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Evolution is an application for managing email, calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes. It is the default mail client in GNOME. It includes support for IMAP, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and 2010, Novell GroupWise, Kolab, LDAP, WebDAV, CalDAV, and many other services and protocols.
Install the evolution package.
Additional plugins:
- Bogofilter Plugin — Spam filtering for Evolution, using Bogofilter.
- EWS Plugin — MS Exchange integration through Exchange Web Services.
- MAPI Plugin — MS Exchange integration through OpenChange. (deprecated)
- RSS Plugin — Enables reading of RSS/RDF/ATOM feeds.
- SpamAssassin Plugin — Spam filtering for Evolution, using SpamAssassin.
IMAP Setup
This is the setup for a standard IMAP mail address. Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Mail Accounts. Add a mail account insert your Name and real email adress. Then click 'forward' here you are going to select the server type, this is IMAP. Now fill in the textbox server, for the server adress and username. For the rest of the options just follow the wizard. It is very easy, if you get stuck read this guide.
Alternative IMAP Setup
An alternative to letting Evolution connect directly to the IMAP server is to sync the IMAP server to your PC. This costs as much hard-disk space as you have mail, though it is possible to limit the folders synced in this manner (see below). An additional benefit (primary inspiration for this app) is that you have a full copy of your email, including attachments, on your PC for retrieval, even if on the move without an internet connection.
To set this up, you will need to install the offlineimap package (see also [1]).
Offlineimap setup
offlineimap takes its settings from the file
~/.offlineimaprc, which you will need to create. Most users will be able to use the .offlineimaprc below, for the most common case of a Gmail account. The settings for a general account are identical, except remotehost, ssl, and remoteport need to be set appropriately (see the comments below). See the official README for more information.
[general] accounts = MyAccount # Set this to the number of accounts you have. maxsyncaccounts = 1 # You can set ui = TTY.TTYUI for interactive password entry if needed. # Setting it within this file (see below) is easier. ui = Noninteractive.Basic [Account MyAccount] # Each account should have a local and remote repository localrepository = MyLocal remoterepository = MyGmail # Specifies how often to do a repeated sync (if running without crond) autorefresh = 10 [Repository MyLocal] type = Maildir localfolders = /home/path/to/your/maildir # This needs to be specified so the MailDir uses a folder structure # suitable to Evolution sep = / [Repository MyGmail] # Example for a gmail account type = Gmail # If using some other IMAP server, uncomment and set the following:- #remotehost = imap.gmail.com #ssl = yes #remoteport = 993 # Specify the Gmail user name and password. remoteuser = email@example.com remotepass = yourpassword # realdelete is Gmail specific, setting to no ensures that deleting # a message sends it to 'All Mail' instead of the trash. realdelete = no # Use 1 here first, increase it if your connection (and the server's) # supports it. maxconnections = 1 # This translates folder names such that everything (including your Inbox) # appears in the same folder (named root). nametrans = lambda foldername: re.sub('^Sent$', 'root/Sent', re.sub('^(\[G.*ail\]|INBOX)', 'root', foldername)) # This excludes some folders from being synced. You will almost # certainly want to exclude 'All Mail', 'Trash', and 'Starred', at # least. Note that offlineimap does NOT honor subscription details. folderfilter = lambda foldername: foldername not in ['[Gmail]/All Mail', '[Gmail]/Trash','[Gmail]/Spam','[Gmail]/Starred']
Acknowledgement: This config file was done by referring both to the official example as well as to the config file in an article on http://www.linux.com (no longer available).
First offlineimap sync and automated sync-ing
Once you have completed your offlineimap setup, you should perform your first sync by running with your normal user account
$ offlineimap
Assuming you've set your password and all other settings correctly, offlineimap will begin to sync the requested repositories. This may take a long while, depending on connection speed and size of your mail account, so you should preferably find a fast connection to do this. You can run offlineimap using another interface by specifying
$ offlineimap -u TTY.TTYUI
This allows interactive entry of passwords.
Once you've completed your first sync, you'll want to set up automatic syncing. This can be done using crond, or just by running offlineimap on startup. The disadvantage of running offlineimap on startup (with autorefresh set) is that if for any reason an error appears, your mail will just stop syncing from that point onwards. So, running through crond requires you to add the following line to your crontab.
*/10 * * * * /path/to/scripts/runofflineimap >/dev/null 2>&1
For those unfamiliar with crontab and/or vi, just run
$ crontab -e
Press 'i' to start input, type in the line above, press Esc to escape back to the prompt, and type ':wq' to save and quit. /path/to/scripts/runofflineimap should run offlineimap itself (with -o for a single run). Here is an example script for that:-
#!/bin/sh # Run offlineimap through cron to fetch email periodically pgrep offlineimap if [ $? -eq "0" ]; then logger -i -t offlineimap "Another instance of offlineimap running. Exiting." exit 0; else logger -i -t offlineimap "Starting offlineimap..." offlineimap -u Noninteractive.Quiet -o logger -i -t offlineimap "Done offlineimap..." exit 0; fi
You should now have an automatically synced local copy of your IMAP server. Error messages (if any) will be shown in /var/log/cron.d or one of its variants.
Evolution setup for offlineimap's maildir
This is really quite simple, use Evolution's Account Assistant and select the Server Type "Maildir-format mail directories", under the Receiving Email section. Select also the path to your maildir (the 'root' folder if you're using a modified version of the .offlineimaprc above). You can change your 'Checking for New Mail' option to something very short, even 1 minute, since this only checks your local copy and not the server-side copy. SMTP settings are according to normal usage (does not go through offlineimap).
Gmail Setup
To setup a Gmail account, go to
Edit > Preferences > Mail Accounts and enter your mail account details.
Receiving Mail
- Server Type: POP
- Server: pop.gmail.com
- Username: <username>@gmail.com
- Use Secure Connecetion: SSL encryption
- Authenthication Type: Password
Optionally fill in automatically check for new mail every ** minutes. The rest is user specific.
Sending Mail
- Server type: SMTP
- Server: smtp.gmail.com
- Port: 587
- Server requires authentication: Checked
- Use Secure Connection: TSL
- Fill in Username: <username>@gmail.com
- Authentication: PLAIN or Login
You are now finished with configuring Evolution for Gmail. Just hit Send/Receive in the main screen and wait for new mail. If it still didn't work, go here.
Gmail Calendar
You can use your Gmail calendar in Evolution here's how:
Go to your calendar in your browser. Click on manage calendars -> the click on the calendar you want to add -> In the Private URL section copy the URL of ICAL (green button).
Now go to Evolution. Click on file -> new -> calendar . In the 'new calendar dialog box' select type: On The Web. You can fill in your own calendar name Then Copy the URL to the URL field
Now you will see your Google calendar in your calendar view in Evolution by the name you gave it in the Name field.
Variant2 (with evolution-webcal):
From Evolution click on -> new -> calendar . In the 'new calendar dialog box' select type: Google. You can fill in your own calendar name. Insert your username (not the email). Click the button "Get List" and choose the calendar you want to use.
Google Contacts
Simarly with the calendar, you can sync your Google contacts in Evolution.
On Evolution, click on File > New > Address Book . Choose Google as type and add your Google account email as the User.
Tudelft webmail (Exchange)
This is the setup for your tudelft webmail for Evolution. It might also work for other webmail based email accounts.
Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Mail Accounts and make a mail account. For your Email Adress: <netid>@gmail.com . Be carefull your <netid>@student.tudelft.nl must be like this example: email@example.com
Receiving mail: Server type: Microsoft Exchange Username: <netid> this is just your netid like this example: edevries OWA URL: https://webmail.tudelft.nl -> now click 'Authenticate' and fill in your password. The mailbox will be filled in automaticlly
Click Forward: The receiving options are already correct, you can select the option to automaticlly receive email every x minutes.
Click Forward: Now just fill in the name of the mailbox and you are done.
Using Evolution Outside Of GNOME
In order to use Evolution outside of GNOME desktop you must export gnome-keyring#Using the keyring outside GNOME first.
