the UK and australia have far higher violent crime rates than the US (double in the UK relative to the US, and the UK is hte second most violent country to Australia).
Now if you are talking about getting shot, it is far more likely in the US, but the UK and Australia more than make up for it with assault, robbery, rape, and other types of murder to make them far more violent.
when is the last time your landline went down? I can't remember a single back back to the early 90's for me (can't even begin to recall further back) until I cut my landline. I can't even find evidence of landlines going down after the monopoly of AT&T was broken up. And the cost of having a landline has collapsed since the end of the old AT&T. If you can't see that, you are remembering a past that never existed. I remember when it used to cost me 50 cents a minute to call someone the next town over. By the late 90s it was 10 bucks for unlimited calling across the nation and now they can't give landlines away cheap enough. AT&T is a shining example of how once you allow competition to work, you get equal or better service for a tiny fraction of the cost.
could you name one service the USPS has to provide for a legal process? I can't think of a single one but maybe there is something that exists in the US that I just haven't experienced.
I don't know about Europe, but in Japan there are not subsidies for rail operators. In fact, a very large percentage of all rail traffic in Japan is run by private enterprises, and in some areas, private enterprise has built lines to directly completely with JR (the successor from the 1987 privatization that was largely driven by the fact that privately built and run railways were making money while the publicly run versions were losing money, even when both competed for effectively the same routes).
In fact, Japan is an amazing example of what happens when you properly encourage competition in the railways. The service is amazing, the trains are clean and well kept, and they are constantly trying to increase speed and efficiency and do (I can get from central Tokyo to Narita airport, almost 80 km away, in 35 minutes).
BS, RM has seen an almost 40% reduction in mail , 30+ million pieces/day, in 5 years. You think it's all private companies picking up the 30 million? more likely, lots of mass mailers and people needing to pay rent/power/gas/water/mortgage/car/insurance etc over mail is now NO LONGER NEEDED. The mail was essential 20 years ago. Today it is an almost quaint thing for most of what it was used for and there is no reason for a subsidy to exist. Over the next 20 years, no one will use the mail the way most people used the mail just 15 years ago. That is a huge change and one every postal service in the world is dealing with.
No matter what your feelings are on privitisation, postal services are fast going the way of the DoDo. Companies have found better ways to reach their customers nad customers have new, far more convenient ways of engaging with anyone. The question you have to ask isn't if privitized mail will be cheaper/faster/better but rather should the government subsidize a service that is fast going out of use for everyone because of technology? I think the answer is No, we don't require government to run a horse and buggy service. The post office will be the same for all first class mail. The new question is if packages require it somehow. Privately, companies in Japan have found a way to deliver packages in an amazing way. You register with the company and when they have a package bound for you, they contact you first and find out when you want it delivered and then deliver it in a way that matches your needs (or keeps it at a sort facility for pick up).
Actually, every time in the lsat few years I have used the USPS or RM it has been a clusterf***. When I have paid up and used UPS, fedex, DHL, or one of the many private delivery companies, my documents ALWAYS arrive on time as promised. Yes, it costs more. But frankly, I've had screw-ups by govt funded postal programs cost me far more money (in late fees for missing a delivery, for losing my spot in educational programs because they can't get a letter across the city without incident) than UPS could ever charge me in my life.
The only public services that are done right that I have seen is in Japan (of Japan, US, UK that I've lived for an extended period). The UK may be the worst I could ever imagine (my experience being with the DVLA, RM, and NHS).
but if they aren't profitable, there needs to be a damn good reason for them to exist. And frankly, for the last 10 years, universal access mail service IS NOT REQUIRED. I have ONLY had to use the mail to send documents to the government, and that is only because I have been in a very unique situation (i.e. I can afford the once a year I do it to pay a private company).
Royal mail, as with all mail services, have to be massively revamped. In 5 years, royal mail is carrying 40% less mail. Given a relatively static workforce size, how can you afford to function when your customers are dropping at that pace? And frankly, it's dropping because mail service is almost completely pointless. Slowly, people are learning that mail services provide 0 public service nad therefore should get 0 subsidy. The US is just behind on this. Many countries in Europe have already privatized.
