As President Obama visits London this week, he is finding himself at the center of a very British controversy. The U.S. president has become a surprisingly important player in Britain's passionate "Brexit" debate — with his views even earning him the title "most anti-British American president there has ever been," coined by a well-known politician.
For the uninitiated, "Brexit" is the catchy portmanteau used to refer to Britain's potential exit from the European Union. After years of growing public dissent over the country's E.U. membership, Britain is set to have a referendum this summer on whether to remain in it. If a majority of Brits vote to "leave" the E.U., Britain will exit the bloc.
Obama's intervention in the Brexit debate had been widely expected. Last year, he had told the BBC that he supports Prime Minister David Cameron's campaign for Britain to remain in the E.U., adding that the membership gave Washington greater confidence in the transatlantic alliance and helped make the world “safer and more prosperous."
1. Foreign leaders shouldn't comment on another country's domestic affairs.
In a letter signed by 100 members of Parliament, former Conservative cabinet minister Liam Fox argued that Obama should not interfere in the Brexit debate as it has "long been the established practice not to interfere in the domestic political affairs of our allies and we hope that this will continue."
2. The United States would never agree to be a part of the E.U., they argue, so why should Britain?
The chief proponent of this argument is Boris Johnson, the mayor of London and a leading figure in Cameron's Conservative Party. In March, Johnson accused the United States of "exorbitant hypocrisy," saying it was in no position to preach because it defended its own sovereignty with "hysterical vigilance." He doubled down on this statement recently, saying it was "bizarre" to be lectured by the Americans when they "won't even sign up to the international convention on the law of the seas, let alone the International Criminal Court."
Other prominent figures within the Conservative Party have supported this view: Former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith recently said that voting to leave the E.U. would make Britain "look a little more like the U.S." Duncan Smith also suggested that if Washington liked the E.U. so much, perhaps it should join the bloc.
3. Obama hates the British.
It was Nigel Farage, the eccentric leader of the anti-E.U. U.K. Independence Party, who said that Obama is the "most anti-British American president there has ever been." This is almost certainly untrue, but it taps into a wider belief that maybe Obama just doesn't really like Britain that much.
This belief dates to at least 2009, when the British media criticized the new president for apparently sending a bust of Winston Churchill back to Britain. (As The Washington Post's Fact Checker column recently explained, the reality of this situation was a lot more complicated.) Johnson also drew on this argument in an article published in the Sun tabloid this week, suggesting to his readers that the "part-Kenyan President" had an "ancestral dislike of the British empire."
Adding fuel to the fire, Obama recently appeared to criticize Cameron, reigniting debate over the U.S. president's apparently cold view of Britain and what that says about the future of the "special relationship" between the two countries.
The logic here seems to go that Obama's hatred for Britain makes him want to keep the country in the E.U., where it will suffer forever more. Or, perhaps more mundanely, Obama could just be acting out of self-interest and be indifferent to what happens to Brits.
It's pretty easy to chip some holes in these arguments, however.
For one thing, a Brexit vote isn't just a domestic affair. It really does affect Americans, too. London has long served as a voice for Washington in Europe, sharing not only a language but also perhaps an ethos bred by the close ties between the countries. If a Brexit actually happens, the United States will lose its top E.U. ally — and perhaps have to find another one. Where this would leave London is unclear: The United States is not keen to pursue new bilateral free-trade agreements, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said recently, and instead favors multilateral free-trade platforms.
More broadly, the United States is concerned about the potential effects a Brexit could have on the world economy — the International Monetary Fund has warned that there would be "severe regional and global damage" if Britain leaves the E.U. And at a time of growing global concern about terrorism, experts have suggested that a Brexit would create serious security problems for Europe and, by extension, the United States.
Second, it's certainly true that the United States has shied away from a lot of international legislation. "All countries try to guard their sovereignty and maintain their freedom of action, but the United States is the world’s only superpower, so it has more go-it-alone power than any other country," Michael Beckley, an assistant professor of political science at Tufts University, said in an email.
But it's also more complicated than Obama's Brexit critics portray it. In the case of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, also known as the Law of the Sea Treaty, it was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994. However, Congress has repeatedly refused to ratify it, as it has many other international treaties. The case of the International Criminal Court is a little different, but it is still not quite as Johnson has described: Clinton signed the Rome Statute that would lead to the creation of the ICC, but successor George W. Bush refused to ratify the statute and effectively "unsigned" it by declining to work with the court.
Finally, Obama's supposed hatred of the Brits is a little hard to see in action. He doesn't seem to have made any substantive changes to the special relationship in the seven years he has been in office, other than some not-so-thinly veiled criticism about Britain not pulling its weight on the world stage. Perhaps more important, polls have shown that he is widely respected and liked by Brits — in particular, the younger generations expected to turn out in droves for the Brexit vote.
Ultimately, that might be the real reason that Obama's thoughts on Brexit are proving so controversial in Britain: They may well carry more weight than the opinions of Britain's own leaders.


What if last Tuesday's MRT shutdown repeats itself? Danson Cheong and Samantha Boh talk to the experts on how best to handle the situation.
Last Tuesday night, when SMRT had to shut down the two lines which are the backbone of the train system, thousands of commuters spilt out of the exits of 54 stations.
Others arrived to find the stations closed during the breakdown of the East-West and North-South lines, which lasted more than two hours and affected more than 250,000 commuters during the Tuesday evening peak hour.
Many who were left stranded in unfamiliar neighbourhoods took more than two hours to get home as they tried to figure out alternative ways to complete their journeys.
Despite a series of recommendations by the Committee of Inquiry in 2012 following two major breakdowns in 2011, the problem of dealing with commuters in the aftermath of a breakdown remains.
The COI had noted, in particular, that improvements to bus bridging must be made to help stranded commuters. It recommended that SMRT consider designating dedicated bus pick-up points and have bus-bridging services at unaffected MRT stations.
However, on Tuesday, SMRT did not activate this bus-bridging service. Instead, it said, it deployed any available bus resources to supplement regular bus services which were free to commuters.
SMRT has acknowledged this was one of the gaps in its service recovery that evening.
Experts agreed that additional buses that evening could have been better utilised to disperse the crowd. A more effective way would have been to arrange for buses to take commuters to transport nodes, including bus interchanges, where commuters will have more bus services to choose from.
"These buses should take passengers to designated centres, not run their regular routes - you could take (commuters) to neighbourhoods such as Buona Vista, Jurong East or Tampines," said Mr Jair Smits from engineering consultancy Witteveen+Bos, which also specialises in urban transport management.
Another good way to deploy the buses is to have them run parallel to the train line, noted National University of Singapore transport researcher Lee Der Horng. "This means people can still use it in lieu of the MRT," said Prof Lee.
Other experts, such as Professor Lau Hoong Chuin of the Singapore Management University (SMU), suggested using existing transit card data to understand commuters' travel patterns at different stations and plan shuttle buses accordingly.
"You can very quickly optimise your bridging services. For instance, during office hours most commuters will be going to Raffles Place. So if Ang Mo Kio has a disruption, you will want to take commuters to Raffles Place," said Prof Lau, who is director of the Fujitsu-SMU Urban Computing and Engineering Corp Lab.
MP (Mountbatten) Lim Biow Chuan, who is on the Government Parliamentary Committee for Transport, noted however that it was not economically feasible for public transport operators, SMRT and SBS Transit, to have too many buses on standby in depots.
"The struggle we have is how many buses do we want to put on standby, do we plan (contingencies) on the basis of one, two or three MRT lines being down?" he said.
To solve this problem of redundancy, experts suggested roping in private bus operators to fill in the gaps during a major breakdown.
Woodlands Transport's general manager Roger Wong, said his company with about 350 buses, would be happy to provide assistance.
"As a home-grown private transport company, we are committed to serving the local community," he said.


What is your title and one sentence job description here at MWEB?
I’m the Shipping Clerk for the past two and a half years, which includes many responsibilities, but the main one is the day to day shipping. Our products go across the country and around the world. Accurate, on time fulfilment is critical.
Why did you, personally, go on the trip to D.C.?
I went as the MWEB Employee of the Year. Our employee of the year is nominated by top management. After receiving that honor, I was also nominated for consideration for the National Industries for the Blind employee of the year.
What was your experience at the conference?
There were so many people at the conference! I had no idea how many other companies exist like ours, but it was impressive. My time there was inspiring. I was surrounded by legally blind people from all over the nation who are not only employed, but are making a lasting impact in their agencies and their cities.
What was your role while you were in D.C. beyond employee of the year?
I was representing MidWest Enterprises for the Blind. On the Hill I was able to put a personal face to our community’s larger story and share my personal struggles as a legally blind man. There were a lot of different emotions that came with sharing my story even though I’ve been sharing in different arenas for a while; this experience was unique. I liked talking to the politicians and their staffers, it seemed like they were really focusing on what I had to say and felt like they really cared.
Experiencing so many other legally blind people was awesome. Hearing their personal stories and what they’re to impact their organizations and cities was inspiring.
I really liked to share my story and help to put a face to the stories that people have heard in the past. I want to do more for our Kalamazoo and West Michigan community, specifically with the legally blind.


