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So last month, while preparing for a show on "Foolish Atheists," I suggested three groups associated with atheism that might fit the bill: Communists, Raelians, and Objectivists. Nobody was interested in sticking up for Communists or Raelians, but we did get some email about criticizing Objectivism, both pro and con. So what good is having an atheist show if you can't step on a few toes?
I'm personally critical of the libertarian thought that comes from Ayn Rand, but since my political beliefs aren't the issue here, I'm going to try to stay away from that topic as much as I can manage. Instead, I want to focus on the weird cult-like status that Rand attained, and some oddities about her philosophy that make "Objectivism" seem not so objective.
Here come some links (check this post right before the show because I may add more):
- Wikipedia article on Objectivism
- Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature, a blog critical of Ayn Rand
- A post from the above about "Second-Handers". The comments section is especially amusing due to the fact that one of the Objectivist commenters attacks the author by saying "From the content of this blog alone I judge that you are a second-hander, a parasite on Ayn Rand, and to buy your book would be to enable that" – thereby providing an unwitting demonstration of the term "second-hander" as a well poisoning technique.
- Alice in Wonderland: A critique of Ayn Rand from a Libertarian perspective
- The Unlikeliest Cult In History by weird beliefs investigator Michael Shermer
- Just for fun, here's tvtropes.org explaining just which cliches are scattered throughout Atlas Shrugged. I'll discuss a few of my favorites: "Mary Sue" (both Dagny Taggart and John Galt filling the role as idealized stand-ins for the author); "Author Filibuster" (56 pages worth of uninterrupted prosyletizing!) and "Anvilicious."
- Today's musical selection is from "2112" by Rush. Neil Peart has stated that the concept album was inspired Ayn Rand's book, Anthem.


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James A. Svendsen, 77, of rural Marshalltown, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013, at the Iowa River Hospice Home, while surrounded by his loving family. A celebration of his life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at the Gladbrook Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial will follow services at the Chapel Hill Cemetery in Gladbrook. Visitation for Jim will be held from 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 5, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home where his family will be present to greet friends. Memorial contributions may be directed in his name to the Green Mountain Community Park Building. For further information or to send a condolence please visit www.mitchellfh.com or call (641) 844-1234. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Jim and his family.


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Yeah I go to BOVA weekly. They charged you $32 for a Sicilian pan? JEEBus. I sell them for around $17 I guess that's why they make money, and I don't : )Nice little place. Next time you are there I recommend trying out some of their Rummo pasta. Delicious!
So, I gotta ask. Where is "over there"? You can PM me if you don't want to post here.


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are these the two to start with? or something else? would you buy fresh are dry cultures?
Other buying from Ed and then re-selling it, would have activated the dry cultures, and there is no guarantee that these were not contaminated or have a different microflora balance etc...
They should not call it Camaldoli and Ischia as they have not obtained first hand, so who tell you that what they are selling is the same thing? Mr X in California can start a company, catching a starter on the back garden and selling it as Ischia (this is the "etc"). Is that ok for you?
Think about just for a second, where you or others on this forum have read or learned about Neapolitan pizza and who was the original source of that?
Not you. Most of that knowledge came from others, actually.. I think the few people on this board who can make a decent version would agree with that.
Are you crazy? did you read the neapolitan section of this site before marco came aboard?
You are under the impression that it is just a set of ingredients and processes and equipment and that is IT. That is not it.
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According to VCA Animal Hospitals, one of the most common reasons a dog visits a veterinarian for an emergency situation is because of a bite. These can be caused by another family pet, or from a fight with an unfamiliar canine.
VCA reports that biting in dogs tends to stem back to puppyhood. Littermates often bite one another as a form of play. Usually this behavior decreases over time, so adult dogs that bite tend to have deeper motives or causes for inflicting pain.
No matter the reason behind the incident, a dog that's been bitten needs medical attention to make sure the wound is tended to properly and doesn't get infected. Other bites may need to be stitched up. Although some bites may seem like no big deal, VCA reports that it is impossible for an owner to tell the severity of a bite, as there could be internal bleeding or even a tooth from the other dog lodged in the wound. Dogs who have been in fights should be brought to the veterinarian health clinic immediately to check their overall pet health.
Once there, a vet will check out the wounds and determine what needs to be done. In most cases, antibiotics will be prescribed for any injury that penetrates the skin.


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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been a champion of the fight to end global hunger and undernutrition, making the case for increased investments in food security and nutrition to help move people out of poverty, create stronger communities, and build a more stable world.
At the Office of Global Food Security, we are looking forward to working with our partners across the whole of the U.S. government, international community, private sector, civil society, and partner nations to build on Secretary Clinton's legacy and to making 2013 another momentous year in the fight to end world hunger and undernutrition.
Throughout 2012, the Obama Administration continued to elevate these issues on the U.S global policy agenda and emphasized the importance of partnering with civil society and the private sector to achieve greater impact in the fight against hunger.
The Department of State is proud to be a part of Feed the Future, the U.S. government's global hunger and food security initiative. With a focus on smallholder farmers, especially women, Feed the Future supports partner countries in developing their agriculture sectors to spur economic growth that increases incomes and reduces hunger, poverty, and undernutrition. In 2012, Feed the Future launched its first progress report, highlighting accomplishments and U.S. government efforts to enhance donor coordination, leverage investments through partnerships, and advance the research agenda to solve challenges to agricultural productivity.
