Why Vanguard Bank and Why Now? Explaining Chinese Behavior in the South China Sea
What can Vietnam do now to make Chinese assertiveness against it less likely going forward? Although deepening the U.S.-Vietnam defense partnership in the short-term may be contributing to trouble with China, closer cooperation in the long-run could serve to deter China. Enhancing cooperation with Vietnam ' s other defense partners — namely Australia, Japan, and India — could help to deter Beijing as well. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 18, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman Source Type: blogs
Searching for Signs of < em > Doi Moi < /em > in North Korea
President Trump ' s second summit with Kim Jong Un prompted voluminous commentary about whether Pyongyang might adopt the“Vietnam model” of economic reform and opening up, known asdoi moi. Some version ofdoi moi is not impossible in North Korea, but it will likely be more difficult than it was in Vietnam and made all the more so by Kim ' s reluctance to risk losing absolute control. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 11, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman; Christian Curriden; Dung Huynh Source Type: blogs
Despite Federal Return, Capital Punishment is Dying Out
The U.S. federal government recently ordered the death penalty to be reinstated for the first time in sixteen years and has scheduled the execution of five death row inmates. This policy change goes against the widespread trend toward fewer executions.Twenty-one U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, have totally abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Seven of those states abolished the practice in my lifetime. New Hampshire just officially abolished it in 2019.In many U.S. states where executions are still legal, none have been carried out for years and the law is mainly symbolic. Kansas, for example, has not ex...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 29, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Chelsea Follett Source Type: blogs
A Scientist ’s Exploration of Regeneration
Viravuth (“Voot”) Yin, associate professor of regenerative biology and medicine at MDI Biological Laboratory and chief scientific officer at Novo Biosciences, Inc., in Bar Harbor, Maine. Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory.
In 1980, a week after his 6th birthday, Viravuth (“Voot”) Yin immigrated with his mother, grandfather, and three siblings from Cambodia to the United States. Everything they owned fit into a single, 18-inch carry-on bag. They had to build new lives from almost nothing. So, it’s perhaps fitting that Yin studies regeneration, the fascinating ability of some animals, such as salamanders, sea ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 17, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cool Creatures Regeneration Research Organisms RNA Source Type: blogs
Using Writing to Help Us Process Our Grief
On a cool November morning in the small town of Mountain View, Calif., Sarah Neustadter’s beloved boyfriend, John—the man she was going to marry—threw himself in front of an oncoming train. Just days prior, John had turned 36.
The devastation Neustadter felt was so deep that she, too, wanted to die.
“The pain of missing him was unbearable. The thought of living the rest of my life, years upon years, without him filled me with hopelessness and despair,” Neustadter writes in her new book Love You Like the Sky: Surviving the Suicide of a Beloved.
Eight months after John died, Neustadter started sending emails to hi...
Source: World of Psychology - July 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Books Creativity General Grief and Loss Self-Help Bereavement grieving Journaling Mourning writing Source Type: blogs
Trump ’s “Cakewalk” Fantasy about an Iran War
Although President Trump apparently called off a planned airstrike on Iran at the last minute in late June, he subsequently warned Iranian leaders that the military option was still very much on the table. He emphasized that if the United States used force against Iran, Washington would not put boots on the ground but would wage the conflict entirely with America ’s vast air power. Trump exhibited no doubt about the outcome, asserting that such a war “wouldn ’t last very long, ” and that it would mean the “obliteration” of Iran.His boast was eerily reminiscent of the statement that Kenneth Adelman, a former ass...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 3, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs
7 all-time favorite tourists places in vietnam
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Vietnam tourist spots have been spread out in all its regions. The country has everything to offer like beaches, mountain, leisure, history. Overall it is a complete destination to experience everything at one place. If you are thinking to travel to this country, then scroll down to see the places you must visit in Vietnam:
• Ho Chi Minh CityIt is the cosmopolitan hub of Vietnam and is popularly known as t...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: pratikg Tags: popular Source Type: blogs
Joe Biden on Impeachment for Illegal Warmaking
I don ’t know if the moderators oftonight ’s Democratic primary debate are taking requests, but here ’s my question for former vice-president—and current frontrunner—Joe Biden:“Mr. Biden, the last time you were running for president, you promised that if George W. Bush ‘takes this nation to war in Iran, without congressional approval,I will make it my business to impeach him.’ Now, over a decade later, war with Iran is again on the horizon, and just this Monday,the president said he does not need congressional authorization to wage war. If he acts on that belief,will you call for Congress to impeach Preside...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 27, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Gene Healy Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: June 15, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net covers ways you can be “good” at therapy (no joke), highlights an 11-year-old Montreal boy who created a video game to help kids understand mental health, how focusing on a few key habits can help keep you grounded when life gets hectic, recognizing postpartum depression in fathers, and more.