Spell Check
You need a local dictionary installed. See the aspell article.
Tips and tricks
Changing cipher settings
It is possible to change the advertised ciphers used to secure the connetion to the server. Evolution does not provide a switch to change the settings for the used ciphers, however since Evolution uses GnuTLS it is possible to change the settings using environment variables.
One way to change the settings is to set the variable in /usr/share/applications/evolution.desktop
change the line:
Exec=evolution %U
to something like this (in case you do not like to use ECC ciphers with NIST/NSA curves):
Exec=env G_TLS_GNUTLS_PRIORITY=${G_TLS_GNUTLS_PRIORITY:-NORMAL:-ECDHE-ECDSA:-ECDHE-RSA} evolution %U
The available cipher settings are documented here: http://gnutls.org/manual/html_node/Priority-Strings.html
A different way to archive this would be some kind of start script:
#!/bin/sh export G_TLS_GNUTLS_PRIORITY=${G_TLS_GNUTLS_PRIORITY:-NORMAL:%COMPAT:\!VERS-SSL3.0} exec /usr/bin/evolution
See also: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=738633#c4
If after some system upgrade one gets no accounts in Evolution then all is not lost.
First, we can see if we got our account files in
~/.evolution/, if so, then the only solution is to just make a new account in Evolution with the same parameters. (I only lost the signatures
Failing to Synchronize with Server
If you change internet connections, such as switching VPN or restart X, Evolution may have problems connecting to the mail servers. You would see it endlessly trying to connect in the status bar at the bottom.
A possible solution is to switch to "Work Offline" select "Don't Synchronize" in the pop-up. Then after a minute has passed, go back to On-line mode. It should now have no problem fetching from the mail servers.


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Defending Capitalism against Ayn Rand
by Steven Farron | Posted July 26, 2012
The titles that Ayn Rand assigned to the three parts of Atlas Shrugged proclaim her insistence that logical contradictions cannot exist in reality. By contrast, the title of the magnum opus of the ultimate charlatan in Atlas Shrugged, Simon Pritchett, is The Metaphysical Contradictions of the Universe. Francisco d'Anconia and Hugh Akston explain to Dagny Taggart that whenever someone thinks he has encountered a contradiction, he must check his premises, and he will find that one of them is wrong (I.9, 7, 10).1
In this essay, I will follow d'Anconia's and Akston's advice. I will show that a fundamental contradiction pervades Atlas Shrugged because Rand failed to check her premises. She thought that the heroes she created were exemplars of pure, uncorrupted capitalism. In fact, the heroes she created in Atlas Shrugged came from her sense of life, which was not only un-capitalist but anti-capitalist. I will also show that this contradiction is extremely fortunate because it illuminates why capitalism is the most efficient and humane economic system ever implemented.
Rand often emphasized the importance of a person's "sense of life" and of art as its expression (e.g., Rand 1975: 31, 33, 44). She defined her sense of life and its artistic expression most clearly in an essay she wrote on Victor Hugo (1975: 153–61). In it she said, "Victor Hugo is the greatest novelist in world literature" because his characters are "a race of giants," who are not concerned with "penny ante." "'Grandeur' is the one word that names the leitmotif . . . of all of Hugo's novels — and of his sense of life."
The heroes Rand created in Atlas Shrugged came from her sense of life, which was not only un-capitalist but anti-capitalist.
In Atlas Shrugged, Rand created heroes who embodied her sense of life and described how such heroes would fulfill their heroic natures if they engaged in economic activities. She thought that the sum of their economic activities and interactions provides a template of what laissez-faire capitalism would be like. She was wrong. When the heroes who embody her sense of life engage in economic activities, they function like Communist administrators, not capitalist businessmen.2
To paraphrase Rand, "Grandeur is the one word that names" the sense of life of Communist economies. They had no concern with anything "penny ante." In the 1980s, when the economy of the Soviet Union was disintegrating, it was producing between 1.5 and two times more steel and cement than the United States and generating more electricity; it also had 2.5 times more machine tools. However, buttons, clothespins, babies' pacifiers, and thermometers were always extremely difficult to find in the Soviet Union (Shmelev and Popov 1989: 82, 132, 144). Toilet paper and toilet seats were such rare and precious commodities that when McDonald's opened a restaurant in Moscow, in 1990, its employees had to guard its restrooms to prevent customers stealing toilet paper and toilet seats (Goldman 1991: 166). The Soviet Union's heroic economy also did not provide contraceptives or a single practical guide to contraception. As a result, Soviet women averaged at least four legal abortions during their lives; and the average was higher in the non-Muslim regions of the Soviet Union. In addition, large numbers of illegal abortions were performed. Anesthetics could be obtained only by a large bribe (Feshbach and Friendly 1992: 208–9).
In Rand's novel The Fountainhead, the villain, Ellsworth Toohey, completely destroys Catherine Halsey's soul, and the visible sign of her corruption is that her mouth has adapted to giving orders, "not big orders or cruel orders; just mean little ones — about plumbing and disinfectants" (IV.10). Toohey has turned her into the opposite of a Communist. The Communists gave big, cruel orders and had no concern with mean little considerations. The heroes of Atlas Shrugged are heroic because, like Communist bureaucrats, they produce or maintain impressive products, not mean little ones. It would be unimaginable for a Rand hero to be a manufacturer of "penny ante" products, such as disposable baby diapers, menstrual tampons, or dependable contraceptives. But these distinctively 20th-century inventions improved the quality of life immeasurably by freeing people from preoccupation with brute, animal existence.
Most services would be included among "mean little" occupations. The Communists' heroic obsession with production caused them to ignore services, which, with a few exceptions, they did not even include in their gross domestic product statistics. In fact, Marxists always used the term "the means of production" as a synonym for "the economy." In modern capitalist countries, most businesspeople provide services. With one exception that I will discuss below, the only service that a hero in Atlas Shrugged provides is running railroads. This is clearly not a "mean little" occupation, and it was one of the few services that the Soviet Union included in its gross domestic product statistics (weight of freight times kilometers carried).
Moreover, Rand ignored all services in her representation of history (1963: 10–57) as a battle between Attila and the Witch Doctor and their antithesis, the Producer. Indeed, her practice of using "industrialist" as a synonym for businessperson excludes businesspeople who produce "penny ante" products, along with those who provide services. In his long speech in Atlas Shrugged, John Galt (i.e., Ayn Rand) says, "Productiveness is your acceptance of morality . . . productive work is the process by which man's consciousness controls his existence, a constant process of . . . shaping matter to fit one's purpose, of translating an idea into physical form, of remaking the earth in the image of one's values;" and, "the industrialists, the conquerors of matter" "have produced all the wonders of humanity's brief summer" (III.7).
It would be unimaginable for a Rand hero to be a manufacturer of disposable diapers, tampons, or dependable contraceptives.
It is true that the great philosopher Hugh Akston owns a diner and cooks its food, which he does with extraordinary skill, making "the best-cooked food she [Dagny] had ever tasted" (I.10). However, Rand does not let this fact affect her conceptualization of productive work when Galt tells Dagny, "We take nothing but the lowliest jobs and we produce by the effort of our muscles" (III.1).3
In her short story "The Simplest Thing in the World" (1975: 173-85), Rand depicts a writer of fiction who cannot make a living because he has the same sense of life as Rand. The writer decides he has to create the type of story that will sell: "a simple, human story," which consists of "lousy bromides." "It mustn't have any meaning," and its characters must be petty because "[s]mall people are safe." However, he is incapable of writing such a story. Every time he tries, his sense of life thwarts his conscious efforts, and he starts composing a story about heroes. The reason, as Rand explains in her introduction, is that his "sense of life directs . . . and controls his creative imagination." To exemplify this fact, he begins to write "a story about a middle-aged millionaire who tries to seduce a poor young working girl." He is "a big tycoon who owns a whole slew of five-and tens [i.e., discount stores]." But the author cannot write this story. As he develops the story in his mind, his sense of life makes him forget about the girl and transform the villain into a hero. As part of the transformation, he says to himself, "to hell with the five-and-ten!" The hero now builds ships because he is driven by "a great devotion to a goal." He is motivated by "a great driving energy . . . the principle of creation itself. It's what makes everything in the world. Dams and skyscrapers and transatlantic cables." "[H]e wants to work — not to make money, just to work, just to fight" (emphasis added). So, an author with Ayn Rand's sense of life could not make the hero of his works a retailer, no matter how successful he might be; not even Sam Walton, who founded Walmart and built it into the company with the greatest revenue of any company in the world.