In 2012, the U.S. government also held the presidency of the G-8. President Obama used this leadership position to bring together G-8 and African leaders in May 2012 to launch the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, with the goal of helping lift 50 million people out of poverty over 10 years and mobilize private sector investment in African agriculture.
The U.S. government also worked closely with the World Bank, other multilateral organizations and civil society organizations to support and replenish the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, a multi-donor trust fund to help millions of resource-poor farmers grow and earn more so they can lift themselves out of poverty.
In September, on the margins of the 67th UN General Assembly, Secretary Clinton announced a more than $1 billion commitment of private, non-government funds from InterAction, an alliance of 198 U.S. based international NGOs, to support food security worldwide. This new pledge highlighted the importance of collaborating with a wide range of partners to achieve food security goals and is serving as a platform for deepening engagement with civil society.
In October, World Food Program-USA paid special tribute to Secretary Clinton's unprecedented commitment to improving global food security. Tanzanian agronomist Halimah Saleh introduced Secretary Clinton, stating: "Her commitment and forward thinking in agriculture has touched the lives of smallholder farmers -- and many families -- throughout [Tanzania]."
While visiting Ireland in December, Concern Worldwide presented the Secretary with the Fr. Aengus Finucane Award for Services to Humanity honoring her legacy on development during her time as Secretary of State and leading the world in the fight against undernutrition, especially during the critical 1,000-day window from pregnancy to a child's second birthday.
And in December I had the honor of chairing the meeting of the L'Aquila Food Security Initiative (AFSI) in Maputo, Mozambique, where I was able to announce that, thanks to congressional support, the United States had met President Obama's AFSI pledge by obligating over $3.7 billion over three years for global food security. Collectively, all 13 AFSI donors have now met the pledges made at the G-8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, in 2009 to mobilize more than $22 billion for food security over three years, two-thirds of which has already been disbursed.
These achievements reflect the commitment of the U.S. government to end global hunger and signal the potential for achieving even more ambitious goals in the coming year. By deepening collaboration with our partners and supporting innovations that can help achieve partner countries' food security goals, we will continue to eradicate hunger and undernutrition.
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Thank you, Jonathan, for this great post on the U.S. government's accomplishments in ending global hunger. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is proud to be supporting these efforts, both directly with support for clean water and sustainable agriculture projects, and indirectly, through infrastructure and other projects that create jobs and promote overall economic stability. You can read more about how OPIC is investing in food security here: opic.gov/blog/events/investing-in-food-security.


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Mint Julep Cocktail: Recipe
Though the exact origins of the mint julep aren't known, the mixed alcoholic drink has come to be associated with the American south. In particular, the cocktail is seen as a symbol of the Kentucky Derby. Its most important ingredient is mint and it is traditionally served in a pewter cup at the horse-racing event. In this WatchMojo.com video, the guys from Brahm Mauer Bar Services head to Baxo Cuisine and Bar to show you how to make the perfect mint julep.


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Frequently Asked Wireless Printing Questions
There are a few different ways to print from an Android tablet or phone. If you have a printer already set up, you can use Google Cloud Print to print from most mobile Android devices. The following instructions will take you through the process of setting up Google Cloud Print. Afterwards, you'll learn about some printer-specific and third-party apps to help enhance your printing experience.
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To begin, you'll need a desktop computer or notebook with the Google Chrome Web browser installed. You'll also need to install the "Cloud Print" app on your mobile device. It's best to use the computer to install Cloud Print on your tablet. The computer you use must already be hooked up to the printer you plan to add.
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Many new printers come already equipped with Bluetooth or cloud capabilities. Top brands like HP, Lexmark and Epson sell printers that have a built-in connection to the cloud. To use these, you need to download the printer app onto your device. Each printer will have its own app and the installation process will vary between each device. Specific instructions will usually be included when you purchase the printer.
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Some third-party apps can accomplish the same function as printer-specific apps, especially if both your printer and your device are Bluetooth-equipped. Among these apps are PrintBot, PrinterShare and PrinterOn. You'll have to make sure all your devices are compatible with these apps, but they are often a very useful option for users who need to find a way to print.


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The 11-BM diffractometer has 12 analyzers and offers simultaneous high-speed (<= 1 hr) and high-resolution (~2 x 10-4 ΔQ/Q) data collection. Users can access the instrument via mail-in access or can submit proposals for on-site use.
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bac5665 wrote:On SI, Mandel was saying that while there is bias, the computers are still down on us. Fuels, or anyone else, is there any reasonable way to argue against the computers? I see it as pretty unlikely that Baylor would be better than us in the computers, but if it is, that's pretty damning for us.
Well, we know BU has a worse SOS in Sagarin. That's a fact.


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Skip to comments.Mitrione calls Fox 'disgusting freak' (UFC)
Posted on 04/24/2013 5:46:35 AM PDT by massmike
Matt Mitrione was suspended indefinitely by the UFC on Monday, hours after the heavyweight fighter and former NFL defensive lineman called transgender MMA competitor Fallon Fox a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak in an interview.
The UFC was appalled by the transphobic comments made by heavyweight Matt Mitrione today in an interview on the 'MMA Hour,' the UFC said in a statement Monday evening. The organization finds Mr. Mitriones comments offensive and wholly unacceptable and as a direct result of this significant breach of the UFCs code of conduct Mr. Mitriones UFC contract has been suspended and the incident is being investigated.