New Jersey is hte worst, supposedly the attendants are there for your own good. They can make sure you don't put the wrong grade into a car or deisel instead of gas.
That's great, except the two times someone else pumped my gas, I had to stop them before them put too low of an octane into the tank.
do you honestly not realize that there is a huge plurality of Americans that find any amnesty for illegal immigrants a non-starter? it's not racism either, as the strongest proponents of kicking them out come from high educated immigrants (at least in my circle) of color. Sure, there are racists that are against immigration reform, but they are few, far between, and easy to spot.
do you honestly not realize that abortion is actually a fundamental ethical belief for a large portion of the population? It's not some made up divisive issue but one that is a core belief?
These groups may not be the majority, but a strong enough plurality in our system is what is required to prevent large scale changes, and it works because it forces people to realize a large percent of the population can't be ignored because you crossed a magic 50% mark, because if you do, the result leaves us even more divided.
what does teh 1970's GOP have to do wtih the GOP today, or frankly what conservatives think today (or the majority of people, for that matter)? Similar proposals were made by Clinton and they were roundly shot down in the 90's! That was long before anyone could envision a black president 15 years later.
How is it the best that a supporter of Obamacare can do is say it was a republican idea 40 years ago during the heyday of liberal policies? And why is it that if one or a small group of republicans support something at some point the greater majority today have to by party affiliation? That's like saying Obama must support Jim Crow laws because they were mainly instituted by Democrats.
you're 100% wrong. debts, like assets, first sit with the estate of the deceased. all assets are used to pay off debts, and then, what is left over is inheritance. an Estate can go into bankruptcy, the only way kids get hit with a "horrible mortgage that bankrupts them" is they were too foolish to put the estate into bankruptcy and give up the house, or too foolish to , you know, read the documents that said "hey, there is a mortgage against this home, taking the house involves taking over the mortgage".
seriously? after having to get to the airport early, check in, and get felt up and scanned to get on the plane, you can do it an hour from your house to destination?
The comparison is the high speed trains in Japan, you find up to 3 hour trips beat planes, and that is a train that goes 200 mph, not 600 (and that is a country where youc an arrive at the airport a half hour before your flight and actually have time to get a beer after checking in and getting through security).
you are out of your mind or willfully ignorant of the time involved if you think you can do LAX to SF that fast.
what south korean tech do we rely on? especially with the BOJ now weakening the Yen the way the BOK has done for years and years, there isnt' a single tech SK has to offer that isn't made better or at a higher level in the US or Japan. Now if you mean cheap stuff, yeah. But we aren't talking about cutting edge tech.
where do you get 40% from? the US is now running at 40% though in peace time in 2000 we were at 30% and quite happy. France is >50%, and greece at one point was up near 60%, though has fallen to 45% with it's severe budget cutbacks. Australia runs a nearly balanced budget at 34% (these are for all levels of govt).
There is no paticular reason we have to be at 40%, south korea is lovely at 30% (and a large military), and while not very useful for the US, singapore at 17% works great. It doesn't cost nearly as much as we spend, or most western european countries spend. And if 40% is the magic number, it's important to realize that about 75% of the US are no good, leaching, douchebags and really, it's only the top 10% that carry their own weight. In fact, the US is probably the MOST PROGRESSIVE tax system in the western countries I've seen (UK, Japan, US, France). Hell, in the US a person making 175k USD pays >40% in taxes. You need to earn about twice that in the US before the average tax burden gets there (depending on assumptions, but I"m being generous and going with single, no dependents in a place like california , and these calculations were from a year ago, before the recent top income tax hikes took effect.
Actually, while what you are doing is awesome and the times you are posting are envious, the example given was soldiers doing extreme training in the arctic or professional athletes. More likely, you'll need to redouble your efforts, but as its a continuum you may see a slight reduction in duration, but not severity of cold symptoms.
one study showing vitamin C is better than chemo or radiation please?