Because the Soviets had the same sense of life as the author in this short story (i.e., the same as Rand), they were extremely proud of the enormous hydroelectric dams they built, and their retailing was horribly inefficient. In the Soviet Union, people had to wait in long lines for any purchase. If someone had time to spare, he would wait in a line to buy something he did not need, in order to barter it with someone who had waited in another line to buy something else. When McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Moscow, it set all records for number of customers: 40,000 to 50,000 a day, even though its food cost twice as much as the food in state-run cafeterias. It had twenty-seven cash registers. In Communist countries, the length of a line of customers showed how valuable the merchandise was at the end of that line. So, McDonald's had to have ushers to tell customers not to go to the longest line (Goldman 1991: 166–7; Blackman 1990).
The opening of this first McDonald's — an event that, as much as any other, marked the end of Communism — illustrates another serious defect in Communist-Objectivist ideals. A small notice in a Soviet newspaper drew 27,000 applicants for jobs as counter clerks, even though the anticipated salary was only average by Soviet standards. Those who were chosen had to be trained to smile at customers and speak politely to them. Their training was so successful that customers could not believe that the clerks were Soviet-raised Russians (Blackman 1990; Goldman 1991: 166–7).
An author with Ayn Rand's sense of life could not make the hero of his works a retailer, no matter how successful he might be.
Rand used "grocery clerk" to symbolize the antithesis of her ideal (1964: viii; 1975: 84). In her first novel, We the Living, when the heroine, Kira, sees her future lover Leo for the first time,she observes that "[h]is mouth . . . was that of an ancient chieftain who could order men to die, and his eyes were such as could watch it." However, Leo says to Kira, with bitter humor, "I'm nothing like what you think I am. I've always wanted to be a Soviet clerk who sells soap and smiles at customers" (I.4). Again, Rand reversed Communism and capitalism. Men who could order others to die and watch their death calmly characterized Communism. Smiling clerks, who sell unimpressive products, characterize capitalism.
When Nathaniel Branden was the official Objectivist expert on psychology, he wrote, "[P]roductive work is the process through which a man achieves that sense of control over his life which is the precondition of his being able fully to enjoy the other values possible to him … [P]roductive . . . achievements lead to pride" ("Self-Esteem: Part IV,"The Objectivist, June 1967). Branden, as he himself later realized, was exaggerating. But he was exaggerating a truth. A feeling of control over one's life and pride in productive achievements are certainly wonderful feelings. They can derive directly from the type of work done by Communist administrators and the heroes of Rand's novels, especially if, like Howard Roark, they have an uncapitalist indifference to money and accept only those projects that appeal to them. However, a feeling of control over one's life and pride in achievements do not follow directly from the type of work that most people in a capitalist society do: salesmen, accountants, insurance brokers, bank clerks, and manufacturers of "penny ante" products, like clothespins and underpants.
Nearly all readers of Rand's novels, even those who disagree with her philosophy, recognize that she was a brilliant novelist. But not even her brilliance as a novelist could have made a gripping, inspirational novel about the work that is done in distinctively capitalist occupations, occupations that do not exist in Communist countries, such as advertising or being a real estate agent. In fact, the first jobs of the odious Wesley Mouch were in advertising (Atlas II.6).
Let us consider briefly the novelist whom Rand (1975: 119) regarded as the best of the naturalists, Sinclair Lewis. When Lewis wanted to write novels about admirable protagonists, he made them a dedicated research scientist (Martin Arrowsmith) and the president of a car company (Sam Dodsworth), who began his career as assistant manager of production. When Lewis wanted a pathetic protagonist, he made him a real estate agent (George Babbitt). Babbitt, like Dodsworth, is successful at his work. But Lewis says in the first chapter that Babbitt "made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry;" and he "detested the grind of the real estate business, and disliked his family, and disliked himself for disliking them."
The discussion so far illuminates a crucial benefit of the love of money. It entices people into occupations that they may not find interesting or inspiring, but are socially necessary; and it exerts constant pressure on business owners to provide what the public wants, not what they enjoy doing.
In all of Rand's novels, only one business owner completely embodies the capitalist ethos. That is the press tycoon Gail Wynand, in The Fountainhead, who becomes fabulously rich through selfless service to the public, by providing it with what it wants: a lowbrow, sentimental, lurid newspaper. As he says (IV.11), he has led a life of "[s]elflessness in the absolute sense." He "erased [his] ego out of existence" by following the principle, "Give the greatest pleasure to the greatest number." However, according to Rand, Wynand is guilty of the most horrible sin in her moral universe: betraying himself.
Men who could order others to die and watch their death calmly characterized Communism. Smiling clerks, who sell unimpressive products, characterize capitalism.
Wynand's opposite is Nathaniel Taggart, in Atlas Shrugged, who is supposed to be the archetypal capitalist. As Dagny recalls (I.8), "He said that he envied only one of his competitors, the one who said, 'The public be damned!'" Nothing could be more antithetical to the motivation of a successful business owner in a capitalist society. This is the ethos of the head of a production unit in a Communist economy, who derives exhilaration and pride from productive achievement without regard to providing the public with what it wants.
Rand's story "The Simplest Thing in the World" is an excellent illustration of this point. It assumes that an author with Rand's sense of life is compelled to create a protagonist who does not work for money and therefore chooses to build ships instead of discount stores. This contrast is factually accurate. Someone motivated by money would not consider shipbuilding as a business career since, in economically advanced countries, shipbuilders can stay in business only by means of tariff protection or government subsidies or both. But he would certainly consider the business of discount stores, since they have proved to be the most profitable (i.e., socially useful) branch of retailing.
The economic role of money in constantly driving economic participants to provide the public with what it wants is related to an admirable moral attribute of the free market. It is completely democratic and non-coercive; no one can interfere with other people spending their money on what they want. In her essay "What Is Capitalism?" (1967: 17, 20) Rand showed that she was fully aware of this fundamental attribute of capitalism (the italics are Rand's):
[T]he works of Victor Hugo are objectively of immeasurably greater value than true-confession magazines. But if a given man's intellectual potential can barely manage to enjoy true confessions, there is no reason why his meager earnings, the product of his effort, should be spent on books he cannot read.
The tribal mentalities attack this principle . . . by a question such as: "Why should Elvis Presley make more money than Einstein?" The answer is: Because men work in order to support and enjoy their own lives — and if many men find value in Elvis Presley, they are entitled to spend their money on their own pleasure.
It is the Gail Wynands who provide true-confessions magazines and Elvis Presley CDs.
At this point, many readers will object that Ayn Rand appreciated the value of money. She ended Atlas Shrugged with its hero tracing the sign of the dollar in space, made a gold dollar sign Atlantis' "coat of arms, its trademark, its beacon" (III.1), and herself often wore a gold dollar sign pinned to her dress.
Yet in The Fountainhead, Toohey asks Peter Keating about Roark (II. 4), "Does he like money;" and Keating replies No. But long before that, the reader has learned that Roark's abnormal indifference to money is one of the essential characteristics that make him the hero of this novel. Indeed, in "The Simplest Thing in the World," Rand assumed that an author with her sense of life must write only about heroes who do not care about money.
Rand assumed that an author with her sense of life must write only about heroes who do not care about money.