The UFC is a friend and ally of the LGBT community and expects and requires all 450 of its athletes to treat others with dignity and respect," the UFC statement continued.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.foxsports.com ...
"Transphobic"? Thats a new one on me. Whoever came up with that word is a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak.
I guess we need a new dictionary.....
Speaking the truth is dangerous these days.
What's the dif'?
I'm still amazed that they're still calling Cher's monster daughter a "he" and "him" . . . no matter what you cut off or put on, every single cell in your body cannot be changed.
Under investigation? Has the first amendment disappeared along with the second?
but if he had just beaten "its" face in, everything would be OK.
Disgusting that they'd buckle under like this. I used to have respect for the UFC, but not no more. I'm done as a fan . . . I refuse to watch any more matches . . . if one of their people cannot exercise his freedom of speech, no matter how compelling, than the UFC can go to hell.
I wondered at that too. Coming soon Pedaphobic.
Am I to understand that Fallon Fox is a MAN? And they let him fight against real WOMAN? That is just freaking wrong.
Would this be before, after or during the time they are trying to beat the $h!+ out of each other in the ring?
"phobic" means "FEAR".
I do not "fear" these people. I LOATH them. They infringe upon my rights to use a "Ladies Room" in peace and privacy, they mock my very chromosomes with their foolishness, they belittle my femininity with their ridiculous parody of my sex, they sabotage my beloved traditions of marriage and family, they infringe upon my rights to free association, they trespass upon and abuse my Freedom of Speech, they restrict and mock my religion, and they trample my First Amendment Rights.
What's not to hate?
But I do not "fear" them.
If the UFC continues to allow freak sick perverted people into its ranks it will end up disappearing in short order. The vast majority of Americans are sick and tired of this crap. You are a man or you are a women or you are a perverted freak.
That's BGLTQ, Dana White!
Get your alphabets right!
Soon it's going to be BGLTQ+P, so you better get ready.
I have to say first I don't think there is anything wrong with people who want to get a sex change. Why force them to be something that doesn't feel right to them? And I had to look up this Fallon person and she is not my cup of tea but anyway...
What he said seems to be a comment about her character not her transsexuality. I wonder what she did to piss him off so bad.
Whoa yeah that seems really unfair.
Seriously I don't see the need to be mean. I don't understand why someone would do this to themself - look he is a normal nice looking guy in the first picture. But really if you are going to get all that surgery and cut things off you must be really unhappy. She has my sympathy in that regard. But as for why she was called a lying sociopath - that's probably another issue that's being obscured by POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.
That's what she wants to be called, that's what I called her, just common courtesy.
Fallon Fox IS a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak.
I'd still hit it, though.
That's so gay .... UFC jumped the shark.
People unclear on the concept thought that boycotting the Dixie Chicks after their remarks was a violation of their 1st Amendment rights.
If you say something your employer doesn't like they can (and will) fire you. The 1st Amendment doesn't apply unless your employer is the government.
Homosexuals want to be called gay too.
Nothing gay about them. SSAD is an example of people making a sick choice, but they put a nice rainbow balloon unicorn name to their behavior to make it more acceptable.
You can't change the sex that God made you, this guy is a guy. Although a very sick mutilated freak of a man now.
"I'd still hit it, though."
And she could hit you back - big time!
I'm guessing you'd like that...
Wow, you are one of those guys. I am no way unclear about the first amendment. You, and others like you, are the ones unclear. Did the article say he was under investigation or not? It did, and to me investigation means the government, at least at the law enforcement level. Last time I looked the 1st prohibits any laws being made to restrict free speech, that would include local laws as well as federal since all the amendments have been incorporated within the states. I wasn't talking about him being fired, I was talking about the "investigation".
It is clear, to me at least, from the statement by the ufc employee that it was being investigated by the ufc.
Well, the guy beats up girls for a living. How lame is that?
are these weirdo's serious?
a man who fights women
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Skip to comments.Pentagon awash in pink slips, preparing 800,000 civilian furloughs
Posted on 02/21/2013 3:31:23 PM PST by SkyPilot
The Defense Department on Wednesday officially notified Congress that it plans to begin furloughing its 800,000 civilian employees across the country if automatic spending cuts begin March 1, estimating the states would lose a total of $4.86 billion in workers wages this year.
According to Pentagon estimates, among the hardest-hit states would be Virginia, which would have about 88,000 affected workers and salary losses of $660.9 million; California, with 62,600 workers and $419.7 million in lost wages; and Maryland, with 45,700 workers and $359.3 million in lost earnings.
This is not a Beltway phenomenon, Jessica L. Wright, the acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told reporters at the Pentagon. More than 80 percent of our civilians work outside of the D.C. metro area. They live and work in every state of the union.
Under the furlough plan, civilian workers would be forced to take one day of unpaid leave each week for 22 weeks from late April through September, costing them about 20 percent of their pay during that time, Pentagon officials said.
In a written message, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told civilian workers that they will be provided at least 30 days notice prior to executing a furlough and your benefits will be protected to the maximum extent possible.
He added that the Pentagon also will work to ensure that furloughs are executed in a consistent and appropriate manner.
Mr. Panetta noted that the department has been funded by a continuing resolution that has limited spending to 2012 levels and said the effects of sequestration may be felt more intensely because of it.
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The country has to do some belt-tightening. And by "the country" I mean FedGov spending.
I'll file this under "Good News"...