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Therapists Share 7 Ways You Can Be “Good” at Getting Therapy: No, this definitely is not about winning at therapy. You won’t find tips on how to make your therapist like you or trick your therapist into thinking you’re not as sad as you ac...
Source: World of Psychology - June 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net anxiety esketamine goals habits Happiness Luke Toledo men and postpartum depression panic Spravato Therapy Video Games workplace Source Type: blogs
The Fairness Doctrine Was Terrible for Broadcasting and It Would Be Terrible for the Internet
Skepticism of big tech companies is surging on both sides of the political spectrum, from Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren calling for breaking up Amazon to Republican Senator Josh Hawley advocating rules that would prohibit online viewpoint discrimination. This wave of techno-progressivism finds its latest expression in Slate journalist April Glaser ’sarticle, “Bring Back the Golden Age of Broadcast Regulation.”Glaser argues that the problems of internet discourse —eg hate speech, haphazard content moderation, and conspiracy peddling—are so trenchant that government intervention is warranted. She calls for ap...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 12, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Paul Matzko Source Type: blogs
8 Ways to Write Away Your Worries
You are worried about a litany of things, and it feels like these worries are pelting you in the head like balls from a pitching machine.
You are worried about your upcoming presentation. You are worried your house won’t sell. You are worried the weather will be terrible on your vacation. You are worried your daughter is upset with you. You are worried you said something offensive to your new colleague. You are worried you didn’t pay an important bill—or do something else that’s important. And you are worried about a hundred other things that you’re worried you won’t remember—or can’t forget.
Lynn R. Zakeri...
Source: World of Psychology - June 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Creativity General Habits Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Stress Brainstorming Creative Outlet Creative Writing Source Type: blogs
Memorial Day Thoughts
Benjamin Franklin said, “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” Given Franklin’s leadership in the struggle for American independence, we can infer that he did not think that there never was a war that was necessary, or a war that was worth its cost. But he reminds us that even necessary wars have terrible costs .I thought about Franklin when I read an eloquentcolumn on the meaning of Memorial Day by the novelist Mark Helprin, who is also a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute. He lamented:Though if by and large we ignore the debt we owe to those who fell at Saratoga, Antietam, the Marne, the Pointe du H...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 24, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Vietnam Is the Chinese Military's Preferred Warm-Up Fight
China ' s last major war experience gave it virtually zero lessons to apply to future armed conflict. At some point the People ' s Liberation Army (PLA) will need to test its new capabilities and the training it has honed over time. There are at least three reasons why Vietnam is likely in the PLA ' s crosshairs. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - May 14, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman Source Type: blogs
We Are Not A Dashboard: Contesting The Tyranny Of Metrics, Measurement, And Managerialism
By DAVID SHAYWITZ
The dashboard is the potent symbol of our age. It offers the elegant visualization of data, and is intended to capture and represent the performance of a system, revealing at a glance current status, and pointing out potential emerging concerns. Dashboards are a prominent feature of most every “big data” project I can think of, offered by every vendor, and constructed to provide a powerful sense of control to the viewer. It seemed fitting that Novartis CEO Dr. Vas Narasimhan, a former McKinsey consultant, would build (then tweet enthusiastically about) “our new ‘control tower’” ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Data Health Tech Big Data David Shaywitz Health Data Metrics Source Type: blogs