In Atlas Shrugged, Rand sometimes has her heroes claim that their goal is to make money. At the opening of the John Galt Line, which is by far the greatest achievement of both Dagny and Hank Rearden (I.8), a reporter asks Dagny her "motive in building that Line." She answers, "the profit which I expect to make." Another reporter cautions her, "That's the wrong thing to say." But she repeats it. Yet before her trip begins, she looks at the crowd that has gathered and notices that they are there, not because these people expect to make a profit, but "because the sight of an achievement was the greatest gift a human being could offer to others." The description of the ride on the John Galt Line is the most exhilarating fiction writing I can recall reading; and I have read a great deal of narrative fiction, in ancient Greek, Latin, English, and French. For Dagny, "It was the greatest sensation of existence; not to trust, but to know." "She felt the sweep of an emotion which she could not contain, as of something bursting upward." And what about the engine drivers? Every one of them who was available volunteered to drive the train despite persistent warnings of danger. Surely, they were not motivated by money.
At least in their economic interactions, money should be the primary consideration of the heroes of a novel that ends with the dollar sign traced in the air. In Part I, Chapter 1, Dagny's parasitical brother James says to her, "I don't like Hank Rearden." Dagny replies, "I do. But what does that matter, one way or another? We need rails and he is the only one who can give them to us." James Taggart, typically of him, replies, "You have no sense of the human element at all." This conversation crystallizes capitalist and uncapitalist mentalities.
Nevertheless, the economic decisions of the heroes of Atlas Shrugged are constantly motivated by the human element. That is true even of the one major character in Atlas Shrugged who is a pure capitalist, Midas Mulligan. He says he joined the strike because of a vision, in which he "saw the bright face and the eyes of young Rearden . . . lying at the foot of an altar . . . and what stood on that altar was Lee Hunsacker, with the mucus-filled eyes" (III.1). In Part II, Chapter 3, Francisco asks Rearden: did you want the rail you made for the John Galt Line used by your equals, like Ellis Wyatt, and by men such as Eddie Willers, who do not match your ability but who "equal your moral integrity" and "riding on your rail — give a moment's silent thanks"? Rearden answers Yes. Francisco then asks, "Did you want to see it used by whining rotters?" Rearden answers, "I'd blast that rail first." Francisco then explains that by "whining rotter" he means "any man who proclaims his right to a single penny of another man's effort." But no economy, whether socialist or capitalist, could function for one day if producers acted in this way. In Part II, Chapter 10, Dagny says that Nathaniel Taggart, supposedly the archetypical capitalist, "couldn't have worked with people like these passengers. He couldn't have run trains for them." But no one running a train line, even in a socialist economy, could possibly consider the moral worth of its passengers, or any consideration besides their paying for the ride.
No one running a train line, even in a socialist economy, could possibly consider the moral worth of its passengers, or any consideration besides their paying for the ride.
I will conclude with the most frequently quoted explanation of why the market is the most effective means of providing people with what they want. It is by Adam Smith, in Book I, Chapter II of The Wealth of Nations: "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard for their own interest. We address ourselves . . . to their self-love." Butchers, brewers, and bakers had a very low priority in Communist countries. When McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Moscow, it had to train its own butchers (Goldman 1991: 166). It is also unimaginable for an Ayn Rand hero to be a butcher, brewer, or baker. The self-interest and self-love that induces people to become butchers, brewers, and bakers and to perform those jobs well is totally different from the heroic self-love of Rand's heroes. It is an unheroic desire to support themselves and their families in comfort and security.
In her essay "What Is Capitalism?" Ayn Rand showed that she understood as well as Smith why love of money is wonderfully socially beneficial. In her fiction, however, her anti-capitalist sense of life obliterated that knowledge.
1. I cite passages in Rand's novels by the part of the novel in which they occur and the chapter in that part. I do not cite page numbers because there are many editions, and each has different pagination from the others.
2. I write "Communist" with a capital "C" to indicate a member of a Marxist-Leninist Communist Party. Many people have championed a communist society (with a small "c"), beginning with the first two extant projections of an ideal society: Plato's Republic and Aristophanes' Ecclesiazusae, both from the 4th century BC.
3. Several of the heroes provide services while they are in Galt's Gulch. But these jobs are merely stopgaps until they return to the world and use their talents again in their real work.
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Until his retirement, Steven Farron was a professor of Classics at the University of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa. In addition to publications on Homer, Vergil, and Horace, he has written a book on affirmative action, The Affirmative Action Hoax, and a monograph, Prejudice Is Free, but Discrimination Has Costs: The Holocaust and its Parallels (available from the author), in which he argues that the Holocaust was the most ruthless implementation of affirmative action ever undertaken
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I would like to thank the author for a stimulating article and Liberty for making it available. In the end, though, I have to disagree with the basic premise. And, oddly enough, the issue seems to hinge on the nature of Romantic art.
Let's start with the common folk. I was alive when Atlas was being written. In those days many of the popular movies were Westerns, war movies, and good guy/bad guy tales. I don't think anyone back then thought they were supposed to become cowboys or policemen or soldiers. I don't think many thought that major issues in their life would be solved with guns. Instead, I think those movies provided a concrete representation, understandable to anyone, of an abstract struggle between good and evil. Moviegoers left the house with a feeling that good could triumph in the end.
Rand chose oversize characters in big industries to represent ideas she felt were big and important. Making Dagny a tampon manufacturer would not worked for that task. Choosing symbols in art is a tightrope act balancing the values of the author with what the reader will understand from those choices. In 1957 making Dagny a tampon manufacturer would have drawn snickers and a sense that this was bawdy comedy rather than a novel of ideas. (A novel of ideas is a dead genre that adds emotional impact to abstract ideas by representing them in an engaging story.)
I am not convinced that sense of life and related issue play little role in people's economic choices. Take a waitress as an example. Most of the waitresses I know do it for the money. Yet, at the same time, they like to feel they are serving good food to nice people. Imagine Jane who gradually figures out her employer is serving horse meat and leftovers from the Food Mart dumpster. When she opens her paycheck she feels glad she can pay the rent but she does not feel proud of how she got that check. She may change jobs as soon as she can, even to one that pays the same. Meanwhile Sally is finding her diner is a front for the mob. The food, pay, and tips are all good, but she knows the real action is in the back room where "customers" hook up with money launderers, dope and hookers. She leaves because she does not feel good about whom she serves. Her pay is not a reward for doing good but a bribe for doing bad. Few people like to feel that way about the work they do.
One of the fundamental struggles of human life is to figure out how to meet our material needs in a way that enhances our spiritual needs.
In a similar vein, Roark would rather do an honest day's work in a quarry than produce crap for idiots. In the short run, that seems like a poor path to wealth. But many innovators have not had their ideas accepted immediately. The innovation that drives wealth creation often requires that the innovator stubbornly stick to their ideals rather than settle for a good paying job. People like Roark, Henry Ford, and Steve Jobs DID have a grandiose idea of themselves and the value of their work, and needed it to prevail in the marketplace.
Farron quotes some passages from Atlas showing contempt for Dagny and Hank's customers. But remember that this takes place very late in an economic collapse. I don't think the issue here is contempt for customers. The issue is how many goodies does one want to supply to folks who will vote for ones destruction? In a healthy, benevolent society, we assume that making life easier for people in general is a good thing. Making bullets for people to shoot us with is not so good.
The quote from W. H. Vanderbilt was probably a poor choice on Rand's part as it is not too clear what she or Dagny intended it to mean, nor how her readers would take it. I believe the context of the original was a question as to whether certain of Vanderbilt's railroads were making a profit or run for the public good. Vanderbilt issued his famous sentence and then admitted the lines were losing money and he would like to be rid of them. Presumably he could then use the capital and rolling stock tied up in those lines to serve areas where there was more money and more demand - i.e., serve more members of "the public". It is a mystery of capitalism that following the money leads to serving the public whether that is our goal or not. It appears Vanderbilt's objection was not to serving his customers but to doing so at a loss.