Why are there over 800,000 DoD civilians?
Civilian employees? Wouldn't it be BETTER news if it were 'government employees'? Oh no, 0bama would never hurt his army.
Great way to do it, exempt entitlements (including Medicaid, Social Security, Food Stamps, TANF, Section 8 housing) but cause tremendous harm to a Constitutional enterprise - the military.
If Congress Can't Compromise, Then America Will Have A 'Hollow Army'
Perhaps the Republican party deserves the internal split that it is about to endure. Good thing it is embracing amnesty for illegals. Now, there's something we can afford. As it alienates the military permanently, it will need new constituencies. Somehow though, I think the illegals will still vote for Democrats.
A furlough of one day per week is impending doom? There are plenty of people who would love to have 4 days per week of guaranteed work-I'm one of them. Someone please give these people some cheese to go with that whine...
This is a great chart, added to my library. Everything above Transportation can be lumped into a single category: Democrat Election Scheme. Admitedly, some Republicans play as well, but entitlement spending is all about income redistribution and giving their voter base free stuff with the only stipulation that you vote for them on election day, and, oh by the way, you give up your freedom and liberty in exchange.
Funny how the liberals at the NY Times and Wash Post are crying like stuck pigs over these tiny cuts.
Those papers have laid off or bought out nearly 50% of their employees since Obama took office. Yet they're squealing over 3% or so "cuts"?
Why didn't they squeal about their own 50% budget cuts?
Funny how the liberals at the NY Times and Wash Post are crying like stuck pigs over these tiny cuts.
Those papers have laid off or bought out nearly 50% of their employees since Obama took office. Yet they're squealing over 3% or so "cuts"?
Why didn't they squeal about their own 50% budget cuts?
This is shi!. Even if they were furloughed when back on the job they will get every penny of back pay. How does that sound to those suckers that believe the communists bull shi!.
If you are budgeted 100 pizzas you would now only be able to purchase 97.6 that is no massive cut and is not austere. Now if you cut all the pizzas that would be a cut. You would maybe be better served to make your own pizza as well.
...and this is bad news how? :)
You must be listening to Rush too much.
The cuts when compared as a percentage to the entire budget may look small, but 2/3rd of the budget (entitlements) are EXEMPT from sequestration. Of the remaining 1/3rd, Defense takes the biggest hit. On top of that, the total DoD bill for just this year is now projected to be over 13%, and since they can only touch a portion of the budget (military pay for instance is exempt), and they are halfway through the fiscal year, the cuts to the military are huge.
If you had 12 employees, and said you had to make cuts, but you were going to "exempt" 8 of them, and of the 4 remaining only 1 had to take the majority of the paycut, then the one employee takes it the most.
Same principle here, however, the "takers" of society are doing just fine, thank you. Obama and the Democrats fooled the Republicans into signing off on the sequester, and now the military will suffer great harm.
The GOP spin on this is all over the map. Last May, Paul Ryan said these cuts to the military had to be reversed.
Now he is cheerleading them.
Even Byron York is saying Boehner and the Republicans have lost their minds.
The GOPs astonishingly bad message on sequester cuts
"In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner describes the upcoming sequester as a policy that threatens U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more. Which leads to the question: Why would Republicans support a measure that threatens national security and thousands of jobs? Boehner and the GOP are determined to allow the $1.2 trillion sequester go into effect unless President Obama and Democrats agree to replacement cuts, of an equal amount, that target entitlement spending. If that doesnt happen and it seems entirely unlikely the sequester goes into effect, with the GOPs blessing. In addition, Boehner calls the cuts deep, when most conservatives emphasize that for the next year they amount to about $85 billion out of a $3,600 billion budget. Which leads to another question: Why would Boehner adopt the Democratic description of the cuts as deep when they would touch such a relatively small part of federal spending? The effect of Boehners argument is to make Obama seem reasonable in comparison.
Back to the Articles of Confederation!
No potus; no congress; no black-robed idiots; no alphabet-soup oppressive departments/agencies !!!!!
Howzat for belt-tightening !
no kidding
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best way for this country to recover is to send the DC politicians home and tell them to stay there.
One way the military has been able to reduce their numbers has been to turn over a lot of non-combat jobs to civilians, particularly what we in the Navy call "shore duty" billets. For example, go to a typical Navy galley on base. A decade ago it would be staffed by Navy enlisted "Culinary Specialists" cooking up the food. Now it's a bunch of Filipinos manning the grills. Base weapons stations used to be great shore duty for Ordnancemen and Gunner's Mates. Now they're all staffed by retired AO and GM Chiefs. Training squadrons now employ civilian aircraft maintainers (typically retired Navy) rather than enlisted. Base personnel offices are all staffed by civilians as well as the Navy trimmed down their ranks and removed enlisted Yeomans and other admin rates from these jobs. Facilities are maintained and repaired by civilian contractors rather than Seabees. The list goes on and on. Heck, even the gates are manned by civilian security guards rather than Masters at Arms (Navy military police).
I'm sure the other branches are doing the same. The military figured they'd save money on benefits by bringing aboard civilians. I wouldn't be surprised if at the base I work at, civilians outnumber active duty sailors. And now they have to furlough them all.
They're doing a pretty good job of understanding that low-information voters don't know what "furlough" means.
Good. Furlough enough government "workers" and maybe they will stop supporting the type of pin-headed moron politicians that they do.
