Actually, Ukraine had a treaty where both Russia and US guaranteed its territorial integrity in exchange for post-Soviet nuclear disarmament.
This is somewhat misleading. The treaty Budapest Memorandum stated that both Russia and the U.S. would respect its territorial integrity, not guarantee it. Russia broke this agreement, but there is nothing in the treaty stating that the remaining signatories had to come to Ukraine's defense*.
There are the 6 obligations outlined in the treaty:
1) Respect Belarusian, Kazakh and Ukrainian independence and sovereignty and the existing borders.
2) Refrain from the threat or use of force against Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
3) Refrain from using economic pressure on Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine in order to influence its politics.
4) Seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, "if Belarus/Kazakhstan/Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used".
5) Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
6) Consult with one another if questions arise regarding these commitments.
China or Russia could deliver a ballistic missile armed with nuclear warheads to Japan in a few minutes, and Japan would be helpless to stop it. One of the things* stopping them from doing so is the threat of retaliation from the rest of the nuclear club.
*Of course there are other major reasons for China or Russia to not do this, but Mutually Assured Destruction is definitely one of them.
Steve Jobs' tried this when he founded NeXT computer. Employees had full access to the payrolls. There were also only two starting salaries; $75,000 if you started before 1986, and $50,000 if you started afterwards. I'm not sure how this worked out for them considering the flux of that company.
but no longer was being a math or science teacher based on a demonstrated knowledge of the subject matter.
Actually, I find it's a demonstrated knowledge of how well the defensive line can protect the quarter back and how many RBI's the baseball team managed to bring in. In my public high school, close to 85% of the teachers coached one of the athletic teams. I'd be surprised if any of these guys actually had degrees in the actual field taught.
That's a pretty hefty assumption. I know plenty of welders and EMT's that have large families and are very financially secure. Of course my evidence is anecdotal, but so is yours.
Namely, that we presume so long as everyone can "code" and learn maths, that they can one day successfully achieve gainful employment
I would counter that parent's seem to presume that Little Johnny doesn't need math because he's headed for the NBA/NFL/RIAA anyway.
Most of the tech you enjoy came about from the Department of Defense.
This, 1000 times. Don't like it? Stop using that digital computer (a product of developing machines to calculate ballistic tables), to post on the Internet (a product of DARPA to create a packet switching network to survive nuclear attack). I could go on and on....
A few years ago Michio Kaku was talking about the decline of funding for basic research in the U.S. since the end of the Cold War. He had this to say:
“After that cancellation [of the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas, after $2 billion had been spent on it], we physicists learned that we have to sing for our supper.... The Cold War is over. You can't simply say “Russia!” to Congress, and they whip out their checkbook and say, “How much?” We have to tell the people why this atom-smasher is going to benefit their lives.”
According to the article on Ars, the prosecutor had this to say:
"If the potential for unauthorized access to an encryption key is truly motivating Apple’s unwillingness to assist in downloading information from specific iPhones, then let’s define the problem in those terms and work on that concern"
How long ago was this? I have Cox and purchased a new cable modem this past December after my old one died. I was able to plug it in and register the new modem online. (https://www.cox.com/resaccount/self-activation-sign-in.cox)
Ditto. I've had Cox for about 8 years now, and it's easily the best ISP I've ever dealt with. Fast connections, reasonable pricing, and I can count the number of downtime hours on a single hand. I know I sound like a corporate shill, but they just haven't given me a reason to say anything bad about them.
It makes me feel sorry for the people that have Comcast because all I hear are bad things. Where I live, I only have 3 options for broadband; Cox, AT&T DSL, or satellite. Surely that's the same in most places where Comcast offers service? Why is it that Comcast offers such crap when they have to compete with the same players that Cox has to compete against?
In most cases where type 1's develop the disease and are not born with it
I'm Type 1 as well. Although we weren't "born with it", we were most certainly born with the genetic marker that made us susceptible to it (I'm sure you know this).
I had this odd skin reaction that was like just random inflammation
Maybe that odd skin reaction is what triggered the auto-immune response that attacked your islet cells? I know correlation-and-causation and all of that, but it makes you wonder about a lot of things that you could catch that would trigger that response (the Coxsackie virus has been implicated, but is somewhat inconclusive).
Just remember, we're only 10 years away from cure, and have been for over 30 years now;-)
Imagine that instead of hiring Steve Ballmer, Microsoft would have merely hired an average MIT PhD engineering graduate in their 30s or 40s with some business and management experience.