I'm not after it, just really curious as to what it plugs in to!
An interesting question (and drive) - I'm not adding much, but perhaps it's for some MS-DOS or similar system of XT vintage, with the D-shell connector being data and the DIN plug being for power supply?
totally a guess, but the external drive for a commodore 128D?
True, that DIN plug does look like a Commodore serial connector, but then what's the D shell (Centronics-looking, I forget the technical name) connector for?
Not Commodore. That DIN connector don't got enough pins. This is definitely for something more strange. The question is, who used Micro Ribbon connectors for floppy drives? The DIN will be power; there's enough pins in the Micro Ribbon for a direct connection to the back of a 5.25" drive's controller. I'mma guess something like a BBC perhaps? I've got an external floppy drive with a similar Micro Ribbon connector and a strange, almost Molex QuickFit type power cable.
True, it's really a guessing game! I didn't think the DIN looked quite right for a Commodore serial connector, but memory is vague on that. Besides, as mentioned, the other connector looks very parallel-data-ish. BBC is an interesting guess, but I can only remember them using different DIN plugs to this for various serialish things, whereas the drive connectors I remember were simple pin headers (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_header ). There could have been other BBC drive interfaces though (I think the Master is the one I'm remembering, but I had Model Bs as well). The mystery continues! I'm sure someone will recognise it eventually.
Carcenomy wrote: I'mma guess something like a BBC perhaps?
No. Acorn originally used a 34way IDC header on the motherboard to connect disc drives. Pretty confident the same went for the Master series, except for the Master Compact using a 'standard' 25pin D plug (like you would expect a parallel cable from the back of your real/old PC to use). The newer boxes (Archimedes) required extra buffer hardware for external drives, usually from third parties, and they were generally IDC style plugs too.
Could be for the Amstrad 6128+ as it apparently has a 36pin female centronics port for the external disk drive. Not sure about the din though but it could be some sort of power connector especially as it only has 4 pins.
Found it. It's from an Amstrad PC2386. This page shows the ports on the back of the machine.
A bit of a rarity I would think.
"I also have doubt as to why you would want to connect an external drive to this computer. I believe you would be able to fit two floppy drives into the machine itself."
It's for a 5.25 inch drive, which won't fit internally.
It is an interesting looking machine. I wonder if they still have it tucked away somewhere or if it is long since gone.
acsi wrote: Could be for the Amstrad 6128+ as it apparently has a 36pin female centronics port for the external disk drive. Not sure about the din though but it could be some sort of power connector especially as it only has 4 pins.
Wikipedia wrote: In order to simplify the EMC screening process, the edge connectors of the previous models have been replaced with micro-ribbon connectors as previously used on the German Schneider CPC6128. As a result, a wide range of extensions for the original CPC range is connector-incompatible with the 464plus and 6128plus. In addition, the 6128plus does not have a tape socket for an external tape drive.
I had one of those PC2386s years ago. It was an interesting machine, easy to get to the parts you could modify, impossibly hard to get to anything more interesting.
Looking for detailed images of the back of a CPC6128+ (which features a couple of micro ribbon connectors) I found this: http://www.jonathanen.com/pages/Help/Sideswitch+.jpg. The floppy connector on this model was a 36 pin micro ribbon ("Centronics") connector, so I'd agree with this being a 5.25" drive for a CPC6128+ - a pretty oddball combo, but I've also found links to articles on how to mod one for a 3.5" drive, so obviously people were/are doing whatever they can to avoid having to use those stupid 3" disks! The 4 pin DIN makes some kind of sense for power - +5, +12 and a couple of grounds, just like a molex.


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Dominant seventh chord in the major scale contains diminished triad of the seventh?
The seventh chord built on the fifth step of the scale (the dominant seventh) is the only dominant seventh chord available in the major scale: it contains all three notes of the diminished triad of the seventh and is frequently used as a stronger substitute for it.
What does this mean, especially "diminished triad of the seventh"?
"Dominant seventh" is a shorthand for what others call a "major-minor seventh," meaning a major triad with a minor seventh on top.
If we take all notes of a major scale and create seventh chords on top of them using only the notes of that major scale, only one of these seventh chords will be a major-minor ("dominant") seventh: that built on scale-degree 5 of the major scale. Scale-degree 5 is called the "dominant," hence the term "dominant seventh."
When this text says "diminished triad of the seventh," the writer is being a little loose with their terminology. It should say "diminished triad of the seventh scale degree," because the triad built on top of that seventh scale degree is a diminished triad. And that same diminished triad is the third, fifth, and seventh of the dominant seventh chord built on scale-degree 5.
In C major, scale-degree 5 is G and scale-degree 7 is B. The seventh chord on G is G B D F (a major triad G B D with a minor seventh G F), and it includes the diminished triad built on scale-degree 7: B D F.
We call the resolution stronger because the V7 chord is much more directional (the vii°7 chord, which would be the diminished seventh chord, is symmetrical and ambiguous). There are other reasons, and as further reading, this post does a good job explaining this resolution's strengths.
I won't explain much of chord theory since it seems clear that you are looking into theory on your own. however, I will explain what is written in the snippet that you posted in your question.
"The seventh chord built on the fifth step of the scale (the dominant seventh)"
it is referring to the diatonic seventh chord derived from the 5th note of your major scale.
Diatonic seventh chord means the chord has the triad plus the seventh note which is in the scale. For example - in the case of C major scale, the fifth of C is G. Now let's try forming the seventh chord (remember the seventh chord is basically the triad plus the 7th note from the initial note.). G triad in C major is a major chord - G-B-D. the diatonic ( in scale ) seventh from G is F. So your seventh chord built on the fifth step of C major is G-B-D-F.
This chord is known as a dominant seventh chord and is denoted as (roman numeral)7.
"is the only dominant seventh available on the major scale"
and what the above line meant was that you can only make a dominant 7th chord from the 5th note of the major scale within the scale. Taking any other note and making the seventh chord from that note won't be a Dominant seventh.
"it contains all three notes of the diminished triad of the seventh and is frequently used as a stronger substitute for it"
the diminished triad of the seventh means the chord root of which is the seventh note of the scale. So in the case of C major scale, it will be a B diminished chord. The notes of B dim are - B,D,F . . . Seems familiar?
It has almost all the notes from G7 or "the seventh chord made from fifth step". Since it has almost all the notes from Bdim, it is often times used as a substitute of the diminished chord.
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Every note in a major scale can have a triad built on it, as shown in user45266's answer. But here, we're talking about seventh chords, which not only have 1,3 and 5, but a diatonic 7 too. As in (key C) - C E G B. D F A C. E G B D. F A C E. G B D F. A C E G. B D F A. The bold letters are the chord names, and each is called 7th. C and F become maj7, D, E and A become min7, leaving the chords from the question. The only dominant chord is that based on G, which also happens to contain the triad made from the 7th note of the scale - B.
That chord - B D F is diminished, and as such, points in no particular direction, neither major nor minor, so is weak in comparison. However, when it's combined with the dominant note of key C (G), it takes on a far more defining role, pushing towards the root C. Incidentally, adding that extra note to Bo gives B D F A, known as Bm7♭5.
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Am I right in that it is a diminished triad without the third?


Hi-Vegi-Lip - patient information, description, dosage and directions.
How should I take Hi-Vegi-Lip (pancreatin)?
What should I avoid while taking Hi-Vegi-Lip (pancreatin)?
What other drugs will affect Hi-Vegi-Lip (pancreatin)?
Pancreatin is a combination of digestive enzymes (proteins). These enzymes are normally produced by the pancreas and are important in the digestion of fats, proteins, and sugars.
Pancreatin is used to replace digestive enzymes when the pancreas does not produce enough on its own. Certain medical conditions can cause this lack of enzymes, including cystic fibrosis, chronic inflammation of the pancreas, pancreatic cancer, or pancreas surgery.
Pancreatin may also be used to treat a condition called steatorrhea (loose, fatty stools).
Pancreatin may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.
What is the most important information I should know about Hi-Vegi-Lip (pancreatin)?Pancreatin is usually taken with meals and snacks and a full glass of water. Follow your doctor's instructions.
Do not hold the pancreatin tablet in your mouth. The medication may irritate the inside of your mouth.
Do not change brands of pancreatin without first talking to your doctor or pharmacist. Some brands of pancreatin are interchangeable while others are not. Ask your pharmacist which brands or generic forms can be substituted for another.
Pancreatin may be only part of a complete program of treatment that also includes a special diet. It is very important to follow the diet plan created for you by your doctor or nutrition counselor. You should become very familiar with the list of foods you should eat or avoid to help control your condition.
Do not take pancreatin with other digestive enzymes that your doctor has not prescribed.
Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as swollen or painful joints, urinating more than usual, or painful or difficult urination.
If you miss a dose of this medication, skip the missed dose and wait until your next scheduled dose to take the medicine. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
worsening of chronic pancreatic disease.
This medication may be harmful to an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment. It is not known whether pancreatin passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Do not use this medication without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
Pancreatin is usually taken with meals and snacks. Follow your doctor's instructions. Take pancreatin with a full glass of water.
It is important to use pancreatin regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription refilled before you run out of medicine completely.
Call your doctor if your condition does not improve, or if it gets worse while you are taking pancreatin.
Store pancreatin at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light.
Skip the missed dose and wait until your next scheduled dose to take the medicine. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
Always take pancreatin with food.
Overdose symptoms may include diarrhea or stomach pain.
Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions on food, beverages, or activity while you are using pancreatin.
There may be other drugs that can interact with pancreatin. Tell your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal products, and drugs prescribed by other doctors. Do not start a new medication without telling your doctor.
Your pharmacist can provide more information about pancreatin.
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How about eliminating the Price per Gallon and having the Cost of Fill-up instead?
We've been using price per gallon for years and it seems to work ok. People have personal preferences for one over the other, but I think it's a personal preference—not a great reason to change everything for everyone.
We don't want to complicate the data entry form with yet another option because we're trying to keep it as simple as possible. Is there a reason you'd like to see total cost instead of price/gallon?
Did I miss something? It calculates the total for you and tells you when you add the fuel up.
juggss6, I think jerryc41 wants to enter the the total of the fuel-up instead of entering the price/gallon.
I don't see what would be gained by dropping the price/gallon and entering the total cost of the fuel-up instead. Either way, you still have to enter the quantity of fuel and the price. You don't know the total cost until after you fuel-up. Many people focus on the price/gallon before they stop for fuel. (It helps them decide where to buy fuel.) In addition, I'm more interested in tracking (directly) fluctuations in fuel prices than the cost of fuel-ups. That's because fluctuations in the total cost of the fuel-up could be the result of either the price/gallon or the amount purchased.
At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter to me which cost is entered. I just don't see any good reason to change this.
I put in all of the fields besides the number of gallons while my Jetta fills. Then I fill in the number of gallons. It would take more time to have to put in cost of fill-up.
I understood what he wanted to do, pb. I just don't see the benefit.


