Why We Don't Let People Die. We've actually written this expectation into law: The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) prohibits hospitals that accept Medicare (i.e., virtually all hospitals) from withholding such treatment. But the idea that providers of medical care have this sort of obligation goes back much farther than that, as Howard Markel, a leading historian of medicine from the University of Michigan, explains: “It is part of the standard “social contract” doctors have long had with their patients and society at large… most famously it emerges from the teachings of Hippocrates—and in particular the Oath.”
I happen to agree with this attitude: We shouldn't let people die, just because they can't pay a medical bill. Partly that's because I recognize the role chance and misfortune play in our lives. A child born into a family without health insurance couldn't have done something different to get covered. But you know what? We all make those kinds of mistakes in life.
Justin Verlander | The Onion Sports Network. Russia: How the War on Terrorism Did Putin a Favor. Ten years ago, on Sept. 20, 2001, President George W. Bush announced for the first time that in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 the U.S. was starting a "war on terror," and he asked every nation to help.
Four days later, against the advice of many of his generals, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed, creating a bond unlike any the U.S. and Russia had built since World War II. But as with many of the unlikely relationships the U.S. formed after 9/11, the reasoning behind this one was not just solidarity or common cause. Countries around the world realized the practical appeal of a war on terrorism. Even before Putin became Russia's President in early 2000, and long before the Twin Towers fell, he had invoked the idea of a war against global terrorism to justify Russia's war in Chechnya.
There was scant evidence, however, that the Chechen rebels were part of some global Islamist terrorist network, as Putin and his government repeatedly claimed. 6 Easy Steps to Falling Asleep Fast PsyBlog. Psychological research over three decades demonstrates the power of Stimulus Control Therapy. Can’t get a good night’s sleep? You’re not alone. In surveys of what would improve people’s lives, a good night’s sleep frequently comes near the top of the list. Poor sleep results in worse cognitive performance, including degraded memory, attention, performance and alertness. And in the long term insomnia is also associated with anxiety and depression.
And people’s sleep gets worse as they get older. After 65 years old, between 12% and 40% of people have insomnia. All sorts of methods have been tried to combat poor sleep, from drugs through psychological remedies to more outlandish treatments. The problem with drugs is that they have side-effects and are often addictive. Stimulus Control Therapy Professor Richard R.
Of these the most successful single intervention is called Stimulus Control Therapy (Morin et al., 2006). Why it works This is just as true of thoughts as it is of actions. Perfect Persuasive Messages PsyBlog. Craft messages that change minds using these 20 principles of persuasion, all based on established psychological research. Perfection is hard to achieve in any walk of life and persuasion is no different. It relies on many things going just right at the crucial moment; the perfect synchronisation of source, message and audience. But even if perfection is unlikely, we all need to know what to aim for. To bring you the current series on the psychology of persuasion I’ve been reading lots of research, much more than is covered in recent posts. Here are the most important points for crafting the perfect persuasive message, all of which have scientific evidence to back them up. Multiple, strong arguments: the more arguments, the more persuasive, but overall persuasive messages should be balanced, as two-sided arguments fare better than their one-sided equivalents (as long as counter-arguments are shot down).Relevance: persuasive messages should be personally relevant to the audience.
How to Get a Job in Technical Writing A 7-Step Guide for Students | I'd Rather Be Writing. If you’re a college student looking to become a technical writer after you graduate, you face a formidable challenge: you can’t get a job without experience, and you can’t get experience without a job. Especially in a competitive job market, getting a job as a technical writer directly after you graduate — without a foundation of previous jobs, experience with a handful of tools, and an impressive portfolio — can be especially difficult.
However, if you follow these seven steps, which are not easy, not something you can do overnight, you will find a job. Note: In a couple of weeks I’m giving a presentation to Brigham Young University Idaho students with this post’s topic (getting a job as a technical writer). My presentation is part of their annual professional writing conference. Oct 09 update: Here’s a recording of the presentation. Last week on Twitter I asked my followers what advice they would give to students on finding a job in technical writing. InShare5. Full Time Freelance Writing - Make Freelance Writing Your Full Time Job. Careers Freelance Writing Share this page on: Send to a Friend via Email Your suggestion is on its way!
