Sorting Out All These Tariffs: Are We Having a Trade War Yet?
Tariffs are making headlines just about every day now, but it ’s often not clear which stories are aboutthreats of tariffs, and which are aboutactual tariffs that will be applied. Back on March 8, President Trump announced that he would impose tariffs on imports ofsteel (25%) andaluminum (10%), but also noted that Canada and Mexico would be exempt and there was going to be a 15 day period to talk about exemptions for other countries (as well as specific product exclusions). Other countries complained that the purported justification for the tariffs, national security, had no basis , and the EUthreatened retaliatory tar...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 23, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester Source Type: blogs
New Human Freedom Index: A Decline in Global Freedom
The newHuman Freedom Index is out today. For a third year, the annual report —published by Cato, the Fraser Institute in Canada, and the Liberales Institut in Germany—paints a broad picture of personal, civil and economic freedom in the world. It uses 79 indicators in 12 areas ranging from freedom of religion to freedom to trade.Here are some highlights. Global freedom has declined slightly compared to last year ’s report and compared to 2008, the first year for which we have complete data. Switzerland is the freest country in the world, followed by Hong Kong, which fell from first place for the first time since the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 25, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez Source Type: blogs
The 1000th Thread!
This is the 1000th presentation to my bioethics blog since starting on Google Blogspot.com in 2004.There has been many topics covered. Though comments by the visitors has always been encouraged and, since as a "discussion blog", comments leading to discussions I have felt was the definitive function here. Virtually none of the thread topics have gone unread and most have had some commentary, some with mainly particularly strong and emphatic opinions http://bioethicsdiscussion.blogspot.com/2013/01/should-pathologists-be-physicians.html, some with extensive up to 12 years long continued discussion http://bioethicsdiscussion....
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 24, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Maurice Bernstein, M.D. Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
The 1000th Thread!
Discussion Blog)
Source: Bioethics Discussion Blog - December 24, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: blogs
One in a Billion Chance a Year of Being Killed by a Chain Immigrant in a Terror Attack
Yesterday, Bangladesh-born Akayed Ullah attempted a suicide bombing in New York City. Fortunately, he only injured a few people and severely burned his own torso. Ullah entered the United States on an F4 green card for the brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens.Some are using Ullah ’s failed terrorist attack to call for further restricting family-based immigration and the green card lottery. After hearing about the failed terrorist attack, President Trump argued that “Today’s terror suspect entered our country through extended-family chain migration, which is incompatible with national security … Congres...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 12, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Financial And Political News Relevant To E-Health And The Health Sector In General.
November 30, 2017 Edition.Overseas, in the week this is published we will get a good idea if Trump is going to get the Tax Legislation he wants through. There are many differences between the House and Senate versions and it will be interesting to see if they can be reconciled. Current betting is that something will get through but won ’t look much like what the President was hoping for!In Europe the Irish Government has almost collapsed so that is going to complexify Brexit negotiations! Germany is also still without a Government!In Asia the problems in Myanmar continue and elsewhere the Argentinians seems to have lost ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 30, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Let ’s appreciate the growing landscape of digital brain health & enhancement: 177 experts and pioneers in 23 countries –and counting!
Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of November 23rd, 2017
_______
Quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age (December 5-7th) — THANK YOU to everyone who has registered already
We are pleased to report that so far 177 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate. 130 seem to be based in the US and 47 abroad (based on IP address during registration), with the following country breakdown:
United States 130
Australia 7
Canada 7
Israel 5
United Kingd...
Source: SharpBrains - November 24, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology brain health innovation brain-enhancement Brain-health sharpbrains virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
The landscape of brain health innovation: 130 experts and pioneers in 18 countries (and counting)
— Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of November 3rd, 2017
Just a quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age (December 5-7th).
We are proud to report that so far 130 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate.
95 seem to be based in the US and 35 abroad, based on IP address during registration, with the following country breakdown:
United States 95
Australia 7
Canada 6
United Kingdom 4
Israel 3
Norway 2
Italy 2
Taiwan 1
Singapore 1
India 1
France 1
Sweden ...