That's exactly what Microsoft did. Ballmer was assistant product manager at Proctor & Gamble before Microsoft and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, but I guess that's not as good as MIT. Also, that whole part about being with the company since 1980 when they were virtually an unknown to being such a massive force that they underwent an investigation for monopolistic practices, we should just overlook that part as well. Most people also seem to forget that he was the Microsoft CEO since way back in 2000......some products released during his tenure were real stinkers, but these "better products" that you wish for, some of them actually occurred during his tenure (think Windows XP, Windows 7, SQL Server 2000, Exchange, Windows 2000).
would just walk or run out into the road without looking
They are just trying to stay on top of their game. What better way to practice dodging and flynching? If you can avoid a car, you should be able to avoid a linebacker:-)
Now "seniority" can include advanced degrees and continuing education, but the argument can be made that both of those don't necessarily contribute to performance. I admit that trying to gauge performance for education is difficult, but I was just trying to point out that currently teachers' aren't paid for it.
North Korea's isolation is Kim's fault just as much as anyone else's. He's well aware that opening up trade internationally would end up creating a more educated and motivated populace....one that wouldn't look to kindly on their current leadership.
Look at the dogma that has been crammed down their throat for the past 50 years....Juche is usually translated as "self-reliance". Why would Dear Leader want to open up trade to the world when he's convinced the populace that they don't need it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Actually, Ukraine had a treaty where both Russia and US guaranteed its territorial integrity in exchange for post-Soviet nuclear disarmament.
This is somewhat misleading. The treaty Budapest Memorandum stated that both Russia and the U.S. would respect its territorial integrity, not guarantee it. Russia broke this agreement, but there is nothing in the treaty stating that the remaining signatories had to come to Ukraine's defense*.
There are the 6 obligations outlined in the treaty:
1) Respect Belarusian, Kazakh and Ukrainian independence and sovereignty and the existing borders.
2) Refrain from the threat or use of force against Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
3) Refrain from using economic pressure on Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine in order to influence its politics.
4) Seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, "if Belarus/Kazakhstan/Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used".
5) Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
6) Consult with one another if questions arise regarding these commitments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
*#4 would have a bit more teeth if the part about nuclear weapons was left out.
China or Russia could deliver a ballistic missile armed with nuclear warheads to Japan in a few minutes, and Japan would be helpless to stop it. One of the things* stopping them from doing so is the threat of retaliation from the rest of the nuclear club.
*Of course there are other major reasons for China or Russia to not do this, but Mutually Assured Destruction is definitely one of them.
More than that, being pacifist has kept Japan safe for decades.
I think it's more likely that the U.S. military presence in Japan has kept it safe.
More like Scientology of Physics....
The Scientology of Physics.....how Xenu's hairstyle can be achieved with a Van de Graaff E-Meter.
Steve Jobs' tried this when he founded NeXT computer. Employees had full access to the payrolls. There were also only two starting salaries; $75,000 if you started before 1986, and $50,000 if you started afterwards. I'm not sure how this worked out for them considering the flux of that company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
but no longer was being a math or science teacher based on a demonstrated knowledge of the subject matter.
Actually, I find it's a demonstrated knowledge of how well the defensive line can protect the quarter back and how many RBI's the baseball team managed to bring in. In my public high school, close to 85% of the teachers coached one of the athletic teams. I'd be surprised if any of these guys actually had degrees in the actual field taught.
You cant raise a family on any of these careers
That's a pretty hefty assumption. I know plenty of welders and EMT's that have large families and are very financially secure. Of course my evidence is anecdotal, but so is yours.
Namely, that we presume so long as everyone can "code" and learn maths, that they can one day successfully achieve gainful employment
I would counter that parent's seem to presume that Little Johnny doesn't need math because he's headed for the NBA/NFL/RIAA anyway.
Oh, and add Tim Berners-Lee to that list, he should definitely get it.
Agreed, awarding this to them was way overdue. I think Linus Torvalds and John Carmack should get it eventually as well.
Most of the tech you enjoy came about from the Department of Defense.
This, 1000 times. Don't like it? Stop using that digital computer (a product of developing machines to calculate ballistic tables), to post on the Internet (a product of DARPA to create a packet switching network to survive nuclear attack). I could go on and on....