Whatever happened to independent local radio?
Yesterday came the news that Heart, Capital and Smooth Radio are to ditch local breakfast shows in favour of national programmes. Heart is merging 22 breakfast shows into one, Capital 14 into one and Smooth 7 into one. All the regional presenters, bar one set each, will be lost. Meanwhile drivetime shows will be merged into much larger regions, only one news story per hour need be 'local', and all other programming will be nationally led. How did we get here?
To try to answer that question, I've dug back in time to try to follow the history of one independent local radio station, specifically that for Bedfordshire. Chiltern Radio were pioneers in adopting the regional opt-out as a cost-cutting measure, as I spotted when I lived there in the 1990s. My local station was on 96.9, but if I retuned slightly I could get Northants 96 from Northampton and if I retuned again I could get Horizon Radio from Milton Keynes. Each had different news and different adverts, but inbetween it seemed they were always playing exactly the same tunes... Lighthouse Family/Natalie Imbruglia/All Saints/commercial break.
Chiltern Radio started out in October 1981, playing to audiences in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Daily programming began with The Holmes & Newman Breakfast Report, followed by Morning To Midday with Phil Fothergill. After lunch came Afternoon Talkabout with Tara Jefferies, which kicked off on day one with an interview with Alan Poole from the Beds District Association of Camping and Caravanning. Later in the day Home Again with Peter Wagstaff promised "traffic and travel, music and news to get you home safely". For a trip down memory lane here's a lovely little tribute website (with a couple of very-80s jingles), and here's a chance to relive the station's early history and first few minutes on YouTube.
Initially the Chiltern Radio Network proved commercially adept, not least in spinning off their news-gathering capability as a competitor for IRN. In 1986 they took over the local radio franchise for Northampton, but weren't overkeen to set up an entire new station so decided to share most of the daytime content apart from the 10am to 2pm slot and separate news bulletins. When severe weather hit in the winter of 1987 Chiltern introduced local snow updates, one per transmitter, and it turned out audiences liked that kind of thing so the opt-outs stayed. Horizon Radio joined the network in 1989, adding Milton Keynes and its environs, and the umbrella title for the network became The Hot FM.
In 1995 came the first takeover. GWR started out as a single radio station in Swindon in 1982, then grew by adding Wiltshire Radio and Bristol's Radio West in 1985. They also ran Classic FM, the first Independent National Radio station, which gave them the buying power to acquire several local stations across East Anglia and the Severn valley. In 1996 GWR decided to rebrand Chiltern as B97, which wasn't a great idea and in 1999 the name returned to Chiltern FM. I remember listening to the schmaltzy Late Night Love with Graham Torrington, intrigued that listeners in Ipswich, Peterborough and Worcester were listening too.
Let's pause to take a look at this map which shows the independent radio stations broadcasting outside London in 1999.
Most of these have been swallowed up over the last 20 years, diminishing the local radio landscape. Note the handful of 'regional stations' marked with a grey diamond. The East Midlands, North West and North East got Century, while Bristol and Yorkshire got Galaxy and the south coast got Wave. I always thought it strange that East Anglia got Vibe FM, a dance music station that never really took off, though it's doing much better now under the Kiss umbrella. The one to watch is of course West Midlands upstart Heart, offering what was then described as a "hot adult contemporary" format.
Chiltern Radio was still a recognisable entity at this time, but that was about to change. In 2005 the GWR group merged with Capital Radio, who'd been pumping out pop radio across London since 1973. Their aggressive expansion began with the acquisition of Birmingham's BRMB in 1993, and further trophies included Southern, Invicta, Fox and Red Dragon. The merged company was called GCap Media, and swiftly lost money, so was taken over in turn by newcomers Global Radio in 2008. They'd just bought the Heart network and were intent on further expansion, which meant Chiltern's days were numbered.
What's just been announced, thanks to Ofcom's loosening of the definition of local, is a further rationalisation. The newly-approved Anglia region will see Heart Four Counties join up with Heart Cambridgeshire, Heart East Anglia, Heart Essex and the (badly-named) Heart Hertfordshire. By the end of the year they'll become a single station, presumably called Heart Anglia, featuring just three hours of locally-produced drivetime amid 21 hours of national programming. Local now includes anywhere from Milton Keynes to Great Yarmouth or Peterborough to Southend - essentially the radio equivalent of an entire television region. Where once there were a dozen independent stations, now there's barely one.
You'll still hear adverts for your local carpet warehouse and traffic news from up the road, but the presenters will no longer be talking about where you live inbetween the records. Numerous studios are being closed, hundreds of talented presenters and staff are to be laid off, and independent radio is about to become a whole lot less local. Bosses are excited because this means they get to fill the same amount of airtime with a lot fewer resources, plus they get the opportunity to "properly compete with BBC Radio 1 and 2 at breakfast time", because profits and competition is ultimately what it's all about.
What we have here is the irreversible creeping monopolisation of a previously diverse media platform. We've seen it before with regional ITV and local newspapers, where mergers and buyouts ultimately lead to larger and larger groupings and less and less of a local connection. It turns out Chiltern Radio's most valuable resource wasn't its staff but its transmitter, sequentially hijacked by a chain of bigger fish. Shareholders always demand growth, which means the constant need for efficiencies, which results in more and more rationalisation and ultimately leads to Toby Anstis for everyone.


For many people, fund-raising is the stuff of myth and magic---a series of tasks rivaling the labors of Hercules and demanding the powers of a Merlin. Myth and magic, because they offer the balm of simple acceptance in place of the pain of comprehension, can be very comforting, and in no instance is this more true, than when the myth of fund-raising magic is used to excuse fund-raising failure.
"If," goes the justification, "running a successful fund-raising campaign is an endeavor comparable to dredging the river Styx, and soliciting large gifts equivalent to pulling Excalibur from the stone, what mere mortal can be expected to succeed?" Given that attitude, let me add a corollary: "Why bother to develop a goal or start a campaign?" The answer to those questions is, because we have to, and because the myth of fund-raising doom can't measure up to the basic truth that fund-raising success is simply hard work on the part of people who are thoroughly prepared.
A successful fund-raising campaign is not magic. It is a straightforward, concise process of executing well-defined components arranged in a step-by-step progression. I know this to be so because I have seen it done over and over again--starting at A and working through to Z, successfully carrying out campaign after campaign and achieving goal after goal. I've never found a well planned fund-raising campaign to be a Herculean task.
However, if successful fund-raising is simply hard work on the part of the thoroughly prepared, then that preparation must begin before a campaign is planned. An organization contemplating a campaign needs first to assess and evaluate its readiness to raise money. To that end, I suggest that the checklist below be used to self-evaluate your organization's fund-raising readiness at a special board meeting, at a staff retreat, or as a one-on-one survey of trustees and staff.
Try it yourself and see if it changes your own understanding of your organization's readiness to raise money. It's easy to do. Just check each statement that you can honestly claim to be true for your organization.
___We are guided and directed by a long-range strategic plan, which we revisit annually. This "blueprint" of our organization is a prerequisite for establishing, first, a general fund-raising effort and, subsequently, specific fund-raising campaigns.
___We work from a written General Development Plan which has been created within the context of our organization's strategic plan, and avoid "quiet," or out of context fund-raising campaigns that often strain our main fund-raising campaigns and merely take money from one pocket and put it into another.
___Our fund-raising efforts are guided by a development committee comprised of trustees and other volunteer leadership and which has a mission statement outlining the committee's duties and describing the policies to be implemented.
___We always inform and involve all of our organization's departments and personnel in campaigns, recognizing that they are important members of our fund-raising team.
___We have assembled a database of contributions managers at foundations, corporations, and government agencies, and because they are stewards of others' money required to justify their recommended donations, we base our solicitation of them on rational grounds, rather than emotive appeal.
___We prioritize individuals, corporations, and foundations for best funding potential, understanding that real wealth lies in the hands of individuals and that corporations and foundations are not usually the best source-of-first-choice for our organization's needs.
___We always seek the best possible solicitor-prospect assignments, especially taking advantage of solicitors' peer contacts, friendships, and leverage. Prospects are more likely to give when solicitation comes from the 'right' person—someone they respect and who can make a strongly credible, personal case for support.
___We promptly deposit checks, acknowledge gifts, and apprise solicitors of receipts of those gifts. We never want to hear, "I sent my check in two months ago, but still don't know if you received it."
___We announce results, give recognition, and thank donors and volunteers, giving credit where it's due and oft times where it's not, so that as many volunteers as possible feel a sense of accomplishment for our success.
___We always write a no-holds-barred final report of the campaign and share it on a confidential basis with the campaign chair, chair of the development committee, president of the board, and the organization's CEO.
Now that you have gone through the entire list, I suggest that you reread it to make sure you understand each affirmation. The points on this checklist are synopses. Please don't let their brevity get in the way of developing a full understanding of what they represent. On top of that you should evaluate their relevance to your particular situation, look for ways to maximize their effectiveness and value for you, and consider adaptations and adjustments that better tune them to your organization.
I would be delighted to hear the results of your analysis, because if there is one thing I have learned from nearly 30 years as a fund-raising development professional, it is that there is something to be learned every day. I hope that what you have learned today, if you didn't already know it, is to demythologize the fund-raising process. There are no gods of fund-raising success. And, oh yes, the secret of fund-raising success?