Well, you didn't say that Byron York was against the "sequester"!
Never gonna happen. It's like expecting tapeworms to get tired of the taste of s***.
Because it is cutting with an ax. It is not directed in the right places and it is insignificant to the total budget problem. It is a huge problem for individual DOD workers. I'm looking at a 20% reduction in my pay for a 7 month period.
That said, I think it is a bluff...or playing chicken.
See my post #11 on another thread
Many military installations are in solid Red districts. This is going to hurt Conservatives, while the Detroit, LA, D.C. and Boston crowd are going to be dancing in the streets.
Notice the bureaucratic impulse in play here: the presumption in the Pentagon is that budget cuts are (or can be forced to be) temporary, so there is no need to actually look for costs which can be cut, programs that can be eliminated, or efficiencies that can be introduced without harming military readiness. Instead, the furlough of civilian employees requires no hard decisions and creates a maximal pool of disaffected voters — all the furloughed DoD employees and their families — opposed to the sequestration cuts. (Cancel a program employing 40,000 and you create 40,000 families opposed to the cut, but furlough 800,000 employees for 20 days out the year and there are 800,000 families calling their Congressmen.)
Not true. There is no promise that the civilians will be paid back pay.
There are quite a few younger employees, some with new children. Losing 1 day a week of pay is going to be a significant hardship for them.
Out of curiosity, why is this viewed as the GOPs fault? Not being sarcastic.
Well said...misleading headline. I'll take that furlough too.
Why are entitlements exempt? Who are the idiots that agreed to that? Entitlements is where the cutting needs to take place. Hack the freeloaders, not the earners.
Thanks for doing the heavy lifting.
The ignorance of some of the Low Information FReepers on this thread and other places is truly stunning.
TO DOD Civilians along with other federal employees: BOO F__'in HOO!
In 2009 I took a 20% PERMANENT pay cut while my workload doubled just so the business I worked for could survive.
After 3 years and developing some new skills that were much more marketable, I found a much better paying, stable job.
Employment isn't permanent, you may need to retrain yourself and NO ONE owns you a career!!
It's called life and we folks in the private sector deal with situations like layoffs and paycuts EVERYDAY!!!
>> Obama and the Democrats fooled the Republicans into signing off on the sequester, and now the military will suffer great harm.
I thought it was obvious to everyone that Defense was targeted to bear the brunt.
$660.9 million divided by 88,000 is $7510? Maybe they need to explain the numbers a little better.
A large percentage of those DoD employees go on deployments and support the soldier in the fight. What do the employees of EPA, NEA, SSA, HUD, etc, etc, etc, support? Paperwork. I support flesh and blood and lives on the line.
No, that is a terrific question.
Obviously, when looking for villains in this, the Democrats are front and center. The idea for the Sequester came right out of the Obama White House (his OMB Director, Jack Lew).
Here is where the Republicans went off the tracks.
The not only agreed with the Sequester, they signed off on the formula that took the one agency that is Constitutional and represents the best of America (the military), and allowed it to bear the brunt of the cuts (it is 17% the budget and takes 50% of the cuts).
It gets better.
The Pentagon was already reeling from a $487 Billion cut that began in 2011. Those cuts are spread out over several years, but we are now 2 years into them. These were not "baseline budget" gimmick cuts either. The Army will have to cut 189,000 troops alone before sequestration - and that is just one small impact of what Obama and the Congress has allowed to happen.
These cuts go on for 10 years.
It gets even better.
During the "Fiscal Cliff" talks, the Republicans knew that they would have to raise taxes. But, that was all they concerned themselves with. The Sequester half of the Fiscal Cliff was "separated" from the deal, and even the Democrats were shocked that as midnight approached, it was they (not the Republicans) who addressed them.
This was the "old" Paul Ryan last May:
Military-Crippling Sequester Must Be Stopped
Here is the "new" Paul Ryan:
Paul Ryan insists Republicans are ready to let the sequester happen
Boehner and Cantor are the same - essentially "let it burn."
This is a new low even for the "Stupid Party."
They have chosen a path that:
1. Causes the loss of an estimated 2.1 million jobs and layoffs of hundreds of thousands
2. Harms the military and punished Constitutional national defense
3. Exempts the real cause of our explosion in debt - Entitlements
4. Hands Obama and the Democrats a political gift by allowing themselves (not the Republicans) to be seen as the defenders of the military
It is all incredibly shortsighted and wrong, but the GOP is determined to hold onto this rock as tightly as they can while they sink to the bottom of the lake.
The folks on this board who want to see it all happen are going to get their "wish." I read this morning that a GOP staffer said they will eventually agree to fund the government (read: Entitlements) ad infinitum come the end of March, but will again "separate" the Sequester from the talks and will ensure that they drastic cuts (which punish Defense the most) will happen.
Unfrickin believable.
Military-Crippling Sequester Must Be Stopped
By the way, I love your tagline.
Civilian support personnel in the war zone(s) are exempt.
Based on these numbers alone, the increase in DoD contractors (which is not included in the above numbers), and the modern difference in the Federal Civilian workforce of today versus 1966, and the difference in the Federal Civilian DoD workforce and the Active Duty, and the reduction in DoD weapons systems acquisition projects, I have to believe we can sustain significant reductions in the DoD civilian work force and maintain a necessary level of defense readiness.
In today's military, what is the correct percentage of Active Duty, Ready Reserve, DoD Civilians, and DoD Contractors? We must answer this question first, and from there size our military appropriately.