Yeah, most of what you wrote is complete BS. The best people have found is studies which show people training in extremely high stress conditions could have a benefit from large doses of vitamin C. That is basically no one on this forum.
not to be too pedantic, but the jews aren't a "race", they constitute a religious culture, but not a race. that is equivalent to calling sunni arabs a race or southern baptists a race (the last has a higher likelihood of being true actually)
ack, that's not true at all. The worst, least productive environments I have ever worked in has been based in bad management. The first was because the manager refused to be decisive and refused to delegate authority. He wanted to make the final decision but we spent weeks presenting the same data over and over and he never made a call one way or another.
The second was a political hack who did not understand large sections of the business a close friend of his put him in charge of, and so actively attempted to hamstring the businesses he didn't understand because he was worried about both being replaced by more competent people from those divisions and was worried that if it didn't work out and he could be tied to a decision, he would lose his job.
In both cases, the groups fell apart quickly rather than slowly. The first stint I didn't last more than 6 months before moving internally, though that manager was fired. The second stint I left again, and started that move within 6 months. In both groups, everyone was demoralized and nobody got any significant work done, just burning time.
On the other hand, my 3 other main managers were exceptional. In fact, they were so good, I would happily turn in my 2 weeks notice if any of them asked me to join them again (well, not very fair, I'm working for one right now for a second stint). They never asked you to work an hour longer than they were willing to commit to the job, always understood everyone had a personal life that, while you may be able to juggle for a few days, doesn't get put on hold for any more than that, and all were completely honest with expectations, where they wanted you to be, and helping you progress your career. If they asked you to work late or work on the weekends, they would be right there next to you, and would be pulling out their wallets to buy everyone dinner, beers at the local bar, or whatever to make the drudgery of those hours easier (and when a guy takes 25 people out to a bar, even for 2 or 3 rounds plus food, in a city where each round costs 10 bucks, it adds up pretty quickly).
The 3 good bosses got the most loyalty, the most work effort, and the absolute most commitment from everyone. And even better, the environment was so great, everyone was friends, joking, laughing, and helping each other get the job done as good as possible. No one minded if you walked over and just asked for help, and everyone would just offer it if they heard a snippet that sounded like something they had done/heard of/ encountered to try and help. And those 3 managers actually set industry or firm records for profitability, the others set records for fastest deterioration in successful business they were handed. Economic efficiency demands good bosses in most modern work environments, maybe that isn't the case in a 1970s factory? I don't know, I'm not that old.
there are pretty big differences as to expectations, work hours, pay, and career path for doctors in the US and the UK, along with the obvious of who is paying the doctor, and this study is about the UK. Oddly enough, this means I've never been turned down to see a doctor in the US on short notice while I have been in the UK.
actually, two of your points mere validate the GP, not invalidate.
Family reasons --> the implication being that this person does not have a schedule that allows them to sleep enough before their shift beings (I want a nurse htat just woke up from a good rest, not one who rested , then went about their entire, stressful day then came to work)
New grads --> fundamentally far worse at their jobs than experienced individuals. there is not middle ground for this. It has been shown with doctors (and I'll assume it's similar for nurses, but accept it may not be if you have a good reason) that more experience leads to significantly lower error rates(and another study has shown that less training hours leads to higher overall error rates for doctors).
In both cases, you are left with a less capable person caring for you. Now I'm not saying the difference is very significant from a likelihood of death case, but if you are one who worries about these things, then you should care to avoid shifts that either tired or less experienced people populate.
you do realize that your link in no way debunks the belief that bullying can lead or a a major factor in driving a depressed youth to commit suicide?
In fact, your article cites 0 studies that show in and instead begin talking about how bullying is believed to cause mass murder (not the discussion here or a commonly held belief if reports of recent shootings are believed).
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I can't say for all countries, but at least according to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_crime#United_Kingdom
the UK and australia have far higher violent crime rates than the US (double in the UK relative to the US, and the UK is hte second most violent country to Australia).