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Write | Factoidz. Triond - Dashboard. Start Freelance Writing - How to Start a Freelance Writing Career. If there's an email that I get once a day, it's some variation on the question "How Do I Get Started? " Luckily, I get a bit of background with the question, and so I can (sort of) tailor the answer to the individual email -- even if it's just a sentence or two. For example, I may refer a former technical writer wanting to turn freelance to the Society for Technical Communication, while I would direct a stay at home mom looking to make a few extra dollars to Freelance Writing Gigs.
I recently told a downsized administrative assistant that she should start with some business writing such as brochures and newsletters, and suggested to someone who desperately wanted to be a full time magazine writer to read Writer's Market cover to cover. I don't mind trying to keep up with the individual emails, but I do think it would be much more efficient to put this down in one place! There are two main categories that About Freelance Writing readers seem to fall into. Get a Clip! Freelance Writing, An Introduction to Getting Started in Freelance Writing. 101 Great Posting Ideas That Will Make Your Blog Sizzle. Michigan Gov. Snyders Budget Improves Competitiveness but Costs Individuals. Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. 262 Michigan, once the proud center of the thriving American auto industry, has been in decline for some time.
In 1999, the state ranked 21st highest in the U.S. in GDP per capita; in 2009 it was ranked 41st.[1] In 2009 alone, per capita GDP fell by 5.2%,[2] and while Michigan's unemployment rate reached a two-year low of 11.1%[3] in December of 2010, it remains much higher than the national rate of 9.4%.[4] On February 17, Governor Rick Snyder (R) released his proposed budget for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013. It includes an ambitious plan to overhaul the state's business taxes. The broad outlines of the plan are to eliminate the Michigan Business Tax (MBT) and replace it with a more conventional corporate income tax.
In order to make up for lost revenue from the switch, Snyder has proposed to eliminate most targeted business tax incentives, expand the individual income tax to pension income, and cancel future income tax rate reductions. Business Taxes Analysis. FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis. An early look at HITf/x. Smoking pot helps me play with my toddler. I’ve been a weekend pot smoker since I was about eighteen. As a new mother, I continued the indulgence, but only when I was out and my son had a babysitter. I swore I’d never be stoned around my kid. And that plan worked for two and a half years, right up until one morning when my toddler waged a concerted campaign to fray each of my nerves.
Everything I asked of him resulted in an argument. He refused to take a bath. Still trying to keep it together, I said, “Okay, honey, you want me to read one of your books? “No! That did it. I wondered if instead of fines, the library would take a kid in trade. Desperate for a change of scenery, I shoved my son in his car seat and drove to the mall. I thought to myself, feeling a bit guilty about breaking my rule against toasted childcare. With munchies setting in, I bought us both crystallized sugar lollipops on wooden sticks – his first time seeing one, and my first time eating one in about twenty years. Some Observations About the UN Palestine Vote (UPDATED) - Jeffrey Goldberg - International. 1. Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, writes in The Times today: The parameters of a peace deal are well known and they have already been put on the table. I put them there in September 2008 when I presented a far-reaching offer to Mr.
Abbas. Perhaps the Security Council should ask Mr. 2. 3. 4. More later. UPDATE: Hussein Ibish has a very interesting piece up on Atlantic.com about the fallout from Obama's speech. American opposition to the statehood bid is driven in part by a desire to protect the U.S. It's now become conventional wisdom that the Palestinians don't trust the Obama Administration enough to allow it to broker negotiations. 5 Situations That Are Secretly Terrifying for Awkward People. #2. Gym Locker Rooms The problem with a locker room isn't that it's inherently uncomfortable to be naked and sweaty in a room full of guys who are similarly naked and sweaty. Yes, that's weird, but most guys in the world know that it's weird, so we all collectively agree to make it as comfortable as possible by not talking to or looking at anyone.
We dress quickly, we shower quickly, and reduce the amount of time that we're actually naked around each other to an absolute minimum. Most of us do, anyway. The real problem is that, in every locker room in every gym at all times, there are people that are way, way too comfortable. Guy: "Hey, Dan, long time no see, how've you been? " Me: "Oh, just... Guy: "Nice. Me: "Mostly doing my best to not see your dick, because we work together. Guy: "Cool, nice, yeah.
