So those would be the sort of three things that i would look for. So i want to talk to both [laughter] both the secretary as well as the president of the land grant institution, because the challenge i think is the same coming and that is to work together, the two worked together large into seriously. The example that i cited earlier, whether it was indonesia, sort of in africa or data in the United States are all about collaboration. That is occurring. One of the things that we have identified in the challenges and go after is the demand of more and better foo food for sustainability and the role of the development is the awareness and dialogue increasing. Thats good. You know, how do we develop . It is a part of the solution into the development is more. The modernization is becoming more and more understood as a part of an opportunity. Of the World Development and all of those dialogs are good. The awareness is increasing. Its the level of seriousness and intensity on the scale on t
Time ago now. More than six decades now. Its going to have two be with the return based system which doesnt make people furious with it. I think thats quite doable. The current code is loaded with provisions that are both complicated and make no policy since like the alternative minimum tax and the way a lot of tax benefits are subject to phaseouts which function as hidden marginal tax rate increases which nobody understands. For a lot of people the income tax has become kind of a black walks where you put numbers into the 1040 or into the software or you give them to your return preparer and it never comes out. This is your Tax Liability but they have no idea where that came from. I always have trouble saying this but i think its a good laugh if i can get it out. Taxation without comprehension is as an amoco to democracy as taxation without representation. We have got a real democratic problem when people are paying taxes and they have no idea they cant comprehend how those tax liabil
Lot of you probably know him from that. And alan, i have to say your book, the World Without us, was one of the most inspiring things i have ever read. You have people benignly disappear and describe our the cities and farms and mountain lions would revert to a more natural state. That book was translated into 34 languages, which means a lot of people found its inspiring. And countdown already has been translated well, its coming out with 15 foreign editions and more on the way so its another top seller around the world, which is no wonder since you visited 21 countries to produce it. So, basically given your past success with World Without us and what you learned on that, im sure a lot of us are wondering what inspired you to write countdown. Thanks. Thank you all for coming. This is really nice. Some of you do know the World Without us. For those who dont, i wrote that book because i really want a world with us. The idea as she says benignly removing a species to which we are all int
Utahs onfor sponsoring this session. Nautical he has won awards for several of his previous books including the World Without us which was named top Nonfiction Book of the year by Entertainment Weekly and time magazine. A lot of you probably know him from that. I have to say your book the World Without us was one of the most inspiring things that i ever read. You had people benign lead disappear and describe how cities and farms and rivers and mountain lions would revert to a more natural state. That book was translated into 34 languagess which means a lot of people found it inspiring. Countdown our last, best hope for a future on earth has already been translated, coming out with 15 foreign editions and more on the way. It is another top seller around the world which is no wonder since youve visited 21 countries to produce it. Basically, given your past success with World Without us and what you learned from that a lot of us are wondering what inspired you to write countdown our last,
Iran has promised severe revenge for the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist blaming israel for his murder. Mohsen fakhrizadeh died in hospital after gunmen attacked his car outside tehran. Israel has previously accused him of masterminding a covert Nuclear Weapons programme, though it hasnt commented on his assassination. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera has more. The scene of an ambush. The highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in Irans Nuclear programme. Mohsen fakhrizadeh was a scientist and Senior Defence official. But western Intelligence Services have long believed he was the driving force in irans quest for a nuclear bomb. Iran has always said its Nuclear Programme was peaceful but its been claimed fakhrizadeh was leading work on project amad to develop a weapon. In 2018, he was singled out by israels prime minister. This is how dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of project amad, put it remember that name, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.