When someone believes something even though all evidence is contrary to that belief, does this mean they are stupid or crazy?
Instead of using religion as an example, I will use this one: some people still believe the earth is flat. Are they stupid people or crazy people?
I find it hard to believe that any literate person authentically believes the earth is flat - but I get what you are asking.
I believe that magical thought is addictive. I define 'magical thought' as jumping to conclusions in order to get that positive feeling of having an 'aha' moment. When my school teachers asked a question and I knew the answer, I got a real rush to answer - I wanted to be the one that got it right. I got a similar feeling when I worked out the answer to some big problem. When I was programming I would sometimes spend hours working out an elegant solution to a problem and the feeling of fulfillment was wonderful.
The trouble with working through a difficult problem to get the rush of finally solving it is that, well, it's a lot of work. Sure the payback felt great, but it's kind of like the difference between running 5 miles to get that runner's high or just kicking back and drinking a beer to get that warm feeling in your face.
Those addicted to magical thinking are like philosophical alcoholics. They go for the easy, although limited reward of the quick fix over the long drawn out process required for a more fulfilling reward - and then try to make up the difference by volume. This is where convoluted conspiracy theories come into play. The more dots you can connect, however weakly, the more little rushes one gets from finding the answer. Watching a group of such people 'work through' a conspiracy can be very entertaining - very much like Evangelicals discerning the mind of their god. Negative feedback is not allowed, all suggestions are equally valid and praised, and wilder and wilder assertions build upon each other.
I think such people are neither crazy nor stupid - just intellectually lazy and addicted to the rush of filling in their ignorance with trash solutions.
That is a very illuminating comparison.
** Many millions never allowed to develop beyond "adolescent egocentrism"
Research on human psychological development demarcates stages through which infants and children may pass -- but they can not do this unless aided by persons who themselves have passed beyond "primitive" stages.
Specifically, millions of so-called adults remain stuck in adolescent egocentrism which "...involves attention getting behavior, and personal fable which involves an adolescent's sense of personal uniqueness and invincibility."
Obviously, religious indoctrination invests heavily in maintaining believers in the stage of adolescent egocentrism -- witness adolescent angst and acting out common among believers in the so-called great monotheisms: "conversion" experiences (ego-inflation), "spiritual" enthusiasms (pep rallies), cults of sin and repentance (blame games), submission to the will of "God" (authoritarianism), ritualized theatrics (self-display) and worst, primacy of the death impulse, rejection of the world (science), hatred of unbelievers (cliques), martyrdom (suicide).
God-proxies: family members, institutional "authority" figures, state level functionaries prey on children to reinforce sexualized guilt about natural human impulses, the personal inadequacy of each potential believer, and invincibility promised for obedient solidarity.
Perpetual adolescence, perpetual dependence on vacuous 'religious authorities' in institutions given over to secular power seeking, makes for highly successful Ponzi schemes raking in billions -- to fund extremist ideologies like those in Iran and in the US among catholics and other fundies -- true devotees of the Lord of the Flies.
I don't think your example is a good one. I try to give the benefit of the doubt, but that's so widely accepted, that I think everyone accepts it..
It depends on how many Flat Earthers are in the room at the same time.
Sadly, I suspect you'll always ahve to come back to religion to play this game..
I expect that if you promote a belief based upon self interest, you would be corrupt.
If you deeply believe in something based upon incomplete evidence, and poor sampling, your are stupid.
If you deeply believe in something because it is 'fun' to do so, or your guardian angel said so, you are crazy.
If you deeply believe in something that is only based upon one authority, one bad sample, incorrect logic, bad experimental design, or during some drug influenced insight, you are crazy.
One can prevent 'stupid', just learn how to reserve judgement, mention details, try duplication of results, and curb your enthusiasm. The interesting 'thing', could be crap, or something very interesting, if you are lucky!
I would have to say that people who TRULY believe these things must be either stupid or crazy. At the very least, they are deluded.
By logical inference, that means Christians are stupid, doesn't it? But most of the Christians I've known, including some pastors, didn't REALLY believe that stuff, deep down, despite their claims to the contrary. Their motivations for maintaining that fiction escape me. I attended church regularly for several years when I was young; but I was up front about my reasons: girls, sports, and friends. And I made sure that they all knew I didn't believe in the nonsense that Dr. Allen was dishing out every Sunday and Wednesday. I'm not so sure Dr. Allen did, either.
I recently connected with a friend from those days, over 50 years ago, and he says he never believed it, either. His reasons for attending church were the same as mine. The difference is that he played his role to the hilt, portraying himself as a devout Christian.
The point is that I suspect there are a lot more non-believers in the pews, so to speak, than most people realize. That's what makes it hard to judge the intelligence of any particular "Christian." It does say something about his hypocrisy, though, doesn't it.
I would have to go with 'desperate'.
Like many evangelical atheists, I often make sport of attempting to convince religious believers to renounce their faith, and so often have long conversations with believers about why they believe whatever fairytale they believe, and this has led me to conclude that most are not stupid or crazy, just desperate for their lives to mean more, desperate for love and attention, and desperate for guidance.
For us atheists, the universe is a vastly wonderful place, full of unfathomable mysteries waiting to be discovered. For us humanity's journey of knowledge and understanding is an exciting road filled with new discoveries about the nature of our own existence. For theists, however, the universe without their deity is cold, empty and chaotic. By choosing superstition over knowledge, they see themselves as having put meaning into their lives, their gods give them the false conjecture that they are individuals whose existence is important, planned and guided - it makes them feel special. The times people (theist, atheist and agnostic alike) are most likely to convert to a new religion are when they are most emotionally isolated - starting a new job, moving to a new city or after a bad break up - because religion gives them a sense that they are not alone (and lets not forget that according to the big 3 monotheistic religions, the entire, infinite universe was created in six days just so we could have our own little rock to play on - egotism plays a part).
Does it make a difference? They are wrong!
Perhaps they are both or neither. They could just be stubborn.
I left Christianity 40 years ago. I still have many friends from my past who are still very devout Christians. I don't think that any of them has ever had defend their faith. I have questioned a few of them about their beliefs. When I do, they are shocked that I, or anyone, has objections to what they believe. Their dogma is so deeply ingrained in their being that it is absolutely unfathomable for them to comprehend that there is even the smallest possibility that what they believe is not true.