Now if you are talking about getting shot, it is far more likely in the US, but the UK and Australia more than make up for it with assault, robbery, rape, and other types of murder to make them far more violent.
when is the last time your landline went down? I can't remember a single back back to the early 90's for me (can't even begin to recall further back) until I cut my landline. I can't even find evidence of landlines going down after the monopoly of AT&T was broken up. And the cost of having a landline has collapsed since the end of the old AT&T. If you can't see that, you are remembering a past that never existed. I remember when it used to cost me 50 cents a minute to call someone the next town over. By the late 90s it was 10 bucks for unlimited calling across the nation and now they can't give landlines away cheap enough. AT&T is a shining example of how once you allow competition to work, you get equal or better service for a tiny fraction of the cost.
could you name one service the USPS has to provide for a legal process? I can't think of a single one but maybe there is something that exists in the US that I just haven't experienced.
I don't know about Europe, but in Japan there are not subsidies for rail operators. In fact, a very large percentage of all rail traffic in Japan is run by private enterprises, and in some areas, private enterprise has built lines to directly completely with JR (the successor from the 1987 privatization that was largely driven by the fact that privately built and run railways were making money while the publicly run versions were losing money, even when both competed for effectively the same routes).
In fact, Japan is an amazing example of what happens when you properly encourage competition in the railways. The service is amazing, the trains are clean and well kept, and they are constantly trying to increase speed and efficiency and do (I can get from central Tokyo to Narita airport, almost 80 km away, in 35 minutes).
BS, RM has seen an almost 40% reduction in mail , 30+ million pieces/day, in 5 years. You think it's all private companies picking up the 30 million? more likely, lots of mass mailers and people needing to pay rent/power/gas/water/mortgage/car/insurance etc over mail is now NO LONGER NEEDED. The mail was essential 20 years ago. Today it is an almost quaint thing for most of what it was used for and there is no reason for a subsidy to exist. Over the next 20 years, no one will use the mail the way most people used the mail just 15 years ago. That is a huge change and one every postal service in the world is dealing with.
No matter what your feelings are on privitisation, postal services are fast going the way of the DoDo. Companies have found better ways to reach their customers nad customers have new, far more convenient ways of engaging with anyone. The question you have to ask isn't if privitized mail will be cheaper/faster/better but rather should the government subsidize a service that is fast going out of use for everyone because of technology? I think the answer is No, we don't require government to run a horse and buggy service. The post office will be the same for all first class mail. The new question is if packages require it somehow. Privately, companies in Japan have found a way to deliver packages in an amazing way. You register with the company and when they have a package bound for you, they contact you first and find out when you want it delivered and then deliver it in a way that matches your needs (or keeps it at a sort facility for pick up).
services and protections making 90% of the country pay significantly more so 10% can live a lifestyle they like at a highly subsidized rate.
Actually, every time in the lsat few years I have used the USPS or RM it has been a clusterf***. When I have paid up and used UPS, fedex, DHL, or one of the many private delivery companies, my documents ALWAYS arrive on time as promised. Yes, it costs more. But frankly, I've had screw-ups by govt funded postal programs cost me far more money (in late fees for missing a delivery, for losing my spot in educational programs because they can't get a letter across the city without incident) than UPS could ever charge me in my life.
The only public services that are done right that I have seen is in Japan (of Japan, US, UK that I've lived for an extended period). The UK may be the worst I could ever imagine (my experience being with the DVLA, RM, and NHS).
but if they aren't profitable, there needs to be a damn good reason for them to exist. And frankly, for the last 10 years, universal access mail service IS NOT REQUIRED. I have ONLY had to use the mail to send documents to the government, and that is only because I have been in a very unique situation (i.e. I can afford the once a year I do it to pay a private company).
Royal mail, as with all mail services, have to be massively revamped. In 5 years, royal mail is carrying 40% less mail. Given a relatively static workforce size, how can you afford to function when your customers are dropping at that pace? And frankly, it's dropping because mail service is almost completely pointless. Slowly, people are learning that mail services provide 0 public service nad therefore should get 0 subsidy. The US is just behind on this. Many countries in Europe have already privatized.
