough attention is paid to the Third branch of government. The general population knows the least about the workings of the U.S. Supreme Court; yet its rulings become the law of the land.

I am delighted to have created a media company that facilitated this momentous occasion, said Ruth J. Morrison. Decisions from the United States Supreme Court affect the lives of all citizens, immigrants, and in these particular cases, people and corporations beyond our borders. And, truth be told, the U.S. Supreme Court is the most powerful branch of government because all too often, its rulings stand without Congressional intervention.

Further, in view of Citizens United, it will be very interesting to see how the Court threads this needle regarding these two cases, Ms. Morrison continued.

About Whats The 411 Networks

Based in Brooklyn, New York, What’s The 411? Networks is a digital media/news company. Targeting sophisticated multi-cultural audiences, the Whats The 411 Networks website (http://www.whatsthe411.com) and television show contain primarily news-oriented original video content produced by the Whats The 411 team.

About Ruth J. Morrison

Ruth J. Morrison is the Founder of Whats The 411 Networks, a digital media/news company. Ms. Morrison is not one to color inside the lines. She is a person of firsts. Ms. Morrison was the first Executive Director of the Brooklyn International Trade Development Center, the first small business development center in New York City whose sole responsibility was to help small businesses export their products and services.

Additionally, Ms. Morrison was the first African-American leased time producer to distribute a weekly television show on WNYC-TV; she also licensed that show to a broadcaster in South Africa. She was a consultant to an American company doing business in Brasil; the first African-American woman beat reporter to cover the NY Knicks and she became a video streaming pioneer in the mid-1990s. Ms. Morrison developed and launched from conception the City of New Yorks multi-channel cable television network.

Ms. Morrison was a Communications Fellow at the Annenberg Washington Program of Northwestern University; and a Communications Director for a member of the U.S. Congress. She earned a master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications from the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and she completed her coursework towards a Ph.D. in Political Science at Columbia University.

Ms. Morrison is a contender for the Robert McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs Program.

About Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is a Constitutional Law Professor at John Jay College of the City University of New York. She is also the author of Race, Law and American Society 1607 Present, and The U.S. Constitution: An African American Context. As the Director and Founder of The Law and Policy Group, a think tank for the community, she oversees the publication of The Report on the Status of Black Women and Girls(R) which is the only ongoing national report on the state of Black females in America.

Additionally, Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is an award-winning playwright, free-lance journalist, and recipient of the 2009 Ida B. Wells-Barnett Justice Award. As a journalist, she traveled to Oslo, Norway, to cover President Barack Obama’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize. She speaks nationally and internationally on criminal justice, civil rights, gender equality, human rights, and child advocacy issues. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, and several civic organizations. Gloria J. Browne-Marshall writes books, essays, and legal articles on issues of racial justice, which specifically relate to the role of women.

Ruth J. Morrison and Gloria Browne-Marshall are available for interviews.

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Is the U.S. Supreme Court a ‘Corporate’ Court? Monday March 5, 2012 on The American Law Journal

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Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) February 29, 2012

In the last six months, protesters gathered and were later arrested on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court for objecting to what they view as corporate-friendly decisions on campaign finance, consumer rights and systemic sex discrimination at the expense of citizens. The cases include Citizens United v. FEC, AT&T v. Concepcion and Wal-Mart v. Dukes.

Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. on the Philadelphia CNN-News affiliate WFMZ-TV, The American Law Journal examines Has the Supreme Court Tipped Corporate? Joining host attorney Christopher Naughton are the Hon. Edward Cahn, former Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Hon. Gene Cohen, former judge for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Danielle Franco-Malone, Esq. legislative counsel with the Alliance for Justice in Washington, D.C. and Chapin Cimino, professor at Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law.

I think the Occupy Wall Street and the 99% movement is coming out of this growing frustration that the public senses that the system is rigged in favor of corporations, says Franco-Malone. Counters Judge Cahn: I dont think so, I think the public has great respect for the Supreme Court…the most important thing that is bothering the American public is… unemployment. The Supreme Court has had nothing to do with that.

The broadcast includes excerpts from programs discussing the issues, including a clip of Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert referring to Chief Justice John Roberts wearing “NASCAR robes” as an example of corporate influence on the court.

The program will be available on iTunes and the program’s website after the 7:00 p.m. broadcast.

The American Law Journal is the weekly talk-feature program airing Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. eastern on the CNN News affiliate in Philadelphia, WFMZ-TV 69 to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. View archived programming and Find a Lawyer information on http://www.LawJournalTV.com.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Praises TCC at town hall

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Tallahasse, FL (PRWEB) January 28, 2012

The day after President Barack Obama called on community colleges to help produce two million new jobs during his State of the Union address, a member of the president’s cabinet came to Tallahassee Community College to learn and listen. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hosted a town hall event at TCC on Wednesday, January 25, with a focus on adult education and the role of workforce training in rebuilding the economy. He was joined by Jim Murdaugh, TCC president, John Chapin, TCCs vice president for workforce development, and Ann Smith, chief nursing officer for Capital Regional Medical Center.

The community turned out in full force, with every seat filled and lines queued up at the microphones for the chance to have a dialogue with Duncan. Questions ran the gamut of education issuesfrom early education to K-12 standardized testing to adult education, workforce training and certificate programs.

One town hall participant wanted to know what help would be offered to part-time college students facing many obstacles to finishing their education.

Duncan turned to TCC President Jim Murdaugh for comment. “At community colleges,” Murdaugh said, “the challenges students face are different than the challenges students face at universities.” The panel agreed that financial assistance should be available for part-time students and those enrolled in non-degree programs that lead to job certification.