RE "Pentagon awash in pink slips". Well that's what happens when they allowed gays into the military.
Not that I have anything against pink slips. Or gays. It was just that the headline offered an opening I couldn't resist going through.
"Going Where No Man Has Gone Before" as any Trekkie would do.
Since its post WWII peak, DoD Civilian Employment has declined 42%, while Active Duty Uniformed Employment has declined 59%. One is unionized, the other is not.
Social Security is not an Entitlement. It is a paid-into system. It is just that not enough people are working today to keep it solvent in the future.
It is law and until it is changed, we are stuck with it, but I also can eat because of it though I'm still working at 68, but only parttime because there isn't enough money to fund me fulltime.
As pointed out too many times, there is more money being spent instead of less money being spent. In other words, this is NOT a cut. In fact, even after this reduction in the increase, there is STILL more money being spent.
What should departments do?
1. Honor any announced pay raises, since they are only 1%, and then
2. Freeze spending at last year's level. Voila! Everything is fine, and there is no crisis.
Someone should ask, why are you cutting jobs when you could be freezing all non-pay spending?
Actually, it is a very small percentage. Part of the reason for the substantial increase in the civilian percentage of DoD employment end strength is the change of many non-deployable positions from Uniformed Active Duty to Civilian.
Yes, more DoD Civilians and Contractors deploy than used to, but the increase in DoD Civilian deployment percentage is much lower than the increase in DoD Uniformed Active Duty and Uniformed Reserve deployment percentage.
On my phone, so I will comment in full later. I suspect the plan is to loose the defense vote and shoot for the 47% entitlement vote. You can't have social security and a strong defense, there isn't enough money. Trouble is there isn't enough money for that either.
Or the more cynical view is that the GOP e is more afraid of the military than the seniors.
On my phone, so I will comment in full later. I suspect the plan is to loose the defense vote and shoot for the 47% entitlement vote. You can't have social security and a strong defense, there isn't enough money. Trouble is there isn't enough money for that either.
Or the more cynical view is that the GOP e is more afraid of the military than the seniors.
No worries. I served 21 years myself in the military, and what I am witnessing transpire today both shocks and horrifies me.
I think there are two factors at work here - ignorance of the real facts compounded by personal fear.
Many Freepers might be Conservatives, but that is a very broad term. Some are evangelical Christians, some are really Libertarians, some are fiscal Conservatives, some care about social issues, some are pro-Defense, and some are a combination.
The bottom line for many is they know spending is out of control, but they don't care, as long as "something" is done. Even if it guts Defense. Let me tell you something, when the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the House and Senate Armed Services Committees last week that this was going to be devastating to the US military, they were not joking.
Congress knows that 2/3rds of the budget is mandatory, and the Democrats and Obama will walk over broken glass before they see the "takers" accept less - even that is a minimal sacrifice.
So they went after the 1/3rd of discretionary spending, put the greatest burden on Defense, exempted military pay and much of the procurement funds cannot be touched this far into the fiscal year - so Operations and Maintenance will be gutted. Literally.
80% of our Brigade Combat Teams will not be trained for combat. Ships will be taken out of service (it may take 10 months to get some of them back in commission IF there is future money!) Research and Development will be a shadow of what it was. TRICARE for military, veterans, and their families will be in big, big trouble financially.
When I was on active duty and overseas, I had a eye injury while on duty (I was a pilot). I nearly lost sight in one eye. The medical staff that took care of me were DoD civilian nurses and doctors.
These are the kinds of people who will be furloughed - and it makes me sick.
What kind of society have we become where the Food Stamp crowd has all they need and more, and Americans who serve and sacrifice are left out in the cold?
For many here, their own fears rule the roost. They are unemployed or under employed. They fear their Social Security or other entitlements will be affected if Sequestration is avoided, so they join the cheers to keep the cuts in place. Or, they have been hurt financially, and they want to see others hurt. For many others, I think they are just plain sick and tired of getting raped on taxes and see any cuts (even bad ones) as welcome news.
I don't know if we are in the last days or not, but these words from Christ ring true to me for today:
"Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold."
Matthew 24:12
We are a sick, evil society. This is not Ronald Reagan's American anymore. He would NEVER have allowed this to happen to the military. Our current crop of Republican leaders will.
You do realize that Byron's message is that the sequester is NOT bad, and he doesn't understand why Boehner is saying it WOULD BE.
In other words, Boehner agrees with your position, and Byron is calling that position nuts.
But nice of you to provide his article here.
True, while they are there. They do come back though. And their "peers" in the other agencies are not hurting at all.
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This week's show with astrophysicist Mario Livio explores, amongst other things, how math is implicated in the nature of the world. The Nobel physicist and mathematician Eugene Wigner, who wrote "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Science," argued that math is so successful in predicting events in physics that it could not be a coincidence. Even on our previous show, "Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God," the astronomers pointed out the complexity in declaring whether math is discovered or invented.
While producing these interviews, I happened upon the video above. The visualization helped me by filling in some of the specific examples in nature that mathematicians can easily visualize on a daily basis. It shows how three mathematical concepts, including the golden ratio, translate into simple objects in nature.
What I really love is the about page, which deconstructs how the Fibonacci series and golden ratio translate into the spiral of a shell, and the spirals within a sunflower. When listening to Livio, what examples of math explaining the cosmos came to mind for you?


