considerations, and partisan divisions. But given Congress’s extreme partisan and ideological polarization, the ongoing fight over the ACA, the legacy of mythic “death panels,” and recriminations over Medicare reform, the IPAB’s rough start should not be surprising. This is not the sort of political environment in which an independent board charged with making controversial decisions about one ...

Philippe Ariès (1914–84) first won fame for his provocative rethinking of the history of childhood and the family [1], though his contributions have subsequently been severely criticized [2]. What then of his studies of the history of death? These too opened up an exciting new field of inquiry [3]. Have they stood the test of time, or suffered a similar fate? Indeed, has the whole history of de...

department of islamic philosophy and wisdom, university of zanjan the “mashriqiyya principle”, trusted by the persian theosophists and the basis for their light wisdom that suhrawardī tried to revive, is the principle of light and darkness. philosophy of illumination (ḥikmat ishrāq), as a discursive-intuitive philosophy, is a light-oriented metaphysical wisdom. in this wisdom, light is the secr...

the present study seeks to explain and analyse some of the fundamentals of hick’s discussion of the problem of evil or theodicy. in this study, while analysing john hick’s solution to the problem of the existence of evil in the world, we will see that he begins his exposition of the discussion of theodicy by interpreting the notion of primordial fall (and sin) as a myth and opines that moral ev...

We re-visit the common assumption that privacy risks of sharing Internet infrastructure data outweigh the benefits, and suggest that we have a window of opportunity in which to apply methods for undertaking empirical Internet research that can lower privacy risks while achieving research utility. The current default, defensive posture to not share network data derives from the purgatory formed ...

Various cases of treatment recorded by Yagel demonstrate his synthesis of medicine with astrology and Judaism. The contemporary view ofdemonology in relation to disease is shown to include rabbinic and Cabalistic ideas. The author shows how Yagel's study of nature reaffirmed his belief in the unity of God and discusses his attitude towards prodigies of nature, contemporary scientific discovery,...

he use of fictional characters and festivals to sell unhealthy commodities is well established. Both Santa Claus and the Easter bunny have been employed to influence people, especially children, towards unhealthy behaviour. 1,2 Each year, on 31 October, an increasing number of witches and wizards darken the doors of Australian households, demanding free junk food. The rising popularity of Hallo...