As a postscript to all of this, I might add that some of Rand's admirers also seem to make the mistake of taking her symbols too literally. The goal is not to become a railroad tycoon. The goal is to remain true to the best within us.
Sun, 2014-02-09 17:03
Ayn Rand is the biggest capitalist supporter there is... The auther of this effort never understood Ayn Rand! Ayn Rand left Communisim to achive success in a capitalistic world, and she did by illustrating through her writing that the only people who provide value to society are the industrious business owners. For a real analysis on Ayn Rand's work and life read the book "Who is ayn Rand?"(ISBN 0394451791) by Nathaniel Branden; someone who actauly knew and conversed with Ayn.
Mon, 2013-10-28 12:54
The author makes his "case" by reading Rand as nitpickingly and dishonestly as possible, treating carefully cherry-picked fictional details as the equivalent of extended philosophical arguments, ignoring a great deal of Rand's relevant work, etc.
Mon, 2012-12-31 19:14
Steven Farron
Dear David,
It is obviously impossible for me to answer your accusations in the Replies to articles. If you email me at email@example.com, I will send you my complete monograph on Ayn Rand, from which this article is extracted. Then we can correspond.
Thu, 2013-01-03 11:47
Another Visitor
Thanks for the ineresting read. (Disclosure: I jumped to the comments section before finishing the article - but will later.) Regardless of what inconsistencies remain between Rand's fiction and non-fiction, though, I don't see the heroic "sense of life" found in the former conflicting with the capitalist doctrine of the latter. If Adam Smith could attribute the success of capitalism to the inadvertent effect of "selfish concern" - that indirect, "invisible hand" - then we should embrace Rand's heroes despite their analogous indifference to the nation's overall economic well-being, or standard of living. After all, modern civilization does need steel and railroads, at least as much as butchers and bakers.
Sat, 2012-11-10 00:04
Steven Farron
Dear "Another Visitor,"
I point out in my article that Communist bureaucrats, who were motivated by the same sense of grandeur as the heroes of Atlas Shrugged, provided steel in abundance. I also point out, in my two replies to the criticisms of Charles Barr, that Soviet industry produced some extremely high-quality products. I mention as examples the T-34 Tank, which was incomparably superior to the American Sherman Tank, MiG fighter planes, and the AK-47 assault rifle, which was by far the best assault rifle for decades. I also explain the reason: All these outstanding products were made for the army; and in the Soviet Union the army was the one consumer that could exert continuous pressure on its suppliers. In a free market, all consumers of all products and services exert continuous pressure on all providers by choosing which products and services to buy. In a completely socialized economy, there is no way for a consumer to know who is providing what he buys. He does not buy Colgate or Ipana; he buys something labeled "toothpaste." In addition, the free market forces economic participants to suppress the powerful human desire to gain pride and self-esteem through grandiose achievements. Instead, it forces them to direct their efforts and capital to what the public wants, like efficient retailing. In short, the greatness of the free market is that it constantly compels economic participants to serve the public.
In my article, I observe that in all of Rand's novels, only one business owner completely embodies the capitalist ethos. That is the press tycoon Gail Wynand, in The Fountainhead, who becomes fabulously rich through selfless service to the public, by providing it with what it wants: a lowbrow, sentimental, lurid newspaper. As he says (IV.11), he has led a life of "[s]elflessness in the absolute sense." He "erased [his] ego out of existence" by following the principle, "Give the greatest pleasure to the greatest number." However, according to Rand, Wynand is guilty of the most horrible sin in her moral universe: betraying himself.
I also point out that Nathaniel Taggart is supposed to be the archetypal capitalist, but Dagny recalls with approval (I.8), "He said that he envied only one of his competitors, the one who said, 'The public be damned!'"
Sun, 2012-11-18 15:22
I am a long term libertarian and advocate of both the sense of life depicted in Ayn Rand's novels and the connection of a free market to being able to accept unique ideas and translating it into products that differentiate.
However, I have always been unable to accept a few things. Howard Roark's intransigence, and Gail Wynand's editorial stance in the Fountainhead are qualities that in a true free market can be economical suicide. The Fountainhead to me was a unique description of the sense of life that Ayn Rand advocated, and Atlas Shrugged was very much a reaction to the educational atmosphere at that time as she saw through her relationship with Nathaniel Branden.
In the Fountainhead, Howard Roark isolates himself because of his architectural ideas and the antagonist is overcoming "second handers" who repress new ideas because they threaten the status quo. In Atlas Shrugged, the antagonist is the abuse of state power. She has a clear theme of individualism versus collectivism in both novels, but this has always been a depiction of the struggle that she identifies as suppressing her sense of life.
If Ayn Rand had never met Nathaniel Branden, and also never wrote Atlas Shrugged, I think likely the connection between her sense of life and the free market would not have been as dominating.
I believe her legacy would be completely different. Even in We the Living, the theme was more about her sense of life and a depiction of how communism suppresses it, than a promotion of the free market. Anthem also was about the rediscovery of self, and not also a general promotion of the free market. One reason her novels come off as reactionary to some is that it is a response to the suppression of her sense of life ideal.
It is very easy to imagine a anti-corporatist version of Atlas Shrugged, where the antagonists are large suppressing corporations. Or an anti-coporatist version of The Fountainhead, where Howard Roark is suppressed by the economies of scale that follow multigenerational corporations.
The affront that is so powerful in her novels is that a system exists that hinder the sense of life of the protagonists. However, this can be communicated in many different themes, of which the free market is just one of them.
I applaud Steven Farron for his wonderfully insightful article, which seems to be a compilation of many years of thinking through how Ayn Rand's sense of life is maybe incorrectly used to promote the free market. The insight that grandeur prime movers are ideals even in communism is wonderful. Of course Marxist rhetoric tries to convert this sense of life into duty, and fails, but Ayn Rand was definitely still influenced by this propaganda.
The reality is that those with a full sense of life cross the spectrum of political thought. The reason that libertarianism does not resonate with all I think is because everyone has different experiences that have suppressed their own sense of life. Some, or most, have not thought through their conclusions to recognize that state power (whether through regulations or corporations) is the primary source of repression.
However, many have formed different conclusions based on their personal experience, and sometimes advocating the free market with a "sense of your life be damned" attitude drives away those that may be the best converts to libertarianism.
In Atlas Shrugged, the antagonists all have a poor sense of life and exist at the mercy of others, but we all know that in reality many of those that oppose libertarianism are great people that have been turned off by the connection with the free market and state sanctioned corporations. They can not see another way of to protecting life without piecemeal regulatory changes that restrict the abuses of state sanctioned corporate power.
I read this article when it was published, and it has stayed in my mind consistently since then. It must have been a hard article to write and it seems that it was a result of much time and thought. It really helps to separate Ayn Rand's sense of life from her understanding of the free market.
The connection between grandeur prime movers being the only people that had an adequate sense of life, and the free market is shaky at best, and I really think this has damaged the path of how libertarians should promote freedom.
This article being published by Liberty is such a good example of why this periodical is so good. Thank you Liberty and Steven Farron for some great insights that I'm still digesting even after this many weeks, and will likely do so for many more...
Fri, 2012-10-05 11:11
This quote explains it all and makes Ayn Rand the Facist monster she deserves to be:
"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tue, 2012-09-25 15:20
Steven Farron
Dear Visitor,
You have made a serious mistake in equating economic success with political power. In a completely free market, a person or business can gain and maintain economic success only by being at least as good as competitors in providing the public with what it wants; they can be outstandingly successful only by being outstandingly successful at providing the public with what it wants; e.g., Walmart and Apple.
Your mistake in equating economic success with political power has had catastrophic consequences. The most horrendous was that the Nazis, like all anti-Semites, constantly quoted statistics of Jewish success in business, journalism, the arts, and sciences to prove that Jews owned and ran the governments of the world through an all-pervasive Jewish conspiracy. (If you want a monograph that I wrote on this subject, email me at email@example.com.)