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Hi, I would like to suggest a change of the maple syrup harvest. It would be nice to have it change to a more realistic time in the calendar. Right now maple syrup harvesting is almost in the middle of summer time but in reality it should be in springtime, when the nights are still cold, water from the soil is absorbed into the maple tree. During the day, the warmer temperature creates pressure that pushes the water back down to the bottom of the tree, making it easy to collect. And when syrup here is harvested, it's spring but there is still snow out. It's the first days of spring that in day time, its warm but at night it's still very cold so the snow melts but slowly still. And right now on the wurm calendar the only thing we can harvest are pine nuts in wintertime and then it's almost 10 days before the next harvest. Having the maple moved to the springtime would make those months a little less boring for foresters and a little more realistic.
I would love to see rose hips, rose petals, rose oil, rose water, rose hip tea, and rose water desserts added to the game. The rose hips could be used to make tea. The rose petals could be used to make rose water and rose oil. The rose oil can be used in healing and the rose water can be used in cooking.
I'd like to see the introduction of a new action that supplements the current harvesting action: HARVEST_TO_BACKPACK. The action would result in the harvested goods directly being placed inside an equipped backpack. While considering ways to make an action that would be able to accommodate both harvesting actions that do not require a tool as well as those that do, this seemed to be the best solution I could come up with. It would allow both cases to do their respective actions without the need to introduce some strange way to try and introduce a second 'active' container as the specified output. So which benefits would this offer? - it would be able to be used by both harvesting actions, those with and those without tools - it would offer a QoL advantage over having the harvest end up in your inventory and having to move it into the right containers - you would no longer have to make sure to drop everything in your inventory before starting to harvest or end up only being able to harvest a handful of tiles before your inventory overflows - it would not confuse players by having to activate an item (container) and the active item not affecting the action with runes of enchants it might have on it - it would somewhat put it in line with harvesting sap, which already allows us to harvest into a container, although I could imagine the ability to strap large barrels to our backs for this purpose would be kind of amazing aswell On a last note, I would like to see it implemented in a way that would not need the step of first having to add it to the inventory, effectively allowing it to base all actions only on the backpack instead of the players inventory, which would mean we would no longer need to make sure that we have sufficient empty spaces when going out harvesting. That would be A M A Z I N G. Thanks for reading. If you feel like the suggestion could be improved in any way, please let me know.
As the titles states, looking for a gathering oriented account with very high mining and woodcutting. Please PM to discuss.
When I was a child, my father was an avid boater. I can remember with huge amounts of laughter him toiling to pull his anchors up with a forest of plant life wrapped around them. So, my suggestion. To "forage" kelp, activate and anchor and "trawl."
I don't know if it's been suggested before but to me it isn't logical that you can botanize and find acorns, but the source of acorns (oaks) do not have a harvesting option. You could make the harvesting of acorns seasonal like olives and grapes and such so as to not nerf botanizing acorns (people with high botanizing would still get good QL acorns at the same rate). I want to see some oak farms going here.


The 2017 Emmy Awards have come to an end, with "Veep," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Big Little Lies" taking home the top prizes in the comedy, drama and limited series categories, respectively. Elisabeth Moss of "The Handmaid's Tale" and Sterling K. Brown of "This Is Us" went home with the lead acting in a drama awards. "Veep's" Julia Louis-Dreyfus and "Atlanta's" Donald Glover won the top acting trophies in the comedy category. "Westworld" and "Saturday Night Live" led the nominations with 22 nods apiece. "SNL" also broke its own record for the most nominations for any program with 231 total. This year, it took home the variety sketch series Emmy award, with Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin both earning awards for their supporting performances on the show.
The Creative Arts Emmys ceremonies held in Los Angeles last weekend revealed the winners in several categories that don't make it to air on the Primetime Emmy Awards, with HBO's "Westworld," NBC's "SNL" and Netflix's "Stranger Things" each taking home five awards. Among the other prominent winners at the Creative Arts ceremony were Melissa McCarthy for guest actress in a comedy series, for her take on then-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer; Alexis Bledel for her guest actress appearance in Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale"; and RuPaul Charles, who earned an Emmy as host of the unstructured reality program "RuPaul's Drag Race."
WINNER: "Black Mirror: San Junipero"
Brian Tyree Henry, "This Is Us"
WINNER: Gerald McRaney, "This Is Us"
WINNER: Melissa McCarthy, "Saturday Night Live"
WINNER: Dave Chappelle, "Saturday Night Live"
Lin-Manuel Miranda, "Saturday Night Live"
Tom Hanks, "Saturday Night Live"
Ben Schwartz, "The Earliest Show"
Jason Ritter, "Tales Of Titans"
John Michael Higgins, "Tween Fest"
WINNER: Jane Lynch, "Dropping The Soap"
Lauren Lapkus, "The Earliest Show"
Kelsey Scott, "Fear The Walking Dead: Passage"
Mindy Sterling, "secs & EXECS"
WINNER: Meryl Streep, "Five Came Back"
Liev Schreiber, "Muhammad Ali: Only One"
Liev Schreiber, "UConn: The March To Madness"
Sam Neill, "Wild New Zealand"
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Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn "Project Runway"
Gordon Ramsay, "Master Chef Junior"
Derek Waters & Jeremy Konner, "Drunk History"
WINNER: Don Roy King, "Saturday Night Live"
Paul Pennolino, "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents' Dinner"
WINNER: Glenn Weiss, "The Oscars"
Jim Hiskinson, "Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going to Clean Up This S—?"
Jerry Foley, "Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best is Yet to Come"
Alexis Bloom & Fisher Stevens, "Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds"
WINNER: Ezra Edelman, "O.J.: Made in America"
Fredi Devas, "Planet Earth II" Elizabeth White, "Planet Earth II"
WINNER: Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe, "Master of None"
Joe Weisberg & Joel Fields, "The Americans"
WINNER: Bruce Miller, "The Handmaid's Tale"
Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan, "Westworld"
WINNER: Charlie Brooker, "Black Mirror: San Junipero"
Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam & Ryan Murphy, "Feud: Bette and Joan"
Richard Price & Steven Zaillian, "The Night Of"
WINNER: "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner"
"Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going to Clean Up This S—?"
"Anthony Bourdain Part s Unknown"
"The Beatles : Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years"
"Bill Nye Saves The World"
Dee Bradley Baker, "American Dad!"
Mo Collins, "F Is For Family "
WINNER: Seth MacFarlane, "Family Guy"
"Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Present s Not The White House Correspondent s' Dinner"
"Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga"
WINNER: "So You Think You Can Dance?"
Skip Macdonald, "Better Call Saul"
Kelley Dixon, "Better Call Saul"
WINNER: Dean Zimmerman, "Stranger Things"
Kevin D. Ross, "Stranger Things"
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WINNER: Peter Chakos, "The Big Bang Theory"
Kris Trexler, "Last Man Standing"
Pat Barnett, "One Day at a Time"
Chris Poulos, "2 Broke Girls"
Veronique Barde, et al., "Big Little Lies"
Paul Crowder, "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years"
WINNER: Bret Granato, "O.J.: Made In America"
WINNER: "Feud: Bette and Joan"
"Saturday Night Live Multiplatform Experience"
"Amigo To The Rescue: Disney Junior Interact ive Show"
"HITRECORD x ACLU: Are You There Democracy? It 's Me, The Internet"
WINNER: "The People's House - Inside The White House With Barack And Michelle Obama"
"The Man In The High Castle: Resistance Radio"
"The Mr. Robot Virtual Reality Experience"
"The Simpsons - Planet Of The Couches"
"E! Live 360 (Red Carpet Show)"
WINNER: "The Oscars: All Access"
"Stand For Rights: A Benefit For The ACLU With Tom Hanks"
"Stand Up To Cancer: #Reasons2StandUp • standup2cancer.org"
"The Voice On Snapchat Show"
WINNER: "70th Annual Tony Awards"
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"Joshua Bell: Seasons Of Cuba (Live From Lincoln Center)"
"Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute To The Music Of The Bee Gees"
WINNER: "Taking The Stage: African American Music And Stories That Changed America"
"Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet To Come"
"Saturday Night Live" / Song Title: "Last Christmas"
WINNER: "13th" / Song Title: "Letter To The Free"
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" / Song Title: "Hell No"
"Fear The Walking Dead: Passage"
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"Feud: Bette And Joan: Inside Look"
"National Endowment For The Arts: United States Of Arts"
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"Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 90th Celebration"
WINNER: "Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas"
"The Beat les: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years"
"A House Divided (Vic House Divided Vice Special Report)"
WINNER: "Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath"
WINNER: "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - Beatles: Eight Days The Touring Years"
WINNER: "Mozart in the Jungle"
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"Last Week Tonight Last With John Oliver"
"Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017"


I would like to know when and how to use the words BEING and BEEN. I usually mix them up.
What is the best way to know when to use each one?
BEING and BEEN are different forms of the verb BE.
The progressive form of the verb BE is BEING.
This means the action is ongoing (continuing).
"The little boy is being naughty."
"She was being rude, but then she apologized."
The perfect form of the verb BE is BEEN.
This means the action is complete (finished).
"The little boy has been naughty."
"She has been rude, but now she apologizes."
One good way to remember these differences is to note that BEING is used with ongoing actions (like other verbs ending with ING: drinking, walking, sleeping), while BEEN is used with completed actions (like other verbs ending with EN: eaten, taken, and others not necessarily ending with EN).


