MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'asset'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181769&cid=t_127356_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FO8JYkfthuh4%2F By Steve H. HankeOn August 29th, I penned “Lagarde Confused, Again.” In it, I argued that Christine Lagarde, the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund, misdiagnosed Europe’s banking crisis. Ms. Lagarde’s assertion that Europe’s banks “need urgent recapitalization” is based on faulty economics. While the higher capital-asset ratios that Ms. Lagarde extols are intended to strengthen banks (and economies), higher ratios destroy money and are “deflationary.” This is not what a struggling Europe needs. Indeed, higher capital-asset ratios imposed on Europe’s banks at this juncture would virtually ensure that Euroland would take another dive. In consequence, some of the banks that were made “safer” by Ms. L... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181769 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:45:32 +0100 5181769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4744839&cid=t_127356_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F23%2Frecovery-from-addiction-and-depression-an-interview-with-vivian-eisenecher-2%2F Today I have the honor of interviewing Vivian Eisenecher, author of Recovering Me, Discovering Joy, and a sought after speaker, mentor and writer since 1996. Her other published works include articles for Chicken Soup for the Soul and Woman’s World. Her inspirational story has been enthusiastically received by churches, companies and corporations, national organizations and national associations. She is passionate about reducing the stigma of mental illness and substance abuse. She loves helping people meet their potential and discover joy in their lives! Question: I love the definition of authentic success that you give in your book. You spell out PROCESS as an acrostic and go through the seven components of process. Could you abbreviate them here for my readers? Vivian: Authentic s... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4744839 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:59:18 +0100 4744839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4053343&cid=t_127356_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F10%2Flosing-our-fear-of-rest%2F I have been having a difficult time writing the “Mindful Monday” posts lately because I’m the opposite of mindful these days. You know how the Buddhist monks talk about the swinging monkeys of the brain, and how you need to tame them? Well, my monkeys have just spotted a jungle gym inside a McDonald’s and are having a grand old time. I don’t think they will be settling down anytime soon. Alas. I will quote from a dude who has this mindful thing mastered: Howard Thurman, who died in 1981, and was a mystic, theologian, minister, and activist. His grandmother, who raised him with his mother, was a slave and was, for him, a great example of courage and faith. Anyway, here he is on the importance of rest and our fear of it. We must find sources of strength and ren... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4053343 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:08:25 +0100 4053343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3987042&cid=t_127356_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKqcIiDVsv8g%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThe Washington Post has an interesting report about the huge amount of money that Fairfax County spends to go after gambling. The story cites critics who ask “why law enforcement spends valuable time and money on combating sports gambling. The answer is obvious — and explicit in the story: “…police in Virginia are allowed to keep 100 percent of the assets they seize in state gambling cases.” In other words, harassing the gambling business is a profit-making endeavor for police. And it also can be deadly since cops killed an optometrist during a SWAT arrest. The Institute for Justice has a powerful video on the dangers of “policing for profit,” and Fairfax County is just one bad example of how this lures cops into misallocating ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3987042 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:21:35 +0100 3987042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625483&cid=t_127356_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FbfLoyX4p_9I%2F By Walter OlsonAs recent posts in this space indicate, advocates of individual liberty have a variety of views on the proper policy response to illegal immigration. Whatever the disagreements, I suspect there’s some degree of consensus that certain proposed remedies are entirely too Draconian. From the California Labor and Employment Law Blog: The U.S. Attorneys Office in San Diego has recently criminally prosecuted a French bakery for allegedly engaging in an intentional pattern and practice of hiring unauthorized workers. As part of the indictment, the Government is seeking hefty monetary fines, prison time for the owner and management, and asset forfeiture of the entire business to the Government. While the Government does not have experience running a French bakery, they are gett... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3625483 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:28:30 +0100 3625483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3567941&cid=t_127356_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F16%2Fface-it-6-steps-to-help-women-deal-with-aging%2F Mark Twain once wrote, “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” I like that. But get real. In a culture preoccupied with youth and beauty, where there has been a 114 percent increase in the number of cosmetic surgeries performed since 1997? How do women escape the judgment conferred on them every time she opens a magazine, gets online, or turns on the tube? How does she silence the menacing messages she sends herself when a new gray hair is found, or her crow’s feet grow an inch longer? Very deliberately and carefully say Vivian Diller, Ph.D and Jill Muir-Sukenick, Ph.D, both professional models turned psychologists, in their new book, “Face It: What Women Really Feel as Their Looks Change.” The authors propose a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3567941 Sun, 16 May 2010 10:30:29 +0100 3567941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490620&cid=t_127356_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4Zy1I-zW7m8%2F By David RittgersThe Institute for Justice has produced a study, Policing for Profit, which highlights the abuse of civil asset forfeiture laws. Law enforcement agencies are empowered across the nation to seize and keep property suspected of involvement in criminal activity. Unlike criminal  asset forfeiture, however, with civil forfeiture, a property owner need not be found guilty of a crime—or even charged—to permanently lose her cash, car, home or other property. Most state laws are written in such a way as to encourage police agents to pursue profit instead of seeking the neutral administration of justice. The report grades each state and the federal government on its forfeiture laws and other measures of abuse. The results are appalling: Six states earned an F and 29 states and t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490620 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:15:44 +0100 3490620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1352710&cid=t_127356_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fnhs-safe-is-in-gordon-browns-hands.html Half a pound of tuppenny rice,Half a pound of treacle.That’s the way the money goes,Pop goes the weasel.Up and down the City road,In and out the Eagle,That’s the way the money goes,Pop goes the weasel.Every night when I go outthe monkey’s on the table.Take a stick and knock it offPop goes the weasel.Within seconds of arriving in office, Gordon Brown and Ed Balls mounted a stealth raid on UK pension funds. The effects of that are still working their way through.  A little later Gordon went down to the bank vaults and sold off a huge tranche of British gold. The asset stripping is to continue.  Gordon Brown has realised that the NHS owns a lot of real estate, particularly in London.“Don’t worry” said a government spokesman “we will not lose our hospitals because once we have ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1352710 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:28:00 +0100 1352710