Sun, 2012-10-14 17:36
Without the bloody institution of "government", fascism would not be possible. And therein lies a very good argument for Agorism.
Sun, 2012-09-30 19:00
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Monarchs lose 6-5 in Jacksonville to the IceMen
Manchester fell behind 5-1 in the game
Manchester fell behind 5-1 in the game
Monarchs press release:
Monarchs Stunned By Icemen, 6-5
Manchester win streak halted at seven games
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Manchester Monarchs scored three goals in the third period, but fell, 6-5, against the Jacksonville Icemen on Wednesday night at the Veterans Memorial Arena, to end their winning streak at seven games.
The Monarchs (15-8-1-1) late comeback was not enough to overpower the Icemen (5-13-2-2) after an offensive explosion of four goals for Jacksonville in the first period.
Manchester started the scoring just :48 seconds into the game on the first goal of the season by Spencer Watson. Zac Lynch passed the puck to Watson in the top of the slot, where Watson skated down past the hashmarks and wristed a shot past the glove of Icemen goaltender, Austin Lotz, to give Manchester the 1-0 lead.
Jacksonville answered at 5:31 of the first period on the 9th goal of the season for Alexandre Goulet. Dajon Mingo skated the puck along the goal line before sending a pass to Scott Savage at the top left point. Savage sent a cross-ice pass to the middle of the right circle where Goulet one-timed a shot past Monarchs goaltender, Charles Williams, to tie the game 1-1.
The Icemen scored :34 seconds later on the 4th goal of the season for Cameron Critchlow at 6:05 of the first period. Christopher Dienes wristed a shot from the blue line into traffic in front of the net, where Critchlow took two quick shots on Williams before sneaking it past his glove, to give Jacksonville a 2-1 lead.
Jacksonville added to their lead at 7:43 of the first period on the 5th goal of the season by Tanner Eberle. Elgin Pearce corralled the puck in the right corner where he pushed the puck into the right circle and onto Eberle's stick. Eberle fired a wrist shot over the glove of Williams to make it a 3-1 Jacksonville lead.
Jacksonville didn't stop there, as they struck again at 10:21 of the first period on the 4th goal of the season for Dienes. Manchester's Justin Agosta cleared the puck up his right-wing wall where Dienes pinched on the blue line and flipped the puck towards Williams that bounced over his pad and into the net, to give Jacksonville a 4-1 lead.
The Icemen started the second period right where they left off at 3:17 of the second when Cristiano DiGiacinto scored his 1st goal of the season. Critchlow dumped the puck in from the red line where it bounced off the glass and out in front of Monarchs new goalie, Branden Komm. DiGiacinto raced to the puck and shot it over a diving Komm to give the Icemen a 5-1 lead.
Manchester got one back on a power-play goal by Matt Leitner, his 5th goal of the season at 6:09 of the second period. Jacksonville's Chase Harrison tried to clear the puck behind his own net where Leitner batted the puck out of the air and in front of the net. Leitner took two quick shots on Lotz, with the second finding its way through the wickets of the Icemen goalie and into the net, to make it, 5-2, Icemen.
Jacksonville extended their lead on the 6th goal of the season by Jimmy Lodge at 1:05 of the third period. Goulet entered the offensive zone along the right wing where he wristed a shot on net that Komm kicked into the slot. Lodge followed up on the rebound and shot it past Komm to give the Icemen a 6-2 lead.
The Monarchs cut the lead in half on a power-play goal by Jordan LaVallee-Smotherman at 2:35 of the third period. Alexx Privitera took a shot from the left point that was tipped in front by Smotherman over the shoulder of Lotz and into the top of the net, to cut the Icemen lead to 6-3.
Manchester scored just over a minute later on the 12th goal of the season by Lynch at 3:56 of the third period. Lynch received a pass in the slot and backhanded a pass to the right circle to Sam Kurker. Lynch drove towards the far-left post and received the pass on the give-and-go from Kurker and he pushed the puck past Lotz, to cut the Jacksonville lead to 6-4.
The Monarchs added one final tally at 4:20 of the third period, when Joel Lowry scored his 11th goal of the season. Leitner sent a pass from the right hashmark across the offensive zone to Lowry at the top of the left circle, where he walked in and sniped a shot between the legs of Lotz, to pull the Monarchs within a goal, 6-5.
The Monarchs travel to Greenville, S.C. to take on the Swamp Rabbits Thursday, December 14th at 7:00 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
The Monarchs scored three goals in :45 seconds in the third period
Manchester's season long winning streak ended at seven games
Zac Lynch and Spencer Watson each recorded three points in the loss
Charles Williams was pulled at 10:21 of the first period


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Women reconsider hormone replacement therapy
MIAMI, Fla. – Although many women are frightened by concerns of a potential link between hormone replacement therapy and cancer or heart disease, some are re-evaluating that risk in the light of new conclusions.
Maria Venereo said she was hesitant to undergo hormone replacement therapy at first.
"I heard a lot of stories and reading about it and all that, I said, yeah, I'll put it off, I'll put it off," she said. "[I] try a few things, natural stuff, didn't work."
Venereo turned to midwife Karen Bosia for guidance and found reassurance.
"I personally take estrogen every day, and I've been taking it for 12 years and I don't plan on stopping it," said Bosia.
Bosia said the conventional belief that hormone replacement therapy is dangerous is based on research done over a decade ago using synthetic hormones.
"The synthetics are, you know, chemically produced and they're not exactly the same as what your body produces," she added.
Bosia and many other doctors now use individually compounded bio-identical hormones.
"A bio-identical is taken from the yam plant and it's structured -- if you look at the hydrogens and the oxygens -- it's structured exactly like the estradiol and progestin we produce in our body," said Bosia.
A Women's Health Initiative study raised concerns about an increase risk of breast cancer and heart disease, but critics said both those risks increase with age regardless of hormone replacement therapy use. Critics added that once the synthetic form of progestin was removed, both risk factors decreased.
Venereo said hormone replacement therapy has made a big difference.
"My mood changed," she said. "My energy level changed a lot. My depression -- I got a little bit of depression -- and it started moving away."
Hormone replacement therapy in topical form, a cream of patch, reduces the risk of the systematic effects of oral medication.
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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte
By Mark Suster on March 1, 2011
This is an interview you're not going to want to miss, I promise. Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, "whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!" Love it. […]
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Wishing you Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year 2011 to all of the VMad Fans!!
Wishing you Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year 2011 to all of the VMad Fans!!
A cool, classic beauty with a vibrant blonde mane and an exuberant flair for the dramatic, Virginia Madsen is one of Hollywood's most versatile and unique actresses. Not only did she received amazing reviews for her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated performance in Alexander Payne's hit film, Sideways, but this Independent Spirit Award-winning actress has an illustrious resume of roles alongside the most notable and respected actors in the business.
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A writer gets caught up in a murder investigation involving his mentor, an esteemed American author.
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When a young widow rents a room to a mysterious veteran, their attraction sparks unforeseen circumstances.
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A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
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The series will be based on the popular DC Comics character. Swamp Thing follows Abby Arcane as she investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.


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Oh, fond memories of childhood. That's what this fabulous fall bread brings back to me. My Mom used to bake all the time when I was growing up. (Hmmmm ... were you wondering where I got it from?? The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, right?) And this apple currant bread was one of my absolute favorites in her line-up.
Fresh apple. Sweet currants. Just a hint of cinnamon. The crunch of chopped pecans. Isn't that the perfect blend of fall flavors? If it's not, well then it's pretty close!
I hadn't had this bread in years. And had truly forgotten how much I like it. Then, while leafing through my family's cookbook, it struck me - "Hey! I need to make apple currant bread!" So I did.
Bake yourself up a loaf of this beautiful bread, slice off a big hunk, and dig in. You'll be glad you did.
Apple Currant Bread
Source: My Mom
(Printable recipe)
1/3 c. butter
2/3 c. granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
2 eggs
2 T. milk
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. peeled shredded apple (about 2 medium or 1 very large apple)
1 c. dried currants
1/2 c. chopped nuts (I use pecans)
1. Cream together butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Beat in eggs until light and fluffy. Beat in milk and lemon juice.