Duncan said that the high school dropout rate nationwide is about 25 percent, rising to close to 40 percent for minority students. He noted that there are approximately 240,000 ninth graders in Florida, but only 172,000 twelfth graderswhich means the state is losing 68,000 young people to the streets each year. Duncan explained that President Obama wants to address the high dropout rate by changing the rules so students may not leave school until they reach age 18 or graduate.

“We’ve got to work together to do better. We can’t accept the status quo,” Duncan said. “I can’t overstate how important the role community colleges are going to play, helping our country get back to where we want to go.”

Two audience members questioned the federal Race to the Top and Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Duncan said that assessments should be safety nets, and some changes are needed for them to be more meaningful and useful. He said that he would like to see teachers salaries increase significantly in the next few years.

Another issue discussed was the difficulty many students in adult education and non-credit workforce training programs experience trying to qualify for financial aid. Outside of special grants or corporate funds, they are usually ineligible to receive the financial aid and scholarships taken advantage of by full-time and credit-program students. TCCs Kristina Pereira, adult education specialist, pointed out that these students are often seeking to overcome unemployment by updating their skills or training to transition between careersand thus are the students most needing and deserving of financial assistance.

Duncan acknowledged the contradiction these students face. I encourage you to push our administration on this issue.

Duncan said that community colleges are uniquely positioned to help people get the skills they need for high-tech, high-skilled and high-paying jobs, echoing how President Obama described community colleges in his speech the night before as places that teach people skills that local businesses are looking for right now, from data management to high-tech manufacturing. Duncan said that TCC’s Center for Workforce Development is doing an excellent job training individuals to meet specific needs of local employers. TCCs model leads to real jobs in the community.

As U.S. Secretary of Education, Duncan envisions higher education leading the way in rebuilding the American economy and sees adult education playing a prominent role. The United States ranks 16th in the number of college graduates. We used to lead the world. The pipeline to return to the top position is through adult education.

TCC has accepted the call to leadership. The College has established partnerships with more than two dozen businesses in the Big Bend, matching students training with specific private sector needs. In 2010, TCC opened its Advanced Manufacturing Training Center, which offers programs designed to appeal to those who are just entering the workforce and to career-changers. The College also offers adult education classes in Gadsden, Leon and Wakulla counties, and provides flexible education options for learners of all ages, such as day, evening and online classes and express sessions.

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Parker Waichman LLP Opposes U.S. Justice Department Effort to Quash Lawsuit over Guatemalan Medical Experiments Conducted by U.S. Government Researchers in the 1940s

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New York, New York (PRWEB) January 11, 2012

Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm, opposes motions recently filed by the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss a proposed individual and class action lawsuit seeking reparations for victims of non-consensual medical experiments conducted by researchers for the U.S. Public Health Service in Guatemala in the 1940s. Last March, Parker Waichman LLP and a partner firm filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and eight current federal officials, including HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, and Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on behalf of the Guatemalan medical experimentation victims (case number 1:11-cv-00527). As the government admits, the lawsuit arises out of a deeply troubling chapter in our nations history. In addition to compensatory and punitive damages for victims of the Guatemalan experiments and their descendants, the lawsuit seeks a declaration that the Defendants violated human rights and an injunction to prohibit further abuses against Guatemalan residents.

According to the federal complaint, between 1946 and 1948, U.S. government medical researchers working in Guatemala intentionally infected upwards of 1,300 prisoners, soldiers and psychiatric patients with syphilis and other sexually transmitted disease without their knowledge or permission in order to investigate the efficacy of penicillin in treating the diseases. The lawsuit cites two causes of action arising under the Alien Tort Statute for violations of the international prohibitions against medical experimentation on non-consenting human subjects and against cruel, inhuman degrading treatment; and two causes arising under the U.S. Constitution, for the violation of the victims’ right to due process and for subjecting them to cruel and unusual punishment.

The doctor who led the Guatemalan experiments was John C. Cutler, who also helped coordinate the infamous Tuskegee, Alabama, study where 600 black men with syphilis were left untreated for decades starting in 1932 to follow the course of the treatable disease. The lawsuit alleges the decision to conduct research in Guatemala was part of a deliberate plan to continue the Tuskegee testing offshore, where it would not be subject to the same level of oversight as in the United States.

According to a report from Newsinferno.com, President Barack Obama has formally apologized to the victims and called the Guatemala experiments reprehensible and tragic. The President also directed the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to investigate the experiments. Last September, the Panel released a report which deemed the experiments unconscionable and called on the U.S. government to create a system to compensate people who are harmed by participation in scientific research.

On Monday, January 9, the U.S. Justice Department filed two motions seeking the dismissal of the lawsuit, asserting, among other arguments, that the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) provides immunity to the U.S. government for all claims based on injuries suffered in foreign countries and that the law provides no remedy for the injured Guatemalan plaintiffs. In fact, says the government, Congress has a general interest in protecting doctors like those who experimented on these Guatemalan citizens without their knowledge.

We vigorously oppose the assertions made by the Justice Department in its motions, and we pledge to continue to fight for the rights of Guatemalans harmed by the reprehensible acts committed by U.S. researchers during the 1940s, states Peter Cambs, Senior Litigation Counsel at Parker Waichman LLP. We will also continue to call on the U.S. government to establish a claims process by which the citizens of Guatemala who were harmed may receive restitution.

Parker Waichman LLP continues to offer free legal consultations to Guatemalan victims of this non-consensual medical experimentation. If you or a member of your family was adversely impacted by these gross violations of human rights, please contact our office by visiting http://www.yourlawyer.com. Free case evaluations are also available by calling 1 800 LAW INFO (1-800-529-4636).

For more information regarding the Guatemalan medical experimentation lawsuit and Parker Waichman LLP, please visit: http://www.yourlawyer.com or call 1-800-LAW-INFO (1-800-529-4636).

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