Source: SharpBrains - November 3, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Professional Development Technology brain health innovation brain-enhancement Brain-health virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
Join 107 Brain Health & Enhancement Pioneers in 15 Countries (and counting)
Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of October 12, 2017
_______________
Just a quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th).
We are proud to report that, so far, 107 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate. 82 seem to be based in the US and 25 abroad (based on IP address during registration); with the following country breakdown:
United States 82
Australia 5
Canada 4
United Kingdom 4
Norway 2
Singapore 1
Portugal 1
Brazil 1
Italy 1
India 1
France 1
Argentina 1
Taiwan 1
Sweden 1
Brunei Daruss...
Source: SharpBrains - October 13, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology brain-enhancement Brain-health virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
23 and BS
If you are unfortunate enough to watch television, you have no doubt seen ads for a company that will analyze your DNA and tell you where your ancestors come from.A sample ad consists of a woman saying, " I used to think I was Hispanic. But when I got my results back, I discovered that I ' meverything!I have ancestors from all over the world. " A pie chart displays behind her showing percentages of ancestry from various places. " Now I know I ' m not Hispanic after all. When they ask my ethnicity, I check ' other ' . "Whoa. Talk about people unclear on the concept. She is the very paradigm of Hispanic, which means people w...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 12, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
In Just Six Minutes, Everything You Need to Know about Spending Caps
Back in April, Ishared a new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity that explained how poor nations can become rich nations by following therecipe of small government and free markets.Now CF&P has released another video. Narrated by Yamila Feccia from Argentina, it succinctly explains - using both theory and evidence - why spending caps are the most prudent and effective way of achieving good fiscal results.Ms. Feccia covers all the important issues, but here are five points that are worth emphasizing.Demographics - Almost all developed nations havemajor long-run fiscal problems because welfare states will implod...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 11, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Mitchell Source Type: blogs
You don ’t have to climb a mountain for a “peak experience” in nature to be life-changing
By Emma Young
We’re all familiar with the idea that nature can be psychologically uplifting. But for some people, a single, brief “peak experience” in a natural setting, lasting mere seconds or minutes, changes their view of themselves or their relationships with others so profoundly that their lives are positively transformed as a result. A new study in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology explores exactly how and why this happens. The researchers LIa Naor and Ofra Mayseless at the University of Haifa, Israel, advertised on the internet for people who felt they’d had a transformative experience in nature to get in...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: environmental Personality Qualitative Source Type: blogs
The World ’s Most – And Least – Miserable Countries in 2016
In what follows, I update my annual Misery Index calculations. A Misery Index was first constructed by economist Art Okun as a way to provide President Lyndon Johnson with a snapshot of the economy. The original Misery Index was just a simple sum of a nation ’s annual inflation rate and its unemployment rate. The Misery Index has been modified several times, first by Robert Barro of Harvard and then by myself. My modified Misery Index is the sum of the unemployment, inflation, and bank lending rates, minus the percentage change in real GDP per capita. A higher Misery Index score reflects higher levels of “misery,” ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 17, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Steve H. Hanke Source Type: blogs
Puzzling a Sky over Argentina via NASA
< img src="http://67.media.tumblr.com/8115a5b614b36f42e18347437c32e4d2/tumblr_oayi41FlbP1qz50r6o1_500.jpg" > < br > < br > < p > < a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap160726.html" target="_blank" > Puzzling a Sky over Argentina via NASA < /a > < /p > < br > < br > < i > Posted on < a href="http://infosnack.net/post/148033731825" > infosnack < /a > . < /i > < img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidneynotes/~4/yEMQAJa9J3Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/ > (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - July 26, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Do you really need 3 kinds of conditioner? Episode 142
This study involved having 18 young adults evaluate the attractiveness and age of 8 female faces. The images varied in terms of natural aging features like lines and wrinkles.
While evaluating the images the subjects were exposed to different odors, one pleasant (rose oil) and one unpleasant (fish oil). Then the subjects rated the age of the face in the photo, the attractiveness and the pleasantness of the odor. The result was that odor pleasantness directly influenced rating of facial attractiveness suggesting that odor and visual cues independently influence judgements.
One downside to using pleasant odors is that visual...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - July 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