2. Stir together dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture, stirring just until moistened. Fold in shredded apple, currants, and nuts.
3. Spoon into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (I let mine go for the full hour and I think I slightly over-cooked it. I suggest starting to check a bit before an hour is up.)


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How Much Breakfast Cost the Year You Were Born Gallery
If there is one meal of the day that's talked about more than any other, it's breakfast. Given that it's the first thing you eat in the morning, what you have on your plate can often determine how your day will go. Only have time for a cup of coffee? Prepare for a hectic day. Have the ability to enjoy two eggs, a pastry, and coffee, or to eat breakfast at a restaurant? You might as well be on vacation. But just like any other meal, breakfast has changed over the years as eating trends have transformed.
"Breakfast has always been important for different reasons," food historian Amy Bentley told The Daily Meal. "In the late 19th century into the early 20th century we saw the rise of the dietary reformists like Kellogg's and cereal becoming a popular breakfast item. "It doesn't replace bacon and eggs. Bacon and eggs still go strong with cereal until the '60s or '70s with the idea that cholesterol in eggs is bad. Finally, in the modern era cereal becomes demonized as unhealthy. Now, we're in a protein phase, so eggs are coming back in with a lot of energy."
As you can imagine, with all of these changes regarding what defines breakfast, the price of the commodities that make up the morning spread have fluctuated too. Luckily, we've already done some digging on the retail price of a dozen large eggs over the decades and just had to track down the other elements of the traditional American breakfast: toast, bacon, potatoes, coffee, and orange juice. To do this, we relied on several sources including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which provided prices for bread, coffee, and potatoes, from 1937 to 1999 and the price of bacon from 1980 to 1999. To fill in the bacon gaps, we relied on money website Cheapism's research.
This gave the best average price of breakfast, as it certainly changed depending on region and what popular food items were typically found on the plate. Since these are retail prices, the totals below reflect the cost of breakfast for a family of four (four slices of toast, four strips of bacon, two eggs, two servings of potatoes, and one cup of coffee for each person) cooking at home.
So read on to learn just how much folks would have paid for a homemade breakfast for the years between 1937 and 2000. And, as a bonus, we've included some trivia about what was happening in the country and culinary world for each year. Go on and grab your cup of coffee and check out this informative and scrumptious gallery.istockphoto.com
1937: $1.40
In 1937 bread for your toast (four slices each) would have cost 9 cents while four strips of bacon each would have set you back 41 cents; eight eggs (two each) would have cost 36 cents, two servings of potatoes for each family member 28 cents, and four cups of coffee 26 cents. Also, that same year, Three Musketeers and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese hit the shelves.Harris & Ewing/Wikimedia Commons
1938: $1.25
Nescafe instant coffee and Mott's apple juice were invented.istockphoto.com
1939: $1.20
Prices for the makings of breakfast took a dip in 1939. Bread cost 8 cents, bacon was 32 cents, eggs were 32 cents, potatoes were 25 cents, and coffee was 22 cents for four people. Meanwhile, Gone with the Wind won the Academy Award for Best Picture.Left: MGM/Wikimedia Commons; Right: MGM/Wikimedia Commons
1940: $1.14
Both KFC and Dairy Queen opened this year.Flickr/TravelingMan/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
1941: $1.29
Cheeri-Oats made its debut and would later be shortened to Cheerios in 1945.istockphoto.com
1942: $1.59
The iconic film Casablanca premiered on November 26 in New York City.Jaboyce/Wikimedia Commons
1943: $1.85
Although production of pre-sliced bread was put on hold so the metal could go toward the war effort, toast climbed back up to its 1937 price of 9 cents. Bacon, eggs, potatoes, and coffee all saw jumps too, coming in at 43 cents, 57 cents, 46 cents, and 30 cents respectively.Dreamstime.com
1944: $1.81
During World War II, families were encouraged to grow their produce in their own "victory gardens."istockphoto.com
1945: $1.88
Orange juice topped with mint was a trendy breakfast beverage.istockphoto.com
1946: $2.04
The Culinary Institute of America was founded and Tupperware was introduced this year.istockphoto.com
1947: $2.57
Ballpark food is whole other topic, but this year marked the first televised World Series when the Yankees beat the Dodgers.istockphoto.com
1948: $2.70
The first Polaroid camera went on sale at Boston's Jordan Marsh department store for a pricey $89.75. But breakfast stayed reasonably priced with bread costing 14 cents (four slices per person), four slices of bacon per person priced at 77 cents, eight eggs at 72 cents, eight servings of potatoes coming in at 56 cents, and four cups of coffee costing 51 cents.istockphoto.com
1949: $2.60
Kids were getting their sugar fix with Jolly Ranchers and instant pudding, which first hit shelves this year.istockphoto.com
1950: $2.64
Another American favorite coffee shop came to life this year after a Massachusetts coffee shop named The Open Kettle was renamed Dunkin' Donuts.Dunkin Donuts
1951: $2.94
Casseroles with exotic ingredients like ham and pineapple become extremely popular. TV dinners were also all the rage.istockphoto.com
1952: $3.11
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes were first introduced, marking a massive shift in what Americans regularly ate for breakfast.Dreamstime.com
1953: $3.08
Fresh food was not the fad. This was the year of Kraft Cheez Whiz and frozen French fries.istockphoto.com
1954: $3.04
It was the year of junk food. Burger King and peanut M&M's were born. But when it came to breakfast, bread cost 17 cents, bacon was up to 82 cents, eggs were 59 cents, potatoes were 53 cents, and coffee was up to $1.11, making breakfast for a family of four cost $3.04.istockphoto.com
1955: $2.94
Breakfast took a dip in price in 1955, the same year Rosa Parks made history by refusing to move to the back of the bus. Disneyland also opened.istockphoto.com
1956: $3.07
Breakfast prices creeped back up this year, when the Bloody Mary cocktail was first named in Punch Magazine.istockphoto.com
1957: $3.09
Favorite breakfast food items this year were pineapple juice, baked ham-and-egg sandwiches, quick-fried apple rings, and coffee.istockphoto.com
1958: $3.12
Chocolate cereals were all the rage. Jif introduced its peanut butter, and Diet Rite (the first diet cola) came out.istockphoto.com
1959: $2.81
Alaska and Hawaii became official states, while McDonald's opened its 100th location.Allard1/istockphoto.com
1960: $2.90
Sugary cereals were the breakfast of choice for most American families, and fast food drive-thrus also started popping up. But a classic breakfast was still an affordable option for families, with bread costing 20 cents (for 16 pieces of toast), 16 slices of bacon priced at 66 cents, two eggs per person at 57 cents (eight eggs), eight servings of potatoes at 72 cents, and four cups of coffee at 75 cents.istockphoto.com
1961: $2.85
Julia Child was the standout in the culinary world as her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking was published this year.Left: Lynn Gilbet/Wikimedia Commons ; Right: Amazon
1962: $2.79
Politically, this year marked the moment James H. Meredith became the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi. Of far less political importance, it was also when the pull tab on soda was born.istockphoto.com
1963: $2.80
The growing focus on dieting led to Weight Watchers being founded in this year. TaB, Chips Ahoy!, and Fruit Loops were also introduced in this year.istockphoto.com
1964: $2.99
The Beatles made their U.S. debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, fully launching Beatlemania on this side of the Atlantic.United Press International, photographer unknown/Wikimedia Commons
1965: $3.32
Two longstanding processed foods hit the shelves: Spaghetti-O's and Cool Whip.istockphoto.com
1966: $3.35
Up until now, consumers didn't know what was in their packaged food. This year the first "truth in packaging" law was passed, requiring companies to list the ingredients on the label.istockphoto.com
1967: $3.10
It was all about music moments this year. Elvis Presley married Priscilla, and Rolling Stone magazine made its debut.Press Department, Capitol Records/Wikimedia Commons
1968: $3.09
This year we saw the first interracial kiss on television in Star Trek and "Hey Jude" was released.Amazon
1969: $3.31