Me: "Yeah that'll- Wait, what the fuck are you doing in here? " "Wife's really been ridin' my ass about fixin' our lawnmower. There's no explanation for it. . #1. Shit. My Father Was a Communist - Erik Tarloff - National. In the 1950s, the author's father was interrogated by the House Un-American Committee and blacklisted by his profession. Years later, too many Americans fail to grasp the moral of his story. Screenwriter Frank Tarloff, 37, appears before a hearing of the House Committee on Un-American Activities in Los Angeles April 8, 1953 / AP Images My father, Frank Tarloff, a Hollywood screenwriter, was blacklisted by the entertainment industry in 1953, at the height of the McCarthy era.
For those unfamiliar with the blacklist, here's a brief explanation of its workings: People in the industry who were named by others as having had Communist affiliations were subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee and interrogated in open hearings about their political beliefs. They were also required to identify others who held similar beliefs. Witnesses who cooperated were usually able to resume their careers. Despite the grim consequences, a large majority of the witnesses refused to cooperate. Saudade. Saudade (European Portuguese: [sɐwˈðaðɨ], Brazilian Portuguese: [sawˈdadi] or [sawˈdadʒi], Galician: [sawˈðaðe]; plural saudades)[1] is a Portuguese and Galician word that has no direct translation in English. It describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing may never return.[2] A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing.
Saudade was once described as "the love that remains" after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. In Brazil, the day of Saudade is officially celebrated on 30 January.[3][4] History[edit] Origins[edit] Definition[edit] Elements[edit] Music[edit] Is the Near-Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Bubble About to Pop? September 21, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email.
“If you want to take a relation of violent extortion, sheer power, and turn it into something moral, and most of all, make it seem like the victims are to blame, you turn it into a relation of debt.” -- Economic anthropologist David Graeber, author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years Tarah Toney worked two full-time jobs to put herself through college, at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, and still has $75,000 in debt. She graduated in six years with a Bachelor's in English and wanted to go on to teach high school. “Right about the time I graduated, Texas severely cut funding to our education system—thanks, Perry--and school districts across the state stopped hiring and started firing.
She continued, “In August my post-graduation grace period was up and all of the payments on my student loans amount to $500/month. Why You Should Talk to Fat and Ugly Girls by Dan Tolumbro. From Pickupmastery.com: One thing Ive been noticing from going out lately is that the hottest girls I end up making out with or number closing usually arent in the set when I open.. What happens is I go up to some girls who are maybe 5s to 6s, and chat with them, get them giggling, etc. From there, a hot girl, maybe an 8-9 walks up and introduces herself to me. Believe it or not, a lot of hot girls roll with less attractive girls.
Just two weeks I had rolled up to a couple less than attractive girls and said You seem fun, I just had to say hi. Now could this have worked had I waited until the 8.9 was already in the set? On a more general note, you should be playfully bantering with all types of women, and guys as well. Also by talking to as many people as possible you can sort of neg the girls you finally legitimately approach. No Weights? No Problem. | Movement. Eckhart Tolle, not reacting to content, www.soundstrue.com. How Anti-Authoritarians Can Transcend their Sense of Hopelessness and Fight Back | World. Is the world too big to fail? The Revolution Begins at Home: A Clarion Call to Join the Wall Street Protests | Activism & Vision. Stop Coddling the Super-Rich. Buffett Rule Is More Complicated Than Politics Suggest. 8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance | Activism & Vision.
Prohibition, a Ken Burns Documentary on PBS. Wall Street Occupiers, Protesting Till Whenever. Denmark institutes fat tax. The Arab Spring's unintended consequences. Occupy Wall Street and the History of Democratic Finance Protest. Why The World Hates America - Shaykh Anwar al Awlaki. Scott Atran: How Killing Awlaki Affects America, Al Qaeda, and the Arab Spring. Debunking the Cul-de-Sac - Design. Detroit: City on the Move - Jobs & Economy.
Detroit Looks to Community Gardens, Markets and Farms. The Young and Entrepreneurial Move to Downtown Detroit, Pushing Its Economic Recovery. How Anti-Authoritarians Can Transcend their Sense of Hopelessness and Fight Back | World. Civilization To Hold Off On Having Any More Kids For A While | The Onion - America's Finest News Source. The Extrajudicial Drone Murder of US Citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. 2010: Second Biggest Year for Marijuana Arrests in History, Despite Rising Rates of Marijuana Acceptance. Michigan school performance is lagging by national and international standards.