How Americans Game the $200 Billion-a-Year 'Disability-Industrial Complex' |
- How Americans Game the $200 Billion-a-Year 'Disability-Industrial Complex'
- China's bird flu outbreak not cause for panic: WHO
- Merkel tells Putin to give NGOs a chance
- China's bird flu outbreak not cause for panic: WHO
- VIDEO: Female wrestlers fighting prejudice
- Planets Outside Of Our Solar System
- NASA And MIT Mission Will Search For Habitable Planets
- SKorea: 'Indication' NKorea prepping for nuke test
- Mark Jacobs Talks Camelot Unchained, Kickstarter
- North Korea may be preparing new nuclear test: Seoul
- WHO talks with China on sending bird flu team
- Rogue Wave Capsizes Trans-Atlantic Ocean Rowers
- Chinese Stocks Shrug Off Bird Flu As PLA Officer Blames U.S. Military
- 10 Leadership Lessons I Wish I Learned In My 20's
- Flo Takes A Back Seat In A New Campaign From Progressive
- Can the American Dream Be Franchised?
- Grad Schools See Drop in Interest From Abroad
- WikiLeaks' "PLUS D" Aims To Digitize America's Secret Diplomatic History
- Opposition holds big rally in Venezuelan capital
- N Korea prepares for 'fourth nuclear test'
| How Americans Game the $200 Billion-a-Year 'Disability-Industrial Complex' Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:27 PM PDT If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know that America's health-care entitlements—Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare—are the biggest drivers of our exploding federal debt. What you may not know is that there is a fourth program, that pays disability benefits through the Social Security Administration, that is also growing at an alarming pace. While part of that growth can be explained by the aging of the U.S. population, the largest factor in the proliferation of disability spending comes from the fact that Congress has dramatically expanded the definition of who gets called "disabled." As a result, many able-bodied Americans have been granted government paychecks for life, crowding out our ability to direct needed resources to the genuinely infirm. |
| China's bird flu outbreak not cause for panic: WHO Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:05 PM PDT
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| Merkel tells Putin to give NGOs a chance Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:16 PM PDT
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| China's bird flu outbreak not cause for panic: WHO Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:05 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is not a cause for panic, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the number of people infected rose to 21, with six deaths.      |
| VIDEO: Female wrestlers fighting prejudice Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:41 PM PDT The ricefields festival in Senegal's Diembereng is a rare opportunity for women to try their hand at wrestling, but those who do still face prejudice. |
| Planets Outside Of Our Solar System Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:03 PM PDT |
| NASA And MIT Mission Will Search For Habitable Planets Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:03 PM PDT NASA announced on Friday that it will be granting $200 million in funding to MIT's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The goals of TESS are straightforward, but hard to do: they'll be widening by a huge order of magnitude the search for planets outside our solar system. |
| SKorea: 'Indication' NKorea prepping for nuke test Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:17 PM PDT
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| Mark Jacobs Talks Camelot Unchained, Kickstarter Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:53 PM PDT Camelot Unchained, the upcoming RvR-centric MMORPG from Mark Jacobs and City State Entertainment, could be the spiritual successor to the classic Dark Age of Camelot. We had a chance to talk to CSE co-founder Mark Jacobs and ask a few questions regarding the game and the decision to Kickstarter the project. |
| North Korea may be preparing new nuclear test: Seoul Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:48 PM PDT
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| WHO talks with China on sending bird flu team Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:44 PM PDT
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| Rogue Wave Capsizes Trans-Atlantic Ocean Rowers Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:28 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue crews combined efforts Saturday with the 800-foot Panamanian flag automobile carrier, Heijin, and the 600-foot Russian flag chemical-tank ship, Tanais Leader, to rescue four men attempting to row across the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Florida . |
| Chinese Stocks Shrug Off Bird Flu As PLA Officer Blames U.S. Military Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:25 PM PDT China's outbreak of H7N9, a type of bird flu, has killed 6 out of 21 confirmed human cases and led to a mass cull of poultry and closure of wet markets in Shanghai and other cities. The spread of a lethal infectious disease is very bad for business, as East Asia discovered in 2003 during the SARS outbreak. But Chinese investors aren't running for the exits, not yet. Shares in Shanghai opened down 2% Monday after a two-day holiday last week but recovered fairly quickly. A similar pattern was seen in Hong Kong, which also saw a sell-off last Friday, including a dip in airline stocks. Shanghai's index is down 0.7%, while the Hang Seng closed midday slightly higher. |
| 10 Leadership Lessons I Wish I Learned In My 20's Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:07 PM PDT All of us would do well with a second bite at the apple, another chance to go back and do it all over again. Our mistakes, as much as our successes, define us and can help steer us forward today. With this in mind, here are 10 lessons learned over the last 20 years of doing business that are now part of my thinking. Or put another way . . . during the interview question where they ask you "what is your management or leadership philosophy?" Well, here it is. [View the downloadable slideshow here] 1. Run With Blinders On We spend a lot of time wondering what is happening over there in the organization. "What are they doing over there? What is that group doing? Wait, why did they get that project? " At best this is wasted energy, and at worst a real distraction that keeps you from being fabulous you. It wasn't until my mid 30s that someone close to me gave me this advice. Their message was surprisingly simple: run like no one else matters. |
| Flo Takes A Back Seat In A New Campaign From Progressive Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:07 PM PDT Flo's Superstore has an "Out to Lunch" sign on its door. |
| Can the American Dream Be Franchised? Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:00 PM PDT The American dream for many people is to run their own company. As a result, they mistakenly pursue their hobby as their business idea. Unfortunately, very few people can make a living from their favorite interest. The worst reply when an entrepreneur is asked why they want to start a restaurant is "Well, I love to eat out and I always wanted to own one." This is one reason why so many restaurants close within a year of opening. Liking an area of business and having the experience to run it is two different things. |
| Grad Schools See Drop in Interest From Abroad Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:27 PM PDT Applications from Chinese citizens to U.S. graduate schools declined 5% for the coming academic year amid worries about unstable funding for science programs and tight immigration policies. |
| WikiLeaks' "PLUS D" Aims To Digitize America's Secret Diplomatic History Posted: 07 Apr 2013 08:55 PM PDT Not so long ago, WikiLeaks represented the world's most radical group of investigative journalists. Lately, Julian Assange's organization has been acting more like radical librarians. |
| Opposition holds big rally in Venezuelan capital Posted: 07 Apr 2013 08:33 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan opposition supporters rallied in a staunchly pro-government part of the capital on Sunday, answering a call by their candidate Henrique Capriles and showing strength a week before the presidential election.     |
| N Korea prepares for 'fourth nuclear test' Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:47 PM PDT S Korea official says there are "signs" of preparations as intelligence reports show stepped up activity at atomic site. |
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