As the '60s came to an end, we saw breakfast prices jump to $3.31 and 450,000 people attend Woodstock. In terms of culinary moments, Pringles was invented this year too.Mark Goff/Wikimedia Commons
1970: $3.60
Farm-to-table is the norm now, but the concept emerged in the 1970s.istockphoto.com
1971: $3.38
Starbucks is the coffee of choice for many people today, but it was born this year and cost 93 cents for a cup. Meanwhile, bread was 25 cents (16 pieces of toast total), bacon was 69 cents (16 strips total), eight eggs were 53 cents, and two servings of potatoes for each person were 98 cents.istockphoto.com
1972: $3.40
Talk about making a mark on the breakfast scene - McDonald's debuted the Egg McMuffin this year.McDonald's
1973: $4.71
One of the easiest foods to make for dinner (or for lunch or a late-night snack) was introduced this year: Cup Noodles. While not everyone is a fan of ramen in Styrofoam, at least it's a cheap option - whereas our classic breakfast for four leapt by over a dollar in price in this year.Pamperchu/Wikimedia Commons
1974: $4.53
The food editors at Family Circle Cookbook were among the voices setting the tone for home cuisine in the mid-1970s. Their "Party Brunch" menus included many treats that seem hopelessly out of fashion now - like pineapple-orange shrub, chicken livers, crab imperial Chesapeake, and stroganoff.istockphoto.com
1975: $5.51
You might have had trouble sleeping this year, since Jaws was one of the biggest hits of the summer. Luckily, even if you couldn't sleep, at least the whole family could wake up for a hearty breakfast for $5.51.istockphoto.com
1976: $6.37
Jelly Belly jelly beans were first introduced to the world this year.istockphoto.com
1977: $7.67
Forget breakfast; it was all about Star Wars. It premiered this year.istockphoto.com
1978: $7.14
Both Ben & Jerry's and Reese's Pieces were born this year, changing the dessert world for the sweeter.istockphoto.com
1979: $7.22
The Zagat Guide is now considered the bible for food recommendations, and it made its debut this year.istockphoto.com
1980: $7.97
Jane Fonda entered the food world by building her empire around dieting.istockphoto.com
1981: $8.03
MTV launched in this year, introducing a new era of music video stars. NASA's space shuttle also took its first orbital flight, but the price of breakfast actually didn't skyrocket, rising only 6 cents after significant increases during the five years prior.istockphoto.com
1982: $8.25
The "light movement" was at its peak. This means consumers were all about Lean Cuisine, Diet Coke, and Bud Light.DonNichols/istockphoto.com
1983: $8.35
Michael Jackson actually appeared in a cereal commercial in the '70s, but in 1983 the emerging megastar probably wasn't too focused on selling breakfast; this year marked the first time he did the moonwalk.istockphoto.com
1984: $8.44
When it came to food-related pop-culture phenomena, Wendy's "Where's the Beef?" campaign reigned supreme. The cost of breakfast, on the other hand, jumped 9 cents from the year prior.istockphoto.com
1985: $8.52
Pillsbury Toaster Strudel was one of the most popular grab-and-go breakfast items. What design did you make with your icing?memoriesarecaptured/istockphoto.com
1986: $8.90
Pop Secret microwave popcorn made its debut this year.istockphoto.com
1987: $9.51
Snapple was born this year, forever changing how we looked at the lids of beverages.istockphoto.com
1988: $8.64
"Molecular gastronomy" became an official term, and Walmart opened its first Super Center.istockphoto.com
1989: $9.85
Of course, you like your breakfast hot. But the hottest song of the year was the "Electric Slide." Boogie oogie oogie!istockphoto.com
1990: $9.69
TV show-inspired cereals hit the shelves, including a popular one based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.Amazon
1991: $9.98
McDonald's might be in nearly every country now, but on January 31, 1991, the first McDonald's opened in the Soviet Union.McDonalds
1992: $9.28
Potatoes made the news when Vice President Dan Quayle corrected a child's spelling of potato to "potatoe." And enough servings of the tuber to feed our breakfast family cost $2.94, accounting for the biggest chunk of the total breakfast price.istockphoto.com
1993: $10.17
It's hard to imagine a world without Chipotle, but the first one opened in Denver this year.istockphoto.com
1994: $9.05
Reese's make their mark in the cereal world with their Peanut Butter Cups Puffs, making it OK to eat dessert for breakfast.itemmaster/general mills
1995: $11.53
French Toast Crunch Cereal comes out, making this the decade of sugary cereals.istockphoto.com
1996: $11.51
You could enjoy waking up to the good news that Bill Clinton had appointed Madeleine Albright as first female U.S. secretary of state over a breakfast that cost $11.51 for the whole family.istockphoto.com
1997: $11.55
This was a big year in the entertainment industry - Titanic hit theaters across America, and the first Harry Potter book came out.istockphoto.com
1998: $12.03
Google was founded, and the first Apple iMac was introduced. The world was introduced to Britney Spears when her hit single "...Baby One More Time" was released.hillaryfox/istockphoto.com
1999: $11.44
At the end of the century, The Blair Witch Project freaked people out with a faux documentary about creepy old-school occultism, while the Y2K scare freaked people out with alarmist news reports about the impending collapse of new-school technology.istockphoto.com
2000: $12.41
The cost of breakfast saw a huge change, increasing by almost a dollar! Anthony Bourdain also released his book, Kitchen Confidential, which changed the way we look at the restaurant industry forever.
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The Most Peculiar Food Trends From the Decade You Were Born
The Best Discontinued Snack Foods From the Decade You Were Born
The Biggest Wedding Trends in Every Decade Since 1900
The Most Popular Diets of Every Decade Since 1900istockphoto.com


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Posts Tagged 'madison radon abatement'
Radon is a gas that is created in the soil all over the United States, and especially near Madison, Wisconsin. When elements like uranium break down underground, they produce radon; the gas is then released into the atmosphere. This is not a problem when it enters the open air, but it quickly becomes a problem when it enters a home and becomes trapped inside. The reason is that radon has been linked to causing cancer when a person is exposed to it as high levels.
Entry of Radon Gas Can Be Prevented with Radon Abatement
Radon enters a building at ground level primarily through cracks in its basement, through gaps between the walls and the slab, through well water and through spaces between construction joints. Anywhere there is a separation or gap in an exterior wall of your home, radon can seep inside and become trapped in the home with no way of getting out. Over time, this can expose your family to dangerously high levels of radon gas. In that situation, the only way to reduce the levels of radon in your house is through radon abatement.
Testing Determines Whether You Need Radon Abatement
Since radon is an undetectable gas, which means it is tasteless and odorless, you will have no clue whether or not you are being exposed to high levels of radon. That is why it is important that you either purchase a do-it-yourself radon testing kit at a local hardware store or that you hire a specialist from SWAT Environmental to perform a professional test for you. This process will tell you whether having a full radon abatement performed is necessary.
Role of a Radon Abatement Specialist
If testing determines that high levels of radon are present in your home, your next step should be to have a radon abatement specialist from SWAT Environmental begin planning how best to remove the radon gas from your home. This is true whether you had a professional radon test performed or you performed a home version of the test yourself. The role of the abatement specialist is to come out to your house, perform all necessary assessments and devise a system that is customized to suit your house's unique needs. Whatever the specific system or systems the specialist decides are necessary, they are designed to lower the already-elevated radon levels in the home and to prevent more radon from getting inside. In most cases, the abatement specialist will also need to locate and seal the cracks and gaps that are letting the radon in from the ground. The most often used type of abatement system will actually pull the radon out of the soil and pump it up through a pipe, allowing it to exit at the top of your home into the open air. Although additional radon abatement systems might be necessary in some cases, you can be confident that the SWAT Environmental specialist will ensure that you and your family are kept safe.
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