New Jersey is hte worst, supposedly the attendants are there for your own good. They can make sure you don't put the wrong grade into a car or deisel instead of gas.
That's great, except the two times someone else pumped my gas, I had to stop them before them put too low of an octane into the tank.
do you honestly not realize that there is a huge plurality of Americans that find any amnesty for illegal immigrants a non-starter? it's not racism either, as the strongest proponents of kicking them out come from high educated immigrants (at least in my circle) of color. Sure, there are racists that are against immigration reform, but they are few, far between, and easy to spot.
do you honestly not realize that abortion is actually a fundamental ethical belief for a large portion of the population? It's not some made up divisive issue but one that is a core belief?
These groups may not be the majority, but a strong enough plurality in our system is what is required to prevent large scale changes, and it works because it forces people to realize a large percent of the population can't be ignored because you crossed a magic 50% mark, because if you do, the result leaves us even more divided.
what does teh 1970's GOP have to do wtih the GOP today, or frankly what conservatives think today (or the majority of people, for that matter)? Similar proposals were made by Clinton and they were roundly shot down in the 90's! That was long before anyone could envision a black president 15 years later.
How is it the best that a supporter of Obamacare can do is say it was a republican idea 40 years ago during the heyday of liberal policies? And why is it that if one or a small group of republicans support something at some point the greater majority today have to by party affiliation? That's like saying Obama must support Jim Crow laws because they were mainly instituted by Democrats.
pink could be used, except that is resreved for commies now.
you're 100% wrong. debts, like assets, first sit with the estate of the deceased. all assets are used to pay off debts, and then, what is left over is inheritance. an Estate can go into bankruptcy, the only way kids get hit with a "horrible mortgage that bankrupts them" is they were too foolish to put the estate into bankruptcy and give up the house, or too foolish to , you know, read the documents that said "hey, there is a mortgage against this home, taking the house involves taking over the mortgage".
seriously? after having to get to the airport early, check in, and get felt up and scanned to get on the plane, you can do it an hour from your house to destination?
The comparison is the high speed trains in Japan, you find up to 3 hour trips beat planes, and that is a train that goes 200 mph, not 600 (and that is a country where youc an arrive at the airport a half hour before your flight and actually have time to get a beer after checking in and getting through security).
you are out of your mind or willfully ignorant of the time involved if you think you can do LAX to SF that fast.
what south korean tech do we rely on? especially with the BOJ now weakening the Yen the way the BOK has done for years and years, there isnt' a single tech SK has to offer that isn't made better or at a higher level in the US or Japan. Now if you mean cheap stuff, yeah. But we aren't talking about cutting edge tech.
where do you get 40% from? the US is now running at 40% though in peace time in 2000 we were at 30% and quite happy. France is >50%, and greece at one point was up near 60%, though has fallen to 45% with it's severe budget cutbacks. Australia runs a nearly balanced budget at 34% (these are for all levels of govt).
There is no paticular reason we have to be at 40%, south korea is lovely at 30% (and a large military), and while not very useful for the US, singapore at 17% works great. It doesn't cost nearly as much as we spend, or most western european countries spend. And if 40% is the magic number, it's important to realize that about 75% of the US are no good, leaching, douchebags and really, it's only the top 10% that carry their own weight. In fact, the US is probably the MOST PROGRESSIVE tax system in the western countries I've seen (UK, Japan, US, France). Hell, in the US a person making 175k USD pays >40% in taxes. You need to earn about twice that in the US before the average tax burden gets there (depending on assumptions, but I"m being generous and going with single, no dependents in a place like california , and these calculations were from a year ago, before the recent top income tax hikes took effect.
Actually, while what you are doing is awesome and the times you are posting are envious, the example given was soldiers doing extreme training in the arctic or professional athletes. More likely, you'll need to redouble your efforts, but as its a continuum you may see a slight reduction in duration, but not severity of cold symptoms.
one study showing vitamin C is better than chemo or radiation please?