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Proof of the cover of "Al Khozari," Nabih Bashir's newly published Arabic transliteration of Yehuda Halevi's classic text, "The Kuzari: In Defense of the Despised Faith."
In the past few months several news agencies have reported on a new publication of Judah Halevi's Kuzari, a classic of Jewish thought written in Judaeo-Arabic (Arabic written in Hebrew characters).
Completed in 1140, the Kuzari is an apologetic defense of "the despised faith" framed as a dialogue about the conversion of the Kazar kingdom to Judaism. The king of the Kazars, tormented by a recurring dream which tells him his thoughts are pleasing but his actions are not, interviews in succession a philosopher, a Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew, the latter converting him — along with his entire kingdom — to Judaism. Much of the book is focused on the dialogue between the King and the Jew, including an argument for the superiority of the Hebrew language written in fine classical Arabic! The dialogue ends with the Jew's departure from the Jewish kingdom for the Holy Land — reflecting Halevi's own migration East from Islamic Spain.
Not often does the publication of a medieval work of Judaeo-Arabic thought receive attention in the press, even if it is a classic. This publication, however, is different. It is an Arabic-script version of the work published in Beirut by an Arab-Israeli doctoral student, Nabih Bashir, for a Muslim readership. What's more: the author's copies of his new book, sent from Beirut, were prevented entry into Israel, since imports from an enemy country of Israel are illegal. The irony was certainly not lost on the reporters: a classic of Jewish thought and foundational work of Zionism was prevented entry into Israel; a work on dialogue between philosophy and the three Abrahamic religions was not allowed free distribution.
Nabih Bashir in his Jerusalem apartment. (Photo by Yasmin Bashir)
Nabih Bashir's work (which has since made it to Israel; I just bought a copy in Jerusalem), however, is more than sensation. What he accomplished is quite remarkable. Although the Kuzari has been published several times — in the original Judaeo-Arabic, in Hebrew translation, and in European languages — this is the first Arabic-script version.
And he did much more than transcription: He translated biblical and rabbinic citations into Arabic, provided a lengthy Arabic introduction setting the work in its intellectual context, and added copious annotation. The result is an impressive 727-page tome which immediately makes a foundational work of medieval Judaism, still studied avidly by Jews today, easily accessible to millions of Arabic-speaking Muslims (and Christians) who do not know Hebrew.
To be sure, this is not the first Judaeo-Arabic work published in Arabic characters. Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed circulated in Arabic characters during the Middle Ages, and an Arabic version was published in 1972 by the Turkish scholar Huseyin Atay; his version — now available online — is (I've been told by students) intensely studied by Muslims at al-Azhar in Cairo.
Saadia Gaon's theological Book of Beliefs and Opinions, Bahya ibn Paquda's sufistic Duties of the Heart, Solomon ibn Gabirol's ethical treatise Improvement of the Moral Qualities, and Moses ibn Ezra's work of poetics Book of Conversation and Discussion have also appeared in Arabic characters. Moreover, the Karaites, a non-rabbinic, often anti-rabbinic sect of Judaism, wrote many of their Arabic works in Arabic characters during the tenth and eleventh centuries — they even transcribed the Hebrew Bible into Arabic script! — and, more and more frequently, in recent years their works have been appearing in the original script.
With the exception of Huseyin Atay's Guide, however, the others were produced by scholars for scholars. In contrast, Nabih Bashir's Kuzari is self-consciously directed at a popular non-Jewish audience in the Middle East.
In a region where the Jews, Christians, and Muslims have a shared religious and intellectual history, yet remain so divided politically and socially, the significance of Bashir's work should not be underestimated. One might even hope it is the beginning of a trend.
As mentioned, Maimonides' (Ibn Maymun's) Guide is studied intensely in the Muslim world, as are works by Abu al-Barakat al-Baghdadi and Ibn Kammuna, two important Jewish influences on the development of Ishraqi philosophy (Illuminationism). The Talmud has recently been translated into Arabic by a team of scholars in Amman. And, in the other direction, Arabic texts are being put into Hebrew. A new rendition of the Qur'an has recently appeared, along with Hebrew translations of Sufi and philosophical texts, including writings by al-Farabi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and Ibn Tufayl.
One can only hope that the work of dedicated scholars and translators like Nabih Bashir in the literary and cultural sphere will gradually break down the artificial borders that separate the communities of the Middle East, which have so much in common and so many ideas to share.
James T. Robinson is Associate Professor of the History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His latest book is Asceticism, Eschatology, Opposition to Philosophy, and he is currently constructing a website devoted to the Jews of the Medieval Muslim world.
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It's a trend we're seeing in surveys and interviews across the technology spectrum: Business executives expect IT to act like a nimble embedded enterprise, responsive to rapidly changing technology needs—more Google, less Post Office.
Whether it's the consumerization of IT, an economic hangover from the Great Recession or the popularity of Web 2.0 services that has brought us here is immaterial. What does matter is that moving to this new role, with concomitantly tighter customer relationships and greater bottom-line accountability, entails fundamentally rethinking IT's business model, value proposition and deliverables. It means recasting IT from infrastructure operator to service provider. This requires characterizing IT's activities and output in terms meaningful to the customer—that is, line of business managers and senior executives—not in ways reflective of internal IT operations.
