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 'collective'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:43:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934115&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwTtef84LYHg%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonRuling just a week after hearing oral arguments in the case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned a lower-court ruling that had struck down the law. Though other challenges are foreseen, the law reining-in collective bargaining powers for public school employees and other state workers is now likely to go into effect — at least for the time being. Collective bargaining was always a bad idea for workers employed by a state-run monopoly, because it lacks the checks and balances of the private sector. When UPS went on strike, customers could — and did in great numbers — shift their business to FedEx, DHL and others. But taxpayers must keep paying for the public schools despite their rising costs and collapsing productivity. Still, it is unlikely tha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934115 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:43:31 +0100 4934115 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934333&cid=t_234717_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F15%2F4-fascinating-facts-you-might-not-know-about-carl-jung%2F In case you missed it, June 6th, 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s passing. Jung, born July 26, 1875, is one of the most compelling figures in psychology. Many people are familiar with Jung for his famous friendship and eventual split from Sigmund Freud, who considered their relationship at first to be one of father and son. Jung strongly disagreed with Freud’s sole emphasis on sex and other parts of his theories, and their relationship soon deteriorated. However, the two pioneers did agree on one thing: an individual must analyze his mind’s inner workings, including his dreams and fantasies. Jung founded analytical psychology, which emphasizes the importance of exploring both conscious and unconscious processes. According to one of his theories, all ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934333 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:12:12 +0100 4934333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734058&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FOTvW8AKCpvs%2F By George Scoville “Collective bargaining gives unions the exclusive right to speak for covered workers, many of whom may disagree with the views of the monopoly union.” “Which two have done more to improve your life — Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs, or Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi?” “A temporarily frozen debt limit could instead signal U.S. lawmakers’ resolve to get our fiscal house in order. It may even reassure investors about long-term U.S. economic prospects.” “What makes Americans exceptional is our ornery resistance to being bossed around.” Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) spoke recently at a Cato forum on fiscal policy about the CAP Act–here’s an excerpt of his remarks: Wednesday Links is a post from Cato @ Liberty -... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734058 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:16:36 +0100 4734058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570524&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYk4wY15ki0Y%2F By Michael F. CannonI present you Robert Laszewski's magnificent take on ObamaCare and Wisconsin, Democrats and Republicans. ‘So How Are Democrats and Republicans Different?’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570524 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:04:22 +0100 4570524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4552150&cid=t_234717_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fagnostics-and-alcoholics-anonymous%2F Image via WikipediaFor agnostics who would like to work the steps, this version of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous provides slightly different wording of the six steps that make reference to God or a Higher Power. This version of the Twelve Steps seems to have originated in agnostic A.A. groups in California.1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable.2. Came to believe and to accept that we needed strengths beyond our awareness and resources to restore us to sanity.[Original: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.]3. Made a decision to entrust our will and our lives to the care of the collective wisdom and resources of those who have searched before us.[Original: Made a decision to turn our wills an... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4552150 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:59:00 +0100 4552150 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536053&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fx-M3sGeT-Ng%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonLawmakers in Wisconsin and elsewhere are seeking to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public school employees as a means of controlling runaway spending (it has tripled in real terms since 1970, despite stagnation or decline in student achievement at the end of high school--see the last chart in this post). But even if collective bargaining is forbidden to state school employees, the savings will likely be negligible. Surprising as it may seem, that conclusion follows directly from the research on school employee unions, which I reviewed last year for the Cato Journal. Differences in spending between school districts with and without collective bargaining are modest to non-existent. Does this mean that the unions are impotent and that their members have been wa... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536053 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:59:32 +0100 4536053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4498272&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXv_roFu59iU%2F By David BoazAs Scott Walker in Wisconsin and other governors try to rein in the soaring costs of government employee pay and pensions, the Cato study "Vallejo Con Dios: Why Public Sector Unionism Is a Bad Deal for Taxpayers and Representative Government" takes on new relevance. Here's the executive summary: High rates of unionization in the public sector have led to very high labor costs in the form of generous collective bargaining contracts. Now state and local governments are under increasing financial pressure, as a worsening national economy has led to decreased revenues for states and municipalities—many of which remain locked into the generous contracts negotiated in more flush times. Thus, as businesses retrench, governments find themselves in a financial straitjacket. In addit... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4498272 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:51:36 +0100 4498272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942774&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F9fL96ThU808%2F By Tad DeHavenThe finances of the U.S. Postal Service are deeply in the red. The agency faces a permanently reduced demand for its services and its labor accounts for almost 80 percent of its costs. Thus it is not a good time for postal employees to get an increase in wages and benefits, right? According to one postal union, the USPS’s deteriorating condition isn’t relevant. The American Postal Workers Union, which represents more than 200,000 employees, has recently entered collective bargaining negotiations for a new contract. In an interview with Government Executive, APWU President William Burrus calls a pay increase for his members an “entitlement”: “More — more control over activities at work, more money, better benefits — we want more,” said Burrus. “We wil... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942774 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:47:00 +0100 3942774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641306&cid=t_234717_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F07%2Fwhat-is-social-search%2F The social search model is the newest endeavor to make search a more relevant and more fulfilling experience for audiences. Social search combines the best features of collective search results from the top search destinations and mixes them with a communal twist of lime. With social search we can now view what our friends or like-minded fans think around the world. Right now we are witnessing an entirely new way to connect people and sites to keywords. The interactive marketing industry is moving beyond simple keyword tagging methodologies and popularity ranking systems. A rose is never just a rose. When Gertrude Stein wrote “a rose is a rose is a rose” she had no idea how complex the garden actually was! The struggle for marketers is finding the path between keyword messaging... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641306 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:48:50 +0100 3641306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3482882&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWXg7JW-CY10%2F By Tad DeHavenComments from members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee at a recent hearing on the U.S. Postal Service’s woes indicate they don’t appreciate the USPS’s union problem. Postmaster General John Potter went before the committee to make his case for restructuring the postal operation, including greater labor flexibility. From GovExec.com: “You have to find people meaningful work, or no matter how compassionate you are, you’re not doing them any favors,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, criticizing holding rooms where underemployed postal workers wait until there are tasks for them to perform. “How many billions of dollars would have been saved if you&#8217... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3482882 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:35:37 +0100 3482882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440772&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fb4A_3dX2AIg%2F By David BoazThat’s the question that John Stossel will be asking Thursday night to a motley collection of guests, including P. J. O’Rourke, Andrew Napolitano, Jeffrey Miron, and me. Tune in the Fox Business Network at 8:00 p.m. ET. It repeats many times, as noted here, but you know, it’s like the NCAA championship: you don’t want to watch the repeat on ESPN Classic, you want to watch it live with everyone else for the collective experience. So be there at 8:00 Thursday. Or of course you could just read Libertarianism: A Primer and The Libertarian Reader. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440772 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:53:27 +0100 3440772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3271020&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7YRTAngN3SA%2F By David BoazThe AP reports: In a land dispute pitting Madonna against African villagers, Malawi’s government has sided with the pop star who has pumped millions into the impoverished Southern African country and adopted two of its children. Villagers have been refusing to move from a plot of land near the capital, Lilongwe, where Madonna wants to build a $15-million school for girls. The government, however, says it had originally planned to develop the plot, and only allowed the villagers to live there until a project was identified. Lilongwe District Commissioner Charles Kalemba, accompanied by other government officials and representatives from Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity, on Thursday met with about 200 villagers and told them they would have to move. The villagers hav... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3271020 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:20:16 +0100 3271020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220510&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fqi-7Q93AdMk%2F By David BoazIn response to my Los Angeles Times op-ed on the movie “Avatar,” in which I claim that conservative critics missed the central conflict over property rights, I’ve received some emails arguing that the Na’vi in the film lacked “well-defined property rights” or simply that a collective group cannot have rights to the property they live on. So I went to some smarter guys to ask them what they thought about “collective property rights.” The political philosopher Tom G. Palmer (best known as an activist and traveling troubadour of liberty [see pictures in this very large pdf] but also a deep thinker about liberty, as seen in his new book Realizing Freedom) says: Just because people did not have English freehold property rights is no... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220510 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:37:14 +0100 3220510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2812416&cid=t_234717_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F20%2Fcarl-jungs-red-book%2F Carl Jung is a fascinating character in psychology’s history. Mentored by Freud himself, Jung broke off from Freud to found his own theory of human behavior, nowadays generally referred to as Jungian psychology. The Jungian theories place more emphasis on the spiritual side of our inner psyche, and the belief that all of humanity shares what he referred to as a collective unconscious. He also believed in the power of archetypes — that our myths and symbols are universal and innate and serve a greater purpose in helping us learn from each of our stages in life. Carl Jung died 48 years ago, but he still has a devout following of professionals, clinicians and researchers who believe in the power of his theories. While not a popular form of psychotherapy in the United States, it r... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2812416 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:24:23 +0100 2812416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510285&cid=t_234717_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6HVyQZl27Os%2F For years we’ve been told that charter schools are the future of public schooling. The reverse is true. The pattern in publicly funded education, both domestically and internationally, has always been one of increasing regulation over time, and of the triumph of producer interests over the interests of parents and children. Public schools in the late 1800s had considerably more autonomy than do most modern charter schools. Over time, public schools have come under the sway of centralized bureaucracies dominated by employee unions. That same pattern is playing out in the charter school sector. As the Associated Press reports today, the American Federation of Teachers has just signed several more collective bargaining agreements for charter school teachers in New York City and Chicago.... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510285 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:23:53 +0100 2510285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380883&cid=t_234717_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F30%2Fsilencing-groupthink-in-your-organization%2F Groupthink is a term describing the idea that people in a group or meeting will stay quiet out of fear of the disagreement of others. It’s easier to remain quiet and have the meeting end or have the group move on than to spend another hour in disagreement or having to defend one’s beliefs or opinions: Collective decision-making failures are often attributed to group members’ unwillingness to express unpopular opinions, and incident investigations frequently name lack of dissent as a causal factor (Sunstein, 2006). The investigation following the Columbia space-shuttle explosion, for instance, cited a culture at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in which “it is difficult for minority and dissenting opinions to percolate up through the agency’s ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380883 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:00:00 +0100 2380883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1763988&cid=t_234717_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fpouf-of-ponchos.html I make one for my daughter. It looks delightful. I knit one for myself, they’re so quick and easy. I knit one for my older daughter, sludge coloured so that she can blend in with her beloved trees. Since my mother-in-law's birthday is only a day or two away, I knit another one. I have quite a bit of wool left over.At the weekend, when everyone is home, I sort though my wool basket to the delight of small people who frequently believe that playing with balls of yarn makes them every bit as irresistible as kittens.“You are knit me?”“Pardon?”“I need?”“What do you need?”“I am needing a pouf too,” he wheedles.It certainly would be a good way to use up all the scraps and leftovers. It might help reduce global warming. It would fit in well with the recycling plan. It would b... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1763988 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:10:00 +0100 1763988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1221302&cid=t_234717_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fvoting-power.html I gave a lot of thought to this post, a whole 72 hours of cogitating. It occurred to me that this might be a way of making the concept of autism a little less ........hmm, how can I put it.....unpopular, more mainstream, shed a little light in the darkness perhaps?Andy 29 also known as "Angela" over at "Memoirs of a Chaotic Mommy" has very kindly nominated my blog for a number of awards, quite alarming! But I'm none the less grateful, thank you so much.You may or not be familiar with this site and it's nominations, but believe me, it's not for the faint hearted. You have to register, and then whizz off into middle earth never to see the light of day again. Quite nightmarish and I speak from personal experience here.My first brilliant idea was to nip on over and vote for myself 7 and a half... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1221302 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:45:00 +0100 1221302