Yeah, most of what you wrote is complete BS. The best people have found is studies which show people training in extremely high stress conditions could have a benefit from large doses of vitamin C. That is basically no one on this forum.
most fault lies with 0 evidence and theories based on arm chair pontification. Those are the issues with megavitamin theories.
Any numbers to back up that ridiculous claim? Or any reasonable argument?
not to be too pedantic, but the jews aren't a "race", they constitute a religious culture, but not a race. that is equivalent to calling sunni arabs a race or southern baptists a race (the last has a higher likelihood of being true actually)
ack, that's not true at all. The worst, least productive environments I have ever worked in has been based in bad management. The first was because the manager refused to be decisive and refused to delegate authority. He wanted to make the final decision but we spent weeks presenting the same data over and over and he never made a call one way or another.
The second was a political hack who did not understand large sections of the business a close friend of his put him in charge of, and so actively attempted to hamstring the businesses he didn't understand because he was worried about both being replaced by more competent people from those divisions and was worried that if it didn't work out and he could be tied to a decision, he would lose his job.
In both cases, the groups fell apart quickly rather than slowly. The first stint I didn't last more than 6 months before moving internally, though that manager was fired. The second stint I left again, and started that move within 6 months. In both groups, everyone was demoralized and nobody got any significant work done, just burning time.
On the other hand, my 3 other main managers were exceptional. In fact, they were so good, I would happily turn in my 2 weeks notice if any of them asked me to join them again (well, not very fair, I'm working for one right now for a second stint). They never asked you to work an hour longer than they were willing to commit to the job, always understood everyone had a personal life that, while you may be able to juggle for a few days, doesn't get put on hold for any more than that, and all were completely honest with expectations, where they wanted you to be, and helping you progress your career. If they asked you to work late or work on the weekends, they would be right there next to you, and would be pulling out their wallets to buy everyone dinner, beers at the local bar, or whatever to make the drudgery of those hours easier (and when a guy takes 25 people out to a bar, even for 2 or 3 rounds plus food, in a city where each round costs 10 bucks, it adds up pretty quickly).
The 3 good bosses got the most loyalty, the most work effort, and the absolute most commitment from everyone. And even better, the environment was so great, everyone was friends, joking, laughing, and helping each other get the job done as good as possible. No one minded if you walked over and just asked for help, and everyone would just offer it if they heard a snippet that sounded like something they had done/heard of/ encountered to try and help. And those 3 managers actually set industry or firm records for profitability, the others set records for fastest deterioration in successful business they were handed. Economic efficiency demands good bosses in most modern work environments, maybe that isn't the case in a 1970s factory? I don't know, I'm not that old.
there are pretty big differences as to expectations, work hours, pay, and career path for doctors in the US and the UK, along with the obvious of who is paying the doctor, and this study is about the UK. Oddly enough, this means I've never been turned down to see a doctor in the US on short notice while I have been in the UK.
As an example to the doctor's pay difference:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/health/colonoscopies-explain-why-us-leads-the-world-in-health-expenditures.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
actually, two of your points mere validate the GP, not invalidate.
Family reasons --> the implication being that this person does not have a schedule that allows them to sleep enough before their shift beings (I want a nurse htat just woke up from a good rest, not one who rested , then went about their entire, stressful day then came to work)
New grads --> fundamentally far worse at their jobs than experienced individuals. there is not middle ground for this. It has been shown with doctors (and I'll assume it's similar for nurses, but accept it may not be if you have a good reason) that more experience leads to significantly lower error rates(and another study has shown that less training hours leads to higher overall error rates for doctors).
In both cases, you are left with a less capable person caring for you. Now I'm not saying the difference is very significant from a likelihood of death case, but if you are one who worries about these things, then you should care to avoid shifts that either tired or less experienced people populate.
you do realize that your link in no way debunks the belief that bullying can lead or a a major factor in driving a depressed youth to commit suicide?
In fact, your article cites 0 studies that show in and instead begin talking about how bullying is believed to cause mass murder (not the discussion here or a commonly held belief if reports of recent shootings are believed).