This business of flying in the Space Station, here are a few questions a few people might think to ask. I, for one, ponder over so many things up there, as they whip around the world every hour and a half. I have a small list of questions. Can anyone answer them?
1. When eating, are the plates fastened to a small table, so they don't float away?
"There is no need for a table or plates with no gravity; both would float away, as would any food you tried to put "on" a plate in space. The space station has no oven and no refrigerator. Food is irradiated, some is dehydrated and we add water, then if necessary, heat. The food tastes like food on earth, but our sense of taste is dulled in space, so we like it a little more spicy than our earth diet. Astronauts eat one thing, then move on to the next. For example, you eat all your mashed potatoes, then move on to the peas, finish them, and then eat the meat. At one point, they tried having us eat from two small tubes at once, but it didn't work. If you think of packaged army rations, it's similar to that."
2. Do the people lie down to sleep, and where?
"There is no "down" in space. You could relax anywhere, fall asleep and float around, but then you might bump into things, or other people, or they could wake you up by making noise, so we have a small sleep pod, like a phone booth, for each astronaut. Part way through the night, you get cold as your body temperature drops, so for that we have a sleeping bag tethered to the wall. You just float into the sleeping bag in your "sleep station." It is immensely comfortable, no pressure anywhere, so there is no need to roll over, or for a pillow, as in a normal bed."
3. What, how and where do they dispose of soiled shirts, underwear, socks, etc?
"We wear them until they are too dirty, then throw them away. However, clothing in space doesn't soil as quickly because it doesn't touch your skin nearly as much. On earth, your clothing hangs on you, while in space, it floats around you. One shirt can last six months. Our exercise clothes (shorts, tee-shirt, underwear) get dirty faster because we perspire. They last a week or so. To dispose of them, we put them into our solid waste, and once the solid waste is full, it is sent earthward in an unmanned resupply ship, which incinerates in the atmosphere."
4. Where and when do they use a toilet? Do they have one? And where?
"There are two toilets on the space station, of Russian design. Since you cannot flush with water, they use an air suction system, with tubes, one for liquid waste and one for solid waste. There is no smell and it is very hygienic. We use wet or dry wipes to clean ourselves and they too go into the waste system. This is a huge improvement over what the early astronauts endured, such as lying in their spacesuit in their own urine, or having to wear a diaper."
5. On Sundays, can they get church services on board?
"We have all religions on board, including Christians, Jews, Muslims, people on different calendars and so on, and we try to honor every astronaut's religious beliefs. There is no communal service, but each astronaut can contact whomever they want, for example, tune into a religious service via the internet."
6. How many hours of sleep do they get in 24 hours?
"NASA schedules our time in five minute blocks, with 7 1/2 to 8 hours scheduled for sleep each night. I slept an average of five hours per night, since it was a very rare opportunity to do many things you cannot do on earth."
7. Do any of them have small hobbies to do?
"Our mission psychologist and psychiatrist encourage us to have hobbies for our mental health. All the astronauts have hobbies, such as photography, science experiments, reading, drawing, sketching, and music. We make time to do them by getting ahead of our schedule, or sleeping less. I wrote a music album called "Space Sessions," which has done very well."
8. If one of them gets sick, who do they contact?
"Each other. We all train as Emergency Medical Technicians. I worked in a cadaver lab, helped a surgeon do surgery, to learn the skills that might be needed, but in the half a year I was in space, no-one got sick. We make sure the people sent into space are healthy, and build a safe environment, and because we are not exposed to the germs in the general population, we are less likely to get ill. We keep pharmaceuticals on board in case. Accidents are more likely than illness; for example, electrocution is a danger, if a drop of water floats into some electrical circuitry."
9. Where do they store their flight suits, when they take them off?
"We have many different suits. For launch and landings, we have pressure suits, that we store in the return ship we will use. For daily wear, we have flight suits that we store in a little zip bag. For space walks, we have the white spacewalk suits, which come apart in pieces and are stored in the airlock."
Tonight I've been watching a CBC space program. Maybe that is what set me off to ask all my questions. A young lady is going on her second trip in space. Good luck and Godspeed on your trip.


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How much does a Course Coordinator make in Hawaii, United States?
The average course coordinator salary in Hawaii, United States is $69,070 or an equivalent hourly rate of $33. This is 0% lower (+$295) than the average course coordinator salary in the United States. In addition, they earn an average bonus of $1,623. Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Hawaii, United States.
An entry level course coordinator (1-3 years of experience) earns an average salary of $49,538. On the other end, a senior level course coordinator (8+ years of experience) earns an average salary of $85,233.


HOPEWELL - Public safety telecommunicators - more commonly known as dispatchers - are often the first in line in emergency service response.
"You're able to help someone in distress ... who needs to be directed to the right place," said Donita Williams, a dispatch supervisor for the city of Hopewell.
Williams -and some four dozen other individuals in the Tri-Cities - handles calls made to 911 for police, fire and emergency medical services.
This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, designated by Congress, to honor the work done by public servants such as Williams. The week was first observed in 1991 and made permanent three years later.
Hopewell, Petersburg and Colonial Heights all have dispatch centers which are responsible for handling both emergency and non-emergency calls.
Hopewell's dispatch center, located in the city's Municipal Building, which houses City Hall and the Police Department, is home to nine dispatchers. Operating in shifts of two operators at a time, as well as a supervisor, the center handles dispatch for all of the city's police, fire and EMS; each of the two operator consoles have the capability to contact all three groups.
With more than 17,000 calls coming in since the beginning of the year, Hopewell receives 3,000 to 4,000 calls per month, according to Williams. Most of the emergency calls the center receives are for medical problems, followed by calls for the fire department and acts of violence. The city's non-emergency lines aren't quiet either: Citizens call with messages for police officers, as well as questions about events happening in the city and about the laws in Hopewell.
The dispatch center in Colonial Heights, known as the Emergency Communications Center, fields between 15,000 and 16,000 emergency calls per year, according to Lewis Archileti, director of emergency communications. The dispatch center is a busy one. One reason is the influx of visitors during the day to locations such as Southpark Mall, as well as other shopping and dining locations in the city. A single accident in the area can generate anywhere from just one to as many as 20 separate calls.
Formerly located in the basement of the Colonial Heights Courts building, along with the Police Department, the center moved with the department into the city's Public Safety Building a few years ago.
The center's 16 dispatchers, including four supervisors, work in shifts of four people, with three of the center's four operator stations dedicated to specifically handling either police, fire or EMS dispatch.
Petersburg's dispatch center is the largest out of the three cities, with 22 dispatchers. The center fields around 4,200 calls a month, with 2,800 of those being emergency calls, the majority falling into requests for police services, followed by EMS and fire. The center is understaffed, but the city is training six more dispatchers.
The dispatchers in all three cities use radios operating at the 800MHz frequency, which allows each locality to interoperate with neighboring jurisdictions as far as Henrico and Richmond. Hopewell is looking to upgrade its system to what is referred to as being P25 compatible, which will increase the number of localities in Virginia that the center will be able to operate with.
Colonial Heights recently upgraded some of its equipment: A $200,000 911 System replaced a model dating back to 1999. The city is now looking into replacing its nearly 12-year-old recording system. The system the city is looking at would record calls and radio traffic, and export them to WAV and MP3 files, which can be used for a variety of purposes, including training.
Petersburg is also looking into upgrading its phone system, the only equipment at the dispatch center that is in need of an upgrade. The current radio system solved a previous problem that plagued the old 450MHz model: Radio dead spots within the city.
Cell phones have had an affect on the operations of dispatch centers. In many cases, they have improved not only the response time to incidents, but also improved getting reports in to begin with.
But they are not with their drawbacks, either.
Dispatchers in Colonial Heights and Petersburg are receiving more wireless calls than they are from landlines. With landlines, the equipment used by dispatchers can give them the address of the caller, aiding the response to the incident. Not so with cell phones, which will only provide the nearest latitude and longitude. Dispatchers must rely on the accuracy of callers who may be in distress while reporting an emergency.
"It's very imperative that the citizens know exactly where they're calling from so we can get them the help that they need very quickly," said Hopewell's Williams.
A career as a dispatcher is not as easy as it sounds. According to Willaims, each dispatcher must attend Basic Dispatch Academy and receive on-the-job training, and become certified with the State Police in the use of the Virginia Criminal Information Network and the National Criminal Information Network. Additionally, dispatchers receive special training in how to deal with children.
The job is not without stress, either. Dispatchers must deal with emergencies constantly.
"I think a lot of times, citizens have the perception that we don't care. But after you have time to deal with the call and take a step back, it does bother you. It really does," said VonSheila Parker, a dispatcher in Petersburg. "We care; if we didn't care, we wouldn't be here."
But even with the stress, the job is fulfilling for them. Brought together from all walks of life, these individuals have found a purpose in helping others and making a difference in the lives of others.
"At the end of the day, I feel like I've helped; just because I picked up that phone, just because I dispatched the police," said Adrienne Gaines, another dispatcher in Petersburg. "I leave worked and I have accomplished something."
- More information on emergency services and 911 can be found on the Web at http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/services/911-services. The city of Colonial Heights has more information on their Emergency Communications Center at http://www.colonial-heights.com/EmergencyCommCenter.htm.