Yet, in our February InformationWeek Analytics End User Device Management Survey, fewer than one-third of 551 respondents charge back, and of those who do, most (83%) stop at the purchase price of end user devices and OSes plus the software required for job roles. No maintenance, no network costs, no servers. Hardly an accurate representation. The key to facilitating this transition is developing an IT service catalog and portfolio, which serves as the basis for usage-based pricing. However, a service portfolio is but a means to an end, namely, the economic transparency that results from selling independent, separable, clearly defined IT services priced to reflect actual consumption—IT by the pound, if you will. This transition from infrastructure allocation to service pricing doesn't just benefit the consumer, it helps CIOs balance supply and demand by harnessing economic forces to channel technology spending to those areas of greatest enterprise value.
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Churston Ferrers is located within Torbay local authority area. Historically it formed part of Haytor Hundred. It falls within Ipplepen Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes. The Deaneries are used to arrange the typescript Church Notes of B.F.Cresswell which are held in the Westcountry Studies Library. The population was 663 in 1801 532 in 1901 . Figures for other years are available on the local studies website. In 1641/2 207 adult males signed the Protestation returns.
You can look for other material on the community by using the place search on the main local studies database. Further historical information is also available on the Genuki website.
Maps: The image below is of the Churston Ferrers area on Donn's one inch to the mile survey of 1765.
On the County Series Ordnance Survey mapping the area is to be found on 1:2,500 sheet 128/1 Six inch (1:10560) sheet 128NW
The National Grid reference for the centre of the area is SX904562. On the post 1945 National Grid Ordnance Survey mapping the sheets are: 1:10,000 (six inch to a mile: sheet SX95NW, 1:25,000 mapping: sheet Outdoor Leisure 20, Landranger (1:50,000) mapping: sheet 202. Geological sheet 350 also covers the area.
Extract from Devon by W.G.Hoskins (1954), included by kind permission of the copyright holder:
CHURSTON FERRERS occupies the narrow neck of land between the S. shore of Tor Bay and the Dart estuary. Galmpton is a village in this parish, at the head of Galmpton Creek on the Dart. Both Churston and Galmpton are recorded in Domesday book. Churston court, beside the church, is an attractive Elizabethan house. The church (dedication unknown) has a plain W. tower of early date (c. 1300) but the remainder of the fabric is 15th century. (restored 1863-4).
Greenaway, overlooking the Dart, was the home of the Gilberts, and here Sir Humphrey was born about 1539. The present house is Georgian.
Extract from: Dr. Parson's report to the Local Government Board on typhoid fever in the Totnes Urban and Rural Sanitary Districts, 1881.
Galmpton. - An outbreak of enteric fever occurred in this village in the summer of 1880,remarkable for its especial incidence upon the shipwrights employed in a boat-building yard. Galmpton, a hamlet of about 50 houses, is situated at the head of a combe down which a small streamlet runs to join a tidal creek of the Dart. The cottages are of a superior class, many of them being new. A" plentiful supply of good water from a spring above the village is brought down to taps in different parts, and the general condition of the village as to cleanliness is favourable. It is to be remarked, however, that the whole of the sewage of Galmpton runs into the brook. The bed of the stream has in places been dug out to form catchpits for the collection of sediment as manure; these catchpits, besides being a source of nuisance, are believed to have facilitated the percolation of water into the ground. At Galmpton Kiln, two or three hundred yards lower down, where the brook enters the Dart, are some three or four houses, and also two boat-building yards. The situation is confined and sultry. […]


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In yesterday's edition of The Transom, which I highly recommend, Ben Domenech included a discussion that places the debates over raising the minimum wage within the broader context of the effects of inflation more generally.
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There shouldn't be any debate about the reality of the problem that the costs of basic staples, health care, and higher education are chewing up ever-increasing portions of the median family budget which is, in inflation-adjusted terms, smaller than it's been since 1995. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over the past five years, the average prices for all goods are 7.7% higher; the average price of bread is 10.4% higher; and the average price of meat/poultry/fish/eggs is 16.2% higher. In the past decade, the average worker has paid 89 percent more toward their health care benefits, while their wages grew 31 percent. The rising costs of the government-fueled higher education bubble makes American parents concerned they can no longer afford to send their kids to college. On top of it all, Americans no longer feel confident about their ability to find a new job which can pay them enough to make up for the costs of these goods and services.
The problem is not that the cost of unskilled labor is too low. The problem is the costs of what workers can buy with the fruits of that labor are too high. And the reason for that is largely due to government and systems which socialize risk and insulate producers from reality, not the realities of a competitive marketplace. http://vlt.tc/16×9 Those who favor a free market response to these inequality-related concerns ought to view the minimum wage push as an opportunity to put forward an agenda that speaks to these real concerns with a gas & groceries agenda. This is not going to be solved by more government requirements which raise the cost of labor and will absolutely lead to more low-skilled unemployment: it is with an agenda that would smash the insulated systems which have led to these higher costs.
Ben goes on to outline in some detail what an agenda might look like, which includes "ending the government's management Soviet-style programs of dairy and raisins." Horror of horrors, the Daily Beast and dairy producers would have us believe that the result would be $8/gallon milk. I can't be the only one who wonders what the market price of commodities from milk to oil and sugar might be without various protectionist measures and subsidy schemes.
Ben ends the section with a key question: "Some Republicans have taken up more populist anti-corporatist and anti-cronyist arguments in recent months, because they can read the same polls we do. But will they stand up to cronyism, or are they just interested in demagoguery on the issue until they hold the reins of power again?"