A few years ago Michio Kaku was talking about the decline of funding for basic research in the U.S. since the end of the Cold War. He had this to say:
http://www.goodreads.com/quote...
“After that cancellation [of the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas, after $2 billion had been spent on it], we physicists learned that we have to sing for our supper. ... The Cold War is over. You can't simply say “Russia!” to Congress, and they whip out their checkbook and say, “How much?” We have to tell the people why this atom-smasher is going to benefit their lives.”
According to the article on Ars, the prosecutor had this to say:
"If the potential for unauthorized access to an encryption key is truly motivating Apple’s unwillingness to assist in downloading information from specific iPhones, then let’s define the problem in those terms and work on that concern"
If only he really meant that.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...
How long ago was this? I have Cox and purchased a new cable modem this past December after my old one died. I was able to plug it in and register the new modem online. (https://www.cox.com/resaccount/self-activation-sign-in.cox)
Ditto. I've had Cox for about 8 years now, and it's easily the best ISP I've ever dealt with. Fast connections, reasonable pricing, and I can count the number of downtime hours on a single hand. I know I sound like a corporate shill, but they just haven't given me a reason to say anything bad about them.
It makes me feel sorry for the people that have Comcast because all I hear are bad things. Where I live, I only have 3 options for broadband; Cox, AT&T DSL, or satellite. Surely that's the same in most places where Comcast offers service? Why is it that Comcast offers such crap when they have to compete with the same players that Cox has to compete against?
In most cases where type 1's develop the disease and are not born with it
I'm Type 1 as well. Although we weren't "born with it", we were most certainly born with the genetic marker that made us susceptible to it (I'm sure you know this).
I had this odd skin reaction that was like just random inflammation
Maybe that odd skin reaction is what triggered the auto-immune response that attacked your islet cells? I know correlation-and-causation and all of that, but it makes you wonder about a lot of things that you could catch that would trigger that response (the Coxsackie virus has been implicated, but is somewhat inconclusive).
Just remember, we're only 10 years away from cure, and have been for over 30 years now ;-)
Imagine that instead of hiring Steve Ballmer, Microsoft would have merely hired an average MIT PhD engineering graduate in their 30s or 40s with some business and management experience.
That's exactly what Microsoft did. Ballmer was assistant product manager at Proctor & Gamble before Microsoft and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, but I guess that's not as good as MIT. Also, that whole part about being with the company since 1980 when they were virtually an unknown to being such a massive force that they underwent an investigation for monopolistic practices, we should just overlook that part as well. Most people also seem to forget that he was the Microsoft CEO since way back in 2000......some products released during his tenure were real stinkers, but these "better products" that you wish for, some of them actually occurred during his tenure (think Windows XP, Windows 7, SQL Server 2000, Exchange, Windows 2000).
would just walk or run out into the road without looking
They are just trying to stay on top of their game. What better way to practice dodging and flynching? If you can avoid a car, you should be able to avoid a linebacker :-)
LHC.....No wireless. Cost more than Fermilab. Lame.
This rapper is in on the conspiracy himself and doesn't know it. Help spread the word!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... /s
In our enlightened times, only one country sends their sons to other countries to kill the people that live there.
Errr, well Russia now makes two, with Crimea & Syria.
Only those two countries huh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Seems that teachers aren't paid based on their performance, but seniority:
http://www.educationworld.com/...
http://www.ascd.org/publicatio...
Now "seniority" can include advanced degrees and continuing education, but the argument can be made that both of those don't necessarily contribute to performance. I admit that trying to gauge performance for education is difficult, but I was just trying to point out that currently teachers' aren't paid for it.
they can find any number of reasons to grade that teacher as underperforming, and that teacher won't advance in pay
I wasn't aware that teachers' pay was based on performance, but on seniority.
But it was aliens using obsidian tipped arrows and clubs to cover up the fallout from a failed genetic experiment....
The Supreme Court decided otherwise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Can you get these installed in your kids? It would bring new meaning to Parental Controls.
North Korea's isolation is Kim's fault just as much as anyone else's. He's well aware that opening up trade internationally would end up creating a more educated and motivated populace....one that wouldn't look to kindly on their current leadership.
Look at the dogma that has been crammed down their throat for the past 50 years....Juche is usually translated as "self-reliance". Why would Dear Leader want to open up trade to the world when he's convinced the populace that they don't need it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...