Who is really behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures? The FBI has placed the blame for the attack, which caused the entertainment giant to temporarily halt its Dec. 25 release of its film "The Interview," squarely on North Korea, but some security experts are not convinced.
After its investigation, based on undisclosed “sensitive sources and methods,” the FBI concluded that “the North Korean government is responsible for these actions.” But some experts argue that the FBI's evidence against North Korea, linking it to the Guardians of Peace (GOP) — the hacker group taking credit for the attack — is flimsy.
They suggest several other possibilities, not all of them involving North Korea. Based on available evidence, they say that the Sony data breach could have been accomplished by North Koreans inside North Korea; expatriates in China loyal to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un; international hackers abroad sponsored by Pyongyang; or simply bored hackers from another continent doing it for the lulz.
Two similar warnings posted by hackers: left, GOP’s warning to Sony, and right, a warning from hacker group Whois Team.
North Korean state media denied on Sunday that it carried out the attack on Sony, even as it praised the hackers. “The NDC [National Defense Commission] of the DPRK highly estimates the righteous action taken by the ‘guardians of peace,’ though it is not aware of their residence,” the statement said.
There are some similarities between GOP and another hacker group, Whois Team, that has targeted South Korea in the past. Whois Team claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on South Korean banks and television stations in 2013.
GOP’s warning to Sony in late November, placed beside a screenshot of a message left by “Whois Team,” show striking visual similarities: macabre skeletons, a bright green typeface and a long series of malicious data threats. Both GOP and Whois Team have reportedly used “wiper” malware to erase data from victims’ servers. The malware is dropped into a machine and then executed at a specific time to carry out a threat, similar to the deadline that GOP gave Sony.
But such links, some experts say, are not conclusive proof that North Korea is behind the Sony attack directly, although it may have enticed or encouraged it. "None of the evidence presented is sufficient to blame the North Korean government,” security researcher Jeffrey Carr told Al Jazeera in response to the FBI’s statement. “But there is ample evidence to suggest other options."
Those other options are groups of hackers who exist in a shadowy online world that is difficult for outsiders to penetrate. Such groups have little respect for international borders, and it can be close to impossible to divine their intentions, let alone the identities of those involved.
The “Lords of Dharmaraja,” or LOD, is a prime example of such a group. They appear to be Russian hackers who pose as Indian hackers. LOD, in 2012, leaked vital code related to anti-virus software produced by tech firm Symantec. One of LOD’s members, Yamatough, was then quoted as saying: "We tricked them into offering us a bribe so we could humiliate them.” This apparent extortion attempt is similar to one made by GOP, which also appeared to initially seek payments from Sony in return for not publishing the contents of its hack.
Whether or not the group is responsible for the Sony hack, its emergence shows an ever-expanding world of hackers borrowing tactics from each other and seeking targets across the globe.
While the exact identity of the hackers remains a mystery, the vulnerability of one of the world’s biggest companies have been exposed. Security researcher Brian Martin has identified two dozen security breaches at Sony since 1999.
Hector Xavier Monsegur, a former hacker affiliated with the groups Anonymous and LulzSec, became an FBI informant in early June 2011. He recalled being offered Sony login credentials by another hacker in 2012. “Sony was negligent on their security practices," Monsegur, formerly known by his online alias “Sabu,” told Al Jazeera.
Chat logs collected in 2011-2012 by the FBI and kept under seal for the U.S. government's case against hacker Jeremy Hammond illustrate Sony’s persistent security problems. According to conversations among hackers, finding an initial open door into Sony’s systems wouldn’t have been very difficult.
Jan 6, 2012, chat log from U.S. v. Hammond.
In the above excerpt, taken from a Jan. 6, 2012 chat, a hacker simply volunteers Sony login credentials to Monsegur. The username and password appear to have been gleaned from a database within one of the Sony’s European servers.
Monsegur believes the massive ebb and flow of data involved in the recent hack suggests the perpetrators must have been at work for many months or even years.
June 2, 2011, #lulzsec chat log, sealed evidence from U.S. v. Hammond.
Determining what happened, and who did it, is a challenge for Sony and the FBI. Not confined by state boundaries or sponsors, cyber attacks can be carried out by groups that intentionally falsify their identities, their motives and their locations. Proving beyond doubt that any one action online is definitely linked to the North Korean state is difficult, given the global nature of the online world in which the hackers — and most large, global corporations — both operate.
“North Korea could have ordered the hack, but you can’t say that North Koreans did the hack,” Monsegur said.


HOW DOES THE JAPANESE OPPORTUNITY COMPARE TO CHINA?
In the Asian Century, China is clearly one of the most important economies to consider, and most business leaders around the world are seeking to take advantage of this market in one way or another. However, there is a risk that while many experienced exporters have taken a strategic approach to the Asian region, many newly internationalising companies are missing out on one of the best opportunities available; Japan. The questions that business leaders should be asking are; Where are the opportunities in Japan? and how does the Japanese market compare to the Chinese market?
There are a few things that stand out in this comparison between China and Japan. The first point I would make is that if we take away the overwhelming impact of Iron Ore exports to China, then the difference in exports between China and Japan become negligible. Indeed if we subtract Iron Ore from both China and Japan, then we can see that exports to China (non –iron ore export total) would be $39,416 million, which is still around 4 times the size of our third largest export market (United States), but marginally lower than Japan (non – iron ore export total) $39,785 million. I will let that sink in for a minute.
If Australia didn’t export Iron Ore, Japan would have been Australia’s largest export partner in 2014.
I wouldn’t necessarily expect that to be the case in the near future however, as we have continued to focus government and business attention on China, combined with improved trading conditions as a consequence of the China Australia Free Trade Agreement in 2015. However it should demonstrate that Japan should be discussed if not in greater terms, then at least in equal measure to Japan.
I would also make the point that exports to Japan include a some interesting commodities including Cheese, and Beef. These commodities are in many cases high value consumer items, and include beef exports such as high grade Wagyu, and craft cheeses. Japan’s appetite for high grade Australian food products is long established, and a good example is the Tasmanian Truffle growing industry and its exports to Japan. The Truffle industry has been growing over the past two decades in Australia and has a geographic advantage over competitors in the northern hemisphere, as truffle harvesting is essentially seasonal, with fresh truffles not having a good shelf life. Tasmanian Truffles come into season when there are no northern hemisphere fresh truffles available, and so this niche market opens up. A tray of premium black truffles can be in the restaurant in Tokyo around 24 hours after been harvested from the ground in Northern Tasmania. These products fetch high prices, and although niche demonstrate the Japanese desire for premium foods.
There are opportunities in Japan that go beyond the traditional mineral and agricultural exports, with similar opportunities for Australian companies to re-approach this market and look for new opportunities. We need government and business in Australia to refocus on Asia and not forget that Australian trade with Asia started with Japan, the market hasn’t gone away, and continues to grow despite the comparatively limited promotion amongst government and business leaders in Australia. Its time that we put some energy into helping our newly internationalising companies, and prospective exporters find a way to enter the Japanese market. It couldn’t hurt.
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Here's a quick-and-easy recipe that makes tasty little danishes. By using crescent roll dough, you can make these delicious pastries so easily!
Directions: 1. Separate dough into triangles and combine two triangles at a time to make rectangles. You'll end up with four rectangles. 2. Mix cinnamon and white sugar in a small bowl. 3. Brush melted butter on the rectangles. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture (leaving a little extra to sprinkle on the danish tops later). 4. Roll each rectangle up (starting with the long side) into a long cylinder. Pinch the edges to close. 5. Coil each cylinder into a spiral (like a snail), then squish the spiral into a shallow bowl shape to make room for the filling. 6. Slice the apple pieces in the pie filling into smaller chunks (just stick a knife into the can and poke and slice). 7. Place the crescent roll pieces onto a lightly-greased cookie sheet and top each one with a few tablespoons of the pie filling. 8. Sprinkle a little extra cinnamon sugar on the tops, and bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes. 9. While the danishes are baking, mix powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk in a small bowl. Stir until smooth to make a glaze. When the danishes come out of the oven, drizzle them with the glaze.
Oooh yum! I'm going to try these for a brunch party I'm hosting. Great idea!


Review some of the following sample interview questions to help you prepare.
Describe a time when you did not agree with a policy (school, work, other).
Through this question, the interviewer can evaluate assertiveness, respect for authority, sense of right vs. wrong, and manageability.
Tell me about a time when you didn't have enough information to make a decision.
How did you find the information?
Through this question, the interviewer can evaluate some or all of the following: autonomy, independence, tenacity, judgement, decision making skills, teamwork, and follow through.


a) At sea level, . So the acceleration due to gravity at seal level is .
So the acceleration due to gravity at sea level is 9.82.


...or is at least misunderstood.
Edit: someone might want to move this from economics to politics - sorry about that.
At the extremes (100% and 0%) there's no doubt that a market economy could not function properly. However, where the debate gets distorted is on the "optimal level" of taxation. It seems like we have a situation where policy makers have adopted a theory with no empirical basis.
The Reagan, Bush, and Trump tax cuts are all justified on the idea that lowering taxes raises government revenue; conservative economists theorize that the optimal taxation level is too high. Here's the problem - how are they deriving the level of optimal taxation?
There's no consensus on the cost of the Bush tax cuts, but it seems like most estimates place it over $1 trillion - especially when taking into account interest payments on the national debt.
Basically, any ******* off the street can see that using Laffer to justify any new tax cuts is hilariously invalid. I can see how Kennedy lowering income tax rates from 90% would increase revenue. I can't see how Trump lowering corporate tax rates generates any increase in revenue. In sum, the theory is not inherently wrong, it's just exploited to encourage poor fiscal policy.
You're 100% correct, the model ONLY works in single supply sided theory.
I believe you misunderstand the Laffer Curve.
At the extremes (100% and 0%) there's no doubt that a market economy could not function properly.
The functioning of a market economy has nothing to do with the Laffer Curve.
At an income tax rate of zero, no tax dollars are collected. No one who passed Econ 101 disagrees with this.
At an income tax rate of 100% (or higher), no one has an incentive to work, and thus no tax dollars are collected. No one who passed Econ 101 disagrees with this.
At every income tax rate greater than zero but less than 100%, some tax revenue is collected. No one who passed Econ 101 disagrees with this.
THEREFORE, as surely as night follows day, there exists at least one tax rate (possibly more than one) for which the total tax dollars collected will greatest. Anyone who passed geometry and calculus and econ 101 agrees.
However, where the debate gets distorted is on the "optimal level" of taxation.
The Laffer Curve has nothing to do with a hypothetical "optimal level" of taxation. Nothing. At. All.
The purpose of taxation is to collect the requisite amount of tax revenue to purchase the desired level of government goods and services.
Those two concepts do not have anything to do with one another.
It seems like we have a situation where policy makers have adopted a theory with no empirical basis.
No, that is not correct. There is no theory adopted, and hence no empirical evidence is required for a non-theory.
No, that is not true. The Kennedy tax cut was justified on that idea, but not the Reagan, Bush or Trump era tax cuts, nor the Clinton nor Obama era tax increases.
conservative economists theorize that the optimal taxation level is too high.
No, that is not true. All economists know that there is no such thing as an "optimal taxation level." Therefore, it can neither be too high nor too low, because there is no optimal amount.
The purpose of taxation is to collect the requisite funds for the level of government goods and services we collectively wish to purchase.
Here's the problem - how are they deriving the level of optimal taxation?
Economists do not derive an optimal level of taxation, because no such concept exists in economics.
Tax cuts do not cost money. The purchase of government goods and services costs money. Tax cuts never cost money; they may alter the quantity of funds collected by the taxing authorities, but the never cost money.
Basically, any ******* off the street can see that using Laffer to justify any new tax cuts is hilariously invalid.
At an income tax rate of zero, no tax dollars are collected. To use your words, "Basically, any ******* off the street can see that."
At an income tax rate of 100% (or higher), no one has an incentive to work, and thus no tax dollars are collected. To use your words, "Basically, any ******* off the street can see that."
At every income tax rate greater than zero but less than 100%, some tax revenue is collected. To use your words, "Basically, any ******* off the street can see that."
THEREFORE, as surely as night follows day, there exists at least one tax rate (possibly more than one) for which the total tax dollars collected will greatest. To use your words, "Basically, any ******* off the street can see that."
Clearly, you never use the above to justify either raising or lowering tax rates.
Tax policy can be effectively used for many things, including encouraging capital formation, altering behaviour, achieving competitiveness, etc.
Maximizing tax revenue is a non-objective.
The lie about tax cuts leading to more revenue is that the Republicans increase federal expenditures to stimulate the economy in conjunction with the proposal for income tax cuts. Of course, you'll have more tax revenue when you increase spending by 400 billion dollars. Income tax revenues are the primary funding source for discretionary programs, of which the DoD is the largest budget category.
Maximizing tax revenue can be an objective; optimal tax theory is a legitimate area of study.
As to Arthur Laffer not being related to Trump - that's not true. He was an advisor and heavily influenced this plan.
Don't have time to respond to the rest right now.
A lot of the literature is intentionally misleading. They often leave out the fact that payroll taxes were increased around the same time, budget outlays were increased, or that the revenues include both payroll taxes and income taxes. When you look at only the income tax receipts, they immediately declined as a result of cutting the income tax rates and took some time to recover to the levels before the change. They're going to try to use the current situation as supportive of Laffer's theory if receipts rise, but fail to disclose that these were deferred tax obligations that weren't being taxed.
They cost nothing, because tax cuts cost nothing. The claim that tax cuts have to be paid for is Left-Wing propaganda.
Government needs to reduce spending.
I can see how Kennedy lowering income tax rates from 90% would increase revenue.
Tax rates were not 90%. First it was 91% not 90%, and it wasn't 91% of all income, it was only 91% on a fraction of income. There were in fact 25 different tax brackets, starting at 20%.
As has been proven ad nauseum, the effective tax rate was 35%-42% depending on an individual's exact circumstances.
Most people are totally ignorant of the fact that the IRS Tax Code of 1954, which was in effect until 1986, is not even remotely similar to the IRS Tax Code of 1986, which makes comparisons invalid.
I can't see how Trump lowering corporate tax rates generates any increase in revenue. In sum, the theory is not inherently wrong, it's just exploited to encourage poor fiscal policy.
The Department of Agriculture is poor fiscal policy. The Department of Agriculture is unnecessary. All that's needed is an office to collect, analyze and report data on agricultural land use and crop yields, and such an office can be properly located within the Department of Interior.
The Department of Agriculture has caused you more harm than good.
You pay higher than market prices for milk and dairy products, due to poor fiscal policies by the Department of Agriculture.
You get screwed three times by the Department of Agriculture as it relates to ethanol. First, you get screwed because your tax dollars are wasted subsidizing corn growers and ethanol producers, second, you get screwed because you pay higher gasoline prices due to the higher costs of ethanol because corn prices are higher, and third, you get screwed because you pay higher food prices not only in the grocery store, but at restaurants as well, because corn is diverted from the commercial and consumer food markets to the ethanol market.
A better fiscal policy would have been to provide no-interest or low-interest loans (0.5%-3.0%) to people to purchase some of the 1+Billion acres of fallow farmland in the US for the express purpose of growing sugar beets, which produce 714 gallons of ethanol per acre compared to 354 gallons per acre of corn.
Not only would your gasoline prices be lower, your food prices at grocery and restaurants would be lower as well, and you would not be wasting money to subsidize ethanol.
You don't need a Department of Agriculture to administer SNAP benefits, which are fundamentally unfair.
Because of the tremendous variance in Cost-of-Living across the US, the government's one-size-fits-all program of $520/month to a family doesn't work, because $520 only buys $310 worth of food in some areas of the US, while it buys $780 worth of food in other areas.
The policy might be in keeping with the Liberal idea that some pigs are more equal than others, but it actually does harm to families and there's no possible way you can justify that.
The States are more than capable of implementing their own SNAP benefits, tailored to the Cost-of-Living in their State, which will eliminate the fundamental unfairness that now exists.
You don't need a Department of Housing & Urban Development, either. Since its inception, you've wasted more than $500 Billion on the City of Detroit, and you've got nothing to show for it. You don't need HUD for subsidized housing, either. Many States operate their own subsidized housing programs, and even for those States that don't, and Ohio doesn't, cities and counties operate their own subsidized housing programs. The City of Cincinnati runs its own subsidized housing program, and Butler County, Ohio, with a population of 375,000, runs its own subsidized housing program, so there's no need for the federal government to do it.
You don't need a Department of Transportation. All you need is an office to collect, analyze and report transportation data. The government can rescind the federal excise tax on gasoline and States can increase their gasoline by an equivalent amount and fund their own transportation needs, instead of wasting $Billions on the Bridge to Nowhere, the Exit Ramp to Nowhere and the many other follies.
That, is good fiscal policy.
it's all a lie co-opted by those who have already decided their agenda?? and just want to justify it???
Not for the electorate. The electorate's interest is in how much government to purchase, not to maximize goverment's tax revenue. It is a very uninteresting mathematical exercise to estimate the tax rate(s) that generate maximum tax revenue.
optimal tax theory is a legitimate area of study.
Not in the sense of mathematical optimization of an objective function subject to numerous constraints.
It *is* a legitimate area of study where "optimal" takes on an entirely, non-mathematical definition. In that sense, an optimal tax (and subsidy) is one that imposes the fewest distortions to the otherwise obtainable efficient allocation of resources -- but I do not think that is what you're referring to.
The above articles are not interesting. The former is a trivial effort to locate one of the point(s) on the Laffer curve that maximizes tax revenue. Said differently, it is an attempt to *prove* the Laffer Curve by finding one such point - but such a proof is hardly necessary.
"Models in optimal tax theory typically posit that the tax system should maximize a social welfare function subject to a government budget constraint..."
The correct assertion would be "models of social welfare posit that a government expenditure system should maximize a total societal welfare function subject to a government budget constraint."
Tax system should cannot maximize a social welfare function; all it can do is minimize the damage done by the effects of a misallocation of capital as a result of the existence of the tax system.
"Social welfare is larger when resources are more equally distributed." Such an assumption, taken as one of the gospels of the Church of the Progressive is debatable.
First, very high earners should be subject to high and rising marginal tax rates on earnings.
Second, low income families should be encouraged to work with earnings subsidies, which should then be phased-out with high implicit marginal tax rates.
Third, capital income should be taxed.
That is, the latter article has no bearing on the validity of the Laffer Curve. The Original Post was a slap to conservative economics and Republican presidents regarding the "Optimal Level of Taxation." The latter article has nothing to say about "the Optimal Level of Taxation." It looks at tax systems, not tax levels.